[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-rebirth-slice-of-life-cultivation":3,"chapter-rebirth-slice-of-life-cultivation-rebirth-slice-of-life-cultivation-chapter-393":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},548972,797,"Chapter 393 - 393 281 Heavens Path_2","rebirth-slice-of-life-cultivation-chapter-393",393,"\u003Cp>Chapter 393: Chapter 281 Heaven’s Path_2 Chapter 393: Chapter 281 Heaven’s Path_2 A tractor sat idle there, roaring with a powerful surge, surrounded by a gathering of adults and children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Women grabbed their bags and poured corn kernels into the hopper of the tractor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone, as if by an unspoken agreement, fixed their gaze on the machine in front of the tractor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally chattering children fell into an unusual silence, leaving only the thundering sound of machinery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon enough, ‘Burning Rice Sticks’ were extruded from the machine, sending faint whiffs of aroma into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The snack-loving kids immediately let out a burst of joyful cries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The women expertly wound the Burning Rice Sticks into bundles, then handed them out to the children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The children held the Burning Rice Sticks in their mouths, making crunching noises, creating a beautiful, lively scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing by her side, Xue Yuantong muttered, “How wonderful!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She used to do the same when she was young.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Yuantong didn’t join the crowd; she and Jiang Ning quietly walked by.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One hundred meters ahead, Xue Yuantong stepped off the asphalt road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dirt path leading south unfolded before her, the end nowhere in sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fields lay to the west, more fields to the east, and on the edge of the eastern field, there was a village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Yuantong walked for a bit, then suddenly stopped, lifted up her face with a smile on it:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jiang Ning, no bragging, but I’ve walked this road so many times, I could make it home with my eyes closed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ning asked, “Really?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Humph, of course, it’s true,” Xue Yuantong answered with full confidence, “My elementary school is right there, look, look!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned around, pointing at a three-story building in the distance to the north.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I walked this path for a full six years!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ning surveyed the surrounding area; to the east of the village, there was another route into the village, a cement road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she had taken the cement road to school, it would have clearly been much closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So why didn’t you walk that way before?” Jiang Ning inquired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Yuantong kept her smile: “I like peace and quiet.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That said, a sense of melancholy unavoidably settled in her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her father had passed away early, and her mother never remarried, raising her all on her own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Children from such families often attracted peculiar glances in the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sometimes, when Xue Yuantong walked to and from school, villagers would stop her, inquiring about her family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some aunties would talk to her at length, mentioning how tough life was for the widow and orphan; as they talked, they might reflect on their own hardships or become emotionally moved, until they ended up crying…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’d stand to the side, not sure whether to leave or stay, just standing there stiffly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Yuantong knew they meant well, but she didn’t like it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later on, to avoid bumping into villagers, she would always take her school bag and walk home via this secluded dirt road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, Xue Yuantong, with her school bag on her back, was once again following this dirt road back to her village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like the years before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Yuantong never let her negative emotions affect Jiang Ning; she wouldn’t let him know, always the cool little girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the rural fields, mounds of raised earth could be seen everywhere; passing by this dirt road at night would scare the faint-hearted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every once in a while, Xue Yuantong would check if Jiang Ning was tired and offer to carry the milk if he was; however, the answer was always that he wasn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walking along the country lane, amidst bird song and floral fragrance, Xue Yuantong hopped and skipped along:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jiang Ning, Jiang Ning, look quick, that power pole is leaning, so funny!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ning looked over to where the dirt path met the field, where a power pole stood at a 60-degree angle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Yuantong ran next to the pole and extended her foot, pretending to kick it down, boasting arrogantly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jiang Ning, do you believe that with one kick from me, the entire village will lose power today?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ning said, “Is that how you repay the people of your village?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Yuantong ran back to the middle of the road and continued forward, turning a corner towards the east.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s how Xue Yuantong led Jiang Ning into the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their village was named ‘Xue Xiaozhuang,’ a name that easily sparked curiosity—why was it called ‘Xiaozhuang’ or ‘Little Village’?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Really, there was another village called ‘Xue Dazhuang’ or ‘Big Village’ to the east of Xue Xiaozhuang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once inside the village, after walking a bit further, Jiang Ning released his Divine Sense, spotting a household.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said, “I’ll leave these things at your neighbor’s doorstep, then wait for you in town.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Xue Yuantong suddenly remembered that she was visiting her neighbors, not her own home, and it seemed a bit inappropriate to bring Jiang Ning along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What would she say to her neighbors when they asked about Jiang Ning?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Yuantong made up her mind: “Come with me. I won’t stay for lunch; we’ll eat in town. There’s a delicious spicy hotpot place by the middle school gate; I’ll treat you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ning asked, “Are you sure you won’t stay?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Yuantong affirmed resolutely, “No need!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ning, carrying the milk and fruit, stopped in front of her family home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s far enough.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Yuantong struggled to carry the gifts to the door of her neighbor’s house, repeatedly reminding Jiang Ning:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t run off, make sure to wait for me to come back, okay~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ning replied, “Yeah, go ahead.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Yuantong looked back every three steps, reluctantly entering the neighbor’s house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ning’s Divine Sense spread out, enveloping Xue Yuantong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not wait in place but strolled around the village. When villagers saw him, a stranger, they gave him more than a passing glance but did not approach to speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ning walked up to a water ditch near the village; the ditch was oval-shaped and about twenty meters in diameter, with the water nearly dried up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two children were wading barefoot at the bottom of the ditch, catching fish—a little boy and a little girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He watched them with great interest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little girl groped for a while and caught a hideous toad, which startled her so much that she instinctively threw it away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With not much water left in the ditch, the girl kept coming up empty-handed while fishing, which irritated her into saying:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s get the water out; I refuse to believe we can’t catch any fish then.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that said, the two children started to empty the ditch with their basins.\u003C\u002Fp>",1123,"2026-05-30T14:39:42.569Z","2026-06-01T04:31:29.709Z",1,"novelbin.me","8061de6873a8946056bd0839f122e9f352fadc17ef50938d60b04c6815c62e39","rebirth-slice-of-life-cultivation-chapter-394","rebirth-slice-of-life-cultivation-chapter-392",1809,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Frebirth-slice-of-life-cultivation-cover.jpg"]