Daily Good Deed

It was not that she did not work hard at cultivation. Her Mixed Spiritual Root limited how much spiritual energy she could absorb; after circulating her Cultivation Method through several cycles, she could no longer continue.

That spiritual energy went back to nourish her meridians. She was temporarily full and needed time to digest it, so she was bored and could only use a bathroom excuse to slip away.

Seeing this, True Lord Nanchen knew that she was still a child and let her go.

"Remember to come back in a while. An opportunity like this is hard to come by."

Jiang Wan ran off, and asking her to come back afterward was impossible. She had not even roasted the fish she caught yesterday!

She wondered whether this person would use divine sense to watch her. He would not be such a pervert, would he?

She dashed off in a flash, intending to return to her own courtyard. But halfway there, she realized she was lost and had no idea where she had wandered.

Someone was talking in the woods.

"You're just a menial disciple. What use does a useless Mixed Spiritual Root have for Qi Nurturing Pills? You're destined to be a servant for the rest of your life anyway."

"For a menial disciple like you to eat Qi Nurturing Pills is a waste. Hand them over!"

Jiang Wan was not even as tall as the grass by the roadside, so the two menial disciples could not see her. At that moment, the System's voice rang in her ears.

[Whitewashing progress still needs to increase. Please perform a Daily Good Deed and help a cultivator.

Daily limit: 3/3

Mission difficulty: Normal

Mission reward: Determined by the cultivation level of the target of your good deed.]

Jiang Wan thought, Isn't this just telling me to uphold justice and help the weak?

But the part about helping cultivators... well, if she helped demonic cultivators, what would she be whitewashing? She would be beyond whitewashing altogether.

She immediately clenched her little fist and charged into the woods.

"Let that young man go! Let me... let me teach you a lesson! Huh, where are they?"

Jiang Wan looked around. The two disciples who had stolen the Qi Nurturing Pills had already left. The young man in the gray robes of a menial disciple was sprawled on the ground, his face bruised and purple. Clearly, those people had not only stolen his pills but beaten him as well.

"Big brother, are you all right? Who were they? How dare they steal your Qi Nurturing Pills? Tell me, and I'll beat them up for you."

Lu Li wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. Looking at the little child before him, he shook his head and laughed bitterly at himself.

"You're not even as tall as the grass. Forget it. They were right—I'm just useless trash with a Mixed Spiritual Root. Even eating Qi Nurturing Pills would be a waste."

Jiang Wan: Thanks. That felt like a jab at me too.

"What's wrong with a Mixed Spiritual Root?

Did Mixed Spiritual Roots eat their rice? Heaven and earth are heartless, treating all things as straw dogs. That means before heaven and earth, we are all straw dogs—we are all the same.

A Mixed Spiritual Root is still a Spiritual Root. Think about it: those with Single Spiritual Roots have only one spiritual root leading to the Great Dao, but you have five. Every single one can lead to the Great Dao.

As long as you are willing to cultivate diligently, how far you cultivate is up to you.

I have a Mixed Spiritual Root too, and I'm already at the Qi Refining Third Layer."

She chattered on, even raising her hand before Lu Li and making an OK sign—three!

"Big brother, don't lose heart. You need to cultivate hard in secret, then astonish everyone!"

"Come on, I have Qi Nurturing Pills here. Take them and eat them."

When he saw that she really took out a bottle of high-grade Qi Nurturing Pills and handed it to him, Lu Li stared blankly at the bottle.

A three-year-old child understood something that he did not. He had even given up on himself. That truly should not have happened.

Looking at the Qi Nurturing Pills offered before him, Lu Li reached out and accepted them.

He looked seriously at the little girl in the purple-and-white dress before him and thanked her.

"Thank you. My name is Lu Li. What is yours?"

"My name is Jiang Wan. We're friends from now on. I have peaches too—take them and eat them. They're good for cultivation as well. I picked a whole lot last time."

As Jiang Wan spoke, she began taking peaches out. Each peach was worth as much as ten high-grade Qi Nurturing Pills, and she took out more than a dozen at once, nearly burying him beneath peaches.

