"Something's not right!!!"
"There's definitely something wrong with the two of them going out this time!!!"
Ye Guyi sprang up from the ice bed and glared angrily at the image on the Heavenly Screen.
The Snow Empress and Ye Xiao were a man and a woman alone together. Who knew what they were going out to do?
Although Ye Xiao's current level was too low to let the Epiphyllum Sword shoot out Sword Qi, even if his Epiphyllum Sword couldn't shoot out Sword Qi, he could still spar in other ways!
For example, they could simply spar with their hands, or talk dirty and spar with their mouths...
The more Ye Guyi thought about it, the more anxious she became. She got out of bed and headed for the cave entrance.
Unfortunately, a pale blue barrier stopped her.
"Bastard!"
Ye Guyi was so anxious she was almost in tears!
The barrier had actually been set up by the Snow Empress for her safety, and it also protected Ye Guyi from the cold outside.
But as Ye Guyi's thoughts strayed further and further off course, she couldn't help recalling a storybook called The Humiliation of a Heroine, which she had secretly read as a child.
The heroine and her husband had been attacked by bandits. Then the bandits tied up the heroine's husband and did this and that and then that and this...
"Boo-hoo-hoo~"
Ye Guyi crouched down, thinking of her little brother being humiliated at the hands of the merciless Snow Empress. Waves of distress washed over her...
["What is it?"
Ye Xiao pushed open the door, looking a little puzzled.
"Ye Xiao, someone's outside looking for you. One of them looks a bit like Wang Qiu'er, but her hair has turned gold."
"There's also a silver-haired girl. She's quite pretty."
Jing Ziyan spoke quickly, all the while trying to sneak a look inside the room.
"Mm... I see."
Speechless, Ye Xiao pushed Jing Ziyan aside, and the two headed outside together.
Judging by the room's furnishings, it was clearly Ye Xiao's own room.
In other words, this Heavenly Screen was not continuing the lewdness from before the previous Heavenly Screen ended.
This time, the lewdness was something new, and it was happening in Ye Xiao's room.]
Meanwhile, as Ye Xiao watched the Heavenly Screen, sweat suddenly poured down his face!
"What's wrong?"
The Snow Empress, who had at some point begun paying him a little more attention, asked in confusion.
"N-nothing..."
Ye Xiao pressed his lips together and glanced nervously at Gu Yuena.
He had just made a quick calculation of how his future self would treat Gu Yuena after she had lost all her power...
The result was that, fortunately, his current relationship with Gu Yuena wasn't too bad.
If something really did go wrong, he would at least have a chance to explain.
"Hmph!"
"Brat, the Heavenly Screen is the Heavenly Screen, and now is now. I'm telling you, don't even think about doing what happened on the Heavenly Screen!"
The Ice Empress bared her teeth, her hair standing on end.
At the glimpse of the image that had flashed across the Heavenly Screen, she wanted nothing more than to lash Ye Xiao to death with her tail right there!
Although her self on the Heavenly Screen appeared to be holding the fragrant, soft Snow Empress tightly, she was no longer an innocent little scorpion.
She had seen more Soul Beasts mate than Ye Xiao had visited toilets!
Naturally, she could tell exactly what had happened on the Heavenly Screen!
"Bing'er~"
The Snow Empress frowned and gave a coquettish chiding cry.
So you're the only one who could tell, Ice Empress?!
She and Ye Xiao had tacitly avoided mentioning the embarrassing scene on the Heavenly Screen precisely because they found it embarrassing!
"You're scolding me?"
"For him?"
The Ice Empress's eyes widened, and she immediately pouted in grievance.
This is bad!
The Snow Empress, who had been by her side for hundreds of thousands of years, really was going to be spirited away by that brat Ye!
"Ah~"
The Snow Empress felt both reluctant and helpless. She reached out and put an arm around the Ice Empress from the side, letting her lean against her.
"Let's keep watching. Don't focus only on those... matters of love."
