Reward: A Spiritual Spring

True Person Nanchen smiled, letting her casually touch his hair.

"You've been at the Great Myriad Sect for a month, let's go, I'll take you to see Meditation Cliff."

Meditation Cliff was a cliff face where the surrounding spiritual energy had been deliberately drained. Occasionally, disciples would climb up to deposit Bigu Pills.

Without spiritual power, one could not cultivate. You would emerge with the same cultivation level you entered with, merely wasting time. It was pure, genuine meditation.

As the two arrived, two streaks of light flew towards them. True Person Nanchen quickly pulled her aside to hide.

The arrivals were Fairy Xueyun and Fairy Nishang. Moments later, Madam Li was brought out.

Fairy Xueyun made her swear a Heart Demon Oath, forbidding her from ever harming Jiang Wan again, or her cultivation would be destroyed and she would be struck down by heavenly lightning.

Hiding in the darkness with Jiang Wan in his arms, True Person Nanchen transmitted his voice to Jiang Wan.

"Your mother's move is wise. By making her swear the Heart Demon Oath, she won't harm you in the future."

Jiang Wan watched Fairy Nishang take Madam Li away. Only then did Fairy Xueyun call them out.

"What kind of behavior is this, hiding in the shadows? Don't worry, Mother has made her swear the Heart Demon Oath, she won't harm you anymore. If you encounter her at the Great Myriad Sect in the future, just avoid her."

Jiang Wan knew they didn't kill Madam Li because they cared about Jiang Yao's feelings. However, Jiang Yao, this destined heroine, was no good thing. Based on her observations these past few days, it was highly likely she was also a transmigrator, or perhaps reborn.

"Okay, Mother, I understand."

"Mother, Mother, I'm back!"

[You bear tens of millions of great karmic debts. Although your mother has forgiven you, she still holds a grudge over you personally annihilating your second brother.

To further whitewash yourself, please resurrect your second brother, whom you personally struck down into soul annihilation, from the river of time.

Task Difficulty: Supreme

Task Reward: One small Spiritual Spring, placement at your discretion.]

Jiang Wan knew she had a second brother, but she had never met him. How was she supposed to resurrect him? No, how was she supposed to find him?

As she pondered, a green streak of light flew from somewhere and landed with a Thomas spin. Clad in a flowing, wide-sleeved robe of fresh and refined green, he had a baby face.

His entrance was exaggerated, and his voice was light and cheerful, tinged with excitement.

"Mother, I heard you found my little sister. Ah, I haven't met this little girl. Could she be the little sister whose birth was swapped?"

Jiang Wan obediently called out:

"Second Brother!"

"Ah, little sister, this little sister is so pretty, she looks cute and well-behaved. Look what Second Brother brought you to eat."

[Resurrecting your deceased second brother, Jiang Muyi, from the river of time. The newly appointed Governor of the River of Time, who specializes in robbing various heavenly prodigies, this task will surely cost you a great price and is extremely difficult.

Task Complete.

Task Reward: Small Spiritual Spring, Upgraded to Medium Spiritual Spring.]

Jiang Wan was contemplating where to place the Spiritual Spring when a foul odor assaulted her nostrils.

She looked at her Second Brother, True Person Muyi, excitedly presenting her with a dark, sticky lump.

Jiang Wan suddenly understood. If she was a great demon in five hundred years, she must have killed this Second Brother because he fed her poop.

Fairy Xueyun and Nanchen immediately covered their noses and retreated ten meters.

Fairy Xueyun scolded, "You scoundrel, what filthy thing are you taking out?"

True Person Muyi shrugged helplessly and took a bite, his face filled with enjoyment.

"Don't be so alarmed. This is stinky tofu from the mortal realm. It smells bad but tastes good. Try a bite, I guarantee you won't vomit."

Jiang Wan was also speechless. As she watched her Second Brother eat, she remembered.

It's over, dead memories are attacking me.

