I, a spoiled young master, conquered the Crown Princess right from the start!

"A flower thief?"

Chu Feng's lips twitched upon hearing this address.

"Hey girl, which eye of yours saw me picking flowers? You're the one who popped up there; I'm the victim here, okay?"

"shut up!"

The woman's pretty face was filled with murderous intent. She didn't listen to his explanation at all. With a flick of her long sword, she created a dazzling sword flower.

A fierce, incomparably sharp white sword aura tore through the night sky and slashed down relentlessly towards Chu Feng's brow!

The sword energy contained a unique Daoist charm, as if it had drawn upon the power of the pool, making it far more powerful than that of an ordinary seventh-level Golden Core cultivator.

"Tsk, you won't listen to reason, so you'll have to suffer the consequences."

Chu Feng curled his lips, his nonchalant expression instantly vanishing, replaced by indifference.

He remained submerged in the water, without even changing his posture. He simply raised his right hand, pointed his fingers like a sword, and casually flicked them against the incoming sword energy.

There was no earth-shattering roar, nor any dazzling burst of spiritual energy.

Ding!

A soft sound, like jade beads falling onto a plate.

The sharp sword energy that was enough to make even a Golden Core Realm expert turn pale with horror shattered like fragile glass the moment it touched Chu Feng's fingertips, turning into countless points of light and dissipating into nothingness.

"What?!"

The woman standing in mid-air suddenly contracted her pupils, and for the first time, a look of shock appeared on her cold, pretty face.

This sword strike was her ultimate technique, and with the help of the spiritual spring here, its power was amplified many times over. She was confident that even a cultivator at the ninth level of the Golden Core stage would not dare to accept it so lightly!

Who exactly is this guy?

"So hot-tempered, are you short of men?" Chu Feng withdrew his finger, leaned back against the edge of the pool, and his gaze swept unabashedly over her graceful curves, which were shrouded in mist. "Little beauty, your figure, tsk tsk, is no less than my wife's. Why don't you come with me? I guarantee you'll be in high spirits every night, and all your pent-up anger will disappear."

"You... shameless!"

The woman trembled with rage at his blatant words. Her usually cool face flushed crimson, a mixture of shame, anger, and murderous intent making it impossible for her to remain calm.

She gritted her teeth, took out a jade slip from her bosom, and crushed it without hesitation!

"You just wait! I swear I'll tear you to pieces today, or I'm no longer human!"

Om-!

The moment the jade slip shattered, several incredibly powerful divine senses instantly locked onto this remote valley.

"Who dares to act so recklessly in this forbidden area!"

A majestic roar came from the sky, and then the dean and several academy elders tore through space and appeared instantly above the valley.

When they saw what was inside the valley, they were all stunned.

The academy's prized prodigy, Luo Qingyao, possessing saint-level talent, stood in mid-air with a fierce expression and disheveled clothes, her beautiful eyes fixed on the person below.

In the misty pool, a man, shirtless, was leisurely soaking in the bath...

That man was none other than Chu Feng, who had triggered a divine phenomenon during the day!

"What... what's going on?" The elders looked at each other, their minds blank.

"Dean! Elder!" Upon seeing the newcomers, Luo Qingyao seemed to have found her pillar of support. She pointed her jade-like finger at Chu Feng, her voice trembling with shame and indignation, "This scoundrel has trespassed into forbidden territory and committed despicable acts. I beg the Dean to uphold justice for my disciple and kill him on the spot!"

The dean, witnessing this scene, felt utterly bewildered and his face was filled with embarrassment.

He coughed dryly, forced himself to fly down, and said with a wry smile, "Qingyao, is there...is there some misunderstanding here?"

"A misunderstanding?" Luo Qingyao's beautiful eyes widened. "I was in seclusion here trying to break through a bottleneck, and he suddenly barged in, and... and he..."

She was speaking when she remembered the scene where her private parts had been exposed earlier, and she was so ashamed and indignant that she couldn't continue, her eyes reddening.

The dean quickly gave Chu Feng a look, signaling him to come out and explain.

