Husband, Say Something!

As Lin Suchou and the other two headed south, his intimacy values with Luo Li and Wen Qingxuan rapidly rose.

The spirit beasts they encountered along the way were now no more than a thin sheet of paper before Lin Suchou, easily slain.

Even Earth Ranking spirit beasts comparable to the Golden Armored Dragon Tiger Beast became his prey as soon as Lin Suchou got slightly serious.

Fighting monsters all the way, Lin Suchou reached a Level 5 Spirit Body, while Luo Li and Wen Qingxuan, with his help, both reached Level 4 Spirit Bodies.

"Suchou, which Spirit Academy do you want to attend?"

By a clear stream, Luo Li asked Lin Suchou as she ate grilled fish.

"The conditions Dean Taicang offered me a while ago were pretty good, and I think Northern Cang Spirit Academy seems quite nice too."

Lin Suchou handed another grilled fish to Wen Qingxuan and answered.

"Northern Cang Spirit Academy..."

After hearing that, Luo Li lowered her head in thought.

"I think Northern Cang Spirit Academy is the weakest of the Five Great Academies. Why not have Luo Li come with me to Myriad Phoenix Spirit Academy? We can live the good life together."

Wen Qingxuan accepted the grilled fish and curled her lips slightly.

"Could I get in too?"

Lin Suchou's eyes lit up. He had heard that Myriad Phoenix Spirit Academy was full of girls. If he got in... heh heh.

"If you cut that thing off, I can plead with Dean Tang Qiu for you. Maybe then you'll get in."

Wen Qingxuan smiled at Lin Suchou.

"That won't do. I still have to make babies with Luo Li in the future."

Lin Suchou's words made Luo Li both embarrassed and annoyed, and she lightly punched him.

Wen Qingxuan rolled her eyes as well and continued eating her grilled fish.

"Hey, after we leave the Spirit Road, we still have to wait a year before entering the Five Great Academies. That's such a long wait."

After roughly calculating the days, Lin Suchou sighed.

"More than that. You killed so many people that several of the Final Spirit Road trials can't even be held anymore. I reckon that once we reach Spirit Mountain, we'll directly undergo the King Rank evaluation and receive the Spirit Road Empowerment.

"The Spirit Road was originally meant to last a year, but only half a year has passed now."

Wen Qingxuan was bored too. These past few days, they had either been traveling or killing spirit beasts. She was bored to death.

"You're bored?"

Lin Suchou suddenly asked her.

"Yeah. Do you have anything to relieve the boredom?"

"I really do have something."

Lin Suchou gave her a meaningful look.

"What are you planning to do?"

Wen Qingxuan looked at him with surprise on her pretty face.

"I'll make a baby with you here. If you spend every day raising a child, you won't be bored anymore."

But as soon as those words fell, Wen Qingxuan punched him in the arm.

"Will you die if you don't make dirty jokes?"

"Maybe I really will."

Lin Suchou chuckled, then took Luo Li's little hand, earning another lovely eye roll from her.

She had grown used to the bickering between these two lately. She even felt as though Wen Qingxuan was more like his girlfriend.

"Enough, stop messing around. My Empress will get jealous later."

"Weren't you the one who started it?"

Lin Suchou did not argue after hearing Wen Qingxuan's words.

Recently, he had tried many ways to increase his intimacy value with Wen Qingxuan, but none had been as effective as dirty talk.

Perhaps because Lin Suchou had met Wen Qingxuan first and saved her, he had truly left a deep impression on her heart.

It gave Lin Suchou the feeling that Wen Qingxuan seemed to have really fallen in love with him.

Recently, he had taught the two girls some games from his previous life, such as Truth or Dare and Fight the Landlord...

With the help of those games, his intimacy value with Wen Qingxuan had reached forty-seven points, though Lin Suchou had temporarily withheld the rewards from the system.

Most things were useless on the Spirit Road. Even if he received them, he could only stare at them helplessly. It would be better to wait until after they left the Spirit Road.

"Hurry up and eat. Once we're done, we should get going."

After saying that, Wen Qingxuan turned her gaze toward the outline of a towering golden mountain in the south.

That was Spirit Mountain, the endpoint of the Spirit Road.

"Are you really that eager to leave us? Why not stay here a little longer, eat grilled fish, enjoy the scenery? How pleasant would that be?"

Looking at the jagged distant peaks, the scattered rocks and flowing water, the drifting clouds, and the adorable spirit beasts, Lin Suchou felt that all was peaceful in the world.

"But we're missing one thing."

Wen Qingxuan spoke.

"What are we missing?"

Just as Lin Suchou looked over, he saw her take out jar after jar of fine wine.

"Wow, why didn't you bring out the wine sooner?"

Lin Suchou snatched a jar, opened it, and took a sip. He discovered that the wine of the Great Thousand World had a unique flavor.

For example, the Monkey Wine he had drunk with Mu Chen upon first arriving on the Spirit Road. Its crimson liquid was infused with the flavor of Spirit Fruit, making one unable to stop drinking.

The several jars Wen Qingxuan had brought out had an entirely different taste. It felt like a blade scraping through his intestines as it went down, similar to the distilled liquor Lin Suchou had drunk in his previous life, and it was quite strong.

There was also an immense amount of spiritual energy in the wine, which was truly remarkable.

"If I'd brought it out sooner, wouldn't you have drunk it all?"

Wen Qingxuan mercilessly teased him, then picked up a jar and handed it to Luo Li. "Luo Li, you should have a jar too."

Luo Li had originally wanted to refuse, but seeing that Wen Qingxuan seemed to have something on her mind, she nodded and reached out to accept it.

"Come, let's have a drink."

Wen Qingxuan opened a jar as well. After the three clinked their jars together, they each took a drink.

Lin Suchou especially, knowing that the wine was beneficial to the body, drank mouthful after mouthful. Before long, his face was slightly flushed and his gaze began to wander.

"This wine has some kick! And it contains so much spiritual energy."

Feeling the warm currents circulating through his body, Lin Suchou suddenly realized that these currents were probably spiritual energy.

"Hehe, if you had come with me to hunt down the Earth-Splitting Savage Bull herd and gone with me to the Second Guardian Land, what kind of wine wouldn't you have been able to drink?"

Wen Qingxuan had drunk as well. Her pretty face was rosy as she opened her heart.

"That's a pity."

Lin Suchou sensed that there seemed to be a deeper meaning behind her words. All he could do was answer hazily, wearing an expression of regret.

"I don't think you find it a pity, considering you met such a beautiful girl like Luo Li."

Wen Qingxuan's tone was wistful, and her nose began to sting.

She had never believed the storytellers in taverns when they spoke of love at first sight. Yet after she had parted from Lin Suchou that day, all she could think of was the image of him reaching out his hand to her.

"It's okay, Qingxuan. I believe you'll meet someone you like in the future too."

With the help of the Spirit Wine, Luo Li was no longer silent and began displaying the domineering air of a future Empress.

She was perceptive and had already realized Wen Qingxuan's purpose—she wanted to steal her man!

No wonder she wanted to drink. How could anyone speak their true feelings without getting drunk?

"But the youth I like already has a very beautiful companion."

By this point, Wen Qingxuan's eyes had turned slightly red.

She regretted it terribly. If she could return to the day she first met Lin Suchou, she would have taken him away even if she had to tie him up!

But it was already too late to say anything now...

Only with the courage lent by alcohol could her proud self speak such words today.

After hearing her words, Luo Li suddenly did not know what to say either.

She turned her gaze toward Lin Suchou, only to find that this bastard was still pretending to be drunk...

She was practically about to confess her feelings. Husband, say something!