Douluo: I am ready to leave the Spirit Hall. The system will come.

Zhu Zhuqing returned to her bedroom and threw herself directly onto the bed.

He looked a little confused.

After all the suppressed emotions during this period burst out and were vented, my brain felt a little empty.

This feeling is actually similar to sage time, and most people should have experienced it.

But Zhu Zhuqing was still young after all, and didn't know about the existence of Sage Time, so she was so confused and even a little scared.

Even she herself was a little bit unbelievable about her outburst just now.

'How could I say such things to my mother? Or are those my true thoughts?'

She hadn't even thought she would say so many words in one breath!
She sank into the soft bedding, immersed in the afterglow of the pleasure just now, unable to extricate herself for a long time.

"Miss, the owner wants you to meet her in the main hall."

After the knock on the door, the maid's voice interrupted Zhu Zhuqing's lingering thoughts.

She sat up suddenly, and her expression changed in an instant, returning to her calm state.

"understood."

Zhu Zhuqing knew that the conversation just now was purely her one-sided venting.

The Beast Soul Alliance hasn’t made any progress on its mission yet.

And then comes the main event.

'She would ask a few questions and say a few things. Amona has already helped me sort out the response plans.'

She was not even in a hurry. Instead, she took a leisurely bath to wash away the fatigue from the recent period. Then, with this thought in mind, she went straight to the main hall.

The door opened, and then closed naturally as Zhu Zhuqing walked into the main hall.

Zhu Lanyan held high the throne in the main hall.

Human beings are always influenced by symbols, identities and other things that have no real power and are entirely influenced by humanities and subjective psychology, and they feel a temperament, majesty and pressure that seem to be real.

We call it authority.

Just like the throne, by raising the height and position of the seat, it can naturally give people a feeling of oppression.

This is exactly why Zhu Lanyan changed her location and chose such a place.

Obviously, the situation of Zhu Zhuqing's return, which she had never imagined before, made her completely fail to give corresponding instructions to the guards, resulting in Zhu Zhuqing's sudden intrusion and a critical attack, which made Zhu Lanyan feel that her own dignity was greatly challenged.

She must regain her dignity and her former self-respect.

The mother and daughter looked at each other in silence.

Even though Zhu Zhuqing had anticipated such a situation, humans, who appear rational but are mostly driven by instinct, are incapable of achieving perfect self-control.

Just the change of scene made Zhu Zhuqing feel the pressure.

However, she had received targeted training after all.

She didn't know how to relieve such pressure, but she remained calm on the surface and kept looking into Zhu Lanyan's eyes.

"After killing your sister, you can't even say hello to your mother?"

After staring at each other for a long time, seeing that Zhu Zhuqing's gaze had never shifted, Zhu Lanyan finally took the initiative and questioned Zhu Zhuqing with filial piety.

However, what she didn't know was that for Zhu Zhuqing, who had been indoctrinated with the goal of subverting Xingluo's cruel blood competition mechanism, such false filial piety and friendship were exactly what she despised the most.

The anger that had been dormant was aroused once again.

"A family that has long fought for power by killing each other among blood relatives is now paying attention to such superficial efforts? If this is the nobility, this is the royal family of Xingluo, then it is really funny!"

Zhu Zhuqing's face was full of sarcasm as she retorted harshly.

Zhu Lanyan's face froze and her expression became extremely ugly. She felt as if her face was being slapped by her daughter with all her strength.

She never thought that Zhu Zhuqing would have such sharp words that would leave her speechless one day.

"Sharp teeth and sharp mouths!"

Unable to find a point to refute, Zhu Lanyan cursed and went straight to the next topic: "No matter how we compete, it is ultimately our Zhu family's internal affairs! And you, Zhu Zhuqing, if you hadn't relied on the power of external forces, how could you have killed your sister!? You are a traitor, and you still have the nerve to question the family tradition in front of me? Countless family ancestors, and even the founding emperor's decisions, are not your turn to use the power of outsiders to deal with the rebellious doubts of your own family!"

"It has always been like this, so it is right?"

Zhu Zhuqing lost the last bit of filter when she saw her mother trying to use her ancestors to pressure her.

Now when she looked at Zhu Lanyan again, she felt that compared to the many advanced ideas of the Beast Soul Alliance, this noble-looking lady was only glamorous on the outside, but already corrupt and old on the inside.

What is there to be afraid of such a person?

