CHAPTER 62: CHAPTER 62: TENG DRAGON’S STEP, FOURTH LEVEL

"I didn’t expect her to be Yang Wanyi."

Coming out of the auction hall, Luo Feng and Luo Xiao walked side by side on the street, a faint surprise flickering in Luo Xiao’s eyes.

"Brother, do you know her?" Luo Feng asked, looking at Luo Xiao.

Luo Xiao shook his head.

"I’d only heard her name before; today was the first time I’ve seen her in person. Yang Wanyi is the daughter of Yang Dingtian, the City Lord of Dayang City. It’s said she was once the most talented individual in Dayang City and managed to enter Linglong Hall, one of the Twelve Golden Palaces, at the age of sixteen. This woman is not simple at all."

"Indeed, she is no ordinary person."

Luo Feng nodded, agreeing deeply.

He had felt it the first time he saw Yang Wanyi.

The impression Yang Wanyi gave him was even stronger than that of Zi Yuan and Li Yuanhao; her power might have even reached the eighth level of the Hell Realm!

"That being said, Second Brother, you are really amazing!" Luo Xiao changed the topic, patting Luo Feng’s shoulder meaningfully.

"What do you mean?"

"Yang Wanyi actually gave you the VIP card of the Dayang Commerce Alliance. Such an exceptionally gifted woman like her must have high standards, yet she seems to favor you so much." Luo Xiao winked, a suggestive smile on his face.

Luo Feng curled his lips. "It’s just a jade card. Why are you overreacting?"

"You should not underestimate this jade card!" Luo Xiao’s demeanor suddenly became serious. "It’s not easy to get the VIP card of the Dayang Commerce Alliance. Even the former City Lord, Han Yulong, wanted it but failed to get it. With this jade card, you now have a connection with the Dayang Commerce Alliance!"

"Let’s put it this way: if you had this jade card during the auction just now, you could have borrowed up to five million taels of silver from the Dayang Commerce Alliance when your funds were insufficient. Then Li Tianyang would have been nothing in front of you!"

"That’s incredible." Luo Feng licked his lips. I’ve really found a treasure this time!

Why would Yang Wanyi, whom I’ve never met before, suddenly give me such a valuable VIP card? Looking at the jade card in his hand, Luo Feng’s eyebrows furrowed slightly.

Seeing his confusion, Luo Xiao teased, "Maybe she’s interested in you. Why don’t you go to Dayang City and become Yang Dingtian’s son-in-law? Yang Wanyi is a well-known beauty, and countless young talents have worn out the doorstep of the City Lord’s Mansion in Dayang City trying to court her. You experienced her charm just now, right?"

"Brother, what are you talking about? I only met her for the first time today." Luo Feng shook his head. Seeing Luo Xiao’s face full of keen interest, he squinted his eyes and said, "Speaking of which, Brother, how are things between you and Sister Li Yun?"

Li Yun was a classmate Luo Xiao had a crush on at the Cyan Leaf School. Luo Feng had heard Luo Xiao mention her once when he was at home.

"AHEM..." Luo Xiao’s face turned red. He scratched his head and said, "I haven’t gotten the chance to tell her yet."

"You better hurry up then. I’ve been wanting a sister-in-law for a while now." Luo Feng smiled, looked up at the sky, and said, "Brother, let’s go home."

Now that he finally had his own storage ring, Luo Feng was in a great mood and couldn’t wait to get back to his family and try out the wonders of the storage ring.

"Hmm, our conflict with the Li brothers today has become irreconcilable. Over these next ten days, I’m going to concentrate on my closed-door training, striving to bring both Flying on Grass and the Crescent Claw Technique to Small Success!"

Luo Xiao nodded solemnly, and the two quickly walked towards the Luo Family residence.

Back in his own courtyard, Luo Feng took out the Tiger Soul Saber and slipped the Spirit Rock Ring onto his hand.

HUM!

As the ring settled on his finger, it suddenly trembled slightly, and an almost imperceptible wave of power spread out. Luo Feng felt as if the ring had become an extension of his finger.

With a single thought from Luo Feng, the Tiger Soul Saber in his hand disappeared without a trace, yet he could feel the saber inside the ring.

"As expected of a Spiritual Artifact, truly miraculous."

