Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation-Chapter 184 - 165 Thats it
Chapter 184: Chapter 165: That’s it?
Chapter 184: Chapter 165: That’s it?
Jiang Ning watched as Geng Lu walked away; he now planned to buy Xue Yuantong some food.
The reason he didn’t pack food to go from the noodle shop was that Geng Lu had treated him to the meal, and he feared she might end up paying for Xue Yuantong’s portion as well.
“Xue Yuantong must be getting hungry.”
Jiang Ning smiled; with a sweep of his Divine Sense, he found a clean restaurant and went to buy food.
It was still peak time, and buying food required waiting. After speaking with the owner, Jiang Ning turned around and went to a small shop to buy snacks.
…
During mealtime, the small shop wasn’t very crowded, just a few elementary school students were buying things.
Wang Longlong stood in front of the oven, “Boss, give me three crispy bone sausages.”
Wang Longlong was inexplicably in a great mood; he had a dream last night, having forgotten what happened in the dream, but he felt as though he had accomplished something big.
Therefore, today he bought three crispy bone sausages; he used to always buy only two.
Wang Longlong loved eating sausages; he vividly remembered the first time he tasted one, and it was heaven on earth; how could there be something so delicious in this world!
From that point on, Wang Longlong fell in love with sausages.
After getting his sausages, Wang Longlong bit into them contentedly, savoring the delicious taste.
The elementary school students watched Wang Longlong eat so heartily, their hearts filled with longing as they quietly swallowed their saliva.
After discussing among themselves, the elementary students pooled their money together, and finally one of them approached the owner,
“Boss, I want one original-flavored sausage.”
The owner opened the oven and skewered a sausage for the schoolchild.
The elementary student carefully held the bamboo stick and took a cautious bite, another student immediately said,
“My turn,” and took a bite.
Then the third elementary student took a bite.
Watching the three kids share the sausage, Wang Longlong suddenly realized; they had pooled their money to buy the sausage!
Wang Longlong looked at the three sausages in his hand, at first feeling a sense of pride, but then he saw his past self in those three elementary school students.
That past self who had to be so careful just to buy one sausage.
Wang Longlong was a bit moved, his mood was already happy, and upon seeing this scene, he suddenly felt a surge of:
“Wouldn’t it be great to have a thousand-room mansion to shelter all the scholars from the cold, bringing joy to their faces!”
At that moment, the three elementary students finished sharing the sausage, one of them still savoring the taste, licking the grease off his lips.
Wang Longlong couldn’t hold back anymore; he pulled out a twenty yuan bill, shouting with gusto,
“Today, all of the sausages in the shop are on me, Wang Longlong!”
The three elementary students’ jaws dropped in astonishment.
“Boss, start with ten skewers, for these kids!” Wang Longlong waved his hand, pointing at the three elementary students.
All of the schoolchildren were excited.
The air became charged with energy.
When Jiang Ning came by, this was the scene he saw.
Wang Longlong was basking in the grateful gazes of the students, completely intoxicated.
“Boss, how much for four lollipops?” Jiang Ning asked.
“Two yuan.”
After paying, Jiang Ning observed Wang Longlong’s soul a bit more, still ordinary and unchanged.
So Jiang Ning didn’t bother with him anymore; he marked him with a Law Imprint, and unless he intervened, Wang Longlong would enter the Source World every three days.
In the Source World, time would stop due to some force’s interference, and Jiang Ning didn’t plan to stop Wang Longlong; he intended to let him fend for himself there, since even if the carrier in the Source World died, Wang Longlong wouldn’t be affected, only experiencing extreme pain.
Moreover, the experiences of the Source World would be vague upon waking, even fuzzier than watching a movie, so it wouldn’t affect his life much.
Jiang Ning only needed to observe the state of his soul from time to time.
Watching Wang Longlong lost in joy, Jiang Ning left.
…
Jiang Ning returned to the classroom, where Xue Yuantong eagerly awaited.
“Jiang Ning, you are so slow; I’m starving to death.”
“Starving? Then eat up!”
“Humph.”
While eating, Xue Yuantong didn’t forget to play with her phone; she had been virtually glued to it recently.
Jiang Ning pondered a bit and decided to help Xue Yuantong curb her phone addiction.
He activated the ‘Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Body Tempering Technique,’ and using the ‘Yuan Er’ formula, the one for charging phones, he cast a reverse spell.
His Mana driven, he astonishingly drained the power from Xue Yuantong’s phone battery from a distance.
In three minutes, the phone suddenly indicated low battery, and Xue Yuantong stared at the screen, stunned, even stopping her meal.
Just now it clearly had sixty percent battery; how could it have died?
That’s not scientific!
Her phone’s battery life was clearly amazing!
Jiang Ning enjoyed seeing Xue Yuantong’s befuddled expression, feeling quite satisfied, thinking she would be wary and not obsessively play on her phone anymore.
Jiang Ning pocketed his phone and left.
If he didn’t, Xue Yuantong would surely ask to borrow his phone, so anticipating this, he left the classroom first.
After going downstairs, he went to the garden for a breath of fresh air.
Still February, still winter; the number of students using the garden’s Wi-Fi was slightly less than usual.
Many clever students would go to the teahouses outside, spend one yuan on a cup of hot water, sit on a soft sofa under the air conditioning, and enjoy a faster internet connection.
Only those students who couldn’t bear to lose face or disdained to go elsewhere would latch onto the Wi-Fi in the small garden.
Jiang Ning exhaled, and the water vapor met the cold air, coalescing into tiny droplets to form a mist.
It got dark early in winter, and the sky had already dimmed, with solar-powered path lights glowing softly.
