The familiar roar of the lioness.
It had been some time since Chen Yu last video-chatted with Jiang Yaqing, and he had forgotten her capability for this, being forcefully jolted so his eardrums struggled to cope.
He raised a hand to pat his ear, then shook his head twice.
Jiang Yaqing in the video also frowned, her brow furrowed within her padded cotton coat.
"What show are you putting on now?"
"In this freezing, snowy weather, Sister Qing is still so robust," Chen Yu said with a dry, awkward grin. "It's nothing, just that my brain is filled with water, and I wanted to empty it out."
"You actually know your brain is filled with water?"
Jiang Yaqing, with her arms crossed, let out a cold huff and narrowed her eyes.
"Chen Yu, I used to think you were just endearingly foolish at times, but I never realized you were genuinely dim-witted. I heard you went to the royal city of the Tatu Kingdom?"
"Huh?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Yu's face was filled with bewilderment.
Endearingly foolish?!
To hear these words from Jiang Yaqing's mouth was indeed slightly hard to believe.
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
Noticing Chen Yu's gaze, Jiang Yaqing immediately became agitated again.
"Ah! I know, you're thinking bad things about me in your head again, aren't you? I really want to give you..." In the projection, Jiang Yaqing clenched her fists, glared, waved them a couple of times, then raised a finger. "It's fortunate we're on video, otherwise, if you were in front of me, I'd punch you so hard your eyes would see stars."
"Yes, yes, we know Sister Qing's temper," Chen Yu said with a flattering smile.
"Hmph!"
Jiang Yaqing crossed her arms and snorted coldly, lifting her chin proudly.
"By the way, why are you so free, Sister Qing, to have the time to contact your little brother?" Chen Yu grinned and asked. "After not contacting for so long, I thought you'd frozen to death out there in the ice and snow."
"Do you know how to speak properly? Do you know how to speak properly!"
After her brief moment of pride, Jiang Yaqing became irritable again.
"You have the nerve to say that! After so long, you didn't even contact me. You didn't even bother to make a voice call to ask if I'd frozen to death. You're like a scumbag, cheating for money, sex, and affection. How could I be so unlucky to know you?"
"Not at all," Chen Yu said, still with his awkward dry smile.
"Hmph, let's not talk about this. What's your situation? The Tatu royal family wants to tear you limb from limb, and you're happily running towards them. Are you sick?" Jiang Yaqing looked utterly speechless. "What did I hear? You even revealed the matter of the Command Tiger Talisman yourself. Do you really think your life is too tough?"
"You know about this?" Chen Yu was somewhat surprised.
Jiang Yaqing was in the endless snow domain, a place devoid of human habitation. For her to receive news from such an isolated location was somewhat astonishing to Chen Yu.
"Who in the entire cave doesn't know?" Jiang Yaqing spread her hands. "What are you thinking? I really want to interview you right now."
"Did Xu Nuo say it?"
"Why do you care who said it?"
"Then, Sister Qing, is it possible that I've been in the Tatu royal city for about half a month?" Chen Yu then tentatively whispered, "Is your news a bit slow?"
"What?!"
Instantly, Jiang Yaqing's face showed utter shock.
She looked to her side in surprise. Chen Yu could only see Jiang Yaqing in the video, unaware that beside her were several snow apes.
Those snow apes kept shaking their heads when they saw Jiang Yaqing's puzzled look.
"Sister Qing, who are you looking at?"
Noticing Jiang Yaqing's strangeness, Chen Yu asked in the projection.
"I'm checking on how the explosion at that mountain is going!" Jiang Yaqing gritted her teeth, cast a fierce glare at the snow apes, and then retracted her gaze. "It's normal for news to be a bit slow when I'm in this ice and snow, isn't it? Besides, I'm concerned about you, so you should have a better attitude."
"My attitude isn't bad," Chen Yu replied.
"Anyway, I think your attitude just now was not good," Jiang Yaqing said, crossing her arms and wrinkling her nose. "So what bad things are you trying to do by coming to the Tatu royal city? Listen to my advice, you should run away from the Tatu royal city immediately. The Tatu royal family has joined forces with several kingdoms, and they are preparing to kill you."
"Where did you hear this news?"
Chen Yu's expression grew serious; he always paid close attention to matters concerning his life.
"As of now, I haven't felt any malice from the Tatu royal family. I've been in the suspended city for about half a month, and I haven't encountered any members of the royal family yet."
"Nonsense, isn't that because the people sent by those allied kingdoms with the Tatu Kingdom have all been..."
Jiang Yaqing was about to blurt it out but abruptly stopped herself and declared, "Discovered by my informants. They are still on their way, and the Tatu royal family is waiting to rendezvous with them?"
"You have informants already?" Chen Yu was astonished.
He hadn't contacted Jiang Yaqing for over a month, and she had developed quite well, now having her own informants within the cave.
Even he was still in the stage of self-development.
He hadn't expanded externally.
"It's okay for you to develop, can't I have some fortuitous encounters?" Jiang Yaqing pouted. "Now, Sister's development is not inferior to yours. If we meet in the future, I might even scare you to death. To tell you the truth, I'm extremely powerful right now."
"If that's the case, I'm really looking forward to it."
Chen Yu leaned back in his seat, his fingers starting to tap on the trading channel of the virtual screen.
His private messages were almost exploding, with people constantly contacting him to look at their goods, and the chat channel also had many people mentioning Chen Yu.
Taking advantage of this time, Chen Yu also took the opportunity to browse for goods.
The items were quite ordinary, all basic resources. Of course, this was relative to Chen Yu; for some cave survivors, these resources were quite rare.
For instance, Obsidian, Mana Crystals, or some low-quality cultivation pills.
It had to be said that with the supply of equipment from Chen Yu, the resources explored by these survivors were much richer than before. It was no wonder they could acquire bread packages so easily.
"Just you wait, it'll definitely scare you to death."
Jiang Yaqing laughed triumphantly. In her heart, she also looked forward to meeting Chen Yu as soon as possible, so she could make him worship her as the Ice Snow Emperor.
Unfortunately, she had not yet received the complete inheritance of the Ice Snow Emperor.
She still needed to remain in the endless snow domain.
Seeing Chen Yu becoming a bit distracted, Jiang Yaqing's fiery temper immediately flared up.
"What are you doing again? Not talking to me!"
"Oh, I'm just browsing for goods," Chen Yu whispered. "Many survivors in our region have obtained some resources they can't sell. If their resources pile up, their development will be limited. I'm just..."
Just as Chen Yu's fingers were continuously tapping to purchase goods, he suddenly stopped, his eyes widening.
"Holy crap, where did this guy get it from!?"