Chapter 116: Monster Shen Youchu
You had to hand it to her—children who grew up in difficult circumstances really had high emotional intelligence. Shen Youchu’s words made Lin Ruoxi absolutely ecstatic, and her fondness for the girl shot right up.
"Youchu, you have such a sweet way with words! I absolutely adore you! From now on, you’ll sleep with me! Come on, I’ll take you home!"
With that, Lin Ruoxi took Shen Youchu’s little hand and walked out without a second glance.
’Ruoxi wants to sleep with Youchu?’
This made Cheng Yuan smile wryly, wondering if his decision to adopt Shen Youchu was right or wrong.
Cheng Yuan shook his head and followed the two of them to the elevator.
An hour later, the three of them finally arrived home.
This was Shen Youchu’s first time in such a luxurious villa, and for a moment, she was so overwhelmed she didn’t know where to put her feet.
To Cheng Yuan’s slight relief, Lin Ruoxi didn’t actually take Shen Youchu into their room, but instead found a room for her on the third floor.
"Youchu, this room has the best view. You can see most of the neighborhood from here. Do you like it?"
Shen Youchu was mesmerized.
It was like a castle from a fairy tale. She couldn’t believe she had the chance to live in such a beautiful place!
Shen Youchu’s nose tingled, and she couldn’t help but start crying softly.
"Youchu, you don’t like this room? It’s okay, I can find you another one. Please don’t cry! When you cry, my heart breaks!"
Shen Youchu choked out between sobs, "SOB... Sister, it’s not that I don’t like this room. I love it too much! I’ve dreamed of having a room like this. I’m just afraid this is all a dream, and when I wake up, it will all be gone!"
Lin Ruoxi’s heart ached for her. She hugged Shen Youchu tightly. "Youchu, this isn’t a dream! This is all real! You’re a good girl! Your brother and I will treat you like our own little sister!"
"Sister..."
Shen Youchu cried even harder.
Standing to the side, Cheng Yuan felt his own nose tingle with emotion.
"We’ve been busy all day. Youchu must be hungry. I’ll go whip up a couple of small dishes."
"Brother, I’ll help you."
"No, no, that’s not necessary."
Cheng Yuan refused repeatedly, but Shen Youchu was insistent. She changed into the loungewear Lin Ruoxi had just bought for her and happily trotted into the kitchen.
The more sensible Shen Youchu acted, the more Lin Ruoxi’s heart went out to her. She secretly resolved to start doting on Shen Youchu from this day forward.
Even if she and Cheng Yuan had children of their own in the future, she would give Shen Youchu an equal measure of love.
Suddenly, Lin Ruoxi realized something.
’Wait, no, jinx!’
’Lin Ruoxi, what are you thinking?’
’Kids? That’s not even remotely on the horizon yet, okay?’
Cheng Yuan’s cooking skills were pretty good, and the two girls enjoyed the meal thoroughly.
After they had eaten their fill, Shen Youchu rushed to do the dishes.
Of course, Cheng Yuan and Lin Ruoxi weren’t about to exploit a child, so the three of them did the dishes together, creating a warm and happy scene.
"Youchu, I’m a little tired, so I’m going to take a nap. You should get some rest too."
"I’m not tired. I can do some cleaning! This villa is so big, someone has to clean it."
Cheng Yuan smiled. "Your sister hired a housekeeping service that comes to clean every day. I adopted you to nurture your talents, not to have you clean the house. Understand?"
"Thank you, Brother..."
Cheng Yuan’s words deeply moved Shen Youchu.
Although she had been at Cheng Yuan and Lin Ruoxi’s home for less than half a day, Shen Youchu felt a happiness she had never known before. ’Is this what a family feels like?’
"Youchu, you should go get some rest too."
"I don’t want to sleep. Brother, you can teach me my studies, or teach me how to cultivate!"
’Studies?’
Cheng Yuan gave a wry smile. After two years in prison, he’d forgotten just about everything he’d ever learned in school. However, when it came to cultivation, Cheng Yuan was extremely confident.
Cheng Yuan pondered for a moment, sifting through the Celestial Witch Inheritance for a suitable Cultivation Technique. But even after searching the entire inheritance high and low, he couldn’t find one that was right for Shen Youchu.
The Celestial Witch Inheritance was not an orthodox path; it was a bit sinister, and Cheng Yuan didn’t want to lead the child astray.
"I’ll teach you how to cultivate! Let me think carefully about which Cultivation Technique would be best for you."
"Okay, Brother."
After thinking for a long time, Cheng Yuan finally came up with a solution!
