124: Chapter 124: Starting to Plan for the Snow Empress's Future

The next day, as the first light of dawn broke, the morning birds began their first songs.

Inside the bedroom, Lu Jing slowly opened his eyes and turned his head to look at the pillow beside him.

Wang Donger was still sleeping soundly, her pinkish-blue long hair spread across the pillow, making her fair cheeks look even more translucent.

Her breathing was steady, her long eyelashes cast gentle fan-shaped shadows under her eyelids, and her rosy lips were slightly pursed. Her sleeping face was tranquil and beautiful, as if untouched by a speck of dust.

In terms of looks, Wang Donger was indeed impeccable; even the current Qian Renxue would fall slightly short.

Perhaps only the Snow Empress, born of heaven and earth, the post-godhood Qian Renxue, and the Silver Dragon King still slumbering in the Star Dou Great Forest could compare.

After watching her quietly for a moment, Lu Jing reached out and gently brushed a strand of hair away from her cheek.

His fingertips touched that delicate, smooth skin, carrying the slight chill of the morning.

He leaned down, leaned close to her ear, and whispered, "Donger, wake up, Donger..."

"Mm..."

Wang Donger let out an unconscious whimper in her sleep, her brow furrowing slightly as she instinctively shrank into the warm covers to avoid the call disturbing her sweet dreams. Her voice was thick with nasal congestion and lazy hoarseness.

"What is it... it's still early... let me sleep a bit longer..." she mumbled indistinctly, not even bothering to open her eyes.

"Didn't you say before that you wanted to resurrect Ah Yin and give her a chance to choose for herself?" Lu Jing's voice carried a hint of a smile as he continued to whisper in her ear.

"...Ah Yin..." Wang Donger's brain seemed to still be in its startup phase. She processed for a moment before catching the keywords.

Her long eyelashes fluttered a few times, and she slowly opened her eyes, which were still filled with the mist and daze of early waking.

She looked at Lu Jing, who was close at hand, seemingly not fully awake yet, and only instinctively asked, "Ah Yin? Do you have a way?"

"I thought of a place where we might be able to use the power there, plus your Seagod's Light to assist from the side. The success rate would be much higher," Lu Jing said softly.

In the original work, Tang San resurrected Ah Yin this way, so logically, if it were them instead, there shouldn't be any major issues.

"What place?" Wang Donger's sleepiness dissipated a bit, her curiosity piqued.

She blinked hard, trying to make herself more awake.

"The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well," Lu Jing replied.

"The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well?"

Wang Donger repeated the somewhat unfamiliar place name. She seemed to have some impression of it in her mind, but it wasn't deep.

But hearing the words 'Ice and Fire' and then thinking of what Lu Jing said about using the power there, she seemed to understand something. Supporting her body, she slowly sat up.

As she moved, the thin quilt covering her body slid down.

She was only wearing a water-blue silk camisole nightgown. The delicate, smooth silk clung to her graceful body, outlining the tempting curves of her chest.

Two slender straps hung over her rounded shoulders, revealing a large expanse of snowy-white, delicate skin. Her exquisite collarbones were clearly defined, radiating a white jade-like luster in the morning light.

The hem of the nightgown barely covered the base of her thighs, and her two straight, long, well-proportioned, and fair jade-like legs were casually crossed.

She tilted her head slightly, her pinkish-blue long hair scattered somewhat messily over her shoulders, adding a touch of lazy charm.

But those beautiful eyes, which were gradually clearing, were now slightly narrowed with a hint of scrutiny and inquiry, looking at Lu Jing without blinking, as if trying to see through his eyes to the real thoughts in his heart.

"Lu Jing..."

Wang Donger's voice carried the slight hoarseness of just waking up, yet it was exceptionally clear as she asked, "You proactively mentioned going to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well... I'm afraid it's not just for Ah Yin, is it?"

Lu Jing was slightly stunned, then laughed, "Why do you think that?"

"Feeling," Wang Donger said succinctly, but with a certain tone; she knew him too well.

If it were simply to resurrect Ah Yin, he could have brought it up last night instead of waking her up early in the morning in such a slightly suggestive and urgent manner. After all, Ah Yin didn't hold any significant meaning for him.

So there must be another, perhaps more important, reason.

Lu Jing looked at her clear blue eyes that seemed able to see through a person's heart, shook his head helplessly, and gave a bitter smile. "Sure enough, nothing can be hidden from you. You're right, there are indeed other reasons."

"What is it?" Wang Donger pressed, leaning forward slightly. The neckline of her nightgown opened slightly due to this movement, revealing a deeper view, but she obviously didn't care about that right now. After all, they had already done what should be done and even what shouldn't be done.

So for her, as long as it was Lu Jing, exposing too much didn't matter; it was merely a bit of shyness.

Lu Jing's gaze stayed on her tempting view for less than half a second before quickly shifting away to land on her face. He said seriously, "The Cold Spring within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well."

"Cold Spring?"

Hearing this, Wang Donger's elegant brows furrowed slightly, and a hint of doubt flashed in her eyes. She asked, "What do you want that for? You aren't an ice-attribute Spirit Master. Besides, I remember that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well is one of the world's three great Treasure Basins. The spring water inside contains Ultimate Ice and fire power, which is incredibly overbearing and difficult for ordinary people to endure, let alone utilize."

Within the Clear Sky Sect ten thousand years later, the existence of this thing was recorded, though she hadn't paid much attention to it back then.

If Lu Jing hadn't mentioned it, she might never have gone there in her life.

"I'm not ice-attribute, but someone is." Lu Jing looked at her pointedly.

Wang Donger was stunned at first, then, like a bolt of lightning flashing through her mind, she understood instantly! "You mean... Sister Snow Empress?!"

"Mm."

Lu Jing nodded and explained, "Sister Xue's cultivation is close to seven hundred thousand years, and her Ultimate Ice has already reached the pinnacle. But to safely pass the seven-hundred-thousand-year tribulation, and even impact higher realms in the future, she needs deeper and purer ice-attribute energy to consolidate her foundation, or... seek some kind of opportunity to break through in one go. The Cold Spring in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well is a spiritual spring of the utmost Yin and cold in the world, containing the purest and most primordial power of ice. If utilized properly, it will be an unimaginable and massive benefit for her. Perhaps it can help her break through her bottleneck and take her cultivation a step further."

The reason the Snow Empress ten thousand years later failed her breakthrough and was captured during her transformation, he personally felt, was largely because the Heavenly Dao of the Douluo Planet had set a trap for her.

The biggest reason was to pave the way for Huo Yuhao; otherwise, how could those few Spirit Masters from the Star Luo Empire have captured the Snow Empress by such a coincidence? It was a joke.

What the other party didn't expect was that the Child of Destiny they had painstakingly nurtured was actually tricked away by that dog Tang San using his daughter.