Cultivation: Being Immortal

State of Yun, City of Anhua

Lin Batian decided to temporarily pause the attack. The people of Yun State had a chance to rest. Lin Ying had just finished treating her injuries and was preparing to seclude herself when suddenly a young member of the Lin family approached.

"Tenth Ancestor, someone outside has delivered a storage bag and a letter. It’s signed by Li Changsheng."

"What? Where is the person?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Ying was greatly shocked and hurriedly asked.

"It’s an independent cultivator of Qi Refining. He said someone gave him ten spirit stones to deliver the letter, and then he left."

"Give it to me."

Lin Ying took the letter and storage bag, and dismissed the disciple.

The contents of the letter were simple. It instructed Lin Ying to open the storage bag. As soon as Lin Ying opened the storage bag, a puppet appeared in front of her.

"Brother, is it really you? Where are you? Where are you?"

Upon hearing this familiar voice, Lin Ying burst into tears. After more than a thousand years, he finally appeared. Her brother had come back.

"It’s me, Cao Ying."

"Brother…"

Lin Ying excitedly hugged the puppet, crying uncontrollably. Lin Jiang didn’t say anything, allowing Lin Ying to weep.

At this moment, Lin Jiang was overwhelmed with mixed emotions. This was his own sister, their parents’ daughter. Finally, Lin Jiang had the courage to tell Lin Ying that he was Lin Jiang, no longer Lin Wu and Xiao Yi.

After crying for a long time, Lin Ying slowly calmed down her excited emotions and said. Brother, where are you? Come out.

"I can’t appear right now."

"Why, can’t you even trust me? We’re siblings, after all."

"This has nothing to do with being siblings."

"Why does it not matter? Anyone could harm you, but I would never harm you."

"Can we please not talk about this? Tell me, why did you come to Wilderness? I gave you so many hints, why couldn’t you understand?"

"I…"

Lin Ying was taken aback by Lin Jiang’s question. In truth, she had also thought about it before, but at that time, she didn’t think too much about it. Yang Luo hadn’t shown much malice towards Yun State before, and Lin Ying herself was caught up in her own concerns. She didn’t think much about it and fell into Yang Luo’s evil plan, causing harm to Small Shadiao.

"Tell me what happened."

"Okay, that day…"

Lin Ying gathered herself and recounted the events that had happened before.

Lin Jiang knew that Yang Luo located his position using her own trained animal companion, a beast pet, and he was at a loss for words.

"I guess I’m not as clever as I thought I was, I should have realized it sooner."

Finally, Lin Jiang sighed. He thought he was incredibly smart, but in front of Yang Luo, he was a joke. He hadn’t even considered this. He had Small Shadiao as his beast pet, so why couldn’t Yang Luo have a beast pet too?

"Brother, everything is in the past. We are family. Will you come back?"

"Let’s not talk about that right now. Call Lin Batian here."

Lin Jiang shook his head. Even if Lin Jiang trusted Lin Ying, he couldn’t trust Lin Batian. Weren’t there many other Lin family members in Anhua City who were abandoned just like that?

"Brother…"

Lin Ying was surprised. Why did her brother become so indifferent? Was this still her Sixth Brother?

Lin Ying tried to find answers from Lin Jiang’s expression, but what she saw was a puppet. There was no life in his terrifying face, and she couldn’t detect any emotions at all.

Lin Batian quickly received the news and personally rushed to Lin Ying’s home. But when he saw that the person who came was a puppet, Lin Batian fell silent for a moment.

"You don’t trust me."

"Yes."

"I am your father."

"If you need it, I can find ten thousand stories of fathers and sons fighting in the cultivation world."

"You…"

Lin Batian became extremely angry and wanted to slap him to death, but he couldn’t gather the anger.

"Since you don’t trust me, why did you come here? You might as well never appear again to avoid hurting Old Ten’s feelings."

"Do you think I wanted to appear? If it weren’t for that old thief Yang Luo forcibly binding me with the Lin family, would I have shown up?"

