Qin Yan was still a young and inexperienced teenager, and he was unconsciously captivated by the beautiful scene before him. He seemed to be in a trance, standing in place for almost a minute. However, he still had his senses and immediately realized that it was very inappropriate to continue watching. He quickly turned his face away.

Suddenly, Qin Yan felt as if there was someone behind him. With a start, he quickly turned around, only to see a familiar face in front of him.

"How come it's you?" "What are you doing here?!"

Both of them were surprised when they saw each other's faces. Standing behind Qin Yan was Lin Shiqi, who had brought him to this academy before.

Lin Shiqi suddenly realized something, a look of panic appearing on her face. She rushed forward and grabbed Qin Yan's collar, lowering her voice as she said, "You, I told you to stay there and wait for me, but you actually ran around everywhere. Why couldn't you just stay put? And now you've even come here to peep at Ice Sister. You're in big trouble now!"

Qin Yan also realized that he had done something wrong. He waved his hands in panic, shaking his head, and incoherently said, "No, I didn't know there was someone here, and I didn't mean to peep intentionally. No, I wasn't peeping!"

Before she could finish her sentence, Lin Shiqi covered his mouth and whispered, "Keep it down. If Ice Sister hears us, we're both done for!"

"Ice Sister? Who's that?" Qin Yan asked in confusion, but Lin Shiqi ignored him and cautiously turned her gaze towards the waterfall behind Qin Yan. Suddenly, she let out a gasp and exclaimed, "Oh no!"

"Oh no?" Qin Yan turned to look towards the waterfall in the direction Lin Shiqi was staring, and he immediately understood the reason for her exclamation. The woman who had been sitting with her eyes closed below the waterfall had now disappeared.

"Oh no, oh no, this is bad!" Lin Shiqi looked panicked, constantly scanning her surroundings as if she were extremely afraid of something. Seeing Lin Shiqi so nervous, Qin Yan tried to reassure her, saying, "There's no need to be like this. Everyone is responsible for their own actions, and if something happens, I'll take responsibility."

"I wish it were that simple," Lin Shiqi sighed deeply. At that moment, the sound of footsteps rustling through the area could be heard.

Lin Shiqi shuddered all over and immediately looked towards the source of the footsteps. Qin Yan also turned his head in that direction and saw a beautiful woman with long hair dressed in a white bathrobe, slowly walking towards them. The woman was dripping wet all over, with water droplets occasionally falling from her hair and fair skin to the ground. Her loose and wet white bathrobe did little to conceal her graceful figure.

"Is that her?" Qin Yan swallowed hard as he looked at the woman approaching them, dripping wet all over. Who else could she be if not the one who had been sitting by the waterfall earlier?

Before long, the woman had reached Qin Yan and Lin Shiqi. Qin Yan felt uncomfortable facing the soaked woman directly, so he averted his gaze, refusing to look at her. However, the woman was scrutinizing Qin Yan intently, and suddenly she spoke, her voice pleasant but with a cold tone that gave off an unfriendly vibe. "Shiqi, is he the person you mentioned bringing from outside?" she asked.

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"Yes," Lin Shiqi replied with a downcast expression, devoid of her usual liveliness. "His name is Qin Yan, and he gained abilities unexpectedly. I thought he had good potential, so I brought him in."

"Why would you do something so foolish, Shiqi? Have you forgotten what happened before?" The woman in white furrowed her brow, sounding displeased.

"I haven't forgotten," Lin Shiqi quickly explained. "I feel like he's not a bad person and wouldn't deceive me."

"The human heart is unpredictable, Shiqi. You're still young and don't understand many things. Good and bad cannot be distinguished by appearance alone."

Upon hearing this, Qin Yan felt a bit indignant. He looked at the woman in white and interjected, "Wait, are you implying that I'm a bad person who intentionally deceived Lin Shiqi to come here?"

"Isn't that the case?" The woman in white furrowed her brow, glaring sternly at Qin Yan. "Do you think I would believe that you can gain abilities just from exposure to radiation, without any training, and be able to control them effortlessly?"

"That's how it is. Whether you believe it or not is up to you." Feeling unjustly accused, Qin Yan became irritated. His tone turned unfriendly as he continued, "You say I'm not a good person, but I could say the same about you. You're always hiding in this deep mountain doing some secretive research. Who knows what good or bad deeds you've been up to here?! And you, all you do is lecture others, getting yourself soaked all over. Don't you know the word 'shame'?"

Perhaps taken aback by Qin Yan's words, the woman in white hesitated, showing a bewildered and unsure expression on her face.

"Stop it!" Lin Shiqi pulled Qin Yan and said to the woman in white, "Since you don't like him, Ice Sister, I'll take him away!" With that, she led Qin Yan towards the edge of the forest.

"Wait!" Just a few steps away, the woman in white called out to them. Lin Shiqi turned around, looking timidly at the woman in white and asked, "Is there anything else, Ice Sister?"

"Fine, I'll temporarily believe what he said is true and that he didn't deceive you," the woman in white said coldly, her tone resolute. "But you know the rules here, Shiqi. Anyone who trespasses in this forbidden forest must be punished!" As she spoke, she raised her hands slowly and added, "He is the person you brought here, Shiqi, so you will also face consequences!"

"It's not my fault! He barged in here recklessly, and it has nothing to do with me," Lin Shiqi said in a flustered and loud voice. The woman in white remained silent, her expression focused as if she were concentrating all her energy on something important.

"Uh-oh..." Lin Shiqi's face showed fear as she felt her legs weakening and her body falling to the ground.

"Are you okay?" Qin Yan caught Lin Shiqi, who was on the verge of falling, feeling amused. Lin Shiqi had been arrogant when causing trouble for him earlier, but now she was terrified facing a delicate woman in her twenties.

Suddenly, a strong gust of wind howled around Qin Yan and Lin Shiqi, creating a powerful whirlwind that firmly enveloped them, trapping them inside.

"Wow, is she a magic user?" Qin Yan realized that the powerful whirlwind was summoned by the woman in white. He cautiously reached out his hand towards the whirlwind, but as soon as his hand touched it, he recoiled as if shocked.

"What... what's going on?!" Qin Yan looked at his left hand, his expression becoming panicked. When he touched the whirlwind earlier, a thin layer of ice had formed on his fingertips. The temperature of the whirlwind was extremely low, colder than ice and snow, causing anything that came into contact with it to instantly freeze.

"Ice Sister is a fourth-level magic user who can control the temperature of the surrounding environment. We're done for. Now we're going to turn into ice sculptures," Lin Shiqi's body began to tremble. She wasn't trembling out of fear but because the icy whirlwind was rapidly contracting, enclosing the two of them inside.

"Oh my goodness, why didn't you say so earlier?!" Qin Yan screamed, shaking all over like Lin Shiqi. The freezing whirlwind blew over them, causing their hands and feet to become numb, their bodies to lose strength. Ice visibly formed on their bodies at a rapid speed. At this rate of freezing, in less than half a minute, their entire bodies would be completely covered in solid ice, turning into two ice sculptures.