A carriage left the Imperial City and traveled for a long while before stopping beneath a dense forest.
An old woman carrying a swaddled infant got out of the carriage.
"Wait here!"
"Yes."
She looked around before entering the forest.
After winding through it for quite some time, she carried the swaddled infant to a deep pool.
Then, with a vicious expression, she threw the wailing infant into the deep pool.
Before long, the infant fell silent and sank into the deep pool.
The old woman pressed her palms together. "Don't blame me! If you must blame someone, blame steward Zhang of the Spirit King Residence."
With that, she turned and hurried away.
The swaddled infant who had sunk into the pool did not die. The instincts he had acquired in the womb drove his hands and feet to paddle ceaselessly.
Before long, he resurfaced and drifted to the edge of the water pool.
He opened his eyes and looked hazily around him.
Where am I?
Water? Why am I in the water?
An adult consciousness in the infant's mind was confused and dumbfounded.
He was Zhang Xuan, reborn through Reincarnation.
A newborn infant needed time to adjust, and his consciousness was unclear, but he vaguely sensed that he had previously been in a woodshed.
Soon, the adjustment period ended. His vague memories fused together, leaving behind three extremely blurry faces.
One was kind and doting. That was his Mother. As for the other two...
Damn it, why was I reincarnated into such a miserable life?
Just as his consciousness was pondering, a tiger's roar came from the forest.
Very soon, a fierce tiger with black stripes running through its bluish fur followed the scent to the deep pool.
Roar!
With a tiger's roar, it opened its jaws, picked up