I Traveled to Douluo and Split into Five People

Under the eaves, Zhu Zhuyu pushed Zhu Zhuqing's cradle and watched Zhou Xuefeng "abuse" her eldest sister. She was completely powerless to help and could not bear to watch, so she could only turn away.

Abusing Zhu Zhuyun was not like what Zhou Xuefeng had once suffered in the Zhu Family.

It was simply that every day, as soon as Zhu Zhuyun woke up, she would be dragged over to "get beaten up." No, to train her combat skills.

After entering the Silves Kingdom, Zhou Xuefeng suddenly realized something was wrong with him. Thinking it over, taking the Three Sisters away as a package did not fit his usual way of doing things.

He began to reflect. From the first time he entered the shared space and reunited with the other four, all the way to the end of his revenge against the Zhu Family, he found the answer.

The problem was actually simple. Just as Tang Yin had always thought he "liked" Tang Yuehua, Zhou Xuefeng was actually quite tempted by the big and little cats too. It was just that everything he had experienced as a "slave" had twisted the thoughts behind it.

The same went for Ning Yulin and An Lan. In the space, they spoke so convincingly, treating Dugu Yan and Qian Renxue as nothing but tools to climb higher. But what they truly thought in their hearts, perhaps only they themselves knew.

After figuring all this out, Zhou Xuefeng felt extremely awkward. He felt that he ought to become a Sigma Male who indulged in nature, lived freely, and had no attachments.

Chapter 59: Twisted (It's So Hot)

But the version of himself who poisoned the Duke's Mansion had completely gone off track.

Was I this twisted in my past life?

Recalling his previous life, Zhou Xuefeng suddenly realized that he seemed to have been, somewhat. Most of the time, he never spoke directly and always made others guess. Whether he was happy or upset, he never expressed it outright.

If they guessed right, he was happy.

If they guessed wrong, he sulked by himself.

Twisted to the core.

After seeing himself clearly, he did not feel happy. Every morning when he saw the Three Sisters, he felt somewhat irritated. Zhu Zhuqing was still a baby who could not speak, and Zhu Zhuyu was only four years old, so he could only vent his temper on Zhu Zhuyun.

Thus, Zhu Zhuyun saw "hell."

In the morning, she washed up and ate, then "got beaten up," followed by treatment. Lunch, getting beaten up, treatment. Dinner, getting beaten up, treatment. Then sleep.

New ideas? New knowledge? There was plenty of time. Slowly.

Zhou Xuefeng had many methods of treating her. The Blue Silver Grass's First Spirit Skill had originally only been rapid growth, but he had developed a way to intercept that growth energy and inject it into other targets. The other method was the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's Second Spirit Skill, Life Attachment. Excess life force could not only heal Zhu Zhuyun's body, but also greatly enhance her reaction speed and thought processes for its duration.

Lying on the ground in exhaustion, Zhu Zhuyun did not want to move at all.

The next moment, a Blue Silver Grass leaf wrapped around her ankle. A dozen breaths later, she was immediately full of vitality again.

"Why don't you just beat me to death?!"

Zhou Xuefeng said nothing and merely looked at Zhu Zhuyu. Zhu Zhuyu shrank her head and revealed a nervous smile. Zhu Zhuyun took a deep breath, assumed her stance again, and gritted her teeth.

"Come on! Hit me!"

An hour later, she was lying on the ground again. This time, she fell asleep immediately.

After treating her, she still did not wake up. Squatting before her, Zhou Xuefeng pinched her face hard.

"Looks like she really reached her limit."

He muttered to himself.

His treatment could not restore the mental energy Zhu Zhuyun had expended. He stood up, fell silent for several seconds, then summoned several Blue Silver Grass leaves, lifted her up, and tossed her into the bathing tub in the room.

The next morning.

After washing up, he performed his daily routine before the Azure Emperor Divine Tablet. Although he did not know whether the Azure Emperor could receive the incense offerings from here, worship and reverence were words he had spoken when he awakened his martial soul. If he said it, he had to do it.

The cold, shaking sensation woke Zhu Zhuyun.

A carriage? Had they left Silvis City?

She abruptly sat up. Seeing Zhu Zhuyu seated nearby and Zhu Zhuqing sleeping soundly on a soft cushion, she let out a breath of relief.

