Are you really trying to cultivate immortality? Something feels off.

My senior sister is truly the worst talker in the world.

Even if he didn't just spout nonsense like "no communication, hatred, love, the bright moon, the sun, East Asian kinship" or similar nonsense.

The system mercilessly mocked: Communication?

Xie Weixing: ...

Sometimes, communication between people is useless.

Nie Shiyun forced back the tears welling in her eyes, her chest heaving violently, as humiliation and resentment completely overwhelmed her reason.

She glared fiercely at Nie Zhao, her voice hoarse and sharp, filled with the stubbornness and anger of a young man: "What right do you have to say that to me!"

Nie Zhao's brows furrowed slightly, her thin lips tightened into sharp lines, and her cold, magnetic voice fell again: "Because I am your elder sister."

Nie Shiyun's resentful gaze paused, and her shoulders trembled slightly.

"In terms of self-cultivation, temperament, and vision, you are utterly inadequate."

Nie Zhao's gaze was cold and sharp: "The Nie family of Nanchuan bears the honor and disgrace, rise and fall of the entire Chidi. It is not a position you can attain by acting impulsively and being arrogant."

"Nie Zhao!" Nie Shiyun suddenly stood up, staggering a few steps due to her injuries. She could only raise her hand to hold onto the tree trunk beside her. Her face was pale, but a strange blush appeared due to the rush of blood to her head. "You dare to say that! You dare to say that! You are the last person who has the right to say such a thing!"

She clenched her teeth, each word dripping with years of pent-up resentment, every sentence a resentful grudge: "You went to the Fenghua Sect when you were just over ten years old, and haven't returned to Chidi for years. Your mother has been in seclusion cultivating. From childhood to adulthood, what clan affairs, family honor and disgrace, interpersonal relationships—wasn't it your father and elders who handled everything? Did you ever ask? Did you ever care? You've never considered yourself a member of the Nie family!"

"And now, by what right do you stand on your high place and judge me? By what right are you so certain that I am unfit to be the head of the family? Besides, since Mother went into seclusion, you have never shown Father even a shred of filial piety," Nie Shiyun questioned resentfully, her explosive emotions crashing down on Nie Zhao, each word dripping with blood. "You have no time to care for your elders, and your younger sister is too young to be guided. Yet you've become your dear senior sister at the Feng Hua Sect. Nie Zhao, you are not worthy to speak to me like that!"

Phoenix Girl had never been questioned like this before. She looked coldly at her younger sister, but her heart began to ache slowly. She recalled Nie Shiyun's appearance when she was young.

She was three years younger than him and had always liked to follow him around since she was little.

Everyone knows that the eldest daughter of the Nie family in Nanchuan is the chosen one, the Phoenix Maiden of this lineage, and the undisputed heir to the throne.

Everyone respects her and fears her.

Only Nie Shiyun would earnestly tell others that her elder sister wasn't fierce at all, she was just too busy and didn't talk much, but she was very pretty and would bring her candy.

From childhood to adulthood, her mother was strict, and her father always had an unspeakable distance and fear towards her. Only Nie Shiyun dared to secretly climb into her bed and take the initiative to hold her hand.

His voice was soft, his hands were soft, and he had the unique dry smell of a child.

These are all very blurry shadows in my memory.

Nie Shiyun raised her hand and pointed fiercely at her: "You! You failed in your duties as a son to the Yu family, showing me no care whatsoever, and now you act superior and criticize me? What right do you have to wield power in the Nie family? And what gives you the right to reap the benefits without sowing!"

"I'm not going to pretend I don't care!" She bit her lower lip tightly, took a deep breath, and her voice trembled with barely suppressed sobs. "Nie Zhao, I'm telling you, I hate you, I hate you! You're the one who hurt me the most!"

"I know you hate Father, you hate the Nie family, so you also hate Nanchuan, and you hate me—"

Her voice nearly cracked, and tears streamed down her bloodied cheeks, piercing the earth.

She hated Nie Zhao, hated that she never looked at her properly, hated that she never cared about the Nie family, and hated that if she was truly cold-hearted, why didn't she just stay cold like she was to her?

It was the accumulated stubbornness and resentment that built the most tormenting estrangement; tears not only pierced the earth but also pierced Nie Zhao's heart.

"Nie Shiyun!" Shen Chunri burst out first.

"You dare to insult your senior sister? If she didn't come to Fenghua Sect to cultivate, what future would your Nanchuan Nie family have?!" the girl shouted through gritted teeth, struggling fiercely as she gripped Xie Weixing's arm. "Ask any family heir; can they cultivate the orthodox path without joining a sect? If your sister didn't come, you would have. Are you that old? Can you endure this hardship?!"

Xie Weixing held her, preventing her from rushing up to fight Nie Shiyun, and muttered to herself, "Little snake, forget it, forget it..."

Shen Chunri struggled to stay still after being stopped, and in a fit of anger, screamed loudly, "Ah!"

Xie Weixing was so overwhelmed by the howling that he almost rolled his eyes and cut off both of his ears to go see the King of Hell. He even told the ghost messengers that he should be reincarnated as a deaf person in his next life.

"Yu Xintang!" Shen Chunri roared, turning around. "Don't just stand there! Stand in the light! And don't stand there naked! Go up there and beat her! Beat her to death! Beat her to death!"

This is also a quote from Xie Weixing.

No wonder Feng Jilan said that all the disciples of Fenghua Sect were corrupted by him.

Yu Xintang's lips twitched, and after a long while, she replied, "Master doesn't allow killing either."

[Little snake, you're too violent! Come to Mommy!]

[Shen Mei, shh... don't disturb me while I'm watching these two sisters argue]

[Hahahaha, I was getting really emotional when I heard this, and now I'm bursting out laughing! Shen Mei, give me back my first time!]

[Doesn't anyone think that Yu Xintang is a very decent male ghost? When Shen Mei asked him to kill someone, he didn't say no, but said that his master forbade it. I have no doubt that if his master hadn't said that killing was forbidden, he would have gone up and taken Shen Mei's life as an explanation.]

[Thanks to the comments for letting me taste this jade snake...]

Nie Zhao's chest heaved slightly. He turned to leave with a cold face, but stopped as soon as he took a step, trying his best to adjust his breathing and calm himself down.

Nie Shiyun glared hatefully at her retreating figure.

A moment later, Nie Zhao suddenly turned around, grabbed her by the collar with one hand, and said with an indescribable ferocity in his eyes: "Nie Shiyun, you are simply hopelessly stupid."

"What is the foundation of the Nie family of Nanchuan? What does Chidi rely on?" Nie Zhao asked through gritted teeth. "It's the phoenix bloodline, and the phoenix maidens of this lineage!"

This was the first time Nie Shiyun had been so close to her sister since she grew up. For a moment, she forgot her anger and stared at her blankly, her pupils trembling slightly.

"The Phoenix lineage is passed down only to women. Do you think that after Mother went into seclusion and I left, those elders fawned over you and Father indulged you? What was it all for?" Nie Zhao looked at her with exasperation. "It was for the Phoenix blood in your veins!"

Nie Shiyun suddenly opened her eyes, realizing what had happened: "Nie Zhao! How dare you slander Elder Father!"

"Snapped!"

With a cold face, Nie Zhao raised his hand and slapped her across the face.

Nie Shiyun was knocked to the side by the blow, her lips throbbed with pain, and her cheek burned.

She covered her face, looked up in disbelief, and murmured unconsciously, "Sister..."