Caiyu

In his mind, countless muscle and bone lines combined and changed.

Jiang Ding was practicing swordplay, his sword light as bright as an arc.

He was practicing the Eagle's Takeoff Sword Art, the foundation of martial arts. With the boost of high comprehension, his progress was rapid, and his spine occasionally felt a slight tingling sensation.

For those with poor aptitude or from poor families, there wasn't no chance to turn things around.

Others' Eagle's Takeoff Sword Art was merely proficient, but if you could reach minor completion, major completion, or even perfection, you could catch up to or even surpass those with excellent aptitude.

The nine great sword stances swept past one by one, finally returning to the Hidden Sword Stance.

"Not bad."

Zhang Dingjun watched for a while, finding it quite interesting. "You kid were born in an immortal sect, it's really a waste. If you were in another world, you might have become a renowned martial arts hero."

The Eagle's Takeoff Sword Art was passable, nothing special, about the same as his classmates.

But his practical combat sword skills were somewhat terrifying. He was almost embarrassed to say that his ability to seize opportunities was almost catching up to his own, who had the aid of Ninth Level Qi Refining divine sense.

"You're just joking."

Jiang Ding rolled his eyes at him, not showing the fear that other classmates had towards this instructor. "With my Five Spirit Root aptitude, where else besides an immortal sect would give me even a sliver of a chance?"

"You still haven't given up on ascending to immortality? This path is too difficult..." Zhang Dingjun sighed slightly.

To ascend from mortal to immortal, even in immortal sects, only the most elite and outstanding few prodigies were qualified. Although Jiang Ding wasn't entirely mediocre, but...

"Keep up the good work! Even if you miss the college entrance exam, some people have successfully cultivated immortality."

Zhang Dingjun encouraged him.

Ding ling...

Not long after, at twelve o'clock, the fourth class bell rang. Zhang Dingjun left first, and the other classmates returned to school, or went home if they lived nearby.

"Here."

Li Junhao, with a crestfallen face, handed Jiang Ding a campus card.

"What do you want? Do you need me to pick you up?"

Jiang Ding was not surprised. This guy's forty-kilometer run would now be strictly supervised by teaching robots. As long as he didn't want to drop out, he had to follow the instructor's orders.

"One duck leg, shredded pork with green peppers, and a bowl of seaweed and egg drop soup from the cafeteria. I'll take the bus back myself."

"Okay."

After bidding farewell to Li Junhao, Jiang Ding squeezed onto the bus back to school with his classmates.

Dinner, then a nap.

After two classes on Ideological and Moral Education, it was time for the training room.

Jiang Ding stared at the light blue screen in front of him, a hint of joy on his face.

[Name: Jiang Ding]
[Student ID: 1246215]
[Realm: Bone Refining Realm Peak]
[Last Training Subject: Sixty-eighth Set of Eagle's Takeoff Sword Art (Proficiency 51%)]

Compared to two days ago, the Eagle's Takeoff Sword Art had surged by 19%. At this rate, he could break through to minor completion in at most two weeks, which would then speed up his bone refining progress and make breaking through to the Inner Qi Realm no longer a fantasy.

One had to know that this was not some mere martial arts technique, but an immortal sect cultivation method. It was even more difficult than most low-level immortal cultivation techniques and spells, and the difficulty for a mortal to practice it was even greater.

As far as Jiang Ding knew, no one in the entire class had practiced the cultivation method to minor completion.

The reason they were ahead was twofold: first, their aptitude was better than Jiang Ding's; second, they had various tonics and even spiritual pills to supplement their cultivation, so their progress was naturally different.

"Two more vertebrae have been tempered..." Jiang Ding looked at the pale blue silhouette below the panel.

As expected, out of the 24 vertebrae, the 5 lumbar vertebrae, 1 sacrum, and 1 coccyx had been tempered. He still needed to temper the 12 thoracic vertebrae and 7 cervical vertebrae to complete the cultivation of the entire Bone Refining Realm and naturally break through to Inner Qi.

There was no such thing as a bottleneck.

