Binding the "Experience Pack," Triple the Joy!

[Congratulations: You have learned Dual-Mindedness, triggering the new skill--Dual-Mindedness.]

[Diligent training can increase the progress of Dual-Mindedness. Once the progress reaches its maximum value, you can advance to the next sequence.]

[Advancement Sequence: Dual-Mindedness → Divine Sense Splitting → Mirror Flower, Water Moon → Three Lives Manifest Myriad Things]

[Current Dual-Mindedness Progress: 1/1000]

[Dual-Mindedness]: Allows for two different tasks to be performed simultaneously without interference.

[Divine Sense Splitting]: Can actively split mental energy into multiple strands, each operating independently.

[Mirror Flower, Water Moon]: Consumes half of your vitality and mental energy to create a real clone with independent movement and a certain level of combat capability. Even if the clone is destroyed, its experiences and gains return to the main body, though mental energy will be damaged.

[Three Lives Manifest Myriad Things]: One breath transforms into the Three Pure Ones, manifesting thousands of avatars.

Chen Yan's heart gave a violent jolt.

Almost instantly, he understood the marvelous utility of this skill!

It was like being handed a pillow just as one felt sleepy!

As he unlocked more and more skills, grinding for progress would undoubtedly become a massive problem.

He couldn't possibly spend twenty-four hours a day non-stop practicing walking, eating, spacing out, and drawing, could he?

That would be too much of a grind, and it didn't align with his core philosophy of developing through caution and enjoying life.

But now, the appearance of this "Dual-Mindedness" skill directly solved this fundamental dilemma!

This wasn't just Dual-Mindedness; it was practically a built-in cheat, a bright path toward AFK cultivation!

Chen Yan was ecstatic inside, yet his face maintained the dazed, adorable expression expected of an infant.

He was immersed in beautiful plans for the future when a soft, sweet voice interrupted his thoughts.

"Found you!"

Yu Qingmeng's small figure poked her head out from behind the toy box, her face brimming with the joy of victory.

She pitter-pattered over to the door, grabbed Chen Yan's calf, and happily announced, "Found Little Brother Yan!"

This little girl...

Chen Yan was somewhat surprised.

He had been hiding behind the door, subconsciously utilizing the primary effects of "Shadow Concealment" to suppress all of his presence...

Logically speaking, a child just over a year old should have a short attention span and it should have been impossible for her to find him so quickly.

It seemed he had been too obvious in going easy on her.

Or perhaps...

Chen Yan's gaze landed on Yu Qingmeng's bright, sparkling eyes, which seemed to contain the stars.

This little girl was indeed somewhat extraordinary.

From the moment they met until now, three or four hours had passed...

She had been jumping and running around the entire time, energetic as a little leopard, showing not a hint of fatigue.

One had to realize that even for Chen Yan, if he didn't have several hundred points of vitality, he would have felt exhausted after such high-intensity "play."

Could it be... that she also possessed a special constitution?

A suspicion rose in Chen Yan's heart, but he quickly suppressed it.

Regardless, for him, this was a good thing.

An equally energetic "playmate" was simply a god-sent tool for grinding skills!

The afternoon flew by in this "childish" game of chasing and being chased, hiding and seeking.

When Liu Xin finished dinner and called the two little ones out, Chen Yan took a look at his system panel.

[Drawing: 100/1000]

[Hide-and-Seek: 100/1000]

[Dual-Mindedness: 100/1000]

In the span of an afternoon, driven by Yu Qingmeng, the "perpetual motion machine," the proficiency of all three new skills had steadily increased by 100 points.

This efficiency was more than ten times faster than him fumbling around at home by himself!

"It seems I must find a way to spend more time with this little bandit..."

"No, I mean, spend more time playing with Little Sister (Sister?) Qingmeng."

Chen Yan made up his mind.

To reach the pinnacle of martial arts as soon as possible, he had to find a way to bind this free sparring partner!

So, what was the simplest and most effective divine skill for an infant to achieve a goal?

Naturally, it was—crying and making a scene!

After dinner, it was time to head home.

Du Qionghua had just picked Chen Yan up when the little guy immediately caught on; his small mouth puckered, his eyes turned red in an instant, and he put on a look of grievance as if he were about to burst into tears.

He reached out his tiny hands to grab the hem of Yu Qingmeng's clothes, letting out "ya-ya" sounds of protest to keep her there.

The sight of him was enough to melt anyone's heart.

Liu Xin was astonished. "Oh my, little Yan is addicted to playing; he can't bear to leave our little Meng."

She looked over at her own daughter, who was still gnawing on a chicken leg, heartless and carefree, and said to Du Qionghua with a smile, "Your son is truly a little genius, so smart and sensible. Unlike ours, who is a total little Devil King."

Du Qionghua was overjoyed by the praise, hugging her son and kissing him over and over, her face beaming with pride.

[Luck +1]

Chen Yan chuckled inwardly. Plan successful.

"Since the children get along so well," Liu Xin proposed, "let's have them play together every day whenever we're free. I'll help you watch them one day, and you help me the next. That way, we can both have it a bit easier."

Du Qionghua had the exact same intention and immediately agreed.

And just like that, the two families happily reached a strategic partnership for "shared childcare."

On the way home, Chen Yan was held in Du Qionghua's arms, the evening breeze brushing against them, feeling indescribably comfortable.

"Little Yan, do you like playing with big sister Qingmeng?" his mother asked gently.

"Like!" Chen Yan gave a clear answer without the slightest hesitation.

Like? That was an understatement—he absolutely loved it!

She was a walking experience pack!

Deep in the night, all was quiet.

Confirming that his mother had fallen into a deep sleep, Chen Yan once again slid off the bed without a sound.

A mature baby knows how to grind skills at night on his own!

He sat cross-legged on the carpet and began his long-awaited experiment.

First, he let his consciousness sink into a state of clarity, passively operating the [Meditation Method].

Then, he split off another part of his mind and began to activate the [Godly Movement] skill he had just mastered.

A strange power flowed through his body, and he felt as if he had been split in two!

One half was as tranquil as water, silently increasing his mental power...

The other half was eager to move, filled with a craving for speed.

It worked!

It was actually possible!

Chen Yan suppressed his inner excitement and began his nocturnal cultivation.

While maintaining the operation of the [Meditation Method], he practiced controlling [Godly Movement] around the room, going from stumbling at the start to being as fluid as moving his own arm.

And in the process, he was pleasantly surprised to discover that the proficiency of [Dual-Mindedness] on his system panel was actually slowly increasing as well!

[Meditation Method (Beginner) Proficiency +1]

[Godly Movement (Beginner) Proficiency +1]

[Dual-Mindedness (Beginner) Proficiency +1]

My god!

This wasn't just dual-mindedness!

This was triple-mindedness!

While cultivating two skills, he was also increasing the proficiency of [Dual-Mindedness] itself!

Chen Yan felt as if he had discovered a world-shattering bug!

The era of high-efficiency cultivation had officially arrived, starting tonight!