Reunited with Eldest Sister

Within the Star Dou Great Forest, a pitch-black figure darted continuously through the trees. The forest's rugged terrain seemed utterly incapable of slowing her footsteps.

Whether towering trees, low shrubs, or even rushing rivers, Zhu Zhuqing crossed them all as if walking on level ground.

Her gaze fixed resolutely ahead, Zhu Zhuqing carefully controlled the Soul Power expenditure in the soles of her feet, greatly improving her running efficiency.

This time, she needed to travel to the Star Luo Empire.

But she was not heading for the Central Region of the Star Luo Empire.

According to her plan, she was supposed to make a trip to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, but that was where the problem lay.

She knew almost nothing about immortal herbs. Even among the few she recognized, there were only the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Infernal Delicate Apricot.

After all, those two directly revealed where they could be found. Even if she did not recognize them, she only needed to search around the spring.

There were only three places on Douluo Continent with sufficient knowledge of immortal herbs.

Spirit Hall's Ju Hua Guan counted as one, but she had no intention of joining Spirit Hall. Besides, Spirit Hall was far too dangerous, and she did not dare steal from them.

Then there was Tang San's knowledge. But she had no means of directly extracting Tang San's memories. Without any reason, why would he help her?

The last was the Yang Clan's Breaking Clan, which currently resided in the Star Luo Empire.

Though the Breaking Clan was famous for its Soul Breaking Spear, they seemed to be quite interested in medicinal knowledge.

Almost every inheritor of the Soul Breaking Spear was highly proficient in pharmacology.

In the original story, Yang Wudi not only recognized the Immortal Grade Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, but also recognized the Aromatic Silk Beauty at a glance.

That proved that the Breaking Clan possessed knowledge regarding Immortal Grade medicinal herbs.

This time, Zhu Zhuqing intended to visit the Breaking Clan in a small border city of the Star Luo Empire and see whether she could obtain some herbal knowledge from them.

It would be best if she could ask for it openly. If not, she could only steal it.

Since the Breaking Clan needed to avoid Spirit Hall, they naturally would not establish their residence near Spirit City.

Instead, they lived in a small city centered around Star Luo Imperial City, nearly parallel with Spirit City.

With such a great distance to cover, Zhu Zhuqing had already planned to travel through the night.

After traveling for nearly half a month, Zhu Zhuqing finally entered Star Luo Imperial City before nightfall.

Over the past half month, Zhu Zhuqing traveled during the day. At night, she would find a secluded place to use Martial Soul Fusion and cultivate her Soul Power. In addition, she deliberately controlled her Martial Soul to meditate on its own while traveling. Thus, even after becoming an Extreme Martial Soul, her Cultivation Speed still remained roughly the same as before.

Since she was in Star Luo Imperial City this time, perhaps she had grown homesick and returned for a look.

Although that home held little warmth, there were still a few people there who cared about her.

She would just sneak back for a look, then leave!

She concealed her aura all the way and found a large cloak to cover herself, thoroughly hiding her already graceful figure.

Zhu Zhuqing then wandered through Star Luo City.

Although she had stayed in Star Luo City for a time before, she had either been busy cultivating or tempering her body. Now that she had finally slowed down, she appreciated Star Luo City's scenery from another perspective.

The Star Luo Empire advocated a system where the capable rose and the incompetent fell, so the true scions of great clans did not have much time to wander about.

Even those with low cultivation could not rely on their clan's influence to bully men and women, because they were not qualified to represent their clans.

Thus, all of Star Luo City appeared peaceful and prosperous.

The Star Luo Empire's policies were strict, but highly effective. Its military strength alone surpassed that of the Heaven Dou Empire by far.

If Spirit Hall had not stood in the way, Douluo Continent would probably have been renamed Star Luo Continent by now.

She skipped along the streets, gradually drawing closer to Duke Nether's Mansion.

