Chapter 73: Chapter -73 The unhinged Loucheng.
Chapter -73.
Steam filled the bathroom, and Chen Feng gently traced his fingers over the exceptionally smooth and fair skin, his eyes dwelling on a pair of exquisite, jade-like feet. Ling Luocheng's feet were long and pale, reminiscent of fine porcelain, each toenail a tiny pearl glimmering with health and vitality, irresistibly alluring. Chen Feng took hold of those flawless feet and began to playfully tease them...
Ling Luocheng opened her eyes, instinctively curling her delicate feet. Looking at Chen Feng, she giggled, "Oh Chen Feng, you little pervert~" Hearing her playful remark, he leaned in close to her ear and whispered softly, causing her to blush. Shyly, she shot him a teasing glare, "You naughty guy..."
"My feet are so sore~" Ling Luocheng sighed, feeling utterly drained. Chen Feng, sensing her exhaustion, carefully lifted her out of the tub and began carrying her toward the bedroom...
Meanwhile, in a remote hideout for mountain bandits in the eastern region of the Heavenly Soul Empire.
Three figures, dressed in dark green uniforms with matching masks and cloaks, were wreaking havoc. This was the Shrek Academy Inspection Team. The trio had signal flares indicative of Shrek Inspectors hanging from their waists and wore special rings that acted as storage soul guides, crafted from silver-white metal and set with vibrant green gemstones, each ring adorned with the iconic Shrek emblem.
Among them, one woman stood out with her strikingly curvy silhouette. Though her face wasn't visible, her perfect figure suggested that she was incredibly beautiful. This was Ma Xiaotao, sent by the elder of the Sea God Pavilion on a mission. Her target was a bandit gang led by several soul masters, among which only two possessed the strength of Soul Kings, making her task quite manageable.
At that moment, a purple soul ring glimmered around Ma Xiaotao as she activated her third soul skill, Phoenix Wing Sky Soaring. Magnificent flaming wings and a phoenix tail sprouted from her back, lifting her gracefully into the sky. This skill not only granted her flight but also doubled the temperature of her flames and increased her attack range by a notable margin.
Simultaneously, a yellow soul ring flickered, erupting waves of intense flames from Ma Xiaotao's body and activating her second soul skill, Phoenix in the Fire. Cloaked in flames, she enhanced the attributes of her phoenix fire power while boosting her flight speed.
Surrounded by flames, Ma Xiaotao resembled a fiery goddess, her phoenix wings spread wide as she navigated the air, observing her surroundings. The optimal combination of two yellow, two purple, and two black soul rings orbited her. An instant later, her legs erupted in flames, producing two beams of golden-red fire as the skills of her leg soul bones activated.
As her speed surged, chaos erupted in the air wherever she passed. With explosive sounds trailing behind, Ma Xiaotao dove like a cannonball into the bandit ranks, targeting the two most formidable Soul Kings. Accelerating instantly thanks to her skills, she caught the gang utterly off guard as she unleashed her fourth and fifth soul rings, activating Phoenix Crying to the Sky and Phoenix Piercing the Clouds simultaneously.
The immense power of her attack distorted the air, a dark red flame shaped like a phoenix surged towards the two Soul Kings. A colossal explosion followed, sending a fire pillar soaring over ten meters high, accompanied by the faint sound of a phoenix's cry as its figure danced around the massive inferno. When the flames receded, both Soul King leaders and their surrounding bandits had disappeared without a trace.
"The boss is dead!"
"The boss is dead, run!"
In an instant, the remaining bandits, witnessing the demise of their two Soul King leaders, lost all resolve to fight, discarding their weapons in panic as they scrambled to escape from the fearsome fiery figure behind them. The two Shrek Academy students accompanying Ma Xiaotao exchanged uneasy glances. One whispered, "Wow, that was brutal..."
"Keep it down—don't let her hear you. She's been on edge since we started this mission, so we need to tread lightly, or else..."
"I heard she recently started dating a junior. I wonder who's the unfortunate guy. With a girl like that around, you'd probably get beaten up daily!"
"Shh, why are you getting so worked up? You want to die?"
"Hehe, at this distance, she can't hear us."
During their hushed chatter, Ma Xiaotao reappeared, her expression one of dissatisfaction. Sent on a mission by the Sea God Pavilion elder, and having been apart from Chen Feng for a day, the longing weighed heavily on her. Angered, she glared at the retreating bandits and yelled, "Damn bandits! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't even have to be here! Just perish already!!"
With her wings spread wide, she took to the skies again, a fierce disdain manifesting at the corners of her mouth as she locked her gaze on the fleeing bandits.
Once more, the wings behind her flapped as she ascended, and a loud phoenix cry echoed through the air, showering her with countless dazzling feathers. At that moment, her last black soul ring shone brightly, unleashing her most powerful soul skill: Phoenix Meteor Shower! Her wings opened wide, and brilliant red and black light burst forth, illuminating the sky.
