Chapter 85

Huo Yuhao felt the cool imprint on his forehead and secretly sighed with emotion.

Such a scene was just like his first meeting with the Snow Empress ten thousand years ago.

But the mindsets of the two people were already different.

The first meeting ten thousand years ago was a transaction; now it is because of affection.

So, even though he didn't want to trouble the Snow Empress again, Huo Yuhao didn't dodge.

However, if he truly encountered danger he couldn't resolve, he wouldn't use it. After all, the Snow Empress's method of transmitting power is very similar to Di Tian's; both use spatial power to convert and transmit power. Once used, the target bearing the attack would also become the Snow Empress.

Huo Yuhao absolutely didn't intend to do that kind of thing.

If Di Tian gave him a reverse scale, he might have used it — setting a trap with zero psychological burden — but the Snow Empress, no.

"Snow Empress, what's wrong?" After a moment, feeling the sensation on his forehead still there, Huo Yuhao looked up at the Snow Empress in puzzlement.

The Snow Empress didn't speak, merely quietly withdrawing her finger while pinching his cheek.

"You've shrunk, and become quite a bit cuter. It would be even better when you lose that mature mindset. You didn't look like a child even when you were young ten thousand years ago; now you look even less like one."

But unlike the beginning, even if Huo Yuhao hasn't recovered his peak now, all his trump cards added together aren't something ordinary people can withstand.

If the person Yuhao sought back then wasn't her, what would the Extreme North be like now?

The Snow Empress pondered for an instant, then tossed those thoughts out of her mind.

There are no ifs. Yuhao chose the Extreme North, chose her!

When she needed it most, when she was most helpless, he appeared in the Extreme North, giving her the hope of breaking through the Heavenly Tribulation and truly becoming a god, and also giving the Extreme North a way to continue on.

Plotting godhood together after ten thousand years...

Is it gratitude, or another kind of emotion? Ten thousand years of time, she has already considered it clearly.

The Snow Empress's jade hand was smooth and cool, like soft ice and snow, pure and flawless, but compared to ten thousand years ago, because of human-shaped re-cultivation, there was a trace of warmth.

Huo Yuhao's face stiffened awkwardly from being pinched by the Snow Empress's soft palm.

Not wanting to see old acquaintances too soon was one of the reasons for this too; his strength dropped, they wanted to mess with him, and he had no ability to resist...

The Snow Empress, with kindness as heavy as a mountain, was even harder to deal with.

He wanted to pull back, but seeing the nostalgic look in the Snow Empress's eyes, Huo Yuhao's heart softened, and he didn't dodge.

While kneading her "newly accepted" disciple, the Snow Empress communicated with the Ice Empress beside her via voice transmission.

"Has Yuhao encountered any trouble since re-cultivating?"

"Does a female dragon deity giving him a reverse scale count?" The Ice Empress glanced at Huo Yuhao.

"... Who?" The smile at the corner of the Snow Empress's mouth instantly froze, her delicate brows furrowing slightly. "There are still deities on the Douluo Continent?"

"Soul Beast Sovereign — Silver Dragon King Gu Yue Na. You invited her over this time too; I thought you knew her identity." The Ice Empress looked at the Snow Empress with some surprise. "Didn't you mention this to me before? Saying the true ruler of the Star Dou Great Forest isn't Di Tian."

"Silver Dragon King? I didn't know she had emerged. I haven't shown myself before people for several decades, and haven't paid attention to the movements of the Star Dou Great Forest."

The Snow Empress pursed her lips. "I invited her only because of her relationship with the An Feng. After all, I've never accepted a disciple before; Yuhao passing the Red Level Assessment is certainly a reason, but it still seems insufficient. Calling her over, in a pinch the An Feng can be brought out as a stepping stone. With these two reasons, it's enough."

Before meeting, she also couldn't confirm Yuhao's state, so she acted more cautiously, to avoid bringing trouble to Yuhao. Patiently staying here for a few months also had this reason in it. She didn't expect to hear this kind of news.

Dragons have reverse scales; touch them and you die. Gu Yue Na giving the reverse scale to Huo Yuhao — the symbolic meaning is not simple...

Hearing this, the Ice Empress was momentarily at a loss for words.

So in Xue Er's view, Gu Yue Na and the An Feng Douluo are both your tool people for seeing Yuhao, huh?

