"Could this woman be a Mountain Spirit Monster? I've seen that underground pit; it's bottomless, and there's no way to climb up. An ordinary person would undoubtedly die falling down there, let alone climb back up. Yet she brought Ning'er back safely. And look at her attire and demeanor; I feel even the late Empress Dowager couldn't match her poise," said Xiao Anning's father, Xiao Shengsheng, frowning.
The name Xiao Shengsheng was also a source of pain he preferred not to mention, blaming himself for being unable to speak when he was just born, resulting in his father giving him such a shameful name, against which he had no power to resist.
