Those Who Cultivate Never Admit Defeat

Chapter 18: We Cultivators Never Admit Defeat

What could Jiang Wan do? Of course, she'd go on a mission.

Watching Zixiang follow not too far behind, Jiang Wan ran out and, based on her few memories of flying around in the sky, headed for the sect's Talisman Paper Hall.

This was where the talisman papers used by cultivators were made.

It was comparable to an ancient courtyard with three entrances, just twice as large in area.

She casually found someone and asked for help.

"Pretty senior sister, can I help you with anything?"

The female cultivator, dressed in a goose-yellow dress, looked down and saw a cute little child. The child praised her beauty, and children never lied, so she immediately smiled.

"Whose child are you? This isn't a place to play, hurry back!"

Jiang Wan genuinely thought the female cultivator was pretty, so she hugged her leg and refused to let go.

"Pretty sister, let me help you with some work."

This female cultivator was named Wu Ran, and she only had Qi Refining Layer Six cultivation. She was an ordinary disciple. Seeing how cute Jiang Wan was, she wiggled her leg but didn't move.

"You little girl have quite some strength. You're not even as tall as my ankle, what can you help me with?

How about helping me pull weeds!"

Jiang Wan: "Sure!"

She followed Wu Ran into the Talisman Paper Hall. Many people were working inside, and many processes were involved in making talisman papers.

Wu Ran took her to the back mountain and casually pointed to a spot, telling her to play and pull weeds.

She then took out a giant axe, let out a loud shout, her muscles bulged, her arms doubled in thickness, and she began chopping trees with the axe.

Jiang Wan: ...

One moment of shock, and she pulled out a handful of weeds.

[Daily Good Deed: 2/3.

Quest Reward: Formless Strange Fire.

Formless Strange Fire: Can leap and burn from a distance. Its extinguished form can be invisible. It ignites instantly with a thought.]

Jiang Wan looked at the handful of weeds in her hand, then at the ball of transparent flame in her system backpack.

Weeds, this reward is pretty good.

She threw away the weeds in her hand and watched Wu Ran, the little loli, go berserk chopping big trees. What a contrast!

With a rumble, the tree, which required two people to embrace, fell with a crash.

Wu Ran walked over with her axe and chopped the seven or eight-meter-tall tree into seven or eight sections.

Then she put them into her storage bag, and the body-refining technique on her body dissipated, returning her to her normal size.

"Little girl, am I amazing?"

Jiang Wan nodded her little head.

"Amazing, amazing, so amazing! What's your name, sister? I'm Jiang Wan."

"I'm Wu Ran. Jiang, Jiang Wan? Are you the daughter the Sect Master just found?"

Jiang Wan: "Uh, yes, but it's not important.

Sister, we're so fated! What else can I help you with? I love helping people the most."

Wu Ran looked down at the little beanpole and said:

"Then come, help sister chop trees!"

As Wu Ran spoke, she actually handed over an axe, and Jiang Wan really took it and helped her chop trees.

One big, one small. Wu Ran, the berserk muscle loli, and the three-year-old child wielding a large axe, chopped relatively smaller trees.

Wu Ran's task for the day was to chop twenty trees. Giving the little child an axe was purely to keep her busy. She never expected that the child could actually help her chop down one tree--.

She widened her eyes, looking at Jiang Wan in disbelief, then at the tree, then at the axe in Jiang Wan's hand.

Could this low-grade magical artifact, the Tiger Head Axe, be a divine artifact?

[Daily Good Deed: 3/3

Quest Reward: Sky Mending Pill.]

Sky Mending Pill: Can repair injuries to the Dantian.

Jiang Wan felt that she was terrifyingly strong now.

"Sister Wu Ran, you take this one. I'll go chop another one."

Wu Ran was stunned. She went and started chopping another tree with a clang clang.

Zixiang, who was following from the shadows, sighed at how strong her little junior sister was.

Fairy Xueyun, flying in the sky in shock, looked at the little child below helping someone chop trees. Is this really my child?

