The Understanding Ling Luochеn and the Kindhearted Huo Yuhao

An unknown amount of time had passed. A faint white glow filled the ice cave, and in the darkness, Ling Luochеn slowly opened her beautiful eyes.

She was utterly weak. Although she felt a trace of warmth, her Soul Power was exhausted, and her meridians had ruptured in several places.

She could only manage the simplest movements, like opening her eyes and turning her head. She could feel someone holding her tightly around her chest and waist. Turning her head, she discovered a handsome face.

She could feel that all her clothes had been removed, leaving her without a stitch on. Yet she felt very warm, because something as thin as a cicada's wing lay against her skin.

She was certain that this thing was shielding her from the bitter cold and keeping her alive by a thread.

She desperately wanted to know what had happened.

Ling Luochеn was an extremely rational person. Even though she might already have lost her virginity to the boy before her, she forced herself to calm down.

She struggled to recall exactly what had happened.

After arriving in the Far North, they had done their utmost to find a suitable Soul Ring for her younger brother. His Martial Soul was the Ice God Spear, an elemental weapon Martial Soul, and he probably needed an ice-attribute Soul Beast around five thousand years old.

Originally, they had only been searching for Soul Beasts on the outermost edge of the mixed zone, but they suddenly encountered an Ice Wolf Tide. Ling Luochеn was separated from her family's elders, and after barely escaping the beast tide, she no longer knew where she was.

However, the temperature here was already making her feel cold, so she was certain she was very close to the center of the mixed zone, or even inside the core zone.

She was worried about Ling Xiao's safety and wanted to hurry back. Besides, the Ice God Pearl protecting her was about to shatter.

If she did not leave this area quickly, she would probably freeze to death here as well. But when the roof leaked, the rain came down all night: as she fled for her life, a sudden blizzard swept across the entire frozen land.

How could a Soul King like her withstand such terrifying weather? Unfortunately, she was swept into it and then lost consciousness completely.

After that, she had ended up in her current situation.

Once she recovered a little, she could lift her head slightly. Although she still could not move her body, she could now examine her surroundings.

Her clothes had been violently torn apart-not just her outer clothes, but her undergarments and the clothing covering that part of her as well, leaving her completely naked.

Although the thing she wore was warm, it looked as though she wore nothing at all. She could see her own alluring figure, so she believed the boy holding her tightly had seen all of it too.

No, from the moment he tore off all her clothes, he had already seen every part of her with perfect clarity.

At that moment, along with shame and anger, intense killing intent appeared on Ling Luochеn's icy face.

If she had not been unable to move, she would have wanted to slice the boy before her into a thousand pieces. She did not even need to think to know that he had most likely taken her chastity.

It was only because her entire body was freezing cold that she could not feel the pain of losing her virginity-or so Ling Luochеn thought.

She had a cold disposition and cared little about anything. But how could a girl possibly not care about something like this?

Unable to move, Ling Luochеn finally shed tears of anguish from the corners of her eyes. They turned into beads of ice and fell onto the frozen surface.

It was precisely Ling Luochеn's crying that woke Huo Yuhao, who was on the verge of freezing into an icicle, and made him hold her tighter and tighter.

He pulled her delicate body, which had instinctively drawn away from him, firmly back toward him, then wrapped her in a domineering embrace.

"Don't move, or we'll both freeze to death here. This is the core zone. Even someone with ultimate ice can't survive here for long, let alone you."

"I gave you what I had to keep warm, but I don't want to die, so I have no choice but to take this liberty. And I'll probably have to keep holding you like this for the next three days."

"What?"

Only Ling Luochеn's face was exposed as Huo Yuhao held her tightly inside his coat. Their bodies were pressed firmly together, and she could feel his strong shoulders and his chin resting against her hair.

It was indeed warm, but she felt uncomfortable and ill at ease. She had never had such intimate contact with a boy before. This was already the sort of thing only a married couple should do.

After a long silence, Ling Luochеn slowly asked, "Why did you take off my clothes?"

Ling Luochеn assumed that Huo Yuhao had saved her, but she disapproved of his methods, believing he had taken advantage of her helplessness.

"When you fell here, your body was almost frozen over. Those clothes soaked in ice and snow were undoubtedly the most terrifying weapons. If I hadn't taken them off, you would have lost your last breath too."

"And this Silkworm Garment of mine only keeps you warm when it's directly against your skin. That's how it helps you withstand the bitter cold of the Far North."

"Hiss!"

The moment Huo Yuhao finished speaking, he sucked in a sharp breath and hugged Ling Luochеn even tighter.

"Ah-!"

"You!"

Feeling Huo Yuhao trembling all over and tightening his embrace further, Ling Luochеn immediately cried out in alarm.

She felt more mortified than she ever had before.

Huo Yuhao was practically crushing her body into his, making her experience some unfamiliar sensations.

"I'm sorry. I'm too cold. I'm only a One-Ring Soul Master. I made it here entirely thanks to the Silkworm Garment you're wearing. Without its protection, I feel like my body is about to freeze stiff."

Huo Yuhao's voice was a little weak. As Ling Luochеn felt his body trembling, something tugged sharply at her heart. When she raised her head and saw his pale face, the unsettling emotions in her mind and her killing intent toward him immediately vanished.

A boy so many years younger than her, whose cultivation was only at the Soul Master level, had actually brought out his precious, lifesaving treasure to save a stranger like her, plunging himself into a desperate situation.

She seemed to have no reason to blame this boy. All he wanted was a little of her body heat. If she could not even give him that, she would be far too cruel.

Thus, Ling Luochеn stopped resisting and lay peacefully in the boy's arms, her delicate body held tightly in his embrace. As she willingly accepted it, she also wrapped her arms firmly around his waist.

While sharing her body heat with the boy, she rapidly replenished her Soul Power, because only then could the two of them survive this desperate realm of ice and snow.

But suddenly, Ling Luochеn's face flushed red, because something was pressing against her.