Luo Feng smacked his lips, his Soul Power converging toward the ring.

The next moment, Luo Feng saw the space inside the storage ring. It was a standard cube, not very large, roughly two meters in length, width, and height. It was entirely a translucent, grayish color, as if cut out from the void. The Tiger Soul Saber lay quietly within it.

Retracting his consciousness from the ring, Luo Feng looked at the Spirit Rock Ring in his hand with a joyful expression and muttered to himself, "It’s rumored that high-level storage Spiritual Artifacts can even hold a mountain. I wonder if that’s true. For now, though, this Spirit Rock Ring is enough for me."

With a single thought, the Tiger Soul Saber once again appeared in Luo Feng’s hand out of thin air.

"There are only ten days left. I wonder if I can reach the fourth level of the Sky Slayer Saber Technique in that time," Luo Feng mused, looking at the Tiger Soul Saber.

Reaching the fourth level of the Sky Slayer Saber Technique was considered Small Success. At that stage, one could release Saber Gang, easily shattering gold and cracking rocks!

Taking a deep breath, Luo Feng assumed his stance and began to practice meticulously.

"Three Strikes of Sky Slayer!" "Fiend Cloud Mountain Breaker!" "Heaven-Storming Evil Qi!"

As he practiced the Sky Slayer Saber Technique seriously, Luo Feng gradually immersed himself, reaching a state of Self-Forgetfulness.

「Seven days passed in a blink of an eye.」

Only three days remained until the hunting competition.

Panlong City was very quiet these seven days, but under this calmness, turbulent undercurrents churned. The children of the prominent families were all diligently cultivating in secret, preparing for the upcoming hunting competition.

While everyone else was making an effort, Luo Feng worked even harder. He didn’t leave his courtyard for seven days; he even had his meals delivered by the maid, Zi Ling.

During this time, he practiced the Teng Dragon’s Step in the morning, the Sky Slayer Saber Technique in the afternoon, and reviewed all his Martial Arts in the evening. He made considerable progress.

「On the morning of the seventh day.」

Luo Feng sat cross-legged with his eyes closed in his small courtyard.

The small courtyard was very quiet. At that moment, however, Luo Feng’s body was churning with raging power.

If one looked closely, they would notice that the air around him was slightly vibrating, and the leaves of the nearby trees were humming with a rustling sound.

ROAR...

A faint dragon’s roar emerged from his body. If anyone had been in the courtyard at that moment, they would have realized that Luo Feng was enveloped by a transparent Qi Dragon!

The dragon’s body coiled around Luo Feng, its head held high. Its eyes seemed almost divine, filled with an awe-inspiring force!

Dominating, invincible, as if it alone were supreme, as though the entire world was within its gaze...

SWISH!

Luo Feng suddenly opened his eyes. Streaks of lightning flashed within them, piercing the void as if to penetrate everything.

The instant he opened his eyes, the giant dragon that had been coiled around him vanished without a trace.

As he abruptly rose to his feet, eight Qi Dragons appeared around Luo Feng, ceaselessly rolling and tumbling.

SWISH!

With a single stride, he instantly crossed ten meters, arriving at the courtyard gate.

"Teng Dragon’s Step, Fourth Level!"

His eyes were full of restrained light, and Luo Feng’s face broke into a confident smile.

After seven days of grueling cultivation, Teng Dragon’s Step had finally broken through to the fourth level. Now his speed could reach eight times normal, he could float in the air for nearly a hundred meters, and perform Void Steps eight times!

Ordinary Yellow top-rank Light Martial Arts could usually only increase speed four or five times, and fifty meters in the air was already the limit. Teng Dragon’s Step at the fourth level had far surpassed Yellow top-rank Light Martial Arts!

"Purely in terms of Qinggong cultivation, there should be no more than three people in the entire Purple Sun School who can surpass me," Luo Feng muttered to himself.

He then focused his gaze on the swirling Qi Dragons beside him.

With Teng Dragon’s Step reaching the fourth level, Luo Feng felt the Qi Dragons seemed to have undergone some changes. The originally transparent Qi Dragons now looked more solid, their scale armor lifelike, as if they were living creatures.

Plus, he felt an inexplicable connection between the Qi Dragons and himself.

