Zhu Zhuqing: I Also Want to Defy Fate Like Zhou Tao!

"Enough. No more fighting."

"You're too weak."

"How do you plan to compensate me for the roasted pig you stole?"

Zhou Tao spoke.

Zhu Zhuqing was still immersed in her shock.

A Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.

As long as he grew smoothly, he would definitely become a major figure in the future.

But Zhou Tao's words made her both ashamed and embarrassed.

She really had stolen his roasted pig.

"What do you want to do?"

"I can compensate you, but you can't make any strange requests."

Zhu Zhuqing said with a furrowed brow.

She clearly had not expected this question.

"You're a girl. Why are you always thinking about that kind of thing?"

Zhou Tao looked at Zhu Zhuqing's flushed, indignant face, his expression turning strange.

"You bastard~"

"I wasn't~"

Zhu Zhuqing's embarrassment deepened.

"I haven't thought of anything for now. You can owe me first."

Zhou Tao shook his head. He truly did not lack anything at the moment.

He did want to enter Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but she probably did not have that much influence.

"Fine. Once you've decided, come find me at the Star Luo Empire Zhu Family. My name is Zhu Zhuqing."

A rare smile appeared on Zhu Zhuqing's cold face.

"My name is Zhou Tao."

Zhou Tao was somewhat surprised. So this was Zhu Zhuqing.

No wonder she had such a fiery figure at such a young age. A youthful face and an ample bosom—she was practically the dream girl of countless men.

Not long after, Zhou Tao ate his fill and prepared to rest.

He saw Zhu Zhuqing trying to climb back up into the tree.

"You actually dare stay in the forest? There are so many Soul Beasts at night. Aren't you just delivering yourself as meat to them?"

Zhou Tao laughed when he saw how careless she was.

Zhu Zhuqing had clearly come out hunting for the first time and lacked experience.

If she kept this up, a Soul Beast could ambush her at night and easily take her life.

These nobles lived pampered lives, always protected by Spirit Masters when they traveled. They clearly lacked even the most basic awareness of danger.

"Then what should I do?"

Zhu Zhuqing pursed her lips, her beautiful eyes filled with curiosity.

Zhou Tao said mysteriously, "Come with me."

He led Zhu Zhuqing into a cave.

Though it was cramped, it was clean and free of Soul Beasts.

"It's a little small."

Zhu Zhuqing furrowed her brow. As a noble, when had she ever slept in a cave?

"It may be small, but it's safe."

"If you stay outside, Soul Beasts will chase you all night."

Zhou Tao immediately retorted.

"You have absolutely no sense of safety, yet you dared come out to hunt Soul Beasts."

Zhou Tao was so exasperated by Zhu Zhuqing that he laughed.

"It's my first time in the Star Dou Great Forest..."

Zhu Zhuqing looked aggrieved.

If Zhu Zhuyun had not pushed her out, why would she have come alone to hunt Soul Beasts?

The corner of Zhou Tao's mouth twitched. He was utterly speechless.

"Then listen to me."

Zhou Tao said calmly.

The two squeezed into the cave. Zhou Tao then blocked the entrance with a large stone to keep Soul Beasts from entering.

The entrance was narrow, and Zhu Zhuqing and Zhou Tao sat back to back, their bodies pressed tightly together.

Zhou Tao could even smell the faint feminine fragrance coming from Zhu Zhuqing.

"So cold~"

After Zhu Zhuqing fell asleep, she began talking in her dreams. Her soft little hands wandered everywhere before finally wrapping around Zhou Tao.

The night passed without incident.

When Zhou Tao woke up, Zhu Zhuqing had already turned into an octopus, clinging tightly to him. His arm was nearly numb from being pinned beneath her.

"Miss, time to get up~"

Zhou Tao reminded her beside her ear.

"Hm?"

Zhu Zhuqing's pretty face was full of sleepy confusion.

In all her life, she had never slept so soundly.

