Level 10

Dai Mubai's escape this time was the same as in the original story. He did not take anyone with him.

News of Dai Mubai's flight did not spread until three days after he vanished.

When he left, Zhu Zhuqing was only a little over eight, not yet nine.

The girl who replaced Zhu Zhuqing was only a little over ten.

Although Zhu Zhuqing felt somewhat indebted to the girl who had taken her place in the imperial power struggle.

She was sorry, but she was not a good person. In this world, strength was everything.

Besides, better you than me. Consider it your sacrifice!

Following precedent, Zhu Zhuqing made a prayer gesture toward her former residence before turning around and washing up with the maid's assistance.

The Star Luo Empire was somewhat different from the Heaven Dou Empire.

The people of the Star Luo Empire were fierce by nature. Though she had been born a noble, there were not too many rigid rules.

Under the maid's care, Zhu Zhuqing happily narrowed her eyes.

Because she had not fully displayed her talent, her treatment was somewhat poorer, but that also meant she had avoided a life of being suppressed by her elder sister.

Though she received fewer cultivation resources.

As the legitimate Third Miss of the Grand Duke's Mansion.

Her resources were somewhat inferior to those given to her replacement, but not by much.

Besides, Zhu Zhuqing did not particularly need those resources.

In the second month after awakening her Martial Soul, her Soul Power had already broken through Level 10.

And she did not know whether strengthening her body had also strengthened her Meridians.

But after her Martial Soul Awakening, her Cultivation Speed seemed to stabilize.

Her true Innate Soul Power had reached Level 9.

Though there was still some distance to Innate Full Soul Power, it was not much.

The only pity was that her Martial Soul had awakened a little too early.

If it had been delayed another half year or so, she believed she could have honed herself into having the talent of Innate Full Soul Power.

Unfortunately, all of that had been fixed the moment her Martial Soul awakened.

If she wanted to make any changes in the future, Zhu Zhuqing would have to undergo another complete rebirth.

And although she had not absorbed a Soul Ring, she could clearly sense her Soul Power increasing.

Over the past two years, Zhu Zhuqing had never revealed her true Soul Power Level. To outsiders, she had only shown an increase of slightly over two levels each year.

With that talent, she could rival Zhu Zhuyu.

It was decent enough. As long as she could break through Level 20 by the age of twelve, she could already be considered a minor genius.

Now, it seemed Zhu Zhuyu had that chance.

What she had displayed was about the same!

She had not rushed to obtain a Soul Ring, because her store of knowledge contained records of it—experience accumulated by countless fellow transmigrators. Soul Power could actually be accumulated.

Although she had not obtained a Soul Ring, her Soul Power could still continue to stack.

That was exactly what Zhu Zhuqing had done.

Even after her Soul Power could no longer rise, she continued pouring Soul Power into her Martial Soul day and night without rest.

At the same time, she had not neglected her body.

Over the past two years, as Zhu Zhuqing continuously absorbed Soul Power to temper her body, her physical constitution had long surpassed her Soul Power and entered an unknown realm.

Only because she had nothing better to do could she use excess Soul Power to temper her body. Other Soul Masters wished they could split every bit of Soul Power in two.

Yet she accumulated Soul Power while tempering her body, without delaying either.

But having a powerful body was not without benefits!

That was, her cultivation time was far longer than that of other Soul Masters!

Ordinary Soul Masters could meditate at full capacity for at most six hours before their bodies began to ache and their minds became listless.

That was because controlling Soul Power into the body placed a burden on the body's Meridians and the mind.

However, it also tempered the body's Meridians and Spiritual Power.

Thus, as Soul Power gradually rose, the efficiency with which Soul Masters absorbed Soul Power also improved.

The improvement of the body's Meridians was basically directly proportional to the rate at which Soul Power increased.

This resulted in Soul Masters having fairly uniform cultivation speeds. Cultivating for six hours a day was about the limit.

But Zhu Zhuqing was different!

Her physical constitution was incredibly strong, and so were her Meridians!

Though their width was somewhat lacking and had not reached the level of Innate Full Soul Power, her Meridians were exceptionally resilient. Combined with her powerful Spiritual Power.

With the two stacked together, Zhu Zhuqing could cultivate for as long as eighteen hours a day!

That was a full three times as much cultivation time as others!

Unfortunately, as the Third Miss of the Zhu Family, she could not devote herself entirely to cultivation.

Still, she could cultivate for around twelve hours a day.

But even that was a full two times as much as others!

And today, Zhu Zhuqing was preparing to obtain her first Soul Ring!

Being part of a great family had this disadvantage: she could not decide the age limit of her Soul Ring herself.

It was strictly restricted!

Whenever she thought of this sad matter, she had the urge to run away from home.

But she was not stupid. With no soul skill at all, leaving now would basically be throwing herself to the wolves.

So although she had long planned to run away from home, she decided to get a Soul Ring first.

Besides, it was only one Soul Ring slot. She could afford to wait!

As a transmigrator, if nothing else!

She did have Twin Martial Souls!

And...

One of them was freaking White Tiger!

The Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul had been inherited from her father, the Netherworld Grand Duke.

The White Tiger Martial Soul had been inherited from her mother, the Netherworld Grand Duchess.

In truth, the Netherworld Family's status in the Star Luo Empire was not particularly good.

Unlike the prestigious White Tiger Dai Family, the Netherworld Zhu Family often did not even have the right to choose.

Take Duke Nether and the Netherworld Grand Duchess, for instance. The two had no emotional foundation whatsoever.

Yet they had still ended up together.

Why was that?

Was it not so the Dai Family could better control the Zhu Family?

The Zhu Family's children were more like accessories of the Dai Family!

Of course, that was only Zhu Zhuqing's personal view.

The truth was that the Zhu Family seemed to have grown accustomed to this way of life.

They might have thought it normal, but Zhu Zhuqing certainly did not.

It was precisely because she had awakened both the Hell Spirit Cat and White Tiger Martial Souls that Zhu Zhuqing was unconcerned about the gains and losses of a single Soul Ring.

Moreover, in Zhu Zhuqing's opinion, the Hell Spirit Cat's first soul skill, Hell Stab, was quite a good one.

High burst power, high movement speed—it was decent enough!

And it was also because of her Twin Martial Souls that she so desperately wanted to leave.

Only by leaving the Star Luo Empire, the center of the Dai Family's power, could Zhu Zhuqing develop in peace!

If possible, she even wanted to cultivate the divine skill from the third part.

A Self Martial Soul Fusion Technique!

How cool was that ability?

So the day of this Soul Hunting Operation would be the day she ran away from home!

At eight years old, Zhu Zhuqing's figure had already begun to take shape.

It was truly difficult to imagine how the Zhu Family developed so early!

With the maid's assistance, Zhu Zhuqing changed into a clean, fitted outfit.

Then she rushed toward the dining hall in high spirits.

At the same time, she loosened her suppression of her Soul Power somewhat, revealing the fluctuations of Level 10 Soul Power.

Having begun to come into contact with Soul Power at the age of three, if Zhu Zhuqing claimed to be second-best in the world at controlling Soul Power, there would probably be many people claiming to be the best.

But from the very beginning, Zhu Zhuqing's physical constitution and Spiritual Power had surpassed the strength of her Soul Power.

Then Zhu Zhuqing discovered that she could conceal her Soul Power.

Not even the Netherworld Grand Duke could see through it!

Her physical constitution and Spiritual Power were far stronger than her Soul Power, resulting in an unimaginably powerful degree of Soul Power control.

She could not claim to be the best in the world, but there were no more than twenty people alive who were better than her at controlling Soul Power!