"Husband, in my heart, you're the best." A woman of outstanding looks and fine bearing nestled beside Wang Shouye, delicate as a little bird leaning on a person, her tone filled with pride and encouragement. "You'll definitely win the competition and enter Master Danding's tutelage. I believe that in the future, you'll definitely become a grandmaster alchemist."
This woman was Lei Lingyun, the legitimate daughter of the Lei Clan.
Ever since she was a young girl, she had taken a fancy to Wang Shouye, and along the way she had split brambles and cut thorns, defeating countless rivals, until she and Wang Shouye finally cultivated the proper fruit.
Just before leaving Changning Guard, Wang Shouye and Lei Lingyun had held their grand wedding, becoming an amusing tale that all the aristocratic clans of Changning Guard "talked about with relish."
"My wife, in the end, I'm only an alchemist from a small place." Wang Shouye, however, was not very confident. "Looking across the whole of Longzuo Prefecture, how strong could I possibly be?"
"This brother speaks well. These days, there aren't many people with self-awareness like you."
Hearing Wang Shouye's words, a brocade-robed man beside them, round of build and ordinary in appearance, suddenly cut in.
His eyes rolled as they swept over Wang Shouye and Lei Lingyun, his tone sour. "At your age, brother, you should be studying the art of alchemy with bitter diligence. Yet now you're indulging in beauty. If you want to accomplish anything in the future, I'm afraid it'll be hard~"
"You damn fatty! What do my affairs with Shouye have to do with your loose tongue?" Since Lei Lingyun had been able to stand out from among countless pursuers, she naturally was no easy person to deal with, and immediately snapped back, "With that glorious