Ji Xueruo sat upright on the wooden chair, scrutinizing her rebellious-looking sister as if she were judging a criminal. She couldn’t help but speak coldly:
"Traitor."
Ji Lingruo responded angrily, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on: "Who are you calling a traitor?"
Ji Xueruo t Ji Lingruo’s gaze without avoiding it, her eyes cold: "Whoever forgets our mother’s vendetta is the traitor!"
"When did I ever forget our mother’s vendetta? I want revenge more than anyone else! Including you! But you took my Demon Pill and stripped away my right to revenge!"
Ji Lingruo beca more aggrieved as she spoke. Although she had imagined the reunion with her sister wouldn’t be a scene of tenderness and affection, she hadn’t expected to be labeled a "traitor" by her sister without understanding the reason upon eting her. The thought of it made her tears almost spill:
"You don’t want to forget the vendetta, yet you don’t allow to seek revenge. What right do you have to judge ?"
"I..."
Ji Xueruo was suddenly at a loss for words. She had snatched away her sister’s Demon Pill, which was an everlasting guilt she bore toward her sister.
For demons, losing a Demon Pill ant they were destined to have no pathway to immortality, remaining in the ridian Realm for their entire lives.
At nine years old, Ji Xueruo, without a Demon Pill, had already reached ridian Passage Perfection, which was an astonishing cultivation speed, whereas Ji Lingruo, with a Demon Pill, suffered from chaotic ridians and was only at the Initial ridian Passage Realm. The talent gap between the two was evident. The Snake Race Elders collectively decided to secretly transplant the sister’s Demon Pill to the elder sister, believing this was the best way to utilize the Demon Pill.
Despite not wanting to occupy her sister’s Demon Pill, Ji Xueruo simply felt her sister was innocent and wanted her to stay away from such burdenso matters. Revenge, becoming the Snake Race Empress, leading the Snake Race’s revival, all these arduous and lengthy tasks should be handled by her as the elder sister. Her sister only needed to be carefree as the second lady of the Snake Race, and she was determined to ensure her sister lived a happy life.
Yet, regardless of her intentions, she couldn’t disguise the fact that she agreed with the elders’ decision and took away her sister’s Demon Pill.
Ji Lingruo took a deep breath, suppressed her tears, and continued:
"Ji Xueruo... I didn’t expect that after three years, you haven’t changed. Every ti this topic is brought up, you beco speechless. You agreed to take my Demon Pill, yet you can’t openly accept it with peace. Don’t you have the spirit of a Snake Race Empress?"
Ji Xueruo slightly furrowed her brows, feeling deeply defeated.
Over the three years since Ji Lingruo ran away, Ji Xueruo was tornted by guilt, constantly missing her sister. She had dispatched multiple demons to search for Ji Lingruo on the Zhongyuan Continent, but they returned without results, leaving her hoping for her sister’s early return or molting so that the Snake Ancestor could locate her. After the Snake Ancestor sensed her sister’s molting, Ji Xueruo put down everything and resolutely followed the Snake Ancestor’s guidance to personally search for Ji Lingruo.
Along the way, she envisioned reuniting with her sister, she would sincerely apologize and reconcile, rekindling their sisterly bond. But the subtle discomforts coursing through her body on the journey unsettled her, and the overwhelming joy upon arrival fueled her rage, overshadowing her thoughts of worry and guilt for her sister’s solitary years.
My foolish sister, why do you choose to fall into the sa pit despite having our mother’s tragedy as a lesson? Have you forgotten our mother’s vendetta and the ugliness of human hearts?
Resentnt and regret filled Ji Xueruo’s heart, leading her to shout "traitor" upon reuniting with her sister, instead of longing cries of "sister."
"The matter of the Demon Pill is a separate issue from your collusion with the Human Race!"
Ji Xueruo was enraged that her beloved sister was defiled by the Human Race, making her more agitated:
"How could you be so foolish! Have you forgotten what happened to our mother?! If a human approaches you, they surely have ulterior motives!"
This ti, Ji Lingruo was left speechless, knowing that given her connection with her sister, her loss of maidenhood couldn’t be concealed from her. She initially intended to explain calmly, but was t with cold accusations.
She understood her sister’s anger, since they were the products of a tragic union between human and demon. If she found her sister was similarly defiled by a human cultivator, she would perhaps question her the sa way.
Precisely for this reason, she needed to make her sister understand the goodness of her senior brother, to let her know—humans have good people too, and her relationship with You Su would surely be no tragedy.
"Sis, without a Demon Pill, I’m nothing more than a worthless ridian Passage Realm in the Zhongyuan Continent. What could he possibly plot against ?"
Ji Xueruo finally heard her sister call her "sis" again, and she cald down sowhat, observing her now even more stunning sister post-molting, lanting her shortcomings:
"He could covet your beauty! Covet your body!"
Unexpectedly, as soon as the words left her mouth, Ji Lingruo burst into laughter, instantly dissipating the tense atmosphere between the sisters. Seeing this, Ji Xueruo was bewildered, but still maintained her deanor, asking:
"What are you laughing at?"
"I’m laughing at your assumption without facts. He’s blind and can’t see , so what beauty could he covet? What reason to covet my body?"
"Blind?" Ji Xueruo’s lips parted slightly, her eyes widening in surprise, as she exclaid, "You an... not only is he a man, but he’s also blind?!"
Everyone, be they human cultivators or demon cultivators, knows that for a blind person, the path to cultivation is fraught with difficulties and unlikely to yield success.
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