’Don’t I have the Longevity Skill and the Nine Extremes Scripture?’
The Cultivation Techniques of the Hu Family and Zhu Family were not to be shared with outsiders, but he had a way around that!
To Cheng Yuan, the Longevity Skill was too rudimentary, and the Nine Extremes Scripture was missing a crucial part.
This wasn’t a problem for Cheng Yuan. He could adjust the Circulation Route of the Longevity Skill and complete the missing parts of the Nine Extremes Scripture.
Then, he would merge the two into a brand-new Cultivation Technique. ’Let’s call it the Chang Chun Nine Extremes!’
No sooner said than done.
Cheng Yuan silently activated the Celestial Witch Heart Method, Cultivating according to the Longevity Skill’s circulation route and adjusting the acupoints where the flow of True Qi was sluggish.
In just fifteen minutes, the New Longevity Skill was fully adjusted.
Cheng Yuan tested it and found that the New Longevity Skill’s energy conversion rate had increased by about three times, and its cultivation speed had increased by about two times.
This meant that the New Longevity Skill had a cultivation speed six times faster than the original version!
Cheng Yuan pursed his lips, somewhat dissatisfied. Even with such a massive improvement, the New Longevity Skill was still a complete amateur compared to the Celestial Witch Heart Method. ’It’s really still a bit lacking,’ he thought.
If the Hu Family could hear Cheng Yuan’s inner thoughts, they would probably cough up three liters of blood!
A six-fold increase in cultivation speed was still considered lacking?
If they had the New Longevity Skill, they could produce ten Innate Grandmasters within three years! As for Hu Yidao, he would very likely become a Martial King!
Developing the New Longevity Skill was relatively easy. After all, the Circulation Routes were already established; they just needed some fine-tuning.
Developing the Nine Extremes Scripture, however, was a considerable challenge for Cheng Yuan.
After all, he had to create it from scratch, deducing all the Circulation Routes himself.
This time, it took him a full half-hour to deduce the missing parts of the Nine Extremes Scripture!
The efficacy of the New Nine Extremes Skill even surpassed the New Longevity Skill, increasing cultivation speed by a full eight times!
Of course, compared to the Celestial Witch Heart Method, it was still like a candle in the sun.
After all, the ancestors of the Hu and Zhu Families were just ordinary Martial Dao Clans.
The Celestial Witch Ancestor, on the other hand, was a legendary being who had attained the Dao and become an Immortal. To a certain extent, the Celestial Witch Heart Method could be classified as an Immortal Technique.
The final step was to merge the two.
For Cheng Yuan, this was also a test of his abilities.
Fortunately, having received the Celestial Witch Inheritance, Cheng Yuan’s perspective was exceptionally advanced. Merging two relatively ’low-level’ Cultivation Techniques was still a feasible task for him.
Another half-hour passed, and the Chang Chun Nine Extremes was finally complete!
The cultivation efficiency of the Chang Chun Nine Extremes was even higher than that of the New Longevity Skill and the New Nine Extremes Skill.
"Youchu, listen closely. This is the Inner Power Heart Method and its Circulation Route."
Cheng Yuan patiently explained the Inner Power Heart Method and the Circulation Route, and Shen Youchu listened with great care.
An hour later, Cheng Yuan asked gently, "Youchu, have you memorized everything I said?"
Shen Youchu nodded. "I’ve memorized it all."
"Then try to circulate the Inner Power Heart Method and sense the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi. If you can’t sense it right away, don’t be discouraged. A normal Martial Artist..."
Cheng Yuan trailed off mid-sentence, suddenly choking on his words!
A violent storm of energy had suddenly erupted around Shen Youchu!
The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi from a hundred-meter radius gathered frantically, pouring into Shen Youchu’s body as if it were free!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Yellow Realm!
Profound Realm!
Earth Realm!
Celestial Realm!
In the blink of an eye, Shen Youchu had broken through four realms in a row before her breakthrough speed finally started to slow!
It wasn’t that Shen Youchu had hit a bottleneck and couldn’t continue breaking through, but that she had completely absorbed all the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi within a hundred-meter radius!
The concentration of the replenishing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi wasn’t dense enough to support her breakthrough to the Grandmaster realm!
Cheng Yuan was utterly stunned!
’Is this the power of the Innate Body?’
He recalled how it had taken him the better part of a day just to sense Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi for the first time! And Shen Youchu? It had only been a few minutes, and she was already knocking on the door of the Grandmaster realm!
’I’ve basically picked up a monster!’