I Am No Longer Who I Was Back Then

Iodophor stung when used for disinfection, but when Master used spiritual power to heal her, it did not hurt at all.

Sob, sob. Master, this disciple will definitely be filial to you from now on.

Xu Hengliang's master had been kicked into secluded cultivation by Venerable Yu Yi. With no master coming to his rescue and his grandmaster's blows hurting so badly, he could not endure it anymore.

He pointed at Jiang Yao and wailed, yet his words came out clearly:

"It was her who told me to catch the Fortune Koi, roast them, and frame Jiang Wan! She came up with the idea, and she helped catch the koi! Sob, sob, Grandmaster, stop hitting me! I'm so miserable!"

Jiang Wan stared at Jiang Yao in surprise. Her little tear-filled face was full of shocked disbelief.

"Senior Sister Jiang Yao, why did you want to harm me like this?"

Jiang Yao pursed her lips. Children really had no filter on their mouths. She immediately began crying too.

"Junior Sister, I'm sorry. He threatened me. He said he would beat me to death if I didn't listen to him. Sob, sob, I was so scared! Ahhh, sob, sob, sob!"

The crying of the three children made everyone's heads ache. Venerable Wanhe wore the face of a handsome middle-aged man, but his crane-like eyes studied Jiang Yao carefully.

"All of you, shut up. You, tell me—how did you catch the Fortune Koi?"

This was exactly the chance Jiang Yao had been waiting for. She wanted to become Venerable Wanhe's disciple earlier than in her previous life. Jiang Wan had already taken a master, so she could not fall behind.

"I just used Water Spiritual Power to catch them. They were very easy to catch!"

Xu Hengliang looked at her in confusion. How had they been easy to catch? He had tried for so long without catching a single one.

Jiang Yao made it sound easy, and Venerable Wanhe indeed curiously used a Secret Technique to inspect her fortune. At a glance, he discovered that Jiang Yao's fortune was unusual—she was actually someone of immense fortune.

Fortune Koi also served dishes according to the guest. People with poor fortune should not even think of getting close to them; the koi would even find them unlucky.

When someone with exceptional fortune stood by the pond, the Fortune Koi would automatically be drawn over. Catching them would naturally be simple.

"Hm. Since you were coerced by that brat, your actions are understandable. I see that you possess great fortune. Are you willing to enter under my tutelage?"

Jiang Yao immediately got her wish and took him as her master.

"This disciple greets Master!"

Little Xu Hengliang was dumbfounded. Why was Jiang Yao, who had proposed the idea and caught the fish, fine—and had even become Venerable Wanhe's disciple—while he had been beaten so terribly?

When he turned to look at Young Martial Uncle Jiang Wan, even her tears had dried. Did she not hurt?

Venerable Yu Yi and Venerable Wanhe had always been old rivals. Seeing that Wanhe not only did not blame that little girl but had even accepted her as a disciple, Yu Yi snorted coldly inside.

He congratulated Venerable Wanhe.

"Congratulations, Wanhe, on gaining such an excellent disciple. Although your disciple was at fault first in this matter, my disciple was also framed. But the fish were indeed eaten. Later, I'll catch a few more to make up for them.

"I'll take them back first."

With a sweep of his spiritual power, he took Jiang Wan, Xu Hengliang, and Nangong Wanyu away.

As for Fat Tiger, that cat was as shrewd as a turtle. The moment he sensed something was amiss, he darted back into the Spirit Beast Bag.

Venerable Yu Yi took them to Venerable Yichen's cave abode and kicked the other man's restriction with one foot.

"Come out and see the fine mess your stupid disciple has made!"

Then, held in Venerable Yu Yi's arms, Jiang Wan watched helplessly as little Xu Hengliang was beaten again by his own master—Venerable Yichen, Venerable Yu Yi's disciple and Jiang Wan's senior brother.

After being beaten in a combined assault by master and grandmaster, the little fellow cried himself hoarse.

Yichen had been kicked into secluded cultivation by his master because his own disciple had caused trouble. Now he had been kicked out again, and it was still because his own disciple had caused trouble.

It infuriated him to death. This brat...

