The moment the Ice Empress spoke.
Silence fell over the scene.
Qian Renxue hurriedly wrapped her arms around Wu Qingkong.
She stared at the Ice Empress, her face full of wariness.
"Y-you, how could you do this?!"
"Didn't you just say you liked your Xue'er?"
"Why did you suddenly change your mind?"
"How could you do this to your Xue'er?"
Wu Qingkong was equally taken aback and hurried to explain.
"Xue'er, I..."
"This really is my first time meeting her. There's really nothing between us."
Seeing their reactions, the Ice Empress realized she had misspoken.
She reached out and flicked Wu Qingkong on the forehead.
"What are you thinking?!"
"I'm not about to be an old scorpion nibbling on tender grass."
"Although you're certainly outstanding among humans, you're still a little short of making me fall for you."
"If I really were to fall for someone, it would be the girl beside you."
With that, she turned her head, her beautiful eyes settling on Qian Renxue.
Of everyone present, Qian Renxue was the only one she found appealing. The very first time she saw this girl, she had been struck by her beauty.
It wasn't merely because, like the Snow Empress, she was called Xue'er.
Qian Renxue's beauty and bearing were both rare in this world.
The Ice Empress even thought that if she were a human man, she would throw caution to the wind and pursue this girl.
Yet heaven seemed determined to play tricks on her.
It had given her a woman's body, only to make both people she fell for girls.
The Ice Empress sighed helplessly.
She turned to Wu Qingkong and said.
"Didn't you say earlier that you still hadn't absorbed your Eighth Soul Ring and wanted to use me for it, brat?"
"When I said