"Grandpa, I ran into that foul woman Bibi Dong again just now."
Outside the Worship Hall, Qian Renxue puffed out her cheeks in a huff and told Qian Daoliu.
Qian Daoliu smiled at that and ruffled her hair.
"Did she bully Xue'er?"
Qian Renxue shook her head, pointed at Chen Qi, who seemed lost in thought beside her, and said with a beaming smile,
"Hehe, I have Chen Qi to thank. He helped me chase that foul woman away."
Golden Crocodile Douluo glanced at Chen Qi and nodded in satisfaction. This Martial Soul seemed to treat Xiao Xue very well.
"Ding. Qian Renxue's Favor Point has changed. Current Favor Point: 200/1000."
Chen Qi nodded. It seemed the fastest way to raise Qian Renxue's Favor Point was to bully Bibi Dong in front of her.
This mother and daughter really made him love and hate them in equal measure.
Chen Qi then opened the System Shop again and saw that his Favor Points had reached 300.
That didn't add up. Her Favor Point was 200, so how could the one-to-one conversion give him 100 extra points?
"System, what's going on with these Favor Points?"
"Ding. The host's Favor Point increased and decreased previously. Decreases do not affect the number of Favor Points. In addition, the initial Favor Points were exactly 300."
Chen Qi nodded. He hadn't even been transported here for a week, yet he'd already earned so many Favor Points.
Aside from a few outrageously expensive items, Chen Qi could now buy almost everything in the shop.
Chen Qi idly browsed through the shop's wares when he suddenly spotted a whole heap of outrageous items.
"Maid outfits? Bunny girls? Mysterious electric *** toys, Liuwei Dihuang pills...
What the hell is all this?"
You had to hand it to the System. That old rascal had secretly opened an 18+ shop. What a convenience for Chen—wait, what the hell!
There was no use for any of this stuff!
It wasn't like he could give it to Bibi Dong. If she got angry and ignored Qian Daoliu, she could squeeze Chen Qi to death!
He looked at Qian Renxue again.
...He didn't want to cosplay as a high-voltage power line.
"Ding. The System Shop's featured inventory is comprehensive and all-encompassing. It sells everything, just in case the need arises."
What an all-encompassing selection. In the modern world, they'd shut you down in a heartbeat.
"Chen Qi, why are you spacing out again?"
Qian Renxue shook Chen Qi's leg, pulling him away from the System Shop interface.
"Master, did something happen?"
Seeing Chen Qi's innocent expression, Qian Renxue was at a loss. How could a perfectly good Martial Soul be sick with something that made him space out every day?
"I'm going to cultivate my Soul Power. Stand guard for me."
"But aren't the Grand Elder and the others here?"
Chen Qi pointed at Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo behind Qian Renxue.
"I said you're standing guard, so stand guard. Why all the questions?"
Qian Renxue said imperiously.
Chen Qi had no choice. Fine, he'd stand guard. She was his master, after all.
Following Qian Daoliu's instructions, Qian Renxue sat cross-legged, closed her eyes, regulated her breathing, and began absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth on the Douluo Continent to nourish herself.
That part was much like other cultivation novels: using spiritual energy to cultivate the body.
Watching Qian Renxue slip so easily into the proper state, Chen Qi felt eager to give it a try too.
What boy hadn't dreamed of cultivating immortality? The chance was right in front of him. How could he not try?
So Chen Qi sat cross-legged too, mimicked Qian Renxue's posture, and drew in the spiritual energy around him.
Spiritual energy was born of heaven and earth. It was inexhaustible and never-ending.
No matter where you were, spiritual energy was always there.
Chen Qi closed his eyes. Everything before him was pitch-black, and he couldn't see a thing. He took a deep breath. Rather than looking with his eyes, he used his senses to feel the spiritual energy around him.
Thump.
A speck of light appeared in the darkness. That was what spiritual energy truly looked like—the way it appeared when sensed.
Chen Qi hurriedly drew the speck of light toward himself. It entered his body, and he felt a warm current flow through him. It sank into his dantian and vanished without a trace.
Qian Renxue was also frantically sensing the spiritual energy. Soon, countless specks of light appeared in the dark space.
She drew them toward herself and absorbed them into her body. As the spiritual energy nourished her, her Soul Power grew stronger bit by bit.
Yesterday, she had absorbed two Thousand-Year Soul Rings, bringing her Soul Power to level 23. Qian Renxue could feel that she was about to break through to level 24.
Suddenly, she noticed something was wrong. An unfamiliar current of spiritual energy rose from her dantian. Like the energy she was absorbing, it was strengthening her body.
Only, it was twice as effective.
Qian Renxue opened her eyes in confusion and saw Chen Qi cultivating just like her.
A startling thought sprang into her mind.
Could that mysterious spiritual energy be produced by Chen Qi's cultivation?
After what had happened with the Soul Rings, the more Qian Renxue thought about it, the more convinced she became. Chen Qi was her other half, and cultivating together activated a double-speed boost.
Qian Daoliu noticed Qian Renxue open her eyes and asked in confusion, thinking she might be having trouble.
"Xue'er, is something wrong?"
"Grandpa, I think cultivating together with Chen Qi can double my speed."
Boom!
Hearing her words, Golden Crocodile Douluo's heart gave a violent thump, as though Tang Hao had smashed him with a hammer from decades in the future.
In his hundred years of cultivation, he had never heard of anyone being able to double their cultivation speed.
A Martial Soul outside the body was far too ridiculous.
Compared to him, Qian Daoliu remained calm. His first thought was of the Angel God.
It had to be the Angel God, worried that Xue'er was cultivating too slowly to become a god soon, who had specially added this new function.
The Angel God's kindness could never be repaid! ꒦ິ^꒦ິ
Chen Qi, deep in his cultivation, completely ignored their conversation. The pitch-black space had become like a sea of stars, filled with endless spiritual energy.
And he was like a black hole, ruthlessly sucking that energy into his body.
Boom!
Light burst from Qian Renxue's body as she broke through. An invisible wave of air swept away the dust and dirt around her.
"I think I just broke through to level 24."
She had awakened her Martial Soul less than a week ago, yet her Soul Power had already reached level 24. No one could match such talent.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Several blurred figures emerged from the Worship Hall. They were the other Offerings.
Noticing what was happening outside, they rushed out one after another, worried something had gone wrong.
When they saw Qian Renxue break through a level in just a few minutes, their mouths fell open wide enough to fit an egg.
Third Offering Azure Luan Douluo rubbed his eyes, thinking he hadn't woken up yet.
"Good grief, has Xiao Xue's talent really left us old bones that far behind?"
Fifth Offering Light Feather Douluo was like a little boy. He looked at Azure Luan Douluo and said,
"Isn't it only natural that Xiao Xue's talent surpasses ours? She's destined to become the Angel God."
In the dark space, the specks of light grew fewer and fewer until they vanished completely.
Qian Renxue's Soul Power had reached the middle of level 24. One more session like that and she would reach level 25.
Chen Qi opened his eyes and jumped at the crowd of old men gathered around him.
If he hadn't known he was on the Douluo Continent, Chen Qi would have thought he'd been mistaken for a still-sprightly middle-aged woman.
"Chen Qi, has your cultivation always been this insane?"
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