Immortality Cultivation: I Farm in the System Space

Chapter 658: Chapter 282: Return to Li Yan Island_2 Chapter 658: Chapter 282: Return to Li Yan Island_2 Even Ye Yun was no exception.

Initially, when pursued by the old ancestor of the Nanming Immortal Sect, Lin Jing only messaged Ye Yun that he had encountered a powerful enemy and asked him to tell Li Qingqing to take the Li Family back to Li Yan Island for temporary refuge.

Ye Yun trusted Lin Jing implicitly, and upon receiving the message, immediately relayed it to Li Qingqing.

Afterward, he and Li Qingqing together led the Li Family away.

Even the Li Family’s businesses were temporarily set aside at that time.

It wasn’t until several years later when Ye Yun met Lin Jing again and learned that the crisis was over that the Li Family sent people back to sell off all their properties in Nanshan Immortal City, leaving only the Li Family’s ancestral home.

…

Following that,

Lin Jing again asked Zhang Jian:

“What about you?”

“Earlier you said you were lucky, did something unexpected happen during your tribulation?”

Zhang Jian nodded, still shaken:

“Everything was prepared for the tribulation, and at first, nothing unusual happened.”

“But later, a damned demon cultivator tried to disturb my tribulation, wanting me to perish in the Heavenly Tribulation.”

I thought I was done for.”

“Fortunately, a Nascent Soul demon cultivator appeared and took action to eliminate that demon cultivator for me.”

“That allowed me to successfully undergo the tribulation.”

“If it weren’t for that demon cultivator, I would probably have perished under the Heavenly Tribulation.”

After hearing this, Lin Jing was somewhat incredulous:

“From what you’re saying, you don’t seem to recognize that demon cultivator?”

Zhang Jian shook his head, saying:

“I don’t recognize him.”

“At first, I thought he was a demon cultivator I had seen before, but the two of them are nothing alike, even their cultivation techniques are different.”

“His demonic techniques were very strange, it was the first time I had seen them, and after he eliminated that demon cultivator, he just left.”

“It seems he had a grudge against that demon cultivator and came specifically to kill him.”

Lin Jing pondered for a moment, then suddenly understood.

It’s highly possible that this demon cultivator was still Li Tanyu.

After all, being a demon cultivator who doesn’t kill is already rare, let alone one who would step forward to help a stranger.

Previously, because of that trade meeting, Lin Jing was trapped in the Devouring Spirit Blood Realm and trouble arose on Li Yan Island, it was Li Tanyu who attempted to help.

And at that time, he had fought side by side with Zhang Jian.

This time Zhang Jian’s tribulation might have been because Lin Jing couldn’t return on time due to an accident, so Li Qingqing had sought out Li Tanyu to help Zhang Jian with his tribulation.

And Li Tanyu probably didn’t want to be recognized by Zhang Jian, so he changed his appearance.

As for whether it was actually Li Tanyu,

one only needed to ask Li Qingqing, or ask Li Tanyu directly.

However, that affair had already passed.

Next, Lin Jing didn’t continue to inquire further.

Instead, he flew towards Li Yan Island together with the two.

Soon, they returned to the northern part of Li Yan Island, to Lin Jing’s courtyard home.

Having not returned for a long time, the courtyard remained spotless.

Clearly, someone had been cleaning regularly.

Afterward, Lin Jing led Zhang Jian and Yue Qiniang into the courtyard.

…

Upon Lin Jing’s return, Lin Jue and Ye Yun received the news and immediately rushed over.

“Brother!”

“Master!”

Both spoke in unison.

Lin Jing looked at the two.

Ye Yun was as usual.

But Lin Jue had changed a lot during this time.

Perhaps because she had been helping Yue Qiniang manage Li Yan Island, the current Lin Jue, no longer as impetuous, appeared much more composed.

However, having not seen Lin Jing again for twenty years, Lin Jue was still unable to suppress her excitement.

Lin Jing smiled at Lin Jue:

“You’ve grown up, and become much steadier.”

Lin Jue smiled back, saying:

“Of course I had to grow up, I can’t always rely on brother, I must share his burdens.”

At this moment, Zhang Jian also spoke:

“Lin Jue.”

“As a sibling, having this realization is good…”

If outsiders were present, Lin Jue always appeared as a man, even Zhang Jian did not know that Lin Jue was actually a woman.

Not just Zhang Jian, even Yue Qiniang did not know.

The only ones now aware were Lin Jing, Ye Yun, and Li Qingqing, and it seemed Lin Jue currently had no intentions of revealing this.

Regarding this matter, Lin Jing would follow Lin Jue’s wishes.

Whenever she was ready to reveal it, she could do so.

Regarding Zhang Jian’s words, Lin Jue just smiled and offered no explanation.

It was at that moment a black shadow swiftly flew in.