Chu Feng, however, seemed not to have seen anything and lazily said, "Dean, she emerged from the water on her own. I'm the victim; I was almost castrated by her sword."

"You still dare to argue!" Luo Qingyao was so angry she almost spat out blood.

"Alright, alright!" Seeing this, the dean quickly smoothed things over. He looked at Luo Qingyao and solemnly introduced, "Qingyao, let me introduce you. This is Chu Feng, our newly enrolled student at Cangxuan Academy, and also the first... Divine Revelation student in the academy's history!"

"A student of divine revelation?"

Luo Qingyao was stunned when she heard this. She naturally knew what those four words meant, and her shocked face was filled with disbelief.

She suddenly looked at Chu Feng: "He...he awakened a divine-grade talent?"

She had been in seclusion deep within the spiritual spring all day, focusing all her efforts on breaking through to the seventh level of the Golden Core stage, completely oblivious to the world around her, and utterly unaware of the earth-shattering phenomenon that had occurred during the day.

"That's right." The dean nodded, then introduced Chu Feng, "Chu Feng, this is Luo Qingyao, one of the three Saint-grade talents of our Cangxuan Academy, and also the number one among the younger generation of the academy."

"A Saint-grade talent?" Chu Feng suddenly realized, "No wonder it's so exciting."

At this moment, an elder looked at Luo Qingyao and said with delight, "Qingyao, your aura... you've broken through to the seventh level of the Golden Core realm? Good! Excellent! You truly live up to our high hopes! Now, with the addition of Chu Feng, who possesses divine-grade talent, we will definitely be able to wipe away our shame in this year's Cangxuan Ranking and completely crush those guys from the Tianyan Palace!"

Upon hearing the Cangxuan Ranking, Luo Qingyao's expression hardened. She then looked at Chu Feng, the killing intent in her eyes fading considerably, replaced by intense scrutiny and... a hint of dissatisfaction.

Just then, the enchantress's languid voice rang in Chu Feng's mind.

"Little brother, this little girl is not simple. She seems to have an extremely powerful bloodline power hidden within her, but it is suppressed by a powerful seal. Otherwise, her talent would be far more than just Saint-grade."

Oh?

Chu Feng's heart stirred, and his gaze toward Luo Qingyao once more became inquisitive.

Seemingly noticing his gaze, Luo Qingyao snorted coldly and turned her head away.

"Alright, if there's nothing else, you can go now. Don't disturb my bath." Chu Feng waved to the dean and the others, as if shooing away flies.

The dean and several elders twitched their lips, but dared not say anything more. They could only awkwardly leave with the still indignant Luo Qingyao.

After everyone left, the valley returned to its tranquility.

The smile on Chu Feng's lips slowly faded, and a glint of light flashed in his eyes.

Immediately, with a thought, the Burial Coffin within his body suddenly unleashed an unprecedentedly terrifying devouring power!

Rumble—!!!

The entire spiritual spring pool instantly transformed into a giant whirlpool!

The dragon head of the spiritual vein hidden beneath the pool let out a mournful cry. Its immense energy, accumulated over thousands of years, was forcibly extracted by an irresistible force, transforming into a seven-colored torrent of energy that swept towards Chu Feng's body!

The scene was like a whale sucking in water, or all rivers flowing into the sea!

In just a few breaths, the entire spiritual spring dried up completely, and the small spiritual vein instantly lost all its luster, turning into a pile of worthless waste rocks.

At the same time, Dean Cangxuan, who had just left the valley, seemed to sense something and turned back to look at the valley, his pupils suddenly narrowing.

The other academy elders also sensed something was wrong. One of them spoke up, "Dean, that spiritual vein seems to be..."

"It seems this child is hiding other secrets besides the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir!" the dean muttered to himself.

Inside the valley, as the Burial Coffin devoured the energy of the spiritual vein, streams of pure energy quickly surged into Chu Feng's body.

Under the infusion of this enormous energy, Chu Feng's cultivation level began to surge wildly!

Peak of the first level of Golden Core!

Golden Core Stage Two!

Golden Core Stage Three!

……