She Chased, It Fled

Jiang Yao's confusion went unanswered, and she decided she would get rid of Jiang Wan, that nuisance, at the first opportunity.

After Jiang Wan distributed the snacks, Jin Yao and Yin Shuo arrived and opened the Spirit Sealing Array. Although they were still teaching the same things today.

However, perhaps because Jiang Wan was wasting precious resources (giving away the Supreme Spirit Bone so casually), they decided to strengthen their learning in terms of knowledge.

Yin Shuo spoke eloquently from above, even using a PPT—or rather, very vivid imagery—all to help them remember what the rare treasures looked like.

"What is this? This is the Supreme Spirit Bone, it's blah blah blah.

This is Zhe Huang Jing, blah blah blah.

This is Tian Yuan Stone, blah blah blah..."

Jiang Wan felt that this Foundation Establishment Senior Brother kept glancing at her every time he explained a rare treasure, as if he were speaking specifically to her. She must be overthinking it.

In one day, they had to memorize over a hundred types of spiritual medicines and rare treasures, as well as the effects of various talisman papers, array formations, and so on.

Over ten consecutive days, they had only learned over a thousand types, and this was just scratching the surface.

"Wanwan, rumor has it we'll be strengthening these lessons for the next few months. I'm so tired!

Why doesn't Master's Uncle just give each of us a Jade Slip? We could just read it ourselves?"

Jiang Wan didn't know either, but at their age, they could only hang around here. They wouldn't be sent out for trials anytime soon.

She reached out and cupped Nangong Wanyu's small face, rubbing it.

"Let's go quickly. If we go late, all the Spiritual Fruits will be eaten."

Hearing "Spiritual Fruit," Nangong Wanyu smacked her lips and swallowed. Her small body, which had been leaning tiredly on a tree branch, instantly perked up.

"Let's go! Spiritual Fruits are delicious, let's hurry."

Jiang Wan was also holding a tree branch, not because she was tired, but because the Spirit Sealing Array had been closed again. They would be running laps on the mountain in the afternoon.

Building their stamina from a young age. Hiss hiss hiss~

Jiang Wan's ears twitched. She heard a sound. Logically, there shouldn't be any snakes here.

She reached out and pulled Nangong Wanyu's arm.

"Little Yu'er, wait a moment. Listen, do you hear anything?"

Nangong Wanyu tilted her head and listened, then shook her head.

"I don't hear any strange sounds."

Jiang Wan heard it, and it was getting closer. A snake with black patterns all over its body slithered over, flicking its tongue, followed by a piercing scream.

"Ahhhhhh, a snake!"

Black Snake: Scared the snake to death.

Jiang Wan saw a snake as thick as her arm stop not far away. Perhaps it was startled by Nangong Wanyu's scream, as it didn't dare to approach.

Nangong Wanyu hugged her, and after screaming, she unbuckled the small whip from her waist.

"Waaaaah, Wanwan, don't be scared, I have a weapon."

Jiang Wan looked at the whip in her hand, took it, and pulled Nangong Wanyu behind her.

"I'll do it. You stand behind me."

The snake opposite them had a bit of intelligence. It instinctively felt that Jiang Wan was very dangerous, and even sensed a bloodline suppression from her.

Jiang Wan gradually approached. Little black snake, danger, danger, retreat, retreat, retreat.

Nangong Wanyu, after her initial fear, saw Jiang Wan step forward and the snake retreat. The little girl became curious.

"Wanwan, it seems scared of us!"

Jiang Wan also noticed. Strange, it had clearly come towards them just now, why was it backing down now?

She advanced, it retreated.

Then, Jiang Wan, for reasons unknown, charged forward to whip the snake. Terrified, the black snake turned and fled.

Jiang Wan chased from behind, the snake fled in front. The situation had somehow reversed, but the black snake knew it had to escape. This might be a Dragon Cub, its bloodline suppressed it completely. If it dared to bite this cub, it would be finished.

The little cub's hands were not gentle. If it got caught, it would also be finished. Survival instincts made it run faster than a rabbit.

By the time Jin Yao's Spiritual Sense swept over, he saw the little child Jiang Wan, holding a small whip and chasing a black snake all over the mountain, whipping it.

"No, there shouldn't be snakes here. That snake is highly venomous, this is bad!"

The Spirit Sealing Array was activated, and Jin Yao flew over, only to find the little black snake already dismembered and unable to move.

It turned out Dong Chen had seen Jiang Wan chasing the snake and came to help. He even drew the long sword from his back and threw it, narrowly missing Jiang Wan's face and cutting off the head of the snake running in front.

Jiang Wan touched her face. Was this kid showing off or being serious? If the sword had been an inch further, her pretty face would have been ruined.

"Uncle Jin Yao, there's a snake here."

Jin Yao nodded with a grave expression.

"I know. This snake is not a species that should be in our sect's back mountain. It must be an outsider. I'll take the snake away. You all go back first."

Watching Jin Yao leave with the snake, Jiang Wan stepped forward and pulled out Dong Chen's sword. The sword was taller than Jiang Wan and genuinely heavy. And he carried it around every day. Was being a Sword Cultivator this difficult?

"Dong Chen, here's your sword. It looks a bit dirty, maybe wipe it before putting it back!"

Now that her spiritual power was active, Jiang Wan saw Dong Chen about to wipe his sword with his sleeve. She casually found a small handkerchief from her storage ring, which Fairy Xueyun had prepared to match her clothes.

"Use this handkerchief to wipe it."

Dong Chen awkwardly retracted his sleeve.

"Thanks."

Jiang Wan shook her head and watched him wipe his sword.

"Senior Brother Dong Chen, your sword throw just now was so accurate!"

Pleased with the compliment, Dong Chen smiled and nodded.

"Yeah, I think it was pretty accurate too."

Jiang Wan squatted beside him, watching him sit there and wipe his sword. She tilted her head and offered some feedback.

"Next time, can you not throw it so close to my face? I was terrified, you know?"

She reached out and patted her own cheek to show him.

"My skin is so delicate and fair. If your sword, which is wider than my head, had hit me, wouldn't that be ugly?"

Dong Chen froze. He looked at the sword he was wiping, then at her fair and tender face. He couldn't imagine what would happen if his sword had hit her face. He shivered; it was too terrifying.

"Then I promise I won't throw my sword so close to your face next time."

Jiang Wan smiled, thinking he was teachable. She took out a candied hawthorn with only one fruit on it and offered it to him.

"That's great. Here, have this."

"What are you guys doing? Wanwan, where's the snake?"

Nangong Wanyu and Lu Zhiyi walked over.

Jiang Wan gave her a candied hawthorn.

"Uncle-Master Jin Yao took the snake away. He said it didn't belong here. I don't know what's going on, maybe it got lost from another mountain!"

Lu Zhiyi walked to where the snake's blood was and looked down. He was able to analyze it quickly.

"That snake is highly venomous. It's good you weren't bitten by it."

Jiang Wan was amazed. Were all children in the cultivation world this capable? Just by looking at the blood, they could tell a snake was highly venomous?

"How did you know?"

Lu Zhiyi, who was thinner than others his age, had a pale, somewhat shy face. "Master asked me to use that snake to practice alchemy. I remember."

She had heard System Brother mention before that his Master wasn't great, and now he was making a five-year-old child practice alchemy with a venomous snake. Truly impressive!

Ah well, children in the cultivation world are tough. As long as they don't die, they can be saved and still be useful.

She gave him a thumbs-up.

"You're amazing. Then it's strange, how did this snake get here?"

In the woods, Liuhuo and Jiang Yao were in a standoff.