"Failed."
Frost Crown Temple. Frost Crown Dominator's willow eyebrows furrowed slightly.
"This actually didn't work?"
Venerable Xiyue was equally surprised.
With Xu Jingming's approach, it should have been enough to trigger an immense emotional fluctuation.
"Ye Li has always been a resilient disciple. This kind of stimulation may not be enough to wake her."
Frost Crown Dominator could not help but sigh.
That trait had originally been an advantage, but within the dream, it had become extremely troublesome instead.
"I see."
Venerable Xiyue came to a realization, then said, "At this point, there's no other way. Let Xu Jingming keep trying. If it truly doesn't work, I'll step in and interrupt."
Ten seconds had already passed, leaving fifty seconds remaining.
Converted to time within the dream, there was still plenty of time to try.
"That's all we can do."
Frost Crown Dominator nodded slightly and turned her gaze back to the light screen.
"This failed too?!"
In the Dream World, Xu Jingming sat on a concrete step by the roadside, utterly unable to understand it.
"Meow~ (Your Senior Sister Ye Li has a powerful will. Perhaps she can endure this kind of pain?)"
The little black cat Vera had transformed into licked her paw on his shoulder and said, "Meow~ (Since hatred won't work, how about trying love?)"
"Love?"
Xu Jingming pondered briefly, then his eyes lit up.
That's right!
In reality, Senior Sister Ye Li had focused on cultivation for over ten thousand years. Her personality was cold and aloof.
Let alone a partner of the opposite sex, she had hardly even had intimate contact with men.
Pain might truly be ineffective against Ye Li, whose long years of cultivation had forged her will into something as solid as a boulder.
But love...
This was an emotion she