Five Years Is Too Short—Why Not Just Make It a Lifetime?

Lin Jialu slowly opened her eyes, her gaze still somewhat unfocused.

The young woman slowly held out her hands, and a wisp of blue-white ice crystal rapidly gathered in her palms.

"My spiritual energy."

Lin Jialu murmured softly, delight flashing in her eyes.

She could feel that her Internal Spiritual Energy had increased dramatically, while her perception of Water Element and ice element had become stronger than ever before.

If she cultivated now, her speed would definitely be faster than before.

Realizing this, Lin Jialu was thrilled.

"It worked?!"

Li Xin asked softly.

Ye Tian nodded gently.

"Tch, so that means my Innate Internal Spiritual Energy will be lower than hers again. That really feels awful!"

Li Xin immediately pouted, her heart full of resentment.

"Innate Internal Spiritual Energy? What do you mean by that?"

Lin Jialu was clearly taken aback.

"You still don't know?"

Li Xin folded her arms before her chest. "Talent Suppression Sharing is only triggered when the Innate Internal Spiritual Energy between a retainer and their master differs by more than thirty points."

"After signing a retainer contract, the retainer's Innate Internal Spiritual Energy will be enhanced by half the difference between both parties' Internal Spiritual Energy."

"Otherwise, why do you think I suddenly rose several levels and broke through from the sixth level of the Third Order to the Fourth Order in just half a year?"

In fact, she had long possessed the Physique of the Son of Light.

But because of that, the Rose Unicorn had directly shut itself away.

It said it was unworthy of serving the Son of Light and had nearly wanted to terminate the Equal Contract. It had taken a great deal of persuasion to barely calm it down.

"So it's my Innate Internal Spiritual Energy that increased. No wonder I felt that the Water Element and ice element had become much more active."

Lin Jialu had not expected such an unexpected gain.

Li Xin beside her was somewhat dumbfounded.

"You volunteered to become a retainer without even figuring out the situation first. Could you be any more reckless?"

"Hmph, if even you could accept becoming a Retainer Knight, there must be plenty of benefits. Why shouldn't I accept it?"

Lin Jialu lifted her chin slightly and smiled smugly.

She simply had not expected the benefits to be this great.

No wonder someone as proud as Li Xin could accept becoming a retainer. If this news spread, she feared no one would be able to refuse.

"Lucky you!"

Li Xin snorted and no longer wanted to argue.

Lin Jialu pursed her lips in a soft smile, not refuting her.

She really had struck it lucky!

"But I feel like my Internal Spiritual Energy has increased by a lot. My Innate Internal Spiritual Energy should be at least over a hundred points, right?"

Ye Tian smiled and shook his head. "To be precise, it should be one hundred and thirty-one points."

"One hundred and thirty-one?!"

Even though she had already guessed as much, hearing it with her own ears still made her heart tremble violently.

"Little Brother Ye Tian, thank you so much!"

Lin Jialu's voice trembled.

Then she suddenly rushed forward and threw her arms around Ye Tian.

"Mwah, mwah, mwah."

Good grief!

Feeling the coolness against his lips, Ye Tian froze on the spot.

It seemed he had just been forcibly kissed!

"Lin Jialu, what are you doing?"

Li Xin suddenly snapped back to her senses and roared out her question. She hurried forward and forcefully pulled the two apart.

A mage's strength naturally could not compare to a knight's.

Lin Jialu staggered back two steps, her cheeks faintly flushed, though a smug look remained in her eyes.

"Of course I'm expressing my gratitude!"

"And as a retainer, isn't it perfectly normal to serve one's master?"

"You...!"

Li Xin was left speechless.

Looking at Lin Jialu's provocative gaze, and knowing her for so many years, she roughly understood what she meant.

Li Xin took a deep breath, then suddenly turned and strode toward Ye Tian.

"I..."

Another soft, sweet sensation swept over him.

Completely unlike Lin Jialu's cool tenderness, Li Xin felt as fiery as a blaze.

Before Ye Tian could recover, it was already over.

Li Xin's face had turned scarlet, but her gaze toward Lin Jialu was filled with resolve.

"Lin Jialu, don't even think about it. This time, I won't yield to you again!"

"Hmph, that's exactly how it should be!"

Sparks seemed to fly from the two women's gazes.

Was this a jealous rivalry?!

It feels like life in the future might not be so great!

"Big Sister Lin, I hope you can keep everything that happened today confidential."

Ye Tian coughed twice and proactively changed the subject.

Hearing him speak, the two women stopped glaring at each other.

Lin Jialu nodded without hesitation. "Don't worry. I definitely won't leak this matter."

"But if my Innate Internal Spiritual Energy could rise to one hundred and thirty-one, then Little Brother Ye Tian, your Innate Internal Spiritual Energy must be..."

Lin Jialu subconsciously covered her mouth.

Two hundred and ten!

Wasn't that far too outrageous?!

An Innate Internal Spiritual Energy above fifty was already considered genius-level, while people who could reach ninety were rare.

Yet Ye Tian had directly surpassed two hundred!

If she had not experienced it personally, Lin Jialu would never have believed it.

"Also, our contract was only signed for five years. Once those five years are up, the retainer contract will expire, and the effects of Talent Suppression Sharing will vanish as well."

"How can that be?!"

Lin Jialu immediately grew anxious.

"Then why not extend the contract directly to a lifetime?"

The young woman had already made up her mind to follow Ye Tian from now on.

With Innate Internal Spiritual Energy exceeding two hundred, such a person had probably never appeared in the history of the Holy Temple Alliance. Becoming his retainer was absolutely an honor.

Not to mention that after signing a retainer contract, she could also receive a talent boost.

Even a fool knew what to do!

Of course, most importantly, Ye Tian had once saved her.

He was handsome, his talent was unprecedented and would never be surpassed—could there be any man more outstanding than him?

Now that she had the chance to get close to him first, she would definitely regret missing it for the rest of her life.

As for their age difference, it was not that important.

"I agree with that!" Li Xin chimed in from the side.

Ye Tian laughed helplessly.

Seeing the two women anxiously crowd toward him at the same time, he hurriedly tried to reassure them.

"Don't get worked up. I'm not going anywhere."

"The contract term is five years for now. Once it expires, if you still want to renew it, I naturally won't refuse."

"Who knows? Maybe five years from now, you won't want to anymore."

Who would have thought that the moment he said this, Lin Jialu and Li Xin immediately retorted in unison.

"How could we not want to? Only an idiot wouldn't!"

Innate Internal Spiritual Energy exceeding one hundred meant that as long as they did not die, breaking through to the Ninth Order was merely a matter of time.

Their dreams were to one day become a God Mage and a Divine Seal Knight.

With their own talents, that hope had been exceedingly slim. But now that they had a chance to achieve it, how could they possibly give up?

Hearing their utterly resolute tones, Ye Tian chuckled.

"Then we'll talk about it when the time comes!"

Lin Jialu's Innate Internal Spiritual Energy had increased, but Ye Tian had received no feedback.

It was probably because the Magic Retainer Contract had limitations. Once the contract disappeared, the effects of Talent Suppression Sharing would disappear as well.

But on second thought, that was perfectly reasonable.

If feedback were really possible, Ye Tian could completely exploit a loophole through this method.

He could set the contract duration to the shortest possible period, then repeatedly sign contracts to gain feedback on his Innate Internal Spiritual Energy.

At that point, he really could become a god in two years!