"Hey, hey, that's a terrible way to put it!"
The Ice Empress looked at Ye Xiao indignantly. What did he mean, colluding with the Far North?
"Lady Snow Empress... could I ask you to kill Ye Yulin?"
"I can teach you another new move."
Ye Xiao didn't respond to the Ice Empress. Instead, he looked at the Snow Empress pleadingly.
After Ye Guyi's reminder, he had realized that time was running short.
If the Sun Moon Empire received word that he had joined the Far North, then unless the Snow Empress stepped in, he feared there would be no saving Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan!
"Ahem, I thought that technique on the sky screen that turned the body into sword Qi was pretty good!"
The Ice Empress's eyes lit up, and she suddenly grew eager.
If she could turn her body into sword Qi, wouldn't that mean she could shape it however she wanted?
Just like Ye Xiao on the sky screen, who had shaped four arms in front of Tang San and the others to show off!
Would she be able to make herself a little bigger then?
As she thought about it, the Ice Empress began to chuckle foolishly.
"Then I'll have to owe you that one. I don't know how to do that yet."
Ye Xiao shook his head.
He had no intention of deducing that sort of combat technique for now, either.
For the sake of the books in the Divine Realm, he was better off first deducing an ability to increase the age of his Soul Rings.
"Fine!"
"I accept those terms!"
The Ice Empress nodded happily, and even Ye Xiao looked a lot more pleasing to her eye.
"Then let's split up. Ice Empress, you go kill Ye Yulin, then head to Mingdu and rescue Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan."
"I'll take the Snow Empress to look for ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow in the Far North. If she can take another step forward, we'll have even less reason to fear the Star Dou Great Forest when the time comes."
Ye Xiao spoke slowly. As everyone knew, Dragon Gate was a must-eat in Douluo II!
"Ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow?"
"You can do that too?"
The Ice Empress glanced at Ye Xiao in surprise. She had spent so many years in the Far North, yet had only seen a few pieces of ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow.
"My Martial Soul is rather special. I happened to sense some when I reached Dragon City."
Ye Xiao smiled politely and explained to the Ice Empress.
"Then I'll give you that!"
"Xue'er, let's do as he says. I'll go beat that Ye Yulin or whatever his name is to death, then head to Mingdu to rescue them..."
"Then you two can get ready and go look for ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow. Maybe I can make a breakthrough too when I get back!"
The Ice Empress shook her head and decided not to dwell on Ye Xiao's words.
She patted her chest and spoke to the Snow Empress.
"All right. Go and come back quickly, but be careful in everything you do."
The Snow Empress nodded and said nothing more.
With the Ice Empress's strength, even if she really did run into Kong Deming, she could still escape back as long as they didn't get into a full-blown fight.
"Right, right. Also, if you find that it can't be done, forget it."
"My promise still stands."
"At least for now, Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan aren't as important to me as you are."
"And I'll give you something."
Ye Xiao added.
Ultimately, part of the reason he was rescuing them this time was because of their friendship on the sky screen.
But more than that, it was because this incident was, at its core, an attack on him by the Sun Moon Empire.
So the Ice Empress's safety was naturally more important than his revenge.
Ye Xiao reached out and handed a strand of sword Qi to the Snow Empress.
"Hmph, at least you know what to say, kid~"
The Ice Empress took the sword Qi, the corners of her mouth lifting. She said a few words to the other four Ice Jade Scorpions, then turned and headed straight back the way they had come!
"Bing'er has left. You four should return to your own Ice Jade Scorpion territory for now."
"As for you two, bring this injured person and follow me."
The Snow Empress waved her hand, dividing the group into two.
She picked up speed again, leading the three toward her palace.
Before long, the Snow Empress descended slowly from the sky at a deep ice cave. Her bare feet treading on the ice, she walked inside.
Ye Xiao and Ye Guyi followed close behind, carrying Wu Qingyao, who was frozen inside an ice coffin.
"Snow Empress, aren't your feet cold?"
Ye Xiao made casual conversation, looking curiously at the Snow Empress's delicate little feet, their skin tinged with pink.
She really was a Snow Woman, all right!
So fair and tender~
"What a pointless question."
The Snow Empress shook her head, not bothering to answer. As a Heavenly Snow Woman born of heaven and nurtured by earth, even without Soul Power, the freezing environment of the Far North would not affect her in the slightest.
Snap!
Once inside the cave, the Snow Empress lightly snapped her fingers, and the dim cave instantly lit up!
At the same time, a sky-blue ice bed appeared before them.
Ye Xiao looked around curiously. The place was quite large, but it felt empty.
Aside from the bed, there was only an ice spring inside a cave opening to the side.
It seemed to be where the Snow Empress bathed and slept.
"Judging by the time, it should be about right."
"This woman is a fire-attribute Soul Master. The medicinal herbs I have are of no use to her."
"So I can only wear away the fire-attribute Soul Power inside her first, then treat her body."
The Snow Empress circulated her Soul Power, and the ice coffin Ye Xiao and Ye Guyi were carrying slowly dissolved.
Inside, Wu Qingyao's face was deathly pale. The Snow Empress's Soul Power lifted her and placed her on the ice bed.
Of course, sharp-eyed Ye Xiao also saw the Snow Empress add another layer of ice to the bed.
"She ended up like this because she saved me. Though she may have had her own thoughts, they probably weren't bad ones toward me."
"Snow Empress, thank you. I can teach you another move."
Ye Xiao spoke slowly.
Sword Dao moves and the like weren't anything particularly valuable, so he had no reason to keep them to himself.
"There's no need. You finding ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow that can help me break through has already made up for the help I'm giving you."
The Snow Empress shook her head.
In her dealings with Ye Xiao, she regarded herself as being above him.
So she didn't want to take advantage of him, simply because she would find it embarrassing!
"Then forget it. We're all good friends, so why keep such a precise tally?"
"If there's anything you want to learn, Snow Empress, just ask me. I won't hold anything back~"
Ye Xiao smiled and took two steps forward, looking at Wu Qingyao lying on the ice bed.
Seeing her impressive figure and recalling her red dragon Martial Soul, Ye Xiao had already made a rough guess at her identity.
"Mm~"
The Snow Empress gave Ye Xiao a long look and said nothing more. She, too, looked at Wu Qingyao on the bed.
"Rhodiola. It helps stop bleeding and heal wounds, and it's also a medicinal herb with relatively little ice attribute among those found in the Far North."
The Snow Empress took out a medicinal herb with thin red tendrils, broke off its rootstock, and put it in Wu Qingyao's mouth.
Then she pressed her jade hand against Wu Qingyao's chest. Her gentle Soul Power slowly calmed Wu Qingyao's delicate body as it rose and fell slightly.
To prevent ice and fire from clashing, she has to use up this woman's fire-attribute Soul Power first, then treat only her physical body...
But even so, Wu Qingyao's body is inevitably inclined toward the fire attribute...
She really is the Snow Empress. This technique is truly exquisite!
Ye Xiao watched the Snow Empress's exquisite work thoughtfully, watching her gentle Soul Power flow into Wu Qingyao's chest, helping the medicine take effect without harming her fire-inclined meridians in the slightest...
His gaze gradually grew hazy.