Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation-Chapter 110: Lifesaving Object

Jiang Ning put away his phone, and the thought of Xue Yuantong's face couldn't help but bring a smile to his lips.

Just now, he had utilized the rush of nature's spiritual energy to achieve a breakthrough to the Qi Cultivation Fourth Layer in one fell swoop.

The eye-catching green pillars of light and spinning disks disappeared as a result.

The process had taken less time than he expected.

Feeling the abundant spiritual power filling his body, Jiang Ning was quite satisfied; the returns from reaching the Qi Cultivation Fourth Layer were quite substantial.

As a watershed in the Qi Cultivation Stage, breaking through to the Fourth Level significantly enhanced his mana, Divine Sense, Five Senses, and physique.

Based on Jiang Ning's previous experience, the mana of the Qi Cultivation Fourth Layer allowed him to utilize even more secret techniques.

Especially the "Observing Qi Skill."

This was a spell that Jiang Ning valued highly.

To observe Qi, to view the world's qi movements, this should naturally be a spell controlled only at the Foundation Establishment Realm.

However, with the aid of a Spirit Gathering Array, it was possible to use the Observing Qi Skill at the Qi Cultivation Fourth Level to discern the qi movements of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Items.

Within nature, there was an abundance of derivative spiritual objects, many of which might even exist in the Real World, like the derivative of space known as "Space Crystal Silk."

A single strand of "Space Crystal Silk" was all that was needed to craft a storage ring.

Before reaching the Foundation Establishment Realm, with mana and Divine Sense not yet transformed, one wouldn't be able to see "Space Crystal Silk," let alone collect it.

Even ordinary cultivators at the Foundation Establishment Realm might not be able to obtain it, but Jiang Ning's mastery over mana was so exquisite that he could, with the assistance of a large array, utilize the Observing Qi Skill and then collect it using a secret technique.

"Space Crystal Silk" was merely a byproduct.

Jiang Ning's main target was to acquire "Taiyin Cloud Marrow."

From the beginning to the end, he had never forgotten Xue Yuantong's illness, blood cancer.

The causes of this disease were unclear, influenced by various factors, including possibly genetic ones. Despite regularly adding spiritual medicine to the food Xue Yuantong ate to nourish her body, Jiang Ning couldn't be certain she wouldn't relapse in her senior year of high school.

Cultivators, though possessed of vast Divine Skills, were not omnipotent; there were still body cultivators who were troubled by baldness, a problem they solved with Evergreen Liquid.

Let alone blood cancer, which involved deeper layers of illness.

If Jiang Ning himself suffered from the disease, it would naturally be cured after his breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Realm. But Xue Yuantong was the one who was sick.

He didn't know what kind of Spirit Root Xue Yuantong possessed, and for now, Jiang Ning wasn't willing to expose her to Cultivation; the time was not right.

He had already decided to ensure Xue Yuantong's safety.

Jiang Ning occasionally worried that his interference might have disrupted the future, possibly causing Xue Yuantong to fall ill earlier.

If Xue Yuantong really did fall ill earlier, Jiang Ning would do everything in his power to maintain her life with spiritual medicine.

But that would only be maintaining her, and even the most optimistic person, knowing they had contracted blood cancer—a disease with a high mortality rate and painful progression—would likely struggle to maintain a smile.

With Jiang Ning's financial resources, he could indeed find a matching bone marrow donor for Xue Yuantong, but what if her marrow type was exceedingly rare?

Therefore, Jiang Ning decided to look for Heaven and Earth Spiritual Items—the "Taiyin Cloud Marrow."

To eliminate any chance of mishaps.

Once he acquired it, after refinement by Spiritual Fire, he could introduce it into the human body to perform a marrow transplant, thus eliminating the onset of blood cancer at its root.

Furthermore, as a Heaven and Earth Spiritual Item, the benefits of Taiyin Cloud Marrow to the human body were immense, and extending life span was not out of the question.

"The sooner I obtain the Taiyin Cloud Marrow, the sooner I can prevent any accidents from befalling Xue Yuantong."

"What does it matter if I risk exposing the Spirit Array?"

Jiang Ning's expression was resolute. He stepped down, concentrating spiritual power onto the small Spirit Array on the ground.

Using the small Spirit Array as a lever, he activated the Spirit Gathering Array, the vast and turbulent spiritual energy enveloping and surging over, strands of spiritual light condensing and penetrating into the ubiquitous spiritual energy.

Eventually, it turned into a huge transparent prism as thin as a cicada's wing, seemingly shattering upon touch, its surface rippling with waves of Spiritual Rhythm.

Standing in front of that prism, which acted like a mirror, Jiang Ning saw not the brick-red wall of the villa on the other side but rather a riot of colorful halos, as if another world were on display.

Those halos were not material objects, but rather the qi movements emitted by various things.

