She Likes Eating Bones

Even Jiang Yao was utterly stunned when she saw what Jiang Wan held in her hand.

The only ones who felt nothing were the still-innocent Nangong Wanyu and Jiang Wan, who had no idea what it was.

There were so many treasures in the Cultivation World. Though they had studied them, there were still things they had never learned about.

Fortunately, she had the system. She might not know, but the system did.

[You took out the Supreme Spirit Bone. Were you planning to shatter the myriad worlds, search countless small worlds for the reincarnated Four-Nine Array Venerable, and return the Supreme Spirit Bone to him?

Back then, you were injured and mistakenly entered his formation to recover. He did not hand you over. Later, during the Immortal-Demon War, you had no choice but to dig out his Supreme Spirit Bone and kill him.

Now that your cultivation has reached the pinnacle, reminiscing about the past, you decide to find Four-Nine Array Venerable's reincarnation and return the Supreme Spirit Bone to him.

Mission difficulty: Higher than the heavens.

Mission reward: Ancient Immortal Mansion Ruins Map +1

The final map of the Ancient Immortal Mansion Ruins. No tricks—collect them all to obtain the complete Ancient Immortal Mansion Ruins Map.]

Jiang Wan knew it: System Bro and I are of one heart. System Bro would never play mind games with me. If he said he'd give it to me, then he'd really give it to me.

Looking at little Xu Hengliang beside her, she had not expected this either!

She grabbed little Xu Hengliang and stuffed the small bone in her hand—white as jade and no bigger than the little bone pieces they played with as children—straight into his mouth.

"Supreme Spirit Bone!"

"Stop!"

"You can't do this!"

Xu Hengliang dropped to his knees. The bone was stuck in his throat, and he stared at Jiang Wan with a face full of confusion.

Jiang Wan shoved hard. With a "gulp," he swallowed the bone—!

By the time Senior Brothers Jin Yao and Jin Shuo rushed over, Jiang Yao had already charged forward first, but they were too late. Xu Hengliang had swallowed the Supreme Spirit Bone.

Spirit bones came in three grades: Profound Heaven Spirit Bones, Supreme Spirit Bones, and Primordial Spirit Bones.

To this day, not a single cultivator had managed to nurture one. Only two Profound Heaven Spirit Bones and one Supreme Spirit Bone had been unearthed from the Immortal-Demon battlefield.

Primordial Spirit Bones had never even been seen. Yet now, this one had been shoved by a three-year-old child into the mouth of a seven-year-old child. Ah—!

They could not exactly kill Xu Hengliang, cut open his belly, and take out the bone, could they?

Besides, it was already too late. Dazzling golden light burst from Xu Hengliang's entire body, shooting straight into the sky and alarming many Spirit Transmutation Cultivators who had not yet left.

Incidents kept occurring at the back mountain. Worried that his youngest disciple had caused it, Venerable Yu Yi hurried over.

The other venerables followed close behind, and someone cried out in alarm.

"Who is fusing with a Supreme Spirit Bone?"

"It's a Supreme Spirit Bone! Someone is fusing with a Supreme Spirit Bone—and it's a seven-year-old child."

"Judging by this, it could not have been something he was born with. He must have only just acquired it before beginning the fusion."

The Nangong Family Head wore a strange expression. He had a premonition—could it be the one that had come out of the stone he had given away?

Jiang Wan raised a hand to cover her eyes. Was Hengliang about to race toward the sun?

[You shattered the myriad worlds, found Four-Nine Array Venerable's reincarnation among countless small worlds, and returned to him the Supreme Spirit Bone that had always belonged to him. It must have taken endless hardship.

Mission complete.

Mission reward: Ancient Immortal Mansion Ruins Map +1

Ancient Immortal Mansion Ruins Map collection successful. When you have nothing to do, you may go treasure hunting.]

Jiang Yao watched Xu Hengliang in the sky and ground her silver teeth to dust. Having been reborn once, the Supreme Immortal Bone was something she was determined to obtain. Yet she had not expected Xu Hengliang to get it again in this manner. Damn it—damn it to the extreme!

Could it be that in her previous life, he had accidentally obtained a Spirit Avoidance Stone, opened it, and gotten the Supreme Spirit Bone?

But there was one thing she could be certain of: it absolutely could not have happened this early.

Jiang Yao looked at her own Spirit Avoidance Stone. Both of those had yielded good things, so there should be something good inside hers as well.

