Chapter Five: The Soft Escape

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Taking the opportunity, Jiang Wan tried to touch it, but couldn’t quite grasp it. Sword cultivators truly had it tough, carrying such a heavy sword since childhood—aren’t they afraid it will weigh them down?

“I’ve touched it already. My name is Jiang Wan. Since I’ve touched your sword, we’re going to be good friends from now on.”

Little Dongchen saw the younger girl’s eyes glistening, and since she wanted to be friends, he agreed to be friends with her.

Just now, when he was tickled, it felt so ticklish and happy. Since they’re friends now, maybe he could be tickled again in the future?

“Alright, from now on we’re good friends!”

“No way, you two can’t be friends!”

Jiang Yao pulled Dongchen away from Jiang Wan. They couldn’t let them get along; sooner or later, Jiang Wan would become a great villain. If she befriended the future Sword Sovereign, the Sword Sovereign might hesitate to strike her down when the time came.

The two senior True Lords at the head of the hall watched these three children’s antics with a knowing look. They had lived for centuries and would not interfere in the affairs of three-year-olds.

Yet, the smiles on their faces just moments ago had now completely vanished as they observed the children.

Dongchen, pulled away, was somewhat upset and struggled to break free from Jiang Yao.

“What are you doing? I don’t know you, I don’t want to play with you. I want to play with her; she’s my friend now.”

Jiang Wan smiled, no longer pretending to cry, lifting her chin to look at Jiang Yao.

The system told her she was the villainous supporting female lead, and the fake heiress should be the heroine. Otherwise, if she, the true heiress, became the villain, who would she be contrasted against?

So she stepped forward, holding Dongchen’s hand firmly to assert her claim.

“Yes, we’re good friends now, but I’m not friends with you. Dongchen, you can’t be friends with her either.”

Little Dongchen nodded resolutely.

“Wanwan, don’t worry, I’ll only be friends with you!”

Jiang Wan grinned, feeling that this little sword cultivator was really quite adorable.

“You’re really great!”

Seeing the situation going awry, Jiang Yao hurriedly stepped forward and pulled apart the small hands clasped together.

“No, Senior Brother Dongchen, you can’t be friends with her!”

She was a reborn soul with great opportunity. She knew the course of events from her past life and was certain Jiang Wan must not become close to Dongchen, the Sword Sovereign.

“Ouch, that hurts! Wah wah wah—”

Jiang Wan whimpered, clutching the hand Jiang Yao had touched, then ran out of the hall. She wanted to find a quiet place to temper her body with her sword embryo and had no time to entertain two childish kids.

The two senior True Lords inside the hall looked at the children’s farce with some speechlessness.

Little Dongchen, seeing Jiang Wan run off, pushed Jiang Yao aside.

“Go away! You made Wanwan cry, so I won’t play with you.”

Jiang Yao was nearly infuriated. Was it really so hard to get along with this little sword sovereign? Seeing him about to chase after Jiang Wan, she hurriedly grabbed him.

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“Senior Brother Dongchen, she’s deceiving you. I have some very powerful sword techniques here. Do you want to see them?”

“No!”

Little Dongchen, carrying a sword taller than himself, shook off Jiang Yao’s hand and ran out of the hall with his short legs.

The two senior True Lords exchanged a glance, unimpressed by Jiang Yao’s supposed powerful sword techniques.

Then Jiang Yao stepped forward, a serious little girl of three and a half, speaking like a little adult but with a babyish tone:

“Father, True Lord Ku Xiu, last night I dreamed of an immortal who gave me the ‘Li Fire Sword Manual.’ I want to use this sword manual and become your disciple.”

True Lord Ku Xiu raised his eyebrows slightly, curious. Dreaming of an immortal bestowing a sword manual might be a great opportunity. It depended on the quality of the sword manual. Thinking this, he became interested.

He looked over at the expressionless True Lord Leng Feng beside him.

“True Lord Leng Feng, it seems the adopted daughter you raised from the start is fated to be connected with my Ten Thousand Sword Sect!

I wonder if you would be willing to part with her and let her join my Ten Thousand Sword Sect?”

True Lord Leng Feng glanced at the three-year-old girl on the ground and barely furrowed his brow.

“If she is willing, I will not force her to stay. You may take her away today.”

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yao’s heart turned cold. So the biological daughter was back, and their daughter, whom they had raised for over three years, could just be discarded?

“Father, True Lord Ku Jian, could I have seven years?

