Brother, How Are You Leveling Up So Fast When You Slack Off So Much?

Ever since obtaining her soul ring, she had spent the past sixty days cultivating so tirelessly that she nearly forgot to eat and sleep.

She wished she could spend even mealtime cultivating. Sure enough, hard work paid off. Her Soul Power had successfully reached level twenty-eight, and she was already very close to level twenty-nine.

In the two months since becoming a Soul Grandmaster, her Soul Power had risen by more than a full level. Such cultivation speed would have left countless people dumbfounded.

But everything feared comparison. Once someone stronger appeared, the one before would seem unimpressive.

Her brother was that stronger someone. Over the past two months, she had cultivated so diligently, yet she had never once seen her brother properly sit down and meditate to cultivate.

And the result? Qian Renheng's Soul Power breakthroughs came as easily as drinking water. He had already reached the peak of level twenty-nine. With just one final push, he could break through the level-thirty barrier and absorb a ten-thousand-year third soul ring!

Comparisons really could drive people mad, especially when the other person had not put in any effort at all, yet cultivated so quickly!

Just like now, Qian Renheng had no idea that he had utterly crushed his sister's resolve. He was still busy researching a Self-Created Soul Skill.

At that moment, he was fully focused, his gaze sharp as he raised his right hand and pinched the air with his index finger and thumb.

"First Soul Skill: Abyssal Edict!"

Qian Renheng shouted softly. The soul ring beneath his feet rose up and shone with purple light as the skill activated.

A stream of ink-black Soul Power surged wildly through his meridians, gathering in the tiny space between his two fingers.

Compress, compress, compress again!

The vast Soul Power was forcibly squeezed together until it ultimately formed a black dot the size of a soybean between his fingers.

Qian Renheng controlled the black dot and made it spin at high speed. Then, fixing his eyes on a marble floor tile more than ten meters away, he fiercely flicked it outward.

The instant the black dot touched the ground, it did not explode. Instead, it unleashed an utterly terrifying force of pulverization.

The supposedly indestructible marble tile was as brittle as tofu before that force, instantly ground into powder.

When the dust settled, a deep pit roughly half a meter wide had been left in the ground, its edges smooth and clean.

"Hmm... the power is decent enough. From now on, I'll call this Self-Created Soul Skill Star Plucking Moon Grasping!"

Qian Renheng looked at the pit before him and clapped his hands in satisfaction. This was the result of his efforts over the past two months.

Every day, he made time to stay in the Library Hall and read about other people's Self-Created Soul Skills.

Although most of them were unsuitable for him, they could still offer him different ideas and help him develop Self-Created Soul Skills of his own!

This move used his first soul skill to grant himself extremely precise control over Soul Power, allowing him to compress vast amounts of Soul Power between two fingers.

It formed a rapidly spinning black dot that he could throw out. Once it made contact with a target, it would erupt with an immensely powerful pulverizing force!

Qian Renheng silently assessed the skill. If he threw it at a Soul Grandmaster, then even if the opponent activated a defensive soul skill, they would be instantly ground, flesh and bones alike, into a puddle of minced meat!

This move not only possessed overwhelming single-target killing power, but also had considerable suction force.

If his Soul Power level rose in the future and he had enough Soul Power stored in his body, he could even enlarge it and use it as a large-scale soul skill to clear the field!

With the test over, Qian Renheng turned around in satisfaction, only to see Qian Renxue sitting on a rock with a gloomy expression and her lips pursed.

He frowned and walked over, saying with a hint of reproach, "Xiao Xue, why are you sitting here daydreaming again?"

"How is the Self-Created Soul Skill I taught you coming along?" As he spoke, Qian Renheng reached out and tapped Qian Renxue on the forehead. "You... is it because it's too difficult to cultivate?"

"That won't do. The path of cultivation is like rowing upstream: if you do not advance, you fall behind. If you become lax the moment you encounter setbacks, how will you ever amount to anything in the future?!"

Hearing Qian Renheng's slightly reproachful words, spoken without any understanding of her plight, all of Qian Renxue's pent-up grievances came flooding out at once.

"Brother, anyone can talk big, can't they?"

A deep resentment appeared in Qian Renxue's bright eyes as she shot back without hesitation, "Brother, you have the nerve to lecture me?!"

"Every day, you're either here taking your sweet time researching your Self-Created Soul Skills, or soaking in the Library Hall and reading books to pass the time. You never seriously cultivate at all!"

"But Brother, why does your Soul Power level rise so fast?!"

As Qian Renxue spoke, her eyes reddened slightly. "It makes Xiao Xue so upset, and puts so much pressure on me."

"Xiao Xue has clearly worked so hard, tried so desperately, and yet Brother has still left me so far behind."

"And... those Self-Created Soul Skills you taught me, the principles behind them are complicated as hell."

"They aren't simple at all. Xiao Xue has to spend most of every day cultivating already, so where am I supposed to find all that extra time to study your Self-Created Soul Skills?"

"Uh..." Listening to Qian Renxue's rapid-fire accusations, Qian Renheng froze and looked at her awkwardly.

Thinking it over carefully, what his sister said really did seem to make sense.

His Self-Created Soul Skills were built upon his first soul skill. They required powerful Mental Power to control the Soul Power within one's body with greater precision, so there was indeed a learning threshold.

Having lived two lives, his Mental Power naturally needed no explanation, so cultivation was relatively easier for him.

But what about Xiao Xue? She was only a genuine six-year-old child. Every day, in order not to be left behind by him, she devoted enormous amounts of time and energy to refining her Soul Power.

She simply did not have much extra time to cultivate such complicated Self-Created Soul Skills, so naturally her progress was slow.

"Ahem, Xiao Xue, you're right. Your brother did not think this through. There's no rushing the cultivation of Self-Created Soul Skills. Haven't you heard that too much is as bad as too little? With your talent, you'll learn them sooner or later."

Qian Renheng awkwardly rubbed his nose and simply changed the subject. "For those Self-Created Soul Skills I gave you, just practice whichever ones you like. Pick the ones you prefer. Don't put too much pressure on yourself."

"Brother!" Qian Renxue looked at Qian Renheng upon hearing that, but in the end, she still asked what she truly wanted to know.

"When Xiao Xue gets up in the morning and cultivates facing the sunrise, you're still sleeping!"

"When Xiao Xue cultivates after lunch at noon, you're here blowing up floor tiles while playing around with your Self-Created Soul Skills."

"When Xiao Xue is still cultivating at night, you run off to the Library Hall to read books."

"But Brother, what method are you using? You clearly slack off so much, yet cultivate so fast?"

"Brother, can you teach Xiao Xue? Xiao Xue really wants to work hard, really wants to improve, Xiao Xue really, really wants to keep up with you!"

Qian Renxue looked at Qian Renheng pitifully, her eyes brimming with tears.

At her words, Qian Renheng's mouth twitched. The reason he cultivated so quickly was because he had two super workers laboring for him around the clock!

Ming Ji and Chun Xing cultivated day and night while hiding in his ear, allowing him to completely remove himself from the tedious grind of cultivation.

Although he did not cultivate himself in his daily life and merely researched Self-Created Soul Skills or went to the Library Hall to read and seek inspiration, his cultivation speed was still twice that of Qian Renxue's.

Even if he wanted to teach his sister, she could not learn it. This method was only suitable for Detached Martial Souls.