Become the strongest adventurer from Douluo Continent

When Shen Ruyi returned to the cave, the two-meter long stone dining table was already filled with various dishes. The dining table, which should have been very spacious, was now so crowded that there was no room to put the bowls and chopsticks.

Zhu Zhuqing had to move the small stone table out of his room.

Shen Ruyi smiled and said, "What kind of special day is today? There are so many preparations."

Zhu Zhuqing shook his head and said, "As I said before, I'll treat you to a big dinner."

Shen Ruyi was stunned and said, "As for the big meal, haven't you already had it after you recovered from the illness?"

Zhu Zhuqing said, "But that doesn't count as my invitation. You caught the fish, you caught the wild boar, you made the pots and pans by digging out the rocks yourself, and even the firewood burned when cooking was made by you." Gengen picked it up from the forest."

Shen Ruyi said, "But those are just raw materials after all. No matter what, the rice is always made by you."

Zhu Zhuqing said, "Not enough."

"Xingyuan bird omelette, the bird eggs were found in the nearby mountains; vegetarian fried green grass, the ingredients were picked by me this morning; charcoal roasted crocodile meat, this crocodile was seriously injured in a fight with other spirit beasts, I Take the opportunity to make a sneak attack..."

She pointed at the dishes on the table and introduced them in detail. Finally, she stood in front of Shen Ruyi, raised her face slightly, looked at Shen Ruyi's dull eyes, and said seriously, "This is how I treat you."

Shen Ruyi was silent for a long time, then smiled and said, "Okay, let's have a big dinner!"

On the stone dining table, Shen Ruyi and Zhu Zhuqing sat face to face. They both ate slowly and quietly.

Zhu Zhuqing has a cold and quiet temperament, so in the past half month, Shen Ruyi has mostly spoken, while Zhu Zhuqing listened quietly and occasionally expressed a few opinions.

But for some reason today, not only was Zhu Zhuqing more silent than usual, but even Shen Ruyi stopped talking.

Eating is a pleasant thing, but now there is no happy expression on Shen Ruyi's face. There is an inexplicable look on his face, which makes him not look like he is enjoying the food, but is enjoying the food. tortured.

Why did he force himself to eat?Is it because he doesn't want to live up to Zhu Zhuqing's wishes?

It was late at night, and Zhu Zhuqing was packing his luggage in the room.

She didn't have much luggage. Apart from some changes of clothes, she only had a few bags of dried animal meat and a money bag embroidered with a ghost civet cat pattern.

These things could have been put in her storage soul guide necklace with a capacity of several cubic meters, but now they were just packed with some animal skins.

Standing in front of Shen Ruyi's door, she wrapped the empty storage necklace in animal skin, took out a few gold soul coins from her purse and put them away, then put the necklace and purse on the ground and turned around to leave.

But before walking a few steps, he turned back as if he had thought of something, picked up a bundle of firewood gently, and walked to a place dozens of meters away from Shen Ruyi's room to light a fire and set up a pot.

She wanted to make him one last breakfast before leaving.

The firewood was crackling in the flames, and Zhu Zhuqing was squatting by the fire, sobbing. Was she weeping about her sad fate, or was she sad that she had to be separated from her friends?

Or maybe both?

Shen Ruyi, who was lying on her side on the bed, pretending to be asleep, suddenly felt a tremor in her heart.

When he came to his senses, he had already jumped off the bed and stood barefoot on the muddy grass outside the cave.

Looking at the figure squatting on the ground in the distance from the fluctuating perspective, carefully guarding the stone pot and constantly turning the food in the pot, Shen Ruyi sighed silently, secretly making some determination in his heart.

Walking quickly behind Zhu Zhuqing, Shen Ruyi said softly, "Must you go?"

Zhu Zhuqing was startled, "You...why didn't you sleep?"

Shen Ruyi did not answer, but emphasized the question again, "Must you go?"

Zhu Zhuqing stared at Shen Ruyi's face with complex eyes for a long time, his lips moved slightly, but before the words came out, tears flowed out first, "Because I have no choice."

Shen Ruyi asked, "Are we friends?"

Zhu Zhuqing affirmed without hesitation, "Yes!"

Shen Ruyi said, "Since you regard me as a friend, why would you rather leave without saying goodbye than ask me for help."

Zhu Zhuqing smiled miserably and said, "You don't know what kind of desperate situation I am going to face."

Shen Ruyi said, "You might as well talk about it first."

Zhu Zhuqing said bitterly, "I come from the Zhu family of the Star Luo Empire. The Zhu family of Star Luo and the Dai family of the Star Luo royal family have always been closely connected. Not only are they married from generation to generation, but the assessment system for selecting heirs is also the same."

