Bab 59: Three-Year Time Skip
~~~~~~Three Years Later, Star Dou Forest~~~~~~
A girl with long black hair was running as fast as she could, thanks to her merged state with her martial spirit even when one of her hands had been bleeding even when she looked like she went through quite the ordeal.
Her speed didn't decrease.
Though, these injuries didn't mean much from the looks of it. As she was still focused on her objective to run away.
While she was running away, there were three people hot in pursuit. One of them looked extremely similar to the girl who was running away.
"Zhuqing just stop running away and return to the Capital."
The black-haired girl who was running away, frowned when she heard that.
"No thanks…" The girl said that with a frown as her cat ears twitched for a bit. She can hear people in front of her.
Sure enough, she ended up in a clearing.
Her eyes bulged out when she saw banners of Golden Dragon flying high in the air.
'This… oh…this is not good.' Zhu Zhuqing thought with some panic. This was the camp of the Crown Prince of Heavenly Dou Empire!!!
Was she already in Heaven Dou Empire side of the Star Dou Forest!?
Moments later women dressed in black and white maid dresses surrounded her and her pursuers.
The cultivation of these females was much higher than hers! More sweat started to pour down from her forehead as she realised that this will not end up well for her!
"You are trespassing in His Majesty the Crown Prince Xue Long's camp. Identify yourself." The girl with silver hair said that as she had her spear out.
'That's the Silver from the Silver and Gold Duo! This means…' Zhu Zhuqing quickly identified the maid. This was the head maid… this means…
Sure enough, the maids moved away and made a path for a blond man to walk through and arrive in front of her.
'He is here in person!!!'
"Well, well. What do we have here? Members of Zhu Clan… Never thought I would see you here. You two kittens are far away from your clan." He said that as his eyes were staying on the younger girl's ears.
"Crown Prince. I am Zhu Zhuyun. I am the fiance of the Crown Prince Dai Weisi. This is an issue of the Zhu Family. Please don't interfere." The older Zhu girl said with a nervous but respectful tone. She didn't expect to meet this particular individual! This…was very bad for her!
"...Hoh? You said 'Crown Prince' Dai Weisi? Well, well… as it happens I have lost my elder brother because of the Star Luo Empire… I think we can have a mutual understanding here… I lost something because of the Star Luo Empire. Now he will lose something… because of me." He said that with a 'smile' which made her feel terrified!
Zhu Zhuyun's eyes widened as her complexion paled. This guy was a Titled Douluo! What could she possibly do to resist him!?
Though the pair of her assistants who were her bodyguards moved in the front trying to protect her, they had no idea how useful they would be as they were much weaker than the maids who were surrounding them!
"Crown Prince! If you do anything to me Star Luo Empire will retaliate!"
"Oh… this is even better. I have been waiting for an opportunity to act against your annoying empire. And now I have a chance. From now on you two belong to me. While your two bodyguards can return to Star Luo and tell Dai Weisi that he is a pathetic cat owner. Now off you two go, make sure you tell them the full version and not an abridged one." After explaining he motioned for them to get lost. Not only that but powerful gusts of wind send the pair flying back into the forest.
This made Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun pale from the realisation of how strong the Crown Prince was! He didn't even use his Martial Spirit or Spirit Energy he simply called forth wind which blasted the bodyguards back into the forest!
"...What will you do to us?" Zhu Zhuqing asked as she realised that she had ended up as a hostage to the Heavenly Dou Empire.
"I don't have a maid who has cat-based Martial Spirits. Now I have two. Not only that but I might even provoke the Star Luo empire to attack my Heavenly Dou. This is just perfect. With one sweep I will get my revenge and will improve my maid collection." He explained to the black-haired girl in front of him.
"...Are you going to make me your maid? What if I don't agree with it?" Zhu Zhuqing asked him with a frown.
"You don't wish to become a Titled Douluo? Do you think you have the potential to be one yourself? Hmm? How many Titled Douluos does your Star Luo Empire have?" As he said that it made her frown for a bit before she got an idea.
"...I will agree and I won't resist if you allow me to meet someone." She said that with quite a serious tone.
"Interesting. I haven't played a game like this before. Let me guess… is it your Fiance? He left your Star Luo empire because of the cruel system your Empire's royals operate in. He ran to my Heavenly Dou empire and now he is training here." He said that while having a thoughtful look.
Her eyes for a second bulged out! He knows too much! Was he preparing for their arrival!?
"...Yes. He should be in Heavenly Dou Empire." She said with a resigned tone.
"Good. Then we will do just that."
Hearing how he agreed to this made her relieved. Now… she just needs to tell her Fiance that he has messed up and she has ended up in the service of Xue Long himself…
"Girls. Fix her wounds."
""Yes, my Prince!""
The maids quickly moved as they pulled Zhu Zhuqing towards one of the tents.
