I Dare Not Accept

Chapter 41: I Wouldn't Dare Accept It

After Jiang Wan left with Venerable Yu Yi, Jiang Wan sent a telepathic message to him halfway there.

"Master, did you see anything when you searched her soul just now? Was it someone who instigated her, and is it related to Jiang Yao?"

Venerable Yu Yi shook his head, finding it strange as well.

"The other party must have used some kind of secret technique. When I searched her soul, I found that all memories of Madam Li's contact with the other party had been erased."

Jiang Wan: No way, is this the legendary protagonist of fortune, protected by the Heavenly Dao? She looked up at the sky, Could the Heavenly Dao be playing tricks?

If it were the Heavenly Dao, it would be quite wronged, having taken the blame for nothing.

Since Jiang Yao was a reborn woman who had lived for nearly five hundred years in her previous life, it was impossible for her not to have any secret techniques. To erase someone's memory, even though her current cultivation was not high, as long as the other party was willing to open their Sea of Consciousness for her to erase the memory, she could easily do so.

This was why Venerable Yu Yi's soul search found no reason for Jiang Yao to have instructed Madam Li to do so; it was because all those memories had been voluntarily deleted by Madam Li.

Jiang Wan didn't care; she would pin the blame on the Heavenly Dao anyway.

Following her Master to a pavilion, it was like a small banquet filled with Spirit Transmutation cultivators. Their common trait was that they all knew Venerable Yu Yi and seemed to be on good terms. Upon seeing Venerable Yu Yi arrive, they all gathered around him and his disciple, pushing Venerable Yu Yi aside.

"You're that little brat with the Innate Lightning Spiritual Root, Jiang Wan, right? Come here, old man, I am Venerable Luo Chen. I have something good for you, take this jade pendant. This is the jade pendant of our Xiao Family's future matriarch. Later, you can pick whichever of my grandsons you like."

As Jiang Wan reached out to take the jade pendant, she felt a jolt and threw it back to Venerable Luo Chen. While Venerable Luo Chen was stunned, others shoved their jade pendants at her.

"This is the Exquisite Jade Pendant, my grandson, blah blah blah..."

"This is the Dragon Phoenix Pendant, my grandson, blah blah blah..."

"This is... my son, blah blah blah..."

Jiang Wan put her small hands behind her back, looking at the jade pendants being handed to her and shaking her head. No, no, I won't take them, none of them are good.

"Master-- Save me, someone's trying to kidnap a child!"

Jiang Wan's small body weaved left and right, finally breaking through a forest of legs to reach her Master, and hid behind him.

"Master, they're trying to harm your disciple, are you going to do something about it?"

Venerable Luo Chen, who spoke first, with a youthful face and white hair, shook his head and returned to his seat.

"Ah, Venerable Yu Yi, you've met my grandson, haven't you? Isn't the youngest one quite good?"

Venerable Yu Yi gave him a huge eye-roll.

"Your grandson is two hundred years old, and you still have the nerve to say that? My little disciple is only a three-year-old child. Beast, brute!"

Venerable Luo Chen coughed lightly, his face not blushing.

"Where do we cultivators care about age? In another ten or twenty years, your little disciple will have grown up, and my grandson's pure yang will still be there. That boy is very pure, how could he not be worthy of your disciple?"

Venerable Yu Yi waved him away.

"Scram, don't mention this again. When my disciple grows up, she'll make her own choices. Don't you think about taking advantage of her youth to abduct her, not a chance. Be careful she doesn't strike you old guys with lightning!"

Venerable Luo Chen looked regretful.

"Why is your luck so good, old fellow, to have stumbled upon an Innate Lightning Spiritual Root!"

Venerable Yu Yi: "My little disciple also has five Mixed Spiritual Roots, you don't mention that at all!"

Venerable Luo Chen waved his hand: "Five Mixed Spiritual Roots can be completely ignored. First, cultivate the Lightning Spiritual Root to its peak. The other five spiritual roots can serve as reserves to supplement the spiritual power of the Lightning Spiritual Root, and they won't interfere! It's just that cultivation methods for lightning spiritual power are hard to find. If you don't have one, I have a set. As long as the little girl becomes my grandson's wife, I'll give you this cultivation method for free. Not only the cultivation method, but even the resources of our Xuantian Sect, for free!"

Jiang Wan, hiding behind Venerable Yu Yi, couldn't help but stick out her tongue at Venerable Luo Chen.

"Blegh~"

She turned to her Master and said, "Master, don't sell me off. I'm very easy to take care of. As for that lightning spiritual power cultivation method, my father gave me a copy before he went into seclusion. I don't need theirs."

Venerable Yu Yi sent a telepathic message to his little disciple.

"Did Venerable Leng Feng really give you a cultivation method?"

Jiang Wan: "Master, I lied to him. I don't want to be a child bride to a two-hundred-year-old man."

Venerable Luo Chen: "Cough cough cough cough,"

Venerable Yu Yi glanced at him. "If you eavesdrop, and my disciple doesn't want to, we'll let it go. Can you give us something good instead of trying to trick a child with a betrothal jade pendant?"

Venerable Luo Chen could only reluctantly put away the betrothal jade pendant. He took out a jade box from his sleeve and said, "Since you don't want the betrothal jade pendant, then this 'Obstacle Breaking Pill' is the only suitable thing for you. Obstacle Breaking Pill: Dispels all demonic obstacles, with miraculous effects for those below the Golden Core stage."

Jiang Wan's eyes lit up, and she nodded her little head. This was good. "Thank you, Venerable Luo Chen."

Seeing that Venerable Luo Chen had retracted his betrothal jade pendant, the others could only regretfully put theirs away and replace them with other good items. After going around, she received quite a few good things.

"Little one, come, I have something good here. These two small gourds, try them. Whichever you like, I'll give it to you!" The Wine Sword Immortal, carrying a large gourd on his back, took out two small gourds, each containing ten catties of good wine, and let Jiang Wan choose.

Jiang Wan looked at the two small gourds. "Senior, we children never make choices. I want both!"

The Wine Sword Immortal's mouth twitched. As expected of that old fellow Venerable Yu Yi's disciple, he was just like him. "I can give them to you, but you have to try them. What if they don't taste good?"

Jiang Wan felt he made sense, but this old man didn't seem like a good person! He was like those swindlers who tricked children with candy and then abducted them.

Jiang Wan picked up a palm-sized small gourd, opened the stopper, and poured out a cup. She then took out the other one and poured out a cup. Her small nose sniffed at the two cups of wine and she pointed to one cup. "This wine tastes of fruit. This cup has the flavor of pear blossoms."

The Wine Sword Immortal's eyes lit up. He let her taste. Jiang Wan first drank the fruit wine, then the pear blossom wine. The fruit wine was clear and sweet upon entering the mouth, but it burned as it went down her throat. The Wine Sword Immortal watched her drink both cups one after another, staring at her curiously. "Which one tastes better?"

Jiang Wan tilted her head, blinked her eyes, felt lightheaded, and grinned at the old man in front of her. "The Pear Blossom White is delicious, and the fruit wine is also delicious. But flowers bloom before fruit, so the Pear Blossom White is better, hic!"

She turned to leave, and the Wine Sword Immortal laughed heartily. He stood up, bent over, and hung both small wine gourds on her waist. "Little girl, you're really interesting. I'll give both to you."

Jiang Wan reached out and patted his face. "Hehehe, white-bearded old grandpa, let's go, I'll help you—cross the road!"