Children Are the Only Ones Who Have to Choose...

When Luo Li saw that Lin Suchou still refused to speak, she gritted her silver teeth.

She turned to Wen Qingxuan and said, "Then why don't you try confessing your feelings to him? Maybe he likes you too?"

Seeing Luo Li kick the ball to Lin Suchou, Wen Qingxuan took another gulp of Spirit Wine and boldly looked at him. "Suchou... Lin Suchou!?"

"Hm? What is it!?"

Lin Suchou seemed to hear Wen Qingxuan calling him and only then became slightly more alert.

Seeing the Two Girls looking at him at the same time, Lin Suchou was completely bewildered. Luo Li's resentful gaze in particular made it seem as though he had done something wrong...

But the Spirit Wine had really been too strong just now. He had gotten drunk, not pretended to be!

"You're awake now, right?"

"Mm-hm, I got drunk just now. Sorry."

Lin Suchou patted his face, forcing himself awake. He stared at Wen Qingxuan and smiled. "Qingxuan, if you have something to say, just say it directly. Beating around the bush isn't like you."

Seeing how drunk he still looked, Luo Li understood that he had truly passed out earlier rather than pretending to be drunk, and she finally relaxed.

"Then... I'm going to say it."

Wen Qingxuan took a deep breath. A different light appeared in her narrow Phoenix Eyes as she slowly looked at his face. "Luo Li and I were talking just now, and she suggested that I confess directly to the person I like. But the person I like already has a partner...

"If, of course I mean if—the person I like is you, would you choose me or Luo Li?"

The moment those words left her mouth, Lin Suchou sobered up completely.

What? A young lady from a great clan was actually making a move on him in reverse!

"I would choose..."

Before Lin Suchou could continue, he saw Luo Li and Wen Qingxuan staring at him nervously. Their concerned expressions made everything feel unreal to him.

Could I be dreaming right now?

"Qingxuan, if—well, I'm also saying if."

Lin Suchou abruptly changed his tack. "If I chose Luo Li, what would you do?"

Hearing this, Luo Li felt incredibly sweet inside.

As expected of the man she had chosen!

"Hah."

Wen Qingxuan took a deep breath and pretended not to care. "Then I'll just treat it as losing a game of Truth or Dare and carrying out someone else's punishment."

But after she said that, a mist of tears began to cloud her Phoenix Eyes, and her little mouth pouted so hard it could practically hang a soy sauce bottle from it.

Tears slid helplessly from the corners of her eyes, yet she stubbornly lowered her head, unwilling to let Lin Suchou and Luo Li see her embarrassed state.

A few seconds later, she stood up and said dejectedly, "Fine, I understand. Let's go to Spirit Mountain and receive the Spirit Road Empowerment now."

At that moment, Wen Qingxuan had completely given up. She did not want to be the third party who ruined someone else's relationship.

She had learned that term from one of Lin Suchou's stories...

"Qingxuan, don't go. I said it was only a hypothetical."

Seeing that Wen Qingxuan was truly about to leave, Lin Suchou hurriedly stood up and walked over with Luo Li.

"Could it be that you've changed your mind? You don't like Luo Li anymore, and you like me instead?"

Wen Qingxuan's mind filled with her ultimate fantasy.

"No. What I want to say is... children are the only ones who have to choose. I want them all!"

Lin Suchou slowly curled his right hand into a claw, looking exactly like the constable from a Stephen Chow movie.

Then, without waiting for Wen Qingxuan to respond, he pulled her into his arms and boldly kissed her.

Not satisfied after kissing Wen Qingxuan, he turned and kissed Luo Li as well.

Only after both girls meekly leaned against Lin Suchou like lambs did he stop claiming their fragrant tongues.

"But my father only has my mother as his wife."

Wen Qingxuan said weakly.

"Mine too."

Luo Li spoke up as well.

"As the saying goes, the new replaces the old. I think it's time for me to make a change."

After saying that, Lin Suchou held the Two Girls and boarded the carriage, heading toward the towering golden mountain ahead.

At that moment, atop an enormous golden mountain stood a vast platform engraved with a massive spiritual array.

At the center of the platform was a small mountain with three tiers of steps, each tier furnished with Cushions.

The number of Cushions decreased from bottom to top, until only one remained on the highest tier.

This small mountain was where the students would undergo the Spirit Road Empowerment.

More than thirty figures were currently gathered on the Mountain Peak, passing the time in boredom.

