"Where have you been?"
Jiang Ning thought carefully, and if it were just in this lifeti, he hadn't been to many places.
In the fifth grade of elentary school during the sumr vacation, he went to the city where his parents worked, Wen City in East River Province, and played for the entire sumr break.
Then he ca back to continue studying in the town, and it wasn't until this year that he ca to Yuzhou to attend high school. Ironically, although Jiang Ning was from Yuzhou, it was his first ti stepping into Yu Zhou City.
Then he stayed in Yuzhou for three years, during which he never traveled. However, there were several tis when Shen Qing'e went on trips with her cousins, and Jiang Ning really wanted to join them and see the world.
But he had no money for travel. Staying at soone else's ho as he was, already disliked, where would he get the nerve to impose and make others pay for him?
As early as his first year of high school, Jiang Ning had thought of moving out of his uncle's house and boarding at Fourth Middle School.
Only those who have truly experienced living with relatives can understand how complicated it can be.
But back then, at the end of the day, he was just a fifteen or sixteen-year-old teenager without the ability to live independently, and his parents disagreed. They wanted Jiang Ning to have a better living environnt, and with his uncle's repeated requests to stay, he couldn't move out.
Many things, when looked back upon years later, seem like just simple matters. However, only when you are at that age do you understand the complexity and intricacy of the situation.
Being able to see that clearly later on is because of growing up.
This ti he ca back, he settled the decision to move out from his uncle's with a few words to his parents, without even facing any persuasion.
After graduating from high school in his past life, Jiang Ning got into a second-tier college in Huai City.
He attended four years of college, given one thousand yuan per month for living expenses, enough to fill his stomach, but not for traveling. He could only wander around Huai City, visit so parks, and climb so hills.
That's how college ended. After graduating, with one thousand yuan in his pocket, he went to Nan City, hoping to earn five thousand a month, only to find the base salary was two thousand.
He returned to Yuzhou once again, using intern connections to land a job, climbing up the ranks bit by bit.
He switched jobs a few tis later but always cycled through a few cities.
Wen City, Yuzhou, An City, Nan City, Qiao State, these were all the cities Jiang Ning had been to.
Even compared to his current class 8 schoolmates, he was far behind. People like Bai Yuxia, Chen Qian, they went traveling every year.
He looked at Xue Yuantong and said self-deprecatingly,
"When I was a kid, I went to Wen City once, and after that, I just stayed in the town."
Jiang Ning rembered when he was working, hearing his colleagues discuss which online celebrity city was fun, and because of poverty, he couldn't fit in.
"Wen City? I know it! Isn't it very close to the sea? Have you ever seen the sea?" Xue Yuantong leaned in, her eyes bright with curiosity. She had never seen the sea.
"I have," said Jiang Ning.
"Is the real sea really blue and beautiful?" Xue Yuantong asked curiously.
"No, the sea is yellow," Jiang Ning said.
Xue Yuantong's fantasy shattered, she pouted unhappily and said,
"You're lying."
"I'm not, it's true." Jiang Ning had been to the seaside with his parents twice, and it wasn't fun at all, not even as nice as Hui River.
Xue Yuantong still half-doubted it; she decided that when she grew up, she definitely had to see the sea herself. If Jiang Ning dared to lie to her, she promised she would teach him a harsh lesson.
"Are there any fun places in Wen City?" Xue Yuantong continued to ask. She had never left Yuzhou in her life and was very curious about the outside world.
"Yes, Wen City has a mountain called Human Head Mountain, which looks remarkably like a human head," Jiang Ning gestured.
"So many people, full after eating, would squat at the foot of the mountain all day, figuring out how to climb up. The peak is nearly ninety degrees steep, very difficult to scale, and many have broken their legs."
"Then one day, a tourist actually climbed up but couldn't get down."
Xue Yuantong asked, "They are so silly, what happened afterward?"
"Then an Evil Dragon appeared and ate the tourist. It turns out that the mountaintop was actually the Evil Dragon's castle."