With a flicker in his eyes, an idea struck Luo Feng, and his gaze abruptly shifted to a tree in the courtyard.

ROAR...

With a faint dragon’s roar, the eight transparent Qi Dragons shot towards the tree like arrows released from their bows!

RUSTLE...

The Qi Dragons passed through the tree, its canopy swaying left and right as a shower of leaves fluttered down.

The Secret Manual said Teng Dragon’s Step can be used against enemies, so that’s what it meant. I can’t use Yuan Qi yet, so its power is insufficient. When my strength reaches the seventh level of the Essence Storage Realm and I can control Yuan Qi, I wonder what kind of power Teng Dragon’s Step will achieve. Luo Feng looked at the fallen leaves scattered everywhere, nodding, a glint of joy in his eyes.

With Teng Dragon’s Step at the fourth level, I have an eighty percent chance of defeating the Li Family in the hunting competition. But the Sky Slayer Saber Technique still hasn’t broken through... With that thought, Luo Feng drew the Tiger Soul Saber into his grasp, looking at its shining blade with slightly furrowed brows.

After his last fight with Su Laohu, Luo Feng had felt the Sky Slayer Saber Technique was on the verge of a breakthrough. However, despite a long period of cultivation, it still hadn’t advanced, always feeling like it lacked something.

There are still three days left. Continuing closed-door training certainly won’t lead to much progress. It would be better to go to the Black Moon Forest for a look. Luo Feng felt he had reached his limit; further cultivation would likely not yield significant improvement. It would be better to hunt Demon Beasts in the Black Moon Forest and gain more practical experience.

Sheathing the Tiger Soul Saber, Luo Feng straightened his clothes, called Zi Ling over to give her some instructions, and then left the courtyard.

After Zheng Hongzhi was expelled from the Luo Family, with the help of the Feng Family, the Luo Family gradually got back on track after the initial chaos.

Walking on the road, the servants of the mansion respectfully greeted Luo Feng. The young, attractive female servants all looked at Luo Feng with bright eyes, gathered together, chirping about him. Occasionally, the light laughter of young girls would ring out.

Luo Feng’s astonishing performance at the Dayang Commerce Alliance auction had long since spread throughout the Luo Mansion.

Now Luo Feng had become the Luo Family’s most prominent figure, and many younger members of the Luo Family saw him as their idol.

Having exited Panlong City and seeing that no one was around, Luo Feng confirmed his direction and exerted the Teng Dragon’s Step with all his strength to get on his way.

After reaching the fourth level of Teng Dragon’s Step, his speed was faster than a racehorse. Luo Feng moved swiftly like a giant roc. He flashed across a hundred-meter distance in the blink of an eye, as fast as the wind!

By midday, Luo Feng had reached the outskirts of the Black Moon Forest. Here, he began to encounter scattered beasts of prey, with only the occasional low-level Demon Beast appearing.

These beasts of prey and low-level Demon Beasts, though terrifying to ordinary people, were beneath Luo Feng’s notice. He continued deeper, and when a reckless Demon Beast occasionally charged him, a casual punch was all it took to kill it.

After advancing another ten or so miles, second-level Demon Beasts began to appear.

The strength of a top-tier second-level Demon Beast was equivalent to that of a human at the peak of the sixth-level God Bravery Realm! Having reached such a dangerous place, Luo Feng had to be cautious. He already had the Tiger Soul Saber in hand, ready to strike at the first sign of danger.

Weaving through the dense forest, Luo Feng continuously searched for Demon Beasts to kill, practicing his Sky Slayer Saber Technique through actual combat in hopes of a breakthrough.

Over two days, Luo Feng killed more than twenty first-level Demon Beasts and nearly ten powerful second-level Demon Beasts. Among them was even a high-grade second-level Demon Beast, its strength equivalent to a late-stage sixth-level God Bravery Realm expert!

The constant battling greatly tempered Luo Feng’s Martial Arts, purging some of their original imperfections and further refining his strength.

However, the Sky Slayer Saber Technique still hadn’t broken through. Luo Feng felt his saber technique had reached a bottleneck, yet it still seemed to be missing something crucial.

Hmm, is that the sound of fighting? While walking, Luo Feng suddenly raised his eyebrows and stopped in his tracks.