A so-called bottleneck was merely insufficient cognition, or problems with muscles, spinal bones, hidden injuries, etc., leading to insufficient training without one's knowledge, thus getting stuck at a certain realm.

Practicing immortal sect cultivation methods with the aid of the Array Spirit Computer naturally eliminated such situations.

After calming himself down, Jiang Ding drew his sword and practiced with the assistance of the Array Spirit Computer, his silver sword light dancing and flashing.

This was actually a great opportunity, equivalent to a clone of a clone of... a clone of a Deity Transformation Great Expert personally guiding his cultivation. Otherwise, given the terrifying difficulty of the Eagle's Takeoff Sword Art, which was almost equivalent to a creation, 99.9% of teenagers in the world wouldn't even be able to get started.

Therefore, even though cultivation methods were leaked from time to time, other immortal cultivation worlds could not replicate it at all.

After having dinner with Jiang Yuan, Jiang Ding locked himself in his room, put on his gear, checked his medicine and the drone's battery, and picked up the panoramic helmet.

He hesitated for a moment, then put it down and put on contact lenses instead.

"The helmet is too conspicuous..."

The light flickered, and his vision returned to the vast green mountains. It was early morning, and the birds were chirping.

After habitually collecting more than a dozen unknown plant specimens, Jiang Ding continued to explore further.

One person alone can't accomplish anything.

He needed resources to speed up his cultivation, and manpower to collect specimens. He was willing to take a little risk for that.

From the drone's perspective, the terrifying scene of nearly a hundred people searching the mountain had disappeared, and the forest had returned to its original tranquility.

"Hmm?"

Jiang Ding's gaze sharpened, lingering on a corner of the screen. He clicked to enlarge it.

A white dot appeared on the screen, rapidly expanding. A woman in a white dress was unconscious by the river, her face ashen. She seemed to have floated from somewhere and was stopped by the bushes on the riverbank, preventing her from drifting further.

A large patch of her chest was stained red with blood, and her dress was tattered.

Is she dead?

Jiang Ding thought to himself.

This world didn't seem very safe.

The woman was three to four kilometers away. She might have held her breath underwater for a long time to evade the pursuit of the black-clothed figures.

This woman might have external intelligence that I need.

Also, she seems to be seriously injured. That's good; it means she has no power to resist and will be easy to control. If she shows hostility, I can just kill her... that's not good, is it? Killing is illegal.

Jiang Ding pondered.

No, It's not illegal.

The Immortal Sect Laws clearly stipulated that beings from outside the realm who attacked citizens of the Immortal Sect were punishable by death. This was one of the most basic legal clauses.

Jiang Ding gripped his sword hilt and no longer hesitated.

He proceeded cautiously, constantly watching for targets the drone might have missed. Fortunately, there were no surprises.

He grabbed her dress and lifted her up with little effort, placing her on the ground.

He touched her forehead; it was ice-cold. Her abdomen was slightly distended, and there was a horrific wound at her waist, revealing her internal organs. It was dark and emitted a foul, rotting smell, clearly indicating poisoning.

But upon closer inspection, her chest was still rising and falling slightly, moving only every few seconds.

"She's alive!"

Jiang Ding no longer hesitated. He cleared the foreign objects from her mouth and nose, found some stones to place under her abdomen, and began repeatedly pressing her chest using medical rescue techniques.

Every citizen of the Immortal Sect was a potential soldier, and training in such battlefield first aid was mandatory.

Several minutes later, "Ugh!"

Gong Caiyu suddenly vomited a pool of things, including water weeds, half-cooked meat, and some sticky goo that slid down her neck.

She weakly opened her eyes and saw a strange young man repeatedly pressing on her chest.

"Pervert!"

Gong Caiyu's face instantly flushed. She mobilized the last bit of her inner energy and grabbed a sharp stone with her left hand.

"Oh?"

At this moment, the young man in green looked at her.

There were no threatening words, no killing intent, just as if some legal clauses were being invoked, about to carry out something completely legal, a small task that a citizen of the Immortal Sect should do.

