You Can Count on Me

The Wine Sword Immortal had her tiny chubby hand smack against his face. It did not hurt, nor did he find it embarrassing. But... she wanted to help him cross the road?

Speechless, he was dragged out by Jiang Wan pulling on his arm, then flung away with a burst of force, tracing a graceful parabola through the sky.

Jiang Wan tilted her head, her drunken eyes hazy as she giggled.

"Dai-ly Good Deed!"

[Daily Good Deed, completion progress: 1/3.]

After saying that, Jiang Wan lifted a foot to leave. The Wine Sword Immortal, whom she had thrown away, swooshed back. Speechless and astonished, he lowered his head to look at the little bean who did not even reach his ankles.

He had let his guard down for just a moment, and this child had thrown him away. How had she done it? Why was she so strong?

Jiang Wan shook her head and fixed her gaze on the old man before her.

"Grandpa, do you still need to cross the road? I'll help you across."

As she spoke, she reached out with her little hands to support him. The Wine Sword Immortal raised his arm high, leaving Jiang Wan stretching both hands without being able to reach it.

"Heh, little girl, are you really going to keep doing Daily Good Deeds on just one person? Luo Chen, old fellow, get over here."

Jiang Wan narrowed her eyes into slits and shook her head, turning a few steps into eighteen winding mountain bends.

A piece of cloth appeared before her. Looking up, she saw another old man and immediately grinned.

"Grandpa, are you crossing the road? I'll help you across!"

Venerable Luo Chen had seen what happened just now. He thought the Wine Sword Immortal had deliberately gone along with Jiang Wan's game, but when he was flung out, his body drew a parabola through the air while his face was filled with disbelief.

[Daily Good Deed, completion progress: 2/3.]

The next moment, he steadied himself midair and flew back, leaving Venerable Yu Yi above utterly speechless.

"You two old fools, do you find teasing a child that amusing?"

The Wine Sword Immortal and Venerable Luo Chen exchanged a glance, then Venerable Yu Yi was dragged before Jiang Wan.

"Hurry and tell us where you picked up this disciple of yours. We'll go pick one up too."

Jiang Wan felt as if her head were incredibly light, and her whole body floated as though she were walking on clouds.

When she looked up and saw her own master, she bared a row of tiny white teeth in a grin.

"Master."

Venerable Luo Chen said from the side, "Your master needs to cross the road. Hurry and help your master cross it."

The Wine Sword Immortal fanned the flames from the side as well.

"That's right, that's right! Your master needs to cross the road. Hurry and support him!"

As he spoke, he even placed Venerable Yu Yi's arm into Jiang Wan's hands. Jiang Wan patted her little chest.

"You can count on me, you can count on me! Master, I'll help you cross the road. Off you go!"

With a whoosh, Venerable Yu Yi was hurled far away by his own disciple, vanishing into the sky as a speck of light.

Jiang Wan giggled, then flopped onto the ground and promptly fell asleep.

[Daily Good Deed, task progress: 3/3

Task completed.

Task reward: Primordial Chaos Body.

Primordial Chaos Body: Can help the host better master Chaos Power. Prerequisite: The host must quickly elevate the Five Elements Mixed Spiritual Root into a Chaos Spiritual Root. Keep up the good work, host!]

Jiang Wan slept soundly, snoring away.

Her master, whom she had thrown out, flew back the next instant.

He stared in amazement at his little disciple sprawled on the ground with all four limbs spread wide. The others also gathered around, circling the child whose sleeping posture was anything but graceful.

Venerable Luo Chen said, "How strange. Your disciple is astonishingly strong!"

The Wine Sword Immortal said, "Even if we deliberately suppressed our cultivation, the weight of our bodies is not something a three-year-old could casually fling away, is it?"

Venerable Yu Yi said, "Why else do you think she is my disciple?"

After saying that, he was the first to crouch down, scoop up Jiang Wan, and prepare to leave, only for the Wine Sword Immortal to grab him.

"Old brother, why are you running? I think your little disciple is quite good. Why not have her take me as her master too? I'll teach her the Drunken Sword."

Venerable Luo Chen stroked his beard.

"Actually, I could take another disciple as well."

"Get lost, get lost, get lost! None of you are taking my disciple from me. Drink by yourselves. I'm taking her back first."

Jiang Wan was still asleep when she was sent back to the rear mountain, and two little wine gourds hung from her waist.

The consequences were easy to imagine. When Jiang Wan woke up, the alcohol had not yet worn off. She saw several people gathered around her little bed.

She rolled upright in one motion. Leaning against the rail and looking out, she saw nothing but friends, so she immediately removed a wine gourd from her waist.

"When friends come from afar, we should raise a great bowl! Have some. It's delicious, sweet!"

The moment Nangong Wanyu heard it was sweet, her eyes lit up. She took the little gourd and gulped down several mouthfuls.

Then she passed it to Liuhuo beside her. This little boy had no resistance to sweet things either, and he drank as soon as he received it.

Then it was passed to Dong Chen. Although Dong Chen still wore a stern little face, he drank too after seeing everyone else do so. Once he finished, he handed it to Lu Zhiyi.

Lu Zhiyi sniffed the wine gourd and his eyes widened. Wasn't this wine?

His master had said that he absolutely must not touch alcohol. It would affect one's judgment and make mistakes in alchemy more likely.

But all his little companions had drunk it. His master was not here anyway, so drinking just a little should mean his master would not find out, right?

He struggled for less than two seconds before curiosity about the taste of wine won out. He drank it. Mm, it was delicious!

His last shred of reason had him hand the wine gourd back to Jiang Wan, who passed it along to the other children.

By the time it reached little Xu Hengliang, it had become—

"Jiang Wan asked me to give this to you."

Xu Hengliang looked at the little gourd, curled his lip, and gave a huff. He lifted his chin, then lowered his head to glance again at the wine gourd in the other child's hand.

When he saw the child about to drink from it, he hurriedly snatched it away.

"Hmph, since she has taken the initiative to make peace, I'll reluctantly accept it! I wonder what's inside?"

The child beside him was already a little dizzy and answered, "It's tasty, sweet fruit juice."

Xu Hengliang instantly flew into a rage. Grabbing the child by the collar, he demanded furiously, "You dared to secretly drink the fruit juice Young Martial Uncle gave me?!"

The poor child had barely nodded before a punch knocked him unconscious.

Xu Hengliang gave another huff, tossed his little companion aside, and sat down beside him to begin drinking.

By the time the Foundation Establishment Martial Uncles realized something was wrong, every child on the rear mountain had gotten drunk.

A foundation establishment senior brother came over to inspect them, and only then did he discover that it was Spirit Wine.

Jin Yao said, "What a mess. I thought it was fruit juice when they were drinking it. Who knew it could be wine?"

Yin Shuo said, "What do we do now?"

Jin Yao said, "There's nothing we can do but wait for the alcohol to wear off on its own."

Yin Shuo said, "But... who brought the wine in?"

Jin Yao glanced at Jiang Wan, who had fallen asleep again, then shook his head with an amused smile.

"Let's keep watch here in case anything happens. While we're at it, put them all back in their own beds."

The two of them picked up children everywhere and placed each one back in their own little bed. Jiang Wan was the first to wake.

Seeing that she was already lying in her little bed, she tilted her head and thought about it. What had happened?

When had she come back? She could not seem to remember. Sure enough, drinking caused trouble!

She climbed down from the little bed and saw the wine gourd at her waist. Mm, there was only one. Where was the other one?

Jiang Wan toddled around searching and found her other wine gourd in Xu Hengliang's arms.

This brat had actually taken advantage of her being asleep to steal her wine.