Chapter 5: Sister, Just Hug Me, Absolutely No Force
In the room made of ice.
Ling Shuang sat on the ice bed, one of the few in the room that was not made of ice, and looked at the Snow Empress in front of him.
It was also thanks to Ling Shuang's special physique, otherwise she would have been frozen to death long ago. The Ice Empress and the Snow Empress had no concept of cold at all.
This bed was bought by Ling Shuang from Xiao Bai with some gold soul coins left by the soul master who died in the Far North in a nearby town.
Fortunately, Xiao Bai liked to collect these golden things, otherwise Ling Shuang might have had to trouble her to get a few trees and make one by hand.
It doesn't matter if it's a little cold, but if the quilt isn't warm when sleeping, that's just too tragic.
"Sister Xue'er, aren't we going to study my martial soul?"
Seeing that the Snow Empress kept staring at her without saying anything, Ling Shuang couldn't stand this weird feeling and chose to speak up.
"Yeah." The Snow Empress nodded, and her eyes as pure as snow narrowed slightly.
"Xiao Shuang, release your spirit first."
Ling Shuang did as she was told, and the Creation and Annihilation Twin Staff appeared in his hand.
The breath of life and destruction suddenly lingered in the whole room.
The Snow Empress stretched out her fair little hand, and the white fluorescence enveloped the twin staffs of creation and annihilation, carefully feeling the staffs lingering with the power of life and destruction.
The more she felt, the more frightened the Snow Empress was.
The power of life and destruction on the twin staffs of creation and annihilation made her, the Queen of the Far North, feel ashamed.
It wasn't that the energy on the twin staffs of creation and annihilation was so huge.
In terms of total amount, Ling Shuang, who had just awakened her spirit, could never compare with the Snow Empress, whose combat power had reached the level of Extreme Douluo.
What the Snow Empress felt ashamed of was the purity of the energy of life and destruction on the twin staffs of creation and annihilation.
Her ice was definitely at the level of extreme ice, but she felt that the power of life and destruction on Ling Shuang's twin staffs was not inferior to her own ice, and even surpassed it.
It was truly magical.
Although she had felt it many times, the Snow Empress still couldn't help but be surprised.
Extreme destruction, extreme life—these two attributes reaching their peak was something almost unheard of.
Ling Shuang possessing these two extreme attributes at the same time was truly unprecedented.
The Snow Empress couldn't help but feel a headache.
According to common sense, it was best to choose a soul ring that was highly compatible with one's spirit.
But Ling Shuang's situation made it difficult for her to even begin.
Even with her vast knowledge as the queen of soul beasts in far north, she couldn't think of any soul beast that possessed both of these attributes at the same time.
Among soul beasts, she could think of those with both fire and ice attributes, but life and destruction together? Impossible.
Ling Shuang saw the Snow Empress's headache.
She said, "Sister Xue'er, we don't have to be obsessed with finding soul beasts that possess both attributes at the same time."
"I think soul beasts that possess either destruction or life attributes are fine."
The special nature of the Creation and Annihilation Twin Staff had trapped the Snow Empress in a dead end.
In fact, she hadn't even considered another possibility.
The twin staffs possess both attributes, but that doesn't mean a soul beast needs to have both—what if it only had one?
The Snow Empress was stunned.
She was so intelligent, yet when she heard Ling Shuang say this, she realized the limitations of her own thinking.
Yes! Having two attributes doesn't mean the soul ring must come from a soul beast with both.
As long as the soul rings were matched properly, they could maintain balance without wasting any potential.
Although soul beasts with life or destruction attributes were still very rare, they were far more manageable than what she'd just considered.
"Xiao Shuang, you're so smart!"
The Snow Empress took Ling Shuang into her arms.
Perhaps because she was a snow maiden, the Snow Empress had a unique fragrance.
It wasn't strong, but it made people feel extra comfortable.
"Sister Xue'er..."
Does Sister Xue'er really have no concept of intimacy between men and women?
After about two or three minutes, the Snow Empress finally let Ling Shuang go.
"Xiao Shuang, it's getting late, it's time to rest." she said, pushing Ling Shuang onto the bed.
Ling Shuang, who was only six years old, had no room to resist in front of the Queen of the Far North.
"Sister Xue'er, aren't you going back?"
Ling Shuang asked, seeing she had no intention of leaving.
But a faint smile appeared on the Snow Empress's delicate and beautiful face.
She shook her head slightly: "No, sister will sleep with Xiao Shuang today."
Hearing this, Ling Shuang's pupils suddenly shrank, and the memory of being used as a pillow instantly came rushing back.
His voice was somewhat reluctant, mixed with a bit of hopeful resistance: "Sister Xue'er, didn't we agree before that I'd sleep alone?"
"Today is different."
The Snow Empress placed her hands on her hips, her cold and beautiful face full of seriousness.
"Sister needs to feel Xiao Shuang's changes closely."
"Life and destruction are two opposite attributes. Although they are harmonious in your body now, for safety reasons, sister must always pay attention to your condition."
She said this with such righteousness, as if she had no selfish motives whatsoever.
"But..." Ling Shuang tried to argue, but a white jade finger pressed against his lips.
The arrogant and unmatched Queen of the Far North suddenly showed a pitiful expression.
"Does Xiao Shuang dislike sister so much?"
Do you understand the lethality of the pitiful expression of the peerless Queen of the Far North?
Even though Ling Shuang knew her expression was probably fake, he still couldn't resist it.
"No." Ling Shuang could only compromise, "Then Sister Xue'er, come up."
Suddenly thinking of something, Ling Shuang quickly added: "Sister Xue'er, don't hug me so tightly today."
The Snow Empress stuck out her tongue a little embarrassedly, patted her chest and promised, causing a wave of snow-white ripples: "Don't worry, sister will never do that today!"
Looking at her solemn expression, Ling Shuang could only pray silently in her heart.
I hope so.
To be honest, he didn't have much faith in the Snow Empress's promise.
After all, she had made the same promise before... many times.
And yet, every time ended the same way.
That feeling of waking up from a dream because you couldn't breathe... was really too uncomfortable!
The soul guide lamp bought from the town was turned off.
The soft body slipped into the quilt, snuggled up to Ling Shuang, and wrapped her arms around him.
"Sister Xue'er, we agreed..."
"Yeah, sister knows. Just hugging, absolutely no force."
"..."
On the other side,
The Ice Empress sat on her own ice bed, not feeling sleepy at all.
She always felt like something was off.
What was it...
Xue'er should still be researching spirits with Xiao Shuang...
(End of this chapter)