Strength Path Consumes a Lot of Soul Power; We Need to Save Our Soul Power to Train Strength Path!

"To be honest, what exactly is your Martial Soul?"

"Why is your combat power so strong?"

Yu Tianheng sat down beside Qin Qi with his prepared meal and asked curiously.

"This little guy is my Martial Soul. He has no combat power."

"I do all the fighting myself. All this guy does is eat."

Qin Qi fed two pieces of beef to the Strength-Eating Immortal Gu, then began eating as well as he spoke.

"This... are Detached Beast Martial Souls really that unusual?"

Yu Tianheng was a little dumbfounded. He truly did not understand Detached Beast Martial Souls, nor did he dare assume their characteristics were not simply like this.

"I don't know about others, but my own Martial Soul is like this."

By the time Qin Qi finished speaking, he had already finished his portion, yet he was still not full and went to get another serving.

"How many days has it been since you last ate?"

Xue Beng looked at Qin Qi. He remembered that Qin Qi had not eaten this much before. How many days had he been starving?

"Get lost. I'm still growing. It's normal to eat more."

Qin Qi rolled his eyes at Xue Beng. He was a prince of the Heaven Dou imperial family, yet he had no manners at all.

What did he mean, starving for days? Couldn't he speak properly?

"What is your first soul skill? Why didn't I see you use any soul skills throughout the entire battle?"

Yu Tianheng continued asking. Compared to Qin Qi's eating habits, he was more curious about his Martial Soul.

"Soul skills... that's pretty private. We just met."

By the time Qin Qi said that, he had already eaten half of the meal he had just gotten. His eating speed was truly astonishing!

"I'm very sorry. I was rude."

Yu Tianheng realized he had gone too far, but he was simply too curious about Detached Beast Martial Souls.

He thought that perhaps he could find a way through Qin Qi to help his uncle, Yu Xiaogang.

While Yu Tianheng was apologizing, Qin Qi suddenly noticed that Ye Lingling had not touched her food in quite some time.

"Lingling, doesn't the food suit your taste?"

Qin Qi asked.

Ye Lingling shook her head.

"Don't tell me you can't use chopsticks?"

Qin Qi asked again.

Ye Lingling shook her head again.

"Don't tell me you're already full?"

Qin Qi looked at her barely touched food and asked tentatively.

"Mm."

Ye Lingling nodded. She really was full. Ever since childhood, she had eaten little, and as a girl, her appetite was even smaller.

"I think I found the reason you haven't grown taller."

As Qin Qi spoke, he finished his food and went to get another serving. This was already his third.

"You really do have a great appetite. No wonder your body is so strong."

"But it's a pity. Although your attack power is strong, your methods are too limited."

"It might be fine at lower levels, but once your level rises and everyone has more soul skills..."

"Your advantage will continuously weaken. Eventually, you might not even be able to hit anyone."

Watching Qin Qi eat, Yu Tianheng somehow began to feel hungry too, so he started eating as well.

As he ate, he continued speaking.

"I know. I need to figure out how to make up for my weaknesses."

Qin Qi sighed inwardly. Awakening the Strength-Eating Immortal Gu was both a good thing and a bad thing.

If he had an ordinary Martial Soul, there would be complete, systematic theories for Soul Rings, soul skills, and combat that he could directly use.

But Qin Qi's Martial Soul was different from ordinary Martial Souls, and his soul skills were different from everyone else's too.

He had to find a way to create a combat system unique to himself, or he would definitely fall behind others in the future.

"By the way, Old Yu, I have an academic question. Could I ask you about it?"

Qin Qi suddenly remembered something and asked.

"Sure. As long as it isn't too private, I can answer."

Yu Tianheng nodded.

"I read in a book that soul masters have something called an Optimal Soul Ring Configuration: two yellow, two purple, four black, and one red. That is supposedly the optimal configuration for soul masters."

"But that only applies to ordinary people. If it is a sect or family with a long inheritance, they will have better configurations."

"For example, what Soul Beast should be hunted for each Soul Ring, and what kind of soul skill each Soul Beast is likely to provide."

"How those soul skills should be combined to achieve the strongest effect."

"I want to ask, is that true?"

Qin Qi felt that it should be true. A systematic combination of soul skills was far stronger than scattered soul skills.

Those families that had been passed down for many years had long since figured out the combinations that could bring out the greatest power of their Martial Souls.

That was the power of inheritance!

"Mm... that is indeed the case. In our family, there are records of what Soul Beast should be hunted for the first Soul Ring."

"There are also detailed records of what kind of soul skill it will probably have, and how that soul skill should be developed and trained."

Yu Tianheng thought for a moment before answering. This was not a secret among the upper ranks.

Almost everyone knew it, but knowing was useless. After all, Martial Souls determined everything.

"Our family has that too."

Ye Lingling spoke up as well.

Although every Soul Ring of the Nine Heart Begonia gave the same soul skill, they too had an optimal configuration.

Soul Rings from specific Soul Beasts could effectively increase the Nine Heart Begonia's healing effects and reduce its Soul Power consumption.

"Is that so? A system... a system is very important."

Qin Qi thought of the Clear Sky Sect's Clear Sky Nine Absolutes. A systematic inheritance was far too important.

He had to find a way to develop his own combat system.

"Ah, knowledge is power!"

Qin Qi had no ideas right now. He felt that he still needed to read more books and build up more knowledge.

In the blink of an eye, three months passed. Through collective brainstorming, Qin Qi developed Strength Path's true first killing move!

"Ora ora ora ora ora!"

Qin Qi gathered all the Soul Power in his body into his fists, then rapidly swung them, blasting out his Soul Power.

In an instant, he threw more than a hundred punches, and that Soul Power was like a barrage of cannonballs.

They directly struck the trees in the distance, blasting them full of holes!

"The power, speed, range, and destructive force are all quite good. The only flaw is probably the high Soul Power consumption."

Qin Ming watched from the side, pushed up his glasses, and spoke.

"Mm, but it doesn't affect me much. After all, I don't have anything else that needs Soul Power."

Qin Qi could not help laughing at himself as he said this. Strength Path consumed a lot of Soul Power, so he had to save his Strength Path Soul Power for Strength Path killing moves.

"It can be further developed in terms of concentration, range, precision, and distance."

"Mm. Overall, it is only a prototype right now. It will develop even better in the future."

Qin Ming walked over to Qin Qi and patted him on the shoulder.

"Congratulations on creating your own Self-Created Soul Skill. I'm proud of you."

A smile appeared on Qin Ming's face. Although he was strict, he was never stingy with praise.

"Thanks, bro."

"Oh, right. If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving first. I arranged to have tea with Lingling and the others today."

Qin Qi tidied up, then prepared to go have tea with Ye Lingling and the others. This was how he had spent his time lately.

Most of the time, he wandered around with Xue Beng and the others, since thinking did not prevent physical activity.

Only when experiments were needed did he make time to come practice.

"Got it. What level is your Soul Power at now?"

Qin Ming asked.

"Almost level nineteen."

Qin Qi had already gone far away. His voice drifted into Qin Ming's ears only after quite some time.

"Ah, his improvement speed is so fast, and... it's so easy."

Qin Ming could not help sighing. Which other student did not train through the bitter cold of winter and scorching heat of summer, cultivating diligently day and night without rest?

Yet his little brother only needed to eat on time. The only issue was that his food expenses were rather high.

Other than that, there were no problems at all.

"I heard a special student is coming today... Dugu Yan, Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul."

Qin Ming took out the new student's information. After just one glance, he frowned, thinking of a terrifying person.