"Why did she give the reverse scale to Yuhao? What exactly happened?" Seeing the Ice Empress not continue, the Snow Empress asked proactively.

Although she was somewhat concerned about the relationship between Gu Yue Na and Huo Yuhao, the Snow Empress decided to clarify the situation first.

Yuhao basically never provokes women, because he knows he can't give them a promise. Ten thousand years ago he could be called a steel-straight man; when encountering confessions, he directly refused, absolutely without mercy, which always put her at ease.

So she wasn't anxious originally. Her lifespan is very long; as time flows, in the end, the only one left by his side wouldn't be just her alone?

She didn't expect there could still be a problem... Ten thousand years passed, and there's actually still someone wanting to fight her for him?

The Ice Empress curled her lip. "Not caring a bit more about me either."

"Bing Er~" The Snow Empress was a bit helpless. "We already talked this through ten thousand years ago."

"Alright, just a joke. In ten thousand years I've long since figured it out." The Ice Empress rolled her eyes. "The situation is like this..."

The Ice Empress held nothing back, telling the Snow Empress about the Sea God's Divine Sense, the Divine Throne, the Plane Master, the Abyssal Saint Lord, and all such matters.

Anyway, Yuhao originally planned to say it; she just spoke for him first.

The more the Snow Empress listened, the tighter her brows furrowed. The matter concerning Gu Yue Na was temporarily tossed to the back of her mind.

Compared to the safety of Yuhao, Bing Er, and them, Gu Yue Na's matter wasn't that important. This person is willing to share weal and woe with Yuhao; at least she's in the same camp.

Hmph. The matter of Yuhao giving her a divine artifact — settle accounts later.

The Snow Empress said: "Sea God's Divine Sense... do you need me to go deal with it?"

Since the Sea God's Divine Sense threatened the safety of Yuhao, Bing Er, and them, she could just deal with it.

"According to Yuhao's judgment, that strand of Divine Sense has memory. And according to I Lao, under the circumstances of forcibly retaining most memories, a strand of Divine Sense still has to slumber, showing that his Divine Sense power needs to preserve his own memories and cannot be overused, otherwise there's a risk of losing memories."

The Ice Empress's tone was low. "Yuhao and I Lao both mean to wait quietly for the timing. Either find a suitable opportunity to weaken him in a small world where the Plane Master can't be contacted, or wait until possessing the strength to contend with the Plane Master before making a move."

"Is that so?" The Snow Empress nodded. "If there's no confidence, leave it to me. With Yuhao's arrangements. In the depths of the Extreme North... I am a deity!"

While the Snow Empress and Ice Empress communicated secretly, a light cough sounded.

"Cough, cough."

The Snow Empress returned to her senses, attention turning to the Huo Yuhao before her. Unknowingly, her palm was already lightly stroking Huo Yuhao's cheek...

The Snow Empress naturally withdrew her palm.

Just this degree of contact — it's not like they hadn't done it ten thousand years ago; they've had even more intimate contact. There's nothing to be awkward about.

Yuhao is just making a fuss over nothing.

The Ice Empress glanced at Huo Yuhao from the side, continuing the voice transmission:

"Xue Er, Yuhao treats you as a sister, a teacher — he never thought of treating you as a lover... When it comes down to it, neither you nor he have experience. You get along too naturally, so instead there's no feeling."

"So Bing'er understands now? We're all about the same, don't pretend to understand when you don't." The Snow Empress said with a laugh.

The Ice Empress fell into silence.

Thinking about it carefully, it really was true.

The Snow Empress, Yuhao, and the few in their Spiritual Sea — who among them has a successful romantic history?

After I Lao recovered his memories, speaking of the past, it was all failed romantic histories; this group of them gathered together still couldn't compare to a normal couple understanding that kind of feeling.

No!

The Ice Empress suddenly thought of an exception.

The Evil Emperor has a child, he has a wife!

As expected, this temporarily added member is just different, might as well kick the Evil Emperor out of the group chat!

Completely out of place with their group!

On the other side, the Snow Empress glanced at the sky, then looked towards Huo Yuhao, "It's time for lunch."

Huo Yuhao instantly understood her meaning, revealing a trace of a smile, "What do you want to eat? I'll make it for you."

The Snow Empress's tone was gentle, "Whatever you make... is fine."

(End of Chapter)