Two girls came walking by the garden.
Ding Shuyan from Experimental Class 1, and Li Shi from Experimental Class 2 of Yu Zhou Fourth Middle School, each strikingly beautiful in their own right.
Li Shi’s face was charmingly delicate, and she was a bit taller than Ding Shuyan who stood at 1.68 meters, nearing 1.72 meters.
In terms of attire, Li Shi outshone Ding Shuyan with her light-colored wool coat that perfectly highlighted her slender figure without the bulkiness of a down jacket.
She presented an aura of unapproachability.
Yet sometimes, when Li Shi’s gaze crossed the nearly perfect features of Ding Shuyan’s face, there was envy and amazement.
Ding Shuyan’s calm demeanor in handling matters was something she had only seen in her elders.
‘She truly is a girl from that kind of family.’
Li Shi’s family was among the top wealthy in Yuzhou, but compared to Ding Shuyan’s family—which was involved in ‘power’—there was still a considerable gap.
They had become friends because they met by chance at a sister’s birthday party some time ago, and because both were studying at Yu Zhou Fourth Middle School, they clicked immediately.
Li Shi was very grateful that she hadn’t gone to Second Middle School but had instead joined the experimental class at Fourth Middle School, which allowed her to make a friend like Ding Shuyan.
She knew that pretty girls from well-off families actually had a harder time making reliable friends than average girls.
As Li Shi passed the small garden, she naturally saw some classmates playing with their phones, aware that they were mooching off the Wi-Fi.
Whenever this happened, Li Shi always wondered, how much could an internet cable cost?
Just pull one over and use it, why bother stealing Wi-Fi? If you end up getting sick from the cold, the loss outweighs the gain.
Li Shi noticed Jiang Ning. She had a bit of an impression of this male student: very good grades, second in his class at Fourth Middle School and unusually for a top student, not always buried in books and wearing glasses. Instead, he was tall and rather handsome.
But that was it. Li Shi was not interested in Jiang Ning. Good grades, at best, would make her take notice of him, but she wouldn’t find him remarkable.
No matter how good his grades were, it would just mean getting into one of the top two prestigious domestic universities, which for most people was a source of great family pride.
But for Li Shi, it was insignificant. Her family’s businesses in Lin City had recruited more than one talent from those two universities, even with master’s degrees.
Li Shi’s goal was to go abroad immediately after high school graduation. A bigger world awaited her out there.
She and Ding Shuyan were about to walk past the garden when suddenly, they saw Jiang Ning, that male student, casually beckon them over with a finger.
Li Shi didn’t bother to respond. Who did he think he was, summoning her over?
Many outstanding boys in Yuzhou had pursued her, and she had always ignored them.
Was the guy crazy?
At that moment, Li Shi noticed that Ding Shuyan beside her hesitated for a moment before walking towards Jiang Ning.
Li Shi was stunned. Just a beckoning finger and Shuyan went over?
Where was her pride?
What was Ding Shuyan’s status? It didn’t make sense.
Jiang Ning, chewing on a lollipop, watched Ding Shuyan with a calm expression.
Strictly speaking, in the real world, only two people knew he had some special abilities. One was Shao Shuangshuang, who was still guessing.
She would definitely not, nor dare to betray him.
The other was Ding Shuyan, born with heightened Sixth Sense, an arrogant girl who was naively overconfident.
Jiang Ning didn’t mind revealing his identity. If Ding Shuyan dared to tell anyone, he wouldn’t hesitate to eliminate her.
Ding Shuyan came to a stop in front of Jiang Ning, suppressing her nervous heartbeat. It was all too sudden, she had always thought that one day Jiang Ning would find her.
But she had never imagined it would be in this way.
Jiang Ning looked at her beautiful face and asked,
“Have you eaten?”
As he spoke, he used his powers to inspect Ding Shuyan and, as expected, found the girl’s soul different from ordinary people. If a common soul’s flame was like that of a regular lighter, hers was like the flame of a windproof lighter, stable and resilient.
Ding Shuyan had envisioned many scenarios, but she hadn’t anticipated Jiang Ning asking her if she had eaten…
Shouldn’t someone like him meeting her for the first time speak of more important matters?
Like doing something big together.
Then she would use her influence to help him as much as possible, working together for mutual benefit.
Why did it feel like they were making small talk?
“I’ve eaten,” Ding Shuyan answered truthfully, behaving very obediently.
“What did you have?” Jiang Ning continued to inquire.
Ding Shuyan was dumbfounded. If it were someone else asking, she definitely wouldn’t have answered, but facing a possible Transcendent of this world, she could only reply,
“A buffet.”
Jiang Ning nodded; at this stage, Ding Shuyan was still very obedient, not daring to show any resistance on the surface.
However, he still had no intention of using Ding Shuyan. The girl was quite cunning and had some abilities. If he were to put her into the Source World, despite a high likelihood she could bring him a Law Fragment,
the risks involved were currently uncontrollable. The mysteries of traveling between two worlds were not yet fully understood by him. He might as well let Wang Longlong serve as a guinea pig and experiment a few more times.
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His Divine Sense suddenly shot into Ding Shuyan’s heart, observing the frequency of its beating.
Ding Shuyan shuddered, being able to feel an unrestrained power rifling through the deepest secrets of her being.
“Are you afraid of me?” Jiang Ning asked, still chewing the lollipop.
Ding Shuyan didn’t answer.
“Alright, you can go.”
Jiang Ning waved his hand disinterestedly, bullying a little girl wasn’t something a dignified True Monarch should do.
Upon hearing this, Ding Shuyan felt a mix of relief and a touch of disappointment.
He had called her over just for this?
