Forced into the ‘younger brother’ position in the household, Xiao Wu ate the originally delicious lunch with gusto, but for Chu Chengzhou, it was akin to chewing wax; his mind was already far from the dining table.
‘This won’t do; I need to speed up my growth, otherwise this Xiao Wu is going to ride all over me.’
Glancing at Xiao Wu, who was happily devouring her meal, Chu Chengzhou couldn’t help but think to himself.
In the afternoon, Xiao Wu lay lazily on a lounge chair, sunbathing without a care for her image.
As for Chu Chengzhou, he began to Cultivate his Body Refining skill.
‘Without taking small steps, one cannot reach a thousand miles; without accumulating small streams, one cannot form a vast ocean.’ Chu Chengzhou strongly agreed with this; when an opponent is slacking off, that is when one should be quietly Cultivating!
One day, when the wind rises, he will soar ninety thousand miles up; when that time comes, won’t this foolish Xiao Wu be at his mercy?
“Say, little Chu, what are you doing over there?
Boxing and kicking?
I always used to see you doing this at the academy.”
Suddenly, Xiao Wu asked Chu Chengzhou with an inquisitive look on her face.
“Mm, you’re right.”
Chu Chengzhou didn’t explain, and didn’t even stop the movements in his hands.
Whatever you say is right; just wait until my weakling self surpasses you in strength, then you’ll see!
‘Hm?
Something’s not right, something is very wrong!’
Rubbing her chin, Xiao Wu fell into deep thought; she felt that Chu Chengzhou’s reaction was a bit off.
You have to know, in her impression, Chu Chengzhou had a foul mouth; whenever someone slighted him, he was the type to pay it back double.
She had slighted him, yet he didn’t snap back; there definitely had to be something fishy going on!
And she even called him little Chu, yet he didn’t react?
Instantly, Xiao-Sherlock-Wu went online!
After observing carefully, Xiao Wu discovered that Chu Chengzhou’s boxing and kicking movements had a certain pattern to them.
Furthermore, she noticed that while Chu Chengzhou was performing these movements, his Soul Power was also circulating in a regular pattern within his body.
Obviously, these movements must provide some benefit, otherwise why would Chu Chengzhou bother putting in the effort?
After observing for a long time, Xiao Wu, unable to suppress her curiosity, couldn’t help but ask: “Are you Cultivating a Spirit Ability?”
“What for?”
Chu Chengzhou glanced at Xiao Wu.
“Teach me!”
Regardless of what the effect of this Spirit Ability was, she would learn it first.
If the effect wasn’t great, then Sister Xiao Wu wouldn’t practice it, but if the effect was good, then Sister Xiao Wu certainly couldn’t miss out.
“Call me brother, otherwise I won’t teach you!”
Chu Chengzhou refused with a serious face.
Teach the apprentice, starve the Master; Chu Chengzhou understood this principle.
If he taught Xiao Wu the Body Refining skill, wouldn’t the day he could turn the tables become even further away?
Of course, if the two of them could maintain their relationship, it wouldn’t be a big deal to teach Xiao Wu in the future.
Xiao Wu had no forces behind her, so Chu Chengzhou wasn’t worried that after teaching Xiao Wu, every Spirit Master on the continent would learn the Secret Manual he had concocted.
“You’re really not going to teach me?”
Xiao Wu looked at Chu Chengzhou with an amused expression.
“Not teaching!”
“Fine, then I’ll go tell Grandma that you won’t teach me!”
As she spoke, Xiao Wu made a motion as if she were going to go complain.
The benefits of having Grandma were now being demonstrated.
Little brat~, you won’t teach?
Sister Xiao Wu has plenty of ways to make you teach obediently.
“Say, Xiao Wu, one shouldn’t be so shameless!”
Chu Chengzhou’s face darkened, looking somewhat heartbroken.
At this moment, he couldn’t help but wonder if by inviting Xiao Wu over to be a guest, he had invited a little ancestor!
“Hehe~, I’m a bunny~!”
Xiao Wu smiled shamelessly.
