Sobbing Escape

Chapter 5: Whining and Fleeing

Jiang Wan took the opportunity to touch it, but couldn't move it. Sword cultivators are truly miserable, having to carry such heavy swords from a young age. Aren't they afraid of not growing tall from the weight?

"I've touched it. My name is Jiang Wan. Since I've touched your sword, we're good friends now."

Little Dong Chen looked at the little sister whose eyes were teary and who wanted to be his friend. So, he agreed to be friends with her too.

He had been tickled earlier, and it was so itchy and fun. Now that they were good friends, would he still get to be tickled?

"Okay, we're good friends from now on!"

"No, you're not good friends!"

Jiang Yao grabbed Dong Chen and pulled him away from Jiang Wan. They couldn't become friends. This Jiang Wan would eventually become a great demon. If she became friends with the future Sword Venerable, the Sword Venerable would definitely not hesitate to kill her.

The two True Lords seated above watched the actions of the three children. They had lived for hundreds of years and wouldn't interfere in the affairs of three-year-olds.

However, the smiles on their faces just now had completely vanished as they watched them.

Dong Chen, being pulled away, struggled free from Jiang Yao with displeasure.

"What are you doing? I don't know you. I don't want to play with you. I'm playing with her. She's my friend now."

Jiang Wan's lips curved into a smile. She stopped pretending to cry and looked at Jiang Yao with her chin raised.

The System said I'm a villainous supporting female, and the False Daughter will be the female lead. Otherwise, who would my True Daughter self be a foil for if she became a great demon?

So, she stepped forward and grabbed little Dong Chen's hand, declaring her claim.

"Yes, we are good friends now. But I'm not friends with you, and you can't be good friends with her either, Dong Chen."

Little Dong Chen nodded with a determined expression.

"Wanwan, don't worry. I'm only friends with you!"

Jiang Wan grinned, finding this little sword cultivator quite cute.

"You're amazing!"

Seeing that things were not going well, Jiang Yao anxiously stepped forward and pulled apart the two small hands that were clasped together.

"No, Senior Brother Dong Chen, you can't be friends with her!"

I am a reborn person with a great destiny. I know the trajectory of events from my past life. This Jiang Wan absolutely cannot become friends with the Sword Venerable Dong Chen.

"Ouch, it hurts, whimper whimpers—"

Jiang Wan used a whining escape, covering the hand Jiang Yao had touched and ran out of the great hall. She needed to find a quiet place to temper her body with the Sword Embryo. She didn't have time to play with two childish children.

The two True Lords seated above in the great hall looked at the farce of the three children with a sense of helplessness.

When little Dong Chen saw Jiang Wan run out, he pushed Jiang Yao away.

"Go away. You made Wanwan cry, I'm not playing with you."

Jiang Yao was almost infuriated. Was the child Sword Venerable really so difficult to handle? Seeing that he was about to chase after Jiang Wan, she quickly grabbed him.

"Senior Brother Dong Chen, she's lying to you. I have some very powerful sword techniques here. Do you want to see them?"

"No!"

Little Dong Chen, carrying a sword that was taller than him, shook off Jiang Yao's hand and ran out of the great hall with his short legs.

The two True Lords seated above exchanged a helpless glance. Neither of them took Jiang Yao's powerful sword techniques seriously.

Then, Jiang Yao stepped forward. The three-and-a-half-year-old little girl spoke with a serious expression, like a little adult, though her voice was still childish.

"Father, True Lord Bitter Sword, I dreamed of an immortal last night. The immortal also gave me a copy of the Blazing Fire Sword Art. I want to use this sword art to become a disciple of True Lord Bitter Sword."

True Lord Bitter Sword's eyebrows twitched slightly, piqued by curiosity.

Dreaming of an immortal bestowing a sword art—was this a great destiny? It depended on the grade of the sword art. Thinking this, he became interested in the sword art.

He turned to look at True Lord Leng Feng, who stood expressionless beside him.

"True Lord Leng Feng, it seems your adopted daughter, whom you took in by mistake from the beginning, has a connection with our Myriad Sword Sect! Would you be willing to part with her and let her join my Myriad Sword Sect?"

True Lord Leng Feng looked at the three-year-old child on the ground, his brows furrowing almost imperceptibly.

"If she is willing, I will naturally not keep her by force. You can take her away today."

Jiang Yao's heart grew cold upon hearing this. As expected, the biological daughter had returned, and she, their adopted daughter for over three years, could be discarded?

"Father, True Lord Bitter Sword, can you give me seven years? During these seven years, Yao Yao wants to stay in the Myriad Talisman Sect, serve you and Mother, and learn the art of drawing talismans."

After she finished speaking, the two True Lords seated above exchanged glances and looked at the three-year-old girl kneeling on the ground in silence.

True Lord Bitter Sword was already starting to regret it. This girl's state of mind was too chaotic and not suitable for the sword path.

