"You bastard! You lecher! You filthy pervert! Someone like you deserves to be electrocuted! You might as well be shocked to death!"
Watching Lin Xuanchen and Wang Dong'er disappear farther into the distance, the Ice Empress could only stamp her feet where she stood and curse in fury.
"I'm furious! The first kiss I guarded for hundreds of thousands of years! How could that brat just steal it like that?! It was meant for Xue'er!"
"Waaah... Xue'er, I've wronged you! Waaah..." The Ice Empress limply found a large rock within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and sat down, speaking helplessly.
"I'm going back to find Xue'er right now!" The Ice Empress suddenly rose from the rock and, with a thought, prepared to fly out of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
But a moment later, she froze.
"Aaaah! That bastard! He left, but he still won't let me use my soul power! Damn him!!!" Feeling the unresponsive soul power within her dantian, the Ice Empress broke into a furious stream of curses.
At the same time, the terrifying pressure of a ferocious beast with nearly four hundred thousand years of cultivation swept out from her delicate body.
That mighty ferocious beast pressure weighed like a mountain upon the hundred-thousand-year immortal herbs within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, instantly frightening them into burrowing their heads a little deeper into the soil.
"Wait a minute! Only my soul power was sealed, but my pressure is still there! Why didn't I use it to pin that human brat down just now and then teach him a good, harsh lesson?"
Only now did the Ice Empress realize that although she could not mobilize her soul power, her ferocious beast pressure was still very real! Why hadn't she used it to restrain Lin Xuanchen first?
"I'm furious!" Once she figured this out, the Ice Empress nearly fainted with rage, her small chest heaving violently.
However, although the Ice Empress could use her own ferocious beast pressure, she could not mobilize her soul power, so she was now completely trapped within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well!
Although the Ice Empress was trapped inside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, at least she did not have to fear those hundred-thousand-year soul beasts. She could still unleash her ferocious beast pressure and pin those hundred-thousand-year immortal herbs down in an instant.
Meanwhile, on the other side...
Running at full speed, Lin Xuanchen soon carried Wang Dong'er out of Sunset Forest.
"A-Chen, what exactly did you do to Senior Ice Empress? Why was she chasing you down like that?" Wang Dong'er leaned gently against Lin Xuanchen's chest and asked in bewilderment.
"Uh, uh... well..." Looking at Wang Dong'er in his arms, Lin Xuanchen found himself at a loss for how to explain.
Was he supposed to say he'd accidentally kissed the Ice Empress?
No, absolutely not!
Lin Xuanchen dismissed the thought the moment it surfaced. If he said that, given Wang Dong'er's temperament, she would most likely get jealous, lose her temper, and refuse to let him touch her for a while.
"Ahem, ahem." Lin Xuanchen coughed awkwardly and unconsciously licked his lips, savoring the soft sensation from earlier.
"Well... I don't know either... maybe Senior Ice Empress suddenly went crazy... I don't know why..." Lin Xuanchen casually invented an excuse to brush her off.
"Is that really what happened?" Wang Dong'er's pink-blue eyes narrowed slightly as she asked suspiciously.
"That must be it." Lin Xuanchen nodded and lied without blushing or missing a heartbeat. "Otherwise, I can't explain why Senior Ice Empress suddenly tried to hunt me down."
Still somewhat suspicious, Wang Dong'er asked a few more questions, but Lin Xuanchen kept up his "I don't know anything" act.
In the end, Wang Dong'er simply stopped dwelling on the matter.
After several more days of travel, the two successfully reached Heaven Dou City and found an inn where they could rest for a while.
They had originally intended to rest for one day before heading to the Clear Sky Sect, but Lin Xuanchen kept Wang Dong'er busy in the inn for three whole days, leaving her aching and weak all over. She could only rest for another week.
The week passed in the blink of an eye, and soon it was time for the two to set out for the Clear Sky Sect again.
"A-Chen, my eldest dad and second dad might be rather opposed to soul tools. If you have any, don't take them out in front of them," Wang Dong'er explained to Lin Xuanchen in their room at the inn.
"Dong'er, I'm not trying to criticize you, but think about it. Ever since we met, aside from those soul guidance lamps and a few soul-powered doors, have you ever seen me use a soul tool? I've never even used a storage soul tool."
Leaning back on the inn's sofa, Lin Xuanchen spread his hands nonchalantly as he spoke.
"Huh? A-Chen, you've never even used a storage soul tool?" At Lin Xuanchen's words, a flash of surprise crossed Wang Dong'er's beautiful pink-blue eyes.
But soon, the surprise in Wang Dong'er's eyes gave way to understanding.
"A-Chen, you say you don't use storage soul tools, but what's that on your finger?" Wang Dong'er pointed at the Storage Ring on Lin Xuanchen's right index finger and asked.
"You mean this?" Lin Xuanchen took the Storage Ring off his right index finger and explained, "This is called a Storage Ring. It isn't a storage soul tool."
"Dong'er, try unlocking the Storage Ring and taking something out." Lin Xuanchen tossed the Storage Ring to Wang Dong'er with a smile.
"All right." Wang Dong'er raised her hand to catch the Storage Ring Lin Xuanchen had tossed over, then nodded. "I'll try."
Wang Dong'er then tried pouring soul power into it, only to discover that it had no effect at all. The soul power she poured in was even repelled by a surge of spiritual power.
"What's going on?!" Wang Dong'er asked in surprise.
"Heh." Lin Xuanchen chuckled. "My Storage Ring bears my soul imprint, so naturally, you can't take anything out."
"Unless you erase the soul imprint I left on the Storage Ring, you won't be able to do it," Lin Xuanchen said with a faint smile.
"Oh." Wang Dong'er nodded with a hazy understanding. "So that's how it works."
Wang Dong'er then returned the Storage Ring to Lin Xuanchen.
"Dong'er, let's go. Weren't you going to take me to the Clear Sky Sect? Let's leave now. We've already delayed quite a few days," Lin Xuanchen said.
"Hmph!" Wang Dong'er gave a soft snort, her pretty face flushing slightly. "It's all because you, you naughty rascal, were so rough! You don't know how to cherish a delicate flower at all. Otherwise, we'd already be at the Clear Sky Sect."
"All right, all right, it's all my fault. I'll be gentler next time." Lin Xuanchen smiled dotingly and reached out to rub Wang Dong'er's little head.
"Then it's a promise. Be gentler next time," Wang Dong'er muttered softly.
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