If he had not owed the Myriad Array Sect Master a favor back then, he never would have taken in such a thing.

"Joining hands with outsiders to frame your Young Martial Uncle! Your Young Martial Uncle is only three years old, while you're already six! You're no longer a three-year-old child! If I catch you doing something stupid again, see if I don't break your legs!"

After dealing with his own stupid disciple, Yichen clasped his hands and bowed to his Junior Sister in embarrassment.

"Junior Sister, your senior brother has already beaten him once to make him remember this lesson.

"Since Junior Sister is angry with him, you mustn't be angry with your senior brother too!

"Here, this is a Storage Ring from your senior brother. There are some little trinkets inside. Take them and play with them, Junior Sister."

Since taking someone's gift made one's hand soft, Jiang Wan could no longer pursue the matter with that little child who had already been dealt with twice.

Her divine sense swept through it. A small pile of spirit stones gleamed brightly, along with quite a number of pills, Magic Tools, and other things useful for both the Qi Refining Realm and the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Only after accepting the good things did Venerable Yu Yi leave contentedly with his little disciple.

When Jiang Wan and Nangong Wanyu returned, Liuhuo, Dong Chen, and Lu Zhiyi hurriedly gathered around to ask what had happened. Seeing that she was unharmed, they were all relieved.

"I heard that Junior Sister Jiang Yao was also accepted as a disciple by a Spirit Transmutation Cultivator. You're both disciples of Spirit Transmutation Venerables now. That's amazing."

Thinking of that little brat Jiang Yao, Jiang Wan narrowed her eyes. What kind of three-year-old was so skilled at scheming?

"Yes. Where is Jiang Yao?"

The others shook their heads.

"We didn't see her. Venerable Wanhe probably took her away?"

Jiang Wan gave an "oh." She did not see Jiang Yao over the next several days either. It was said that Venerable Wanhe had kept her by his side and personally taught her.

This news gave Jiang Wan a suspicion. Jiang Yao's fortune was far from ordinary. From Venerable Wanhe raising Fortune Koi, it was clear that he had a particular obsession with fortune.

After cultivating for thirty days, they could return home for five days before coming back to continue cultivating.

Chen Yao and True Person Nanchen came together to pick them up, and Jiang Yao finally appeared as well.

The one who brought Jiang Yao out was Fairy Nishang, who had personally come to fetch them in the beginning.

"This lord will return to the Myriad Talisman Sect with you this time."

Fairy Xueyun had intended to pick them up, but True Person Nanchen had rushed to do it first. She waited above the sect, and the moment she saw them return, she immediately pulled Jiang Wan into her arms.

"Let Mother have a look. You seem to have grown a little taller. You've gotten thinner, thinner. Later, I'll have Zixiang and Ziyun make you more delicious food to nourish you."

When she looked toward Jiang Yao, she saw Fairy Nishang standing beside her.

"I have troubled Fairy to personally escort them back. Please, come into the sect and rest for a while."

Fairy Nishang smiled and nodded.

"I personally escorted them back because there is something I wish to seek Fairy Xueyun's agreement on.

"I heard that Jiang Yao still has a birth mother. I came this time also hoping to take her birth mother back with me. Jiang Yao will cultivate in my sect from now on, and having her birth mother by her side would be good as well."

Fairy Xueyun had learned at once that Jiang Yao had taken a Spirit Transmutation Venerable as her master. Not long ago, Jiang Yao had taken True Lord Bitter Sword as her master, and now she had taken Venerable Wanhe as her master. It could only be said that her fortune was indeed good.

But releasing Madam Li... Fairy Xueyun frowned and invited her inside to speak first.

Jiang Wan thought of how Madam Li had thrown her into the valley behind the mountain. She had originally been sentenced to seven years at Meditation Cliff, but now it seemed that after being confined for barely more than a month, she would be taken away by the Great Myriad Sect.

Nan Chen could tell what she was thinking from her expression.

He quietly sent her a voice transmission:

"Are you afraid of that Madam Li?"

Jiang Wan smiled, reached out to touch his white hair, and shook her head.

"I am no longer who I was back then."