Ye Guyi

Huo Yuhao stood where he was, his expression a little stiff.

A future sister?

He had only just accepted that he had somehow gained a future wife, and now a future sister had appeared too.

Was he supposed to live like this?

Huo Yuhao looked at Ju Zi's smiling little face and felt helpless.

He was becoming more and more certain that this reincarnated big shot had taken his future life for some kind of raising simulator.

First, she had fished him out of the White Tiger Duke's Estate.

Then she had found him a soul ring.

And now she was planning to stuff a sister into his life.

Would the next step be arranging a future teacher for him and casually gifting him a set of top-tier soul tools?

At that thought, curiosity appeared on Huo Yuhao's face.

"Ju Zi."

"Hmm?"

Ju Zi turned around and looked at him quietly.

Huo Yuhao scratched his head and asked softly, "What kind of person is this future sister of mine?"

Ju Zi's steps paused at his words.

She turned around, folding her hands in front of herself, and a faintly complicated look surfaced in her eyes.

But the emotion quickly disappeared.

"Someone very formidable."

"How formidable?"

"You'll find out later."

Ju Zi smiled faintly and did not explain further.

Huo Yuhao's mouth twitched.

That line again.

This little girl looked gentle and mild, but her lips were sealed tight.

Over the past few days, he had probed around for all sorts of information. Yet apart from learning that Ju Zi was a reincarnator, he had gotten almost nothing out of her.

She was like a riddler who already knew all the answers.

The worst part was that there was little he could do about her.

The two of them followed a narrow woodland path deeper into the camp.

This place was near the western border of the Sun Moon Empire, and many patrolling soldiers were stationed nearby.

But when those soldiers saw Ju Zi, they merely nodded to her from afar and did not come forward to stop them.

Huo Yuhao quietly observed his surroundings.

He had originally thought that Ju Zi was merely the daughter of an ordinary military family.

But now, it seemed otherwise.

This future regent empress dowager had already begun building her own faction despite being only ten years old.

No wonder she could directly send people into the Star Luo Empire to carry him back.

Before long.

A wooden cabin appeared before them.

Two guards in black stood outside the cabin. They were the same two who had helped Huo Yuhao hunt Thousand-Leaf Mint earlier.

The moment they saw Ju Zi approach, the two guards immediately lowered their heads.

"Young Miss."

"Has she woken up?"

"She has, but she's extremely guarded." One of the guards gave a bitter smile. "She nearly tore off the roof just now."

Ju Zi nodded.

"I understand."

Standing nearby, Huo Yuhao's eyelids twitched.

Nearly tore off the roof?

This future sister did not sound like she had a very good temper.

Ju Zi walked to the door, raised a hand, and gently pushed it open.

It creaked.

Light from inside the room immediately spilled out.

Huo Yuhao instinctively looked up.

Inside, a young girl sat by the window.

She looked fifteen or sixteen, slim and upright, dressed in plain white fitted clothes that had been washed nearly colorless.

Her pale golden hair was simply tied behind her head, with the ends still somewhat messy.

Her face was very pale, and there was little color in her lips. She had clearly suffered serious injuries.

Even so.

She still sat perfectly straight.

One hand rested on the short sword at her waist, and her warm golden eyes were full of vigilance.

Especially after she saw Ju Zi and Huo Yuhao enter.

The girl's gaze instantly sharpened.

Soul power stirred faintly around her.

Yellow, yellow, purple.

Three soul rings slowly rose beneath her feet.

A powerful oppressive force immediately spread through the room.

Huo Yuhao's expression changed slightly.

A three-ring Soul Elder?

This sister really was fierce.

He had only just obtained his first soul ring. If she slapped him, she could probably send him straight into the wall.

"Who are you?" Ye Guyi stared at Ju Zi, her voice somewhat hoarse.

Her body was taut, like a string that could snap at any moment.

Not long ago, she had been searching near the border for traces of evil soul masters.

Those people deserved to die.

Whenever she thought of the Ye Family members who had died miserably, she could not let a single evil soul master go.

But this time, she had miscalculated.

Those evil soul masters had deliberately released information to lure her in.

By the time she stepped into that valley, several Soul Elders had already sealed off every direction around her.

They had clearly come prepared.

Even though she fought with everything she had, she could only carve out a bloody path.

Just when her soul power was exhausted and she believed she would die there.

A Soul Emperor suddenly appeared.

That Soul Emperor did not attack her. Instead, he killed every one of those evil soul masters.