Lu Li said, "Enough, enough! You've given me far too much. I'm definitely making you my friend."

Jiang Wan grinned as she listened to System Bro issue her reward.

[Daily Good Deed: 1/3.

Even for a small disciple of an immortal sect who is merely at the Qi Refining Third Layer, you were willing to lower yourself and extend a helping hand. This shows that your determination to whitewash yourself is extremely firm.

Mission reward: Nine Revolutions Immortal Grass.]

Jiang Wan curiously looked at the Nine Revolutions Immortal Grass in the System inventory. She wanted to see what kind of grass needed to undergo nine revolutions.

Lu Li put away all the immortal peaches. These could not be seen by others.

He looked at the little girl before him with a complicated expression.

"Jiang Wan, right? In the future, don't casually give people so many good things. It's very easy to make people covet them and bring unnecessary trouble upon yourself."

Jiang Wan accepted advice readily and immediately nodded to show that she understood.

At that moment, Zixiang found her. Seeing that she was unharmed, she let out a sigh of relief.

"Junior Sister, why did you run so far away? True Person Nanchen is still waiting for you."

Jiang Wan sighed. She could only resign herself to being carried back by her.

The moment she returned to eldest brother's courtyard, she saw his door open. Her eldest brother, Chuzhou, truly lived up to being a Favored Child of Heaven among the younger generation—he had successfully formed his core!

Seeing her eldest brother, she ran over with delight.

"Little Sister, this time, your eldest brother's successful Core Formation was all thanks to you. I'll tell you about it after I return from Tribulation Crossing. I'm going to undergo the Core Formation lightning tribulation first."

After saying that, Jiang Wan watched him fly toward the back mountain. There must have been a special place there for Tribulation Crossing.

The next moment, she was lifted into True Person Nanchen's arms.

"Do you want to watch your eldest brother undergo his tribulation? Come, I'll take you."

That white-haired big brother was so nice. He carried her away and stood at the back mountain, watching her eldest brother undergo his tribulation from afar.

Thinking of her Lightning Spiritual Root, she wondered whether being struck once might increase her cultivation. Forget it—she should wait until her cultivation was higher before getting struck.

She still had two good deeds left today. She had to complete them. Who should she help? There was no old lady needing help crossing the street, or she could help her across ten times.

The seven bolts of Tribulation Lightning quickly passed.

Fairy Xueyun arrived. Earlier in the main hall, she had already sent away True Lord Tonghua and Nangong Shuyin.

Before, she had begged them to fulfill the marriage agreement early, and they had taken the chance to demand an exorbitant price. Now that her son's cultivation had improved, it showed that disaster had turned into a blessing. She no longer needed to beg them; as for the conditions they had proposed, she could dismiss them with a snort.

"Son, this is wonderful! You successfully advanced to the Golden Core stage."

Chuzhou smiled and wanted to take Jiang Wan from Nan Chen's hands. His arms were already beneath her armpits, ready to receive her, but Nan Chen showed no intention of letting go.

Jiang Wan was left dangling between them.

True Person Nanchen said, "I can hold her."

Chuzhou gave him a strange look, then tentatively tried once more to pull his little sister from his arms.

Jiang Wan said, "Why don't you just put me down?"

True Person Nanchen smiled and pulled Jiang Wan back into his arms.

"Chuzhou, you have just advanced to Golden Core. You must have much to say to Fairy Xueyun. Why don't you speak first?"

Speechless, Chuzhou withdrew his hands. Someone was actually competing with him for his little sister.

Still, he decided to speak with Fairy Xueyun first.

"Mother, I have something to tell you. Let's go to my place first."

Fairy Xueyun nodded. As mother and son spoke alone, Chuzhou recalled how Fairy Xueyun had scolded Jiang Wan before. Puzzled, he asked about it.

"Mother, when my fire poison flared up the day before yesterday, Little Sister used the Chaos Bead to save me. After I sent Little Sister out, I heard everything that happened outside. Why do I feel that you are... not particularly loving toward Little Sister?"

Fairy Xueyun shook her head.

"A great many things happened while you were away. Jiang Yao is also your younger sister, and she has encountered some fortuitous opportunities. She said..."