The moment the bell rang, the first half of Zhang Qiling's life—robbed away by the Heavenly Endowment—surged into his heart like a tidal wave. It was a call from the depths of the Zhang Family Ancient Building, and he knew that would be his final resting place.
The Zhang Family Ancient Building was not merely a mortuary; it was simultaneously the only sanctuary the Zhang family members could find when confronted with the Heavenly Endowment.
Many years ago, when Zhang Qiling first arrived at the Zhang household, he was still an infant under one year of age. By the time he grew to adulthood, he had no idea where he should go, nor even why he was alive. Back then, the Zhang household was his entire world, yet he remained utterly out of place within it. At that time, to him, mountains were merely mountains, and rivers were merely rivers.
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