Chapter 167: A New Connection Between the Zhu Sisters!
Within just a few generations, this kind of internal strife over the throne would completely erupt, tearing the empire apart from within.
Therefore, for the absolute concentration of imperial power and the long-term stability of the empire, even at the cost of cutting off one's own kin, the competition system had to be preserved.
Just as Dai Yutian was deep in thought, the sound of footsteps came from outside the imperial study.
Very quickly, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, who had received the imperial decree, were hurriedly brought in under the escort of royal guards.
After entering the imperial study, Zhu Zhuqing still maintained her cold and aloof expression.
She consciously walked to her sister Zhu Zhuyun's side, standing half a step behind her, lowering her gaze and saying nothing.
In fact, on the way to the palace, Zhu Zhuqing had already made a guess in her heart.
She vaguely understood why the Star Luo Emperor had urgently summoned them.
All of this had to start from the night Zhu Zhuyun obtained the technique.
The day after Zhu Zhuyun learned the Nine Yin Manual, as a good elder sister, she did not hesitate to pass this technique on to her younger sister, Zhu Zhuqing.
Although this Nine Yin Manual was not an exclusive reward Zhu Zhuqing obtained through the diary system,
The system rules did not explicitly state that techniques obtained by group members could not be taught to others.
What delighted the two sisters most was a truly 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 technique to Zhu Zhuqing.
The moment Zhu Zhuqing clicked to receive the file on the light screen, this profound Nine Yin Manual actually began operating directly within her body.
She instantly entered the beginner stage of the Nine Yin Manual!
This was also one of the heaven-defying functions of the diary chat group: it could directly help group members achieve perfect initial mastery of techniques through data transmission.
However, it was limited only to the initial entry stage.
If the two sisters wanted to become stronger with this technique and truly master it, they would still need to spend time cultivating and comprehending it themselves.
And this placed extremely high demands on their talent and comprehension.
This function had only just been discovered by the Zhu sisters by accident.
Previously, although the system announcements in the chat group had briefly mentioned that items could be uploaded and shared,
Everyone had been wary of each other, and no one had ever truly uploaded such a precious cultivation technique.
Therefore, this heaven-defying hidden function had naturally gone undiscovered.
And, precisely because of this instant entry into the Nine Yin Manual, Zhu Zhuqing's martial soul, like her sister's, underwent a strange mutation.
The Hell attribute on her body became even more intense, purer, and deeper than before.
Benefiting from the meridian cleansing at the moment of entry into the technique, Zhu Zhuqing's soul power directly rose by two ranks out of thin air, from rank seventeen to rank nineteen!
She was now only one step away from becoming a Soul Grandmaster.
"Greetings, Father Emperor."
Dai Mubai respectfully bowed, though he felt uneasy inside.
Dai Yutian sat on the dragon throne, his gaze sharp as he stared fixedly at the two newcomers and asked in a deep voice, "Mubai, Zhuqing."
"I ask you: is the martial soul resonance between the two of you still completely normal?"
Dai Mubai had drunk quite a lot in pleasure houses the previous day and had not fully sobered up yet.
He rubbed his still drowsy eyes and said in confusion, "Father Emperor, why would you ask that?"
"The martial soul resonance between us is naturally…"
He originally wanted to answer "normal" casually; after all, this was innate—how could it just disappear?
But at that very moment, he suddenly discovered it in horror!
He was standing extremely close to Zhu Zhuqing, practically within arm's reach.
Yet his martial soul showed no reaction at all!
That resonance that would normally occur whenever they were near each other had completely vanished.
Dai Mubai's expression changed drastically; cold sweat instantly soaked his back.
His previously drowsy mind felt as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over it, waking him completely.
He was utterly terrified, his mouth open but unable to speak.
Seeing Dai Mubai's ghost-like expression, how could Dai Yutian not understand what had happened?
"Bang!"
Dai Yutian was furious and slammed his hand heavily onto the imperial desk.
The incomparably sturdy table instantly turned into powder!
"Insulting fools!"
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?!"
"Your Zhu family's two daughters have both had their martial souls mutate at the same time?!"
Dai Yutian was no fool who could be easily deceived.
If only Zhu Zhuyun alone had a problem with her martial soul and lost resonance, it might barely be explained as a rare coincidence.
But now, even Zhu Zhuqing's martial soul had the same issue!
One occurrence might be a coincidence, but a second one—could that still be brushed off as a mere coincidence?!
There was definitely some unknown, enormous secret hidden behind this!
Dai Yutian suddenly turned his head, his tiger-like eyes locking onto the trembling Duke of the Zhu family.
"Head of the Zhu family!"
"At this point, shouldn't you give me an explanation—a reasonable one?!"
The Duke of the Zhu family truly had unspeakable suffering. He felt more wronged than anyone could imagine.
He genuinely knew nothing about the changes in his daughters!
Facing the furious Dai Yutian, the Duke could only anxiously look toward his second daughter, Zhu Zhuqing, who had remained silent the entire time.
Lowering his voice, he asked in a tense and urgent tone, "Zhuqing! Speak! What exactly is going on?"
"Has your Hell Spirit Cat martial soul also mutated? What exactly did you do?!"
Zhu Zhuqing looked at her father, nodded slightly, and said with feigned innocence, "Father, your daughter also doesn't know what's going on."
"I was just cultivating in my room as usual throughout the night."
"But when I woke up the next morning, I discovered that my martial soul had indeed undergone some uncontrollable changes."
Hearing her younger sister's evasive words, Zhu Zhuyun secretly laughed in her heart.
In truth, it was not just the loss of resonance with the princes.
Zhu Zhuqing had even discovered something extremely wondrous.
And she was very certain this was not her imagination. She could clearly feel that, after her martial soul mutated, between herself and her sister Zhu Zhuyun…
It seemed that, invisibly, an extremely mysterious and close connection had formed!
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