2: Chapter 2: The aloof yet charming Su Yingxue, the reward for marrying a wife.

Lin Yun felt the beauty's slight tremors and warmth.

Su Yingxue let out a soft cry, and her lips were immediately sealed by a gentle kiss.

The morning intimacy held a bit more unspoken understanding than the night before.

Su Yingxue's clumsy yet earnest response filled Lin Yun's heart with infinite tenderness.

Two hours of morning time quietly slipped away amidst soft moans.

By the time sunlight filled half the room, Su Yingxue was hanging limply on Lin Yun, without even the strength to lift a finger.

"Mmh... Husband... I feel sticky and a bit uncomfortable. Could you carry me to the bath?"

Su Yingxue's voice was soft and sweet, with a hint of playfulness.

Lin Yun laughed and immediately planted a kiss on her forehead.

He picked her up in a bridal carry with ease and strode toward the bathroom.

Too shy to look, Su Yingxue buried her face in his chest, feeling her husband's steady and powerful heartbeat.

Mist filled the bathroom.

Lin Yun carefully placed her in the water and picked up a towel to wash her.

The water temperature was perfect. Su Yingxue didn't dare to look at him the entire time, keeping her eyes tightly shut and letting him do as he pleased.

Her stunningly beautiful face remained flushed pink from start to finish.

This feeling was truly too embarrassing!!

"Husband..."

Su Yingxue suddenly opened her eyes, her voice tinged with confusion and shyness.

"My blood-qi value is clearly 89 points, while yours is only 48, Husband. How can you... be even stronger than me?"

She was too embarrassed to finish her sentence, but Lin Yun immediately understood what she meant.

During their recent intimacy, she, who was about to become a Martial Artist, was actually no match for her husband; her pleas for mercy were ignored several times.

Lin Yun chuckled inwardly but maintained a profound expression on his face.

"There's much you don't understand. Some abilities have nothing to do with blood-qi."

"Your husband is just naturally powerful!"

He naturally wouldn't reveal the System's secret, but his words weren't entirely false either.

The [Fertility Holy Body] indeed made his abilities in certain areas far exceed those of ordinary people. Even if only one percent was activated, it wasn't something a normal Martial Artist could compare to.

Lin Yun grew increasingly satisfied with the System.

Although the [Fertility Holy Body] obtained from the Newbie Gift Pack had no combat capability, it was the key to completing System missions in the future.

In this high-martial world, the higher a Martial Artist's Rank, the lower the probability of conceiving offspring.

Legends say that those powerhouses capable of destroying stars often struggle to have a single child even in tens of thousands of years.

With the [Fertility Holy Body], Lin Yun didn't have to worry about this problem at all.

"Really?"

Su Yingxue blinked her watery eyes, half-doubting.

"Of course."

Lin Yun leaned close to her ear with a mischievous grin.

"Didn't you just experience it for yourself, my lady?"

...

The warm water, combined with her husband's gentle touch, allowed Su Yingxue to gradually regain some strength.

Blushing, she whispered, "Husband, turn around. I... I'll wash you."

Lin Yun raised an eyebrow. "Oh? You have strength now, my lady?"

Su Yingxue gave him a shy, annoyed slap. "Just turn around!"

Lin Yun laughed and turned around, sitting in the tub with his back to her.

Su Yingxue cautiously stood up and picked up the towel to start scrubbing him.

Her movements were clumsy yet gentle. Her fingertips occasionally brushed against Lin Yun's back, sending waves of tingling sensations through him.

It should have been a quick process, but when Su Yingxue moved to his front and saw his smiling eyes and firm chest, her hand suddenly shook, and the towel fell into the water.

"I..."

She hurriedly tried to bend down to pick it up, only to be pulled into Lin Yun's embrace.

Water splashed everywhere.

"Husband! The water is splashing out!"

Su Yingxue cried out, but she was already being kissed.

Thus, what was supposed to be a simple bath turned into another session of intimacy.

By the time the two finally emerged from the bathroom, it was already twelve o'clock noon.

"It's all your fault..."

"You clearly said it would just be a bath..."

Su Yingxue's voice was so soft it could almost melt as Lin Yun carried her out of the bathroom wrapped in a towel.

Lin Yun laughed and set her down on the edge of the bed. "It's my fault. But who told you to be so enticing, my lady?"

There was a soft knock at the door, and then two maids pushed a clothing rack into the room.

Hanging on the rack were two sets of brand-new clothes—

A set of casual wear for a man and a white dress for a woman.

"Young Master, Young Madam, the Old Master is already waiting in the dining room."

The older maid said respectfully, though a smile she couldn't hide was in her eyes.

Su Yingxue wasn't used to being dressed by others, especially since some of the noise from earlier might have been heard.

She shyly shrank behind Lin Yun.

Understanding her, Lin Yun told the maids, "Leave the clothes. We'll do it ourselves."

The maids bowed and withdrew, softly closing the door behind them.

Only then did Su Yingxue breathe a sigh of relief.

Lin Yun picked up the white dress and examined it closely.

This was a popular style of the interstellar era; despite being a high-martial world, the clothing was unexpectedly conservative.

The dress was elegantly tailored with long sleeves and an ankle-length hem, decorated with exquisite silver embroidery only at the neckline and cuffs.

"Come, lift your arms," Lin Yun said softly.

