Ning Rongrong: Li Yan will definitely be mine!

Xiao Wu naturally had no idea what Ning Rongrong was thinking. All she wanted now was to hurry and cheer up her future sister-in-law.

She followed Zhu Zhuqing all the way back to the dormitory. Once there, Zhu Zhuqing sat on the edge of the bed, her eyes vacant.

"Zhu Zhuqing, what's wrong? Did that Lewd Tiger Dai Mubai bully you?"

"Just tell us. Third Brother, Brother Yan, and I will always have your back. We'll knock his teeth out and leave him crawling all over the floor looking for them."

Xiao Wu thumped her chest so hard it thundered.

Zhu Zhuqing still looked dejected. There was no other reason: the words "Star Luo Empire" weighed too heavily on her.

Even if Li Yan was a genius, he couldn't stand against an entire empire, unless he could break through to Titled Douluo before that contest.

But was that really possible?

According to the Star Luo Imperial Family's rules, once Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai reached adulthood, they would have to face the crown prince and crown princess, who were several years older than them.

There would also be countless imperial retainers and the great dukes watching, all of them powerhouses at the Soul Douluo and Soul Saint levels.

In a situation like that, no one could change their fate unless a Titled Douluo came in person.

A twenty-year-old Titled Douluo... Although Zhu Zhuqing believed Li Yan would become a Titled Douluo someday, he definitely couldn't reach that height by the time he was twenty.

"Zhu Zhuqing, if you still won't tell me, I'm going to tell Brother Yan."

"Don't... I'll tell you."

Xiao Wu sat down, and Ning Rongrong also comforted Zhu Zhuqing from the side.

"Actually, I'm the second young lady of the Zhu Family, the family of the Star Luo Empire's Nether Duke. I've been engaged to Dai Mubai since childhood."

"The Star Luo Imperial Family's rules are cruel. Princes and their consorts have to fight the other princes to the death. The losers go to hell, and the winners inherit the throne."

Ning Rongrong finally understood.

"No wonder. So you're from the Nether Duke's Mansion. My Sword... uh, my grandpa often says the reason the Star Luo Empire can't unite the continent is that this system greatly weakens the imperial clan's strength."

"Although the emperors who emerge from those battles are all worthy of being called wise rulers, it also greatly limits the Star Luo Empire's development."

"The White Tiger Martial Soul is very powerful. If every generation's White Tiger Martial Soul holders could survive, the Star Luo Empire's high-end fighting strength definitely wouldn't lose to any faction's."

"I don't know what those people are thinking. Every generation has a Martial Soul Fusion Skill and three or four, or even more, combatants who can rival Titled Douluo, yet they insist on killing one another."

Ning Rongrong sighed. What she disliked most was that coldness that reached all the way to the bone.

"That's right. It's been like this since ancient times, and no emperor has ever wanted to change it."

"If that were all, it would be one thing. Dai Mubai and I are far more talented than his elder brother and my elder sister. If we cultivated with our full potential, even though there's a large age gap between us, it wasn't as if we had no chance of winning."

"Even if I lost and died in the end, I would have no regrets. Born into a family like this, perhaps death would be true release."

"But Dai Mubai... He secretly ran away several years ago without a word, leaving me alone to face all those plots and schemes. I'm so tired..."

"Not long ago, I finally made up my mind and endured countless hardships to get here. If you and Brother Yan hadn't saved me, Xiao Wu, I might have died."

"But seeing Dai Mubai chilled my heart. He hadn't worked hard at cultivation. Instead, he'd willingly fallen into depravity, indulging in wine and women. And now he even has the nerve to question and suspect me."

Xiao Wu slammed the table. Outrageous!

"Hmph, I originally thought he was just a Lewd Tiger. He was a little arrogant, but he still had the most basic principles a person should have."

"But now, after hearing what you've said, Zhu Zhuqing, I really feel like beating him to death on the spot. So there's so much scum in the Soul Master World! Not everyone is like Third Brother and Brother Yan."

Ning Rongrong was also burning with anger. She hated seeing her friends bullied more than anything.

She was the sort who feared neither heaven nor earth. She had never backed down from anyone in Heaven Dou City, so there was no reason for her to take this lying down in little Shrek.

"Xiao Wu, I'll support you. Let's castrate that Lewd Tiger together."

"That way, he won't be a man anymore, and you'll be free, Zhu Zhuqing."

Zhu Zhuqing shook her head.

"It's no use. That would also bring the Star Luo Imperial Family down on us. They'd consider it a provocation."

"Who gives a damn about them? If they've got the guts, let them take it up with Grandpa Sword and Grandpa Bone!"

Ning Rongrong snorted.

"I can't stand seeing my friends bullied. To tell you the truth, I'm the young sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the apple of Sword Douluo's and Bone Douluo's eyes. If they really push me too far, I'll bring Grandpa Sword and slaughter that emperor!"

Zhu Zhuqing shook her head and refused.

"This is between Dai Mubai and me. It has nothing to do with you. If the Star Luo Emperor dies, who knows how many innocent people on the continent will be caught up in it."

Ning Rongrong was so anxious she paced in circles. They couldn't beat him, and they couldn't kill him!

Just as a strange silence settled over the room, someone knocked on the dormitory door.

"Xiao Wu, Little San and I are going to see Dad. Are you coming? We'll also go to the Soul Fighting Arena for a few Soul Fighting matches tonight."

Xiao Wu's eyes lit up, but how could she leave Zhu Zhuqing alone in this state without worrying?

And Brother Yan, too. He really was a block of wood; he couldn't even show a girl some concern.

"Xiao Wu, go on. Your parents must be very good to you, right?"

Zhu Zhuqing asked. She longed for the love of a family, but in the whole Nether Duke's Mansion, there wasn't the slightest feeling of home.

"Zhu Zhuqing, we can't do anything right now anyway. Why don't we seize the moment and indulge ourselves for a night?"

"Rongrong, let's take Zhu Zhuqing shopping in Suotuo City, then go to the Soul Fighting Arena and vent all this anger."

Ning Rongrong nodded in agreement.

"Okay! Buy whatever catches your eye. Tonight's on me!"

Zhu Zhuqing nodded. Her days were numbered anyway, so she might as well take a more open view and have a good look at the world.

Zhu Zhuqing wiped away her tears, and the three of them came out together.

"Zhu Zhuqing, why are your eyes red? Did someone bully you? Tell Brother Yan."

Seeing her like this, Li Yan had already more or less guessed what had happened.

Damn Lewd Tiger, I'll find a chance to cripple you next time. How dare you lay a hand on my person?

"Brother Yan... sob... I, I feel awful."

Zhu Zhuqing's eyes were red, and the tears she had just held back began flowing uncontrollably again.

She threw her arms around Li Yan and sobbed aloud.

"Come on, let's go. Let Zhu Zhuqing and Brother Yan have a private talk first. She won't be able to open up with us here."

Xiao Wu and the other two tiptoed away.

An incense stick's time later, Zhu Zhuqing wiped her tears dry. Although her eyes were still red, there was a smile on her lips.

"Come on, let's go have a look around Suotuo City together."

Zhu Zhuqing nodded.

The group of five set off, but the observant Ning Rongrong noticed that Zhu Zhuqing seemed to have grown even more dependent on Li Yan.

Moreover, now she didn't seem to avoid people anymore.

Damn it! I, Ning Rongrong, the mighty great demon of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, have never come off worse!

I can't lose out when it comes to fighting over a man, either!

I do feel sorry for Zhu Zhuqing, but Li Yan will definitely be mine!