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Chapter 5: The Ji Family

  The spring sunshine is exceptionally bright and warm, making me feel lazy and relaxed.

  A rosy-cheeked child stood with both hands stretched out, while a girl in animal skin was carefully helping him put on a fur coat. Another girl was holding a clay pot and a small basin beside them, the basin had white coarse salt on it, and the clay pot was full of clear water.

  "I was ill in my previous life and dressed myself, but I didnt expect that this life would be extremely healthy, yet Im being served by attendants." Ji Ning had been accustomed to being waited on since birth, and even when he wanted to dress himself, his two personal maids Chun Cao and Qiu Ye were so frightened that they directly knelt down, trembling with fear.

  "Give it to me."

  Ji Ning took the large black-lacquered vat and a small basin, walked directly outside to the corridor, squatted down at the edge, scooped up some coarse white salt with her fingers and began "brushing her teeth".

  "What a tragic era, no toothbrush, can only use hands to brush! No toothpaste, can only use salt!" Ji Ning quickly washed and brushed clean, actually didnt know what was going on, since birth has always been very clean, never had bad breath, didnt need to brush teeth at all, but mother always forced her to brush.

  "Glug glug glug~~~" Ji Ning directly tilted her head back, and immediately spat out the water. Afterwards, she handed the clay pot and small basin to the nearby maid Chun Cao.

  The maid, Akane, was holding a green stone washbasin, and Kinoshita quickly washed her face and wiped it with a cloth.

  "Autumn leaves." Ji Ning blinked her big eyes, "In your tribe, do you also use salt to brush teeth?"

  This year is already four years old, and I have also seen many family books, knowing a lot of information that needs to be known. However, some tribal life is not very clear.

  "How is that possible." Akiras face had some freckles, "In the tribe, even when eating food, the salt and flour mixed together are not as white and clean as this, let alone brushing teeth. The men and women in the tribe all just rinse their teeth with water, many of them never brush their teeth in their lifetime. And this ceramic pot, its a vessel for simmering soup, also very valuable, how could it be used to hold water for brushing teeth."

  Boiling soup?

  Ji Ning blinked, and that tile pot was also simmering soup?

  "Go and have something to eat." Ji Ning turned around and walked away with big strides, followed by two maids behind her.

  ……

  "Father, mother." Ji Ning walked into the main hall and stood up to pay his respects.

  "Uh-huh."

  Father Ji Yichuan sat on the top, mother sat on the left side, his own position was on the right side, in front of him was a black stone-carved table with three basins of fragrant meat, thick and soft flatbread, and a clay pot of hot water, this was his breakfast.

  A four-year-old childs breakfast, if placed on the earth, would be enough for three adult men to eat. But in this world... every child is a big eater, and I am no exception.

  "Ah, it smells so good." Ji Ning picked up a piece of meat from one of the bowls and started eating directly. Even by Earths standards, this was considered a delicacy. Ji Ning also knew... that due to his average physical constitution, he had been on a special diet since childhood. The meat he ate wasnt from ordinary wild beasts, but rather from spiritual demonic beasts. In some tribes outside, such food was very expensive, yet he ate it every day.

  The effect is also very good, and Ji Nings strength is very great!

  "Ive finished eating!" Ji Ning ate very quickly, wolfing down his food, and then immediately poured a thermos of hot water directly into his stomach.

  "Were leaving." Ji Ning rushed out, with Chun Cao and Qiu Ye, her two personal maids, closely following behind.

  Wei Chi Xue watched her son run out, smiling and saying: "Although Ning Er was born with a general body, its because he was injured in the womb. His potential is still very great. You see, every day so much demon beast meat can be eaten, his body will definitely keep getting better."

  Ji Yichuan nodded slightly, the demon beast was different from ordinary beasts. The demon beast absorbed the heaven and earths primordial energy to cultivate, and its flesh and blood also contained energy. Generally, children wouldnt feel hungry for a day or two even if they ate it in the morning, and they wouldnt want to eat. But Ji Ning had three meals a day, every meal was eaten, and his small body could completely digest it.

  *******

  The two maidservants were carrying a thick book behind Ji Ning, and behind the two maidservants were eighteen tall and sturdy guards wearing crimson armor, on which there were strange and mysterious symbols that seemed to stir up an inexplicable power, causing each guard to emanate a powerful aura.

  Chi Jia Wei, the strongest troop of Jis family, there are only one hundred Chi Jia Wei in Jis West Mansion, all of whom listen to Ji Yichuans command.

  Ji Yichuan arranged for eighteen Red Armor Guards to protect Ji Ning. As long as Ji Ning left his own home, the eighteen Red Armor Guards would not be an inch away from him.

  "Go to the martial arts arena." Ji Ning walked with unparalleled ease.

  Wherever he goes, no one dares to block him!

  Xifucheng is a magnificent city, with hundreds of thousands of people living inside. There are three super-large buildings in the city, namely Neicheng, Junying and Wudian.

  The inner city is where the Ji clans western household people live, and it is also the governing core!

  The military camp was where Jis Western Mansion troops were stationed.

  The Wu Dian was a place where many young men from various tribes under the jurisdiction of the Western Capital of the Ji clan, as well as young men of the Ji clan itself, came to cultivate their skills.