For these seven years, Yao Yao wishes to remain in the Ten Thousand Talisman Sect to serve her parents and learn the art of talisman drawing.”

After she finished speaking, the two senior True Lords exchanged glances and silently regarded the kneeling three-year-old girl.

True Lord Ku Jian had already begun to regret. The girl’s emotions were complex and unsuitable for the sword path.

Jiang Yao thought that in her past life she had grown up in the Ten Thousand Talisman Sect and knew everything there was to learn. Since she had mastered it all, there was no need to stay.

However, the Ten Thousand Talisman Sect possessed a treasure—the Ten Thousand Talisman Charm—that had protected her in her past life on several occasions. She intended to take it with her when she left.

The charm was located in the sect’s secret realm, which would open in seven years. So she planned to obtain the charm after seven years before departing.

Moreover, she felt that the Ten Thousand Talisman Sect was inadequate. In her past life, she was slain by Jiang Wan, who had been cultivated into a devil. The reason was the lack of a powerful finishing move.

In this new life, she sought to cultivate the sword path, become Junior Sister to Dongchen the Sword Sovereign, and with his protection, slay young Jiang Wan while she was still weak. With her path cleared, success would be assured!

After Jiang Wan ran out, realizing her legs were short, she found a senior brother with green aura above his head to send her back to the courtyard.

Since the Li family had been thrown to the Reflection Cliff, no one should disturb her anymore.

Thus, when little Dongchen ran out, he could not find Jiang Wan.

Upon returning, the sky seemed to collapse—her master had accepted that little girl as a disciple, making her his junior sister.

When Jiang Wan returned, the original two maids had been replaced with two others who seemed better.

After being warned by Senior Uncle Jinghe, their attitude toward her was respectful.

When Jiang Wan asked them to leave, they complied.

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Looking at the black lump labeled “Innate Sword Embryo” in her backpack, she focused her spiritual sense and took it out. The black lump immediately disappeared, burrowing into her body.

This startled her greatly.

“Tong Ge, what’s going on?”

[Innate Sword Embryo, containing innate energy. Once absorbed, cultivation is twice as effective. The sword embryo has no inherent attributes; the host can nurture it with any type of spiritual energy in their dantian and decide its forged form.]

So the question arose.

“System, I’m currently at the first stage of Qi Refining. Can I forge this innate sword embryo now?”

[Host, you are now the Supreme Devil. You can forge this sword embryo any way you like.]

Communication failed, so Jiang Wan stopped asking and decided to experiment, nurturing it slowly with her Thunder Spirit Root.

True Lord Ku Jian of the Ten Thousand Sword Sect had left at some unknown time but had agreed to accept Jiang Yao as a disciple, with the formal ceremony to be held when she turned ten.

As for the Li family, they were to be expelled from the Ten Thousand Talisman Sect.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yao did not beg the sect master but instead went to Jiang Wan’s courtyard to plead with her.

Jiang Wan finally had a proper meal, no longer going hungry as before, but seeing Jiang Yao with reddened eyes spoiled her appetite.

“Burp!” She burped contentedly.

Though she was full, seeing that girl made her lose her appetite again.

“Wah wah, little sister, could you please help me plead? My mother didn’t mean to lose you. Now she’s about to be expelled from the sect.

If she’s expelled, she’ll have nowhere to go and become a bullied wanderer. Little sister, please, don’t drive her away, okay?”

Jiang Wan was very satisfied with her father’s decision, but if Li really was driven out, where would she seek revenge?

The original self died because of her; she must personally kill Li to avenge her.

“Alright, I’ll go plead with Father now.”

Having eaten, she took a stroll and went to the residence of True Lord Leng Feng and Immortal Lady Xueyun.

“Father, Mother, I heard you want to expel my foster mother from the sect?”

True Lord Leng Feng was sitting with Immortal Lady Xueyun drinking tea. Seeing her approach, with Jiang Yao following behind, he glanced coolly at Jiang Yao and nodded.

“Hmm, she threw you off a cliff. If you hadn’t been lucky, you wouldn’t have survived. I didn’t take her life out of respect for the fact she took care of you for more than three years.”

Jiang Wan looked at Jiang Yao behind her, then back at her father and mother. One moment she bowed her head timidly and said:

“But I can’t bear to see her leave. After all, she is Yao Yao’s biological mother. Yao Yao will be heartbroken.”

The next moment, her eyes sparkled brightly as she added another sentence.