The Great Ruler: Starting with the Contract Goddess Luo Li

"What? It's me?"

Seeing Mu Chen's surprised expression, Lin Suzhou felt guilty but still pretended to be calm.

"Well, Brother Lin, you certainly had your fill of eye candy back then, but you made me get chased by that girl for so long, and now you're pretending to be clueless."

Mu Chen stared at Lin Suzhou with a resentful look, like a wronged wife, and sighed.

How could you recognize that?!

He changed his clothes... No wonder he's the main character.

Seeing Mu Chen's certainty, Lin Suzhou stopped pretending and laid his cards on the table: "Hey, to be honest, Brother Mu, I was resting there that day when that woman went to take a bath. I was afraid that if I went out, she would misunderstand, so I had to stay where I was and not make any noise."

Besides, I was so far away that day, it wasn't as comfortable as you described."

Hearing these words, Mu Chen felt even more distressed.

How did he get to enjoy the view?

That day, he had just followed the sound and parted the bushes, but before he could see anything, he spotted Lin Suzhou hiding in the bushes in the distance. Then the woman discovered him and chased after him.

"Well, it's just my bad luck. Oh well, that woman was too unreasonable and domineering."

Mu Chen finally let it go and continued drinking monkey wine with Lin Suzhou.

"Yeah, they won't even listen to your explanation."

Lin Suzhou nodded in deep agreement and silently tore off a piece of bear paw meat.

"So that's why Brother Lin helped me earlier."

Mu Chen shook his head and smiled.

"Hehe, I'm mainly just curious why you're protecting those three little monkeys."

Lin Suzhou smiled first, then asked, "But Brother Mu, how did you recognize me?"

"The look in your eyes that day was different from the doubt in mine, and I vaguely saw the shape of your eyes, Brother Lin."

Mu Chen pointed to his eyes with a half-smile.

"I see. But why bother with past acquaintances when we meet? It's fate that we met today. Let's continue drinking."

Lin Suzhou held up the gourd and urged him to drink again.

"That's true, Brother Lin, I respect you. No matter what, I still owe you a favor for helping me today."

After Mu Chen finished speaking with a serious expression, time passed between the two of them, and soon it was time to part ways.

"Brother Mu, I wish you the best of luck in achieving first place in the fifth guardian land. I'll be on my way now."

"Brother Lin, it's all thanks to your guidance today, otherwise I would still be lost."

The two clasped hands in a fist salute once more, and then went their separate ways, leaving only the still slightly warm embers behind.

"Chirp chirp."

The little monkey carrying the wine came over and picked up a piece of the bear meat that the two hadn't finished eating, putting it in its mouth.

After tasting it, he jumped around excitedly, waving his arms and legs.

This mountain bear had often stolen their drinks, and today it finally got its revenge.

……

After bidding farewell to Mu Chen, Lin Suzhou continued his journey north, leveling up and fighting monsters along the way, getting much closer to becoming a level three spirit body.

"Huh? Why is there blood?"

As Lin Suzhou walked deep into a mountain, he suddenly discovered a pool of blood ahead.

He immediately lowered his body and carefully walked over, a bloody smell wafting into his nose.

"It's human blood..."

Lin Suzhou frowned slightly. The pool of blood hadn't dried yet, so it was clear that it had been left recently.

After a moment's thought, Lin Suzhou turned his gaze to the tree canopy above.

He leaped down to a nearby tree and examined it closely.

Sure enough, he found the same bloodstains again on the third tree.

Following the trail of blood, bloodstains could be found on almost every three or four large trees, indicating that the person was seriously injured.

With a few leaps and bounds, Lin Suzhou spotted a petite girl surrounded by five or six people dozens of miles away.

Lin Suzhou couldn't see the girl's face, but he could see her silver hair.

It cascades down like a waterfall, reflecting a soft silver light in the sunlight, which is quite beautiful.

Lin Suzhou pondered for a moment and then realized the girl's identity: it was none other than Luo Li, whom he had been searching for!

Shouldn't Luo Li only be hunted down by Ji Xuan's people at the final Spirit Road?

How come now... Could it be another butterfly effect caused by him?

"System, do the girls below meet the criteria for a goddess?"

Lin Suzhou murmured to himself.

"Beep! Detecting this person: appearance matches, background matches, status matches, talent matches..."

*Beep, test complete. This girl perfectly meets the criteria for a goddess!*

Upon hearing the system's words, Lin Suzhou turned his gaze back to the grass below.

"Luo Li, why don't you just give in to Brother Ji Xuan? After all, you're poisoned by us and seriously injured. You don't want to be defeated by us, get the Blood Token, and be kicked out of the Spirit Path, do you?"

"So what if you killed four brothers? There are still five of us left. How long can you, with your peak level two spirit body cultivation, hold out?"

The young man in blue, leading the crowd, brandished a battle sword and threatened them.

"If you want my token and magical artifact, then come on over. Why waste so much time on this nonsense?"

Luo Li's black longsword trembled slightly, and all that could be seen was a blur of sword shadows.

"Stubborn fools, brothers, charge!"

Just as the young man in blue was about to rush towards Luo Li, Lin Suzhou leaped down from the tree and landed beside Luo Li.

"You five big men bullying a girl, aren't you ashamed?"

Lin Suzhou held a fiery red longsword, his words full of sarcasm.

"Hehe, so you're just a fool who wants to be a hero and save the beauty. You think Luo Li, this ice queen, will pay any attention to you because of this?"

This is a venomous beauty that even Brother Ji Xuan finds troublesome. She's beautiful, but poisonous. Aren't you afraid she'll bite you back?

Sensing Lin Suzhou's aura, the young man in blue realized he was also a level two spiritual body and tried to repel him with words.

"Brother, why not give Zhao Tiandu some face? After we defeat Luo Li, we can share some of the spoils with you."

Lin Suzhou, however, still refused to back down: "Your face is less useful than my insoles."

"You...!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Tiandu gripped his sword tightly, clearly enraged.

But he laughed in anger and said, "Heh heh, then go ask the beauty next to you if she will repay you afterwards."

"Of course not, you should just leave."

Luo Li's voice rang in his ears.

Lin Suzhou responded calmly, "What I do is my own business, and whether she repays me or not is her own business."

"Another idiot seduced by beauty! Brothers, let's go and knock some sense into this guy's brain!"

As soon as Zhao Tiandu finished speaking, he led the other four first-level spirit body youths and charged fiercely.

Lin Suzhou remained expressionless as he rushed forward, his dagger flashing out like a swift, venomous snake.

"Pfft!"

In just one exchange, all four boys suffered a bloody hole in their hearts and collapsed on the spot!

"this……"

Only Zhao Tiandu remained, his face blank and surprised.

Whose subordinates are these, that they are so powerful!