CHAPTER 33: LI MEI SHOWS HER MIGHT

Whew, the headache is finally going away after one week.

Wang Chen lazily sat on the chair basking under the morning sun. It had been over a week since his confrontation with the Blood Fang Gang. Ever since then, no one had even come to disturb him—forget about disturbing him, the entire area around the Phoenix and Dragon Dojo had been turned into a forbidden zone where not even birds stepped in.

Whatever it may be, it gave him the peace of mind he needed.

Just then, he adjusted his body slightly to assume an even more comfortable position, when his eyes landed on a seemingly ordinary-looking banner placed on a wooden stool.

Some days after the incident, Li Mei had given this treasure to him. Of course, not wanting to put his disciples in a difficult spot, he didn’t ask, but he already had an idea of how she had gotten her hands on this.

A key that could help cultivators connect to upper realm huh!

After Vice Head Zhang died and Wang Chen received his memories, what he discovered was shocking.

According to recently gathered intel, the flag actually had something to do with the Realm Gate.

Realm Gate... a gateway to another world, hmmm!. Wang Chen mused. Although he wasn’t clear, there were still tidbits of memories that he knew about the Realm Gate.

According to the normal understanding, once a cultivator ascended, there was no way to return to the lower world. To go around this, the upper realm cultivators developed the Realm Gate. Although they still couldn’t descend freely, at least it would allow a steady supply of resources from the upper realm to the lower world.

This was also one of the reason the ancient families and sect could continue ruling over the world for centuries.

After all, even the dog shit from the upper realm was a priceless treasure here in the lower world.

Wang Chen picked up the flag and examined it. "Maybe I should try repairing it. Arranging a thousand souls shouldn’t be an issue."

Wang Chen stroked his spotless chin while falling deep in thought.

Just as he was thinking, he suddenly heard a system notification going off in his head.

[Your disciple Li Mei perfected and learned the one-star spirit-condensed Seven Nirvana Pill.]

[10x reward applied. You have comprehended the pill recipe of the five-star soul seed True Nirvana Pill.]

Immediately, his gaze shifted to Li Mei in the distance. Curiously, with a very serious expression on her face, she was looking at a bean-sized object in her hand.

Hmm, what is she up to?

...

Li Mei looked at the glowing pill in her hand emitting the faint fragrance of the rising sun, her expression growing with mysterious light. "Refining this pill is my limit. If I want to go any further, I have to get my hands on the alchemical flame—but that is too rare."

Thinking of the alchemical flame, if she had it, Li Mei was sure she could push even further. It might have even become a two-star spirit-condensed pill in her hand.

But even this should be enough to fully reconstruct the meridians of Senior Brother.

After treating Lin Huang, only then did she realize just how horrifying the condition of Lin Huang really was. Yet what shocked her more was that even in such a state, he was able to move normally and train every day.

If it was someone else, Li Mei was sure they would have preferred dying rather than continuing to live in such tremendous pain.

Thinking of this, a trace of admiration appeared in her heart for her senior brother. Then, under her breath, she muttered,

"No wonder he was able to reach such heights in the past."

With a small smile on her face, she gently skipped toward the hall where Lin Huang was recovering.

Even though Li Mei tried to open the door as gently as possible, the slight disturbance in the air caused Lin Huang’s eyes to jerk open.

"Junior Sister, you..."

Lying on the wooden bed made from earthly dew bamboo known to enhance the vitality of the body by a thousand times—not just that, the entire room was filled with the smell of medicinal ingredients—wrapped in bandages from head to toe so that only his eyes were exposed to the outside world, Lin Huang looked at his junior sister who had been taking care of him all these days. He could feel her genuine care without her asking for anything in return. The emotion was so foreign to Lin Huang that he didn’t know how to react.

For the first time in his life, he felt unconditional love and care—the familiar affection his cracked heart had always craved.

Li Mei didn’t say anything but merely smiled. She could feel the emotion overwhelming Lin Huang’s eyes. Instantly, a deep sense of shame emerged in her heart. Yes, she was taking care of Lin Huang—not because he was her senior brother—but the main reason was definitely Lin Huang’s future destiny. Li Mei knew if not for that, she wouldn’t have gone as far as she had done now.

Wordlessly, she brought the one-star spirit-condensed Seven Nirvana Pill above her head.

Immediately, Lin Huang felt the change. The qi in the room seemed to start boiling. The cries of a phoenix echoed in the distance, as if welcoming the arrival of a pill born into the world.

Without even having to ask, he knew whatever his junior sister was holding in her hand was a treasure beyond measure—something so precious that he couldn’t even imagine it.

Li Mei knew, given his personality, he would try to resist it, so before Lin Huang could even say anything, the pill in her hand turned into a cloud of smoke and rushed toward Lin Huang’s mouth through small gaps in the bandages.

Immediately Lin Huang felt an explosion of vitality going off in his entire body. His dormant meridians lit up, nickels of energy fusing and reviving for the first time. The damaged organs repaired themselves at speeds visible to the naked eye. Bones reconnected and tendons joined together as if they had the will of their own mana. Lin Huang felt as if he was being reborn again in reality itself.

...

Just at this time, Wang Chen had finished going through the information that had suddenly appeared in his head.

"...Soul Seed True Nirvana Pill," he muttered with a complex look in his eyes. His heart shook. This pill was too heaven-defying, yet his disciple was capable of creating such a thing.

Just as he was thinking, the sky above the great hall changed slightly, and a whirlpool of wind appeared, slowly getting bigger. The disturbance caused by it was so strong that it could be felt tens of kilometers away.

Just one look and Wang Chen was forced to come out of his shocked state.

He knew what was the reason behind this, and the shock in his heart grew once more.

While the one-star spirit-condensed pill could heal broken meridians no matter how damaged they were, the five-star soul seed True Nirvana Pill’s effect was terrifying—it could entirely renew sets of meridians, spirit roots, and even dantian in those who were not born with them.

It could make even the most talentless person super talented.

Such a terrifying effect... yet his disciple was capable not only of refining these pills but even perfecting them.

Thinking of all these things, a question emerged in his heart.

What kind of character was Li Mei in her previous life?