A Fused Form

Leng Yaozhu stared at the strange Martial Soul, her thoughts turning impossibly tangled in an instant.

"Sorry for the trouble, Aunt Leng. Mine really might be a little absurd."

"But I do have Twin Martial Souls."

Li Qingyue looked somewhat awkward as he said "Twin Martial Souls."

After all, the power he had inherited came from the God of Abundance.

His bloodline carried another ability.

That ability also belonged to the God of Abundance.

And the power he valued most, the power at his very core, belonged to the God of Abundance too.

He truly had not expected that a form he had filled out on a whim

would leave him looking like this.

The Reignbow Arbiter—Lan—hated nothing more than followers of the God of Abundance.

Yet he had inherited the God of Abundance's complete legacy

and gained Lan's power as well.

It was a little bizarre.

The Hunt and Abundance were not enemies by nature.

But the conflict between these two powers was still absurd.

It left Li Qingyue deep in thought.

After all, Lan was the one who suppressed Yaoshi, the God of Abundance, most fiercely.

If he inherited both powers at once,

would he end up fighting himself or sabotaging himself?

Li Qingyue's expression grew complicated at the thought.

But with Leng Yaozhu still lost in thought, he had no intention of telling her any of this.

After all, this world no longer had any concept of Aeons.

Even if he became an Aeon someday, with the power to roam the entire universe,

Leng Yaozhu would never know.

Of course, this world had no Balance.

Li Qingyue had no idea whether Eternal Life would bring that terrifying curse of spiritual erosion.

None of that mattered for now, though. He still had a long way to go before he grew strong.

While Leng Yaozhu pondered, Na'er stood quietly to one side.

She watched the scene with curiosity.

The little girl said nothing. She simply reached out and gently took Li Qingyue's hand.

Her bright eyes rested on the handsome young man.

They were filled with innocent trust.

Seeing Na'er like that,

Li Qingyue reached out with his other hand and gently stroked her head.

Only after a long while did Leng Yaozhu slowly raise her head.

She looked at Li Qingyue, deep helplessness in her eyes.

"The Qiangu Family must have its eye on you."

"There's no question of that. If you stay with the main branch, trouble is bound to follow."

"Both that strange Phoenix Martial Soul of yours and that terrifying creature Martial Soul resembling a centaur are far too powerful."

"I've never seen even one such celestial phenomenon."

"And now two have appeared around you at once. Just imagine your potential."

Leng Yaozhu shook her head as she finished speaking.

She could not leave such a gifted young man with the main branch.

Neither the old fossils there nor Qiangu Dongfeng of the Qiangu Family were good people.

Once his bloodline was fully revealed, the Leng Family would face a hunt by the Qiangu Family.

She could not gamble the Leng Family's future on this.

But she could not abandon the astonishingly talented young man before her, either.

In truth, she had only one choice.

"You can choose a city, and I'll send you there."

"You'll need to live there for a while."

"Once you're older and everyone has forgotten about this, I'll bring you back."

Deep helplessness showed in Leng Yaozhu's eyes as she finished.

For the moment, she truly did not know what else to do.

Without those celestial phenomena, she could have kept the child's talent well hidden.

She could have let him stay with the Leng Family and supported his growth in peace.

But now that those phenomena had appeared for all to see, everything was different.

She had destroyed the terrifying Centaur-type phenomenon herself before too many people noticed it.

But the strange, conspicuous phoenix phenomenon remained impossible to ignore.

Worse, by now, practically everyone knew he possessed a phoenix bloodline.

A Martial Soul capable of triggering a celestial phenomenon—she hardly dared consider what that meant.

Yet Li Qingyue was completely unconcerned by the worry and tension on Leng Yaozhu's face.

This was not his problem to agonize over.

And since Leng Yaozhu had told him to leave, she would surely find him a decent city.

As for where he should go, was there even a question?

Eastsea City, of course.

His goal, after all, was to become a powerful support-type mage.

And the legacy he had inherited from the God of Abundance excelled at healing and restoration.

So if he was going anywhere, Eastsea City was the obvious choice.

"Sure, Aunt Leng. Could I go to Eastsea City?"

"It's the only city I know anything about. I hear it's a nice place, right by the sea."

"Going to see the ocean at night would be lovely too." Li Qingyue winked at Leng Yaozhu.

Leng Yaozhu paused at his words.

A thoughtful look flashed through her eyes.

It lasted only a moment.

Though she was a deputy pagoda master at the Spirit Pagoda's headquarters, she also had her own faction.

The pagoda master of the Spirit Pagoda in Eastsea City could just about be counted among her people.

She could not openly have much contact with the child after sending him there.

But arranging some protection in secret should not be difficult.

Leng Yaozhu sighed softly.

Then she nodded.

"Then you'll go to the Spirit Pagoda in Eastsea City. But first, come with me."

"I'll help you choose Soul Spirits for your Martial Souls. With Twin Martial Souls, you should need two."

"But I'm not sure what your Centaur-type Martial Soul needs."

"Show me what you can do so I can take a look."

Leng Yaozhu turned her gaze back to Li Qingyue.

Li Qingyue did not waste words.

He was about to summon his Reignbow Arbiter when Leng Yaozhu raised a hand to stop him.

She then led him and Na'er to the Leng Family's training ground in the rear.

It was a completely enclosed training ground.

It lay deep underground.

Under normal circumstances, even if something unusual happened, the training ground could keep it secret.

At the very least, it would not let a secret leak out easily.

Only after every camera and monitoring device inside had been switched off

did Leng Yaozhu look at Li Qingyue again.

Meeting her gaze, Li Qingyue did not waste words.

He drew a slow breath.

Then he slowly raised his hand.

In the next instant, a massive longbow formed from streaming starlight appeared in his grasp.

As he held the bow, the phantom of the Reignbow Arbiter slowly emerged behind him.

At the same time, dark-blue armor rapidly spread across his body.

Even his face was completely covered by the armor in an instant.

His legs underwent a strange transformation too. His front legs became horse legs gleaming with dark-blue light.

His hind legs were replaced by two dark-blue wheels of light.

Li Qingyue stared at his new form, momentarily stunned.

He could not help looking himself over.

Honestly, he did look cool.

But centaurs at least ran on four legs.

Two wheels to speed him along? That was a bit much.

Especially with dark-blue flames flowing endlessly across them. They made the whole thing look downright uncanny.