Chapter 159: Formation of the Spirit Body

Drawing upon his capability with the Peach Blossom, Luo Chen’s harvest was exceedingly abundant even without teaming up with Zhuo Yuqing. By evening, he returned to Miracle City. After visiting a few shops to sell his crystal cores and materials, he specifically bought some seafood, intending to treat himself to a richer meal tonight.

When he finally returned to his dormitory, it was already late at night. Opening the door, he found no sign of Shi Feng.

Luo Chen muttered to himself, "This brat, damn it, he's off on a date with Sarah again! And here I specially bought seafood back, planning to let him share the benefit!"

However, Luo Chen soon noticed that Shi Feng's bedroom door was actually closed, and no light was seeping through. Could it be that he had already returned and was simply resting inside his room?

Having hunted for the entire day, Luo Chen was already hungry, and he hadn't had dinner yet. Unable to wait any longer, he set about preparing his own food. At that moment, he suddenly heard some unusual noises coming from Shi Feng's room.

After merging with the Nightmare, not only had Luo Chen's spiritual power increased, but his hearing had also become much sharper. Although faint, he still caught the sounds.

It sounded as if Shi Feng was tossing and turning, tossing back and forth. It seemed this brat was already awake. Hence, Luo Chen went over to knock on the door and said, "Hey, Birdman, I bought seafood back. Wake up and come out to eat!"

After knocking a few times, the sounds stopped, but Shi Feng gave no response.

Luo Chen knocked a few more times with force: "Birdman, what's wrong with you?"

Silence still prevailed, but Luo Chen also heard a suppressed panting. He muttered, "Damn, isn't the Birdman playing with five fingers in there! Whatever, I couldn't care less about him!"

Stomach rumbling with hunger, Luo Chen picked up his bowl and started digging in. Just then, however, Shi Feng's bedroom door swung open. Luo Chen turned his head and said, "Are you deaf? I called out for so long without—"

Luo Chen's words were cut short instantly, and his eyes widened because the person walking out wasn't just Shi Feng, but Sarah as well.

Sarah's face was flushed with a rosy hue, and her clothes were somewhat disheveled. The Stallion Brother was in a similar state, except his expression was rather awkward. On a dark, wind-swept night, a lone man and woman locked inside a room with the door tightly shut—what had happened seemed all too easy to guess.

The sounds he had heard earlier were probably not as simple as Shi Feng merely tossing and turning.

In this situation, Luo Chen suddenly didn't know what to say. In the end, he could only blurt out foolishly, "Classmate Sarah, good evening!"

"Good evening to you too, Luo Chen!"

Luo Chen suddenly felt that this exchange was terribly dragging. At that moment, Shi Feng gave a dry cough and said, "Sarah and I weren't actually doing anything. We were just sitting together, discussing life and ideals."

This statement only made it more obvious. Luo Chen thought to himself, *I didn't even ask what you were doing, and you have to close the door to discuss life and ideals, talking away in the dark without even turning on the light? Do you take me for an idiot?*

Sarah knew that Luo Chen certainly wouldn't believe it, and her face turned red again. "I'm leaving first!"

With that, she bolted out the door without looking back, and Shi Feng hurriedly followed right behind her. About ten minutes later, the Stallion Brother returned—presumably having escorted Sarah back to the women's dormitory.

Luo Chen laughed heartily. "Sorry, Birdman, it seems I came back at a bad time, disturbing your discussion of life and ideals!"

With Sarah no longer present, the Stallion Brother had fewer reservations and cursed loudly, "Damn it, you beast, you really killed the mood. Sarah and I were right in the middle of it. Ah, now she's going to blame me to death. Why couldn't you be a bit more tactful, kid?"

Luo Chen shrugged helplessly and said, "My friend, how was I supposed to know what you and Sarah were doing inside? Please, if you want me to be tactful, give me a heads-up beforehand and let me delay my return by half an hour. I wouldn't mind!"

"It would be delaying by two hours!" The Stallion Brother solemnly corrected the error in Luo Chen's words.

"Fine, two hours if you say two hours. Within those two hours, the dormitory will be your hotel!" Luo Chen laughed. "Didn't you say a few days ago that you wanted to simmer it slowly on low heat? Now you're jumping straight to the point in one step?"

Shi Feng said with an embarrassed smile, "Sarah is getting more and more alluring the more I train her, and I simply couldn't control myself anymore. Ah, this was just the first time, and it hasn't even officially started yet. I don't even know if she's willing to come to our dorm again!"

