A pair of small hands suddenly darted out and seized Tang Qi's arm. His steps halted, and before he could turn to look, a delicate figure had already pressed herself against him.
"Tang Qi, this isn't a good idea!"
Frowning, Tian Meng leaned close to Tang Qi's ear and squeezed his arm firmly between her rolling peaks. She pouted, lifting her eyes toward the depths of the cave.
The Ice Empress had her legs clamped tightly around an enormous pillar made of ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow. Her arms hugged it as she stuck out her tongue and licked it furiously, her amber eyes brimming with bliss.
"Not a good idea?"
Tang Qi raised an eyebrow slightly and looked at Tian Meng.
"That's right!"
Tian Meng pursed her lips, looking at him with the exasperation of someone lamenting that iron would never become steel. "Tang Qi, your big sister really has to give you a talking-to this time."
"You should've had Bingbing and the Snow Empress sacrifice themselves first! Now you've brought them to the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Cave. After seeing all this ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow, why would they sacrifice themselves anymore? Bingbing will definitely survive her Four-Hundred-Thousand-Year Heavenly Tribulation."
"If the Snow Empress absorbs everything left over, she might even have a chance of becoming a god herself!"
The more Tian Meng spoke, the more anxious she became. Seeing Tang Qi merely watching her with a smile, her temper flared. "So the emperor isn't worried, but the eunuch is fretting herself to death, huh?! Keep laughing! I'll bite you!"
"You'll have plenty of chances to bite me later. But for now, calm down."
Tang Qi pushed the clingy Tian Meng away with one hand. He glanced up at the Ice Empress, who was madly licking the ice pillar like a