I've Made It!

Jiu You then looked at the Tang Bing sisters and introduced them to him. "This is Tang Bing, and that's Tang Rou. I mentioned them to you on the road before. They're both my younger sisters."

Lin Suchou nodded lightly. With a flick of his right hand, a Jade Bottle appeared in his grasp.

"There are twenty thousand drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid in here. Take them and use them for cultivation."

The Tang Bing sisters froze when they saw the Jade Bottle Lin Suchou offered, then both turned to look at Jiu You.

"He'll be a member of Jiu You Palace from now on. Take it."

Jiu You nodded softly, signaling Tang Bing to accept it.

"Thank you."

Tang Bing cast Lin Suchou a grateful look. With these twenty thousand drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid, the urgent crisis facing Jiu You Palace had been directly resolved.

"Ding! Detected that the Host's intimacy with Jiu You has reached 60. Reward: one Sacred Item Enhancement Card."

Hearing the system notification ring out again, Lin Suchou was once more conquered by the power of money.

Over a year later.

Inside a Spirit Gathering Array within Jiu You Palace.

Lin Suchou, seated beside the stone pillar at the center of the Spirit Gathering Array, opened his eyes and slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air.

"System, open my Personal Panel."

Host: Lin Suchou

Contracted Goddesses: Luo Li (63 intimacy points), Wen Qingxuan (55 intimacy points), Jiu You (64 intimacy points)

Cultivation: Heaven Reaching Realm Early Stage, Low-grade Human-tier Spirit Array Master (1,100 Spirit Seals)

Spirit Meridians: Seven Spirit Meridians

Talent: Spirit Array Master Talent (High-grade Heart Array, Real State Heart Eye)

Buff: Increases comprehension of sword-type weapons by 20%

Spirit Arts: Saint Phoenix Hundred Battles Spear Art (High-grade God-tier), Spirit Phoenix Spear Arts (High-grade Spirit-tier), Luo Ling You Shen Step (High-grade Spirit-tier), Luo Shen Three Sword Style (High-grade Spirit-tier)

Spirit Arrays: Demon Lotus Butcher Array (Mid-grade Earth-tier), Purple Flame Underworld Spear Array (Low-grade Human-tier), Blazing Sparrow Array (Level 4 Array Diagram)

Spirit Artifacts: Spirit Gathering Treasure Bottle (Mid-grade Sacred Object, produces twenty drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid per day), Underworld Sparrow Spear (Low-grade God-tier), Luo Shen Robe (God-tier Low-grade), Shou Luo Sword (God-tier Low-grade), Spirit Storage Ring (God-tier Low-grade, 1,000 cubic meters), Spirit Phoenix Cauldron (God-tier Low-grade)

Puppets: Substitute Puppet (Huatian Realm Late Stage, Level 5 Spirit Array Master)

Spirit Beasts: Luo Ling Heavenly Horse (Huatian Realm Middle Stage)

System Items: Compendium of Herbal Knowledge, Great Return Pill (100 Grains), Spirit Nourishing Pill (100 Grains), Fire Spirit Pill (100 Grains)

System Evaluation: Please continue increasing the intimacy values of the three Goddesses! Also, expand the number of Goddesses.

"Ha! I've made it!"

Within the Spirit Gathering Array, thick with spiritual energy, Lin Suchou sprang to his feet in excitement.

Over the past year or so, he had relied on twenty thousand drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid to become a Low-grade Human-tier Spirit Array Master, while his spiritual energy cultivation had reached the Heaven Reaching Realm Early Stage.

He had let the remaining spirit liquid be absorbed by the Luo Ling Heavenly Horse, allowing it to break through to the Huatian Realm Middle Stage.

Thanks to the items obtained from Jiu You, Lin Suchou had already become a minor tycoon.

Especially the Spirit Gathering Treasure Bottle, which he had upgraded to a Mid-grade Sacred Object using the Sacred Item Enhancement Card. It could produce twenty drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid every day.

Even now, he still had over two thousand drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid left.

"Brother Suchou, are you still cultivating?"

"Sister Jiu You wants you to train with us."

At that moment, a gentle call came from outside the door.

When Lin Suchou opened the door, he saw Tang Rou, dressed in a purple gown and looking like an immortal maiden, standing prettily at the entrance as she waited for him.

"It's Tang Rou."

Lin Suchou smiled upon seeing her.

Though he was only fourteen years old now, there was nothing to be done about it. Whoever had the spirit liquid called the shots.

The two left the main hall and arrived at the training ground, where they saw several thousand figures standing silently.

At the very front stood two graceful figures.

They were Jiu You and Tang Bing.

Today, Jiu You wore black light armor. Though it lacked her usual wild beauty, it made her look exceptionally valiant and heroic.

She carried the air of a female general on the battlefield.

"Sister Jiu You, Lin Suchou is here."

Seeing Lin Suchou and Tang Rou walking over side by side, Tang Bing spoke up to remind her.

Jiu You nodded. Looking at the cheerful Lin Suchou, her expression turned stern. "Lin Suchou, weren't you going to help Jiu You Palace reclaim our honor three years from now? More than a year has already passed. Why are you still so carefree?"

"Sister Jiu You, it's because I've just achieved a little success."

Lin Suchou still wore a smile.

"Fine. Today, I'll have someone test your skills. Pick anyone you want from these several thousand people."

