In Douluo, there is a way to die.

Chapter 111: Part-time Job Girl Hakiki

So... so big!
Bai Chenxiang's brain almost stopped thinking. Whether from their faces or voices, it was not difficult to guess that the three of them were of the same age.

She first looked at Yinlan, then at "Xiaoqing", and finally looked down at her toes, and suddenly felt sad.

However, she did not include Yinluo in the count, because she knew that the seemingly young Her Majesty was actually Sister Lan's mother.

but……

What on earth did this thing eat to grow up?! Could it really be related to the quality of food?!

She had wanted to say a few good words for her grandfather in front of Yin Lan, but her thoughts were abruptly interrupted. She was so shocked that she couldn't utter a word.

"Ah?" Yin Lan was really confused for a moment. He first turned his head and looked at the emblem on the carriage. It was indeed the emblem of the Spirit Hall. He turned back and looked at the girl who called herself "Xiao Qing" with a strange expression.

He has long straight black hair, a cold face, and an exaggeratedly plump figure, but his limbs are slender and well-proportioned. It is obvious that he has systematically trained his explosive power. The clothes he wears are tight and fit, and are indeed suitable for high-speed movement.

...Zhu Zhuqing? What a coincidence? How did she end up serving as a guard for a Spirit Hall brigade?

Yin Lan's eyelids twitched.

The girl named "Xiaoqing" seemed to be not good at speaking, and Yin Lan's unconcealed gaze always made her feel uneasy.

...Has my identity been exposed? Is he my sister's man? How did he get here?
...Damn it, we’ve already escaped here, and we’re so close...to leaving the Xingluo Empire!
Although she was not at peace in her heart, she did not show it on her face. Born in such a family, arranged with such a life, and treated like an object, her "self" had long been erased. Now her inner thoughts would no longer be expressed on her face like before.

Like a walking corpse... The expression on the girl's face was obviously stiff, which was completely unlike what a girl of her age could show. As if to escape, she subconsciously took a step back.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?" At this moment, a woman with dark circles under her eyes walked over from the front of the brigade. She was the leader of the brigade's guards.

The strange atmosphere between the two sides made her mistakenly believe that "Xiao Qing" was in some trouble. She took a look at "Xiao Qing" and knew that the other party was young and had not experienced any major storms, just like herself who entered the world of soul masters at a young age. She keenly perceived the "fear" in the hearts of young people.

In order to prevent "Xiaoqing" from causing any trouble, she signaled him to go back to the escort team first and leave the matter to her.

"Xiao Qing" bowed slightly to the sleepy woman, and then left quickly. Yin Lan looked at her back as if she was almost "escaping" and did not try to stop her.

It would be no fun if her Hakimi really scared her away (fun).

Yin Lan had learned in advance that the guard leader's name was Lin Xiaole, and she was a member of the Spirit Hall. Her spirit was an owl, which was the same as the spirit of Flanders, the president of Shrek Academy. However, she did not have Flanders' talent, who had already cultivated to the level of Soul Saint. Her innate soul power was not high. At the age of 35 this year, she was also a level 35 agility attack soul master.

"Ha..." Lin Xiaole first yawned loudly, then with dark circles under his eyes, he looked at Yin Lan and the other two with a sleepy look, "...Guys, have you encountered any trouble? We are about to set off, um..."

Bai Chenxiang looked at him with a puzzled look. She had a feeling that this guard leader would fall asleep at any second. How could such a person be responsible for the brigade's security? And become the leader?

"Don't fall asleep yet," Yin Lan said with a frown as he took out a token engraved with a pink and white flower from the storage soul guide on his wrist and waved it in front of her eyes. "Look at this, do you recognize it?"

"Hmm...?" Lin Xiaole squinted his eyes and glanced around vaguely. He was half a beat slow to react before realizing what he had seen. His eyes suddenly widened, and he slapped his hands hard on both sides of his cheeks. He became alert and said, "Gugugugugu!"

This made Bai Chenxiang, who was watching silently at the side, even more curious about Yin Lan's identity. He could actually cause such a big reaction from the people in the Spirit Hall. She had seen that token before. Yin Lan had given it to his grandfathers except Titan.

Lin Xiaole actually didn't know what the token represented. She only knew that it was a customized identity token within the Spirit Hall that only the Worship Hall could possess. This meant that the young girls in front of her were big shots from the Worship Hall.

"It seems like I know her," Yin Lan nodded, took back the token, and then asked, "That girl named Xiaoqing from before, is she a new member of your guard team? Tell me about her?"

"Sir," Lin Xiaole was clearly truly awake. Even her speech became much faster and smoother, no longer as slow and leisurely as before. She asked nervously, "Excuse me, has Xiaoqing committed any crime?"