The shadow was small, but its speed was extremely fast; it swooped in with a “whoosh” and landed directly on Lin Jing’s shoulder.

Only then did everyone see clearly that the shadow was Little Sparrow.

Little Sparrow’s speed had increased a lot compared to before, indicating that its cultivation had also improved significantly.

After flying in, Little Sparrow landed on Lin Jing’s shoulder, visibly excited and hopping around incessantly.

Shortly after,

Li Qingqing also walked in.

Li Qingqing was still smiling as before and said to Lin Jing,

“Lin Jing, you’re back.”

“I just finished refining a batch of Elixir Medicine and came straight here when I heard you had returned.”

“Hmm!” Lin Jing looked at Li Qingqing and smiled, nodding.

This time around, all the familiar faces had essentially gathered.

Subsequently,

everyone sat in Lin Jing’s small courtyard, sipping tea while catching up on recent events.

Yue Qiniang also took this opportunity to inform Lin Jing about some of the events that had transpired during his absence from Li Yan Island.

She also narrated the developments that had taken place on the island during this period.

Li Yan Island had been developing quite well.

Besides the maturity of Li Yan Marketplace, the number of Spirit Fields on the island had also increased significantly.

Even the existence of Li Yan Marketplace had precipitated many nearby islands to start planting Spirit Plants extensively.

Given that Li Yan Island’s area was quite limited, making it impossible to open up more Spirit Fields, the buzz around Li Yan Marketplace led to a situation where the demand for Elixir Pavilion’s medicines outstripped the supply.

Therefore,

Yue Qiniang began to aggressively purchase various Spirit Plants.

She even partnered with other island masters to have them cultivate Spirit Plants while Li Yan Island took responsibility for purchasing.

It was under these circumstances that they managed to just barely maintain the supply of medicines at Elixir Pavilion.

As for Zhang Jian’s Yuxing Island, there was no need to elaborate further; it could nearly be called the Spirit Field base for Li Yan Elixir Pavilion.

Beyond Li Yan Island, there was also the Li Family.

Not long after the Li Family arrived at Li Yan Island, they, with the help of Li Qingqing and Ye Yun, occupied a nearby island.

Their current development was also quite satisfactory.

After discussing these matters, the conversation among the group gradually shifted to their cultivation.

Zhang Jian had already reached the first layer of Nascent Soul, nearing the second layer.

While Ye Yun had reached the peak of Golden Core and was likely not far from preparing for his Tribulation.

Lin Jue and Li Qingqing were both at the ninth level of Golden Core.

Only Yue Qiniang, due to her exceptionally poor aptitude, had barely reached the fifth level of Golden Core.

Previously,

Lin Jing had refined several Cleansing Spirit Elixirs.

He had administered them to Li Qingqing, Lin Jue, and Ye Yun.

The chance for Supreme Grade quality of Cleansing Spirit Elixir was indeed not low.

All three of them successfully improved their aptitude.

It was only Yue Qiniang who remained with a four-attribute Spiritual Root, making her cultivation progress slow.

Yue Qiniang had been following him all this while.

Although Li Yan Island belonged to Lin Jing, it was Yue Qiniang who had always been busily managing the island.

She significantly relieved Lin Jing of many responsibilities.

Lin Jing himself had become more of a hands-off shopkeeper.

Presently, Lin Jing’s System Space contained White Jade Cleansing Spirit Grass and various materials needed to refine Cleansing Spirit Elixir.

If he wanted Cleansing Spirit Elixir, he could refine it anytime, as refining a batch of Cleansing Spirit Elixir was not at all troublesome for Lin Jing.

After some thought, Lin Jing decided that in the coming period, he would refine two more batches of Cleansing Spirit Elixir.

He would give them to Yue Qiniang, Zhang Jian, and Li Tangyu—the three of them.

Actually, Lin Jing also had other qualities of Cleansing Spirit Elixir on him.

But those of other qualities were intended for distribution through the Seven Seas Hall, and he did not plan to use them on those close to him.

Because the other qualities of Cleansing Spirit Elixir were too low, and the probability of successfully improving aptitude was also low.

If the use of Cleansing Spirit Elixir failed, then even if Lin Jing still had Cleansing Spirit Elixir, using it would not be effective.

With a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to defy destiny, Lin Jing naturally would not skimp on his close ones.

…

The conversation this time lasted very long, and afterwards, they all went to Li Yan Marketplace together.

Zhang Jian originally came over to help strengthen the formation of Li Yan Marketplace.

It just happened that he ran into Lin Jing, which delayed things until now.

Zhang Jian was now a Fifth-Rank Array Master.

Strengthening the formation was a piece of cake for him.

It was not long before the formation was completely reinforced.

After the reinforcement was completed, perhaps still pining for the maids on Yuxing Island, Zhang Jian did not stay long.

After bidding farewell to the others, he left.