Chapter 433

"Do you have any demon cores for refining essence into Qi?"

Aether's confidence grew increasingly weak.

"Well, you must at least have some martial arts techniques suitable for ordinary people to cultivate, right?"

Lumine looked at Aether with a face full of disappointment, while the latter remained silent...

Lumine heaved a long sigh and said with a look of lament:

"I thought that as the leader of Teyvat's largest evil organization, you'd be living quite well. Aether, what kind of miserable life are you living?"

"Your subordinates who follow you are truly suffering."

Veins bulged on Aether's forehead as he glared fiercely at Lumine.

At this moment, the warm and touching scene of siblings reuniting after a long separation was completely gone.

All that remained was Lumine's pity for Aether and Aether's annoyance toward Lumine.

It was confirmed: this annoying person before him was definitely his sister, without a doubt.

That feeling of being so insufferable that one wanted to slap her to the bone—Aether had never seen a second person capable of that besides Lumine.

"Little Aether, you really aren't living a life fit for a human."

Lumine said with a look of emotion, though inwardly she was feeling so smug she could fly.

Turning around, she looked at Aether with great interest and said:

"How about you call me 'Big Sister,' and I'll take you to fly?"

"How about it? As long as you call me 'Big Sister,' I'll let you broaden your horizons."

"Ferocious beasts for refining essence into Qi, demon cores for refining essence into Qi, spiritual pills and medicines exclusive to cultivators, magic treasures, and spirit stones."

"Big Sister can give you some."

"Big Sister can even take you to see our Sect Leader. As long as you beg me properly, it's not impossible for me to put in a good word for you and let you join the Shushan Sect."

"By then, you can just call me 'Senior Sister'."

"How about it? Little Aether, consider it. Sometimes, when facing a shortcut, dignity isn't that important."

Aether took a deep breath and looked at Lumine with a cold sneer.

"In your dreams!"

Lumine wasn't annoyed; she looked at Aether with a mocking smile.

"Don't be so rigid, Aether."

"You were only born a few minutes before me. Are a few minutes really that important?"

Aether stared at Lumine with deep, dark eyes.

"Even if I was born one second earlier, I'd still be your older brother for a lifetime. Don't even think about it!"

"Is that so?"

Lumine glanced sideways at Paimon, who smiled knowingly and pressed her palms together.

A grand array pressed down upon Aether from above, while all sorts of wondrous incantations appeared from all directions.

Aether was completely surrounded.

Yet Aether wasn't particularly panicked; he glanced at them and said softly:

"You've only been cultivating for a few days; your strength hasn't recovered yet, right? Plus this emergency food—do you think you can do anything to me?"

"Give up on that thought. I know exactly what kind of person you are. Without absolute certainty, do you think I would have come to see you?"

"Let me guess, you're at 4.2 now, probably in the middle stage of refining essence into Qi?"

"That's enough to deal with ordinary gods, but against me? Aren't you being a bit whimsical?"

Hearing Aether's words, Lumine wasn't angry.

She unhurriedly took out an ancient-looking long sword.

"You certainly have a high opinion of yourself, but have you ever considered what kind of treatment I receive at Shushan as a Divine Body?"

Aether's expression changed slightly; from that sword, he sensed an unprecedented life-and-death crisis.

Only then did he remember that Lumine wasn't just a cultivator.

She was also one of the top divine body geniuses in the Shushan Sect. One could imagine with their toes just how much importance such a genius would receive.

Seeing Aether fall silent, Lumine's smile grew even brighter.

"Guess whose sword this is?"

Aether's eyes trembled as he looked at Lumine in shock.

"You guessed right."

Lumine giggled.

"Before I went out, the Sect Leader gave me his top-tier spiritual artifact, the Primordial Jade Cutter, for self-defense, and let me contemplate the sword intent within it to perfect my cultivation technique."

"Guess what? A top-tier spiritual artifact that also contains the sword intent of a cultivator at the peak of refining spirit into void."

"Can you withstand it?"

Lumine gently flicked the Primordial Jade Cutter, looking at Aether with a smile.

"From now on, Aether, the roles have reversed."

"You have two choices."

"One, call me 'Big Sister'."

"Two, I'll beat you until you call me 'Big Sister'!"

257. Aether, who was planning to sponge off his sister, helping him hunt ferocious beasts in Shushan?

Not far away, a large group of Abyss Lectors and Abyss Heralds stood on tiptoe, peeking toward the direction of Aether and Lumine.

Suddenly, an Abyss Lector exclaimed:

"Oh no, oh no! Miss Lumine and His Highness the Prince are about to fight! They've even taken out their weapons!"

Another person was puzzled.

"But aren't Miss Lumine and His Highness the Prince biological siblings?"

"Biological siblings fight even harder! My sister and I used to fight at home every day."

"That's just a sibling's attitude toward life, right?"

"No! It was just a plain fight! She even broke my leg back then."

"But His Highness the Prince's strength should be stronger than Miss Lumine, who hasn't recovered her power yet."

"But there are two people on Miss Lumine's side... and they are both cultivators, and both have divine bodies. Who knows what powerful means they might have."

"Then what should we do? Should we help?"

"Stop joking! Not to mention whether we can win, what business is it of ours to interfere in a sibling reunion fight?"

"That's right, and besides, we are the ones asking Miss Lumine for help. If we help His Highness the Prince, Miss Lumine might hold a grudge against us."

"Is this considered domestic violence?"

"Who knows..."

"Then are we just going to watch His Highness the Prince get beaten up? Will His Highness the Prince settle the score afterward?"

Once these words were spoken, the many members of the Abyss Order fell silent. After a long while, they turned their backs to Aether's side one after another.

"We didn't see anything; we're just standing guard here."

While the people of the Abyss were still deceiving themselves, Aether and Lumine, whose atmosphere was tense not far away, stared at each other for a long time.

Suddenly, Lumine pouted, put away her weapon, and had Paimon dispel the grand array.

"Boring! You've already become the leader of an evil organization, what's the point of having a bottom line!"

"Other bottom lines can be flexible, but this bottom line cannot be shaken!"

Aether replied solemnly.

"Fine, fine!"

Lumine rolled her eyes and said with a lack of interest:

"I asked Venti before, and he said you were doing quite well. Now it looks just average, like a street rat, and you haven't even seen any good things."

"But knowing you're still alive, and not living too well, I'm satisfied."

It must be said that Aether's current state was exactly what Lumine hoped to see.

Alive, living quite well, and hopping around.

But his life was miserable.

Aether in this state perfectly matched Lumine's expectations.