Su Yingxue cooperatively raised her arms, letting her husband dress her.

The material of the dress was soft and smooth, making her ethereal temperament even more apparent.

The white color made her skin look like snow, and the simple design instead highlighted her cold and elegant aura.

The hem of the dress swayed gently with her movements, as if she possessed her own Immortal Qi.

"Does it look good?" Su Yingxue asked somewhat uneasily.

Lin Yun looked at her seriously for a moment, then suddenly said, "Spin around."

Su Yingxue turned as told.

However, after just two steps, her legs gave way—she had really been put through too much.

Lin Yun was quick to support her. Although the maids had left the room, the noise still made those outside the door unable to resist chuckling.

Su Yingxue's face turned so red it looked like it might bleed. She gave Lin Yun a reproachful glare and grumbled in his arms, "It's all your fault... we were clearly already done washing..."

Lin Yun laughed and held her tight, calling out to the door, "Send lunch to the room."

"No," Su Yingxue pushed him away gently. "I haven't formally paid my respects to the elders yet. It would be improper."

Lin Yun knew she was a proper girl at heart and didn't insist. "Then can you walk? Should I carry you?"

"No!" Su Yingxue quickly refused. "What would people think if they saw... I'll just walk slowly."

Lin Yun couldn't win the argument, so he held her by the waist, half-supporting and half-carrying her toward the dining room.

In the hallway, Su Yingxue tried her best to make her steps look normal, but her slightly trembling legs betrayed her.

Smelling the fresh body fragrance of the girl in his arms, Lin Yun finally had time to check the rewards issued by the System.

Bringing up the System interface, several lines of golden text appeared:

"First Marriage Reward Issued"

"Reward 1: Martial Arts Talent upgraded from 'None' to Yellow-Grade Medium Grade"

"Reward 2: blood-qi pill × 10"

"Reward 3: Yellow-Grade Ultimate Guidance Technique 'Five Hearts Toward Heaven Method'"

Lin Yun's heart was filled with excitement.

Martial Arts Talent!

He finally had Martial Arts Talent!

And it was even Yellow-Grade Medium Grade Martial Arts Talent!

Recalling the hardships of the past eighteen years, Lin Yun almost burst into tears.

Since he was a child, he knew this was a world where Martial Artists were supreme, where high-Rank powerhouses could fly, burrow through the earth, and shatter stars with their fists.

He longed to be such a person and put in effort beyond what ordinary people could imagine.

When others practiced for an hour, he practiced for three.

When others rested, he was doing extra training.

Grandfather Lin Zhentian bought countless resources for him; he ate blood-qi pills like candy and soaked in medicinal baths until his skin wrinkled.

But even so, the growth of his blood-qi value remained despairingly slow.

While an ordinary person could gain at least 10 points of blood-qi from one blood-qi pill, he only gained 0.5 points, sometimes even showing no reaction at all.

"Young Master, perhaps... the path of the Dao is not for you."

"With the Lin Family's wealth, you could easily take a business route and still live a very good life."

His private tutor had once tactfully advised him.

But Lin Yun was unwilling to accept it.

Having gone through Transmigration into such a world, how could he be content being a Mortal?

Now, the System had finally given him hope.

Although Yellow-Grade Medium Grade talent wasn't top-tier, at least he was no longer a Martial Arts Trash!

Combined with the System rewards and Family resources, he had every hope of reaching a higher Realm!

Looking at the other rewards: ten blood-qi pills, worth ten million, were enough for him to rapidly increase his blood-qi value.

The Yellow-Grade Ultimate Guidance Technique was even more precious.

As far as he knew, the guidance techniques provided by the Martial Arts University to students were only Yellow-Grade Low Grade, and most guidance techniques on the market were third-rate junk.

The System gave an Ultimate grade right away; it was truly generous!

"Husband, what are you laughing at?"

Su Yingxue suddenly looked up, just in time to see the uncontrollable smile on Lin Yun's face.

Lin Yun was in a great mood and planted a kiss directly on her cheek. "I'm laughing because I married such a good wife."

Su Yingxue thought he was referring to what happened in the bathroom earlier, and her face turned red again. "In broad daylight, don't say such things..."

But Lin Yun knew that he was praising the generous rewards brought by Su Yingxue's high rating.

Bringing up the System panel, Su Yingxue's detailed profile appeared again:

"Name: Su Yingxue"

"Cultivation: blood-qi value 89 points (Apprentice Level)"

"Appearance Rating: 96"

"Martial Arts Talent: Yellow-Grade Low Grade"

"Special Physique: Ice Skin and Jade Bones (Unawakened)"

"System Rating: Black-Grade Low Grade"

This data explained why Su Yingxue's Martial Arts Talent was mediocre, yet her System rating reached Black-Grade Low Grade.

An Appearance Rating of 96 really pulled up the score.

One must know that the System's standards for appearance were extremely high.

In Lin Yun's memory, those top female stars on Earth mostly only scored 75-85 points with the System.

Su Yingxue's 96 points almost reached the Peak of Mortal appearance.

Moreover, she also had the [Ice Skin and Jade Bones] special Physique. Although it was unawakened, once it successfully awakened, her Martial Arts Talent would increase by at least one major Rank!

"I've found a real treasure."

Lin Yun secretly rejoiced, tightening his hold on Su Yingxue.