Chapter 190: Zhu Zhuyun's Good Intentions
[If it were only Zhu Zhuqing alone who couldn't bear the pressure and ran away early to appear here, I could barely accept that variable.]
[But what the hell is going on with this plot? How did Zhu Zhuyun also run away here with her?!]
[I remember very clearly that in the original story, Zhu Zhuqing only fled from the Star Luo Empire after she was over eleven years old. She escaped all the way to Suo Tuo City in the Heaven Dou Empire and enrolled in Shrek Academy.]
[Then, only there did she meet Tang San, Dai Mubai, and the others.]
[But what about now? How old is Zhu Zhuqing now? She doesn't even have her second soul ring yet.]
[So, how did she suddenly appear at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy ahead of time? Even if she were to appear, shouldn't she be going to Shrek instead?]
Lin Yuan expressed his "confusion" in his diary.
[Could it be… that it's really because of me, this transmigrator, that some inexplicable butterfly effect has occurred?]
[But that shouldn't be the case! These past few years, I've honestly stayed within the Heaven Dou Empire and have never even been to the Star Luo Empire.]
[Could the reach of this butterfly effect really extend that far?!]
When this large section of diary filled with shock and confusion appeared, everyone who saw it felt their heartbeat skip a beat!
All the girls who possessed copies of the diary unconsciously grew tense.
Among them, the most nervous—whose hearts were almost pounding out of their chests—were none other than the two Zhu sisters.
Had their secret been discovered by Lin Yuan?!
However, the sisters had grown up amid the cruel struggles of their clan since childhood and had developed excellent mental fortitude.
At this moment, both of them were desperately taking deep breaths, forcing themselves to remain calm.
Although their palms were drenched in cold sweat, they did not reveal any overly frightened or panicked expressions.
Yet Lin Yuan's diary did not stop there; instead, it became more and more in-depth.
[However, the appearance of the two of them reminded me of some extremely intriguing details from the original story.]
[Speaking of which, in the original story, the reason Zhu Zhuqing was ultimately able to escape safely from the Star Luo Empire, evade pursuit, and reach Shrek Academy in the Heaven Dou Empire…]
[Among this, Zhu Zhuyun, who seemed to be the most ruthless pursuer, actually played a crucial role.]
[In the original story, when Zhu Zhuqing fled alone, she was merely a Rank 27 two-ring Soul Grandmaster.]
[And the one ordered to lead the pursuit against her was none other than her own elder sister, Zhu Zhuyun!]
[You have to know, at that time, Zhu Zhuyun's soul power had already reached over Rank 30, making her a Soul Elder!]
[Moreover, Zhu Zhuyun had several subordinates with her, all stronger and more experienced, participating in the encirclement and pursuit of Zhu Zhuqing.]
[Yet, even in such a hopeless situation where escape seemed impossible, what was the final result?]
[Zhu Zhuqing arrived safely at Shrek Academy within the Heaven Dou Empire!]
[Although she suffered some minor flesh wounds during the escape, compared to a life-and-death pursuit, those were completely insignificant costs.]
[If you think about it even a little, you will notice something is off.]
[With Zhu Zhuyun's overwhelming strength at the time, combined with her group of powerful subordinates—]
[If she truly intended to kill her in the wilderness, could she really let a mere two-ring Soul Grandmaster escape alive?]
[Even thinking with your toes, that's absolutely impossible!]
[So, in my opinion—]
[That so-called pursuit was nothing more than Zhu Zhuyun deliberately showing mercy!]
[Under the guise of executing an assassination order, she was actually secretly escorting and protecting her younger sister all the way, ensuring her safe arrival in the Heaven Dou Empire.]
Zhu Zhuqing looked at her sister in shock.
So, in the original story, her sister had protected her in this way?
If it weren't for Lin Yuan revealing this, and if she had personally experienced that pursuit—
She would have simply believed that her sister truly wanted to kill her.
After all, both of them were trapped in the vortex of royal conflict, where sooner or later, one of them had to die…
[And in many subtle recollections from the original story, it was actually mentioned—]
[When they were very young, before being drawn into imperial family conflict, the bond between the two sisters had always been extremely strong.]
[But all of that warmth completely changed after Zhu Zhuqing awakened her martial soul and officially became Dai Mubai's fiancée.]
[Their relationship was forcibly torn apart, becoming like fire and water.]
[At its root, the reason lies in the Star Luo royal family's inheritance system, which is like raising Gu—extremely perverted and cruel!]
[As the elder sister, how could Zhu Zhuyun truly wish to kill her own biological younger sister personally?]
[But being trapped in that devouring vortex, bound by the royal family's unbreakable and cruel rules—]
[For the sake of preserving the family, and for her own survival, she had no choice but to act ruthlessly and attempt to kill her sister.]
[So, in that desperate situation—]
[The best solution she could think of was to push her sister to the brink, forcing Zhu Zhuqing to flee far from Star Luo City to the Heaven Dou Empire, where the royal hand could not reach!]
[Only then could Zhu Zhuqing escape the control of the royal family and live peacefully.]
[And as for her—the elder sister—she could use the excuse of failing the pursuit, avoiding truly killing her own kin while still completing her mission.]
[This was an extremely well-intentioned plan, even bearing her younger sister's resentment.]
[However, man proposes, heaven disposes.]
[No matter how much Zhu Zhuyun calculated, she never expected her sister, who fled to the Heaven Dou Empire, would coincidentally find Dai Mubai, who had already fled there earlier!]
[Moreover, under Dai Mubai's stimulation and with the help of others at Shrek—]
[Zhu Zhuqing's soul power began to grow at an astonishing rate.]
[So fast that in just a few years, her cultivation was already close to catching up to Zhu Zhuyun, who was several years older than her!]
[The rapid rise of her younger sister immediately created a huge sense of crisis and threat for Zhu Zhuyun, who remained in the Star Luo Empire.]
[Because the royal rule is absolute—only the strongest pair can survive!]
[Zhu Zhuyun's painstaking plan back then was:]
[If Zhu Zhuqing, after fleeing to the Heaven Dou Empire, could completely give up, find an unknown place, cultivate peacefully, and avoid participating in that damned royal competition—]
[Then both sisters could survive in this chaotic world.]
[But things did not go as planned; fate plays tricks on people.]
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