Qingzhu Zhu Sees Through Everything!

"I'm sorry, you must have found this amusing."

After Qingzhu Zhu and her Mother Zhu separated, she wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and said to Zhou Qing, "So, could you please show us around Nuoding City?"

"Yes, that's possible, but my fees are quite high."

"Would a thousand Gold Soul Coin be enough?" Qingzhu Zhu seemed to have no concept of money, directly stating the number "one thousand," and even using Gold Soul Coin as the unit.

"Make a deal!"

Zhou Qing, greedy for money, agreed without hesitation.

"One Gold Soul Coin!" Xiao Wu's mouth dropped open. "I'll go with them too, since my quest isn't over yet!"

"There's none for you." Zhou Qing glanced at her and made her point clear first.

"You already have 500,000 in cash, why would you care about 1,000?" Xiao Wu said angrily.

"Why wouldn't you care? That's a Gold Soul Coin! Back in my hometown, that could keep a family of three from working for ten years!" Zhou Qing made an analogy.

"Miser!"

"No need to praise me."

"Am I praising you?"

"I'll just take it as a compliment; I can't control what you think anyway."

"You still want to control me? You pervert!"

"Did you catch that Romantina thing?"

While bickering with Xiao Wu, Zhou Qing bid farewell to Tang San, preparing to lead Qingzhu Zhu and her maid Mother Zhu on a proper tour of Nuoding City.

"Speaking of which, should I call you Zhu Zhuqing, or Qingzhu Zhu?" Zhou Qing asked as they walked.

"Let's stick with Qingzhu Zhu. If other Soul Master from the Star Luo Empire hear this, it might cause trouble." After thinking for a while, Qingzhu Zhu finally decided to use the name Qingzhu Zhu.

"Yes, Qingzhu Zhu." Zhou Qing respected her employer's wishes.

"Can we not be so formal?" Qingzhu Zhu asked softly. "We're not that far apart in age, so let's be more casual and just call each other by our full names."

"Employer's word is law. Whatever you say goes." Zhou Qing had no objections.

"How much do you know about the royal family of the Star Luo Empire?" Mother Zhu asked tentatively, wanting to find out more about Zhou Qing, this six-year-old child.

"The teachers at the Nuoding Academy will tell the students about the basic situation of the major sects and forces on the continent, which seems to be common knowledge. For example, in the Star Luo Empire, there seem to be quite a few families with the surname Zhu, but the most famous is the Zhu Family family whose Martial Soul is the Hell Spirit Cat. It is said that in each generation, if there are suitable family members, they will marry off the offspring of the White Tiger Clan, because the two sides have the Martial Soul Fusion Skill: Hell White Tiger."

Zhou Qing was saying things that any student who had attended a junior Soul Master Academy and listened attentively would know.

This naturally did not satisfy Mother Zhu, so she pressed on, "So, you believe that Miss is from the Nether Spirit Cat Clan?"

"If you say yes, then it is; if you say no, then it is no."

Zhou Qing glanced at Mother Zhu, chuckled, and casually said, "I was just exploring the origin of your names, not analyzing where you came from. After all—what does your identity have to do with me? Up until now, we only have an employment relationship of 'one Gold Soul Coin '."

Mother Zhu's breath hitched, but she realized that she had underestimated Zhou Qing, a six-year-old child, who actually knew what he should and shouldn't know.

Qingzhu Zhu was somewhat disappointed that she had been guarded against, but she also found Zhou Qing quite interesting, so she asked, "Would you like to come to my house? My house... is quite big."

Zhou Qing: "..."

Why does this sound so familiar?

"Zhou Qing, someone has taken a liking to you and wants you to be their servant." Xiao Wu chuckled and nudged Zhou Qing's shoulder, her eyes mocking.

"Please remove the second half of the sentence, thank you."

Zhou Qing glared at the Xiao Wu and thought it best to give up Qingzhu Zhu's hopes to avoid a future complicated by conflicting feelings. So he said to Qingzhu Zhu, "Although I really want to visit your house, I'm sorry, there's a thick, pathetic barrier between us, so I can't go."

"Thick-walled barrier?"

However, Zhou Qing overlooked one point: Qingzhu Zhu was just a six-year-old kid at the time. Even if he was precocious, he definitely wouldn't understand much about "metaphors".

Therefore, in Qingzhu Zhu's understanding, this sentence meant that Zhou Qing had confirmed that she came from the Nether Spirit Cat Clan, but because of the difference in their identities, he could not go to her home.

She was never truly free!

What can he, an ordinary citizen, change?

Therefore, he could only advise her to do what she wanted in the limited time she had, since she would regret it in the future anyway, so she should just choose the easiest way to live.

It's really—

A gentle older brother.

Mother Zhu seemed to understand something, but felt that Zhou Qing lacked ambition. "What level is your Soul Power?"

"I'm not very talented; I'm only at level fifteen."

"Are you really six years old?" Upon hearing that Zhou Qing's Soul Power had reached level fifteen, Mother Zhu was startled—six years old? Level fifteen! What kind of monster is this?

But then, Mother Zhu became somewhat exasperated and questioned, "With such talent, you should have lofty ambitions. Why not come to the Star Luo Empire? With your abilities, whether it's cultivating as Soul Master or pursuing an official career, you should be able to rise to the top quickly. Why bother learning from the common people? You should be a swan!"

Zhou Qing was surprised, but what surprised him was that there was actually a saying in this world, "How can a sparrow know the ambition of a swan?"

But then I stopped thinking about it.

After all, back in Holy Soul Village, there was a book I read called "Pulling Up Seedlings to Help Them Grow," and it seems that Douluo Continent has many spacetime channels with other planes. The Evil Eye Tyrant in Douluo II seems to come from another plane - the Throne of Seal - Holy Demon Continent.

Therefore, it doesn't seem strange that this world has been visited by Transmigrator from other Parallel Time and Space.

"Wearing simple clothes and plain Fruit Wine, even a swan may not soar high!"

"With a clean and tidy house, and ample leisure in the room, why should the swallows and sparrows be discouraged!"

"Ambitious aspirations? I'll just laugh it off. I advise you not to think about it anymore!"

These words were both a reply to Mother Zhu and an advice to Qingzhu Zhu not to overthink things, but to enjoy life while cultivating.

There are many things in life that Ruyi.

Just like the residents walking in Nuoding City, most of them are busy making three meals a day, rushing around and going with the flow, with no free time. But when they are with their families, don't they also have happy smiles?

Moreover, this also shows Zhou Qing's attitude: he will absolutely not join any faction! Heaven Dou, Star Luo Empire, or Spirit Hall, they're all pretty much the same! Stop trying to persuade him! It's annoying!

Mother Zhu understood.

But Zhu Zhuqing believed she had seen through everything—

Although she was young, she had already been exposed to some of the ways of officialdom. The first point was that those with lofty ambitions should not be unrealistic and should start from the bottom. The second point was that even if one does not have such lofty ambitions, one should not belittle oneself. The third point was that if one cannot do the above two things, one should not fantasize about having lofty ambitions, as one will definitely fail!

Zhou Qing must have lofty ambitions. Although he was trapped in a humble situation and lacked the corresponding resources, he did not belittle himself but started from the bottom.

That's truly amazing!