What kind of stinky tofu soaked in corpse water, or pickled in a toilet, she wouldn't eat it.

Wuwu, why does Second Brother, with his baby face, look so terrifying?

She wanted to escape, but she couldn't.

With a strange movement technique, Second Brother appeared in an instant before the white-haired True Person Nanchen, who was holding her.

"Little sister, if you don't like this, Second Brother has other delicious food."

Jiang Wan watched him stuff the stinky tofu into his sleeve, then pull out a yellow piece. It was also fleshy, and also smelly, but this one she could accept.

Durian flesh. Wuwu, she liked this. As she reached out to take it, she heard Second Brother say, "This is good, little sister. Sweeter than shit, but not as sticky."

Jiang Wan: ...

Her outstretched hand froze in mid-air. Did he want her to eat it or not?

True Person Nanchen helped her retract her outstretched hand.

Carrying her away, Jiang Wan perched on True Person Nanchen's shoulder, her gaze fixed on the durian flesh in her second brother's hand. To eat or not to eat, that was a question worth considering.

After Jiang Wan returned to her courtyard, she began playing inside.

True Person Nanchen, clad in white robes and with white hair, was cultivating in the courtyard.

When Muyi arrived, he saw this exact scene. He walked behind Jiang Wan, who was squatting on the ground digging a hole, intending to startle the little girl.

As a result, he saw water in the small pit Jiang Wan had dug. The Spiritual Spring had only just begun to emerge, and before the surrounding soil could even settle, Muyi's second brother misunderstood.

"Well now, little sister, you're peeing to make mud, aren't you? I caught you red-handed!"

Jiang Wan looked at his green robe and thought that anyone who didn't know better would mistake him for a grass spirit.

"Second brother, have a drink!"

By this time, the Spiritual Spring emerging from the ground was clean and clear. Jiang Wan cupped a handful and offered it to him.

Muyi lowered his head to smell it and his eyes immediately widened. He drank a large mouthful directly from her hand.

True Person Nanchen, startled, zipped over.

He hadn't been completely in meditation and had heard Muyi's words about "peeing to make mud." Then, hearing Jiang Wan offer him a drink, he used his Spiritual Sense to see that Muyi was actually drinking it, which scared him into rushing over.

This Muyi is such a glutton; there's nothing he won't eat. He'd actually drink from a three-year-old child like Jiang Wan?

Muyi took a large, shocked gulp. Seeing True Person Nanchen arrive, he grabbed him and urged him to drink the water from the small puddle on the ground.

True Person Nanchen's fists clenched.

Suddenly, his gaze fell upon the puddle on the ground, and his expression grew increasingly serious.

He waved his hand, and a water droplet flew up. He sensed a massive Spiritual Power fluctuation within it. He brought the water droplet to his mouth, his phoenix eyes widening in disbelief as he looked at Muyi.

"Spiritual Spring water?"

Muyi, with a rare solemn expression, nodded.

"Yes, it's Spiritual Spring water." As he spoke, he raised his hand and swept it across the ground, forming a large pit around the spring's source. The Spiritual Spring water gushed out from the opening.

However, Jiang Wan was also within the pit's range. She fell in unexpectedly.

True Person Nanchen, with quick reflexes, pulled her out and patted her, casting a dust-removing spell. She was once again a clean little fairy.

"Wanwan, did you dig out this Spiritual Spring?"

Jiang Wan spread her little fleshy hands, looking innocent.

"I don't know, I just dug around and it came out. Is this water good to drink? Give me some to store. I want to use it to bathe, and to bathe Fat Tiger, and to bathe the little turtle."

True Person Muyi and True Person Nanchen fell silent.

Up until now, only the Great Myriad Sect possessed a Spiritual Spring. Other smaller sects and families could only obtain half a bowl of Spiritual Spring water as a reward for meritorious service or during the triennial tribute, and even then, it was just a sip.