Jiang Wan stared in astonishment at her own eldest brother, whose skin was burned in patches.
But how was she supposed to save him?
She was still in the body of a three-year-old child. She rummaged through the system inventory, but there did not seem to be anything useful.
Extreme Yin Bead?
Just as Jiang Wan was about to secretly take out the Extreme Yin Bead and give it a try, a voice from above startled her into looking up.
"You are the little sister I just found, Jiang Wan, right!
Here, these are spirit fruits your brother picked before. Take them and eat. Your brother, well, cough cough, your brother needs to heal. You could get hurt."
Seeing the strawberries and grapes in the little bamboo basket held out before her, Jiang Wan slurped back her drool.
"Thank you, Eldest Brother. I'm not afraid. I'll stay here with you. If it hurts, I'll blow on it, and then it won't hurt anymore."
Jiang Wan put away the basket of fruit and quickly went to his side, the Extreme Yin Bead already in her hand.
Seeing her approach, Chuzhou, afraid of hurting her, was about to pick her up and carry her away when he suddenly discovered that the yin energy around them had surged. The pain of suppressing the fire poison vanished in an instant.
But what followed was a wave of frost that froze him into an ice sculpture.
Jiang Wan was astonished. Was the Extreme Yin Bead really this powerful? Why was she fine?
Looking at her brother frozen into an ice sculpture, an idea flashed through her mind, and she hurriedly took out the Extreme Yang Bead as well.
The moment the two beads appeared, they began circling and chasing each other in the air. Her eldest brother reacted too, his body burning with fire one moment and becoming an ice sculpture the next.
At last, the two beads fused into one above her eldest brother's head with a pop.
Immediately afterward, all the fire poison in her eldest brother's body was absorbed by the bead above his head.
After absorbing it all, the bead returned a ray of light that enveloped her eldest brother.
Jiang Wan watched in a daze as the Chaos Bead flew back into her dantian after forming.
Rubbing her slightly bulging little belly, Jiang Wan could not make sense of it. Fortunately, she had the system.
[Emperor Chuzhou possesses a body of utmost yang, naturally incompatible with your demonic energy. Disregarding your own safety, you risked your life to save Emperor Chuzhou. This act moved the myriad worlds. Using the Chaos Bead, you successfully removed Emperor Chuzhou's seal and expelled the fire poison from his body, Bzz, bzzz... where did the Chaos Bead come from... bzz... Mission complete.] [Mission reward: Phoenix Feather Robe → Upgrade → Vermilion Bird Battle Armor √]
A set of fiery red armor appeared in the system inventory, and Jiang Wan's eyes went wide.
The Vermilion Bird Battle Armor was so beautiful. But when was she supposed to wear it? With her current three-head-tall body, would she not just become a red little lump if she put it on?
It would look better once she grew up.
Chuzhou opened his eyes, a gleam flashing through them. He lowered his head to look at his own hand. The burns on it had completely vanished.
He looked at his little sister in surprise.
"What did you do to me just now? Why is the fire poison in my body—No, get out quickly."
As Chuzhou spoke, he sent Jiang Wan outside.
Jiang Yao happened to arrive and overheard everything. Though she did not see Chuzhou's condition, she was certain that the poison inside her eldest brother had flared up again.
It had been the same in her previous life. Chuzhou had accompanied Nangong Shuyin to the Flamefire Mountain Range and ended up afflicted by fire poison. In order to marry Nangong Shuyin into the Myriad Talisman Sect as soon as possible, they had them harmonize yin and yang to remove the poison.
They had also lost three Spirit Stone Mine Veins, and Nangong Shuyin had even put a green hat on him.
Now, seeing Jiang Wan driven out, Jiang Yao curled her lips and turned to run into the main hall, saying to Fairy Xueyun:
"Mother, hurry and take a look! I don't know what Junior Sister Jiang Wan said to Eldest Brother, but his injuries have worsened."
"What?!"
Hearing this, Fairy Xueyun swayed and vanished from where she stood.
