After nearly half a month, the Han sisters finally arrived at the bottom of Juexin Cliff, thanks to the information provided by Feixin Pavilion.
After passing through a small thorny forest, the sisters finally entered the area at the bottom of the cliff.
Both looked a bit disheveled, with slightly messy hair and clothes torn by thorns, clearly showing the effort it took to get there.
Seeing a small lake and a nearby grove, the sisters smiled slightly.
Thinking about the person they were about to meet, their smiles grew wider.
However, they didn’t rush to find the person they missed day and night.
Instead, they decided to tidy themselves up by the lake first.
After all, they didn’t want Meng Xiaoyu to see them in such a state, so they headed to the lake.
Squatting by the lake, Han Rubing scooped up some water to wash away the fatigue from her face.
She turned to her sister, who was also squatting by the lake, and said, “I’ll keep watch ahead.
Shuang’er, you wash up here first.
Once you’re done, come over and switch with me.” With that, Han Rubing walked ahead, found a spot to sit, and focused on keeping an eye on their surroundings.
Seeing her sister keeping watch not far away, Han Rushuang slowly removed her outer garment, which had been torn in several places by the thorns, followed by her inner clothes, and then her undergarments.
She walked barefoot into the lake, stopping near the center, and began to wash her body, which hadn’t been cleaned for days due to their journey.
While Han Rushuang enjoyed her bath in the lake, Han Rubing, who was keeping watch, furrowed her brows, lost in thought.
“Is the little one really here?” As they neared their destination, Han Rubing suddenly felt uncertain.
She feared that, like previous attempts, the little one had been there but left long ago.
The feeling of being so close yet ending up disappointed was hard to bear.
Han Rubing worried that this time would be no different, and she wasn’t sure if she could handle such disappointment again.
“Sister, I’m done.
You can wash up now!” Han Rushuang, now dressed in a lake-blue outfit, called out.
Han Rubing looked at her sister’s outfit and teased, “If I remember correctly, this is one of the two outfits the little one bought for you in that small town, right? You usually don’t want to wear it.
Why today?” “No reason, just felt like it,” Han Rushuang replied nonchalantly, ignoring her sister’s teasing, and began to look around.
Seeing her sister ignoring her, Han Rubing shrugged it off, thinking to herself, ‘I’m used to it, aren’t I?’ She picked up the bundle she had set aside and walked to the lake.
In less than half an hour, Han Rubing finished washing, dried herself with a white undergarment from her bundle, and put on a new, clean outfit.
After dressing, she looked at her reflection in the lake and smiled, “The little one really has good taste! Whether it’s the light purple outfit I wore before or this fiery red one, they both suit me well!” Satisfied, she admired her reflection.
After tidying up, the Han Rubing sisters set off again.
This time, they didn’t have to go far.
After passing through the small grove, they saw the person they had been longing for, practicing swordplay in a clearing not far ahead.
Seeing the small figure moving gracefully, the sisters felt an overwhelming urge to rush over and hug the little one tightly.
Today was Meng Xiaoyu’s last day of drinking snake blood, marking her liberation and the snake’s as well.
Meng Xiaoyu was freed from drinking the extremely unpleasant snake blood, and the snake, named Chiyue, was freed from being bled.
For a whole month, it had to give a small cup of blood every day.
Even a snake, let alone a person, couldn’t endure daily bloodletting! If it weren’t for Nangong Yunhan feeding Chiyue rare and nourishing herbs and poisonous insects after each bloodletting, Chiyue would have died from blood loss long ago.
Perhaps because of drinking Chiyue’s blood, Meng Xiaoyu was no longer afraid of snakes.
At least she wasn’t afraid of Chiyue, the fiery-colored snake, and even became good friends with it.
Maybe because Meng Xiaoyu had some of Chiyue’s aura, the snake, with its keen senses, felt a kinship with her and was very affectionate.
Sometimes, after Meng Xiaoyu drank its blood and meditated, Chiyue would sneak out of its ceramic jar, crawl onto Meng Xiaoyu, rest its head on her shoulder, wrap its tail around her neck, and sleep.
The first time Chiyue crawled onto Meng Xiaoyu to sleep, she fainted from fright upon waking up and seeing the snake’s head on her shoulder and its tail around her neck.
Over time, she stopped being afraid and even grew fond of the snake that always slept on her during meditation.
Today, as Meng Xiaoyu drank the last of the snake blood, she closed her eyes, frowned, and drank it down.
She then sat cross-legged, closed her eyes, and began to absorb the new power within her.
After Nangong Yunhan bandaged Chiyue’s small wound and fed it two poisonous toads, the snake slithered over to Meng Xiaoyu, climbed onto her shoulder, wrapped its tail around her neck, and rested its head on her shoulder to sleep.
Nangong Yunhan, seeing Meng Xiaoyu meditating with Chiyue on her shoulder, shook her head and left the pharmacy.
Two hours later, Meng Xiaoyu opened her eyes, looked at Chiyue sleeping on her shoulder, and got up to leave the pharmacy.
Chiyue, feeling her movement, only shifted slightly before continuing to sleep without opening its eyes.
“Yunhan sister, Yu’er,” Meng Xiaoyu greeted the two playing chess at a stone table outside as she exited the pharmacy.
Ling Yuer and Nangong Yunhan rarely clashed now.
Although they occasionally bickered over Meng Xiaoyu, it was much better than before.
“Are you done, wife?” Ling Yuer asked, seeing Meng Xiaoyu come out with a snake sleeping on her.
She didn’t dare rush to hug Meng Xiaoyu, fearing the snake would wake up and bite her.
The snake was usually well-behaved and didn’t bite people, but since it started sleeping on Meng Xiaoyu, anyone who approached her would be threatened by the snake.
Even Nangong Yunhan, who had raised it for years, wasn’t exempt.
Although it hadn’t bitten anyone yet, Nangong Yunhan had warned them about its habits, so they avoided getting too close when Chiyue was on Meng Xiaoyu.
“Yes,” Meng Xiaoyu nodded to Ling Yuer, then told Nangong Yunhan and Ling Yuer, “I’m going to practice swordplay over there,” and headed to her room to get her sword.
Watching Meng Xiaoyu walk away, Nangong Yunhan and Ling Yuer didn’t plan to follow.
With Chiyue sleeping on Meng Xiaoyu, they couldn’t get close without being threatened.
So they decided to wait until night when Meng Xiaoyu would put Chiyue back in its jar before approaching her.
(Xiao Wu notes: “At this point, Ling Yuer had already taken advantage of Nangong Yunhan’s absence to seduce Meng Xiaoyu into bed, becoming another of Meng Xiaoyu’s women.
Although Nangong Yunhan punished Ling Yuer upon her return, it didn’t change the fact that Ling Yuer was now Meng Xiaoyu’s woman, making her very happy for days, smiling foolishly at Meng Xiaoyu, who wondered if Ling Yuer had been driven mad by Nangong Yunhan’s punishment.”)
Back to the present, the Han Rubing sisters, overwhelmed with joy at seeing Meng Xiaoyu, didn’t immediately rush over to hug her.
Instead, they stood in disbelief at their sudden happiness.
“Yu’er,” Han Rushuang finally called out to Meng Xiaoyu.
Hearing the familiar voice and name, Meng Xiaoyu stopped and looked in the direction of the sound.
Seeing the two she missed so much, she was overjoyed and ran towards them, but suddenly stopped and shouted, “Don’t come over~~~~~~~~”