  The inner city and the Martial Temple are directly connected, so Ji Ning led his servants and guards to the Martial Temples training grounds. The vast training grounds were filled with thousands of young men practicing their martial arts.

  "Look, its Ji Ning!"

  "Is he Ji Ning, the sole son of the Drop of Water Sword?"

  "Is that a book the female slave next to him is holding? I once saw traveling merchants come to our tribe to sell books, and it would take 1,000 pieces of sheepskin to exchange for one."

  The young men on the martial arts field whispered to each other, many of whom had long been familiar with this child and knew that he was the son of Ji Yichuan, the first strongman of the Western Ji Mansion, "Dripping Water Sword". Many of the young men liked this little kid very much, because although Ji Ning was born noble, he never bullied them. However, no matter how much they liked this little kid, they didnt dare to tease him.

  "Wo." Ji Ning sat in his chair, his eyes full of excitement.

  In his previous life, he was often lonely and alone, but in his bones, Ji Ning liked lively scenes.

  "Give me the book." Ji Ning took a thick book from Chun Caos hand, the book was very thick, about twenty centimeters thick, and the paper was made of animal skin that had been pounded thin. In this era where slavery still existed, books were a luxury, but Ji Ning could go to the library to read freely, and even take out a few books.

  Ji Ning was born and mainly did two things——

  The first thing is to visualize the "Nüwa Picture". After the soul becomes strong, the physique becomes robust, and even able to memorize at a glance, just like half a month ago, I could even do two things with one mind.

  One mind, two uses, such as writing with the left hand and painting with the right hand, as if thinking is divided into two parts that do not interfere with each other.

  Its not surprising, according to the book records, cultivators can use multiple items at once and control several magical artifacts to attack. The "Nuwa Diagram" is indeed profound, Ji Ning has been thinking about it for more than two years, his soul has become strong enough to use two things at once.

  The second thing is reading!

  After half a year of birth, Ji Ning could say a few words. At that time, he would hold books and point to the characters one by one: "This, this, this..." Spring grass and autumn leaves who were chosen as personal maids were all literate and naturally dared not to answer. Since they were all characters, many could be guessed, and soon learned the words.

  Then start reading!

  The so-called sharpening the knife does not mistake chopping firewood, although he had already made up his mind to embark on the path of immortality from the moment he was born, Ji Ning understood the principle that desire is not attainable. Reading books is the whetstone on the path of immortality, first and foremost one must understand the situation in this world, as well as comprehend the process of immortality cultivation, its various categories and so on.

  After knowing, having a bottom in heart, then can make the best choice!

  After reading many books, Ji Ning also knew that the Ji familys Western Manor was a small force in the vast territory of the Great Xia Dynasty.

  The territory led by the Ji clans Western Prefecture, spanning over 3,000 li from north to south and over 5,000 li from east to west. The countless tribes living in this vast territory all submit to the leadership of the Ji clans Western Prefecture!

  And this is just the Western House of the Ji family.

  Ji is a very ancient tribe, divided into Zongfu, Dongfu, Xifu, Nanfu and Beifu. The five fu of Ji together make up the complete Ji!

  However...

  The Daxia Dynasty was too big, the territory of the Daxia Dynasty was vast and almost endless. This ancient dynasty was born from the Era of Gods and Demons and had survived through that distant and terrifying era for billions of years. The fact that a dynasty could exist for billions of years made Ji Ning feel chilled to the bone.

  Ji clan was just a small force on the vast territory of the Great Xia Dynasty, and for countless tribes around it, Ji clan was the absolute overlord!

  "Its no wonder that its a world where immortals and demons appear and disappear." Ji Ning sighed, "For a mortal dynasty to last for a thousand years is already a miracle, but in a world where cultivators exist, the foundation of an ancient and powerful dynasty is beyond imagination."

  "Hmm, its been two years since I came to this world and Ive learned a lot about cultivation. Its time for me to start practicing."

  Because I was born in winter, it wasnt long after birth that Chinese New Year arrived, and by then I was already two years old.

  Although Im four years old now, its been only two years since I came into this world.

  ……

  That night.

  Inside the hall, thick candles as big as a childs arm were lit on both sides, making the entire hall very bright. Father still sat in the main seat, mother sat on the left side, and Ji Ning sat on the right side. On the table, there was still meat food, several plates of vegetarian dishes, and staple foods.

  "Gobble gobble!" Ji Ning swept away the remaining clouds on the table, devouring all the meat and staple foods, then looked up, "Father, Mother!"

  "Hmm, somethings up?" Ji Yichuan looked at his son, and Wei Chixue also looked at his son.

  The sons cleverness delighted them, but did not surprise them, for in this vast world, there existed those whose cleverness bordered on the supernatural.

  "I want to cultivate!" Ji Ning said solemnly, "I want to cultivate immortality!"

  Wei Chi Xue looked at her sons serious expression and burst out laughing: "Cultivation? Yichuan, our son wants to cultivate!"

  "Practicing immortal cultivation?" Ji Yichuan looked at his son with an still expressionless face, "Do you know what practicing immortal cultivation is?"

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