A Good Deed A Day

Chapter 16: A Good Deed a Day

She really wasn't slacking on her cultivation; it was just that her Mixed Spiritual Root limited her absorption of Spiritual Power. After circulating the Cultivation Method for a few cycles, she couldn't continue.

The Spiritual Power would then nourish her meridians. She was temporarily saturated and needed to digest it, so she got bored and had to make an excuse to leave.

True Lord Nanchen saw her like this and knew she was still just a child. He let her go.

"Remember to come back later. Such an opportunity is rare."

Jiang Wan ran out, thinking she wouldn't go back even if asked. She still hadn't roasted the fish she caught yesterday!

I wonder if he's observing me with his Spiritual Sense. He wouldn't be that perverted, would he?

She dashed out and planned to run back to her own courtyard. However, halfway there, she realized she was lost and didn't know where she'd ended up.

Someone was talking in the woods.

"You're just a handyman disciple. What use is a Qi Nurturing Pill to a trash Mixed Spiritual Root? You're destined to be a nobody for life anyway."

"A handyman disciple like you eating a Qi Nurturing Pill is just a waste. Hand it over!"

Jiang Wan was shorter than the grass on the ground, so the two handyman disciples couldn't see her. At this moment, the System's voice sounded in her ear.

[Your whitewashing progress still needs to increase. Please perform a good deed daily to help cultivators.

Daily Limit: 3/3

Task Difficulty: Normal

Task Reward: Varies depending on the cultivation level of the person you help.]

Jiang Wan thought, Isn't this just asking me to be a hero?

But helping cultivators... well, if she helped a Demonic Cultivator, she wouldn't be whitewashing at all; she'd be completely tarnished.

Immediately, she clenched her small fists and charged into the woods.

"Let go of that young man, let me! I'll teach you a lesson! Huh? Where did they go?"

Jiang Wan looked around. The two disciples who had snatched the Qi Nurturing Pill were already gone. The young man, dressed in a gray handyman disciple uniform, was lying on the ground with a bruised and swollen face, indicating that the people who had snatched the pill had also beaten him.

"Little brother, are you okay? Who were they? How dare they snatch your Qi Nurturing Pill? Tell me, I'll beat them for you."

Lu Li wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and looked at the little child in front of him, shaking his head and chuckling self-deprecatingly.

"You're barely taller than grass. Forget it. They're right; I'm a waste with a Mixed Spiritual Root. Even eating a Qi Nurturing Pill is a waste."

Jiang Wan: Thanks, I feel like I've been subtly insulted.

"So what if it's a Mixed Spiritual Root?

Did a Mixed Spiritual Root eat their rice? Heaven and Earth are not benevolent; they treat all things as straw dogs. It means that before Heaven and Earth, we are all straw dogs, all the same.

A Mixed Spiritual Root is still a Spiritual Root. Think about it, those with Single Spiritual Roots only have one root to connect to the Great Dao. You have five roots, and each one can connect to the Great Dao.

As long as you're willing to cultivate diligently, the level you reach is up to you.

I'm also a Mixed Spiritual Root, and I'm already at the third level of Qi Condensation."

She chattered on, even holding up her hand in front of Lu Li to make an "OK" sign, for "three"!

"Little brother, don't be discouraged. You have to secretly cultivate diligently, and then amaze everyone!

Here, I have a Qi Nurturing Pill. Take it."

Seeing her actually take out a bottle of high-grade Qi Nurturing Pills for him, Lu Li stared at the bottle, stunned.

A three-year-old child understood this truth, yet he had given up on himself. It was truly inexcusable.

He looked at the Qi Nurturing Pill offered to him and reached out to take it.

He looked earnestly at the little girl in the purple and white dress and thanked her.

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

"My name is Jiang Wan. We're friends from now on. I also have peaches here. Take some to eat; they're good for cultivation too. I picked a lot last time."

As Jiang Wan spoke, she started taking out peaches. A single peach, comparable to ten high-grade Qi Nurturing Pills, she took out more than a dozen, almost burying him in peaches.

Lu Li: "Enough, enough! You're giving me too much. I'm definitely your friend now."

Jiang Wan giggled as she listened to the System Bro give her rewards.

[A Good Deed Done: 1/3.

Even a small disciple of the sect at the third level of Qi Condensation, you are willing to humble yourself and extend a helping hand. This shows your firm resolve to whitewash.

Task Reward: Nine Revolutions Immortal Grass.]

Jiang Wan curiously looked at the Nine Revolutions Immortal Grass in her system backpack, wanting to see what kind of grass required nine revolutions.

Lu Li put away all the Immortal Peaches. These couldn't be seen by others.

He looked at the little girl in front of him with a complicated expression.

"Jiang Wan, right? You shouldn't casually give so many good things to people in the future. It's easy to attract covetousness and unnecessary trouble."

Jiang Wan listened to his advice and immediately nodded, indicating she understood.

Zixiang found her, relieved to see she was unharmed.

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

Jiang Wan sighed, resigned to being carried back by Zixiang.

As soon as she returned to her elder brother's courtyard, she saw his door open. Her elder brother, Chuzhou, truly lived up to his reputation as a prodigy of the younger generation – he had successfully formed his core!

Seeing her elder brother run over with a joyous expression.

"Little Sister, I owe my successful core formation to you. I'll tell you all about it after I return from my tribulation. I'm going to face the Core Formation lightning tribulation now."

Jiang Wan watched him fly towards the back mountain as soon as he finished speaking, knowing there must be a dedicated place for facing tribulations.

In the next moment, she was scooped up by True Lord Nanchen.

"Do you want to watch your elder brother's tribulation? Come on, I'll take you."

The white-haired young man was so kind, he flew away with her. Standing far away on the back mountain, she watched her elder brother face his tribulation.

Thinking of her Lightning Spiritual Root, she wondered if a single strike could increase her cultivation. Nah, I'll wait until my cultivation is higher before getting struck.

She still had two good deeds to complete today. Who should she help? There were no old ladies needing help crossing the road, but she could help someone cross ten times.

The seven tribulation lightning bolts passed by quickly.

Fairy Xueyun arrived. She had already dismissed True Lord Tonghua and Nangong Shuyin in the main hall earlier.

She had previously begged them to fulfill the engagement early, and they had tried to extort her. Now that her son's cultivation had improved, indicating he had benefited from misfortune, she no longer needed to beg them. As for the conditions they had proposed, she could scoff at them.

"Son, you're wonderful! You've successfully advanced to Golden Core."

Chuzhou smiled and was about to take Jiang Wan from True Lord Nanchen. He had already reached out to tickle her and take her from his arms, but True Lord Nanchen showed no intention of letting go.

Jiang Wan was stuck in this awkward position.

True Lord Nanchen: "I can hold her."

Chuzhou gave him a strange look and tentatively tried to pull his sister out of his embrace again.

Jiang Wan: "Why don't you two just put me down!"

True Lord Nanchen smiled and carried Jiang Wan back.

"Chuzhou, you've just advanced to Golden Core, so you must have a lot to say to Fairy Xueyun. Why don't you two talk first?"

Chuzhou let go with a speechless expression. Someone was actually competing with him for his sister.

However, he decided to talk 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, who had heard Fairy Xueyun scolding Jiang Wan earlier, asked with confusion.

"Mother, the day before yesterday, when my fire poison acted up, it was Little Sister who saved me with the Chaos Bead. After I sent Little Sister out, I heard everything that happened outside. Why do I feel that you... aren't very affectionate towards Little Sister?"

Fairy Xueyun shook her head.

"Many things have happened while you were away. Jiang Yao is also your sister. She had some fortuitous encounters, and she said..."