Master, Get On

"Where the hell did this send me now?"

Lin Suchou looked around. Forget Luo Li—he hadn't even run into anyone else.

"Come out, Luo Ling Heavenly Horse."

With a thought from Lin Suchou, a little white foal darted out of his Qi Sea.

"Snort, snort."

The little horse had barely landed before it affectionately rubbed its head against Lin Suchou's face.

"You're at the Spirit Wheel Realm, so why are you still so short?"

Lin Suchou stroked its silver-white mane and sighed.

Although this Luo Ling Heavenly Horse possessed the potential to become a Divine Beast, even including its head, it was still half a head shorter than Lin Suchou.

Lin Suchou was afraid he would crush it to death if he rode it.

"Eat up. You need to eat to grow."

Seeing how weak its cultivation was, Lin Suchou took out a Spirit Beast Essence flickering with golden lightning. Inside was a spirit crane with spread wings.

It was the Thunder Swallowing Crane.

The Luo Ling Heavenly Horse sniffed it first, then swallowed it in one bite after confirming it was something good.

Boom! Boom!

As it swallowed the essence, an enormous aura swept out from its body. Its cultivation actually surged straight to the late Spirit Wheel Realm!

"The Thunder Swallowing Crane is that strong?"

Lin Suchou stared in surprise as the little white horse rapidly grew taller, one brow lifting.

There was indeed a reason why the Thunder Swallowing Crane ranked twenty-fourth on the Earth Ranking.

"Snort!"

The Luo Ling Heavenly Horse let out a nasal snort and dropped to its knees. A soft, childish little girl's voice entered Lin Suchou's mind.

"Master, hurry and get on me."

"You can actually transmit your voice to me!?"

Lin Suchou was shocked once again. It truly was worthy of being something given by the system.

"There's so much more I can do. As long as Master gives me more good things to eat, I'll become even stronger!"

Little White... no, she should be called the little mare now.

The little mare urged Lin Suchou, "Master, hurry and get on me. Let's go kill Spirit Beasts."

Hearing the little mare's impatient voice, Lin Suchou gave a Jie Jie laugh. "Alright, your master is getting on you right now."

The little mare had shot up from her previous height of one-point-six meters to two meters tall, just right for riding.

After Lin Suchou mounted up, before the little mare could even get up and run two steps—

A voice rang out from the sky again. "Students, this is the site of the Life and Death Trial. You will spend the next fifteen days here. I hope that, by then, thirty of you will still walk out alive."

"Oh, right. This place isn't large, only five or six hundred li in circumference. At your speed, you could turn it upside down in two or three days. But don't even think about leaving. The boundary is surrounded by Corrosive Poison Water roughly a thousand zhang wide. Without spiritual energy, there is no way you can cross it.

"So just stay here obediently and earn points."

As Zhao Long's voice faded, Lin Suchou had already begun galloping away.

Having just reached a Level 3 Spirit Body, he happened to need a large number of Spirit Beast Essences to replenish himself.

The Youth wore a luxurious blue robe, held the Scarlet Flame Divine Sword, and rode his White Horse as he began exploring the surrounding area.

Less than thirty li into his journey, Lin Suchou came across several battles.

Humans against Spirit Beasts, humans against humans, and students forming teams to hunt Spirit Beasts and search for Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.

Lin Suchou only gave them a cursory glance before continuing onward. Finding Luo Li was more important right now.

Yet even when the Setting Sun had dipped below the horizon and a blood moon hung in the sky, he still had not encountered her.

He could only begin hunting Spirit Beasts. Riding his horse all the way to a clear lake, Lin Suchou saw a young woman bathing within it.

The scene felt strangely familiar, but Lin Suchou was no longer the Lin Suchou from back then. He strode straight toward her.

"Who is it!?"

The young woman in the lake quickly draped a thin veil over herself and drew her sword.

But when she saw that it was Lin Suchou, the frost on her face instantly melted away, replaced by a smile.

"Suchou, how did you find this place?"

This young woman was Luo Li. After killing Spirit Beasts all day, she had wanted to take a bath and clean herself up. She had not expected Lin Suchou to come looking for her.

"Hehe, I was just so desperate to see my wife."

Lin Suchou walked over and embraced her.

"Mm? I forgot I'm not dressed yet. Turn around quickly."

Luo Li's Pretty Face suddenly flushed red as she spoke.

"Isn't it perfectly natural for a husband to watch his wife bathe?"

A wicked smile appeared on Lin Suchou's face as he pulled Luo Li firmly into his arms. "Which family does this little lady belong to? You're so pretty. Hurry and submit to this lord, and I'll make you my bandit queen."

"You're terrible~"

Hearing Lin Suchou tease her, Luo Li rolled her eyes at him coquettishly and lightly punched his chest with her little fist.

After Luo Li put her Black Lotus Dress back on, Lin Suchou hugged her from behind and said in a low voice, "But, Empress, you can't just stir up my fire and leave me to deal with it."

Luo Li turned her head and rolled her eyes at him irritably.

"I happen to have an idea..."

Lin Suchou suddenly thought of something and leaned close to whisper into her ear.

After hearing it, the blush on Luo Li's face spread all the way to her fair, swanlike neck.

(Millions of words omitted)...

After a warm exchange, Lin Suchou caught several fish from the lake and lit a campfire to roast them.

The scene left Lin Suchou feeling rather emotional. Back then, Luo Li would not even eat the fish he roasted.

As for now... she was already urging him to hurry up and roast them.

"Here, Empress. Your medium-rare grilled fish is ready."

Lin Suchou smiled and handed the tender grilled fish to Luo Li. After receiving it, she elegantly tore off a small piece of fish with her pearly teeth and slowly savored it.

She looked just like an elegant little cat.

After seeing her master go down into the water, the little mare also leaped in. Sometimes she galloped across the water's surface, sometimes she dove beneath it to chase schools of fish.

"Mm? Suchou, when did you contract this Spirit Beast? Why didn't I know about it before?"

Luo Li's beautiful eyes fixed on the little mare happily galloping about as she murmured, "And... why do I sense a familiar aura from her?"

"A familiar aura? I found her on a plain today. I gave her a little Spirit Essence to eat, and she followed me afterward.

"She seems to be called the Luo Ling Heavenly Horse. She's already at the late Spirit Wheel Realm now. I found you so quickly largely thanks to her."

Lin Suchou explained while eating grilled fish.

"Luo Ling... hehe, could it be connected to the Luo River?"

Luo Li spoke in confusion, then quickly returned to normal.

Forget it. The Great Thousand World had countless types of Spirit Beasts, and even more rivers.

Perhaps there was more than one Luo River belonging to her Luo Shen Clan.

"Then your luck is really good, Suchou. I think this little horse has great potential for growth."

Luo Li turned back and smiled.

Lin Suchou was stunned by Luo Li's smile, so enchanting it could captivate all beings. The flames that had just been extinguished were about to reignite.

As the saying went, warmth bred desire.

His hands slowly tightened around Luo Li as he said casually, "If Empress Luo does what you did earlier again, my luck will get even better."

"In your dreams!"

"Really, I'm not lying to you."

Lin Suchou chuckled. Even Mu Chen had managed to discover a page of the Immortal Record in the Spirit Road.