Soaring the Heavens

Chapter 3

Volume 1
Chapter 8: Younger Siblings

When Miao Yi was eight years old, his house caught on fire. He became an orphan, and was almost sent to the Manor of Merciful Hope.

The Manor of Merciful Hope was a charitable place that aimed to provide support for widows and the needy who did not have the ability to survive by themselves.

This was a world that was completely led by cultivators; the strong had their statues placed in every home, so that the common folk could wors.h.i.+p them like G.o.ds. Everyday they had to face these shrines and pray for six hours, devoting their power of will to them.

Those who were sent to the Manor of Merciful Hope would also spend most of their time in the same way, except when they needed to eat, drink, urinate, defecate, and sleep. They were no different than the pigs in the farm, living an inhumane life.

Luckily his neighbor - Lu Xuexin, and her parents, happened to live on the same street, and they adopted Miao Yi just in time. Otherwise, he would have to be sent to the Manor of Merciful Hope, as all orphans below the age of ten were forced to go.

Unfortunately two years later, the residence of the Lu family caught on fire one night. Both husband and wife pa.s.sed away during the fire, leaving their five year old daughter behind.

In an instant, rumours that Death followed Miao Yi spread by word of mouth. However, there were those who didn’t believe in such hearsay.

In other words, some people pitied the children and did not wish to see them suffer, and so the street butcher Zhang Tufu decided to adopt the two children.

Another two years pa.s.sed, and in the end, Zhang Tufu and his wife died in a forest fire while doing work outside of their house. Another pair of kind souls were lost to the sea of fire. And yet again, another child became an orphan. Hence, Miao Yi had become as the rumours had whispered; the harbinger of death. Since then, no one dared to take him in.

Fortunately, living with Zhang Tufu and his family for two years, Miao Yi hadn’t stayed for nothing. He did not want to bring along his younger sister, Lu Xuexin, to freeload in the Zhang household, so he would always take the initiative to help Zhang Tufu with miscellaneous work. As a result, he learned how to slaughter pigs.

The year when Miao Yi turned twelve years old, he picked up the butcher knife Zhang Tufu left behind, and prepared himself to raise both his little brother and sister on his own.

However, this time Huang, the Head Guard who was in charge of this part of the city streets, brought his men to find the children. As Fatty Zhang and Lu Xuexin did not have any guardians looking after them, as well as the fact that they were also below the age of ten, the guards intended to bring them to the city’s Manor of Merciful Hope as orphans.

At that time, Miao Yi panicked. He carried Lu Xuexin on his back, one hand leading Fatty Zhang, and another hand clutching the butcher knife, as he stood against the guards. No matter what, Miao Yi simply would not let them take his younger brother and sister away.

When he was an orphan, Lu Xuexin’s parents did not send him into the Manor of Merciful Hope. When he became an orphan again with Lu Xuexin, the Zhang Tufu couple also did not send the both of them to the Manor of Merciful Hope. So how could Miao Yi helplessly watch both of his foster parents’ children be sent to that place?

At that time, the anxious and panic-stricken Miao Yi knew that it would be useless even if he used force. A young boy like him would not be able to win against a group of grown men. As he faced Head Guard Huang and his men, he slipped past them and ran outside to shout for help, causing his neighbors to rush towards him in answer. Miao Yi took the opportunity to ask for justice, and proceeded to use the butcher knife to stab his thigh, all to make clear his true intentions. He would rather die than send his little brother and sister to the Manor of Merciful Hope. Miao Yi told all who listened that he had the ability to raise both of his siblings.

As the neighbors watched the blood streaming down from Miao Yi’s thigh, they were emotionally moved by his actions. As a result, the neighbors urged Head Guard Huang not to



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