Never Empty Pole

He looked again at the little girl before him. Jiang Wan could actually bring herself to hit such an adorable child—truly heartless and insane.

"Fine, then you put medicine on me. If it stops hurting, I'll reluctantly forgive her."

Xu Hengliang reached out and handed the jade bottle in his hand to Jiang Yao, asking her to apply the medicine for him as he asked:

"Does she hit you often?"

Jiang Yao said, "Mm. After all, it was my mother who switched us when we were born. Seeing me makes her angry, and hitting me is only to vent her anger. I just need to endure it. It's nothing.

Brother Xu, does it hurt? I'll blow on it for you. Hoo—hoo—."

Watching the child's face redden, Jiang Yao sneered inwardly. He's just a little brat. Could I really fail to win him over?

Xu Hengliang recalled how Jiang Wan had smacked his butt earlier. He shifted his backside and still felt that it hurt a little.

"Jiang Wan is too much! If she becomes my Martial Uncle in the future, won't she be lording it over me?

Hey, stop blowing. How can I vent this anger? I'm so mad."

Jiang Yao had stayed here in her previous life as well, but that had been too long ago—five hundred years in the past—and she could no longer remember everything clearly. Still, there were some things she remembered.

"Then I'll help you vent your anger. Will you stop being angry with my younger sister after that?"

Little Xu Hengliang immediately nodded.

"Right! As long as you help me vent my anger, I won't be mad at her anymore. Hey, she actually hit you—why are you still helping her? You're way too nice!"

Jiang Yao smiled.

"No matter what, she's my younger sister. I know there's a pond on the back mountain with koi in it. We can take her there to catch koi."

Little Xu Hengliang's eyes immediately lit up. He was precisely at the age for chasing cats, teasing dogs, wading into rivers, and catching fish. Hearing there was a pond full of koi, he wanted to catch them at once.

"Really? Then let's go catch them and roast them to eat. After we're done eating, we'll do this..."

As Jiang Yao listened to him whispering in her ear, her eyes gradually brightened.

Normally, it would have been impossible for two children to catch koi, but Jiang Yao was an abnormal case.

The lesson was the Three Character Classic, teaching them from childhood to understand principles and such. Jiang Wan, however, was sleepy enough to nod off throughout the lesson.

Beside her, Nangong Wanyu's head was bobbing as well.

Then she suddenly saw the Master Teacher coming over. Startled, she jerked awake, and her chubby little face instantly became alert.

She reached out and poked Jiang Wan beside her. Jiang Wan simply followed the motion and fell against her, resting her head on her lap as she continued sleeping.

Everyone held their breath. Liuhuo, Dong Chen, and little Lu Zhiyi were so anxious that they wanted to reach out and pull her up.

The Foundation Establishment Martial Uncle teaching the class frowned, then suddenly heard Jiang Wan, who was sleeping sweetly, say:

"Warm as spring!"

In an instant, the temperature throughout the classroom rose, and a wave of warmth swept over them.

The senior brother teaching the lesson was stunned. This was... Words become law?

How had she done it?

Just as he was about to wake her, the senior brother paused. Instead, he took a small blanket from his Storage Bag and covered Jiang Wan with it.

"Don't let her catch a chill. All right, let's continue the lesson!

When Rong was three, he yielded pears to his elders, showing that humility is a virtue..."

Nangong Wanyu: ???

So why had Martial Uncle used pressure on her when she slept in class before?

Jiang Wan slept sprawled out in all directions. With one kick, she kicked off the little blanket.

Sitting on her other side, little Dong Chen, who carried that heavy sword on his back at every moment, helped cover her with the blanket again.

Little Lu Zhiyi, sitting behind Jiang Wan, darkened his face. When Jiang Wan kicked off the blanket a second time, he finally snatched the chance to cover her up.

Dong Chen turned to glance at him, then turned away.

Jiang Wan kicked off the little blanket again. The two moved as quickly as Emperor Weapons, scrambling for the blanket.

Then they both grabbed it at once. Each held one side of the small blanket, and neither was willing to let go.

They had not been deadlocked for long when the bell announcing the end of class rang. Jiang Wan woke up at once and curiously looked at the two of them clinging to the blanket.

"What are you doing? It's time to eat, hurry up and go eat!"

She climbed up and dragged Nangong Wanyu toward the dining hall. If you weren't proactive about eating, there was something wrong with your brain.

Sure enough, they were the first ones to arrive at the dining hall.

"Junior Sister Wanwan, don't eat yet. Senior Brother Xu said he found a pond with koi. He caught fish and wants to roast them for you as an apology. He told me to come get you."

Jiang Wan tilted her head and looked at her for a while, then turned to get food.

Jiang Yao frowned. That shouldn't be right?

"Junior Sister, he said the fish are already roasted. Just go have one. He said you're all under Venerable Yu Yi, so you're one family. If your relationship is bad, Venerable Yu Yi will be put in a difficult position too.

And he said that if I couldn't bring you over, he would hit me. I'm scared."

Nangong Wanyu gave a snort with her chubby little face.

"Who cares about eating his fish?"

Jiang Wan had already gotten her meal. Every noon, even if she did not eat the free food, she would pack it into her Storage Bag. It would not spoil anyway, so she could save it for later.

"Roasted fish? Then I'll reluctantly go take a look."

To see what the hell he was up to.

Jiang Yao's eyes instantly lit up, and she grabbed Jiang Wan to pull her outside.

Nangong Wanyu wanted to follow too. Jiang Yao did not care whether she came or not. In Jiang Yao's eyes, Nangong Wanyu was merely a nameless cannon fodder destined for a miserable end.

Liuhuo, Dong Chen, and Lu Zhiyi saw this and followed them as well, but Jiang Yao stopped them.

"Senior Brothers, don't go. Senior Brother Xu didn't say for you to come, and this is an apology. If you go, he'll want to save face and might feel embarrassed!"

Jiang Wan waved a hand.

"You wait here."

Nangong Wanyu clutched her sleeve and insisted on coming along. The three little girls left the dining hall and headed toward the back mountain.

Liuhuo was a little worried. Though there was not even a First-Order Demonic Beast on the back mountain, for their safety, what if they started fighting again?

"They won't be all right, will they?"

"Junior Sister Wanwan will be fine. If anyone is in trouble, it'll be Xu Hengliang."

Little Lu Zhiyi took out a tiny Alchemy Cauldron from his sleeve and opened it. Inside was a dark blue pill.

"If he dares hit Junior Sister Wanwan, I'll feed him poison."

Dong Chen stroked his sword and looked at his Alchemy Cauldron.

"First, you need the ability to shove the pill into his mouth. It would be faster for me to split him with my sword!"

Liuhuo looked at the two of them. Hiss, these two companions were a little dangerous!

As for Jiang Wan, whom they were worried about, she was happily eating roasted fish right now.

Meanwhile, the two people who had wanted to frame her had been thrown into the pond by her.

They were both children at the Qi Refining Third Layer. Falling into ordinary water would not drown them.

[Oh? The Great Myriad Sect, which you once personally led one hundred thousand demonic cultivators to destroy, had its koi from the fortune pool eaten clean by you, its pond drained dry, and even its springhead dug away.

Now you have returned the fortune pool to the Great Myriad Sect and fished lucky koi from the river of time and space to place within it. This is truly rare.

You have already learned to proactively whitewash yourself. Congratulations.

Reward: One Thousand Rivers Pole (Note: Never Empty Pole)]