Early the next morning, just as a sliver of fish-belly white appeared on the horizon, a young woman strode out through the gates of the Drunken Moon Palace on her long legs.
She wore a fitted black outfit, her long, raven-black hair falling loosely over her shoulders and her face tilted slightly downward. Her figure was tall and full, her limbs slender and well proportioned, and her hands hung naturally at her sides. The pitch-black bracelet on her right wrist formed a striking contrast with her fair skin. This young woman was Zhu Zhuqing.
After stepping through the gates, Zhu Zhuqing glanced back, gazing reluctantly at the entrance to the Drunken Moon Palace before striding away toward the outskirts of Star Luo City.
As the sun gradually rose in the east, more pedestrians began appearing on the streets of Star Luo City. Although the city covered an enormous area, Zhu Zhuqing had left the Drunken Moon Palace before dawn. At her pace, she should already have been outside the city.
The reason she was still there was that she naturally needed water and dry provisions for her journey. Buying them in the city's shops had taken up quite a bit of her time.
Afterward, Zhu Zhuqing hired a carriage at a posting station and set out on her journey to gain experience.
Just as Zhu Zhuqing's carriage passed through the gates of Star Luo City and headed into the distance, a middle-aged man and a young woman in black suddenly appeared in an inconspicuous corner of the city wall.
The middle-aged man suddenly said to the young woman, "Eldest Miss, this is an opportunity that comes once in a thousand years. Shall we intercept and kill her?"
"Intercept and kill her?" The young woman in black was naturally Zhu Zhuyun,