Given and Given Again

Chapter 11: Given and Given Again

True Lord Leng Feng carried Jiang Wan to the Scripture Repository and ascended directly to the top floor using the Sect Master's token.

"Wanwan, what I'm about to show you is extremely important. Don't tell anyone."

[Your father, True Lord Leng Feng, had his cultivation crippled and his spiritual roots dug out by you, rendering him a cripple. Yet, he is willing to let bygones be bygones. Your task is to find a spiritual medicine from the four seas and eight directions, and a secret technique from the myriad worlds, to help him ascend the Great Dao once more.

Mission Difficulty: Hellish

Mission Reward: Extreme Yin Bead.]

Jiang Wan fell silent at the System's mission.

What on earth is the System talking about?!

True Lord Leng Feng carefully took out a jade slip and handed it to her.

"This is an ancient cultivation method from the sect. Father is afraid of future uncertainties. I know you have an eidetic memory, but the characters in here are all ancient script. It's okay if you don't recognize them; just memorize them for now, and you can slowly comprehend them later."

Jiang Wan placed the jade slip on her forehead and closed her eyes.

The moment she saw the ancient characters inside, she froze.

I dare not open my eyes, for fear it's an illusion.

The ancient script was actually Pinyin?!

"Daddy, I think I recognize these ancient characters you mentioned."

True Lord Leng Feng was greatly shocked.

"What? How is that possible? These are ancient characters, how could you possibly recognize them?"

Jiang Wan tilted her small head and blinked.

"Maybe a white-bearded old man taught me in a dream?"

Jiang Yao could have an immortal sword master teach her sword techniques in a dream, why can't I have a white-bearded old man teach me Pinyin, ahem, ancient script?

True Lord Leng Feng was overjoyed.

"Really? Do you really know what's written here?"

Jiang Wan nodded her little head earnestly.

"It says fu ze tian di Fu Ze Tian Di, fu tong da dao dao fa zi ran, Fu Tong Great Dao, Dao Fa Zi Ran..."

Jiang Wan recited everything she had deciphered from the jade slip. Then, she turned and found her father meditating with his eyes closed, layers of spiritual power circulating around him.

Immediately, countless spiritual powers surged towards them. For a moment, centered on her father, it was like a spiritual power tornado had whipped up. Jiang Wan quickly grabbed onto a pillar.

Her small body was lifted and tossed by the wind, but thankfully, her little hands held tightly onto the pillar, preventing her from being swept into the spiritual vortex.

Outside, celestial phenomena occurred, immediately alarming all the high-ranking officials of the Myriad Talisman Sect.

Fairy Xueyun was also startled by the spiritual power fluctuations. Moments later, she stood up from her seat with great joy, looking in the direction of the Scripture Repository.

"Is this... your father breaking through?!"

As she spoke, her figure moved and she vanished from her spot, leaving only Jiang Yao standing there, frowning as she looked at the Scripture Repository.

Something's not right. In my previous life, True Lord Leng Feng was a cripple who couldn't break through his bottleneck for a long time. Otherwise, the Myriad Talisman Sect wouldn't have been suppressed. How did he break through now?

True Lord Leng Feng sat cross-legged inside the Scripture Repository. When the spiritual power storm around him was completely absorbed into his body, he opened his eyes, a brilliant light flowing within them.

I broke through! The bottleneck of many years is finally broken!

Looking at the mess in the Scripture Repository, he found his little daughter buried under a pile of jade slips and ancient books. His heart skipped a beat, and he quickly dug through the books, pulled his daughter out, and shook her.

"Wanwan, are you alright?"

Jiang Wan's hands and feet flailed in the air. I really don't like being carried like this!

"Daddy, I'm fine. Put me down quickly!"

As Jiang Wan was set down, the System's voice sounded in her mind.

[You searched for medicine for your father, enduring countless hardships, traversing the four seas and eight directions of the myriad worlds, undergoing numerous trials, and teetering on the brink of death multiple times, sustaining countless injuries. This filial piety has moved the heavens and earth.