Sister Xiao Wu isn’t a human, so what does being shameless or not have to do with Sister Xiao Wu?
Of course, Xiao Wu didn’t think Chu Chengzhou would understand the meaning behind her words; it was enough if he just heard it as her making excuses.
“Do you really want to learn?”
“Mm-hmm!”
Xiao Wu nodded.
“This is a self-created Spirit Ability.
After Cultivating it, you can improve your physical fitness.
Are you sure you want to learn it?”
“I want to learn, I want to learn!”
Xiao Wu’s head nodded even faster.
As a transformed hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast, she understood more than many ordinary Spirit Masters, and naturally knew the importance of physical fitness.
Moreover, compared to human Spirit Masters, for a transformed Spirit Beast like her, the importance of physical fitness was even greater.
This was because a Spirit Master’s spirit ring was obtained by hunting Spirit Beasts, whereas her spirit ring was derived from herself.
Before the accumulation of her hundred-thousand-year Soft Bones Rabbit original form was exhausted, the age of the spirit ring she could derive when advancing depended on whether her physical fitness was strong enough to withstand it.
Xiao Wu never expected that Chu Chengzhou, whom she viewed as just a little weakling, actually possessed such a powerful self-created Spirit Ability?
“Tsk~, my mouth is a bit dry, it’s not convenient to teach.”
Smacking his lips, Chu Chengzhou made a small request.
“Fine, wait!”
Immediately, Xiao Wu rushed off in a flurry to pour water for Chu Chengzhou.
“Here!”
Before long, Xiao Wu handed a cup of cold boiled water in front of Chu Chengzhou.
“Not bad!”
Taking the cup and drinking a sip with satisfaction, Chu Chengzhou immediately felt refreshed in body and mind.
It wasn’t that the cold boiled water was delicious, but that the person running the errand was the ‘bad-tempered’ big sister, Sister Xiao Wu.
“Huh?
My shoulders are a bit sore, this doesn’t feel right!”
After finishing the cup of cold boiled water, Chu Chengzhou again pretended to rub his shoulders.
“Chu Chengzhou, I advise you not to give an inch and take a mile!”
Facing Chu Chengzhou, who was pushing his luck, Xiao Wu said with an unfriendly look.
“Ahem~, Xiao Wu, you misunderstood, my shoulders are really a bit sore.”
Living for a second life, perhaps his acting skills couldn’t fool a wily old fox, but Chu Chengzhou felt that fooling the foolish Xiao Wu in front of him should be no problem.
Besides, whether it’s true or false isn’t actually important; as long as you still want to learn, then my sore shoulders are real!
“Later, you shouldn’t be telling me your legs are sore too, right?”
“No, no!”
“That’s good, otherwise later your legs won’t just be sore, they’ll be in pain!”
Raising her fist, Xiao Wu warned Chu Chengzhou.
Chu Chengzhou: “…”
Originally, Chu Chengzhou had planned to teach Xiao Wu all the yellow-Rank Body Refining and Spirit Refining skills, as well as the purple-Rank Meditation skill, but given Xiao Wu’s attitude, he decided to hold something back; he wouldn’t teach the Meditation skill.
The Body Refining skill would at most allow Xiao Wu’s subsequent spirit ring to have a higher age, and the Spirit Refining skill had limited current utility, at most increasing Xiao Wu’s daily Meditation time.
But the purple-Rank Meditation was different.
If he compared it to himself, the purple-Rank Meditation skill increased Soul Power Cultivation efficiency by as much as 70% compared to the initial gray-Rank Meditation skill.
Xiao Wu’s talent was already far superior to his; if she mastered the purple-Rank Meditation skill, in what year or month would he ever catch up to Xiao Wu?
Mm, Chu Chengzhou swore, this wasn’t because he wanted his Soul Power Rank to catch up to Xiao Wu as soon as possible, but because he was afraid that this Xiao Wu would Cultivate too quickly and her ego would inflate.
He was doing this for Xiao Wu’s own good; he definitely wasn’t deliberately holding back!
That’s right, that’s exactly it!
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