The Desolate Era
5

The spring sunshine shone with lazy warmth.

A red-lipped, pale-faced child was standing with arms outstretched, while a young woman dressed in fur quickly and carefully helped her put on her fur clothes. Another young woman was waiting beside him with a basin filled with water and a bowl with coarse salt.

In my past life, I was always sick and dressed myself. I did not expect that in this life, not only would I be perfectly healthy, I would also have a servant to look after me. Ji Ning has been served by people since she was born. When she sometimes automatically starts dressing herself out of habit, two frightened maids, ‘Grass Spring’ and ‘Autumn Leaf’, immediately kneel down, trembling in fear.

“Give me.”

Now dressed, Ning took over the black bowl of rock salt and headed outside the room. He walked to the nearest fountain, then started using that hard white rock salt to ‘brush his teeth’.

How planned this era is. No toothbrushes. I have to use my hands to brush my teeth! And no toothpaste, just rock salt! Ning quickly finished brushing her teeth. Actually, she wasn't sure why, but she was very clean from the moment she was born, and she didn't have bad breath. There was no need for him to brush his teeth, but his mother forced him to do so.

“Grass.” Ji Ning raised his head, then spat out a mouthful of water, then handed the basin to the nearest servant, Spring Grass.

The maid, Autumn Leaf, then offered her a blue stone bowl to wash her face. Ji Ning quickly washed his face, then wiped the water with a cloth.

“Aun autumn.” Ning looked at. In your tribe, do you also use salt to brush your teeth?

Although he was already four years old and had read many clan books and had learned many things, he actually did not know much about the situation within the tribe.

How is that possible? Autumn Leaf has a slightly mottled face. Even the table salt we used in the tribe was not as white and as clean as this salt. How can we use it to brush our teeth? Tribal men and women only use water to gargle. Many will go their whole lives without brushing their teeth. Also, this kind of basin is very valuable and is usually used to boil soups. How can we use it to brush our teeth?

Boiled soup?

Ning rubbed his eyes. Can this basin be used to boil soup?

“Come we eat.” Ning turned his head and walked away, with two servants behind him.

“Dad. Mother.” Ning arrived at the main hall and immediately stood there and bowed.

Mm.

His father, Ji Yichuan, sat in the front, while his mother sat on the left. His own position is to the right. In front of him was a black marble table, with three large bowls on it. One contained steaming and flavorful meat, the other contained thick but soft pastries, and the third was a bowl of hot water. Here's the breakfast.

If breakfast for a four-year-old is placed on Earth, it may be enough for three adults to eat. In this world, every child can eat a lot. Ning is no different.

Mmm, it tastes so good. Ning took a piece of meat from the first bowl and ate it. Despite having the taste of Earth humans, he still felt the food was good. Ning knew ... because her body was physically average, ever since she was young, she had been fed a special meal. The meat he ate was not the meat of an ordinary beast; it was the meat of a magical and monstrous beast. In the tribe, monster meat was extremely rare and precious, but Ning could eat it every day.

It has a special effect. That would make Ning stronger!

I'm done eating! Ning ate very fast; it could be described as just ‘throw food’. And then, with a gurgle, he drank all the hot water as well.

“Come go.” Ning ran out, with Spring Grass and Autumn Leaf chasing after him.

Snow watched her son run away and laughed, Although Ning was a bit weak when she was born, it was only because she was injured while in the womb. The potential is still very high. Look, every day, he could eat so much monster meat. His body will definitely grow stronger.

Yichuan nodded as well. A beast is not like an ordinary beast. Ferocious beasts absorbed the natural elemental energy of the world, and their flesh also contained that energy. Normally, children would not be hungry for two days if they ate it for breakfast, but Ning ate it for three times a day. Clearly, he was able to absorb everything.

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The two maids carried thick books behind Ning. Behind them were eighteen great guards wearing red armor. The red armored guards had mysterious marks inscribed on their armor, which faintly seemed to be humming with strange energies, causing them all to emit a powerful aura.

The Crimson Guards were the most powerful warriors of the Ji clan. The Western Prefecture only had a hundred Red Guards who only listened to Ji Yichuan's orders.

Yichuan arranged eighteen Crimson Guards to protect Ning at all times. If Ning had ever been outside the house, the eighteen Crimson Guard would have remained by his side.

To the training ground. Ning's journey was very smooth.

No one dared to block his path!

The City of West Prefecture was a large and large city. Within the city were hundreds of thousands of citizens, and there were three main areas. They were the city center, military camps, and training grounds.

The inner city was the residence of members of the Ji clan in Western Prefecture. It was the central administrative region!

The military camp was the place where soldiers controlled by the Ji clan from the Western Prefecture were stationed.

The training ground was where the youths from the Ji clan and from the many tribes controlled by the Ji clan would come to train.

The city center and training ground are connected by a straight line. Ning led his servants and bodyguards straight towards the central training ground. The vast training plaza currently had thousands of youths there practicing.

