Miss Wen, You Wouldn't Want to Be Homeless, Would You?

"Ow, that hurts! Be gentler."

After Lin Suchou tossed Wen Qingxuan onto the bed, she let out a delicate cry.

"It's fine. It'll hurt even more later..."

"No! We're not married yet!"

Wen Qingxuan wrapped herself tightly in the blanket, her Phoenix Eyes full of vigilance.

Her pair of fair little legs also instinctively shrank back.

"Married?"

Lin Suchou scratched his head, then smiled. "Then let's consummate the marriage first. We can talk about getting married later."

"No! My mother-in-law told me not to!"

Wen Qingxuan still clutched the blanket tightly, resisting him.

"Then Miss Wen, you wouldn't want to be homeless, would you?"

Lin Suchou lay down beside the bed, his words carrying the unmistakable flavor of a landlord from certain island films.

"Hmph, then I'll take Luo Li and go live in the Class C area!"

Wen Qingxuan turned around and threatened him instead.

"Don't worry. I won't let you run away."

As soon as Lin Suchou spoke, he set up an Illusion Array, concealing the scene on the first floor.

Then he bared his fangs at Wen Qingxuan like a hungry wolf, and together they composed a Mandarin Duck Song.

"Ding! Detected that the host's intimacy with Goddess Wen Qingxuan has surpassed 80. System rewards: Jade Dragon Blood, Blazing Phoenix Blood, God-tier Low-grade Spirit Artifacts—Phoenix Spirit Hairpin and Phoenix Spirit Earrings!"

"Ding! Detected that the host's intimacy with Goddess Luo Li has surpassed 65. System reward: God-tier Mid-grade defensive Spirit Artifact—Luo Shen Skirt."

After the two fought for three thousand rounds, a string of notifications suddenly rang out in Lin Suchou's mind.

"You have to take responsibility for me from now on, or else I... I'll bite you to death!"

Wen Qingxuan's cheeks burned after losing her innocence. She viciously bit Lin Suchou's chest, leaving behind her mark.

"Mm, I'll treat all of you equally. I won't abandon any of you."

After making her that promise, Lin Suchou smiled and asked, "Qingxuan, I have a surprise for you."

"Mm!?"

Wen Qingxuan's Phoenix Eyes instantly lit up. "What is it? If the gift is too insignificant, this young lady won't care for it."

"Actually, the surprise is... I have an Alchemy Cauldron too. Maybe, like you, I can become an alchemist."

Lin Suchou looked mysterious, but his words only made Wen Qingxuan roll her eyes.

"I thought it was something important. Spirit Array Masters and Battle Array Masters are the ones who need talent.

Isn't becoming an alchemist easy? You just need a unique Heaven and Earth Flame, then buy an Alchemy Cauldron you can use."

Wen Qingxuan looked as though he had made a fuss over nothing, her rolled eyes carrying a trace of disdain.

This idiot who knew nothing was going to be her future husband?

Seeing the contempt in Wen Qingxuan's eyes, Lin Suchou's heart was deeply wounded. He said bitterly, "Thank you, Qingxuan, for patiently telling me all this. I have no parents in this world and had to struggle on my own. I only learned these things now. Don't laugh at me."

"Ah?"

Hearing that, even Wen Qingxuan, who was warm on the outside but cold within, could not help feeling ashamed.

He had won the championship in the Spirit Road all by himself. Wen Qingxuan did not even dare imagine the hardships he had endured.

"You've suffered all these years."

Wen Qingxuan stroked Lin Suchou's face, a mist of tears rising in her beautiful eyes.

"But doesn't an alchemist also need sufficient soul strength?"

Lin Suchou continued asking.

"What about Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures? Who doesn't know to buy them and eat them? Some lucky people can even fall into a valley and find treasures."

Wen Qingxuan had been moved just moments ago, but his question defeated her again. She helplessly held her forehead.

Hearing this, Lin Suchou suddenly remembered that the Great Thousand World contained all manner of wonders. It seemed he still did not understand it well enough.

It seemed the original novel had not explained things clearly enough, leaving him unaware even of the alchemist realms in the Great Thousand World!

Thinking of this, Lin Suchou asked again, "Then Qingxuan, could you introduce the alchemist realms to me?"

