"How was that, Senior? Pretty impressive, right?" Zhou Fan couldn't resist showing off.
"You really were impressive." Xia Qingran's eyes were full of pride.
Zhou Fan always managed to give her unexpected surprises.
It seemed that whenever they went a while without seeing each other, he would grow a little stronger.
She really had been right about him.
"Senior, that's not the reaction I expected. I thought you'd be jealous of me."
"I'm already jealous on the inside. Do you really need me to say it out loud?" Xia Qingran rolled her eyes at him.
His emotional intelligence always seemed to come and go.
Sometimes, he really did say touching things and do things that moved her.
But more often, his words made her... want to give him a beating.
Fortunately, Xia Qingran was already used to it.
In fact, if Zhou Fan suddenly became tactful in everything he said, she might find it strange.
The way things were now was pretty good.
"Let's go."
They continued onward and finally reached the foot of Ice Spirit Mountain.
Xia Qingran led the way, taking Zhou Fan all the way to the summit.
At the summit stood the entrance to a cave.
The entrance led into the interior of Ice Spirit Mountain.
The inside of Ice Spirit Mountain was still a world of ice and snow. Sharp icicles hung from the cave walls, looking as though they might fall at any moment.
At last, the two reached the depths of Ice Spirit Mountain-
This was a spacious underground chamber. The surrounding cave walls had been smoothed out, clearly showing that someone had worked on the place.
"This is the inner core of Ice Spirit Mountain. All the mountain's spiritual energy gathers here," Xia Qingran said.
The Qin Family had spent many years