The two inner court students accompanying Ma Xiaotao cast supportive and range control soul skills. One amplified Ma Xiaotao's soul skill while the other hindered the bandits' escape. A red beam of light merged with Ma Xiaotao's radiant aura, intensifying until half of the sky glowed crimson. Enormous golden-red fireballs, each over a meter across, rained down from the heavens onto the panicking bandits.
These flaming meteors accelerated, morphing into phoenix shapes and unleashing high-pitched cries as they descended. "Boom!!" The air was filled with the sounds of countless explosions, the stench of charred flesh lingering as the once-bustling ground turned to ash under the destructive phoenix flames. All the fleeing bandits perished, and the mission was successfully completed.
The two inner court students looked at the devastation around them and gave Ma Xiaotao a thumbs up, saying, "Sister Xiaotao is amazing! I doubt an average Soul Sage could hold a candle to her."
"Sister Xiaotao, the mission is over; let's head back to the academy."
Ma Xiaotao responded with a cheerful smile, "Let's go, time to return to the academy."
Just as she savored their mission's completion and the impending reunion with Chen Feng, an uneasy feeling suddenly washed over her—a lingering premonition that something was off.
At the Weiss Hotel, Ling Luocheng dreamily murmured to Chen Feng, "I want what Ma Xiaotao has; I want everything she doesn't have as well!"
And then, the flames ignited...
Time sped by, and dawn broke the next day.
Chen Feng gently caressed the fine beauty of Ling Luocheng's back, lost in his thoughts.
Last night, the mingling of yin and yang had drawn in a significant amount of energy that Chen Feng absorbed. While Ling Luocheng was no less attractive than Ma Xiaotao, her cultivation level was much lower, resulting in her energy being only half as potent.
After a night of cultivation, Chen Feng had progressed from the latter stage of the first layer to its peak.
His soul power also surged to the peak of level thirty-nine, just steps away from level forty.
Ma Xiaotao had elevated Chen Feng's soul power by three levels, whereas Ling Luocheng gave him an increase of one and a half levels. As for breaking through to level forty, that would need a significant amount of soul power, making it impossible to achieve in short order.
The unique energy born of yin and yang might be due to Chen Feng's significantly improved physique and Ling Luocheng's inadequate yin energy. For Chen Feng, whose body was now comparable to a Soul Emperor, the refining effect was limited, merely extending his endurance equivalent to a thousand years.
During his cultivation the previous night, Chen Feng had discreetly infused Ling Luocheng with the ice attribute essence sourced from the disassembled body of a fifty-thousand-year-old Ice Cang Wolf King. This essence was meant to lower the temperature of Ling Luocheng's martial soul, thus enhancing her soul skills in the future.
He carefully injected a small portion, about one percent of the total, into Ling Luocheng's body, allowing for a gradual process so that she wouldn't notice.
He couldn't help but recall her astonished expression from last night, attributing her martial soul's enhancement to her training with him.
Ling Luocheng was thrilled at the thought and resolved to continue her cultivation journey no matter what...
Yet her conclusions were fundamentally correct. Even without the ice attribute essence, training with Chen Feng, who wielded the ultimate ice attribute, would subtly improve the quality of her martial soul. However, this improvement would be gradual rather than immediate.
What was required was accumulation over time, which simply couldn't match the pace of amplifying her through ice attribute essence.
By the time Chen Feng fully transferred the hidden essence into Ling Luocheng, the progress of her martial soul would return to a more ordinary rate.
Moreover, by then, it was likely that Ling Luocheng would recognize that for herself, as it logically followed that the weaker the martial soul, the faster its improvement, and vice versa.
Checking the time, Chen Feng gently patted Ling Luocheng.
Her eyelashes fluttered open, her eyes slowly adjusting to her surroundings, still veiled in grogginess.
Moments after her eyelids lifted, she leaned back onto Chen Feng's chest, resuming her sleep.
Chen Feng said gently, "Sister Luocheng, it's time to return to Shrek Academy!"
Ling Luocheng's ears perked up quietly, but she continued to rest, showing no signs of getting up.
Amused by Ling Luocheng's spoiled behavior, Chen Feng activated his Ice Blue Emperor Scorpion martial soul, channeling his soul power as an icy hand pressed down on her.
Though Ling Luocheng, as an ice attribute soul master, had a strong resistance to cold, the chill emanating from the Ice Blue Emperor Scorpion's martial soul was unbeatable, quickly rousing her from sleep.
"I'm freezing! Chen Feng, what are you doing~" Ling Luocheng exclaimed, startlingly wide-eyed at Chen Feng.
He retracted his martial soul and gave her cheek a playful pinch, saying, "The sun is already shining, and you're still in bed."
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