"Ahem, we'd better not speculate too much about things the Heavenly Screen didn't show."
Tang San cleared his throat and began changing the subject.
If his guess was right, his counterpart on the Heavenly Screen had most likely played a dirty trick on Destruction.
Although the present Destruction might not necessarily want to kill him over it, Tang San would have no way to stop him from giving him a beating.
"Hmph, Tang San, you're the most despicable person I've ever seen."
Destruction shot Tang San a cold sidelong glance.
Then he looked back at the Heavenly Screen.
The image on the Heavenly Screen lit up again, and this time it finally focused on Ye Xiao.
["You've grown stronger again..."
The Snow Empress lifted her skirt and gently sat down on the steps beside Ye Xiao.
Her red lips parted as she slowly spoke.
"I just got lucky~"
Ye Xiao chuckled, his eyes full of playful amusement.
The Snow Empress rolled her eyes at him, speechless.
"Why did your presence suddenly disappear?"
The Ice Empress strode over and sat down on Ye Xiao's other side, throwing an arm around his neck as she did.
"My Sword Heart broke through another layer, giving me a passive flow-state effect."
"With a heart clear as ice, I wouldn't be shaken even if the heavens fell. I suppose you could call it a return to simplicity~"
Ye Xiao spoke softly.
After chopping Tang San to death, he felt a weight lifted from him~
"Oh, right, you two, I can try to reshape your bodies now."
"Since I can transform Sword Qi, I can use it to make physical bodies for you. Want to give it a try?"
Ye Xiao raised an eyebrow and turned to look at the Snow Empress.
The Snow Empress's eyes flickered, but she didn't answer. She only stared steadily into Ye Xiao's eyes.
"It's just... ahem, well, to reshape your bodies, I'll need some information about them. Otherwise, if I rely on what I can see with the naked eye, there might be some discrepancies."
"Sister Snow Empress, you wouldn't want to use a body that doesn't fit, would you?"
Ye Xiao planted a hand on his hip, growing more self-assured as he spoke.
The Snow Empress spat softly and rolled her eyes at Ye Xiao. She turned her head away, still saying nothing.
But her slightly reddened earlobes had already betrayed the unrest in her heart.]
Far North, the Snow Empress's cave.
Feeling two gazes fall on him, Ye Xiao went numb all over!
Damn it!
Ye Xiao fumed. His future self flirted with girls, and he was the one who had to pay the price?!
"Damn it! Bastard!"
In Dragon City, the Ice Empress stamped her foot, leaving a huge crack in the ground!
Ye Xiao actually dared to steal her woman!
She wanted nothing more than to rush back, lock that little thing Ye Xiao up in her Ice Jade Scorpion territory, and have a group of female Ice Jade Scorpions teach him how to behave!
["No! Absolutely not!"
"Bastard Ye Xiao!"
"As the saying goes, a friend's wife is off-limits. I didn't steal your Ye Guyi!"
The Ice Empress flew into a rage out of embarrassment and jumped straight onto Ye Xiao's back.
She wrapped both thighs around his neck and put him in a chokehold!
"Hey, hey~"
Ye Xiao stuck out his tongue and pretended he couldn't breathe. He leaned back and lay down, his head coming to rest in the Ice Empress's arms.
"Forget it. I can put up with a little discomfort. Once you've taught me this ability, I can adjust it myself."
The Snow Empress watched the two fooling around with amusement, her gaze growing a little gentler.
"All right, all right~"
Ye Xiao casually tossed the Ice Empress, who was squeezing him with all her might, aside. His expression suddenly fell.
He cultivated a Sword Heart, yet he couldn't understand the Snow Empress's attitude toward him.
That was why he had tested her this time.
It seemed the affection between him and the Snow Empress still hadn't reached its maximum.]
In the Snow Empress's cave in the Far North, the atmosphere was growing stranger and stranger.
The narration on the Heavenly Screen had undoubtedly exposed Ye Xiao completely.
"Senior Snow Empress, my little brother is a bit wild and unruly. If he has offended you, I apologize on his behalf!"
Ye Guyi pulled Ye Xiao to her side and bowed deeply to the Snow Empress.
At the same time, her heart was full of bitterness.
Ye Xiao had gone behind her back to flirt with a Soul Beast beauty, and she still had to apologize for him!
At the thought, a fire burned in Ye Guyi's heart.
She swore that the moment Ye Xiao came of age, she would lock him in a secret room!
When the time came, if she couldn't make him crawl out, she would take Ye Xiao's surname!
"It's fine. Things in the future won't affect the present."
The Snow Empress spoke calmly. She understood perfectly well that once the Heavenly Screen had shown this, the future was bound to change!
She continued watching the Heavenly Screen. It went black for a moment before an image appeared again.
On it, the Snow Empress looked dressed much as before, yet somehow seemed a little more solid.
["How is it?"
Ye Xiao asked, looking her over.
"Mm... not bad."
The Snow Empress examined her body and spoke with satisfaction.
There might have been minor flaws in the details of Ye Xiao's creation, but at least she didn't feel any discomfort.
"All right, then you're next."
Ye Xiao turned to look at the Ice Empress.
"Wait!"
"I've thought about it, and I'm more comfortable using my own body..."
The Ice Empress cleared her throat, her small hands behind her back and her face as red as an apple.
"???"
Ye Xiao and the Snow Empress exchanged a look, both of their eyes full of questions.
"You don't want a physical body anymore?"
Ye Xiao asked in confusion, glancing at the Snow Empress as well.
There was nothing wrong. Her appearance hadn't changed at all. Surely the Ice Empress couldn't think he'd made her look bad?
"Ahem, what I mean is, you can... take a good look at my body."
"Then make one that fits perfectly..."
The Ice Empress took a deep breath and turned her little face away awkwardly.
For a moment, Ye Xiao and the Snow Empress fell silent.
"Bing'er?"
The Snow Empress called helplessly. She truly couldn't understand what the Ice Empress was thinking anymore.
"Don't... don't... don't get the wrong idea! The Snow Empress's body is merely good enough. I just have higher standards and can't tolerate the slightest flaw!"
Hearing the strange tone in the Snow Empress's voice, the Ice Empress bristled!
Even so, she stuck out her neck and forced out an explanation.
"I see..."
Ye Xiao looked at the Ice Empress strangely as well.
He was trying to figure out what she meant by this.
Why wouldn't she let him examine the Snow Empress's delicate body, yet was willing to let him look at hers?
A moment later, Ye Xiao's expression suddenly froze.
He'd figured it out!
So... the Snow Empress and I have become the Ice Empress's harem?!]
Thud~
The Ice Empress panicked and crashed headfirst into a wall, but the people around her seemed not to see her.
"Damn it, damn it!"
"What are you showing?!"
"I'm not that kind of beast!"
"My whole heart belongs to Xue'er!"
"I would never fall for that little brat who hasn't even grown all his hair yet!"
The Ice Empress glared at the Heavenly Screen through gritted teeth.
That damned Heavenly Screen was utterly blackening her name! As she saw it, the Heavenly Screen already had a way to die!
And Ye Xiao's thoughts were complete nonsense too!
"Aaagh!"
"Bastard Ye Xiao, bastard Heavenly Screen, I'm going to turn you both into bean paste!"
Looking aggrieved, the Ice Empress hugged her legs and leaned against the corner of the wall. But she was a beast of ambition who kept her word; no matter how angry she was, she still had to fulfill her promise...