The light around Xu Hengliang in the sky gradually faded. He looked as though he had been fished out of a reeking ditch, black and foul all over.

Venerable Yichen flew over and sent a water dragon crashing onto him, washing his entire body clean.

A light breeze swept past, leaving him fresh and spotless.

The moment he landed, he rushed straight toward Jiang Wan.

"Jiang Wan, what did you feed me? My cultivation jumped all the way to Late Qi Refining Great Perfection!"

Jiang Wan had not expected the Supreme Spirit Bone to raise cultivation too. Why had her Beginningless Dao Bone not done that?

Jiang Wan spread her hands.

"Just a bone. I thought you might like eating it."

Jin Yao and Yin Shuo, both at Foundation Establishment Late Stage, stared eagerly. Just a bone?

They could have given it to them! They liked eating bones too, sob sob.

Venerable Yu Yi and Venerable Yichen descended, along with Venerable Wantu of the Myriad Array Sect.

After Venerable Wantu listened to his grandson, his expression froze for a moment.

He looked Jiang Wan over, realizing that he would have to reconsider his relationship with the Myriad Talisman Sect.

Xu Hengliang's cultivation had jumped directly from the Qi Refining Third Layer to Late Qi Refining. He was no longer suited to remain in the back mountain among children whose highest cultivation was only the Qi Refining Third Layer.

"Today, I will take him to Tianyan Peak to cultivate. From now on, he will no longer be here with all of you."

After Venerable Yichen finished speaking, he turned to Venerable Yu Yi.

"My disciple will be entering secluded cultivation next. I will have to trouble Master to look after things more."

Venerable Yu Yi nodded with a smile, only to suddenly hear his youngest disciple say:

"Xu Hengliang, if you want to thank me, then agree to do me a favor."

Xu Hengliang patted his chest in assurance.

"You tell me, Young Martial Uncle. My cultivation is really high now. Whatever you say, I'll agree to it."

Jiang Wan smiled. "Then how about you use the Dao title my master wanted to give me?"

Venerable Yu Yi was speechless. Just how much did his youngest disciple despise the Dao title he had chosen for her?

Xu Hengliang gallantly patted his little chest and agreed.

"Alright!"

Jiang Wan said, "From now on, your Dao title will be Four-Nine!"

Xu Hengliang repeated it once.

"Four-Nine, that sounds pretty nice!

Alright, then when I form my core, I'll be True Man Four-Nine. Young Martial Uncle, thank you! Oh, right, and this Wind Settling Pearl—do you really not want it?"

Everyone's gaze fell upon the Wind Settling Pearl. Jiang Wan said:

"Do you really not know the saying, 'wealth must not be flaunted'?

I don't want it. It's yours. Hurry up and go. Remember to bring something tasty to visit me later."

The two peaks were not far apart. If he wanted to visit, he could make a round trip in a single day.

Xu Hengliang was reluctant to part. He had only just become close with his Young Martial Uncle, and now he had to leave. He was quite unwilling to go.

"Let's go!"

A group of people surrounded Xu Hengliang and left. The formation at the back mountain activated, turning it once again into a place without spiritual energy.

Outside, the appearance of the Supreme Spirit Bone had already stirred up a monstrous uproar. Who knew how many people were waiting to dig Xu Hengliang's Supreme Spirit Bone out of him.

The back mountain was cut off from the world. Ten days later, when vacation arrived, Fairy Xueyun and Muyi came to pick up Jiang Wan. A middle-aged man whom Jiang Wan had never seen before came with them.

The middle-aged man gave off a meek and lowly impression.

When he saw Jiang Wan come out, he bowed and scraped.

"This must be Miss Jiang Wan. We met before at the Li family. I am the Li Family Patriarch, your clan uncle!"

Jiang Wan tried hard to recall, but she seemed to have seen him only once and had little impression of him.

"Oh, I don't remember very clearly."

Just as she was thinking about it, she heard Fairy Xueyun say:

"He is the Li Family Patriarch. This time, he came to take Jiang Yao back to the Li family for a visit. After all, Jiang Yao is a member of the Li family and should go back to see them."

When Jiang Yao emerged and heard Fairy Xueyun's words, her eyes darkened for an instant before she walked over to Fairy Xueyun.

She looked up at Fairy Xueyun, her large eyes brimming with tears. Her little face looked pitiful and delicate, and even her voice carried a sob.

"Mother, Mother, do you not want Yaoyao anymore?"