"Ahem, Ice Empress, no time to lose. Hurry up and get to work. Once someone comes back, it'll be too late."
Tang Qi cleared his throat twice and urged her on repeatedly.
The well connected to the Profound Ice Grotto happened to sit in the Earth Dragon Sect's rear courtyard-the sect leader's private courtyard.
The Ice Empress turned back in disbelief.
What was this, making a beast of burden buy its own feed before putting it to work?
Her gaze swept over Tian Meng, Tang Qi, and the immobile Snow Empress in Tang Qi's arms in turn. Her little face instantly fell.
The old, the weak, the sick, and the disabled.
"Fine. This empress will do it all herself."
The Ice Empress rubbed her hands together. Looking at the crystal-clear ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow before her, she couldn't help swallowing.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Sweep Through a Thousand Armies!
A lovely green figure darted back and forth through the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Cave, swift as lightning.
A scorpion tail extended from beneath her skirt, coiling around each stalk of ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow and gently pulling it free. Her little face flushed bright red as she had the time of her life.
"Yo-ho-ho..."
A moment later, the Ice Empress uprooted the last stalk of ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow. Her scorpion tail curled around it, and Tang Qi stowed it in the Storage Soul Tool he had prepared beforehand.
"Forty-five in total..."
Seeing that the spring water was already threatening to flood back in, Tang Qi led the others back into the well. After handing the God-Sealing Platform to Tian Meng, he went down to the bottom alone.
Though she didn't know what he intended to do, Tian Meng still activated Spiritual Detection.
After a round of prying and pressing-
Rumble-!
The well