He manipulated the small array, controlled the prism to move, and conducted surveillance and querying around, continually scanning until he saw a dark wisp of qi.

That was the "Kongxuan Crystal," Jiang Ning noted down the coordinates and continued to search. What he was looking for was the "Taiyin Cloud Marrow."

By noon, Jiang Ning's body was drained of mana, and he still hadn't found it.

He took a Qi Gathering Pill and sat cross-legged on the terrace to meditate and recover.

"Rumor has it that Taiyin Cloud Marrow is a derivative spiritual object of clouds. Could it be that I must search the skies?" Jiang Ning pondered.

"I haven't reached the Foundation Establishment Realm yet; ascending to the skies is somewhat difficult."

"Never mind, the base of the Spirit Boat is already refined. Let's give it a try for now."

Jiang Ning's Divine Sense passed through the villa, and in the basement lay a two-meter-long board, or rather, something that already had the embryonic form of a 'boat.' Calling it a "spirit wood board" seemed more appropriate.

He cast a stream of Spiritual Power, guided by his Divine Sense, circling into the basement and bringing the board over.

Biling Wood was split into seventeen layers by Sword Qi, then dried and tempered with Spiritual Fire, and finally refined with "Broken Silver Sand" and "Purple Vine Mucus" to become extremely light.

At the same time, because Biling Wood is naturally hard, after such processing, its hardness and toughness were comparable to spring steel material.

After Jiang Ning infused Spiritual Power, the spirit wood board gently floated, almost hovering in midair without a hint of wobble.

The cause was Jiang Ning's engraved array that conducted Spiritual Power within it, allowing it to hold a certain amount of Spiritual Power.

Jiang Ning swallowed another Qi Gathering Pill and continued to supply Spiritual Power. It was then that he missed the days when he was not short of Spirit Stones, when all he needed to do was stuff Spirit Stones into the Spirit Boat for a constant power supply.

But Jiang Ning did not rely on Spirit Stones; he relied on himself to fill the spirit wood board with Spiritual Power.

Once his Spiritual Power was replenished, he cast the Concealing Qi Technique on himself and the spirit wood board together, avoiding satellite radar scans.

He activated the "Viewing Qi Skill" and controlled the prism to ascend. Then, Jiang Ning drove the spirit wood board to fly upwards.

The Spirit Boat was not yet fully formed, hence its flying speed was slow, roughly ten meters per second, steadily ascending.

As the height from the ground increased, the temperature decreased correspondingly, dropping by 6°C for every kilometer risen.

When he reached an altitude of more than three thousand meters, the temperature hit several degrees below zero. Many fighter pilots usually wore thick flight suits during missions, and the planes also had temperature control systems that kept the cockpit at a suitable temperature.

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However, Jiang Ning still wore a thin coat, his physique making him unworried.

A spectacular sea of clouds unfolded before his eyes, with layers of mist churning like waves and waterfalls, magnificently boundless.

Jiang Ning had no interest in admiring the scenery; the prism formed by the "Viewing Qi Skill" and the Spiritual Power drawn by the array below only had a faint connection now.

If he ascended further, it was feared the connection would break entirely. He did not delay further and controlled the prism to probe the cloud layers.

After continuous scanning, Jiang Ning finally found a wisp of qi between the clouds, like lightning.

He executed a spell and reached for the location, capturing a spoonful-sized lightning bolt in the palm of his hand.

With a sweep of his Divine Sense, Jiang Ning confirmed this was indeed the "Taiyin Cloud Marrow."

He took a deep breath of relief, Xue Yuantong could be saved.

The entire afternoon, Jiang Ning continued to gather "Taiyin Cloud Marrow."

As the sun set, he finally collected a sufficient quantity. After returning and refining it with Spiritual Fire, he could use it to perform the marrow replacement for Xue Yuantong.

On his last trip, at an altitude of three thousand meters, Jiang Ning sat cross-legged on the "spirit wood board." Using the "Viewing Qi Skill," he took the rare opportunity to admire everything around him.

The prism glided smoothly and without interruption, until a sudden slide made Jiang Ning frown.

He tapped the prism, instructing it to come back and re-examine a block of the northern area, about one square meter in size.

This time, Jiang Ning saw very clearly. The qi in this area was not colorful; it was pure black, a color black to the extreme.

Jiang Ning was moved. It meant that in this area, there was no qi of any object, an utter vacancy.

As if something had been stripped away.

"No cultivator exists in the Real World," Jiang Ning was absolutely certain. He possessed the exceedingly rare Heavenly Spirit Root and, supplemented by the memories of a Nascent Soul True Monarch, he barely managed to cultivate in a world where Spiritual Power was scarce.

Apart from himself, no other cultivators could be nurtured. This was his judgment, bearing the identity of a "Nascent Soul True Monarch."

"But why does this scene feel so familiar?" Jiang Ning's expression was one of puzzled contemplation.