"No, I just fell in love with her," Yin Lan said honestly as always, "I wanted to find out more about her from you."

"I see." Lin Xiaole breathed a sigh of relief. As long as she hadn't done anything wrong, she was glad. She looked at "Xiaoqing" with some envy. Being favored by a big shot in the Worship Hall, this young man would probably become rich in the future.

"Sir, Xiaoqing was introduced to the guard team when our brigade stopped at the Xingluo City Martial Spirit Temple," Lin Xiaole introduced hurriedly, his eyebrows dancing with joy, fearing that the important figure before him would eventually be dissatisfied and hinder the young person's career. "In the time we've known each other, Xiaoqing has been the most hardworking among us, practicing harder than anyone else. Before she even turned twelfth, she was already a twenty-seventh-level Great Spirit Master! Unlike us mediocre people! She will definitely be a famous figure in the spirit master world in the future!"

The one who joined the brigade guard in Xingluo City should be Zhu Zhuqing, which is logical. After all, although he has not been officially canonized yet, the politicians of the Xingluo Empire have already tacitly accepted that Davis is the prince and Zhu Zhuyun is the princess. They have the power to call the wind and rain in the Xingluo Empire. Through normal channels, Zhu Zhuqing has no chance to leave the Xingluo Empire. The only way to escape is through the Spirit Hall, which the Xingluo Empire has no control over.

Seeing Lin Xiaole like this, Yin Lan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. It seemed that the other party really didn't know Zhu Zhuqing's identity. Yes, as long as Zhu Zhuqing didn't tell her full name, no one would be able to tell anything even if she released her martial spirit. To put it nicely, the Zhu family's martial spirit is called "Netherworld Spirit Cat", and to put it bluntly, it is actually a "black cat", which contrasts with the Dai family's "white tiger".

Hot news: the Dai family's White Tiger Martial Soul is not the legendary "divine beast White Tiger", but a "white tiger", referred to as "White Tiger" (Music), because ten thousand years later, the strength of Dai Luoli's mutated "Blood Tiger" Martial Soul is clearly higher than that of the "White Tiger" Martial Soul. If the Dai family's Martial Soul is really the "divine beast White Tiger", then Dai Luoli's Blood Tiger Martial Soul should theoretically be a degraded mutation, but the fact is just the opposite.

Correspondingly, there is the Netherworld Cat Martial Spirit, which can resonate with the "white tiger" and use the martial soul fusion technique. The word "Netherworld" in it is probably just the Zhu family's self-promotion.

"I understand," Yin Lan nodded slightly, then turned around and lowered his body. He passed his hands under Yin Luo's armpits and lifted her up high into the carriage. "You can leave now. Don't tell the girl about our conversation. I need to observe her for a while longer."

"Yes, sir!" Lin Xiaole was a little nervous. She had said everything she needed to say. Now it all depended on Xiaoqing's luck. She had done her best to help the young man find a way out. As Yinlan and Bai Chenxiang entered the carriages one after another, Lin Xiaole rejoined the escort team at the front. A long horn blasted from the front of the brigade, and then, one carriage after another, pulled by specially trained Heavenly Soul horses, began to move forward in groups.

Inside the carriage, Yin Lan, who was holding Yin Luo, narrowed his eyes slightly and fell into deep thought.

Zhu Zhuqing in history can be said to be a representative case of this world who has lost her "self" due to lack of "power". Her innate soul power is level seven, which indeed surpasses many soul masters of ordinary origins, but this is not enough for her. She is the least talented among the original members of the Shrek Seven Devils. Such talent, coupled with an age gap of seven years, does not allow her to catch up with her sister at all.

However, her martial spirit, the Netherworld Cat, was not an outstanding beast martial spirit. The cruel reality forced her to become Dai Mubai's vassal and rely on Shrek Academy, because only in this way could she seize a glimmer of hope and survive.

The tradition of the Xingluo royal family meant that she had nowhere to escape, and rather than saying that she and Dai Mubai "had a chance to fight Davis and Zhu Zhuyun fairly", it would be better to say that they were stepping stones prepared by the Xingluo royal family for Davis and Zhu Zhuyun. No one in the entire Xingluo Empire was optimistic about them.

If one could possess "power", no one would want to be a "pendant" without "self".

Zhu Zhuqing had no other choice, and she couldn't even seek refuge with the Spirit Hall, because the Spirit Hall would never trust the members of the Zhu family of the Xingluo royal family, and they didn't need a combat power like her, so they couldn't keep her safe.

Even Dai Mubai has a better chance of joining the Spirit Hall than her, because Dai Mubai can barely be regarded as the "throne candidate" of the Star Luo Empire, and can give the Spirit Hall a "strong declaration" to send troops to the Star Luo Empire for free. This allows him to have a way out no matter which force he is on. Before Dai Mubai got the status, Zhu Zhuqing was nothing.

