Abominations of Abundance? Believers, More Like! [Please Keep Reading]

Since classes ran only through the morning, the time flew by.

Besides, this was only the Primary Class. Most of the children did not really pay attention.

They mostly kept to themselves and rarely bothered with anyone else.

Quite a few students whispered to one another during class, too.

The teacher did little about it.

At this stage, they were much like kindergarteners in Li Qingyue's previous life—if anything, even more childish.

Once they reached a certain age, though, these children grew up quickly.

Meanwhile, Li Qingyue and Na'er sat together chatting.

Their relationship was a little unusual.

Li Qingyue thought of Na'er as his little sister, but she was still, in name, his Protector.

For that matter, the later Gu Yue, Na'er, and Gu Yuena all counted as his Protectors.

As a result, he felt none of the instinctive nervousness most people would have around Na'er.

Even knowing she was the Silver Dragon King, a being capable of tremendous destruction, he was not particularly worried.

After all, powerful Soul Beasts like Di Tian and Xiong Jun, whom ordinary people feared, simply could not kill him.

If they killed him, the Silver Dragon King would die with him.

The chance of any of them attacking him was practically zero.

Under the circumstances, all Li Qingyue wanted was to keep his head down and grow stronger.

Then he could find a way to deal with the trouble on Qiangu Dongfeng's side.

With Leng Yaozhu around, that was not too great a problem for him, either.

So Li Qingyue was taking things in stride.

Trouble kept finding him, but he truly was not that worried.

As soon as the morning classes ended, Li Qingyue took Na'er by the hand and headed home for lunch.

But the moment he stepped out of the classroom, Xie Xie came over.

Compared with before, Xie Xie was far more cheerful and confident.

Seeing the boy rub his head and follow behind him with an earnest look, Li Qingyue shot him a helpless glance.

"Come on, buddy, I'm a guy. You don't need to follow me around like this. Besides, we barely know each other."

"Heh, it's not about whether you're a boy or a girl. I—I just want to be friends. I don't have any other ideas."

"By the way, Li Qingyue, what's your Martial Soul?"

"Mine's the Light-Dark Dagger. I have Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power."

Pride entered Xie Xie's eyes as he said it.

Innate Full Soul Power was extraordinarily rare.

And he had it. He was a top-tier genius with a limitless future.

He had expected Li Qingyue and Na'er to gaze at him in admiration once he revealed his talent.

But Li Qingyue merely rolled his eyes.

Na'er could not even be bothered to look at him.

The girl held tight to Li Qingyue's hand, following him on her little legs.

Her gaze stayed on Li Qingyue from beginning to end. She never spared anyone else a glance.

When Li Qingyue ignored him, Xie Xie edged closer anyway.

This time, though, there was a hint of hurt in his eyes.

"Li Qingyue, you could at least tell me what your Martial Soul is, couldn't you?"

"I told you mine, so you should tell me yours." Xie Xie kept bobbing his head as he spoke.

With his handsome short hair, he looked just like an eager golden retriever.

Li Qingyue could only sigh inwardly.

Still, he did not mind showing him.

He casually raised a hand.

As his palm lifted, a jade-green vine slowly appeared in it.

A faint green glow spread from the vine in ripples like water.

In truth, Li Qingyue was not even sure whether the thing in his hand was the God of Abundance's Ambrosial Arbor.

The two simply shared certain qualities.

Of course, it would not matter if he did not have it.

If Li Qingyue fully opened his senses or let go of the concept that held his form, he could transform directly into a state like the God of Abundance's.

But because he wanted to live a normal life, he had always kept the form of an ordinary person.

Looking at the Ambrosial Arbor in Li Qingyue's hand and sensing the vast life force within it, Xie Xie stared in surprise.

He did not know how powerful this Martial Soul was, but he could tell it had to be a support-type Martial Soul.

"So you have a support-type Martial Soul. Then—then how about I protect you from now on?"

"As long as I'm here, nobody will hurt either of you."

Xie Xie winked at them both.

Li Qingyue dealt with this human sticking plaster by raising a hand and rapping him on the head.

A large bump sprang up at once. Cheeks puffed out, Xie Xie could only trail helplessly behind them.

But when they reached the entrance, the Xie Family's butler, who had been waiting there, wore a deep frown and an anxious look.

The moment he saw Xie Xie, he hurried over with two security guards.

"Young master, young master, something's wrong! I just got a call. Madam collapsed at home."

"And the truth is, Madam has been gravely ill... She may only have a few days left..."

The butler looked at Xie Xie anxiously but could not bring himself to finish.

It was not just because Li Qingyue and Na'er were standing nearby. He truly did not know how to break such devastating news to a six-year-old boy.

The head of the Xie Family—Xie Xie's father—had known his wife was gravely ill, yet he had gone out of town for a crucial machinery order.

Now Xie's Mother's condition had worsened again. It might be a matter of days.

But Xie Xie's father could not make it back in time.

Or rather, he could not abandon an order on which the entire Xie Family's future depended to see his wife one last time.

Much of the reason Xie Xie later changed from a sunny golden retriever into a gloomy one was that his mother died tragically and his father never came.

To put it bluntly, he might even come to hate his father.

Hearing all this, Xie Xie immediately grew anxious.

He had not understood just how serious his mother's illness was.

After all, she still endured the pain and sat down to eat with him every day.

So he had never thought much of it.

Now that he heard she had collapsed, his heart clenched.

"Why didn't you tell me sooner? Take me back, quick!"

"Come on, let's go home! Hurry, hurry!"

Xie Xie shouted at the butler and made for the car.

At that moment, Li Qingyue hesitated.

He had originally planned to see Mu Chen that afternoon.

But he felt that going to see Xie's Mother would not take long.

It was not because he wanted to help Xie Xie.

He was not that kindhearted or that generous.

He had received Yaoshi's complete inheritance, but he also possessed the Reignbow Arbiter as a Martial Soul.

Until he reached the level of an Aeon, his power would not be so pure.

Even after becoming the new God of Abundance, Li Qingyue intended to find a way to become the God of the Hunt as well and retain the Dual Aeon Divine Seats.

Part of Abundance's power came from Believers.

Healing Believers—or creating them—would bring immense benefits to the growth and accumulation of Li Qingyue's power.

And what Believer could be more suitable than a mother who had fallen into utter despair, knew she was about to die, and desperately wanted to stay by her child's side?