Afterward, he brought her all the way here.

Ye Guyi had assumed this place was some evil soul master hideout.

But now, it seemed things were even stranger than she had imagined.

A girl around ten years old.

A boy of eight or nine.

They had specifically sent a Soul Emperor to find her?

Ye Guyi could not make sense of it at all.

"Don't be nervous." Ju Zi looked at Ye Guyi, her tone as gentle as ever. "If we wanted to harm you, you wouldn't be sitting here right now."

Ye Guyi did not answer.

She merely tightened her grip on her short sword, her gaze falling on Huo Yuhao.

There was not much soul power fluctuation around this boy. He looked like an ordinary child.

Yet when facing her three soul rings, his expression had changed only slightly, and he had not shown much fear.

That made Ye Guyi even more wary.

Huo Yuhao felt a little uncomfortable under her stare.

He gave her an especially well-behaved smile and even raised a hand in greeting. "Hello, Sister."

Ye Guyi:?

Her expression plainly froze for a moment.

Sister?

Who was this brat calling that?

Ju Zi walked to Huo Yuhao's side and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Huo Yuhao."

"Mm."

"This is Ye Guyi." Ju Zi's voice was calm, yet carried an unquestionable authority. "She possesses the Holy Angel Martial Soul. From now on, she is your sister."

The air fell silent for a moment.

Huo Yuhao blinked.

Ye Guyi?

Holy Angel Martial Soul?

Holy shit.

Countless fragmented memories immediately surfaced in Huo Yuhao's mind.

Wasn't she a character who was only supposed to appear in the later parts of the original story?

And a Holy Angel soul master who specialized in countering evil soul masters, at that.

Just how far into the future had Ju Zi reincarnated from?

How could she even find someone like this ahead of time?

Still.

Huo Yuhao was only shocked for a moment before quickly calming down.

Even Ju Zi had reincarnated.

So Ye Guyi appearing early did not seem like anything worth making a fuss over.

He was even somewhat expectant.

At this rate, would someone eventually package up Tianmeng Iceworm and deliver it straight to him?

On the other side.

Ye Guyi frowned deeply.

She looked at Ju Zi and said coldly, "You know me?"

"Yes."

"But I don't know you."

"You do now." Ju Zi answered naturally.

Ye Guyi fell silent.

She realized that she could not see through the girl before her at all.

Ju Zi was clearly young, but the way she spoke reminded Ye Guyi of military commanders who held power over an entire region.

Calm.

Composed.

As if everything was within her expectations.

"Why do you know my name?" Ye Guyi asked. "And after sending someone to save me, what exactly do you want me to do?"

This time, her voice was colder.

The atmosphere in the room grew tense as well.

Standing beside Ju Zi, Huo Yuhao silently took half a step back.

He was only a one-ring soul master.

Ju Zi could handle this high-level situation herself.

Ju Zi did not answer immediately.

She looked quietly at Ye Guyi, her gaze settling on the short sword at the other girl's waist.

That sword was very ordinary.

But Ye Guyi gripped it tightly.

She had no sense of security.

Nor did she dare trust anyone.

Ju Zi understood that clearly.

In her previous life, Ye Guyi had wandered the continent alone, killing evil soul masters and guarding that long-ruined angelic inheritance.

She was too much like Ju Zi's former self.

Driven onward by hatred.

Even covered in wounds, unwilling to stop.

"Ye Guyi." Ju Zi finally spoke.

Her voice was soft, yet Ye Guyi's expression slowly froze.

"You don't need to know why I know of your existence."

"You only need to know one thing."

Ju Zi raised her head, and the gentleness in her eyes gradually faded.

In its place was a resolve that made one's heart tremble.

"From now on, with my support."

"You can eliminate every evil soul master on Douluo Continent."

At those words.

Ye Guyi's pupils suddenly contracted.

Every evil soul master?

What an outrageously arrogant claim.

Yet for some reason.

Looking into Ju Zi's eyes, Ye Guyi did not immediately think she was joking.

The room fell silent for a long time.

Huo Yuhao said nothing either.

He looked at Ju Zi's small profile and suddenly understood something.

This future Empress Dowager Regent.

Had never merely wanted to win back Huo Yuhao.

What she wanted was the entire continent.

A moment later.

Ye Guyi slowly withdrew her soul rings.

She leaned back in her chair and let out a long breath.

"I understand."

Ju Zi smiled again. "Welcome home, Sister."