Lu Yuan put away the soul bone and stood up.
"Sister Bi Ji, I'm heading to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Want to come take a look?"
Bi Ji stood up too, folding her arms with a smile. "Sure, why not? I don't have anything to do anyway."
"Should we tell Her Majesty?"
"Nah, no need! In a place this small, Sister Na would know if even two mosquitoes flew out!"
"You're the mosquito!"
Bi Ji gave Lu Yuan's chest a playful punch as she scolded him.
"Sister Bi Ji is the most beautiful swan!"
As Lu Yuan spoke, he reached out and wrapped an arm around Bi Ji's soft, slender waist.
Bi Ji shook her head and carried him north through the air.
Just as Lu Yuan had said, Gu Yuena noticed them shortly after they took flight.
But she merely spared them another glance and paid them no mind.
The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
The familiar twin springs of ice and fire churned in the center of the valley, one half milky white and the other vermilion. Rising vapor mingled in the air, weaving a hazy curtain of mist.
Lu Yuan and Bi Ji landed on an open patch beside the Cold Spring.
A jade-green figure darted out the next instant.
"Lu Yuan!"
The Ice Empress planted her hands on her hips and glared at Lu Yuan with her bright yellow eyes, displeasure written all over her little face.
"What took you so long? I've been soaking in this lousy place for almost four years! What happened to the three years you promised?"
Lu Yuan spread his hands, his face all innocence.
"Well, you still haven't broken through to five hundred thousand years, have you? I gave you another six months to make