"You're lying to again!" Xue Yuantong glared, puffing up angrily.
"Fine, the tourist was starving on the mountain for two days, and then a helicopter flew up and rescued him."
"Wow."
"I've never seen a helicopter before, Jiang Ning, can you fly one?"
"I can't."
"Then can you drive a tractor?"
"I can't."
Xue Yuantong said, "I can."
"Bragger, keep it up. Aunt Gu said that the first ti you rode a tractor, you cried and scread to jump off."
Xue Yuantong gritted his teeth: ...Damn, why does my mother always betray ?
...
On the afternoon of the last day of the short holiday.
The room was filled with the fragrance of incense, as Jiang Ning sat cross-legged on the bed with his eyes tightly shut.
He was cultivating the "Golden Mysterious Separation God Technique," and his invisible Divine Sense spread around him.
A prickling pain emanated from his forehead, but for Jiang Ning, this was negligible.
The Divine Sense swayed gently like waves stirred by the wind, sotis raging fiercely and extending swiftly into the distance.
Ten ters, twenty ters, thirty ters, fifty ters, only stopping just as it reached a hundred ters.
Then, with a re thought, Jiang Ning, like a whale drawing in water, retracted all of his Divine Sense back into himself.
Jiang Ning opened his eyes, and a flash of delight crossed his face. His Divine Sense had grown several tis stronger than before; it could initially cover only a thirty-ter radius, but now it reached a hundred.
Now at the Qi Cultivation Second Level, his Divine Sense had already caught up with cultivators at the Qi Cultivation Fourth Level.
Divine Sense mainly functions like radar, detecting surrounding situations. With his current Divine Sense strength, he could easily track the trajectory of several bullets simultaneously. Combined with the physique from Divine Thunder Body Refining, it would be difficult for a handgun to hit him.
However, were he on a modern battlefield, he would still be killed by the countless stray bullets.
"I still can't act openly," Jiang Ning said with a calm deanor.
He must at least break through to the Foundation Establishnt Realm. By then, with a Divine Sense range of at least five miles, the ability to fly, and countless spells at his disposal, he would have more than a second to react when a shell entered his Divine Sense range, thus no longer needing to fear them.
Jiang Ning set a minor goal for himself, to break through the Foundation Establishnt Realm.
Once he beca a Foundation Establishnt Cultivator, he would no longer need to hide on this world. One man could be as formidable as an army.
...
Jiang Ning enjoyed the exhilarating sensation of the breakthrough in his Divine Sense before he drew back his thoughts and took out a chicken egg-sized piece of blue jade.
He had bought this jade material from Shao Shuangshuang's store to make a Protective Jade Pendant.
Seeing the Jade Pendant reminded him of Shao Shuangshuang. Could it be that the girl hadn't used the Evergreen Liquid?
Otherwise, why hadn't she co to look for him after six or seven days?
Jiang Ning found this strange and planned to have a good talk with Shao Shuangshuang about the dicine business when she ca to look for him.
To break through to Foundation Establishnt quickly, one must rely on a Spiritual Energy Array.
"Let's wait a bit longer," he thought. If things couldn't naturally go well, Jiang Ning wouldn't mind using so special thods.
Jiang Ning explored the jade with his hands. It was slightly cool to the touch. He tossed the stone into the air, shooting out a streak of green Sword Qi, which sharply divided the hard jade material.
The egg-sized piece of jade was cut into four pieces.
Three Jade Plates fell into the silk cloth by themselves, leaving only one floating in mid-air.
His Divine Sense covered it, comprehending the patterns within the Jade. Then Jiang Ning threw five-colored spiritual lights at the Jade Plate.
Each beam of spiritual light corresponded to a mark. The marks were engraved onto the Jade Plate, connecting with each other, supporting each other, like a precise mathematical equation.
anwhile, the shape of the Jade Plate also changed, shedding waste material that fell from the air.
Inside the Jade Plate, a Spirit Array was slowly crafted into existence.
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