The Snow Empress Takes Her Disciple on a Daily Outing

In the Sunset Forest, the Snow Empress, dressed in simple white clothes, was leading several children who looked to be eight or nine years old in a search for Soul Beast. The Snow Empress had been staying in this border town of the Silves Kingdom for over a year. These seven or eight-year-old children were new students she had taken in this year. In less than a year, under the Snow Empress's careful guidance, two of the students had reached the bottleneck of a 1-ring Soul Power Soul Master. That's why the Snow Empress brought them to the Sunset Forest to obtain Soul Ring.

Even though the endless trees of Sunset Forest blocked out the scorching midday sun, the sweltering heat still made this true queen of the Far North somewhat uncomfortable. She hated summer, especially midday summer, but looking at these adorable little creatures with their innocent and excited expressions, begging and pleading with her, she simply couldn't refuse them.

A few rays of sunlight pierced through the gaps in the leaves and fell on Snow Empress's flawless white face, making her already stunningly beautiful face even more breathtaking. "Sister Xue, I'm tired and hungry... Waaah..." A little girl called out to Snow Empress in a coquettish tone from behind, then walked up behind her and pitifully tugged at her clothes, blinking her big, adorable eyes at Snow Empress.

Snow Empress turned around, looked at the tiny little girl who only reached her waist, and affectionately pinched her nose, saying, "Alright, let's rest for a while, have something to eat... Also, you have to call me teacher!"

"Wow, we know, Sister Xue, we'll call you teacher!" Hearing Snow Empress say it was time to rest, the children, who were already at an age where they were full of playfulness, couldn't help but cheer and hurriedly took out all sorts of snacks from their small backpacks.

After resting for a short while, a dark green figure descended from the sky, including a boy of about twelve or thirteen years old—it was Ice Empress. As soon as he landed, Ice Empress couldn't help but complain to Snow Empress, "My Yuki... Sister Xue -sama... in the middle of summer, why aren't you resting indoors? What are you doing out here... I had to ask your disciple to lead the way to find you..."

"Teacher!" The boy behind Ice Empress landed and respectfully bowed to Snow Empress, then fell silent, clearly a very cold-hearted boy.

"Wow, it's Sister Bing and Senior Shuang!" Several freshmen ran over excitedly after seeing the two land and surrounded them. The boy called Senior Shuang looked helplessly at Snow Empress for help, but Snow Empress just watched with amusement and didn't seem to care.

"Whoa!!! You little brats, stay away from me, I'll eat you up, whoa!!!" Clearly, Ice Empress couldn't handle this either, so he could only pretend to be fierce to scare them. But this action, combined with his height, which was even shorter than the boy next to him, was quite cute, making the children giggle.

After watching the two children being forcibly dragged around and playing for a while, Snow Empress waved her hand to signal the children to come back and rest. Then she said to Ice Empress, "What's wrong? Why are you in such a hurry to find me, and even had Xiao Shuang'er lead the way?"

Before Ice Empress could speak, the boy beside her, upon hearing the name "Little Shuang'er," immediately blushed and said, "Teacher!!! Could you please stop calling me by that name... I'm already thirteen years old, and my Soul Power has broken through level thirty. If the other junior students hear this... I..."

Upon hearing this and the boy's reaction, Snow Empress immediately became smug and replied playfully, "Hmph! I'll call him whatever I want. My disciple can call me whatever he wants. If you're so capable, then beat me..."

"..." The boy had no choice but to remain silent. He then bowed to Ice Empress and quietly left, completing his task of guiding the way.

"It's so similar... even their personalities are exactly the same as that guy's back then, it's a pity he became so hateful later..." Ice Empress watched the boy's departing figure and couldn't help but sigh, "Yes... we really have a connection with him, no matter where we go, we can't escape his shadow, even when we're taking on a disciple..."

Seeing the increasingly dejected expression on Snow Empress's face, Ice Empress quickly interjected, "No, Xiao Shuang's personality is much better than that guy's. At least she's not so arrogant. She leaves me, a powerful Titled Douluo, unused and only makes me do trivial things... Damn it, I want to fight too!!!"

Ignoring Ice Empress's comforting words and complaints, Snow Empress looked up at the sky, where the guy's image seemed to be reflected. She shook her head, reverting to her usual cold demeanor, and said, "So eager to find me, that guy sent you, didn't he? Tell me, what does he want? If he wants my help, my condition has always been the same: dissolve this damned contract, otherwise I..."

Before Snow Empress could finish speaking, Ice Empress gave her a strange look that made her a little uneasy. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

He stared at the proud and adorable Snow Empress for a while. Although she was putting on a cold look, her proud tone was so cute that Ice Empress couldn't help but want to pinch her pretty face. However, thinking that if he did that, Snow Empress might use her Ninth Soul Skill directly, he decided against it.

"Actually, you really want him to beg you, right? You really want to help him, right? You just can't bring yourself to go to him first. But he didn't ask me to come to you. I have news to tell you: in our Far North... there will be no more gods..."

Thinking about her recent conversation with Shui Yue'er, Ice Empress didn't know whether to be happy or not. As her best human friend, she knew from the beginning what fate Shui Yue'er would face, which is why she accompanied her in her escape and back to the temple to fulfill her responsibilities. But now, the decisions of Shui Bing'er and Yu Tianshuang left her with mixed feelings. She was happy that she wouldn't lose her best human friend, but saddened by the desolation of her homeland in the Far North.

For a region, especially in the current situation, having a deity is a blessing, signifying that the area will be protected by the deity. But now...

Upon hearing this news, Snow Empress was actually quite happy for Ice Empress. Both of them were Soul Beast who had transformed into humans, with Ice Empress's smooth integration into the human world was largely due to the lively and cheerful girl. "Shouldn't you be happy? Isn't it good that Shui Yue'er is alive? In my opinion, you're overthinking things. The future of the Far North doesn't really concern us anymore. We are no longer the Far North. You don't need to force that responsibility onto yourself. We are now humans—no, we should say we are now servants of Yu Tianshuang. Besides, the Far North hasn't had a god for tens of thousands of years, and it doesn't matter now. I believe A-Tai will protect that place well, and many new kings like you and me will appear in the future."