CHAPTER 429: CHAPTER 2: PLAYING INNOCENT AFTER GETTING THE ADVANTAGE

Xiao Xian felt increasingly that something wasn’t adding up. There was a mentor, Master Mao Dazhu, followed by a martial uncle, Mei Nian. Where did all these bargain seniors come from?

"You listen, that kid handed you over to me and made it clear that I should take good care of you. I’m not one to take advantage of others. I saw that you had good potential and, due to some fortunate mistakes, you gained the recognition of the Spiritual Rhinoceros Scissors, so I kept you here in Meijia Village. Over the past two months, I’ve really put a lot of thought into you," Mei Nian said excitedly, while Xiao Xian was completely confused, thinking what had happened in the past two months, could it be that she had been in a coma for so long?

Having confirmed that she had been in a coma for two months, Xiao Xian’s first reaction was: "It’s all over, Aunt must be going crazy. If Grandpa hasn’t heard from me in so long, he must be terribly worried."

"Enough, as a Cultivator, cultivating should be your priority, what’s with all these worldly concerns," Mei Nian said impatiently, if that very reliable kid hadn’t told her that Zhu Xiaoxian was a good cultivation seedling, young with already achieved Silver Grade cultivation, she might really have thought twice about accepting this disciple.

"What do you know, you have no family or friends, how can you understand my feelings," Xiao Xian was only thinking about contacting her family at this moment and accidentally spoke too harshly. When she realized it, Mei Nian was silent, her hands crushing the empty bowl with a creak.

The atmosphere grew as tense as if it had been glued in place, and Xiao Xian, feeling ashamed, said, "I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to."

"You’re not wrong, most of my relatives are already dead. Of course, I wouldn’t understand how someone with a family feels," Mei Nian said graciously. Setting aside her past conflicts with Xiao Xian, Mei Nian did not dislike Xiao Xian. In fact, she admired Xiao Xian for the way she had risked her life for her friends last time.

"I’m just overly worried about my family," Xiao Xian stammered. Having known the feeling of not having family or friends, she cherished them even more now that she had them.

"Rest assured, your family doesn’t know you’re missing. The only ones who know you’re here are Zhou Ziang and the friend who was with you that day." As Mei Nian spoke, she casually plucked a rose. The rose changed shape in her hands, and in a short while, there was another person standing in front of Xiao Xian.

"Who is she?" Xiao Xian had just finished speaking when the person’s small mouth opened and mimicked in the same tone and expression, "Who is she?"

"This is called a ’Flower Puppet’. Once you learn to control your own Spiritual Power, you can use your life flower to create a Flower Puppet at will. However, this only works on ordinary people. Against Cultivators or Superpower Users, it’s useless," Mei Nian said tempting.

Xiao Xian secretly observed Mei Nian and noticed that her Spiritual Power was much stronger than her own, faintly carrying a golden Spiritual Energy, suggesting that Mei Nian must possess Gold Grade cultivation. Two months ago, before slipping into the coma, she couldn’t differentiate the strength of Spiritual Power in those around her, but it seemed that after a deep sleep of two months, she woke up with this ability.

"Don’t look at me with those crafty eyes. If it wasn’t for the fact that Mei Family’s lineage is dwindling, and in my generation, I couldn’t find any descendant under sixty years with cultivation, I wouldn’t be in such a hurry to teach Mei Xiang’s disciple," Mei Nian said with both indignation and helplessness.

Xiao Xian noticed that the Spiritual Power fluctuations on Mei Nian changed according to her emotions, shifting from gold to silver-white. She wondered what could be the reason.

Despite her scolding, Mei Nian still summarized what happened during the past two months while Xiao Xian was in a coma.

Shortly after Xiao Xian fell into the coma, Zhou Ziang and Mei Nian helped the four of them escape successfully. Zeng Xuerou had taken the Beauty Enhancement Pill prepared by Mei Nian, healing the wounds on her face and body.

The Feng Bird, which had been "plucked," was taken back to the United States by Aisha.

Zhou Ziang wanted to take the nearly depleted Xiao Xian to Changbai Mountain to recover her vitality, but Mei Nian stopped him. Instead, Mei Nian suggested bringing Xiao Xian back to Meijia Village and used a rose Flower Puppet to create a convincing "substitute" for Xiao Xian. Zeng Xuerou took the substitute back to Sacred Heart Middle School to carry on with Xiao Xian’s daily life and studies.

"You used a rose flower to replace me?" Xiao Xian was dumbfounded, imagining a flower playing basketball and doing tests, was beyond her imagination.

"It’s nothing so strange. Haven’t you seen people use a few leaves to unleash the Attack Power of darts? A Flower Puppet is not an ordinary flower, it’s imbued with my Spiritual Power, so there’s no worry of exposing it. Besides, with your overly crafty friend around, what could possibly go wrong?" Mei Nian’s cultivation level was around Gold-level Middle Stage, but she and Mei Xiang excel in different areas, she was good at both medicine and floriculture.

"So, Xuerou also knows about my situation?" Xiao Xian felt a pit form in her stomach after hearing this.

"Nowadays kids are all so clever, even if I didn’t tell her, she probably guessed most of it. The reaction of that little girl when I informed her of your situation, tsk tsk, does it seem like a thirteen or fourteen-year-old’s?" Mei Nian said shaking her head in amusement. Indeed, Zeng Xuerou woke up on the second day of Xiao Xian’s coma, and the first thing she did was to enquire about her friend’s condition.

Upon learning of Xiao Xian and others’ identities as Cultivators, Zeng Xuerou showed slight surprise but no fear. The words she uttered afterward made Mei Nian spit out her Purple Ginseng Tea, "Please take good care of Xiao Xian on my behalf, Mr. Mei. On behalf of her aunt and uncle, I thank you. To ensure the adults at home don’t worry, please keep this secret. If you need to contact me, my home phone number is ***. My dormitory number is ***, and if you can’t reach me at my home or dormitory, then call ***, that’s the student council office phone."

"That sounds like Xuerou. Luckily, I woke up. Everything is fine at school and at the farm. My body is mostly recovered, and it’s time to go back," Xiao Xian felt relieved knowing that Xuerou was alright, and got up, ready to leave.

"Leave? You think it’s that simple? I have an account to settle with you first," Mei Nian gave Xiao Xian a sideways glance.

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