"Big Sister, are you all right?"

Zhu Zhuyu asked softly.

"I'm not dead yet. Did he say where we're going next?"

She moved her shoulders and found that nothing seemed wrong. Zhu Zhuyun turned her head to look around. That hateful bastard who was trying to kill her was sitting outside, driving the carriage. Zhu Zhuyu could only shake her head, not knowing the answer.

"If you're awake, come out."

Zhou Xuefeng's voice drifted over. Zhu Zhuyun gritted her teeth and moved over. He glanced at the bitter expression on her face. In the end, she was still just a girl, not a transmigrator like the five of them—young on the outside, ancient monsters within.

"Don't look so miserable. The world is beautiful. Open your heart and look at it. Learn from me. If I were like you, I'd have died of anger long ago."

He forced out a smile and asked in a "gentle" voice.

"Then may I ask where we're going now?"

"Heaven Dou City."

Holding the carriage reins, Zhou Xuefeng shook open the map with one hand and checked it to make sure they had not gone the wrong way.

"The Heaven Dou Empire's control over the kingdoms within its borders is not as strong as the Star Luo Empire's. For all we know, the Star Luo Empire may have already infiltrated it thoroughly. Going to Heaven Dou City is safer... Of course, if you want to go back and play the game of sisters killing sisters with the Dai Family, that's fine too. Just say the word, and I can let you go back. With your age advantage, defeating your two younger sisters and becoming the Star Luo Crown Prince's consort, or even the future Empress, would be no problem at all."

That was what he said, but if Zhu Zhuyun truly said she wanted to return, Zhou Xuefeng would kill her immediately.

He had already taken her out, which meant she was his little cat. A disobedient little cat could only...

Perhaps Zhu Zhuyun sensed Zhou Xuefeng's killing intent. Or perhaps she did not want to continue the fate of the Zhu Family's women. She did not answer, maintaining her stiff posture as she knelt beside Zhou Xuefeng.

After driving for a while, Zhou Xuefeng suddenly released the reins.

He sat cross-legged and cultivated.

He had endowed the carriage with life force, so it did not actually need anyone to control it. He sat outside only because the air was better.

Tilting her head to look at Zhou Xuefeng, who had closed his eyes, countless thoughts raced through Zhu Zhuyun's heart.

Only by killing him can Zhuyu, Zhuqing, and I obtain true freedom.

But if people from the Star Luo Empire find us...

Her heart was locked in fierce conflict.

With my current level, I can't possibly pose any threat to this guy. I'll have to wait until I obtain another two... no, perhaps three Spirit Rings before considering it.

Another voice sounded in her mind.

With that kind of talent, if I can make him trust me and become completely dependent on him, that might not be so bad either.

She would feed herself to the tiger. If she sacrificed herself, her two younger sisters would not have to.

If I can become this guy's "only one," Zhuyu and Zhuqing can truly be free.

Several days later.

Evening.

Zhou Xuefeng stopped the carriage. Constant travel kept people tense and was too exhausting. They stopped to set up camp. He released Blue Silver Grass and sent several grass men into the forest to hunt. Although he had prepared some dry rations in the Storage Spirit Tool, it was more comfortable to make something hot when they had the time.

After lighting the fire, Zhou Xuefeng suddenly realized something.

Couldn't he just prepare some dishes in advance and store them in the Storage Spirit Tool?

"I'll try it in the next city."

Zhu Zhuyun suddenly spoke in a shy, awkward voice.

"I... I want to take a bath."

Zhou Xuefeng looked her up and down, then shook his head.

"Wait until you awaken the Zhu Family's true talent before trying that sort of thing."

"The Zhu Family's true talent? What talent? Does my martial soul have some hidden potential?"

For a moment, she could not understand what talent Zhou Xuefeng meant.

Is she pretending to be stupid, or does she really not understand?

Too lazy to think further, Zhou Xuefeng made several more grass men and had them fetch some water. He wove a bathing tub from Blue Silver Grass and let her wash in the carriage. He looked at Zhu Zhuyu, who was like a quail, desperately trying to curl herself into a ball.

Her cultivation talent did not seem very good. Otherwise, the one originally paired with Dai Mubai should have been this third sister, rather than the fourth, Zhu Zhuqing.

