Brother!
No one expected Little Qian Renxue to think in this direction.
However, this was normal; a mother and son with an age gap of nearly fifteen years was quite common on the Douluo Continent, just like Oscar whose parents had him when they were fourteen.
The two of them standing there looking like mother and son was perfectly normal.
Li Pu truly couldn't help it: "I am not your brother, though if you insist on calling me that, it isn't a problem."
Little Qian Renxue didn't seem to hear him, instead settling the tone as if it were a fact: "Hmph! I knew it, you are my brother, the bad brother who stole my mother's love!"
If one didn't laugh or cry, they would be holding back tears.
He flashed a bright, cheerful boyish smile and said patiently: "You really misunderstood, I am just a good friend of your mother's."
"Really?" Little Qian Renxue looked as if she didn't want to believe it.
Bibi Dong on the side didn't give a good look, but for the sake of Li Pu, she softened her tone: "He is my friend, you should address him as Uncle Li, and you shouldn't speak to your Uncle Li like that."
Little Qian Renxue looked at Li Pu; although her impression had improved slightly, she remained vigilant and even still disliked him.
But she still called out: "Uncle Li."
Hearing this, Li Pu really didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "How old am I and how old are you? Calling me Uncle—it's better to call me brother."
"Will you not steal my mother away?" Little Qian Renxue looked at him again with watery eyes.
"I won't." Li Pu shook his head, "As for whether your mother likes you, that depends on your own efforts, and you must also give her time."
It wouldn't reach the point where they only reconciled at the finale; perhaps feeling that the situation was lost, she took all the blame upon herself to give her daughter a way out.
Standing to the side, Bibi Dong felt truly uncomfortable and didn't want to look at Qian Renxue any longer.
"Go back, don't bother me."
"Mother..."
Seeing that her mother was still the same as before, Qian Renxue felt truly miserable, yet the man in front of her made it impossible for her to be happy, as if he were the hateful villain who had stolen her mother.
"Don't be fierce to her either. Even if bad things happened to you, don't take it out on her."
This sentence made Bibi Dong somewhat angry, but she still endured it and said: "You are defending her against me, aren't you? What do you know? That's right, you are just a little brat; no matter how smart you are, how could you understand matters of the heart?"
"That's not what I meant, I just hope the two of you can be better."
"It seems you like her quite a bit."
Li Pu did indeed like Qian Renxue; after all, the little loli appearance of young Qian Renxue made one want to spoil her, kiss her, hug her, lift her high, and spin her around.
"Who doesn't like cute things?" Li Pu had no intention of pandering to her.
"Didn't I say it? I don't care about your past; I am even willing to accept it. Don't you know that?"
Hiding in the distance, Qian Xunji almost exposed his aura upon hearing this, along with the urge to take action.
"Damn brat! My disciple is not someone you can covet, and you even dare to have designs on my precious daughter!"
"It seems you can accept this aspect, but let's see if you can handle the next move!"
"Whether you can handle it or not, you are finished!"
Qian Xunji gradually revealed a sinister smile.
The Angel Martial Soul is holy and noble, which had nothing to do with Qian Xunji's actions. Since he was evil, he should be openly evil; why hide behind a holy Angel, acting sneaky and secretive?
On this side, Li Pu could also guess that Qian Xunji was watching; Qian Renxue had been sent by him. Now, his actions were all waiting to see how the other party would strike next, or rather, the god plotting behind the scenes.
Thus, he simply picked up Little Qian Renxue and said to Bibi Dong: "She is actually quite cute."
As he spoke, he generously took out the inner core of the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent. "This is a gift from your brother for our first meeting."
Qian Renxue looked at the bead in her hand, and a strange sensation immediately permeated her whole body. She couldn't help but be stunned.
"What is this?"
Bibi Dong knew what it was and was even more displeased: "You are truly generous, giving such a precious inner core to her!"
"This inner core is perfect for her. It comes from an ancient fire-attribute exotic beast, and it is a supreme Yang fire attribute, not much different from the Ultimate Fire. It perfectly matches the fire attribute controlled by the Angel Martial Soul. This Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent inner core is equivalent to storing most of the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's abilities and also has an effect similar to a soul ring. Consume it and digest it with your Angelic flames, and it will naturally turn into a soul ring. Although its flames are domineering, there is absolutely no problem digesting them with your Angelic flames. The Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent we killed is definitely no worse than any ten-thousand-year soul beast. It can be used before the eighth soul ring, and absorbing it now is no problem. Of course, you don't have to eat it all at once; just control it to the soul ring limit needed for your current stage, and it can become the ultimate soul ring for your current level."
Li Pu's continuous explanation shocked the young heart of Qian Renxue. She hadn't expected such a magical existence to exist, and for a moment, her favorability toward Li Pu increased significantly.
"Thank you, brother."
The more this happened, the more unhappy Bibi Dong became.
"If he gives it to you, you take it? How can you be so shameless?"
Being scolded like this, Little Qian Renxue felt miserable again and said aggrievedly: "I'm sorry, Mother, I didn't mean to. I don't want it anymore."
Saying this, she prepared to return it to Li Pu.
"Give it back."
Li Pu became somewhat dissatisfied: "You scared her by doing that, and it's just an inner core, it's no big deal."
He looked at Little Qian Renxue in his arms: "It's okay, I don't take back things I've given away. If you don't accept it, you aren't giving me face, and that will make me very unhappy!"
Bibi Dong was truly about to be angered to death by Li Pu: "Take it, take it, just don't die!"
"See, your mother agreed. Just find an adult to help you later. As someone with innate full soul power of level twenty, don't follow the standard ratio for absorption. Learn from your mother; her first soul ring limit was the second soul ring limit of others, her second soul ring was a thousand-year one, and her fourth soul ring was ten-thousand-year."
"On the surface, most soul masters will explode and die once they exceed this soul ring limit configuration because ordinary people don't know that the energy of each soul beast's soul ring is different. Just like the difference between a dragon and Blue Silver Grass, the energy contained in a hundred-year soul ring is different. The soul beasts needed by the Angel Martial Soul are all very powerful," Little Qian Renxue retorted.
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