As night fell, Su Cheng's door was knocked on.
He glanced towards the door, not expecting Qian Renxue to come at this time.
After a moment's thought, he got up and walked over.
But just as he reached out his hand, the door was pushed open from the outside.
Immediately, a figure leaped into his arms.
"What are you doing?" Su Cheng didn't dodge, holding her delicate body and somewhat incredulously asking, "Why are you here at this hour?"
"Didn't you say I should come find you when I have time? Now seems like a good time." Qian Rinxue raised her head, her golden pupils shining like stars.
"Alright." Su Cheng let go of her and led her back into the room.
For high-level soul masters, there was hardly any need for sleep, with most nights spent on meditation and cultivation.
As for him, he primarily focused on practicing his innate skills.
Qian Renxue hugged his arm very intimately, following along beside him.
Although his arm constantly felt the soft touch, Su Cheng didn't have much desire at the moment, just a bit surprised by her current behavior.
He naturally didn't doubt her feelings.
But whether it was her or her assertive and flamboyant second personality, they rarely showed such clingy behavior.
"What's on your mind today?"
"I just remembered some things from the past." Qian Renxue's pretty face blushed slightly, her voice soft.
But it was far from the only thing on her mind.
She had many other things she wanted to say, especially after carefully reviewing the two volumes of innate skills, she couldn't suppress her excitement and admiration.
Hearing her say this, Su Cheng couldn't help but recall the days when he taught her cultivation, feeling a bit nostalgic.
Then he smiled and said, "Then you should work harder. You're not my match now."
"I never thought of being your match."
The Elder's Hall of the Martial Soul City was not large in scale.
But there were even fewer elders inside.
So when distributed to each person's residence, there was quite a bit of space.
After arriving at an empty room, Su Cheng patted Qian Renxue.
When she let go of his arm and stood aside, he reached out his palm.
Then, five pale, almost transparent sword auras appeared in his palm, flowing between his fingers.
"What is this...?"
Watching those seemingly unremarkable transparent auras, Qian Renxue's gaze gradually became serious.
Although she had only recently broken through to the Soul Saint realm, her strength was enough to rival ordinary Title Douluo-level powerhouses.
Due to the bond of the twin souls, her perception was even stronger, and she immediately noticed the unusualness of these sword auras.
It wasn't an exaggeration to say that any one of them would pose a fatal threat to her.
But this was just a casual move by Su Cheng.
"Want to learn?" Watching her surprised and wary expression, Su Cheng chuckled softly.
"Can I learn too?" Qian Renxue asked uncertainly.
She didn't doubt that Su Cheng would keep this skill to himself.
But she understood that Su Cheng's foundation was different from others, and many things he might be willing to teach were simply impossible for others to learn.
Moreover, creating one's own soul skills required a perfect match of martial souls, skills, and even willpower.
For example, the Haotian Sect possessed top-tier martial souls that could be easily inherited, accompanied by matching soul skills, making them unique in the world.
Looking at the Angel Clan, although the martial souls were passed down from generation to generation, there were no outstanding geniuses besides the ancestors.
It wasn't until Qian Renxue came along that a truly gifted talent appeared.
However, her self-created soul skills complemented her twin souls, making them impossible for others to learn.
Su Cheng retracted his five fingers, and the sword light disappeared between them.
"Of course, you can learn. This isn't a self-created soul skill; it's the third volume of the innate skills."
"I see." Qian Renxue suddenly looked enlightened.
During the day, she had already read the two volumes of the skills.
The second volume described methods to nourish the body and soul of soul masters with one's own soul power and help practitioners utilize these unique powers to some extent.
Although controlling the soul was not as easy as controlling the body and soul power, after practicing the innate skills, practitioners could apply some of their soul power to themselves.
For ordinary soul masters, even those at the Title Douluo level, it was difficult to control this mysterious power. At most, they could passively transmit soul power while in the state of the True Body of Martial Soul, which was very superficial.
But Qian Renxue had experienced becoming a god and possessed a special soul, giving her a great innate advantage in this regard.
When she saw Su Cheng demonstrating the innate power, she realized that the first two volumes of the skills played a crucial role in laying the foundation for the third volume.
"By the way, teacher, do you want to teach this skill to the young generation of the Martial Soul Hall?" Qian Renxue asked at this moment.
This question had little to do with the Martial Soul Hall itself; she was reminded of the need for assistance that Su Cheng had mentioned before.