"Hasn't started yet?" Luo Chen chuckled and said, "I get it. You kid are always bragging, but it turns out you're just someone who spends one hour and fifty-four minutes on the warmup and then gets down to business in the final minute!"

"Go to hell, daring to doubt my abilities!" The Stallion Brother protested indignantly, "Speaking of which, you beast, you're way more promiscuous than me now. Joanna, Ailijie, and Zhuo Yuqing—every single one of them has a thing with you. You don't want to have them all, do you?"

"Have your sister!" Luo Chen retorted, "I solemnly state once again that my relationship with them is purely that of ordinary friends!"

"If I believe you, I'm an idiot—just like if I told you just now that I was discussing life and ideals with Sarah in the dark room, would you believe it?"

"Uh, I wouldn't."

"That's right! You playboy, you already have three trees and yet you're still not satisfied. When will you elevate your state of mind like me? Hhahahaha—"

Luo Chen thought to himself, being called a playboy by anyone else would be fine, but coming from this Birdman, how was he supposed to take this? But putting that aside, what kind of girls did he actually like?

Was it someone like Ailijie—cold on the outside but warm on the inside, actually kind-hearted, gentle, and considerate? Or someone like Joanna, whose temper was so straightforward it bordered on being somewhat crude, caring for others while scolding them at the same time? Or perhaps someone with a unique, peerless personality like Zhuo Yuqing?

Luo Chen thought about it, but couldn't come up with an answer. He only knew that being with each of them felt pretty good. Even with Zhuo Yuqing, though he initially held some hostility toward her, his attitude had gradually changed because she also had a side worthy of admiration—stubborn and strong, refusing to admit defeat even as a woman.

Yet, all these people were merely friends. When facing them, Luo Chen had no thoughts of pursuing them; they were just pure friends. Moreover, they were all too exceptional. As long as they could remain his friends, that was enough. Luo Chen didn't dare to wish for too much.

He had heard people say that when you truly like someone, you think of them constantly. A single day apart feels like three autumns; you toss and turn in bed, unable to sleep, and food loses its flavor. Yet Luo Chen never constantly thought about those three young women. All he thought about day in and day out were those shiny little gold coins.

After conducting a psychological self-analysis, Luo Chen was dumbfounded. Could it be that he was truly a born miser, and the only thing he loved was money?

The next morning, just as Luo Chen woke up from a deep sleep and finished his morning breathing exercises, he heard Nicole's voice: "Master, I want to tell you three pieces of good news!"

"Oh? The day has only just begun, and there are already good news—three of them, no less?" Luo Chen said in high spirits, "Nicole, hurry and tell me, what kind of news are they?"

"The first piece of good news is that I have fully figured out the combat skill operation principles embedded within the Dragon Emperor that you asked me to research!"

Luo Chen was overjoyed. "Great! Nicole, you're so smart!"

As long as he could acquire the mental cultivation method for the combat skills, the Six Forms of the Divine Dragon wouldn't need to rely on the Dragon Emperor to be unleashed. That would mean it was a power entirely belonging to himself.

"Master is very smart too, and it also helped me quite a bit."

Nicole wasn't deliberately trying to flatter; in fact, this strange pet really understood a great deal. It was surprisingly proficient in power circulation, combinations, chemical reactions, and the like. Discussing these matters with Nicole in a coherent, logical manner, it carried itself like a true expert.

The Fat Bird looked extremely smug. *Needless to say, this lord is the King of Illusions! Magic, seals, and illusions are all things I excel at!* Inside the spiritual space, it proudly puffed out its chest. Unfortunately, no matter how it puffed out, its round, general-like belly remained the most eye-catching feature, causing it to become somewhat discouraged. *Damn it, this is purely consciousness; there's no way to lose weight!*

"Hmm, the Fat Bird did pretty well too," Luo Chen casually added a word of praise, which moved the creature to the verge of tears. It wasn't easy! It had taken so much hardship for its ability to finally be recognized for the first time. Surviving in this human's spiritual world would be much more secure from now on; it wouldn't have to constantly worry about being cooked into fat bird hotpot!

Luo Chen then asked, "Then what about the second piece of good news?"

"It's also related to the combat skills embedded in the Dragon Emperor. It's not just the six forms—there is also a seventh form!"

"Seven forms? No way, the ones I explored clearly only had six branches!"

"There are indeed only six branches. But Master, have you ever considered what would happen if you simultaneously input spiritual qi into all six of these branches?"

This was a hypothesis Luo Chen had never considered, because various combat skills cannot coexist simultaneously. For example, if you use your right hand to unleash the Golden Web Fist, you cannot simultaneously use your right hand to execute the Great Handprint; otherwise, the two combat skills will conflict. Not only will the release fail, but it might even cause a rebound injury to yourself.