"How do you know nothing at all?"

"Qingxuan, you know..."

"Fine, I'll give you a brief introduction."

Wen Qingxuan shot him a helpless glance before continuing, "Besides sufficient soul strength, mastery of herbology, and possessing a good flame and Alchemy Cauldron, the most important thing for an alchemist is talent.

Take the Flame Emperor, who founded the Endless Fire Domain. His alchemy arts, cultivated in a Lower Plane, should have been utterly obscure, yet he became renowned throughout the Great Thousand World through his powerful talent."

"Qingxuan, don't talk about him. I already know everything about him. Just tell me about the alchemist realms."

Lin Suchou interrupted her.

"You know everything about the Flame Emperor, yet you don't even know the alchemist realms of the Great Thousand World!?"

"Qingxuan, you know, I..."

"Fine, fine, I'll tell you."

Wen Qingxuan sighed and slowly said, "Alchemists begin as Level One through Level Nine Alchemy Apprentices. Those nine realms correspond to the Spirit Movement Realm and the Spirit Soul Tribulation. In other words, each level determines which realm of cultivators can consume the pills refined at that level.

After Level Nine Alchemy Apprentice come the Heaven, Earth, Man Alchemy Masters, equivalent to Spirit Array Masters.

Above them are low-, mid-, and high-rank Alchemy Grandmasters, followed by Spirit, Immortal, and Saint Grade Great Alchemy Grandmasters.

I only know of one Saint Grade Great Alchemy Grandmaster. The Flame Emperor originally..."

"Qingxuan, you know..."

"Fine, fine, fine, I won't say it. You'll definitely become an alchemist like the Flame Emperor someday, all right?"

Wen Qingxuan spoke as though coaxing a child.

"That's what I like to hear."

Lin Suchou nodded in satisfaction. Then a hairpin and a pair of earrings appeared out of thin air in his right hand.

The hairpin's head was shaped like a phoenix's head, its entire body golden.

The earrings depicted a phoenix spreading its wings and were likewise golden—one a male phoenix, the other a female phoenix.

A golden chain also hung down from each, making them exceptionally beautiful.

"Qingxuan, this is your surprise."

Lin Suchou handed the hairpin and earrings to Wen Qingxuan, leaving her stunned.

"Divine Artifacts? And two of them!?"

Wen Qingxuan gave her idiot husband a strange look. A man who did not even know the alchemist realms could actually produce two Divine Artifacts.

What was this?

The foolish son of a wealthy landlord?

"But if you give them to me, what about Luo Li?"

Just as Wen Qingxuan was about to reach out and accept them, she suddenly turned her head and asked.

Lin Suchou's heart warmed at her words. He kissed her red lips and said, "I prepared Luo Li's gift long ago. These two were specially prepared for you."

"I'll wear the hairpin tomorrow. Put these earrings on me now."

Wen Qingxuan accepted the hairpin and stored it in her Spirit Storage Ring, then turned her head and presented her soft earlobes to Lin Suchou.

"Mm."

After Lin Suchou put the pair of Phoenix Spirit Earrings on Wen Qingxuan, her already beautiful appearance gained an added touch of seduction.

It made Lin Suchou, who had just tasted Shao Bai, want more.

"What are you trying to do again?"

Sensing that something was wrong, Wen Qingxuan's face flushed.

"Coming right up."

Hearing that familiar question, Lin Suchou was just about to make a move when the dazzling light shooting in from outside made him stop.

Whoosh!

At that moment, a streak of Golden Light trailed a brilliant tail as it rapidly rose up the enormous Spirit Soul Ranking.

It surged all the way into the top ten before stopping at third place.

When the Golden Light faded, it revealed the name within.

"Third on the Spirit Soul Ranking: Mu Chen. One day of cultivation at Northern Cang Spirit Academy."

The Northern Cang Spirit Academy, which had been quiet in the night, erupted because of that Golden Light.

The students' heated discussions continued as they talked about how the freshmen this year were all monsters.

They had already been shocked enough during the day, yet at night another freshman appeared who wanted to seize the "welfare benefits" reserved for old students.

Lin Suchou merely glanced at it before withdrawing his gaze.

"What happened?"

"I'll tell you later."