The Great Ruler: Starting with the Contract Goddess Luo Li

"What's wrong?"

Lin Suzhou glanced at her cautiously and asked.

I was afraid that if I walked over, three big men would jump out of the bushes.

"I was being chased by a spirit beast and barely managed to escape its territory. Now I'm injured and can't move."

After the girl in the red dress finished speaking, she revealed an endearing expression.

Lin Suzhou looked at her suspiciously, then silently asked the system in his mind: Does she meet the requirements?

"This girl is being tested. Her face is too vulgar, her makeup is too heavy, and she has too many male companions with whom she has been having intimate conversations... The system's evaluation is to recommend replacing her with a different batch."

Upon hearing the system's words, Lin Suzhou turned and left without the slightest hesitation.

Seeing that Lin Suzhou showed no interest in approaching, the woman in the red dress gritted her teeth and then loudly proclaimed, "If you, young master, are willing to help, I will reward you handsomely! I have spiritual artifacts, pills, and even a map of the spiritual path!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Suzhou stopped in his tracks.

map?

This is a really good thing, but most people don't have it. Only scions of powerful families or designated disciples of the Five Great Academies have it.

But after so many days without seeing anyone, Lin Suzhou decided to go and take a look.

However, I kept a suspicion in mind.

"Thank you, young master."

Upon seeing Lin Suzhou approach, the girl in the red dress said gratefully, "My name is Momo. May I ask your name, sir?"

Momo?

I'm still exploring!

Lin Suzhou mentally scoffed, then asked aloud, "Who I am isn't important, but you said you have a map of the Spirit Path, could you show it to me first?"

"Yes, yes, please wait a moment, young master."

The girl in the red dress named Momo nodded quickly, raised her right hand, and a black ring on her ring finger flashed white light, revealing a sheepskin map tied with a red string in her hand.

"A storage ring?"

Lin Suzhou glanced at her in surprise. It seemed that those who could enter the Spirit Road were all wealthy people.

Unlike him, a poor bastard who has nothing.

After receiving the blueprints, Lin Suzhou unfolded them and took a look. At that moment, he used a key skill he had brought from his previous life—the ability to squint!

His right eye was looking straight ahead, while his left eye was looking to the left at the girl in the red dress, in case she attacked him.

This amazing skill was something he developed when he was a child, reading novels while lying on his side. Anyway, it didn't affect his life much, so he didn't bother to correct it.

Unexpectedly, it came in handy at this time.

Momo, sitting on the rock, almost burst out laughing when she saw Lin Suzhou's face become wise because of his eyes.

However, in order to kill and rob, she concealed herself well, secretly taking out the dagger hidden in her sleeve with her right hand.

She had already obtained the three people's blood-red tokens using this method, and it always worked.

But just as she raised her hand to stab Lin Suzhou in the chest, the young man in front of her struck first.

With a flying kick of his right leg, he knocked her dagger away, and then grabbed her neck with his left hand.

"Hmph, you vixen, I knew you were abnormal a long time ago!"

"Young...Young master, I was wrong...I was wrong. I can do anything for you, please...please let me off the hook."

"You don't know you're wrong, you just know you're about to die."

Lin Suzhou glanced at her with disgust, then tightened his left hand again. With a crisp sound, the girl breathed her last.

After killing the girl, Lin Suzhou's body began to tremble slightly. Having killed so many spirit beasts, he still felt nauseous and vomited when it came to actually killing a human. He felt extremely uncomfortable.

But these past few days have also made him realize the truth of the law of the jungle.

After sitting on the rock for a while to catch his breath, Lin Suzhou began searching for his spoils.

They searched her body thoroughly, but all they found was the sharp dagger in their hand.

"Looks good, but isn't anything special."

Lin Suzhou pursed his lips and took the storage ring off her finger.

Looking at the black storage ring, Lin Suzhou followed suit and dripped a drop of blood onto it, quickly establishing a connection with the storage ring.

When their consciousness probed into the spirit ring, they discovered that there were actually four blood-red tokens inside.

In addition, there were several sets of men's clothes, several magic manuals, several weapons, and some bottles and jars containing poison and antidote.

Apart from those few mortal-level spiritual manuals, the rest of the items are not worth much.

Spiritual techniques are divided into mortal, spiritual, and divine levels, and each level is further divided into three grades: upper, middle, and lower.

Spiritual artifacts are categorized into low-grade, mid-grade, high-grade, and supreme-grade spiritual artifacts, while divine-grade spiritual artifacts are categorized into low-grade divine-grade, and so on.

Of these spiritual weapons, only one longsword is a low-grade spiritual weapon. Although it is the lowest-grade spiritual weapon, it is still worth hundreds of thousands of spiritual coins.

Judging from the number of blood-red tokens, Lin Suzhou guessed that this woman must have killed three teenagers.

"Tsk tsk, she really is a vixen."

While complaining, Lin Suzhou took out a set of clothes that looked decent and put them on.

I smelled it, and well, it only had a faint soapberry scent.

After changing his clothes on the spot, Lin Suzhou picked up the dagger and continued on his way.

Don't ask him why he didn't find something to hide behind; he's not a woman like Wu Yingying.

So what if I watched it? It's not like it'll hurt me.

No matter how big the problem is, we're all brothers.

With the map, Lin Suzhou was able to determine the direction by looking at the sparse tree rings.

The five guardian sites are arranged in the shape of a pentagram and are located at different points along the spiritual path.

Lin Suzhou's closest locations are the fourth and fifth protected sites.

According to her memory, Luo Li went to the fourth one, while Mu Chen went to the fifth one.

Lin Suzhou then headed towards the fourth protected site.

Mu Chen, don't blame me for being too ruthless, it's just that Luo Li is too gentle.

What followed was a long journey, during which Lin Suzhou encountered a spirit beast in the late stage of the Spirit Realm and successfully broke through to the second level of the Spirit Body.

Their combat experience has also been enhanced.

"Boom boom."

Hearing the sound of animal hooves, Lin Suzhou opened his eyes groggily.

Looking at the sky, it was just getting light; the sun hadn't even risen yet.

Looks like I'll have to choose a quiet place to sleep next time.

Lin Suzhou thought to himself, and decided to get up and take a look anyway.

Following the sound, he nimbly darted among the branches like a monkey, finally arriving at the edge of the cliff.

Looking to the left, there were herds of bovine spirit beasts, and the white bull in front of them was a high-level spirit beast.

In front of the herd of cattle, a young girl wearing a golden battle dress was fleeing in a sorry state.

With cliffs all around, she had no choice but to run forward.

"System, is this woman suitable to be my bandit queen?"

Lin Suzhou has been living in the wild for the past few days, and he feels like Tarzan. He feels too dull if he doesn't make a joke.

Moreover, he hadn't interacted with anyone for a long time.

"Beep! This woman meets the criteria for beauty, talent, background, and is a virgin... Test complete. She meets the goddess criteria!"

As soon as the system finished speaking, Lin Suzhou took out a soft whip from his storage ring and slid down the protruding part of the cliff.

Finally, he reached a horizontally growing tree, wrapped it around with a soft whip, and then leaped down, ending up hanging in the air.

"Quickly grab my hand."

The fleeing girl looked at Lin Suzhou on the mountain wall ahead, gritted her teeth, took a running start, and jumped, her slender hand already grabbing his wrist.

After securing his grip, Lin Suzhou accelerated by stepping on the mountainside with both feet, and with a final somersault, he and the woman successfully landed on a tree branch.

"Huff huff"

The girl, relieved to have survived the ordeal, gasped for breath, her full chest heaving.

"Hey girl, what's your name?"

"Wen Qingxuan of the Wen family in the Northern Region."

Lin Suzhou's eyelids twitched when he heard the girl give her name.

No wonder she looked familiar, it was her...