True Lord Tonghua of the Nangong Family was a middle-aged man in a pink robe. Upon hearing this, he curled his lips, rose calmly and unhurriedly, and planned to go see what was happening as well.
Only Nangong Shuyin remained seated in her pale green gown, showing no intention of moving.
Seeing her like this, True Lord Tonghua gave a light cough.
"He is your future husband, after all. You should go take a look. Don't let things turn ugly."
Nangong Shuyin remained seated.
"Elder Tonghua, do I need to remind you again?
Ye Mufeng of the Imperial Sect, True Lord Mufeng—I have already pledged myself to him in private, and I have already given him my Primordial Yin.
I will not marry the mere Myriad Talisman Sect.
Three Spirit Stone Mine Veins? Do you know that the Myriad Talisman Sect has fewer than ten Spirit Stone Mine Veins in total? Do you really think they would give up three? No, along with the one they promised before, that would make four.
Do you think they would hand over half the sect's Spirit Stone Mine Veins just to save that cripple?
If they were willing, they would have brought them out long ago. Why would they waste all that breath with us? I think you should stop wasting your efforts, Elder!"
As she spoke, she stood up.
"Let's go take a look. It would be best to make things clear directly."
When they arrived, they found Fairy Xueyun scolding a little girl.
"What exactly are your intentions? Your eldest brother is afflicted with fire poison. Did you tell him about the Nangong Family, provoking his qi and blood into attacking his heart and worsening his injuries?"
Jiang Wan raised her little face, utterly bewildered. What the hell?
"Mother, I didn't say anything. Eldest Brother's injuries have not worsened. I think he is breaking through."
Fairy Xueyun drew a deep breath, feeling that Jiang Wan understood nothing and was merely talking nonsense.
Jiang Yao immediately stepped forward to testify.
"I can prove it. When I arrived, I heard Eldest Brother say that the fire poison in his body had worsened. He even said it was bad and pushed you out because he was afraid of hurting you.
Junior Sister, Eldest Brother thinks of you at every turn. How could you tell him the news and provoke him like that?"
Jiang Wan had truly reached the end of her patience. She rolled up her sleeves and charged over, first slapping Jiang Yao, that little brat, across the mouth.
She had endured her for a long time. At such a young age, she was already turning black into white. Had a thousand-year tea tree gained sentience or what?
She carried the bloodline of the Great Earth Divine Ape. That blow knocked out one of Jiang Yao's teeth, and Jiang Yao burst into tears with a wail of rage.
She began fighting back as well, and the two little children rolled into a ball as they fought on the ground.
Fairy Xueyun was worried about her son inside while also speechless at the two little dumplings fighting each other.
"Enough! Both of you, stop at once."
With her absolute advantage in strength, Jiang Wan pinned Jiang Yao down and punched her again and again until her face was bruised and swollen.
Fairy Xueyun could endure it no longer. Ziyun immediately rushed over and hugged Jiang Wan, but she caught Jiang Wan's arms and failed to restrain her legs.
Jiang Wan kicked Jiang Yao several more times in succession before Zixiang finally pulled her away.
She burst into tears, tears falling in fat drops as she cried miserably, yet she still pointed at Fairy Xueyun and accused her.
"Waaah! You're not my mother! You must be a stepmother! You only believe her and not me! You're a bad mother! Wuwuwu!"
[You comprehended the Great Dao amid billions of stars. As the Supreme Heavenly Demon, you could still pity all living beings and shed tears of compassion. This proves that goodness still remains in your heart. Your redemption progress has taken another step forward. Additional reward: one bottle of Thousand-Year Spirit Milk (10 drops)]
Jiang Wan, who was crying while held by Zixiang, found that she could not quite keep crying. Had heaven not given me System Bro, the Great Dao through eternity would have been like a long night.
At that moment, the spiritual energy in the courtyard fluctuated abnormally, and a massive amount of spiritual energy surged toward the room.
Fairy Xueyun was greatly alarmed. "This is... breaking through from Foundation Establishment to Golden Core?
Everyone, leave at once! I will stand guard for my son!"
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