Zhu Lanyan rebuked coldly: "You are not qualified to argue with me about right and wrong!"

The powerful soul force pressure tried to overwhelm Zhu Zhuqing's knees.

After Zhu Zhuqing completely disenchanted Zhu Lanyan, she could no longer be overwhelmed by her, at least on a purely spiritual level.

Although Zhu Zhuqing is indeed a person who goes with the flow and prefers to rely on the strong rather than actively explore new paths, she is not without merits.

Her greatest strength is... her ability to endure hardship!

She's not the type of person who really knows how to persevere.

If you really want to become stronger and have such persistence, you will definitely keep working hard to find and figure out how to become stronger more efficiently.

Zhu Zhuqing obviously does not possess such qualities.

Just like what happened in Shrek Academy in the original time and space, she would only seek advice from authority, regardless of whether the plan was feasible or not.

But at least...she has execution ability.

To put it bluntly, this guy is the innate Pallu Saint Body! He is a tough guy who silently endures bullying!
She doesn't know what persistence is, but at least she can hold on!
Facing Zhu Lanyan's soul pressure, she just held her head high and did not let her knees bend completely.

She even continued to mock and attack Zhu Lanyan: "What should I do? Are you going to kill me? Kill my only daughter? If you find another wild man now, maybe you can create a new queen before the next emperor takes the throne?"

Although the Zhu family is a royal family, it is not the Dai family after all. Moreover, even members of the Dai family often rely on other forces or bring down some powerful forces in the process of competing with each other. Even if Zhu Zhuqing really relied on the power of external forces to kill Zhu Zhuyun, at least they confirmed that the interference of this force was indeed beyond their expected controllable range, otherwise it was actually within the promised range.

Just like Davis' brother now stands with multiple great nobles.

The background that the Beast Soul Alliance arranged for Zhu Zhuqing, Marquis Casas, a member of the royal family, was obviously within this range.

Logically, unless Zhu Lanyan had a seizure, she couldn't really kill Zhu Zhuqing. Considering Davis' age, if she continued to give birth to a child, it would not be a prince's consort, so she had to look for candidates from other collateral branches, which would inevitably lead to her own power falling into the hands of others.

Not to mention the Schrödinger's mother-daughter relationship, as long as Zhu Lanyan still has a little bit of rationality, she will not really be cruel to Zhu Zhuqing. At most, she will threaten and intimidate her.

As long as it is sensible...

The problem was that Zhu Lanyan's defense was completely broken by Zhu Zhuqing's whisper and critical hit, who was enjoying the good talk.

"Zhu! Zhu! Qing!"

Zhu Lanyan revealed a ferocious expression that was totally unlike what a mother should show in front of her daughter. Under Zhu Zhuqing's somewhat stunned gaze, a dark energy claw shadow shot towards Zhu Zhuqing at an extraordinary speed.

Zhu Lanyan is nearly forty years old. As the head of the Zhu family and the only daughter of the previous Xingluo Emperor, she has enjoyed the best resources since she was a child and is now a powerful Soul Sage.

Although he is not the strongest in the Zhu family, he is also one of the top fighters.

After completing the sublimation of the Soul Saint stage, the martial soul naturally reached the top quality. Even if there is no martial soul possession, just ordinary control of dark energy to launch attacks is enough to threaten ordinary Soul King powerhouses.

Zhu Zhuqing had never expected that her mother would actually attack her and was stunned.

Firstly, in her eyes, she did not actively want to kill Zhu Zhuyun, but it was a legitimate counterattack when being hunted. However, Zhu Lanyan took the initiative to kill her, which was completely different.

Secondly, she felt that she and Zhu Lanyan were mother and daughter after all. Although their feelings were a little weak, they were definitely not without them.

In fact, both of her judgments are very reasonable and well-founded.

Her biggest misjudgment was that when an individual possesses extraordinary powers, he or she will inevitably act as he or she pleases.

This is especially true in the Douluo Continent, where people do not emphasize self-cultivation.

Perhaps Zhu Lanyan would also fall into deep regret after killing Zhu Zhuqing.

But at this moment, facing her second daughter who had just killed her beloved eldest daughter and dared to provoke her and bark in front of her, Zhu Lanyan was filled with murderous intent. Since no one around could suppress her, she chose to take action directly.

After such an attack, Zhu Zhuqing realized very clearly that she would definitely die.

