Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation

Saturday noon.

Hu Qi Mountain.

The shadows of the trees in the mountain forest were mottled, and looking up, the trees were tens of meters tall.

Since the completion of the Spirit Gathering Array, Jiang Ning had decided to contract this mountain forest, often stimulating spiritual energy to nourish the plants here, making the grass and trees here grow tremendously vigorous.

Jiang Ning strolled through the forest, wearing clothes that shimmered with spiritual light, clinging to his body. As he moved, they automatically shielded against the surrounding vegetation to prevent the clothes from picking up any color.

His clothes were picked out by Xue Yuantong on a previous shopping trip.

The forest was silent, with only the occasional sound of bird calls.

His pace was not fast, as his eyes surveyed the terrain around him. In fact, he didn't have to do this at all; with just a sweep of his Divine Sense, he could scan the surroundings clearly and nothing could escape his notice.

Jiang Ning looked at the forest, which from today onwards meant it belonged to him, where he could fully demonstrate his abilities.

Changqing Liquid Company has already hired nearly a hundred security guards to take care of the security around Hu Qi Mountain, after all, it has been announced to the public that this mountain will serve as the cultivation base for Evergreen Liquid's medicinal materials.

They would continue to hire more guards to build up Hu Qi Mountain.

As Jiang Ning advanced, a squirrel in the distance, clutching a nut, watched him cautiously.

The babbling stream flowed down, and a rabbit, after drinking from the stream, contentedly planned to leave but upon sighting Jiang Ning, scampered in panic into the bushes.

Jiang Ning raised his palm and lightly grasped. Invisible spiritual power unfolded, and the rabbit that was fleeing was pulled out from the bushes.

He smiled and then let the rabbit go.

The rabbit had a narrow escape and ran off like a shot.

Jiang Ning checked the Spiritual Sense Imprint; the rabbit was not fat enough. He'd let it go for a few more days before catching it when it was fatter.

He continued to climb the mountain, and gradually, the vegetation in the forest became denser, and without realizing it, a fog began to form.

The fog flowed through the forest.

The sun's rays from the sky shone down, casting a brilliance over the fog, which appeared dreamlike and ethereal, as if in a fairyland, making it difficult to discern directions.

The fog grew thicker, even obscuring the ground beneath the feet.

As if walking on clouds.

This was an array set up by Jiang Ning to prevent outsiders from coming in and disturbing his spiritual medicines.

Jiang Ning trod through the fog, and a few minutes later, emerged from the mists to clear sight.

The sky was a clear blue, with no sun visible, but countless beams of light were cast down.

The fog surrounded a flat piece of land about two acres in size, divided by two streams, with each plot growing a variety of colorful spirit plants.

The spirit plants bloomed in competition, some with a glimmering shimmer on their surfaces, reflected by the stream water.

This was the spirit field Jiang Ning had created.

In front of the spirit field was a long bench, facing a tea table, and opposite the tea table was a lounge chair.

The light from above, filtered through the array, enveloped the lounge chair.

Behind the long bench stood a dark figure, wrapped in a black robe with a face concealed behind a mask carved with Luoyun. It was motionless.

Jiang Ning's fingers lightly pointed, and the shadow slowly approached.

This was a puppet Jiang Ning had previously crafted. If this area suffered an invasion beyond what it could bear, the puppet would be the first to collect the spiritual medicines and detonate the array.

After inspecting the growth of the spirit plants, Jiang Ning flipped his palm and took out two bamboo shoots from his Storage Ring. Spiritual power held the bamboo shoots, flying to the edge of the spirit field to plant them.

This was Yun Bamboo from the Cultivation World. Cultivated with spiritual energy, once grown and cut to make cups, any water poured into the cups would turn sweet and carry the fragrance of the bamboo itself.

Jiang Ning sat on the bench for a while, pondering over the planning of this place.

Two acres were definitely not enough; in the future, he would inevitably continue to expand. The spiritual energy in the streams was too diluted, far from a real Spiritual Spring.

There were many areas in need of replenishment.

Without external help, Jiang Ning's Cultivation progress was very slow. He was still at the Late Stage of Qi Cultivation, and breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Realm would still take a long time.

This spirit field was the foundation of his cultivation.

...

Half-past one in the afternoon.

Xue Yuantong sat at the doorstep, staring into space.

After spacing out for a while, she unlocked her phone, where many classmates were posting messages in the class group.

Meng Gui: "Bros, who's up for a trip to the department store's pedestrian street?"

Cui Yu: "I'd love to, but I'm broke."

Chen Qian posted two photos: "Sorry, I'm at Nan City."

The photos showed a street steeped in antiquity with Chen Qian standing in front of the entrance of a famous old pastry shop, his smile confident.

Dan Kaiquan @Chen Qian, in a mocking tone: "Impressive, really impressive!"

Chen Qian: "It's nothing impressive, I come here often."

Hu Jun: "Guys, I found something fun."

[Hu Jun has been muted]

Meng Gui: "Brother Cui, come on, I'll treat you to grilled gluten."

Cui Yu: "Rich guy, take me with you."

Wang Longlong said: "Can you take me too? I'll pay for myself."

Xue Yuantong looked at the lively chat in the group, which had nothing to do with her.

She and Jiang Ning had agreed to go to the department store's pedestrian street this afternoon for some tasty treats, but Jiang Ning had stood her up.

'So angry, if Jiang Ning doesn't appear in front of me within a minute, I will not forgive him!'

A minute later, it was still empty.

'Damn, if one more minute goes by, I really won't forgive him!'

Still nobody.

Xue Yuantong fumed: "Third time's the charm!"

"What 'third time's the charm'?" Jiang Ning asked her, looking down.

Hearing the familiar voice, Xue Yuantong jumped up excitedly from the bench and exclaimed joyfully:

"You're back!"

Then she sat down again on the bench, her tone serious:

"You're late, do you know that?"