Lin Chen leaned against the railing, his mental power focused on the golden patterns of the Ghost Shadow Spirit Cat. Each stroke carried a chill that seemed to pass judgment.
"An absurd theory. It could easily get me into trouble..."
"Forget it. Who cares!"
[Everyone knew that the Zhu family of the Star Domain had served as consorts to the royal family for generations. With the Ghost Shadow Spirit Cat paired with the White Tiger, they could unleash a fusion of their martial souls—a match made in heaven.]
[So what if the Zhu family's women were summoned to the palace? What did it matter?]
[She was only the consort of the current ruler, the royal family's only counterpart to the Dai family. Her sole purpose was to provide the Dai family with a partner for their fusion technique.]
[Once a man took the throne, you'd be little more than a concubine—one rank above the palace maids. But if he died violently in the imperial struggle, you'd be sent off to be buried alive with him...]
[The women who were supposedly your future wives would often meet a fate worse than death. Some might even suffer the "hee-hee..." of the perverts who tortured them.]
[Wouldn't the Dai family's daughters feel the same way?]
And yet, in Zhu Zhuqing's generation, that tradition had become exceptionally cruel.
Zhu Zhuqing: "..."
She fell silent. The Zhu family's fate was entirely in her hands. Their destiny had never been as bright as it seemed on the surface.
The fate of the losers was truly tragic.
That Dai Mubai had once humiliated her so wantonly...
"..."
Her chest rose and fell, suppressing the fury burning inside her.
At the same time, Mi Ruoxi and Bi Biyao couldn't help feeling some sympathy for Zhu Zhuqing.
It was the fate of the weak. Zhu Zhuqing's personality was simply that way.
Zhu Zhuqing's fingers dug deep into the railing.
"Consort... plaything..."
Those words wound around her heart like a venomous snake.
She had always believed that as long as she grew stronger and found Dai Mubai, she could change her fate...
But Lin Chen had shattered the confusion she'd buried deep in her heart!
Because even if she found Dai Mubai,
he was nothing more than a coward who'd run from his fate.
And yet the girl still thought of him with a near-mad devotion.
[Let's talk about Dai Mubai again. Zhu Zhuqing, you traveled thousands of miles and risked death to reach the Star Domain, all to find the so-called fiancé you'd never even met.]
[You kept going, while people sent by the Zhu family pursued you all the way. You fled abroad, hoping to join Dai Mubai in defying fate. But do you know what he's been doing all these years?]
[That noble prince of the Star Domain, because he feared his elder brother Dai Mubai, made a show of wandering far and wide. He claimed to be hiding from his fate.]
[He ran to the remote Shrek Academy near Suotuo City. And there, he became the beloved young master everyone admired.]
[He spent lavishly in Suotuo City, throwing around money like dirt. He'd be thinking of you while wrapped in the arms of the city's famous courtesans, left and right.]
[Of course, Shrek Academy's plump dean deserves a mention too. That was another god among men! His martial soul was the sausage, and he used the most vulgar means imaginable to unleash its power...]
Zhu Zhuqing: "?!"
[Even a martial soul with such a bizarre name could actually exist. You've really seen everything.]
Qian Ling'er's willow-like brows furrowed, her eyes filled with disgust.
"An absurd martial soul. It really exists."
Bi Biyao also nodded coldly.
The Diary was still updating.
[And Dai Mubai, who was supposed to be the elder one, had it even worse. What kind of swollen brain did he have to come up with that ridiculous excuse about the Wild Tang affair? He was just taking advantage of the situation.]
[The most outrageous part was that the old dean of Shrek Academy actually believed he had the strength of a White Tiger Spirit Saint. He even asked him to take the students to compete.]
[When Dai Mubai was being hunted, Zhu Zhuqing might have been getting chased by the Star Domain's pursuers. Was that the reason you risked your life to look for that good-for-nothing?]
[Heh...]
[For the sake of avoiding his fate, he threw his own life away. In the end, the good-for-nothing I'd originally planned to curse turned out to be a bastard instead. What a pleasure.]
"Damn it—!"
Mi Ruoxi let out an indignant cry, her beautiful face full of rage. "He's such a disgusting coward! Dai Mubai is a deadbeat. Even the ground he walks on is filthy!"
She had never really gotten to know Dai Mubai.
After all—
She wasn't Zhu Zhuqing. She'd only known about Dai Mubai through Zhu Zhuqing's descriptions.
First this, then that...
If Mi Ruoxi had been there, Shrek Academy would've become a wasteland the very next day.
"..."
Qian Ling'er wore the same expression. She was just as disgusted by that cowardly man, and even more disgusted by the royal family's rotten core.
"Shrek Academy... That Dai Mubai is part of a whole pack of idiots."
"Instead of using normal methods to solve things, they resort to..."
Qian Ling'er had only found Dai Mubai so infuriating because of what she'd heard.
Bi Biyao had been silent for a long time.
The old dean of Shrek Academy was going too?
That little deputy dean was gone too?
"..."
But the one most desperate for an answer was Zhu Zhuqing.
She leaned weakly against the railing, the icy pride she'd once carried crumbling away.
"So even my elder sister knew what he was really like..."
"It was my first time meeting him, and I actually..."
She'd clung stubbornly to her pride and hopes.
In that man's eyes, she wasn't even worth as much as a friend's plump sausage.
"Dai... Mubai!"
Zhu Zhuqing let out a heart-wrenching cry. The martial soul of the Ghost Shadow Spirit Cat stirred behind her.
"Meow—!"
A bone-chilling murderous intent erupted. Next time they met,
she would kill Dai Mubai with her own hands.
"Dai Mubai... next time we meet, I'll kill you..."
At that moment, Qin Ming had found his benefactor.
Moreover, he had already decided to head to Suotuo City. Zhu Zhuqing's eyes grew colder.
Suotuo City...
A familiar place!
She'd go there, change her fate with her own hands, and kill that coward Dai Mubai herself.
"..."
Sunset Forest.
Lin Chen paused the Diary's update because he had already recovered quite well. He could take a short break from updating the Diary.
"Poison Douluo, we can begin."
Lin Chen greeted him. "Your poison has started to control you."
"There may be some pain during the process, but it shouldn't cause you any harm. After all, you know how toxic your poison is."
But Dugu Bo had already waited long enough.
He waved a hand, unconcerned. "A little pain is nothing. Just treat me. If you cure my granddaughter's poison..."
"That's why I naturally trust you, Lin Chen!"
Lin Chen smiled. He took a strange immortal herb from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and gave it to Dugu Bo to refine with his soul power.
Then he let Dugu Bo lie down on the bed of herbs.
"Meow—!"
Lin Chen gathered his soul power, and the power of the Heavenly Phenomenon transformed into gleaming runes that flashed across the air!
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