From the moment she was born, her parents had arranged her engagement to Prince Xingluo.

She also had to compete against her elder sister. If she failed, death would be her only path.

Ever since she had set foot on this cruel road of selection, she had never slept peacefully.

She did not want to submit to fate, yet she could never break free from its shackles.

Only in this young man did she see a glimmer of possibility to escape her destiny.

This young man was merely an ordinary commoner Spirit Master, yet he had relied on himself to hunt down and obtain a Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.

Such a genius was countless times stronger than that damned Prince Xingluo.

He was also countless times better than those nobles who spent all day scheming and currying favor.

She did not want to marry that Star Luo prince.

Seeing Zhu Zhuqing suddenly grow sorrowful, Zhou Tao froze for a moment before smiling. "Why are you suddenly feeling so melancholy?"

"You don't understand. The shackles of fate are far too heavy."

Zhu Zhuqing raised her beautiful eyes and looked seriously at Zhou Tao. Deep despair showed on her cold face.

It was a hopeless despair, without even a trace of hope.

"Fate?"

"To hell with fate!"

"As long as I'm strong enough to become the strongest Spirit Master in the world, fate can go to hell!"

"Even if it's a useless Martial Soul, as long as you find your own path, you can become a powerful Spirit Master."

"As long as you're strong enough, everyone who ever hurt you will merely become whetstones for your blade. Sooner or later, you'll roam the world unchecked and crush all opposition."

Zhou Tao spoke with soaring spirit, like an emperor about to conquer the entire Douluo Continent.

"As long as you're strong enough, you can defy fate and change your destiny!"

Zhu Zhuqing stared at the handsome young man before her in astonishment, saying nothing for a long while.

Zhou Tao's words echoed endlessly in her heart.

As long as you're strong enough, you can defy fate and change your destiny!

Zhu Zhuqing finally understood.

Why Zhou Tao had been able to make his very first Spirit Ring a Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.

It was because of that all-out, fearless fighting spirit.

And that astonishing intelligence.

It made people look at him in a new light.

At that moment.

Zhu Zhuqing even felt as though a door had opened within her heart.

A door to defying fate and changing her destiny.

As long as she was strong enough, would defeating Zhu Zhuyun and the others not mean changing her fate?

A trace of determination flashed through Zhu Zhuqing's beautiful eyes.

She smiled faintly, breathtakingly beautiful.

Zhou Tao watched her expression change again and again, confusion rising in his heart.

The next moment.

Tender red lips sealed his mouth.

The rising sun climbed into the sky.

Zhu Zhuqing and Zhou Tao walked out of the Star Dou Great Forest beneath the morning sun.

"Zhou Tao, remember to come find me at Shrek Academy."

Zhu Zhuqing had already secretly decided that she would study at Shrek Academy in the future. Her main goal was to avoid Zhu Zhuyun's surveillance and give herself room to grow through experience.

"I will."

The future Shrek Academy had enemies like Yu Xiaogang and Tang San.

He had been looking forward to taking revenge on them.

He absolutely had to visit Shrek Academy.

But he would go there as a victor and thoroughly slap that bunch of scum in the face.

Especially Yu Xiaogang and Tang Biesan.

"You need to be careful. Shrek Academy is full of scum."

"Still, fighting against that scum can also count as training."

"The strong do not need scum as teammates!"

Zhou Tao knew that after this, Zhu Zhuqing would no longer be the lonely goddess she once was. She would become a vengeful goddess devoted to growing stronger and defying fate.

Zhu Zhuqing nodded heavily.

She even abandoned the path of Martial Soul fusion, intending instead to walk an independent path as a battle Spirit Master.

Fate had made her Martial Soul suitable for the path of Martial Soul fusion.

But she refused to believe in fate and insisted on walking her own independent Martial Soul path.

Zhou Tao could use his intelligence and wisdom to make a useless Martial Soul like Blue Silver Grass so powerful.

Zhu Zhuqing's Hell Spirit Cat could do the same!