Her observation of the young soul masters in the academy today was also related to this.
"Sure, that's possible," Su Cheng pondered and said, "But I need to think about it first. The impact of this skill will be significant, so the process of spreading it needs to be carefully considered."
He then looked at Qian Renxue beside him, "Since you've already seen its contents, I'm sure you understand what it means to spread it, right?"
"Of course," Qian Renxue met his gaze, her eyes sparkling.
In fact, the reason she had hurried over today was largely because after reading the skill, she found it difficult to suppress her emotions.
Under Su Cheng's past guidance, her accumulation was also extremely rich.
She had a lot of theoretical knowledge, even more than Bibi Dong nowadays, and naturally understood the significance of this skill.
She had never underestimated her teacher for a moment.
But even so, she didn't expect him to take such a different path.
Just the first two volumes of the innate skills had opened up a completely new path of cultivation.
Perhaps in the future, it could even break the limits of soul master cultivation.
At the very least, it would give countless ordinary people the opportunity to cultivate.
Just thinking about it was enough to make one's blood boil.
"Xiaoxue, with this skill, your twin souls will no longer be a hidden danger but a truly unique talent. After you complete the cultivation of the third volume, you might even master powers stronger than mine."
"Stronger than you?" Qian Rinxue thought for a moment, then excitedly snapped her fingers, "That's great! As long as I can help you more, that's enough."
Su Cheng smiled and didn't say much.
Qian Renxue could do whatever she wanted, and they didn't need to worry about these things between them.
But what he had just said was probably her wishful thinking.
Her other soul inside her body might not agree with her.
Thinking of this, Su Cheng couldn't help but sigh.
The behavior of that guy during the day had also surprised him.
"Oh right, what did Bibi Dong want from you today?"
Without rushing to cultivate, Qian Renxue first asked a curious question.
"It wasn't anything too important, mainly just asking about the progress of the Silver Needle Acupuncture Technique," Su Cheng casually replied.
"Is it necessary to specifically call you for such a small matter? She's really idle as the Pope," Qian Renxue frowned, feeling that things weren't that simple.
Normally, Bibi Dong wouldn't be so ignorant of the situation.
Su Cheng wasn't just an ordinary person without talent or background in the Martial Soul Hall, able to be called upon and dismissed at will.
"Xiaoxue, I don't think you need to have such strong hostility towards her," seeing her reaction, Su Cheng couldn't help but console, "She actually values you a lot. Even if we don't consider other relationships, there's no need for you to be too opposed to each other from the perspective of the Martial Soul Hall. It's pointless internal friction. Anyway, you've also become more indifferent to those past events."
"What did she say to you?"
Hearing this, instead of being relieved, Qian Renxue's eyes narrowed slightly, a hint of suspicion in her gaze as she looked at Su Cheng.
Her teacher was actually speaking up for Bibi Dong. This unexpected turn made her surprised, but also wary.
She didn't believe Bibi Dong had any good intentions.
"She said..."
Just as he was about to speak, Su Cheng suddenly remembered that Bibi Dong's main purpose was to reduce his and Qian Rinxue's time together.
Regardless of whether the intention behind this was good or bad, Qian Renxue would definitely not accept such an arrangement.
Speaking out would only add fuel to the fire.
It would be better to use another excuse.
"... She said you are the hope of the Martial Soul Hall, the destined future Pope, so she will do her best to assist you in your cultivation in the future."
"..." Qian Renxue shook her head when she heard this, looking at Su Cheng, "That's not right, you're hiding something from me."
"Huh?"
"She actively sought you out, it can't just be for that. If she wanted to say that, she could have told me directly, there's no need to find you."
Saying this, her pretty face darkened.
Then, unexpectedly, she began to analyze it quietly.
"Since she actively sought you out, what she talked about must be related to you and me. What could it be..."
Qian Renxue lowered her eyelids, her expression extremely serious.
"..."
Seeing her serious expression, Su Cheng was completely speechless.
This mother and daughter pair was really...
No, he couldn't let her continue to speculate like this.
"Xiaoxue—"
"Teacher." Qian Renxue didn't lift her head, just raised her hand lightly to stop him from speaking.
"Don't interrupt my thoughts."
"..."
At this moment, Qian Renxue suddenly raised her head and looked at him with a serious expression, "Teacher, you've probably been deceived by her."