Ling Jing looked at the Snow Empress, who stood lost in thought beside him, then at the Ice Empress, whose brows were knitted in contemplation. Confusion gradually crept into his eyes.
Wait, what had happened in the time it took him to absorb a skull?
Why were the two of them each more silent than the other?
Noticing Ling Jing's expression, Xiao Wu sidled up to him and hugged his arm, pressing her increasingly mature bunny breasts against it.
As Xiao Wu recounted Bibi Dong and the Ice Empress's earlier discussion, a thoughtful look appeared in Ling Jing's eyes.
The Ice God Ruins were in the Ice Sea?
Come to think of it... that guess might actually hold some water. After all, every soul beast in the Far North shared a belief in the Ice God. So many soul beasts couldn't all be shooting arrows at nothing. The Ice God most likely really existed.
Verifying that guess would be simple enough. They just had to visit the Ice Sea.
If even the Ice Sea held no traces left by the Ice God... then they could only conclude that the Ice God was a figment of these soul beasts' collective imagination.
"Do we really need to agonize over this? Why not just take a trip to the Ice Sea and see whether there are any ruins of the Ice God beneath it?"
Ling Jing's voice brought the Ice Empress back to her senses a little, and her eyes stirred.
If they were going to the Ice Sea, the Snow Empress would have to accompany them. After all, the Ice Sea held soul beasts stronger than the Ice Empress, and they might not show her any respect. But as the sovereign of all soul beasts in the Far North, the Snow Empress