Jiang Yao's thoughts were that she had grown up in the Myriad Talisman Sect in her previous life. There was nothing in the Myriad Talisman Sect that she didn't know. Since she knew it all, there was no need to stay.

But the Myriad Talisman Sect had a treasure, the Myriad Talisman Lure. It was her protective charm in her past life, helping her escape danger several times. This life, she wanted to leave the Myriad Talisman Sect, and naturally, she had to take the Myriad Talisman Lure with her.

The Myriad Talisman Lure was in the Myriad Talisman Sect's secret realm, which opened every seven years. Therefore, she had to obtain the Myriad Talisman Lure after seven years before leaving.

Moreover, she felt the Myriad Talisman Sect was simply not good enough. In her past life, she was killed by Jiang Wan, who had cultivated into a Heavenly Demon, with a single sword strike because she lacked powerful killing moves.

Having been reborn, she wanted to change her cultivation to the Way of the Sword, become Junior Sister to Dong Chen, the Sword Venerable. With Dong Chen, the Sword Venerable, protecting her, she would then seize the opportunity while Jiang Wan was still young to kill her, and her own Great Dao would be smooth sailing!

After Jiang Wan whimpered and fled, knowing her legs were too short, she found the Senior Brother whose luck was depicted as green above his head and had him send her back to her courtyard.

Anyway, Madam Li had already been thrown to Meditation Cliff, so no one should bother her anymore.

Therefore, when little Dong Chen ran out, he couldn't find Jiang Wan.

When he returned, the sky had fallen. His Master had actually taken that little girl as a disciple, and she had become his Junior Sister.

When Jiang Wan returned, her original two maids had been replaced with two new ones, who looked even better than the previous ones.

She had also been warned by Martial Uncle Jinghe, so their attitude towards her was quite respectful.

When Jiang Wan told them to leave, they left.

Looking at the black lump labeled "Innate Sword Embryo" in her backpack, she moved her divine sense and took it out. As soon as the black lump appeared, it vanished from her hand and drilled into her body.

This scared her quite a bit.

"System Bro, what's going on?"

[Innate Sword Embryo, contains Innate Qi. Absorbing it will double the effectiveness of cultivation. The Sword Embryo has no attributes. How you nurture it with Spiritual Power in your Dantian and what form you wish to refine it into is entirely up to you.]

So, the problem arose.

"System, I'm currently at the First Layer of Qi Refining. Can I forge this Innate Sword Embryo?"

[Host, you are currently the Supreme Heavenly Demon. You can forge this Sword Embryo however you wish.]

Communication failed. Jiang Wan decided not to ask and fumbled her way through, slowly nurturing it with her Lightning Spiritual Root.

It was unknown when True Lord Bitter Sword of the Myriad Sword Sect had left, but he had already agreed to take Jiang Yao as his disciple. They were just waiting for Jiang Yao's tenth birthday for the formal apprenticeship ceremony.

As for Madam Li, she was to be expelled from the Myriad Talisman Sect.

Upon hearing the news, Jiang Yao did not plead with the Myriad Talisman Sect Master. Instead, she ran to Jiang Wan's courtyard to beg Jiang Wan.

Jiang Wan finally ate a proper meal, no longer having to starve like before. As a result, she saw Jiang Yao with red, teary eyes.

"Hic!" She let out a satisfied burp.

She had just eaten her fill, and seeing this girl made her lose her appetite; she couldn't eat another bite.

"Wuwuwu, Sister, can you help me plead? My mother didn't mean to lose you. Now she's going to be kicked out of the sect.

If she's kicked out of the sect, she'll have nowhere to go and will become a rogue cultivator who gets bullied. Sister, please, don't have her driven away, okay?"

Jiang Wan was very satisfied with her father's decision. However, if Madam Li were truly expelled, where would she find her to get revenge?

The original body died because of her. She had to kill Madam Li with her own hands to avenge the original body.

"Okay, I'll go find Father and plead for mercy right now."

She had eaten her fill and was ready for a walk. She arrived at the residence of True Lord Leng Feng and Fairy Xueyun.

"Father, Mother, I heard you're kicking Foster Mother out of the sect?"

True Lord Leng Feng and Fairy Xueyun were sitting opposite each other, drinking tea. Seeing her approach, with Jiang Yao following behind her, he glanced faintly at Jiang Yao and nodded.

"Yes. She threw you off a cliff. If you hadn't been so lucky, how could you have survived?

I didn't take her life out of consideration for the fact that she took care of you for over three years."

Jiang Wan looked at Jiang Yao behind her, then turned to look at her parents. The previous moment, she had said softly with her head bowed:

"But I can't bear to see her leave. After all, she is Yao Yao's biological mother. Little Sister Yao Yao will be sad."

The next moment, her eyes sparkled as she added.