Chapter 60

After the extraordinary night triggered by Scarlett, the aftermath continued to ripple through the air. When Kiki's face-conscious roommate returned to Saint De College, she boasted about the incredible encounter at the birthday party. At first, many people didn't believe her, as this girl was known for exaggerating and being unreliable. However, several other students from Saint De College who attended the party also confirmed Tracy's story, leaving no room for doubt.

This astonishing news quickly stirred up a storm at Saint De College and somehow spread to Starlight College, highlighting the influence of the little witch.

"Wow, Class President, I heard that Scarlett, the daughter of the Supreme Martial God, publicly declared her love for you. Is that true?"

"Daughter of the Supreme Martial God? Even if it's not her father, Scarlett is still very famous in Victoria City. She is the goddess in the hearts of all the young men in the Holy City!"

"Class President, when did you two meet? To have a connection with the goddess and not tell us, that's really not fair!"

"Shh, keep it low, do you understand? Our Class President has always been low-key, unlike some people who can't wait to tell the whole world about their slightly pretty girlfriend!"

"Class President, bring Scarlett to our college so we can see the legendary little witch's charm!"

"..."

For a while after returning from Tracy's birthday party, Luo Feng was very troubled. No matter how he tried to clarify that he had no relationship with Scarlett, people just wouldn't believe him, especially the students in Class 8. They firmly believed that their Class President had not only attracted the goddess but had been pursued by her, which made all of Class 8 feel very proud.

Hmph, no matter how superior your advanced class is, can you attract Scarlett, let alone be pursued by her? Don't even dream about it, but our Class President can!

On the way to the elective class, wherever Luo Feng went, he attracted many people's attention, and they were all whispering about him and Scarlett.

Three girls had been following Luo Feng and Aaron for some time, occasionally sneaking glances. Two of them were talking, then giggling and pushing the third one forward. The third girl, blushing and fidgeting, came up to Luo Feng and handed him a neatly folded heart-shaped note: "Luo Feng, please, please read this, thank you."

Without hesitation, she stuffed it into Luo Feng's hand and ran away, her face still red.

Without even looking, Luo Feng knew it was a love letter, as he had already received more than twenty of them in the past few days.

People need to be highlighted, and with Scarlett's endorsement, Luo Feng, who was only slightly well-known at Starlight College, had become a major celebrity, a dream man in the hearts of many girls.

Aaron, who was beside him, covered his mouth and laughed, "Hey, Luo Feng, you're really popular in the college now!"

"Cut it out, Aaron, stop laughing at me," Luo Feng said with a bitter smile. In Tianwei City, he was looked down upon by everyone and always hoped for recognition, but now, with his high popularity, he was also troubled.

Many male students in the college, especially the die-hard fans of Scarlett from Victoria City, clearly saw him as an enemy. They absolutely could not accept their goddess falling for a country bumpkin from a small city.

Speaking of which, how did Scarlett even know about me, and what was her intention? Why did she suddenly run in and say those things at the party?

No matter how much Luo Feng racked his brain, he couldn't figure out the reason, and he didn't even realize that the little witch was right by his side and had been living with him for quite some time.

Although his life was somewhat affected, he still had to continue his training. In the evening, Luo Feng still came to the college's Energy Concentration Tower, cleared his mind, put Scarlett out of his thoughts, and began to cultivate.

As the Ancient Heaven-Defying Technique operated, the aura began to flow rapidly, increasing more and more until it overflowed from Luo Feng's body, forming an aura barrier. The barrier continuously expanded, from one segment to two, three, and four, then retreated to three, two, one, and finally to the Essence Qi stage, before expanding again, repeating the cycle.

It looked like the ebb and flow of the tide, from the lowest point to the peak and back to the lowest point, in a continuous loop.

For a martial artist, this was a joyful sign, indicating the imminent breakthrough to the fifth segment of aura.

However, this was also a process that required great caution. The transition from the fourth to the fifth segment of aura was a bottleneck. The aura sea needed to accumulate a large amount of aura to break through. If it failed, although it wouldn't cause internal injuries, the aura would be depleted, and even drop a segment, which would be a cause for despair. Therefore, many people would prepare thoroughly, and those with the means would use various auxiliary tools or even have experts guide them to increase the chances of success and ensure everything went smoothly.

However, Luo Feng had no such worries, as the Ancient Heaven-Defying Technique had no bottlenecks in the early stages of cultivation. At least up to this point, he hadn't encountered any.

So, when the signs of an imminent breakthrough became very clear, and the fifth segment of aura was almost within reach, Luo Feng didn't wait for the weekend to get Lucia's help but started the breakthrough during his regular cultivation time.

After repeating the process dozens of times, when the aura barrier reached the fourth segment again, it didn't retreat but suddenly expanded further, breaking through the limit and increasing in thickness.

Fifth segment of aura!

He broke through very smoothly, indeed, there was no bottleneck, and the entire process was calm.

However, after breaking through to the fifth segment of aura, something unusual happened.

The expanded aura suddenly shrank, from the fifth segment to the fourth, third, second, first, and then to the ninth, eighth, seventh segments of Essence Qi...

When the light from Luo Feng's body had faded to almost nothing, remaining only at the first segment of Essence Qi, it still didn't stop. The light finally disappeared completely, regressing to the Inner Qi stage, and even more frighteningly, it continued to regress, from the ninth, eighth, seventh segments of Inner Qi...

In the end, there was no trace of any martial arts energy left in Luo Feng's body, leaving only pure physical strength. This was a phenomenon that had never occurred since Luo Feng had started practicing martial arts and broken through to the first segment of Inner Qi, and it shouldn't have happened when transitioning from the fourth to the fifth segment of aura.

However, Luo Feng was not alarmed but rather delighted.

It... is about to be born?

All the aura that had disappeared surged back into the aura sea like a river returning to the sea. Luo Feng's aura sea had never accumulated so much aura before, and it felt like a bomb ready to explode at any moment.

Without being careless, Luo Feng carefully continued to run a special section of the Ancient Heaven-Defying Technique. His breathing gradually weakened and finally stopped completely. Not only his breathing, but even his heart stopped beating, yet Luo Feng did not die; instead, his thoughts were clearer than ever.

This was the Lingji state, as the old madmen described it, where the entire body is completely sealed off, not exchanging energy with the outside world, almost like a dead object!

At the same time, the aura in the aura sea began to flow according to complex rules, surging continuously. The aura sea acted like a blender, breaking down and fusing the aura, breaking it down again and fusing it, undergoing a mysterious reaction.

Finally, a unique small core suddenly appeared.

Through inner vision, it could be seen that this core was a completely different form of energy from aura, not a gas but a solid, crystalline nucleus, as it was a highly compressed essence of aura.

Indeed, it was the Spirit Concentration Core!

His heart resumed beating, and he began to breathe again. Luo Feng opened his eyes, filled with excitement.

This was a crucial step in verifying the theory of the Ancient Heaven-Defying Technique. The old madmen had said that as long as he practiced the Ancient Heaven-Defying Technique, once he broke through to the fifth segment of aura, the aura would immediately fuse and form a special energy body called the Spirit Concentration Core.