Her strength is incredible, and what's more, she's so helpful.

Wait, did she really come here just to help chop trees?

Jiang Wan chopped down three trees before Wu Ran stopped her. Wu Ran then had her peel and chop the trees into pieces before making talisman paper.

Looking at the stack of finished talisman paper in her hands, Jiang Wan was very happy.

This is what's fun!

The next day, she went to the Talisman Brush Hall to make talisman brushes and ran into Wu Ran again. The two looked at each other for a moment.

Wu Ran understood and crouched down, leaning closer to whisper, "Junior Sister, you went to the Talisman Paper Hall yesterday and came to the Talisman Brush Hall today. Are you going to the Cinnabar Hall tomorrow?"

Jiang Wan smiled at her, and Wu Ran immediately snapped her fingers.

"I get it, come with me!"

Jiang Wan followed her inside and listened as Wu Ran explained.

"For talisman paper, we usually use cloud mulberry trees and cattails. Other materials can also be used, but among low-level disciples in the cultivation world, the demand for our talisman paper is the highest.

Talisman brushes are different. Once made, they are durable. The brush handle is easy to manage, but for the bristles, not many are actually wolf hair; they're mostly weasel fur.

I'll make one now while you watch, and then you can try it yourself."

On the third day, she went to the Cinnabar Hall, where Wu Ran was already waiting for her.

After three days, she had talisman paper, talisman brushes, and cinnabar. The only problem was that she hadn't reached Qi Refining Layer Three yet. Without reaching Layer Three, she couldn't project spiritual power and couldn't draw talismans.

What she drew only had the shape, no spiritual power.

As she left the Cinnabar Hall, Jiang Wan bowed deeply to Wu Ran.

"Thank you, Sister Wu Ran."

[As the Supreme Heavenly Demon, you bear countless karmic ties. Ordinary people cannot withstand your bow.

A mere Qi Refining girl in the cultivation world receiving your bow and surviving... you must have used your supreme spiritual power and suppressed your cultivation and countless karmic ties to the fullest to avoid harming her in the slightest. This was truly difficult.

Your intention to cleanse yourself is as clear as the sun and moon.

Bonus Reward: Beginningless Dao Bone.]

Jiang Wan was stunned for a moment. Wu Ran, standing opposite her, immediately helped her up and reached out to rub her little face.

Wu Ran: "Wow, so cute. She feels so nice to touch."

"Ahem, Junior Sister, what are you doing? You have the materials to draw talismans now, but your cultivation is still too low. You must cultivate diligently in the future!"

Jiang Wan decided to cultivate diligently as soon as she got back and raise her cultivation to Qi Refining Layer Three.

"Okay, Sister Wu Ran,"

Before she could finish speaking, she was interrupted. A bamboo slip flew towards Wu Ran, hitting her. Wu Ran caught it with quick reflexes.

Even so, the force of the bamboo slip made her stumble back three steps.

Jiang Wan frowned as she looked at the newcomer. The man had a long face with narrow eyes. He arrogantly tilted his chin and glanced at her before saying to Wu Ran, "Wu Ran, sign the engagement annulment letter. Your dantian is shattered, and you can only walk the path of body cultivation. You are no longer worthy of me, a Foundation Establishment Mid-stage cultivator. Sign the annulment letter and say publicly that you voluntarily broke off the engagement. That way, we can both save face."

Wu Ran grunted, looked at the bamboo slip in her hand, took out a talisman brush from her storage bag, wrote her name, and threw the bamboo slip back to the young man opposite her.

"Wang Lin, I thank you for your grace in not marrying me today."

With the engagement annulment letter in hand, Wang Lin smiled with satisfaction.

"You're welcome. After all, you're a cripple now. Even if you switch to body cultivation, the Great Dao is difficult. Farewell. From now on, please never mention that we were engaged. I can't afford to lose face like that."

The young man called Wang Lin finished speaking and flew away on his sword.

Jiang Wan turned and handed Wu Ran a jade bottle.

"Sister Wu Ran, here you go. We cultivators never admit defeat."