"Could it be that the people protecting me in the shadows have actually been bribed?"
"Or, were they my brothers' people all along?"
The more Ning Rongrong thought about it, the more she felt a chill run down her spine.
An "accident" of the Titan Giant Ape's caliber was simply the perfect excuse!
If she died at the hands of a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast, who could find any flaw? Who could blame the Secret Guards?
At this moment, her desire to go to Nuoding City became even stronger.
It wasn't just to meet that interesting diary owner.
It was for survival!
Only by staying by Dante's side—someone who seemed to foresee and see through everything—could she feel a sense of security!
After all, she couldn't stay in the Sect forever, and her father and two grandfathers couldn't protect her for a lifetime.
As long as she grew strong or had powerful companions by her side, her brothers wouldn't dare do anything out of line!
...Meanwhile.
Star Luo Empire, Zhu Family Mansion.
In a quiet courtyard, two large and one small figures were sitting together.
The small one looked only about five years old, carved from pink jade, like an exquisite porcelain doll.
But in her eyes, which had not yet fully opened, there was a coldness and precociousness that didn't match her age.
It was the young version of Zhu Zhuqing.
"Sister, do you think what this Dante said is true?"
Little Zhuqing pointed at the floating Diary copy in front of her and asked in a milky voice:
"In the future, will I really be that Dai Mubai's fiancée?"
"Doesn't that mean in the future I'll have to... with you..."
Speaking of this, a trace of fear flashed in Little Zhuqing's big eyes.
As the Third Young Miss of the Zhu Family, even though she hadn't had her Martial Soul Awakening yet, she had long been indoctrinated with the Clan's cruel rules of competition.
Survival of the fittest: the winner lives, the loser dies (or is crippled).
Her relationship with her sister, Zhu Zhuyun, was very good now, and her sister doted on her.
She really didn't want a day to come when the two of them would have to fight to the death for that cold throne.
Beside her, Zhu Zhuyun, whose figure was already beginning to take shape and was exceptionally hot, had a very complex look in her eyes.
She stared at the diary, her brow furrowed.
"Dai Mubai..."
Zhu Zhuyun sighed and reached out to stroke her younger sister's small head.
"I didn't expect that you would actually have Martial Soul Resonance with that Third Prince in the future."
"What should we do..."
Zhu Zhuyun was also having a headache.
At this point in time, she still doted on her sister who hadn't awakened her Martial Soul yet.
However, what concerned her more was another piece of information revealed in the diary.
"Shrek Academy..."
Zhu Zhuyun's eyes narrowed slightly, a cold light flashing through them.
"If Dai Mubai appears at Shrek in the future, doesn't that mean... he ran away?"
"As a prince, instead of striving for progress in the face of competition, he abandoned his fiancée and fled to another country to live an ignoble life?"
"This lustful tiger is actually so cowardly!"
Zhu Zhuyun's heart was filled with contempt.
Dai Mubai's talent was actually better than her fiancé Dai Weisi's, but because he was younger, his chances of winning weren't high.
But low chances of winning are no excuse for being a deserter!
"Besides this, who is this woman named Qian Renxue?"
Zhu Zhuyun stared at the name mentioned in the diary.
"What is her status in Spirit Hall?"
"To be able to casually mobilize Titled Douluo to Nuoding City?"
"She can't be the former Supreme Pontiff's illegitimate daughter, right? They both have the surname Qian..."
This question was likely one that not just her, but everyone with a Diary copy, was curious about.
However, the current priority was to comfort her sister.
"Zhuqing, don't worry."
"Since we have this Diary copy and can know the future in advance, there must be a way to change our fate!"
...Dormitory Seven.
Dante stopped writing there, leaving things at that.
He actually didn't know where the Secret Guards protecting Ning Rongrong had gone in the original story.
But that didn't stop him from throwing some "conspiracy theories" into the diary.
Only by making Ning Rongrong feel a sense of crisis and fear would she be desperate to find a new reliance.
And he, Dante, was that reliance.
After all, Ning Fengzhi and the Sword and Bone Douluo couldn't protect her forever.
Moreover, as two Titled Douluo, they spent more time with Ning Fengzhi; the most that could protect Ning Rongrong would be a Spirit Douluo.
Besides, what he said wasn't really a problem.
If something really happened to Ning Rongrong, unless Ning Fengzhi had another daughter, he would definitely choose one of his sons to inherit the position of Sect Master.
"Dante..."
Xiao Wu's soft voice came from beside him.
Seeing Dante open his eyes, she asked somewhat nervously:
"Do you think those Titled Douluo who suddenly appeared will come back later?"
Dante shook his head: "It's hard to say, but I feel they probably won't dare to come back in the short term."
"However, if those three are Titled Douluo from Spirit Hall and they let the other person escape, they'll likely stay in Nuoding City for a while."
"What? Scared since it's your first time seeing Titled Douluo?"
Xiao Wu giggled: "There's no helping it. Look at how massive the fluctuations from those people fighting in the sky were. What if we got caught in it? We're just tiny Soul Masters."
Dante chuckled: "That's why we have to cultivation hard, otherwise we'll just be fish on someone else's chopping block in the future."
...Outside the city.
Tang Hao, clad in tattered black robes and holding the Clear Sky Hammer, looked like a god of slaughter as he coldly gazed at the three people surrounding him in a triangular formation.
"I'm actually quite curious."
Tang Hao's voice was hoarse and low, carrying a suppressed rage.
"How did you three know I was here? I shouldn't have revealed my whereabouts to anyone."
Chrysanthemum Douluo Chrysanthemum Douluo pinched his fingers in an orchid gesture and smiled femininely:
"Hehe, doesn't His Excellency Clear Sky know?"
"This is the Supreme Pontiff's own intelligence network—an inescapable net that penetrates everywhere."
"We also didn't expect that the dignified Clear Sky Douluo would be hiding in such a godforsaken small city like a rat."
Speaking of this, a trace of mockery flashed in Chrysanthemum Douluo's eyes:
"What? Could it be that there's also a prey you've set your sights on in this Nuoding City Spirit Hall Branch?"
"Or... is there some shameful secret hidden here?"
Hearing the word "secret," Tang Hao's pupils suddenly constricted.
"Heh, her own intelligence network..."
Tang Hao sneered, and the killing intent in his eyes surged instantly, turning into a physical white wave of Qi that swept through the surroundings.
"Bullshit!"
"If Bibi Dong's reach were that long, she wouldn't have waited until now to find me!"
At this moment, Tang Hao was certain in his heart that his whereabouts had been exposed by Yu Xiaogang!
Yu Xiaogang:???
He had only seen Yu Xiaogang in Nuoding City!
He had just given the Token to Yu Xiaogang, and the next moment, the Titled Douluo of Spirit Hall arrived?
How could there be such a coincidence in this world?