Bai Xiaotang and Ye Tong looked relieved.
"Rival?" Ji Ning asked.
A hint of anger appeared on their faces.
Bai Xiaotang even tapped the Smart Brain on her wrist, projecting a light screen.
"Xiao Zhi, open Star Entertainment."
Soon, the screen changed to a social media platform, filled with various hot topics and entertainment gossip.
This platform is currently the most popular among young people, featuring both forums and videos.
The forum is called by Star Entertainment's name, while the video section is known as Star Vision.
Young people are used to sharing and venting about their lives, work, emotions, and gossip there.
Bai Xiaotang is a loyal user of Star Entertainment, spending more than 4 hours online daily.
"Rivals are those sour lemons who are jealous of my idol's influence. These people jump at any chance to bash the idol, and it's utterly infuriating."
"That's right, they also often say that Ji Ning's Body Refinement Realm is outdated and can't compare to other continents, calling it an antique. They don't even consider that without the foundation laid by the idol's strength, how could our Hua Continent become one of the three leaders of the International Alliance?"
Ye Tong was indignant, as Bai Xiaotang opened the trending topics leaderboard, the top of which had a topic with 2 billion discussions.
#Discussing the International Alliance's Body Refinement Realm Rankings#
There was a top-rated, high-praise reply pinned at the front.
[Jiazhou's Snow: I think Ji Ning's Body Refinement Realm has been excessively mythologized. Honestly, although I've practiced it since I was young, I must say that its refinement effects aren't as good as the Ryan Body Refining Technique. Here's a comparative picture of my and my classmate's practice. We're the same age, with the same physical and spiritual power levels...]
The gist is that he and his friend practiced different Body Refinement techniques.
His friend's physical level increased faster and was more formidable in actual combat, so he's now switched to the Ryan Body Refining Technique. He found it particularly effective, with his physique breaking through to the B1 level.
He finally suggests the Hua Continent Education Bureau changes the compulsory Ji Ning Body Refinement Realm in primary and secondary schools to the Ryan Body Refining Technique.
This comment garnered over 30,000 likes and 6,000 comments.
Although most Hua Continent citizens criticized him as a sour lemon, bashing without reason, some did support his remarks and praised the Ryan Body Refining Technique highly.
Ji Ning sneered coldly to herself.
That weakling Laine, back in the day, was cried like a baby after being beaten by her countless times and begged to be her underling, only to be righteously refused by her.
The reason: his body odor was so strong it gave her a headache.
When did he ever think he could stand on top of her?
Ji Ning pressed her lips together, saying nothing.
Ye Tong angrily hit the report button on Bai Xiaotang's Smart Brain.
[Reason for reporting: False advertising!]
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Ye Tong: "..."
Bai Xiaotang beside her was furious, "It's really infuriating. This Jiazhou dog is dragging our idol through the mud on Star Entertainment and has made many defamatory remarks, it's simply abhorrent! Star Entertainment doesn't do anything, it's a slap in the face to us Huazhou people."
"I really want to drag him out and beat him up to let him know just how hard the fists of Hua Continent's ancestors can be."
Ji · Ancestor · Ning: "..."
You'll get to see that.
***
With the little episode on Star Entertainment, Bai Xiaotang and Ye Tong were very diligent in their Body Refinement training on the first day, as if holding back a breath, striving to bring glory to their idol.
After finishing the program arranged by Ji Ning, they even voluntarily practiced more, training until after 9 a.m.
If Ji Ning hadn't forcibly stopped them, they would have trained until noon.
Fortunately, today was the weekend, so there was no need to go to work or school.
"Ah... it hurts, it hurts..." Bai Xiaotang's eyes watered as she lay in the bathtub, grimacing in pain.
Next to her, Ji Ning acted as if she didn't hear, mercilessly pressing two fingers on her arm's pressure point.
Ye Tong silently sat in the big tub, trying hard to submerge herself in the hot water, attempting to hide.
Sister Ning is so fierce...
"Your turn."
Ye Tong shivered, glanced at Bai Xiaotang, whose eyes were full of tears, and cautiously extended her arm above the water's surface.
"Ning... Sister Ning... I'm also afraid of pain... ah—"
Her arm already sore from overtraining, the muscle pain was now excruciatingly intense.
Even though her constitution was stronger than Bai Xiaotang's, she was now speechless with pain, her tear ducts nearly overflowing.
Ji Ning coldly controlled her Healing Ability, gradually improving their physiques.
This process was hard on them, as well as for her.
Her superpower was very special. Normally, superpower users are limited by physique and spiritual power and can only specialize in one ability; those with high talent might train in two to three abilities. However, she faced no such restrictions, able to train in as many abilities as she wanted, with talent so high it was frightening.
Similarly, her energy was extraordinarily strong; if she didn't control it deliberately, Bai Xiaotang and Ye Tong would be inflated like balloons by her energy and die on the spot.
"Sister Ning, my arm doesn't hurt anymore. How do you know this treatment method? Were there doctors in the mountains to teach you?" Regaining her senses, Bai Xiaotang found her arm muscle pain suddenly vanished and looked at Ji Ning joyfully, not realizing she was being healed through superpower.
Ji Ning withdrew her hand, speaking calmly, "Self-taught."
Bai Xiaotang's eyes brightened with admiration: "Wow, Sister Ning, you're amazing. Did you treat people often before?"
Ji Ning glanced at her silly smile and stood up, "No, I treated sick wild boars in the mountains."
"..."
Ji Ning wasn't lying, in troubled times, after finishing the box of books left by the old professor by herself, she only had theories, no practical experience.
To avoid causing death, she sought out mutated animals to practice, as the place was filled with mutated wild boars. She mostly used them for practice, only moving on to humans after establishing a base.
Mutated corpses, dying people, herself, and her underlings were all subjects for her practice.
As her Healing Ability grew more proficient, more people sought her out for treatment, to the point she had no time to train other abilities and was almost killed by enemies.
She reflected deeply on this and declared that her Healing Ability was damaged to deter the endless stream of patients.
Until she crossed to this place, she hadn't treated anyone again, Bai Xiaotang being her first "patient" after "sealing the mountain," and Ye Tong the second.
"That's still amazing. I feel my body is much better. Sister Ning, have you considered becoming a doctor in the future?" Ye Tong smoothed things over.
Sister Ning's healing methods were traditional, but truly effective; with these skills, she wouldn't worry about finding work in the future.
"No."
Ji Ning rejected immediately, hands in pockets, quickly leaving the bathroom.
Ye Tong choked, then helplessly looked at Bai Xiaotang.
The foolish girl had just regret and confusion in her eyes and even asked, "Why not? Sister Ning, we could be military doctors together in the future..."
But the response was the sound of a door closing.
"Tangtang, the idol says everyone has their aspirations, we shouldn't force it. Sister Ning may want to follow a different path."
Only then did Bai Xiaotang hold back her curiosity.
When they came out fully dressed, Ji Ning had already fallen asleep lying on the sofa.
Her sleeping position was casual, taking up most of the sofa.
With a dictionary covering her face.
"Sister Xiaotong, don't you think Sister Ning is a bit mysterious?"