Wisps of icy-blue chill radiated from Liu Ruolan—no, from Ruoling's body.
This chill was not condensed from Profound Qi. It was more like a gathering of "intent," formless and intangible, yet carrying a texture and presence one could clearly sense, fierce and domineering.
Her clothes stirred without wind, and her black hair lifted slightly. Even that face, usually gentle and poised, its brows and eyes full of softness, seemed to have been dyed with frost, turning sharp and piercing.
The aura she let slip so casually made even Wang Shouzhe, who was in the same Flying Carriage cabin as her, feel an enormous pressure.
Over these past several years, the chances of Ruoling appearing silently had grown more and more frequent.
It was no longer like the earliest days, when only after Liu Ruolan had been thoroughly enraged would Ruoling, hidden within her body, come out and erupt.
On this point, Wang Shouzhe also felt a faint worry in his heart. Over the years, he had in fact been studying all along just what the situation with Ruolan and Ruoling was. He guessed that perhaps some kind of unforeseen change had occurred with that "Innate Dao Embryo Spirit Seed" Liu Xuanfu had obtained.
Or perhaps that "Innate Dao Embryo Spirit Seed" itself possessed some hidden attribute that no ancient text had recorded.
Only, because he lacked the relevant knowledge, and because the conditions for Ruoling's appearance had become increasingly impossible to trace, Wang Shouzhe's "research" had made rather limited progress.
At present, the only thing he could confirm was that her consciousness and Ruolan's were not connected; they belonged to two independent individuals.
It was just that after waking, she would occasionally not act out, merely briefly coexisting with Ruolan.
The one point in Wang Shouzhe's favor was that Ruoling