The only child of the Raindrop Sword? Ji Ning's?

Does the woman hold a book? When that traveling merchant came to my clan in the past to sell books, I heard that the price of each book was a thousand sheepskin.

Many youths in the training grounds were talking amongst themselves. There were many people who became adults quickly, and thus learned that this child was the son of the number one expert of the Ji clan, Ji Yichuan, ‘The Raindrop Sword’. Many young people were actually quite fond of this child, because even though Ji Ning was from a powerful clan and nobility, he did not bully them at all. But no matter how much they liked him, they would not dare to tease him.

Ouch. Ji Ning sat on the chair, his eyes filled with excitement.

In his previous life, he had often been alone, so now, in his heart, he had greatly enjoyed the crowded and rowdy area.

“Give me those books.” Ning took the thick and heavy book from Spring Grass's hands. This thick book was really thick, about twenty centimeters thick, and was bound by the soft skin of a savage beast. In an era where slavery still exists, books are precious. Ning, however, could casually flip through the books in their personal library and even pick up some.

After birth, Ning mainly did two things …

The first thing is to train according to the visualization technique of Nuwa Painting. His soul had become strong and sturdy, to the point where he now had a photographic memory. Just half a month ago, he could even reach the level of dividing his mind in half.

What does it mean to divide his mind in two? For example, he can use his left hand to write essays simultaneously, while his right hand to paint paintings. It was as if his consciousness had been split into two parts that did not interfere with each other.

Actually, it's not very magical. According to the books, those who practiced on the path to becoming an Immortal could all use their minds to accomplish many things at once. They would be able to use multiple treasures to attack at the same time. The true brilliance of the Nuwa Painting was that Ji Ning was able to split his mind in two after visualizing it for only two years.

The second thing he did was read!

Half a year after his birth, when Ning was able to form a few words, he hugged a book and pointed at what looked like a few words in it and said, “This, this, this …” Spring Grass and Autumn Leaves, be a personal servant, all know how to read. Naturally, they did not dare to not answer. With their help and with guesswork, he soon learned how to recognize those words.

And then, the reading begins!

As the saying goes, ‘spend time sharpening knife make cutting faster’. Although he was fully devoted to the idea of training to become an Immortal, Ning understood that sometimes, haste makes ineffectiveness. Reading is a way ‘sharp knife’ to become an Immortal. First of all, he needed to understand what this world was like. He would also learn more about what it meant to be an Immortal, and what kind of Immortals there were, and so on and so forth.

Only after knowing this would he know what the best option was for himself!

After reading many books, Ning became aware that the Ji clan in the Western Prefecture was a small force located in a vast expanse of land ruled by the Grand Xia Dynasty!

The territory controlled by the Ji clan of the Western Prefecture stretched for three thousand kilometers from north to south and five thousand kilometers from east to west. There were many tribes living in this land, and all of them were ruled by the Ji clan!

Moreover, this was nothing more than the Ji clan in the Western Prefecture.

The Ji Clan was an ancient clan. It was divided into Central Prefecture, Eastern Prefecture, Western Prefecture, Northern Prefecture, and Southern Prefecture. All five Prefectures combined formed the entirety of the Ji clan!

However ... The Grand Xia Dynasty was too big. Its territory is almost infinite, and it is an ancient dynasty born during ‘Era Fiendgod’. More than a trillion years had passed since the terrifying Fiendgod Era. For a dynasty to survive a trillion years was something Ning thought unimaginable.

The Ji Clan was nothing more than a small force within the borders of the Grand Xia Dynasty, but to countless local tribes, the Ji clan was clearly their absolute ruler!

“This is truly a world where Gods and Demons abound.” Ji Ning sighed mentally. Ordinary mortal realm found it difficult for the Empire to survive even for a thousand years, but in this ancient world, a great ancient kingdom was something that was beyond my imagination.

“True. It has been more than two years since I was born, and I know very little about training to become an Immortal. It's time I started.

She had spent a year in the womb, and when she was born, it was winter, while the new year would come soon after. So, he had been living in this world for over two years now.

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That night too.

Both sides of the main hall were filled with flaming lights, and the entire hall was extremely bright. His father continued to sit where he usually sat, with his mother on the left and Ning on the right. The table is still covered in meat as well as a plate of vegetables and grains.

“Nyam nyam.” Ning blew the meat on the table like a whirlwind, and then raised his head. “Father mother!”

Hm, what's up? Yichuan looked at his son, and Snow did as well.

Although the intelligence of their son made them boundless elation, it did not really surprise them, because in this vast world, there were many very smart people.

“I want to practice!” Ning said seriously. “I want to train to become an Immortal!”

Seeing the serious expression on his son's face, Snow started laughing. Training to become an Immortal? Yichuan, our son wants to train to become an Immortal!

“Kal?” Yichuan looked at his son coldly. “Do you know what training means to become an Immortal?