Page 1 (1/2)

Chapter One: An Unstable Situation

Black Cloud City The Nie clan

As night fell, the plainly dressed Nie Qian leaned against the sill and stared at an artificial hill outside heras her mind wandered

Inside the room, Nie Tian, who just turned one, impatiently pushed away his wet nurse Mouth stained with milk, but eyes fixed on Nie Qian, he mumbled, “Meat, must eat meat…”

His wet nurse, Zhou Ma, became embarrassed and chuckled, “Miss, look…”

Nie Qian snapped back to reality and gave the adorable yet strong Nie Tian an intense glare before she jokingly taunted, “This little bastard has already had tls of ground meat today but shows no interest in his milk Noants est it”

“Meat, needwith a s s a bit soft-hearted, she nodded to Zhou Ma

Zhou Ma then brought out a bowl of finely ground meat and laid it on the table Nie Tian’s ink-black pupils irabbed a spoon and started deftly digging in, his chubby little face filled with satisfaction

Hearing Nie Tian eating caused Nie Qian to feel bothered for no apparent reason “Little Yue, howof lots tomorrow?”

Nie Qian popped the question abruptly

The servant girl, Han Yue, as standing by the door, hesitated and softly replied, “Miss, all the one-year-old babies in the Nie clan surnamed Nie will attend Once every five years, i spiritual tools to reward the Nie clan for their hard work over the years No parent of a one-year-old child would want to pass up that opportunity”

The Nie clan was notable in Black Cloud City However, this world respected the powerful Qi warriors above all else Almost every mortal clan offered service to them The Nie clan was no exception

The Qi warrior sect that the Nie clan clung to was the Cloudsoaring sect, which was located on Cloudsoaring Mountain not far fro Mountain, there was an abundance of Fire Stones, which were a low-ranked type of spiritual material that Qi practitioners used to i sect were busy with cultivation all year long, and thus, unwilling to waste ti the low-ranked Fire Stones themselves, they had eneration, the Nie clan had offered the extracted Fire Stones as tribute to the Cloudsoaring sect in exchange for their protection

Additionally, other than protecting the Nie clan from oppression from other fa sect would also bring low-ranked spiritual tools to the Nie clan every five years in order to test the cultivation potential of the Nie children through the drawing of lots

Upon birth, every child would possess a somewhat special attribute, like metal, wood, water, fire, or earth So, electricity, wind, cloud, or frost Qi warriors of the Cloudsoaring sect would bring a number of low-ranked spiritual tools that possessed the different attributes

The children and spiritual tools that shared the same attributes would be drawn to each other In this way, a child’s attribute could be determined, and then his parents could provide well-directed assistance and help the youngster achieve twice the result with half the effort

Qi warriors of the Cloudsoaring sect would trade those low-ranked spiritual tools for the Nie clan’s loyalty, so all the spiritual tools brought to lot draould be gifted to the children with h useless to the Qi warriors of the Cloudsoaring sect, those low-ranked spiritual tools would be of great help to the Nie children’s cultivation and beco time

That hy the whole Nie clan would seethe with excites that would only happen once every five years Every parent with a one-year-old child would consider it to be the nificant moment of that child’s life, and would be drawn to the event like a vulture to flesh

This time was no different

Nie Qian frowned “Answerto attend this ti her head deeply

“Little Tian is exactly one year old and is surnamed Nie,” Nie Qian said coldly “Why didn’t anyone infor convention?”

“Miss…” Han Yue forced a smile as she looked up at Nie Qian and said in a low voice, “Nie Tian is the child of your younger sister, but she is… just like you, a girl, and she didn’t mention who Nie Tian’s father was before she passed away”