Adoption For Protection

Zhu Xiao Qian came and sat next to his sister, "Wan Wan, you have been reading a lot of books lately."

Zhu Xiao Wan placed the book down, she gently picked the cup of tea on the table and took a few sips, she smiled. It had been a month, adapting to this new world of ancient time and fictional existences took her a week. When she first woke up and saw her appearance, she did not know if she should be grateful or not. However, how could she not be content, she had a brother who loves her now.

In this world, the strong would be respected and the weak would get trampled on. The mass survived by cultivating their strengths as spirit cultivators. Though, most of them were not talented.

Every person had a spirit sleeping in their soul once they were born. The spirit would be awakened at the age of 14, a ring would show up on their finger, it can be beasts, weapons, and very rarely would be plants. Each person's talent depends on their spirit which calls 'contractual spirit'. The stronger the contractual spirit, the more talented one would be. If one did not have a contractual spirit, they were considered as wastes.

Cultivators would start cultivating at 14 as a red spirit, then continued on to orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple spirit. After that would be a silver spirit, gold, immortal, and lastly, deity spirit. Not many people know about spirits that were above purple since most of them couldn't even become a purple spirit in their whole life.

"Tea?" She asked, ignoring Zhu Xiao Qian's words.

"Hmm, Uncle Ning is going to adopt us to be a Ning...for a time being." He said, there was something unreadable in his eyes.

Zhu Xiao Wan handed him a cup of tea, her gaze lowered. They had to hide, Ning Xiao Qian and Ning Xiao Wan were safer than Zhu Xiao Qian and Wan when going out.

She had not seen anything good in business and dark or secret organizations, at least, not for her. However, she did not mind to build them again. She would need it in the future. Her eyes stared straight at Zhu Xiao Qian, "Does Big Brother wants to rebuild...the Zhu Family...?"

Zhu Xiao Qian froze, his eyes flashed with a hint of determination. "Not now," he changed the topic, "Princess You Yan sent an invitation to Ning Wang Manor for her banquet. There will be games and competition."

"Does he wants us to go?" Zhu Xiao Wan asked.

The cooled tea tasted tart and bitter in his mouth, "As Ning Wang's nephew and niece...a Ning." Wan Wan was not like his little sister before 'that'. He didn't question because he too had changed.

Even though the tea was tart, Zhu Xiao Wan drank it languidly.

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In Ning Wang's study, a middle age man was standing in front of his desk. Ning Rui Yu said to his (two) sons and (one) daughter, "The Zhu siblings will be our relatives when they are outside for a period of time. They will be your cousins, Ning Xiao Qian and Ning Xiao Wan. Be careful of what you'll call them."

Ning Su Cai knew what had happened, they went through 'that' at such a young age, "Yes, father." This was to protect them from those people.

Ning Rou Li and Ning Hai Heng also knew, but just briefly. They pitied the Zhu siblings.

"Attend the banquet with them," said Ning Rui Yu.

Ning Rou Li widened her eyes slightly, "That princess annoyed me. Father, I don't want to go there." She left after Ning Rui Yu allowed her to do whatever she wants helplessly.

Looking at his two sons, he sighed, "Just the two of you then."