Lin Jiang pushed back without hesitation, as he knew his place well. If he continued to talk to Lin Batian as a member of the Lin family, he would surely meet his doom.

No matter what Lin Ying or Lin Batian thought, Lin Jiang had to remove himself and ensure his own safety.

"What does Yang Luo want to do? What does he see in you?"

"My lifespan."

"Lifespan?"

"Yes, I had a fortunate encounter. My lifespan is very long, much longer than you can imagine. Yang Luo has been wanting to take this opportunity from me for centuries. She tried to harm me back in Tianxian City in Zhong State, but I managed to resolve it."

"Thief!"

Lin Batian gritted his teeth after hearing this. He originally thought Lin Jiang had provoked Yang Luo, but now he realized it was Yang Luo who had malicious intentions, wanting to seize an opportunity from others. This was an endless hatred.

"It’s pointless to say those things. I want to know what the cooperation between Yun State and Holy Heavenly Sect is all about. Is it as the rumors suggest?"

"Of course not, we were forced to do it. Lin Dongyan was captured, and Yang Luo’s actions pressured us. If we don’t comply, Yang Luo’s actions will be revealed, and you know what the consequences will be."

"So, now Yun State has a knife held to its throat, right?"

"That’s about right. You must have seen what Yun State looks like. The blood of us Yun State cultivators is almost drained."

"What is Yang Luo plotting against the Lin family?"

"She wants to enter the Green Emperor Tomb."

"What is inside the Green Emperor Tomb? Can you tell us?"

Lin Jiang said, as he also wanted to know what the Green Emperor Tomb held, just like the four major families and Yang Luo.

"I don’t know. The Green Emperor Tomb has been completely sealed off since the ancestors of the four major families. No one has ever entered."

"If there were no reasons, Yang Luo wouldn’t have put in so much effort. I understand this point."

"I really don’t know."

Lin Batian shook his head, he was just a child when he left Qing State’s Lin family, he didn’t know anything about these things.

"Alright, even if you don’t know, do you have a way to deal with Yang Luo?"

"No."

"Then we’ll just wait to die, dragging all the Lin family descendants, dragging so many people from Yun State to die together?"

"My sixth child, you speak lightly about dealing with Yang Luo, but do you know what Yang Luo represents? It represents three Tao Achieving, nine Void Achieving, dozens of Soul Changing, and hundreds of Nascent Soul. How much power does the Lin family have? How much power does Yun State have?"

Lin Batian said angrily, he wanted to kill Yang Luo and crush the Holy Heavenly Sect, but he couldn’t do it. The strongest power in Yun State is only six Void Achieving, not even enough to stop Qing State alone.

In the past few decades of war, they went from defending to attacking and suffered much greater losses than Qing State. Just being able to defend themselves against such enemies, Lin Batian was already incredibly strong. If it were any other power, they would have been wiped out countless times.

"You’re right, then our cooperation begins."

"What?"

"My puppet can support about twenty years without replenishing spirit stones. Within these twenty years, you find a way to deal with Yang Luo, and we will cooperate to confront her."

"Twenty years…"

Lin Batian shook his head. He has always been a confident person, but how can he overcome such a huge difference in strength in just twenty years, even if he achieves Tao? It’s difficult.

I will follow your lead on how to counter-attack Yang Luo. I will provide a clue and assistance. The clue is that Yang Luo must capture me because I have disturbed her mental state. She has a severe Heart Demon, and she won’t be able to get rid of it or advance in Tao Achieving if she doesn’t capture me. You can use this to design a plan against her, and I will believe in you at the end. If necessary, my true form will appear to assist you in finishing off Yang Luo.

Furthermore, let me remind you that if we fail this time, Yang Luo will truly become invincible. The Lin family will either submit to her and become her dogs or perish.

Lin Jiang calmly said to Lin Batian, and upon hearing this, Lin Batian’s eyes sparkled.