The slightly older woman beside her glanced over indifferently:
"She's only a mortal. There isn't a trace of divine power in her body. Far too weak."
"But this girl's willpower is passable, and her constitution..."
The woman examined Zhu Zhuqing closely, a flicker of surprise in her eyes:
"She actually has a trace of Spirit Cat bloodline? It's so thin it's practically negligible, but in this forsaken place, that's still rare."
"Since we've met, it must be fate."
"The Spirit Beast Garden happens to be short a few poop-scoopers—cough, I mean, a few servant girls to look after the Spirit Cats. This girl may be weak, but she's at least of the same clan. She should be up to the task."
With that, the Outer Sect female disciple casually flicked her hand.
A gentle white light descended from ten thousand meters above, enveloping Zhu Zhuqing with pinpoint accuracy.
Zhu Zhuqing felt the crushing gravity that had nearly ground her to pieces vanish in an instant!
A warm current flowed into her body, and her injuries healed at a speed visible to the naked eye!
Then her body lifted uncontrollably and flew toward the enormous Bronze Warship.
"Th-this is..."
Zhu Zhuqing stared in shock at the warship drawing ever closer, and at the two figures aboard who looked like celestial maidens.
"Little sister, don't be afraid."
The girl in green servant's clothes looked at Zhu Zhuqing with a cheeky grin:
"You're really lucky. You've actually run into our Primordial Immortal Court's team while we're out buying spiritual materials."
"I like you. From now on, you can stick with me!"
As she spoke, the girl in green casually pulled a shriveled fruit from the cloth pouch at her waist, as if it had been sitting uneaten for ages, and tossed it to Zhu Zhuqing:
"Look how skinny you are. This inferior Blood-Qi Fruit was left over from feeding the Spirit Beasts yesterday. I couldn't be bothered to throw it away, so you can have it. Eat it and build yourself up. Otherwise, the wind might blow you to death once you get up there."
Zhu Zhuqing caught the fruit instinctively.
Although it was shriveled, the moment it touched her hand, an intensely rich fragrance shot into her nostrils!
She had only taken one breath.
Boom!
Zhu Zhuqing felt the Soul Power in her body erupt in an instant!
Level 27, level 28, level 29, level 30!
She hadn't even eaten it. Just one whiff of the fruit's fragrance had shattered the bottleneck in her Soul Power!
"This..."
Zhu Zhuqing was utterly stunned.
And the countless people watching the broadcast on Douluo Continent were so jealous their eyes turned red!
Shrek Academy.
Dai Mubai frantically clutched at his hair. "That was left over from feeding the Spirit Beasts? She broke through just by smelling it? What would happen if she actually ate it?!"
Ning Rongrong was so envious she could have cried. "That's a celestial fruit, right? It has to be! They actually feed it to Spirit Beasts? That sect is way too extravagant!"
Bibi Dong stared intently at the emblem on the green-clad girl's clothes: a cloud pattern.
"The Primordial Immortal Court..."
"Even the trash casually tossed aside by one of their servants is a priceless treasure our Douluo Continent dreams of."
"What kind of supreme being could possibly be the master of that sect?!"
On screen, Zhu Zhuqing's hand trembled as she gently bit into the fruit.
Boom!!!
In an instant, a terrifying energy exploded inside her!
Level 30, level 35, level 40!
In just three breaths, she had risen ten levels!
If the girl in green hadn't kindly patted her back and helped her dispel the medicinal power, Zhu Zhuqing might have exploded on the spot!
"Too weak, too weak. She nearly burst from eating an inferior fruit."
The girl in green shook her head with a look of disdain, but still pulled Zhu Zhuqing aboard the warship.
Afterward.
The enormous Bronze Warship changed course, smashing through the clouds as it sailed toward the even more mysterious and vast immortal palace in the depths of the Great Wilderness.
As for Flender, who remained behind?
No one spared him another glance. They left him to fend for himself on the ground.
[Zhu Zhuqing has joined a higher-dimensional power—the Primordial Immortal Court (Chore Department)!] [Current Status: Alive!] [Fortuitous Opportunity Obtained: One piece of Primordial Immortal Court Spirit Beast feed (defective)!]
Seeing those words on the Sky Screen, the people of Douluo Continent were utterly crushed.
Some people fought tooth and nail only to be bitten to death by ants, while someone else got lucky, became a poop-scooper, and ascended on the spot after eating leftovers?
Was there any justice in the world?!
The wind howled across the Bronze Warship.
The warship sailed through the Nine Heavens at astonishing speed, the clouds around it streaming backward like flowing light.
If not for the faint Golden Light Screen enveloping the vessel, the terrifying wind pressure alone would have torn Zhu Zhuqing to pieces.
In a corner of the deck, Zhu Zhuqing sat cross-legged, a faint glow of Soul Power swirling around her.
The medicinal power of that inferior Blood-Qi Fruit had been far too domineering. Even though the girl in green had helped dispel some of it, the remaining energy still sent Zhu Zhuqing's Soul Power soaring like a rocket.
Level 41, level 42...
In the end, her Soul Power stabilized at level 43, the Soul Ancestor realm!
In just half an hour, she had crossed an entire major realm!
Zhu Zhuqing opened her eyes, her beautiful gaze filled with shock and disbelief.
On Douluo Continent, cultivating grew harder the further a Soul Master advanced. Once they reached the Soul Ancestor level, even a genius needed months of hard cultivation to advance by one level.
And here, all it took was a rotten fruit someone else didn't want?
"You're awake?"
A clear voice rang out.
The girl in green servant's clothes was squatting nearby, chewing on some kind of beast bone as she curiously sized Zhu Zhuqing up.
"Thank you, Immortal Maiden, for saving my life."
Zhu Zhuqing quickly stood and bowed respectfully.
After witnessing the warship's grandeur and the Outer Sect female disciple's abilities, she had long since put away all her pride.
"Pfft, Immortal Maiden?"
The girl in green nearly burst out laughing and waved her hand.
"Don't call me that. I'm Xiao Cui, just a lowly servant in charge of cleaning the Spirit Beast Garden. I'm no Immortal Maiden."
"But you—why is your constitution so poor? You nearly burst from just one inferior Red Vermilion Fruit."
Xiao Cui eyed Zhu Zhuqing with disdain.
"You look to be in your teens. How come there isn't a trace of blood qi in your body? You're practically more mortal than a mortal."
Zhu Zhuqing's expression turned bitter.
She was a mortal?
She was the second young lady of the Zhu Clan of the Star Luo Empire, one of the Shrek Seven Monsters, and a genius recognized across Douluo Continent!
Yet in the other girl's eyes, she was somehow even more mortal than a mortal?
"May I ask what level your cultivation has reached, Miss Xiao Cui?" Zhu Zhuqing ventured.
The broadcast camera gave Xiao Cui a close-up.
The audience of Douluo Continent pricked up their ears.
How strong was this adorable girl, who looked about the same age as Zhu Zhuqing and even had a touch of baby fat?
Xiao Cui scratched her head and answered a little sheepishly:
"Me? My talent is terrible. I've been in the sect for three years, and I've only just reached the initial stage of perfection in the Blood Moving Realm."
"With a single swing of my arm, I can muster about eight thousand jin of strength."
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