The script did not go in the direction she had imagined. Zhu Zhuqing was stunned, but at the same time, she felt relieved when she saw Zhu Lanyan's crazy face...

But at this moment, a figure suddenly emerged from Zhu Zhuqing's shadow, and in front of Zhu Zhuqing's astonished eyes, the figure stood in front of Zhu Zhuqing with steps that seemed leisurely but were actually incredibly fast.

"As expected, an accident happened."

You Xing whispered to himself and blocked Zhu Lanyan's Netherworld Claw attack with one hand.

"Young Master..." Zhu Zhuqing stared blankly with her black pearl-like eyes. Before she could utter the title, her voice was interrupted by Zhu Lanyan.

"Who are you!?"

After Zhu Lanyan came to her senses, her arms trembled violently, and she was obviously very regretful. However, the most urgent matter was You Xing, the uninvited guest who suddenly appeared.

She was briefly intoxicated by Yuxing's handsome and youthful face, and quickly adjusted her expression, staring at Yuxing with a cold gaze, and asked: "How did you sneak in here?"

You Xing looked like a young gentleman who was copied exactly from the template of a gentleman in a knight novel. He bowed, then calmly looked up and looked directly into Zhu Lanyan's eyes and said, "I am the 'external force' that Duke Zhu just mentioned. I am a guard from the Casas family, named You Xing. I am here in response to the order of my young master to escort Miss Zhu Zhuqing back to the Duke's Mansion and to protect her."

Zhu Zhuqing's pupils dilated slightly, but she suppressed her fear and refrained from crying out.

Obviously, whether it was You Xing inexplicably becoming the guard of the Casas family, or the fact that You Xing, the young leader, condescended to be her bodyguard, it was far beyond Zhu Zhuqing's expectations.

On the other hand, just as Youxing thought, Zhu Lanyan felt a little relieved after hearing Youxing's self-declaration. At least the Casas family, the force that supported Zhu Zhuqing, had not yet reached the level of an external force.

But he put on an arrogant attitude: "Let alone your identification, guard of the Casas family, you have not answered my second question."

It is natural for Zhu Lanyan to be arrogant.

Although the Marquis Casas family is a marquisate family, it has been in decline for nearly a hundred years and is a completely marginal family in the empire. Although it is still looked up to by some viscount families, it no longer has authority over some prosperous earl families and is privately called a fallen aristocrat.

If compared with the Zhu family, which is at its peak of power, it is just a small shrimp not worth mentioning.

Even though Youxing easily blocked his attack just now, he at least possesses the power of a Soul King.

With Youxing's appearance and age, he is definitely an extremely dazzling genius, but Zhu Lanyan did not take him seriously.

This is the aristocratic way.

Unless an individual is powerful enough to ignore the country, no matter how strong the force is, they will think they can overwhelm it with power.

Zhu Zhuqing's heart tightened.

She knew Youxing's identity very well.

It would have been fine if he had just rescued her, but how could he really have thought that the other person was his bodyguard and allowed Zhu Lanyan to interrogate him like a servant! ?

You Xing didn't look at her, but Zhu Zhuqing felt that You Xing was looking at her.

She immediately put on a serious face, forgetting the fear of having just walked through the gates of hell, and said to Zhu Lanyan in a cold voice: "Zhu Lanyan, he is my bodyguard, not a member of the Zhu family. There is no reason for me to answer your questions."

Zhu Lanyan's eyes flashed.

Instead of reprimanding her daughter for calling him by his name, she calmed down and smiled, "You are so determined to stand on the side of the Casas family? It seems that you already know about that matter and are planning to bet on the Casas family completely?"

Zhu Zhuqing's expression remained unchanged.

The so-called incident involved the plan of the Beast Soul Alliance, which she naturally knew before returning to the Zhu family.

At first, she was indeed shocked and speechless, but after so much time had passed, although Zhu Zhuqing was still extremely shocked, she was not unable to accept it.

As for what exactly happened that could cause Zhu Lanyan to change her attitude all of a sudden?

On the same day that Zhu Zhuqing agreed to join the Beast Soul Alliance, You Chen sent an avatar to assassinate Davis, the current crown prince of the Star Luo Empire.

Naturally, this incident immediately caused an uproar in the Xingluo royal family, and they frantically searched for the assassin everywhere.

In addition to finding the assassin, another major event also occurred - the change of the crown prince. (End of this chapter)