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Forced into the position of a "little brother" in the family, what was originally a delicious and satisfying lunch for Xiao Wu tasted like wax to Chu Chengzhou. His mind was no longer on the dining table.
"This won't do. I need to speed up my growth, or this little rabbit will ride all over me."
Glancing at Xiao Wu happily eating her meal, Chu Chengzhou couldn't help but think to himself.
In the afternoon, Xiao Wu lay sprawled out on a reclining chair, basking lazily in the sun without a care in the world.
Meanwhile, Chu Chengzhou began training his Body Refinement skill.
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step; a mighty river is formed by small streams."
Chu Chengzhou fully agreed with this. When his opponent was slacking off, he should quietly train!
One day, when he rises with the wind, soaring ninety thousand miles high, this foolish little rabbit wouldn't stand a chance against him—she'd be completely at his mercy.
"Little Chu, what are you doing over there? Punching and kicking? I always see you doing that at the academy."
Suddenly, Xiao Wu asked with a curious expression.
"Mm-hmm, you're right."
Chu Chengzhou didn't explain and didn't even stop his movements. Whatever you say, just wait until this little brat surpasses your strength—you'll see then!
"Hmm? Something's not right, very not right!"
Rubbing her chin, Xiao Wu fell into deep thought. She felt Chu Chengzhou's reaction was odd.
After all, in her impression, Chu Chengzhou had a sharp tongue. If someone teased him, he'd retaliate double-fold.
But now, after teasing him, she didn't see any retaliation. There must be something fishy going on!
Moreover, why didn't he react when she called him "Little Chu"?
At that moment, Sherlock Xiao Wu officially went online!
After careful observation, Xiao Wu noticed that Chu Chengzhou's punching and kicking movements followed a specific pattern.
She also realized that while performing these actions, his soul power was circulating in an orderly manner within his body.
Clearly, these movements must yield some benefits. Otherwise, why would Chu Chengzhou go through the trouble?
After observing for a long time, unable to suppress her curiosity, Xiao Wu finally asked: "Are you practicing a soul skill?"
"What's it to you?"
Chu Chengzhou glanced at Xiao Wu.
"Teach me!"
No matter what the effect of the soul skill was, she'd learn it first and decide later.
If the effect wasn't great, Sister Xiao Wu could always stop practicing. But if it was good, she definitely couldn't miss out.
"Call me 'Big Brother,' or I won't teach you!"
Chu Chengzhou sternly refused.
He understood the saying, "Teaching your disciple well means starving yourself."
If he taught Xiao Wu the Body Refinement skill, wouldn't his chance to surpass her become even more distant?
Of course, if they maintained a good relationship in the future, teaching her wouldn't be a problem.
Xiao Wu didn't have any factions backing her, so Chu Chengzhou wasn't worried that teaching her would result in his secret techniques spreading across the continent.
"Really won't teach me?"
Xiao Wu looked at Chu Chengzhou with a playful smile.
"Nope!"
"Fine, I'll go tell Grandma that you won't teach me!"
As she spoke, Xiao Wu pretended to run off and tattle.
The benefits of having a grandma were evident here.
Little brat~ You won't teach? Sister Xiao Wu has plenty of ways to make you obediently teach me.
"Xiao Wu, you can't be this shameless! Have a human heart."
Chu Chengzhou wore a dark expression, feeling both pained and exasperated.
At this moment, he couldn't help but wonder if inviting Xiao Wu to stay at his house was like inviting a little ancestor into his home!
"Hehe~, I'm a bunny~!"
Xiao Wu shamelessly grinned.
Sister Xiao Wu isn't human—shameless or not, what does it have to do with her?
Of course, Xiao Wu didn't expect Chu Chengzhou to understand the deeper meaning of her words. As long as he interpreted it as her being cheeky, that was fine.
"Do you really want to learn?"
"Yeah, yeah!"
Xiao Wu nodded eagerly.
"It's a self-created soul skill. Practicing it will improve your physical fitness. Are you sure you want to learn?"
"I want to learn, I want to learn!"
Xiao Wu nodded even faster.
As a transformed hundred-thousand-year spirit beast, she knew far more than ordinary soul masters and fully understood the importance of physical fitness.
Moreover, for transformed spirit beasts like her, physical fitness was even more crucial than for human soul masters.
This was because soul masters obtained their soul rings by hunting spirit beasts, while her soul rings were self-generated.
Before her accumulated essence as a hundred-thousand-year Soft Boned Rabbit ran out, the quality of the soul rings she could generate upon advancing depended entirely on her physical fitness and whether she could withstand it.
Xiao Wu never imagined that Little Chu, whom she considered a mere weakling, actually possessed such a powerful self-created soul skill?
"Tsk~, my mouth feels dry. It's inconvenient to teach right now."
Smacking his lips, Chu Chengzhou made a small request.
"Fine, wait!"
Immediately, Xiao Wu dashed off to fetch water for Chu Chengzhou.
"Here!"
Not long after, Xiao Wu handed a glass of cool water to Chu Chengzhou.
"Not bad!"
Taking the cup and sipping it happily, Chu Chengzhou felt refreshed.
It wasn't that the water was particularly tasty—it was the fact that the person running errands was the "ill-tempered" big sister Xiao Wu.
"Huh? My shoulders feel a bit sore, not comfortable at all!"
After finishing the glass of water, Chu Chengzhou pretended to rub his shoulders.
"Chu Chengzhou, I advise you not to push your luck!"
Facing Chu Chengzhou's escalating demands, Xiao Wu glared at him menacingly.
"Cough~, Xiao Wu, you misunderstand. My shoulders really are sore."
Having lived two lifetimes, perhaps his acting wouldn't fool a cunning old fox, but Chu Chengzhou believed it was enough to deceive this foolish little rabbit in front of him.
Besides, truth or falsehood didn't really matter. As long as she still wanted to learn, his sore shoulders were real!
"You better not claim your legs are sore next!"
"No, no!"
"That's good. Otherwise, your legs won't just be sore—they'll hurt!"
Clenching her fists, Xiao Wu warned Chu Chengzhou.
Chu Chengzhou: "..."
Originally, Chu Chengzhou planned to teach Xiao Wu the yellow-tier Body Refinement, Spirit Refinement, and purple-tier Meditation skills. But given Xiao Wu's attitude, he decided to hold back and not teach her the Meditation skill.
The Body Refinement skill might only allow Xiao Wu to form slightly higher-quality soul rings in the future, and the current effects of the Spirit Refinement skill were limited—it would mostly just increase her daily meditation time.
However, the purple tier Meditation skill was different. Based on his own experience, the purple tier Meditation skill improved soul power cultivation efficiency by a whopping seventy percent compared to the initial gray-tier version.
Xiao Wu's talent already far surpassed his. If she mastered the purple tier Meditation skill, how many years would it take for him to catch up to her?
Hmph, Chu Chengzhou swore that this wasn't about wanting to catch up to Xiao Wu's soul power level quickly—it was about preventing this little rabbit from becoming arrogant due to her rapid cultivation speed.
He was doing this for Xiao Wu's own good—it wasn't intentional to withhold anything!
Yes, that's exactly it!
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