"In order to make the future heirs of the family more outstanding, the family will pair up the heirs of the Zhu family and the Dai family in pairs, and then train these competing children as enemies of each other. The winners will become the emperor and queen of Xingluo, and the losers will But it is extremely miserable. In order to prevent the family from civil strife, the losers of the competition will be directly eliminated. Under this system, my fiancé and I should have tried every means to become stronger, but..."

At this point, Zhu Zhuqing became obviously excited, "That person actually chose to escape from the Star Luo Empire because he was afraid of competition."

Shen Ruyi said, "Since he can escape, why don't you just find a chance to escape too?"

Zhu Zhuqing's expression became increasingly sad, "In the entire Star Luo Empire, there are already three Titled Douluo on the surface, and there are even more hidden powers in secret. In order to maintain the authority of this selection system, historically Titled Douluo have been dispatched to pursue them. Killing losers has never happened before, so how could you escape?"

Shen Ruyi said, "Your fiancé shouldn't be a fool. He shouldn't be unable to figure out such a simple truth. Even if he can't figure it out, others should remind him when he decides to run away."

Zhu Zhuqing said coldly, "Of course he is not stupid, he is even very smart. His eldest brother is six years older than him. He is the best choice for intelligence and strength. My sister is also seven years older than me. They compete with each other." , we have almost no chance of victory, but..."

Zhu Zhuqing's next words were almost squeezed out from between his teeth, "Although the Dai family and the Zhu family are closely connected, after all, the monarchs and ministers are different. If the heirs of the Zhu family fail in the competition, they will undoubtedly die, but if the heirs of the Dai family fail in the competition, they will die. But they may not necessarily die. In most cases, the soul power will be wasted and then sent to a marginal place to be imprisoned for the rest of their lives. This completely depends on the decision of the winner."

Shen Ruyi said, "So he used the method of escaping from the Star Luo Empire to openly admit defeat to his eldest brother, just so that his eldest brother would spare his life after inheriting the throne?"

Zhu Zhuqing said, "Not bad."

Shen Ruyi said, "So you said goodbye to me because you wanted to find your fiancé who ran away and gave up?"

Zhu Zhuqing could only admit, "Yes."

Shen Ruyi said, "But why did he agree to face this kind of competition with no chance of winning? From his point of view, simply admitting defeat can still have a glimmer of hope. If you start to resist again, then this glimmer of hope can be That’s gone.”

Zhu Zhuqing pursed her lips, her knuckles were white from exertion, and her face became even paler, but she couldn't say anything to refute, because what Shen Ruyi said was the obvious reality.

Shen Ruyi said, "Since your path to find your fiancé is a dead end, why don't you try another path?"

Zhu Zhuqing asked, "What way?"

Shen Ruyi said, "Come to my room and I will show you something."

Shen Ruyi dragged out a huge turtle shell from the corner of the room, "What do you think this is?"

Zhu Zhuqing asked, "Is this the turtle shell you use to hold your foot bath water at night?"

Shen Ruyi turned the turtle shell over and pointed the raised side towards Zhu Zhuqing. "Look again."

Zhu Zhuqing observed it carefully for a while, and then said in confusion, "Could this pattern be a ten thousand-year-old black tortoise shell?"

Shen Ruyi said, "To be precise, it is 6000 years old. And as a soul beast that specializes in defense, the 8-year-old Black Turtle will definitely not lose to the Titled Douluo in terms of defensive power."

Zhu Zhuqing looked at Shen Ruyi as if he was meeting him for the first time, "Did you... hunt this?"

Shen Ruyi smiled and said, "Of course it's me."

Zhu Zhuqing said, "But you are so young...how is it possible..."

Shen Ruyi said, "But the fact is that I did it, didn't I?"

Zhu Zhuqing could only admit it.

Shen Ruyi said softly, "I am not telling you this to show off my talent and strength. I just hope you understand that I have the ability to protect you from the pursuit of the Star Luo Empire."

Zhu Zhuqing said with a complicated expression, "Why? There is nothing in me worthy of you doing this."

Shen Ruyi smiled brightly, "We are friends."

Zhu Zhuqing laughed at himself, "Is this my friend who I have only known for half a month and whose strength is only that of a great soul master?"

Shen Ruyi said seriously, "Many things in this world cannot be measured by pure value."

He bent down and picked up the animal skin on the ground, took out the soul guide necklace wrapped in it, and tied it back to Zhu Zhuqing's snow-white slender neck himself, "This necklace still looks better on you, but the capacity is still too small. , I will give you a better one after a while."

Shen Ruyi pushed Zhu Zhuqing's shoulders back and walked towards her room after brushing back Zhu Zhuqing's messy hair.

"Okay, let's go back to the room and have a good sleep. I'll cook today."

Zhu Zhuqing obediently returned to his room, lay on the bed, and fell asleep quickly.

She slept very soundly and relaxedly. It was the first time since she awakened her martial soul at the age of six that she fell asleep so peacefully.