Gong Caiyu's heart suddenly turned cold.

"Pervert... where?"

Her small hand unconsciously left the sharp stone. She put on a very sweet smile, looked around, and asked in surprise, "Young master, I just saw a pervert, but I can't find him. Have you seen him?"

Jiang Ding looked at her calmly, saying nothing.

"Since you can't see him, then forget it."

"Young master, thank you."

Gong Caiyu clasped her hands together and said, "Thank you for saving me again."

"Mm."

Jiang Ding sheathed his sword.

He grabbed her hand as she lowered it and sensed for a moment.

"Ah..."

Gong Caiyu cried out, not resisting, and turned her head away.

"Your heart and pulse are very weak... your physical condition is terrible," Jiang Ding said, releasing her hand. "Can your inner energy expel the toxins from your body and stop the bleeding?"

He viewed this person as a fellow student who had been injured, without any inappropriate thoughts.

"No... I have no strength..." Gong Caiyu circulated a little inner energy, a hint of despair in her eyes. She said calmly, "My meridians are severely damaged, my inner energy is almost gone, and I've been poisoned with the Golden Saber Sect's Corpse Rot Poison. I'm going to die. Thank you for saving my life, young master."

"My Seven Profound Sect has a thousand-year heritage, and I didn't expect it to end like this..."

"Eat this."

Jiang Ding interrupted her self-pity and tossed her an internal-use Yunnan Baiyao. "Try it. You're going to die anyway."

It was indeed worth a try.

Yunnan Baiyao was a widely used medicinal agent, capable of treating external injuries, detoxifying, and sterilizing. It had various effects, but none were particularly outstanding. Its efficacy was hard to say.

Unless it was a spiritual elixir.

But Jiang Ding only had one on him. It was a Heavenly King Life-Preserving Pill that his mother had bought with half a year's salary, and he wasn't about to give it to a stranger.

If the Yunnan Baiyao didn't work, then it was her fate.

"Thank you for your kindness, Young Master."

Gong Caiyu offered a sweet smile and said softly, "It's just a pity that the poison has already seeped into my bones and blood, and there's no hope left... sob sob..."

For someone on the brink of death, every second was a lifeline. Seeing her still rambling, Jiang Ding didn't say anything. He grabbed her cheek with one hand and poured the oral Yunnan Baiyao into her mouth with the other.

Gong Caiyu felt a warm current flow into her abdomen, spreading to her limbs. Her numb meridians and the wound at her waist actually tingled with a slight sting.

"What kind of miraculous medicine is this?"

Gong Caiyu's eyes widened. She had never heard of anything like it.

Jiang Ding shook his head and put the medicine bottle, complete with its trademark and instructions, into his pocket.

He guessed that perhaps, to this world, it was a brand-new antidote. The pathogens had no resistance, which was why it was so effective.

After all, the immortal sects were about cultivation.

"Rest and heal."

Seeing that she was about to say more, Jiang Ding waved his hand to stop her.

This person had intelligence value. He was doing her a favor to ensure the accuracy of future information.

Gong Caiyu gave him a grateful look, sat down cross-legged, and closed her eyes to recover her inner energy.

Jiang Ding got up, took out a small shovel, and walked towards a small grass he had never seen before. He carefully dug away the soil, bit by bit, excavating every strand of root.

After digging up one plant, he went to find the next.

The sun gradually rose, its rays shining on his face, and sweat beads reflected the light.

He dug for more than three hours. Seeing that the woman sitting cross-legged on the ground had not yet woken up, Jiang Ding walked to the shallow water by the river and stood still in silence.

He stood like a statue, motionless for over ten minutes.

Clang!

Suddenly, a flash of sword light streaked out, piercing a carp about the size of an arm. No matter how it struggled, it couldn't escape.

"Such abundant resources."

Jiang Ding sighed. He flicked his sword lightly, and the carp flew into the air. Three more sword lights flashed, and its scales, gills, and entrails flew off. He also scraped off a layer of black film with his hand.

He skewered the carp and then found a dead tree about the size of a bowl, dragging it back.