Within a few generations, this internal strife for the throne would erupt completely, disintegrating the Empire from within.
Therefore, for the absolute concentration of imperial power and the long-term stability of the Empire, the competition System must be retained even if it meant severing one's own limbs.
Just as Dai Yutian was lost in thought, footsteps were heard outside the Imperial Study.
Soon, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, having received the Imperial Decree, were hurriedly brought in under the lead of the Royal Guards.
After entering the Imperial Study, Zhu Zhuqing still maintained her cold expression.
She consciously walked to her elder sister Zhu Zhuyun's side, standing half a step behind her with lowered eyes, submissive and silent.
In fact, on the way to the palace, Zhu Zhuqing had already made some guesses.
She vaguely guessed why the Star Luo Emperor was so anxious to summon them.
All of this started from the night Zhu Zhuyun obtained the Cultivation Technique.
The day after Zhu Zhuyun was incredibly lucky enough to obtain the Nine Yin Manual Cultivation Technique.
As a good elder sister, after careful consideration, Zhu Zhuyun unhesitatingly passed this Cultivation Technique to her biological younger sister, Zhu Zhuqing.
Although this Nine Yin Manual was not an exclusive reward Zhu Zhuqing obtained through the diary System herself.
However, the System's rules did not explicitly state that a Cultivation Technique obtained by a group member could absolutely not be given to others to learn.
What surprised the sisters the most was an extremely Heaven-Defying hidden function of the diary chat group.
At that time, Zhu Zhuyun used the chat group's "Upload File" function to package and send the contents of the Cultivation Technique to Zhu Zhuqing.
The moment Zhu Zhuqing selected and received the file on the light screen, the profound Nine Yin Manual Cultivation Technique actually began to execute directly within her body.
She immediately entered the introductory state of the Nine Yin Manual!
This was also one of the diary chat group's Heaven-Defying functions; it could help group members achieve a perfect introduction to a Cultivation Technique directly through data transmission!
But it was limited only to the initial introduction.
If the two sisters wanted to become stronger in this Cultivation Technique and reach a higher level, they still needed to spend time practicing and comprehending it themselves.
This placed extremely high demands on their own talent and comprehension.
This function was actually just discovered by the two sisters, Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing, by pure accident.
Because previously, although the System announcements within the chat group had briefly explained that things could be uploaded and shared within the group.
However, everyone was wary of each other, and no one had ever truly uploaded such a precious Cultivation Technique Secret Manual to the group.
Therefore, this Heaven-Defying hidden function had naturally remained undiscovered until now.
And precisely because of the instantaneous introduction to the Nine Yin Manual, Zhu Zhuqing's Spirit, naturally like her sister's, underwent a strange mutation.
The Nether Attribute on her body also became thicker, purer, and deeper than before.
Benefiting from the baptism of the Meridians during the introduction to the Cultivation Technique, Zhu Zhuqing's spirit power even increased by two levels out of thin air, leaping from level seventeen to level nineteen!
She was only one step away from becoming a Spirit Grandmaster.
"Greetings, Father Emperor."
Dai Mubai gave a respectful salute, but his heart was pounding with unease.
Sitting on the Dragon Throne, Dai Yutian's gaze was like a torch, staring intently at the two newcomers as he asked in a deep voice, "Mubai, Zhuqing."
"I ask you, is the Martial Soul Resonance between the two of you still normal?"
Dai Mubai had drunk a lot of wine in the brothel yesterday and was not yet fully sober.
He rubbed his still-sleepy eyes and said with a face full of confusion, "Father Emperor, why do you ask that?"
"The Martial Soul Resonance between us is naturally..."
Dai Mubai originally wanted to reflexively answer "normal"; after all, this thing was innate, so how could it just disappear?
But, in the middle of speaking, he suddenly discovered with horror!
He was standing so close to Zhu Zhuqing now, almost right next to her.
However, his Spirit actually had no reaction!
That sense of Martial Soul Resonance that would normally occur upon getting close had completely vanished.
Dai Mubai was instantly pale with shock, and cold sweat immediately soaked his back.
His originally somewhat drowsy mind was now like it had been splashed with a bucket of ice water, becoming completely alert.
He was thoroughly terrified, his mouth agape, unable to finish the rest of his sentence.
Seeing Dai Mubai's expression as if he had seen a ghost, how could Dai Yutian not understand what had happened!
"Bang!"
Burning with rage, Dai Yutian couldn't help but slam his hand hard against the Imperial Desk in front of him.
That incredibly hard table instantly turned into a pile of dust!
"Bastard!"
Dai Yutian snorted coldly, and a terrifying pressure instantly swept through the entire Imperial Study, making it hard for everyone to breathe.
"What exactly is going on?!"
"Both sisters of your Zhu family have had their Spirits undergo mutations at the same time?!"
Dai Yutian was not a fool who could be easily fooled.
If only Zhu Zhuyun's Spirit had a problem and lost the resonance, it could barely be called a rare coincidence.
But now, even Zhu Zhuqing's Spirit had the same problem!
Once is a coincidence, but twice? Could he still be fooled by the excuse of a coincidence?!
There must be some unknown, huge secret hidden within this!
Dai Yutian suddenly turned his head, his tiger-like eyes staring intently at the trembling Duke of the Zhu Family to the side.
"Clan Head Zhu!"
"By now, shouldn't you give me an account, a reasonable explanation?!"
The Duke of the Zhu Family truly had a grievance he couldn't voice; he felt more wronged than Dou E.
He really knew nothing about the changes in his daughters!
Facing the furious Dai Yutian, the Duke of the Zhu Family could only look anxiously at his second daughter, Zhu Zhuqing, who had remained silent.
He lowered his voice and asked in a low tone, but his voice was full of severity and urgency: "Zhuqing! Speak up! What exactly is going on?"
"Has your Hell Civet Spirit also mutated? What exactly did you do?!"
Zhu Zhuqing looked up at her father, nodded slightly, and said with feigned innocence, "Father, your daughter doesn't know what happened either."
"I just Cultivated peacefully in my room all night as usual."
"But when I woke up the next morning, I found that my Spirit had indeed undergone some uncontrollable changes."
Hearing her sister's evasive words, Zhu Zhuyun chuckled inwardly.
In fact, it wasn't as simple as just losing the resonance with the princes.
Zhu Zhuqing had even discovered something extremely wonderful.
Moreover, she was very certain that it was definitely not an illusion; she clearly felt that after her Spirit mutated, between her and her sister Zhu Zhuyun...
There seemed to be an extremely mysterious and close connection formed invisibly!
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