Ward, Wednesday morning.
Jiang Ning took leave for his last two classes and rode back to his rental.
On the kitchen's cement floor was a round green formation. A flowerpot sat in the center, planted with a young bamboo shoot.
Green spiritual energy emerged from the formation, continuously nourishing the bamboo.
The young bamboo had luxuriant branches and leaves, its color vivid and bright, brimming with vitality.
Jiang Ning said, "Just right for making medicine."
He formed a ball of Spirit Fire and tossed it at the bamboo. The terrifying heat instantly burned it away, leaving behind only a mass of murky green liquid.
The Spirit Fire enveloped the green liquid. At this point, its temperature was very low and did not evaporate it.
This was bamboo Jiang Ning had cultivated with the Wood Yi Array. Its essence could relieve pain and accelerate wound recovery.
At the Fallen Cloud Sect where Jiang Ning had once lived, Immortal Bamboo Peak had half a mountain covered in immortal bamboo. When mortals consumed that bamboo, even broken bones could regrow.
But given Jiang Ning's current circumstances, constrained by the environment and time, he simply could not cultivate it in such haste.
He had picked a bamboo sapling by the river and nurtured it with the Wood Yi spiritual array for three days.
Still, its medicinal effect was sufficient now. It would be just right for Aunt Gu to use, without arousing the doctors' suspicions.
The Spirit Fire roasted the spiritual liquid, bringing out some black impurities. Jiang Ning removed them with spiritual energy, then continued refining it until the green liquid turned transparent.
Jiang Ning opened a jade bottle and guided the liquid inside.
Third Hospital of Yuzhou.
In Ward No. 5, as the time for surgery drew near, an atmosphere of