Some were sparring, some were chatting about all manner of things, while others sat alone in a daze, imagining what they would do after returning outside...

"Why hasn't everyone arrived yet? Don't they want the Spirit Road Empowerment anymore?"

"Yeah, I'm sick of waiting."

"Don't let me find out who's late, or I'll chop him alive!"

"But, big brother, I think that person is Lin Suchou."

"Then it's fine. Let's keep waiting."

"..."

Once the students confirmed that the latecomer was Lin Suchou, they stopped talking and continued waiting.

"He's here!"

A white-robed Youth suddenly cried out excitedly. The other students rose to their feet and looked in that direction.

"Whoosh—"

A sound of tearing air came from afar. Then everyone saw a handsome White Horse pulling a carriage in from the horizon, with three figures seated atop it.

On either side sat beauties of entirely different styles. One wore a Black Lotus Dress, her temperament like a black lotus in a deep valley—neither fighting nor contending.

The other wore a Golden Battle Skirt. Her figure was fiery, and her face enchanting.

Between them sat a handsome black-haired Youth in a dark-blue embroidered robe, his arms wrapped around their waists.

His face was full of smiles, brimming with confidence.

"Looks like the ultimate winner is the ultimate winner in every regard."

"What a fine sight—riding in a carriage with beauties at his side, descending upon Spirit Mountain in the glow of Spring Breeze!"

"That doesn't rhyme very well. Go back and practice some more."

"If you're so good, you do it."

When the youths on the platform saw Lin Suchou descend from the carriage onto the platform, it was like a stone thrown into a lake, stirring up huge waves.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

At this moment, the Five deans appeared in Mid-air once again, and the more than thirty young men and women below instantly fell silent.

Tian Sheng, who led them, spoke blandly. "Since all students have arrived, we shall begin counting your Blood Tokens and conduct the King Rank assessments."

Hearing Tian Sheng's words, Lin Suchou glanced at Wen Qingxuan. Just as she had said, the final ceremony began as soon as they reached Spirit Mountain.

After all the students displayed the Blood Tokens they had acquired to the Five deans, the five of them counted them together and compiled the King Rank assessment rankings.

"Tang Wenlong, three Blood Tokens. Granted the title of Quasi-King."

"Feng Hehai, five Blood Tokens. Granted the title of Quasi-King."

Hearing Tian Sheng call those two names first, Lin Suchou could not help being surprised. Weren't they two of the three talented individuals from his Guardian Land?

There seemed to have been another one surnamed Li... but Lin Suchou looked around and did not spot him. He was probably dead.

Still, for these two to receive a Quasi-King assessment, which ranked below King Rank, they clearly had some strength of their own in addition to good luck.

Afterward, whenever Tian Sheng called a name, the corresponding person would sit on a Cushion on the small mountain.

Those with Quasi-King assessments sat on the first tier, those with King Rank assessments sat on the second tier, and the sole Spirit Crown Holder sat on the highest third tier!

"Wen Qingxuan, twenty-three Blood Tokens. Granted the title of King."

"Luo Li, twenty-six Blood Tokens. Granted the title of King!"

Only after Luo Li and Wen Qingxuan received King Rank assessments and sat on the Cushions on the second tier of the small mountain did Tian Sheng finally call Lin Suchou's name.

"Lin Suchou, one hundred and thirty-three Blood Tokens. Granted the title of Spirit Crown Holder!"

Tian Sheng practically gritted his teeth as he spoke those words. His illegitimate son, Ji Xuan, had become Lin Suchou's stepping stone. Otherwise, how could Lin Suchou have achieved such a result?!

After Lin Suchou took his seat on the Cushion atop the highest tier, the Five deans began activating the array below, forming a giant multicolored ball of spiritual energy above the small mountain.

Then countless streams of pure spiritual energy fell like raindrops. Feeling the energy slowly flow into his Qi Sea, Lin Suchou closed his eyes and began absorbing it in peace.

Once the Spirit Road Empowerment ended, Lin Suchou chose Northern Cang Spirit Academy, bid farewell to Luo Li and Wen Qingxuan, and stepped into the enormous Trial Realm.

Great Thousand World, Lin Suchou is here!

After everyone had left and only Wen Qingxuan remained behind.

She said something to Dean Tang Qiu of Myriad Phoenix Spirit Academy, then finally came before Dean Taicang under his astonished gaze.

"Dean Taicang, I want to enter Northern Cang Spirit Academy!"