When Qian Ran and the Ice Empress came out, Zhu Lu was sitting obediently on the sofa.
Over these past few days with Qian Ran, her cultivation had steadily risen by three levels, and she had quickly grown close to Dong'er and the others.
"Bingbing and I are going out for a bit. We'll be back soon." Seeing how obedient Zhu Lu was, Qian Ran ruffled her long black hair. He and Zhu Lu were still at the stage of developing their relationship, and he had yet to make a move on her.
"Oh." Zhu Lu looked curiously at the Ice Empress.
She knew Qian Ran was surrounded by all sorts of strange people, and they were all especially powerful. According to Xiao Xiao and the others, this cold-looking girl definitely had the highest cultivation among them. As for just how strong she was, no one knew.
Apart from Qian Ran, the Ice Empress wasn't very fond of interacting with anyone, so she was becoming more and more like a petite girl with no expression, no words, and no emotion.
Qian Ran was rather helpless about it too. He figured the Ice Empress would get much better once he rescued the Snow Empress.
That made sense. Given the Ice Empress's strength, she couldn't possibly start having fun with them in such a short time.
"Good girl." Qian Ran cupped Zhu Lu's face and kissed her forehead. She usually seemed quite outgoing outside, but she was very quiet at home. The more obedient she was, the more excited Qian Ran became at the thought of bullying her later.
The Ice Empress and Qian Ran went straight to the Soul Tool Department to find Xian Lin'er.
The Ice Empress's identity certainly couldn't be exposed. Having Xian Lin'er handle things directly would let