After tens of thousands of years, you finally found a secret technique, allowing True Lord Leng Feng, who had become a cripple, to re-enter the Great Dao. You must have suffered greatly!

Mission Complete.

Mission Reward: Extreme Yin Bead!]

Looking at the Extreme Yin Bead, which resembled a black pearl, in her System inventory, Jiang Wan was contemplating its use when its usage instructions appeared on the bead.

It turned out that wearing the Extreme Yin Bead could beautify and nourish the skin, equivalent to those with pure Yin bodies, and could also double cultivation speed. If used with the Extreme Yang Bead, the complementary Yin and Yang would increase cultivation speed a hundredfold.

Thinking about this, Jiang Wan realized she would have to find another Extreme Yang Bead?

True Lord Leng Feng helped his precious daughter tidy her hair.

"My good daughter, your father has been stuck at a bottleneck for years. I never expected to find an opportunity for a breakthrough today thanks to that ancient cultivation method. I'm about to undergo my tribulation, so I'll send you out first.

After the tribulation, I'll go into seclusion. I expect to be in seclusion for ten years before I emerge. This is the cultivation material I'm giving you, enough for you to cultivate until the Golden Core stage.

Remember not to reveal these things to others easily. Keep in mind, wealth attracts trouble.

Come, I'll send you back now."

Jiang Wan sensed his urgency and obediently agreed. She looked at the storage ring filled with cultivation materials in her hand and her eyes curved into a smile.

As soon as the father and daughter came out, they encountered Fairy Xueyun.

"Husband, you've broken through?!"

True Lord Leng Feng placed Jiang Wan into Fairy Xueyun's arms.

"I'm going to undergo the lightning tribulation first, then I'll go into seclusion. I'll leave our child in your care!"

Fairy Xueyun took Jiang Wan and watched True Lord Leng Feng head towards the back mountain for his tribulation.

Jiang Wan snuggled into Fairy Xueyun's embrace, smelling a scent of crisp snow pine.

"Mother, can we go watch Father's tribulation?"

Fairy Xueyun put her down, her expression softening slightly.

"You go back by yourself. I'm going to watch your father's tribulation."

Jiang Wan watched her transform into a streak of light and fly away. She wanted to say, what's wrong with taking me along?

She wasn't sure if it was her imagination, but she felt her mother's attitude towards her was a bit cold!

Jiang Yao walked over at this moment and saw her, asking:

"Why did Father suddenly break through?"

Jiang Wan shrugged her little shoulders.

"I don't know. You ask me, who do I ask?"

She had come to realize that among this family, only her father was the cutest; everyone else was secondary.

Seeing Jiang Wan turn to leave, Jiang Yao's gaze fell on the Spirit Feeding Ring on her hand.

The storage ring was invisible on her hand, but the Spirit Feeding Ring, which looked like a golden bracelet, was not. Jiang Yao immediately saw it and quickly ran on her short legs to block Jiang Wan's path.

"Junior Sister, I'll take you somewhere. It's really fun there. Let's go secretly and not tell anyone!"

Jiang Wan, with her slightly chubby little face, rolled her eyes.

"So mysterious. I'm not interested."

Jiang Yao continued to smile, glancing at her Spirit Feeding Bracelet and saying:

"Father gave you a Spirit Feeding Bracelet, don't you want to go catch a spirit beast to raise? I know Spirit Beast Peak just got a few spirit beast cubs. How about we each pick one?"

Jiang Wan's ears perked up at the mention of raising small animals. She thought it sounded good!

[Your first Spirit Pet, a Leopard Cat with the White Tiger Bloodline, died protecting you in battle. Please revive the Leopard Cat from the river of time and take her as your Spirit Pet again.]

[Mission Difficulty: Hell Mode.]

[Mission Reward: Extreme Yang Bead!]