"Teacher, you know I've always been the most obedient of your disciples."
"If you think that girl named Zhu Zhuqing can better assist my cultivation, then let's go to Star Luo City and abduct her."
Yet Bibi Dong slowly shook her head.
Seeing this, Zhu Zhuyun, who stood nearby, took the opportunity to explain.
"Little brother Jiang Huai, you've spent every spare moment these past years in seclusion, breaking through to new realms. There are some things you still don't know."
"The Dai and Zhu families have needed the Hell White Tiger for their marriages over the generations. And among this generation's exceptionally gifted Hell Spirit Cats, aside from me, there's only that rather foolish little sister of mine."
"But the Star Luo Imperial Family's current situation is that there are two White Tigers and only one suitable Spirit Cat."
"You have no idea. That coward Dai Mubai couldn't stand being bullied by his dear big brother Dai Weisi, so he secretly fled to Heaven Dou City three years ago."
Wait, what?
Even after I snatched Zhu Zhuyun away, that little lecherous tiger still ran off?
Dai Mubai, grow a spine!
You're a man who could become a lofty Second-Level God in the future!
Duke it out with Dai Weisi! Who knows, you might win!
Instead, you just handed your original fiancée over on a silver platter?
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"Then, since Dai Mubai has already run away, shouldn't Zhu Zhuqing naturally become Dai Weisi's fiancée?"
"So shouldn't we have all the more reason to go to Star Luo City and abduct that girl?"
Jiang Huai asked, rather baffled.
Who knew that Zhu Zhuyun's next words would leave Jiang Huai shocked for an entire year?
"Why would we go to Star Luo City, little brother Jiang Huai?"
"Not every White Tiger wielder is as pure as ice and spotless as jade as you are."
"Earlier, my foolish little sister was still a bit young, so there wasn't much to say."
"But now that girl has blossomed into a graceful young woman, and Dai Weisi is already growing impatient."
"To keep my little sister from being defiled by that foolish White Tiger, my father also secretly arranged for her to escape from Star Luo City."
"From the looks of things, she's probably gone to find Dai Mubai."
Holy crab, had someone finally discovered how pure as ice and spotless as jade I am?
But really, that father-in-law of mine...
Since he'd already sent Zhu Zhuqing out,
why hadn't he simply gone all the way and sent her to Spirit City?
Wouldn't that have saved both sides the trouble?
They had, after all, practiced their Martial Soul Fusion Skill together for so long.
Zhu Zhuyun saw through the twists and turns in Jiang Huai's mind at a glance.
So she explained.
"Ah, little brother Jiang Huai, my father has it hard."
"He may be called the Hell Grand Duke of the Star Luo Empire, but to put it bluntly, he's nothing more than a servant of the Star Luo Dai Family."
"If my rather foolish little sister leaves the whirlpool of Star Luo City and flees to the Heaven Dou Empire to find Dai Mubai, the imperial family can turn a blind eye for the time being."
"But if he actually sent her to Spirit City, I'm afraid my poor father and the rest of our clansmen would face a reckoning from the Dai imperial family."
Bibi Dong also spoke up at the right moment.
"That's what I had in mind as well. Since you've reached a bottleneck, the seven members of your team can take this opportunity to go out and gain some experience, making preparations for the upcoming Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament."
"At the same time, not only can you bring that girl Zhu Zhuqing back on this trip, but you can also resolve the matter of your Soul Ring along the way."
"That girl Dugu Yan hasn't returned to Heaven Dou City to see her grandfather in quite some time, either."
So that was it? That could work.
But barring any surprises, Jiang Huai's name should now be on the hit lists of those forces that had already courted death.
If his protector wasn't powerful enough, he wouldn't go out, no matter what.
"Then may I ask which elder will be accompanying us this time?"
"Honestly, you brat. You're usually such a shrewd child. Why do you turn foolish at a critical moment?"
"The Second Worship's granddaughter is on your team, so he'll naturally be going along."
"Also, the Worship Hall has sent word that the Fifth Worship, Light Feather Douluo, will be joining you as well."
"So you have absolutely no need to worry about your safety."
Wait, since when had this foolish teacher of his become so close to the Worship Hall?
Golden Crocodile Douluo was willing to act as their protector because of Tianyao, so he would set that aside for now.
But why was Light Feather Douluo, that amusement-seeking Worship, also willing to lend a hand?
Still, it didn't matter.
They would have a rank-96 expert and a rank-98 Super Douluo by their side.
There was also Dugu Bo, the Poison Douluo, in Heaven Dou City.
Since the locations for this training trip would actually be almost entirely within the Heaven Dou Empire, he would gladly accept that hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.
"I understand."
"Then, Teacher, Zhuyun and I will go pack first. Sorry for troubling you with selecting a Soul Beast for my fifth Soul Ring as well."
Bibi Dong slowly nodded.
"Don't worry, Xiao Huai. Leave everything to your teacher."
Meanwhile, our gaze shifted to Suotuo City in the Heaven Dou Empire.
Although, unlike in the original story, Zhu Zhuyun wasn't pursuing Zhu Zhuqing to kill her during this escape,
fleeing all the way here from the distant Star Luo Empire with her rank-27 Soul Power could still be called an ordeal full of hardships.
And as the future crown princess whose position was already set in stone, the education Zhu Zhuqing had received over the years naturally differed from the original story as well.
Fuse the Hell White Tiger with Dai Mubai and compete for the Star Luo Empire's throne?
Please, don't be ridiculous.
Ever since Dai Mubai had feared competing with Dai Weisi three years ago,
and had chosen to flee,
he had been completely ruled out as a possibility in her heart.
For her now, the best choice was naturally to go to Spirit City and seek out that prince named Jiang Huai.
However, to ensure that her family wouldn't face a reckoning from the Star Luo Dai Family,
Zhu Zhuqing, with her world-shaking wisdom, had likewise devised a plan to besiege Wei to rescue Zhao!
She only needed to temporarily join Dai Mubai's academy and compete alongside him in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament a few years later.
During that time, she would surely find an opportunity to meet her older sister!
Yet, after asking around all the way to the place Dai Mubai usually frequented, Zhu Zhuqing was greeted by the sight of Young Master Dai walking out of a hotel with an enraptured expression, a twin tucked into each arm...