The Spirit World

Chapter 766 Ning Sanqi

However, even if the funds for raising children in the Children's Pavilion were insufficient, they would not let the children starve, but the food they ate would certainly not be as good as that of the formal disciples. They were not pale and thin, but were very thin, almost like monkeys.

The meals in the inner cabinet and the outer cabinet are also different, and meat is an extremely rare commodity in the outer cabinet.

Although Wang Po scolded Uncle Li, she still had to take in the new child. Ning Xuefan also came to confirm again that the child was indeed still alive, and transferred thirty gold coins from the Bailing Mountain's treasury. Only then did Wang Po and he himself have fewer complaints.

Because the Children's Pavilion was not an institution established by Bailing Mountain, but Bailing Mountain was too famous, and many sinful parents abandoned their children at the foot of Bailing Mountain. Bailing Mountain had to set up such an institution to raise those abandoned babies, and only let them leave when they reached a certain age, or enter Bailing Mountain to practice.

Ultimately, the fault lies with their parents, but no one knows who their parents are, so the people who raised them can only worry alone.

Wang Po was one of them. Ning Xuefan was the manager of the Children's Pavilion, so he had seen them a lot, but none of them were that close to him. Looking at these abandoned babies, he could only shake his head helplessly.

But Wang Po, who takes care of their lives, is overwhelmed and has a bad temper every day. Uncle Li sweeps the land in Bailing Mountain and picks up the most children, so it is reasonable for him to come and see these children more often.

Apart from this, few people would go to the Children's Pavilion.

Newborns, especially those still in swaddling clothes, were mostly named by Wang Po. Although Wang Po was not well educated, she would not give children random names of flowers and plants. They were all names of medicinal herbs that could save lives.

Holly, Hongqian, Lianqiao, Qiangwei, Cistanche, Catalpa, Chuanxiong, Suoshami, etc. are all the names of the children now. They are all given the surname Ning, and it is worth it that the Ning family of Bailing Mountain saved their lives.

It was not difficult for Wang Po to name the boy with a red plum blossom mark on his forehead. The child was named Ning Sanqi.

If we have to find a reason, it might be that Wang Po has raised thirty-six children here, and these are the only thirty-seven.

It’s not a coincidence, but it’s the only way I can describe it.

There were twelve people in the cabinet and eighteen people in the outer cabinet. The thirty-seventh, that is, six, died young. They all had a small grave, without a real name, only a fake name of a medicinal herb. According to Wang Po's meaning, they had suffered in this life, so they became a medicinal herb to save people and accumulate virtue. In the next life, they would be reborn into a good family and not be abandoned by others, and end up like this.

At least, no one would throw away the medicinal herbs that could save themselves.

Ning Sanqi fell seriously ill when he arrived at Bailing Mountain. His head was burning with fever and he was retching all the time. The old doctor from Bailing Mountain came but kept shaking his head. The children all gathered outside Sanqi's room to watch.

Children don’t quite understand death, but they can feel that the word death is not far from them.

Wang Po always said that people born on the 3rd and 7th generations have a good fortune.

Just like the day he appeared on Bailing Mountain, all the mountain flowers bloomed, all the birds sang, and all the maple leaves turned red. Just like this miracle, Sanqi also miraculously survived the torture of the burning fire.

However, this severe fever almost took away all of Ning Sanqi's hearing, and he could no longer speak.

Wang Po was fierce to others, but she secretly watched Sanqi cry. However, she didn't want to say it, so the children didn't quite understand.

Ning Sanqi, who was growing up to be more beautiful, was a very pretty little guy. He could not hear or speak. In the silent world, everyone looked at him. He did not quite understand how much pity there was in those eyes. However, it was better this way. If he did not quite understand, he would not be so sad.

Silence is always in Ning Sanqi's world, and the sound of "ah ah ah" is always in other people's world.

Little by little, every long minute and every second, the person Ning Sanqi followed the most was Wang Po. When this strict old woman needed to cook, Ning Sanqi would obediently sit in the seat designated by Wang Po and quietly watch Wang Po busying around.

He didn't know why Wang Po was pointing and talking fiercely at those who came to watch with their mouths wide open.

Ning Dongqing and Ning Hongqian are a pair of three-year-old siblings from the outer chamber. Ning Sanqi is three years old, and they are only six years old. They are the only children who can communicate with Sanqi. They tried to feel out Ning Sanqi's intentions, but Ning Xue Sanqi didn't understand anything.

When they were nine years old, Ning Sanqi would be ten years old, and they could carry Ning Sanqi on their backs and wander around the huge Bailing Mountain leisurely. They could also hold Ning Sanqi in their arms and tell her about their pain.

Most of the outer cabinet members who are ten years old will leave Bailing Mountain.

They cried to Ning Sanqi who could not hear any sound, and Ning Sanqi could only cry out, looking at their sad faces and stroking their cheeks and tears.

The children in the outer chamber will have to go through a test that is extremely cruel for children. They must pass the mountain practice test set by Bailing Mountain for the earth-level disciples.

The Earth Level is the weakest level in Bailing Mountain. For those who have just entered the mountain, it is not the case that they cannot use spiritual power, so if they can use spiritual power, the test to enter the mountain is not difficult. However, for those who have never learned it or have no connection with spiritual power, it is almost impossible to pass.

Bailing Mountain does not recruit people who have no spiritual power as formal disciples. People who have no affinity with spiritual power will naturally have no affinity with Bailing Mountain.

The fairy stones of Bailing Mountain are open to the public only after they have passed the test of entering the mountain. You can't just touch them. It doesn't follow that you can be at the level you say you are at.

For the children in the outer cabinet, unless they are extremely gifted, their only option is to go down the mountain.

When Ning Sanqi was almost seven years old, Ning Dongqing and Ning Hongqian took part in the entrance examination supervised by Ning Xuefan. On that day, apart from some disciples who wanted to watch the fun, as well as Wang Po and Uncle Li, almost no important people were present.

Every year there are children from the outer cabinet leaving Bailing Mountain, and this year is no exception.

On May 5, 2020 in the Empire, seven-year-old Ning Sanqi sat quietly beside Wang Po, watching Ning Dongqing and Ning Hongqian finally climb out of the mountain test site with difficulty. He didn't quite understand why the two brothers and sisters would smile at each other while lying on the ground. They must have experienced a lot of hardships.

And in Sanqi's cognition, after this day, they moved out of the Children's Pavilion and were still able to come to see him. There was almost no difference, except that they were more or less high-spirited.

Wearing new clothes, new shoes, holding a shiny sword, standing in front of him, she looked very much like those people who were smiling at him.

And it was in this year that an earth-shattering event took place in Bailing Mountain. This event was like fate piercing his throat, changing Ning Sanqi's fate.

(End of this chapter)