CHAPTER 341: CHAPTER 73: PLUM RICE BALL - SISTERLY BOND (PART 2)

"Sister loves plums, Xiao Nian loves rice balls, together we are Plum Rice Balls, inseparably joined for a lifetime." Those words from Mei Xiang were the support that sustained Mei Nian in her arduous cultivation for many years.

She had always believed Mei Xiang’s words, the sisters would live and die together, becoming the pinnacle figures in the Cultivation World, breaking through the ultimate boundaries of cultivation. However, in the end, Mei Xiang abandoned her. For a man, she left Mei Nian and their entire family behind. Since then, no one dared to mention Mei Xiang in front of Mei Nian.

However, tonight, Mei Nian brought up Mei Xiang herself, which was quite unusual.

"Madam, about the customer I mentioned last time who withdrew something?" Huang Yaoshi deliberately changed the subject.

"I still have matters to attend to, I’ll meet with that little guest you mentioned after I investigate the whereabouts of the Meteor Crystal," Mei Nian was somewhat curious about the little guest Huang Yaoshi mentioned. The lineage of cultivators had dwindled over the years, especially those suitable for cultivation under the Natural Law.

Huang Yaoshi mentioned the young customer who came to buy three years’ worth of Pueraria Root, had a discerning eye, and also recognized the forged hundred-year wild ginseng, apparently a younger member of a reclusive Cultivation Family.

However, what Mei Nian was more concerned about today was the reckless woman in class who claimed to be a descendant of Bai Juyi, who "performed poorly."

Bai Juyi is already dead. Mei Nian’s grudge for her sister’s betrayal had faded somewhat, but this didn’t mean that the past could be erased.

"It’s very late, you should rest now. After all, you too are getting on in years, remember to take your health preservation pills on time every month," for the servant who had diligently served her for over a hundred years, Mei Nian was not indifferent, the health preservation pills are supplements that modernly would be said to counteract oxidation and delay cellular aging.

Not long after Huang Yaoshi left, Mei Nian took out a brown medicine bottle brought from Heavenly Mountain, about to open it when she became alert.

"Who?" Mei Nian’s palm flipped open, and a streak of snow light flashed at the edge of her fingers.

"It’s me, Xiao Nian." A calm, yet familiar voice, one she had not heard in decades.

Under the bright electric light, Mei Xiang’s Spiritual Power Avatar appeared even weaker.

It’s her, Mei Nian’s mind swayed, she changed her stance and stepped down from the counter. As she approached Mei Xiang’s Spiritual Power Avatar, her hand glowed red, and a red and white cold light fiercely struck the avatar.

Mei Xiang’s Spiritual Power Avatar, having no choice, dodged by shifting her shoulder.

Who knows that as soon as Mei Nian saw her dodge, she followed up with a horizontal strike. Another look showed a chillingly cold Snow Blade in Mei Nian’s hand. Since ancient times, the plum has been fragrant amidst the cold; all Cultivators of the Mei Family would form a Spiritual Energy Blade with their newly developed Spiritual Power.

The blade, seemingly fragile as ice, yet upon striking, contained the force of a hundred pounds. Mei Xiang’s Spiritual Power Avatar, having already exhausted herself from earlier instructions to Xiao Xian, dodged again and again, but Mei Nian relentlessly pursued her. Seeing that dodging was futile, a Spiritual Energy Blade also appeared in the hands of Mei Xiang’s Avatar.

Different from Mei Nian’s blade, the Spiritual Power Avatar’s Blade Sword was longer, its glow more dazzling.

With a clang, the two blades met. Mei Xiang’s Spiritual Power Avatar and Mei Xiang double-handedly fought with their blades. The glow from the Spiritual Energy Blades illuminated the originally vague face of the Spiritual Power Avatar.

Two identical faces, one masked with endless anger, while the other was expressionless as a sculpture.

A "bang" as the blades clashed again, snow spontaneously drifted in the shop, covering the herbs inside with a frost-like layer.

"Enough, Xiao Nian, my Spiritual Power Avatar can’t last much longer, let me finish speaking, what comes next is very important, it concerns the survival of the Natural Law cultivators, you must calm down," Mei Xiang withdrew her blade, stepping aside.

"Hmph, stop pretending, if you really cared about the lineage of Natural Law cultivators, why did you leave without a word to challenge the so-called limits of cultivation," Mei Nian said resentfully, yet she still listened, retracting her Snow Blade.

"Some things, once you reach my stage, you’ll understand. This time I came back not only to seek a suitable successor but to remind you, to break through you must..."

"Enough, the Mei Family doesn’t just have you as a cultivation genius," Mei Xiang hadn’t finished speaking when Mei Nian bluntly interrupted her.

Though Mei Xiang and Mei Nian are twin sisters, in the path of cultivation, Mei Xiang aimed to go further; she is the first person in hundreds of years to reach the limit of cultivation and the first to enter the Sea Dome Cave Mansion, embarking on a quasi-immortal path.

"I don’t need your guidance, I’ve already found a way to break through, just watch, give me a few more years, at most ten, and I will achieve the breakthrough, then you can wait for my challenge in the Cangqiong Palace, I will let everyone know I am the true genius of the Mei Family," Mei Nian said, about to walk away.

"Xiao Nian, I want to remind you. In the near future, as someone who overcomes the Gold Grade limits, you’re destined to face a calamity, neither you nor I can avoid it. Bai Juyi was my calamity, you must be very careful," Mei Xiang knew her sister’s temperament well, no one could forcibly impose their thoughts on her," Also, in the path of cultivation, haste makes waste, do not force it."

Mei Nian snorted coldly, no longer engaging. After a few minutes, not hearing Mei Xiang speak again.

Mei Nian turned around, only to see the drugstore was empty, leaving only the herbs illuminated by the light, appearing as if frosted. (To be continued. If you like this work, you’re welcome to visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote with recommendation tickets, monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation.)