"Hmm...?"
Inside the hall, Gu Chenfeng looked in surprise at Ao Li, who had suddenly risen to her feet with an extremely grim expression.
It was the first time he had ever seen such a violent fluctuation in her emotions.
"L-Lady Ao Li, is something wrong?"
Ao Li instantly realized she had lost her composure and slowly sat back down.
Yet she did not speak for a long while.
Because she had already confirmed it.
The source of the abnormal changes she had experienced while practicing the Ice Soul Dragon Slumber Art lately lay with this Chen Feng.
Over this period, whenever Ao Li practiced the Ice Soul Dragon Slumber Art, she would frequently experience those abnormal sensations of burning heat, a fluttering heart, and tightness in her chest.
So much so that she often had to retreat into the Cold Pool, using its icy chill to suppress the restless fire in her body and mind.
This method had worked at first, but as time passed...
Later, even while she was in the Cold Pool, Ao Li felt she could barely suppress that heat stirring from within and spreading outward.
Moreover, images of Chen Feng would keep appearing in her mind from time to time.
There was the scene of their first meeting on the border battlefield.
There was the scene at the Dragon Blood Trial grounds, when she had taken him as her Dragon Servant.
There was his figure on the Dragon-Seizing Arena, fighting to the death against those who slandered her.
And there was that day in the Land of No Order, when he had suddenly said to her,
"If everyone turns their back on you, I will stand beside you."
Faced with this bizarre situation, Ao Li was somewhat caught off guard.
To keep it from