There was something he could test. Zhu Zhuqing's meridians had not yet fully formed, so he could try on Zhu Zhuyu the effects of having someone else's Soul Power cleanse her body.

He wondered if it could improve her martial soul aptitude.

"Give Zhu Zhuqing to me. You should go wash up too."

She apparently had not expected Zhou Xuefeng to suddenly speak to her and jumped in fright. Instinctively, she hugged the tiny Zhu Zhuqing tighter. Only after realizing what had happened did she nervously hand her over.

Zhou Xuefeng prepared another bathing tub and bathwater for her.

She climbed into the carriage, looking back every step of the way, hoping that her little sister would not be eaten by this terrifying person while she and her eldest sister bathed.

"Zhu Zhuqing..."

The little girl stared with clear black-and-white eyes, examining the "giant" looking down at her. Suddenly, Zhou Xuefeng's eyes sharpened. Two grass men that had gone hunting had been killed.

Hot, hot, hot, hot, hot!!!!!

Chapter 60: A Chance Encounter

What is that feeling? Is someone fighting?

Zhou Xuefeng had not yet developed the ability to share vision with the grass men. He could only spread out his senses through the Blue Silver Grass on their bodies. The feedback before they vanished was that they had been torn apart in an instant. If someone was fighting, the opponent's level was definitely more than three Spirit Rings above his.

"Should we leave early?"

"Probably not. Based on how far those two grass men had gone, we're very safe."

Moreover, based on the feedback before they vanished, the other party seemed not to have noticed the two unusual life forms at all. He quietly released several finger-sized grass men and let the wind carry them in that direction. If they discovered anyone approaching, they would retreat at once.

He lowered his head and continued looking at Zhu Zhuqing. Her chubby baby cheeks looked like they would feel quite nice to touch. Zhou Xuefeng slowly extended an evil finger.

On the other side of the dense forest, Jian Mo Qian Jun were demonstrating their martial souls to An Lan and Qian Renxue. The demonstration was mainly for Qian Renxue.

The two had originally only planned to humor An Lan, but after Qian Renxue learned of it, she was interested too. The two had no choice but to take it a little more seriously. Opportunities were rare, and An Lan tensed up, observing carefully.

Damn! The difference in level is too great. I can't see anything at all!

Qian Renxue suddenly shouted.

"Too fast! Slower, slower."

This little ancestor.

The two glanced at An Lan, exchanged a look, and could only slow themselves to the absolute minimum. They released and withdrew their martial souls for several minutes.

An Lan fell into thought. They call it a seal, but why does it feel more like parasitism? No, parasitism doesn't seem right either. It feels like the spirit of an artifact in xianxia novels. I sensed some spiritual fluctuations. A soul... a Spirit Soul?!

A term suddenly surfaced in his mind.

The Evil-Breaking Sacred Dragon within Jian Mo Qian Jun's martial souls was closer to that state.

But the Spirit Souls of Huo Yuhao's era should have been based on the Undead Contract.

He had not expected Jian Mo Qian Jun to accidentally create incomplete Spirit Souls. Tsk. The five of us... without Electrolux, without knowledge related to the Undead Contract, creating complete Spirit Souls would be as difficult as reaching the heavens.

He silently committed it to memory. They could only research it after everything had settled down.

"Thank you, Seniors, for your guidance. This junior prepared a few things. If you do not mind, you may... have a taste."

He paused inexplicably and glanced from the corner of his eye toward the distant forest entrance beside Qian Renxue.

This is... Zhou Xuefeng's spiritual fluctuation. Why is he here?

The five were all extremely familiar with each other's spiritual power.

It was an exceedingly faint trace, one that only the other four who shared the same origin could sense. The surrounding energy had already been disturbed by Jian Mo Qian Jun's earlier demonstration, and they were not particularly meticulous people, so they had not paid much attention.

After the two drank a few cups of wine, they continued hiding in the shadows. Qian Renxue turned to look at An Lan and hummed smugly. Her meaning was obvious: Without this young lady, could you have seen their martial souls? Hurry up and thank Miss Xue properly.

An Lan immediately understood. With exaggerated movements, he dropped to the ground and bowed.

"Thank you, Miss Xue! I am deeply grateful beyond measure, moved to tears. You are like the blazing sun above the nine heavens, illuminating my..."