Just as she was about to reach Duke Nether's Mansion, a familiar figure appeared in Zhu Zhuqing's sight.

"Eldest Sister!"

The moment she saw that figure, Zhu Zhuqing's eyes lit up.

The only person in all of Duke Nether's Mansion whom Zhu Zhuqing truly cared about was likely Zhu Zhuyun.

Zhu Zhuyun had raised her since childhood. Because she had no mother, Zhu Zhuyun, as her eldest sister, had practically filled the role of a mother.

Moreover, in the original story, in order to escort Zhu Zhuqing out of the Star Luo Empire, Zhu Zhuyun had led at least two Soul Ancestors all the way to the territory of the Heaven Dou Empire.

There was no need to guess at the dangers involved.

If she had not been her biological elder sister, Zhu Zhuqing would never have believed it even if beaten to death!

She swept her peripheral vision around and, seeing no one watching, Zhu Zhuqing sneakily followed Zhu Zhuyun into an alley.

From the looks of it, Zhu Zhuyun had just left the Duke's Mansion. She was probably planning to return to the Soul Master Academy or the First Prince's Mansion.

"Ugh, I wonder where Little Sister ran off to. It has been over a year, yet Father still has no news at all!"

Walking through the cold, deserted alley, Zhu Zhuyun sighed.

Her feline instincts made her prefer these narrow, unlit streets. Only in places with few people could she vent her true thoughts.

Whoosh!

Just as Zhu Zhuyun wondered whether Zhu Zhuqing was suffering outside alone, whether she had encountered some danger and that was why she had not sent word home, a figure hidden beneath a cloak suddenly appeared before her.

"Who's there?!"

Zhu Zhuyun snapped back to attention almost instantly. Her eyes turned into vertical pupils, and the nails on both hands extended with a whoosh as she warily watched the black-clad figure before her.

This person had suddenly appeared in front of her and stopped while facing her. She would never believe they were not here for her.

She simply did not know whether this person meant good or ill.

"Hahaha, Eldest Sister, it's me!"

Seeing Zhu Zhuyun so tense and alarmed, Zhu Zhuqing stopped hiding. With a giggle, she lifted the cloak covering her face slightly, revealing a pretty face that was seventy percent similar to Zhu Zhuyun's, though several years more youthful.

"Zhuqing?!"

At the sight of the familiar face beneath the cloak, joy flashed through Zhu Zhuyun's eyes.

She immediately withdrew her Martial Soul and ran straight toward Zhu Zhuqing.

"Eldest Sister!"

Zhu Zhuqing was equally excited to see Zhu Zhuyun. She opened her arms and ran toward her.

Smack!

However, what greeted Zhu Zhuqing was not Zhu Zhuyun's loving embrace, but a loving slap to the head.

The slap landed on Zhu Zhuqing's head and left her utterly dazed.

This was probably, perhaps, maybe the first time she had ever been hit by her eldest sister?

"Eld—"

She had barely lifted her stunned face when she saw Zhu Zhuyun's excited, slightly reddened eyes.

Before she could even say the word "Eldest Sister," Zhu Zhuyun pulled her into a fierce embrace.

"You little brat, where exactly did you run off to? I kept looking for you, but it was as if you had vanished from the continent. Even Father could not find the slightest trace of you. Do you know how worried I was about you?"

Zhu Zhuqing felt herself surrounded by two enormous evils. She seriously suspected that these two evils were trying to smother her to death.

Just as she was about to struggle, she heard Zhu Zhuyun's words.

Her hands, which had been pushing weakly, slowly lowered and instead wrapped around Zhu Zhuyun's slender waist.

Though she had transmigrated into another world, having someone who cared about her felt wonderful. It kept her from feeling so alone.

Otherwise, if no one in this world cared about her, coupled with the fact that she was originally a transmigrator, she would surely grow more and more distant from this world.

Fortunately, she still had her eldest sister. With her here, Zhu Zhuqing would not regard this world as something unreal.