Jiu You looked as though she hated that iron could not become steel.

Although Lin Suchou's background was mysterious, he had only reached the Heaven Reaching Realm Early Stage after more than a year. How could he accomplish his goal in the remaining two years?

Lin Suchou smiled and nodded, turning to look at the thousands of figures on the training ground.

They wore black armor and stood as still as boulders. Every breath they took rumbled like thunder.

They were the army of Jiu You Palace—the Jiu You Guards.

"The weakest are all at the Heaven Reaching Realm..."

Lin Suchou studied the figures in surprise. It seemed Jiu You Palace had developed greatly over the past year or so.

"Then I'll choose him."

Lin Suchou pointed toward the front, at the figure with the strongest aura.

This young man's eyes were calm and unruffled, and his spiritual energy cultivation had already reached the Body Tribulation.

"Are you sure?"

Although Jiu You knew that the Spirit Arts Lin Suchou cultivated were far from ordinary, he had actually chosen a Body Tribulation cultivator.

Though the Jiu You Guards now all cultivated High-grade Spirit-tier Spirit Arts, combat was not decided by the strength of one's Spirit Arts alone. Mentality, strategy, methods, and other factors also mattered.

"I'm sure."

Lin Suchou nodded again. Having just emerged from seclusion, this was the perfect opportunity to temper himself.

"Fine. Zhao Wu, come out and spar with him."

Jiu You nodded and granted her approval.

The man with the restrained aura then stepped out from the ranks.

"Jiu You Guard Zhao Wu. Please enlighten me."

The young man held an iron spear, his expression resolute as he cupped his fists.

"Excuse me, then."

Lin Suchou returned the gesture.

The two then drew apart and began their battle under the watchful eyes of thousands.

"Begin!"

At Tang Bing's command, Zhao Wu wielded his iron spear and swiftly closed in on Lin Suchou.

"Canglang Spear, Surging Waves!"

His spear carried surging spiritual energy as an attack like roaring river waters rushed toward Lin Suchou.

"Spirit Phoenix Spear Arts, Phoenix Dance!"

Lin Suchou finally moved. A purple spear appeared out of thin air in his hands, its shaft engraved with Black Sparrow patterns.

As Purple Flame surged forth, it transformed into a flaming phoenix.

Bang!

The waves and fiery phoenix collided, and explosive crashes of spiritual energy rang out without end.

"A God-tier Spirit Artifact!?"

Jiu You stared at the spear in Lin Suchou's hands with her Beautiful Eyes, utterly astonished.

Tang Bing and Tang Rou were equally shocked. Just how many treasures did Lin Suchou have on him!?

However, Zhao Wu possessed the physical strength of the Body Tribulation. After the two exchanged several dozen moves, Lin Suchou felt that every strike from his opponent was heavier and more powerful than the last.

For the sake of fairness, Lin Suchou was also using a High-grade Spirit-tier spear art. But now that he was about to lose... he could only use a Spirit Array.

Lin Suchou flipped backward, braced both hands fiercely against the ground, and instantly pulled several dozen meters away from his opponent.

"Sorry, but I need to use a cheat."

Watching Zhao Wu close in again, Lin Suchou smiled.

He snapped the fingers of his right hand, and a purple light array appeared before him.

"A Spirit Array!?"

Jiu You was astonished as she looked at the array.

Judging by the spiritual energy fluctuations coming from it, it was actually a Low-grade Human-tier Spirit Array comparable to a first-grade Supreme!

Most crucially, he had set up this Spirit Array in advance.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Just as Zhao Wu was about to reach Lin Suchou, Purple Flame Spears flashed with cold light and shot into the gaps around Zhao Wu's body.

Though Zhao Wu had sensed the danger, the Spirit Array had come too suddenly.

Spears pinned both sides of his limbs and neck to the ground.

A spear cage swiftly formed around him, binding him so thoroughly that he could not move.

"I lost."

Seeing that he could not break free from the spears no matter what he did, Zhao Wu conceded readily.

"I didn't fight fairly. In terms of spiritual energy cultivation, Brother Zhao, you won."

Lin Suchou cupped his fists.

"Spirit Array cultivation is also a reflection of one's strength. My skills were lacking."

Zhao Wu's expression remained calm after hearing this, and he returned to the ranks.

Lin Suchou also returned to Jiu You's side. This time, he had mainly wanted to test his proficiency with his Spirit Arts. It appeared that he still had plenty of room for improvement.

"Mm. You had Spirit Array cultivation as a trump card, yet you didn't use it from the start. Instead, you used a Spirit Art of the same grade to temper your combat ability.

"Not bad. It seems you haven't grown arrogant because of all the treasures you possess. I underestimated you."

Jiu You nodded at Lin Suchou as she spoke.

She understood how powerful the cultivation methods and Spirit Arts Lin Suchou practiced were, but he had not used them earlier. That showed his willingness to learn humbly.

"It's also thanks to the Spirit Gathering Array here, Sister Jiu You. Otherwise, I couldn't have reached this realm in just over a year."

After saying that, Lin Suchou scratched his head, his heart filled with gratitude toward Jiu You.

The items that dropped from her were all pretty good.

That spear had originally been a High-grade Spirit-tier Spirit Artifact that had dropped from Wen Qingxuan. He had upgraded it to the God-tier using the Spirit Tool Enhancement Card that had dropped from Jiu You.

Not to mention the Sacred Item Enhancement Card.