Leaving Zhu Zhuyun and Xue Long looking at each other. The Crown Prince is more than impressed with how sexy the older kitten looked!
"This is going to be quite fascinating. I haven't trained someone who has Feline Martial Spirit." He said that as he walked over in front of Zhu Zhuyun. The prince was taller than her. So he was looking at her from a higher point of view.
"...You don't care that you are provoking the Star Luo Empire?" She asked with some nervousness. The Elder Zhu has heard things about the Golden Dragon Prince… all of them are terrifying from the perspective of a rival…
"Sweet Kitten. I am not provoking them. They started first. I am simply striking back at a vital time. My actions not only get me new pieces to my collection but I am getting back at someone who tried to assassinate me and took my brother out of the picture." He said that as his hand went on her head and stroked her hair like she was a cat.
This made her blush for the sole reason that he is treating her like a household pet…
"...And if it leads to a war?" She tried to frighten him with the consequences.
"Even better. As a Limit Douluo versus your Star Luo Limit Douluo. It will be a glorious battle." He said that with some heat! He could only imagine the sheer destruction this could cause!
Duking out for supremacy of the Continent! It will be simply glorious!
"...Limit Douluo? My Prince… I don't think Star Luo Empire has one…" Zhu Zhuyun said that with an even paler look. The prince is already Limit Douluo!? What bullshit is this!?
"Hmm? Then I guess… I am going to destroy my rival Empire. Pity, I thought they have some fighting spirit in them. But they are just weaklings in the end." He said that while shaking his head. He stroked her hair one more time before looking at Na'er.
"Na'er be a good girl and find a maid uniform for my new Kitten." He said that while taking a step back and turning towards his Head Maid.
"Yes, my Prince! Follow Me." The silver-haired girl motioned for the Older Zhu to follow her.
Zhu Zhuyun did that with some bitterness. She didn't expect to end up like this! She is supposed to be the next Empress of Star Luo! Now she is reduced to maid to a prince who treats her like a pet and piece of collection!
"What now, my Prince?" Other maids asked him with some curiosity.
"Now we wait. Let's see what Weisi will do." Xue Long said with a bright smile he can't wait to see how the Crown Prince will react!
"...Do you think a war can break out?" One of his maids with blue hair asked him, this was his Ice Phoenix girl Shui Bing'er.
Over the three years, she became quite a beauty. Just like his other maids!
"I hope so. And if it was the Dai Weisi way then he would most likely come after me. But his father should be the voice of reason." The Crown Prince said that with crossed arms as he is thinking about this situation.
"...So there won't be an open conflict." Shui Bing'er said after thinking for a moment.
"I hope he comes here himself so that I can beat him up. Maybe teach a thing or two. As a fellow Crown Prince to a Crown Prince." He said that with amusement as he started to walk back to the camp.
The maids slightly giggled hearing that. They can't wait to see their prince destroy those bastards of the Star Luo Empire! After all, they tried to assassinate their prince and killed the Prince's elder brother!
Though… They have no idea that Xue Long doesn't care about his elder brother's death. Or the assassination attempt. No, he cares about that he can use this to get some fighting done!
He can let his maids care about these emotional things…
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There is a reason why Xue Long with his army of maids is in the forest at this moment.
The reason is his darling fiance is preparing for her last Spirit Ring.
What they did was spend several days looking for a powerful Spirit Beast around an 80 to 90-thousand-year-old Bird with a holy element.
Once they found it they captured it and started drugging it to raise the age to 100 thousand.
By this point, the Crown Prince found a way to accelerate the ageing of Spirit Beasts with the herbs which he is growing in his Sunset Retreat.
Sunset Retreat is his home in Sunset Forest. It's where his garden is located. It's a place where he is abusing his Cultivation domain mixed with Fire and Ice. To accelerate the growth of his Immortal herbs.
This means that he can forcefully increase the age of Spirit Beasts and then allow his maids or Renxue to kill them for the Spirit ring.
Plus he can get some Spirit Rings for his maids in the meantime. Since they are staying here for several weeks now.
"How is it going?" Xue Long asked his Fiance as he walked over to the middle of the camp where the chained-down bird was being kept.
Qian Renxue over the three years has grown to be a stunning beauty with long golden hair and purple eyes. The golden armour she has been wearing only made her look more heroic.
"It's around 98k thousand years. The aura is still black but slowly started to get the tint of Red." She said that while looking at the bird.
It has been kept in place by the Formations and specifically prepared chains. It was something Xue Long came up with as Finding 100 thousand-year-old beast which fits them is quite difficult.
"I see. Well, we are in no rush."
She nodded at him before deciding to ask what the commotion was about before.
"Yes… it is true. However, what is with the commotion?"
"Nothing… some kittens wandered into the camp." He said that with a smile which made her frown for a bit.
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