This is the world, the "reality" of the weak, and Zhu Zhuqing is a weak person whose life was decided by the strong at an early age, with no way to retreat. People like Qian Daoliu who possess unparalleled strength and can also guarantee morality are ultimately rare.

In order to survive, the weak have no choice but to find opportunities and rely on the strong, just like Yin Lan relied on the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction to establish a relationship with Gu Yuena, and then relied on Gu Yuena to establish a relationship with the Spirit Hall.

In the original history, Zhu Zhuqing only had Dai Mubai and Shrek Academy as options. No matter how strong they were, they were all stronger than Zhu Zhuqing.

But although she is also relying on a strong person, Yin Lan can give her a chance to control her own power, so that she is no longer someone's "pendant", but a "strong person" like Yin Lan who can control her own life.

However, Hakimi has to fight for this opportunity himself.

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Hadrian City is originally a border city in the north of the Xingluo Empire. As long as you cross the border mountains that serve as the national boundary, the other side of the mountains is the Lima Plain of the Barak Kingdom within the territory of the Tiandou Empire.

The specially trained Tianhun horses were already very powerful, and the brigade's specially made carriages were also very stable. After only one day, the brigade arrived in the mountains.

As the sky grew darker, the guards who had been on duty during the day, the passengers who had been jolted around in the carriages all day, and the Tianhun horses who had been running continuously all day long all needed to rest. The mountain roads were not easy to travel on at night, so for safety reasons, the brigade decided to stop there, rest for a night, and then continue their journey during the day.

The person in charge of the night watch was none other than the brigade's guard leader, Lin Xiaole, whom I had met during the day. She was holding an oil lamp and patrolling skillfully between the brigade's tents. The dark circles under her eyes had obviously faded a lot, but she still yawned from time to time, looking like she hadn't gotten enough sleep.

Due to the special nature of her martial soul, she has always been responsible for the brigade's night watch. However, she encountered such a big shot during the day, whom she had rarely seen before. This made her feel uneasy and caused her to suffer from insomnia during the day.

"Who?" When passing by a tent, she suddenly noticed a slight movement. Although she was a little confused due to lack of sleep, thanks to the advantage of her martial soul, she was able to keenly capture the movement.

"Auntie Owl, it's me." A pair of cat ears trembled in the darkness. Relying on the cat eyes that could see in the dark, which were obtained by the possession of the martial spirit, Zhu Zhuqing slowly walked out of the shadows. "I have insomnia and can't sleep."

When she was frightened by Yin Lan during the day, she thought that her sister's people were chasing her. It was not until Lin Xiaole came back and said that nothing had happened that she felt relieved. Lin Xiaole was from the Spirit Hall, and there was no way he would help his sister's people to deceive her.

She was able to get this chance to escape because her uncle had spent a lot of effort to arrange her into this brigade. As long as she waited until the sun came out, she would be able to leave the Star Luo Empire tomorrow and finally get a chance to catch her breath.

But her sister must have sent people to investigate her whereabouts, so in order to avoid implicating the brigade, she thought about leaving the brigade as soon as she crossed the border.

As for what to do in the future...we'll talk about it when the time comes.

Zhu Zhuqing's eyes darkened.

According to her uncle, her fiancé, Dai Mubai, the third prince of the royal Dai family, who abandoned her in the Xingluo Empire and escaped alone, lives in a city called Soto City. And it just so happens that this brigade will pass through that city... This is her last chance.

Zhu Zhuqing was very upset by her uncle's words. She seemed to have no choice. With her thoughts in a mess, she couldn't fall asleep, so she thought of staying up all night and keeping watch with the guard leader who had helped her a lot.

Lin Xiaole didn't know she was upset, but he could tell she had something on her mind. He stepped forward, took her hands, and looked her in the eye. "Child, you're still young. You'll have plenty of time to think about your life. Your future is destined to be bright. Unlike us, who have worked hard for most of our lives and are still only Great Soul Masters or Soul Venerables, you should just work hard to be yourself and don't overthink it."

…Is it enough to just be myself? But do I really have enough time?
Thinking of the Xingluo royal family's 25-year-old duel tradition, Zhu Zhuqing's face showed bitterness.

But the next second, it turned into fear again.

In the darkness, a pair of hands stretched out from behind Lin Xiaole. Before Zhu Zhuqing could warn him, they grabbed Lin Xiaole's head and twisted it 180 degrees, making the back of Lin Xiaole's head appear in Zhu Zhuqing's field of vision.

Lin Xiaole's body softened and he fell to the ground.

"Second Miss, it's really hard for us to find you..."

(End of this chapter)