Su Ping retracted his gaze from the window and gently extended his right hand.
Bang!
As his magic power circulated, an orange-red flame appeared out of thin air in Su Ping's palm.
Looking at the flame, Su Ping sighed inwardly:
"Good news, the Spell can be successfully cast, and magic power works in this world too!"
"But the magic power used here cannot be automatically replenished."
"With my current Cultivation at the fourth level of Qi Refinement, I will run out of magic power after only a few moves here."
"Unless I use Spirit Medicine or meditate to recover Spiritual Qi provided by Spirit Stones."
"It's just that such a recovery method is a bit luxurious for me right now."
He flicked his wrist slightly, extinguishing the flame.
Su Ping took out the Blazing Flame Wooden Sword and swiftly executed a set of sword moves forward.
Sword light left trails of afterimages and whistling sounds in the hospital room.
Dozens of cracks instantly appeared on the wall opposite Su Ping!
"The Spell's durability is insufficient, but the extraordinary Physical Body strength cultivated over twenty years of Cultivation has been retained."
"If I encounter other people, even without using Spells, I still have a great advantage!"
"More importantly, physical strength can be replenished by eating and drinking!"
"After returning, I can consider the path of a Body Cultivator."
"With the purification spiritual medicine allowing me to Cultivate with medicine, Dual Cultivation of both Spells and Body should not be a problem!"
"Furthermore!"
"White, Gray!"
"Now it's your turn to make this place your home ground!"
Su Ping let out a soft command, and the two Spirit Rats perched on his shoulders quickly stood up at the instruction, squeaked twice, then leaped down, rushing out of the room and scurrying off in different directions!
Su Ping closed his eyes, and the perspectives of Ling Rat White and Ling Rat Xiao Hui appeared in his mind.
As Spirit Rats, Ling Rat White and Ling Rat Xiao Hui were, after all, considered extraordinary species.
Their speed, stamina, and agility were far superior to the rats on Water Blue Star!
Combined with their small size, once Su Ping confirmed this area was his hometown, he decided to let them be the reconnaissance vanguard.
Moreover, as the Spirit Rats moved, Su Ping suddenly noticed that Ling Rat White and Ling Rat Xiao Hui, as Spirit Rats, had become the natural monarchs among the rat population in this area!
The rats that sensed Ling Rat White and Ling Rat Xiao Hui all actively prostrated themselves on the ground, motionless, sending messages of submission that only rats could understand.
"Cultivating Spirit Rats was truly the right move!"
Su Ping smiled, sensing this unexpected pleasant surprise.
In this hometown without Spiritual Qi, his mastery of Spells was less than one-tenth of what it once was, and he desperately needed any method that could enhance his combat power.
Using Spirit Rats to command the rat swarm as a combat supplement was undoubtedly a good method!
However, there was no rush for this matter; he would just make a note of it for now!
Several minutes later.
Ling Rat Xiao Hui had already left the abandoned hospital, and following its master's instructions in its mind, it crossed a road and arrived at a residential area.
"Squeak!"
Upon reaching an alley, Xiao Hui suddenly stopped and squeaked at a dumpster in the corner of the alley.
Meow?
A yellowish stray cat squatting in the dumpster's shadow walked out with some surprise, staring at Ling Rat Xiao Hui with a mix of doubt and apprehension.
The rat in front of it looked like the food it often played with, and smelled like the food it often used to satisfy its hunger.
But why, when it stared at it, did it feel an inexplicable panic?
Meow!
The stray cat disliked this feeling and simply meowed, charging towards Xiao Hui.
Although Ling Rat Xiao Hui was extraordinary, it had only recently evolved, so it instinctively stopped when it saw the big cat.
However, upon seeing the opponent attack, its extraordinary instinct made it move instantly, transforming into an afterimage that landed on the pouncing stray cat's face, striking first despite moving later.
Meow!
A scream echoed from the alley, and soon, a yellowish stray cat with a bloody face scurried out in a panic, its eyes filled with terror and disbelief.
At the alley's entrance, a middle school student with a backpack watched everything unfolding in the alley, his mouth agape in an O shape.
"This... little... little rat became a spirit?"
"It actually scared away Big Yellow!"
The middle school student muttered, coming back to his senses, and wanted to find the miraculous rat, but he couldn't see any trace of it.
Ling Rat Xiao Hui had already entered the residential area and, within tens of seconds, found the location Su Ping wanted to find.
A small Daoist temple located within this residential area—East King Temple!
This East King Temple, dedicated to the Eastern King, has a history of several centuries in this area.
Although very small, with only two small halls, front and back, and a few side rooms, it is considered a cultural landmark of this street area due to its historical and cultural heritage.
Therefore, even though the buildings in the street area have changed over the past few decades, the temple, at least in appearance, remains the same temple!
When Su Ping was a child, he also visited this temple with his parents and was very interested in the only Old Cultivator there.
In young Su Ping's heart, that old Daoist priest, who often helped the elderly in the community with their illnesses and prescribed medicine, must have been an enlightened master!
It was a pity that as he grew older, Su Ping secretly went to find this Daoist priest, wanting to learn true skills, but was told that Cultivation in this era was not what he had imagined!
Even true Cultivators couldn't Cultivate the various Divine Abilities from his chuunibyou fantasies.
Su Ping still pestered the Daoist priest to learn a few moves, but soon gave up due to the hard work and slow results.
With his dream shattered, Su Ping decided to study hard, abandon fantasies, and embrace the scientific Dao to achieve a happy life.
But fate played a trick.
Now that he had returned, he... was actually an extraordinary Cultivator, something that only existed in fantasies!
Squeak, squeak, squeak!
Ling Rat Xiao Hui secretly sneaked into the Daoist temple.
With its rat eyes scanning the surroundings, Su Ping, using its vision, quickly noticed that the Daoist priest standing in the hall was no longer the kind and amiable Old Cultivator.
Instead, it was a young Daoist priest with a short beard on his chin but a very youthful face.
The hall was already closed at this time, and this Daoist priest was looking at scriptures while talking on the phone with someone using headphones.
Su Ping had Xiao Hui quietly eavesdrop for a while.
It seemed that this young Daoist priest was talking to his Senior Brother, complaining bitterly about taking over the Daoist temple recently.
Then he also talked about his Cultivation insights.
From his tone, Su Ping could feel that this young Daoist priest had a strong desire to seek the Dao.
It was no wonder he would run alone to take over this Daoist temple.
Su Ping remembered that the Old Cultivator had mentioned that legitimate Daoist priests did not have salaries; for small Daoist temples like this, the main temple would only allocate some supplies for food and drink, plus a small amount of pocket money each month.
On the other side, Ling Rat White also reached its destination.
Su Ping's former home in this world.
The old residential building was still there, but it had clearly been re-maintained both inside and out.
And on the exterior wall, an external elevator had been added to facilitate entry and exit for the elderly in the building.
Su Ping instructed Ling Rat White to sneak in, intending only to see what his former residence looked like now.
It climbed to the third floor, then jumped along the outer wall onto the balcony and entered the former residence.
Su Ping saw that the room he used to live in had now likely changed to a different family.
Not to mention the complete change in decoration and layout.
From the group photo on the cabinet, it seemed that an old man and his grandson were living here now?
He didn't know if they had bought or rented this place?
"Things remain, but people change."
Su Ping sighed and then instructed Ling Rat White to leave this place of memories.
Su Ping, not having seen anyone familiar, did not intend to interact further with strangers.
The search was not urgent at this moment.
Furthermore, before he was strong enough, contacting loved ones would only leave him vulnerable and put them in danger!