[Seven Treasures Little Rich Girl: Wow! You two sisters actually really came to Heaven Dou City?!]
[Seven Treasures Little Rich Girl: You two, it couldn't be so that you can better obtain Brother Lin Yuan's diary rewards...]
[Seven Treasures Little Rich Girl: That you specifically traveled ten thousand miles and ran straight here from the Star Luo Empire's Zhu Family, right? That's way too bold!]
Looking at Ning Rongrong's teasing, Zhu Zhuyun gave a helpless, bitter smile and quickly explained in the group.
[Queen of the Dark Night: For the diary rewards—that can only be considered one of the reasons.]
[Queen of the Dark Night: Actually, the main reason forcing us to leave the Family was because of our Cultivation Technique.]
[Queen of the Dark Night: Previously, because we cultivated the Nine Yin Manual obtained from the diary system...]
[Queen of the Dark Night: Both my sister's and my Spirits underwent an unexpected mutation, which resulted in us being completely unable to perform the Hell White Tiger Spirit Fusion Skill with Dai Weisi and Dai Mubai.]
[Queen of the Dark Night: After the Star Luo Royal Family found out, they were furious and ordered an investigation into the cause within a set time limit.]
[Queen of the Dark Night: To survive, we escaped under the cover of night through our father's secret arrangements.]
Seeing her elder sister's explanation, Zhu Zhuqing, who was beside her, also added to the group chat.
[Hell Civet: Yes, the Star Luo Royal Family is extremely cold and ruthless.]
[Hell Civet: If we two sisters had continued to stay in the Zhu Family, the consequences would have been unimaginable.]
[Hell Civet: Having lost our greatest utility value—the ability to perform a Spirit Fusion Skill with the imperial princes...]
[Hell Civet: Our future fate would most likely have been reduced to being mere playthings for the Royal Family.]
Hearing these cruel secrets of Star Luo, Dugu Yan couldn't help but frown.
[I Want to Live Past Thirty: The people of the Star Luo Empire are way too overbearing, aren't they?]
[I Want to Live Past Thirty: Since you've already lost the ability to perform the Martial Soul Fusion with them and are useless to them...]
[I Want to Live Past Thirty: The Dai Family's Royal Family is still unwilling to let you two sisters go?]
[Queen of the Dark Night: How could it be that easy?]
[Queen of the Dark Night: From the time the two of us underwent Spirit Awakening at age six, we were already treated as bargaining chips by the Family, and our marriage contracts with the Royal Family were set in stone.]
[Queen of the Dark Night: In the Star Luo Empire, imperial power is supreme. Once this marriage contract involving the national foundation is set, it is absolutely impossible to get them to relent and let us leave.]
[Dont Want to Become an Ice Sculpture: Tsk tsk, you humans' rules are truly troublesome and laughable.]
[Dont Want to Become an Ice Sculpture: Since the women of your Zhu Family have served as mere appendages and tools for the Royal Family for generations...]
[Dont Want to Become an Ice Sculpture: Are the men of your Zhu Family all spineless cowards? Do they not have even the slightest intention of rebelling?]
[Abyssal Witch: Indeed, your Zhu Family is simply too lacking in courage, too pathetic.]
[Abyssal Witch: Has it been this way for over ten thousand years of Legacy? Have they always been willing to send their Family's outstanding women into that fiery pit of the Royal Family?]
Looking at the merciless mockery from the Ice Emperor and Zi Ji, Zhu Zhuyun felt very uncomfortable in her heart.
[Queen of the Dark Night: There really is no other way. You are not in this situation, so you don't know the dangers involved.]
[Queen of the Dark Night: The foundation and strength of the Dai Family's Royal Family are far, far greater than our Zhu Family's.]
[Queen of the Dark Night: Furthermore, the Dai Family not only has high-level combat power, but they also firmly control an army of over a million!]
[Queen of the Dark Night: In contrast, how many clansmen does my Zhu Family have in total? We are simply no match for a colossus like the Royal Family.]
[Queen of the Dark Night: If we were to truly ignore everything and start a rebellion...]
[Queen of the Dark Night: In the entire Zhu Family, besides those powerful elders who could luckily escape by relying on the speed of the Hell Civet...]
[Queen of the Dark Night: All the other low-level clansmen, the elderly, the weak, the women, and the children would all die miserably under the butcher's knife of this rebellion.]
After a long journey and a round of helpless venting in the chat group,
Zhu Zhuyun and her sister followed the wide stone steps and soon arrived outside the main gate of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
Unsurprisingly, as soon as the two sisters approached, they were blocked by the royal guards with horizontal spears.
"Halt! No unauthorized personnel allowed!"
The two fully armed guards shouted sternly.
However, after the guards carefully sized the two up, a hint of wariness flashed in their eyes.
They saw that the materials of the clothes the two were wearing were extremely exquisite and clearly expensive; they were likely not commoners.
Moreover, the two women had noble and cold temperaments, so the guards did not dare to look down on them too much.
One of the guards retracted his spear and asked in a relatively calm tone:
"Young Misses, this is the restricted grounds of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Looking at your attire, you shouldn't be from this academy."
"May I ask what business you two have here?"
Zhu Zhuyun took a step forward and said, "Big brother, the two of us came here because of the academy's reputation. We wish to enroll in the Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Please pass word of our arrival."
And at that moment, by an extreme coincidence,
Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, who had just finished their morning exercise, happened to appear at the academy gate, chatting and laughing.
In fact, this wasn't a pure coincidence.
The two of them had just seen in the group that the Zhu sisters had reached the foot of the mountain, so they immediately rushed over to meet them.
As soon as Dugu Yan saw the two sisters, she immediately stepped forward quickly, waved at the two guards, and said:
"Alright, you don't need to pass word. Leave the two of them to me. I'll take them directly inside to find the Committee Member."
The guards clearly recognized this granddaughter of the Poison Douluo.
But rules were rules, after all, and the unified enrollment period for the academy's normal recruitment had long since passed.
Furthermore, the origins of these two extremely beautiful women were unknown.
Thus, that guard said with some hesitation and difficulty, "Miss Dugu, this... I'm afraid it's a bit against the rules, isn't it?"
"Their origins are unknown, and they missed the recruitment period. Don't they need to follow the process and have their identities and cultivation levels carefully checked first?"
Hearing the guard's questioning, Zhu Zhuyun did not get angry.
Instead, she said very cooperatively, "Big brother, we understand the rules."
"My sister and I are both sincerely here to apply for enrollment. If you don't believe us, you can see our strength for yourself."
As soon as she finished speaking, Zhu Zhuyun unhesitatingly circulated the spirit power within her body.
"Hell Civet, Possess!"
Accompanied by a soft shout, Zhu Zhuyun released her Spirit.
An extremely sharp and cold aura erupted instantly, and a large, pitch-black, glossy phantom of a Hell Civet appeared behind her.
This Civet, mutated because of the Nine Yin Manual, was clearly a full size larger than its normal form, and its sense of pressure was extremely strong!
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