A blush rose unbidden to the Snow Empress's pretty face, and she gave the Ice Empress's arm a hard pinch.
"Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm~"
The Ice Empress smugly wrapped her arms around the Snow Empress's waist, not minding her pinch in the least.
At the same time, the Ice Empress smugly raised an eyebrow at Ye Xiao.
"I'm so jealous~"
Ye Xiao coaxed the Ice Empress in a flat voice, as if reading from a script.
The Ice Empress, meanwhile, contentedly lifted one of her short little legs.
["Mr. Ye Xiao, we need your help."
In the reception hall, Ye Xiao sat facing Gu Yuena and Gu Qiu'er.
Naturally, it was Gu Qiu'er who had spoken.
Gu Yuena did not interrupt, instead listening to their conversation.
"Why?"
Ye Xiao circulated his Sword Qi, using it to control the teapot and pour each of them a cup of tea, and asked casually.
Gu Qiu'er was instantly at a loss for words and looked to Gu Yuena for help.
Such exquisite skill...
Gu Yuena gave Ye Xiao, who had used his sharp Sword Qi for such a delicate task, a long look. Then she took over the conversation with him.
"You will forever be a friend of the Soul Beast Clan."
Gu Yuena fixed her clear, beautiful purple eyes on Ye Xiao, her tone solemn.
"Oh~"
Ye Xiao raised an eyebrow and said nothing more, merely taking a sip from the teacup in his hand.
Gu Yuena nodded as well, a trace of gratitude creeping into her gaze as she looked at Ye Xiao.
It was easy to add flowers to brocade, but hard to deliver charcoal in the snow. This friend, she acknowledged...
"My lord, he hasn't agreed yet..."
Seeing the corners of Gu Yuena's lips lift as she followed Ye Xiao's example and sipped from her teacup, Gu Qiu'er's mouth twitched. She hurriedly tugged at Gu Yuena's arm.
Then again, her lord hadn't appeared in the world for a long time, so it was understandable that she was this innocent... right?
"You don't agree?"
Gu Yuena looked up in surprise and gazed at Ye Xiao in confusion.
"Since Miss Gu speaks so bluntly, I won't beat around the bush either."
"As I said, why should I?"
"What makes you think a single promise of friendship is enough to make me go to so much trouble to help the Soul Beasts establish order, Miss Gu?"
Ye Xiao set down his teacup and appraised Gu Yuena's delicate figure teasingly.
It wasn't that he had taken a direct fancy to Gu Yuena. Ye Xiao was simply thinking: as the mighty Epiphyllum Sword Master, an unparalleled sword immortal, how could he not have a mount worthy of him?
And Gu Yuena, this little silver female dragon, was pretty, and her bloodline was passable in this world...
If she could be his mount, he wouldn't be opposed to lending a hand with the Soul Beast Clan's order.
After all, the Soul Beasts were Gu Yuena's, and Gu Yuena was his.]
"Great Silver Dragon King, spare me!!!"
Ye Xiao moved swiftly, ducking behind the Snow Empress in an instant as he cried out pitifully!
The moment he saw the narrated thoughts appear on the Heavenly Screen, he knew he was most likely done for!
Sure enough, upon seeing the narration on the Heavenly Screen, Gu Yuena immediately rose to her feet, her presence surging and her silver hair flying!
That damned Heavenly Screen, are you singling him out to torment him or what!!!
"My lord, calm down! My lord, calm down!"
"What happened on the Heavenly Screen is in the future. It can't be taken as fact!"
Di Tian's scalp went numb, and he dropped straight to one knee.
If Gu Yuena flew into a rage, the Soul Beast Clan would have no hope left at all!
At the same time, Bi Ji and the Myriad Demon King exchanged a glance, then knelt and pleaded with Gu Yuena as well.
On the other side, the Ice Empress gritted her teeth and rose alongside the Snow Empress. Together, they warily watched the group of people... beasts from the Star Dou Forest opposite them.