Zhu Zhuqing kept alternating between cultivation and meditation. No one knew what changes were taking place within her, but this also drew Huo Yuhao into cultivating alongside her.
Although Huo Yuhao usually cultivated quite quickly, having someone beside him to spur him on was still a good thing.
With Zhu Zhuqing working hard at cultivation beside him, Huo Yuhao increased his own cultivation time as well. Cultivating at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well yielded twice the results for half the effort, and four days later, Huo Yuhao's soul power reached rank fifty.
Early that morning, Huo Yuhao finished a night of meditation as usual and got up to prepare breakfast for everyone. This had become one of the four things he had to do every day at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. The other three were lunch, dinner, and meditation.
When Huo Yuhao finished making breakfast and called everyone over to eat, he did not see Zhu Zhuqing, so he went over to check on her.
Zhu Zhuqing was still meditating, without any sign of waking. Huo Yuhao knew she had entered deep meditation. Someone in deep meditation could not be disturbed, so he only set up protection around her before leaving.
When Huo Yuhao returned to the dining table, he saw everyone looking strangely at his seat. Following their gazes, he saw a little girl with snow-white hair sitting in his place, taking huge mouthfuls of food.
The little girl was not very tall, roughly the same height as Tian Meng, and wore an outfit resembling a lotus.
Huo Yuhao watched for a moment, then asked the Snow Empress, "Who is this?"
The Snow Empress said, somewhat embarrassed, "This is the local specialty I brought back from the Far North. She's the Hundred-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus