The Great Ruler: Starting with the Contract Goddess Luo Li

"Thank you for saving me, young master. I still don't know your name."

After resting for a moment and adjusting her breathing, Wen Qingxuan smiled at Lin Suzhou.

"My name is Lin Suzhou."

Lin Suzhou was momentarily stunned by Wen Qingxuan's charm, and only after regaining his senses did he introduce himself.

"I owe you a favor today because of your rescue, young master. Please feel free to come to me if you ever need anything in the future. Even after you leave the Spirit Road, you can visit the Wen family in the Northern Region."

After watching the herd of bulls leave, Wen Qingxuan's phoenix eyes flashed with anger: "I still have to take revenge now. Those stupid bulls chased me for so long, how annoying."

But just as she jumped back onto the ground below, Lin Suzhou was about to assume she was leaving.

Unexpectedly, she suddenly turned around and looked at Lin Suzhou, saying, "Would you like to come with me, young master?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Suzhou was initially delighted, but in order to rush to the fourth guardian land to see Luo Li, he had no choice but to politely decline: "No, Miss Wen, I still have to rush to the fourth guardian land. We will surely meet again if fate allows."

"Well then, this young lady will take her leave. I hope you can reach the end of the Spirit Path and meet Qingxuan again."

Wen Qingxuan's beautiful eyes dimmed slightly, and she waved her hand before leaving gracefully.

Watching the golden figure gradually disappear from sight, Lin Suzhou also rushed towards the location of the fourth guardian land.

It would be great if we could get a favor from Wen Qingxuan.

Although he saved Wen Qingxuan's life, beneath her warm exterior lay extreme indifference, as if she harbored a deep aversion to men.

If he insists on getting close now, it will probably backfire.

It's better to leave a deep impression on her first, so that you'll have something to talk about when you meet again.

Then Lin Suzhou rallied his spirits and followed the map northwards.

But just as the sun was high in the sky, he suddenly heard the sound of fighting.

Lin Suzhou took out the low-grade spiritual weapon longsword he had seized, leaped onto a tree branch, and in a few leaps, arrived above a clearing in the forest.

He parted the dense foliage and saw a black-haired, black-eyed boy wielding a dagger, fighting a massive bear.

When the boy turned around, it turned out to be Mu Chen, whom he had met a while ago!

Not far behind him were three golden apes carrying large quantities of spiritual fruits.

Their golden fur shone even brighter under the sun, and like the Blood Pig Tiger, they were at the early stage of the Spirit Realm.

Mu Chen seemed to be deliberately restraining the giant bear, which was at the late stage of the Spirit Realm, to protect the monkeys and prevent it from getting close to them.

Lin Suzhou's eyes lit up, and he decided to go down and lend him a hand.

It wasn't to help him for the sake of helping him, but to prevent Mu Chen from meeting Luo Li at the fourth guardian land.

Who knows if his appearance will cause Mu Chen and Luo Li to meet sooner? If that happens, how will he win the heart of the beauty?

Incidentally, it will also make Mu Chen owe someone a favor.

Just do it.

Lin Suzhou gripped his fiery red longsword tightly, leaped down from the tree branch, and joined the battle.

Mu Chen, who was locked in a fierce battle with the giant bear, saw Lin Suzhou suddenly intrude and nimbly retreated several feet, cautiously scrutinizing this young man who was much more handsome than himself.

After a while, seeing that Lin Suzhou hadn't attacked him, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Lin Suzhou had now advanced to the second level of spiritual body, making him a level stronger than Mu Chen.

Using its superior mobility, it dodged and weaved, attacking the giant bear's back.

This giant bear is about two zhang tall. Its enormous size gives it amazing defense, but it also makes it clumsy.

Watching Lin Suzhou scrape away at its blood like a nimble mosquito, it grew increasingly impatient, unable to do anything about it.

Roars continued to come from its mouth, but they were nothing but impotent rage.

Finally, Lin Suzhou plunged his sword deep into the giant bear's heart, and the bear fell backward with a dull thud.

Lin Suzhou took out the spirit beast's essence and threw it directly to Mu Chen.

"I acted rashly, please forgive me, brother."

Mu Chen was incredibly surprised to see that this person had actually thrown the spirit beast's essence to him.

Two weeks have passed since Mu Chen arrived at this spiritual road, and apart from Wu Yingying, he hasn't encountered anyone else.

Was the first person I met today a good person?

"You're too kind, brother. It is I who should thank you for your help."

Mu Chen smiled and bowed to Lin Suzhou with clasped hands.

"Hehe, I am Lin Suzhou, from Bailing Continent. I finally encountered someone on the Spirit Road, and I couldn't contain my excitement, so I took action. I apologize for disturbing you, brother."

Lin Suzhou calmly told a lie, a skill he had honed in his past life.

Mu Chen wasn't too skeptical of his words.

"My name is Mu Chen. I am also from the Hundred Spirits Continent. I never expected to meet a fellow countryman on this Spirit Road."

Mu Chen sighed.

In this vast world with its many continents, it's truly rare to encounter a fellow countryman on this Spiritual Path where geniuses gather.

"Standing and talking is too tiring, Brother Lin. Why don't we sit down, have some wine, and some barbecue?"

Mu Chen said this with a smile.

"Hmm? Did Brother Mu bring some wine with him?"

Lin Suzhou feigned curiosity.

"No, I have no such intention..."

Mu Chen smiled, and then, under Lin Suzhou's curious gaze, gestured to the monkey behind him.

The larger, more robust monkey bared its teeth and grimaced for a while, indicating its anger.

"How stingy! If we hadn't killed this mountain bear, you wouldn't have had the chance to brew wine. Give us some more."

Mu Chen walked over with a grin.

The monkey head had no choice; it couldn't beat the other monkey in a fight, and it couldn't run away either. So it could only gesture at the little monkey behind it.

Then the little monkey ran into the dense forest, and soon took out two gourds and stuffed them into Mu Chen's arms.

"Here you go, Brother Lin. This fruit wine made by the Golden Monkey is quite unique, and it can even restore your strength."

Lin Suzhou caught the gourd of wine that Mu Chen threw to him, opened it, took a sip, and found that his strength was indeed slowly recovering.

"Hmm, good wine."

After praising it, Mu Chen invited Lin Suzhou to cut off the two bear paws and some meat from the mountain bear for barbecue.

The two worked well together; Lin Suzhou was in charge of starting the fire, and Mu Chen was in charge of preparing the meat. Before long, the two were enjoying skewers and drinks.

"Hehe, I wonder which protected land Brother Mu is heading to?"

After chatting with Mu Chen for a while, Lin Suzhou finally revealed his true intentions.

"Hehe, Brother Lin, please don't tease me. I don't even know the locations of those protected places, let alone how to get there."

Mu Chen took a bite of the bear paw and smiled wryly.

But as soon as he said that, a look of doubt appeared on his face. "Does Brother Lin have a map?"

"Yes, that's for sure. I'm heading to the fourth Guardian Land, but I think Brother Mu is no ordinary person. He should be able to take first place in the life-and-death trials of the Guardian Land."

Why don't you go to the fifth Guardian Land, which is closest to us?

Lin Suzhou took out the sheepskin map he had obtained and pointed to the location of the fifth protected place.

"Brother Lin... what exactly is this life-or-death trial?"

Upon hearing Lin Suzhou's words, Mu Chen could only manage a wry smile. He looked like a clueless, naive young man.

"The Trial of Life and Death is a checkpoint on the path to the final spiritual path. Only a certain number of people can pass through it. The higher the ranking, the better the spiritual path initiation they will receive."

The five guardian sites will be held one after another, so…”

Mu Chen is a smart man; he understands things immediately.

Knowing that Lin Suzhou also wanted to win first place in a guardian land, the reason for recommending him to go to the fifth guardian land was to avoid the two of them clashing.

If they team up, then one of them will not get first place.

"Thank you for your guidance, Brother Lin. I am deeply grateful and feel indebted to you."

Mu Chen had been wandering around aimlessly for more than two weeks, and now that he knew the location of the Guardian Land, he was naturally overjoyed.

"This is a simple drawing I made. Brother Mu, please take it as a gift from one fellow villager to another."

"Yes, Brother Lin, once you leave the Spirit Road, you can come to my Hundred Spirits Heaven Northern Spirit Realm. My home is in the Mu Domain, and I will certainly do my best to be a good host then."

Mu Chen took the map and thanked him again.

However, she was curious about Lin Suzhou's repeated assistance.

He looked up at Lin Suzhou, staring into his eyes that seemed strangely familiar.

Then Mu Chen's eyes widened in shock. "It was you!?"