Of course, using different combat skills with the left and right hands was possible, but in that case, both combat skills were independent and had no effect on each other.

Nicole explained, "This is what I discovered during the analysis process. There are six points for spiritual qi input, yet there are seven points for output. This indicates that there should be a seventh combat skill. Furthermore, the seventh point is formed by the convergence of the other six output points. Thus, I guessed—does the input for this seventh point also need to be jointly formed by the six input points? The result is correct: the seventh combat skill is unleashed through the joint fusion of the Six Forms of the Divine Dragon!"

With the convergence of six points during release, the spiritual qi would inevitably intersect, meaning the combat skills would no longer be independent. Luo Chen thought to himself, *Goodness gracious, that person named Long Zhan was truly a master! Different combat skills can actually be fused together—how magical!*

To fuse the Six Forms of the Divine Dragon would require a terrifyingly massive amount of spiritual qi. Still, one could imagine that the seventh form must be extraordinarily powerful. However, Luo Chen temporarily lacked the ability to learn the seventh move; he would likely have to rely on the Dragon Emperor to do so.

"As for the third piece of good news..." Nicole turned playful. "Master, take a guess!"

"Oh? Judging by how happy you look, this good news must have a lot to do with you!" Luo Chen smiled. "Well then, let me think!"

A thought stirred in Luo Chen's mind. He remembered that when the Fat Bird had just entered his spiritual world and could be summoned out, Nicole had mentioned that the Fat Bird's method of manifesting in the real world using a spiritual body was quite peculiar, and theoretically, she could achieve it as well.

Thinking of this, Luo Chen tentatively asked, "Nicole, could it be that you've created your own spiritual body?"

"Ding ding ding! Congratulations, you guessed it right!" Nicole chimed happily. "Master, you're so smart to have guessed it instantly! That's right! By the way, Master, just imagine letting me leave the spiritual world and appear right before you!"

"Alright!"

As soon as Nicole sent forth her intent, a blurred halo of light materialized. The halo grew clearer and clearer, finally transforming into a small angel with glowing wings, floating in mid-air. It looked almost identical to the Nicole Luo Chen had seen in the spiritual world, with the only difference being that its size had shrunk significantly, no larger than the palm of a hand.

Nicole spun around and asked, "Master, how do you like this spiritual body of mine?"

Luo Chen praised, "Wonderful, very pretty. Even Ailijie, Joanna, and Zhuo Yuqing aren't as pretty as you!"

Luo Chen wasn't just flattering her; Nicole's appearance was absolute perfection. Of course, she didn't have the maturity of Ailijie and the others—she was more like a little loli who never seemed to grow up. That was fine too, because Luo Chen liked Nicole's purity.

"Thank you!" Nicole smiled sweetly. The real world was completely different from the spiritual world. Even if it was just a spiritual body, Nicole was extremely happy. She felt more like a real girl, possessing her own body rather than merely being a simulated consciousness. Because of this, she cared very much about whether she looked pretty!

"Actually, I've known the method to shape a spiritual body for a long time," Nicole continued, "but it wasn't until today that I had enough power to maintain balance and keep it from collapsing!"

Luo Chen nodded and asked again, "Nicole, can your spiritual body only be this small?"

"No, it will grow slowly over time, just like the Fat Bird, but I need to keep getting stronger. Master, I've also started learning the cultivation methods for spiritual bodies, you know!"

"Oh, the Fat Bird will continue to grow too?" Luo Chen worriedly asked, "Won't it just get fatter and fatter?"

"Hehe, not at all! The growth of a spiritual body is different from biological creatures; it won't just manifest as an increase in volume, but a change in form!"

Luo Chen dawned in realization. "So that's how it is. That's a relief. What kind of form will you grow into in the future?"

Nicole giggled. "Before that day arrives, even I don't know. But if I can keep getting stronger, I'll be able to fight alongside you, Master!"

With such a little loli, Luo Chen truly couldn't bear to let her fight fierce demonic beasts. However, Nicole looked quite eager, and spiritual bodies presumably felt no pain. *Well, whatever, I shouldn't dampen her enthusiasm.*

The Fat Bird let out a couple of 'ga-ga' cries, signifying that it too wanted to go out and play. Thus, Luo Chen summoned the Fat Bird out as well. Looking at the Fat Bird's general-like belly, Luo Chen suddenly lost confidence in it. Could a bird this fat really grow into a spiritual pet with a good form?

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