Vol 6 Chapter 14: Family Reunion

After Lin Jing and Lin Lan reached their agreement, she prepared to come clean with Lin's father and mother.

Having organized her words, Lin Lan walked out of her courtyard.

She went next door and called for Lin's father and mother who were harvesting tea.

"Lan Lan? Done cultivating? Are you going to visit your master? We just finished sun-drying a batch of tea leaves, you should bring some to your master."

Seeing Lin Lan, Lin's mother immediately spoke. Since their entire family had been healed by Mount Lu Recluse, Lin's father and mother had already learned about the world's current situation.

"No need, I'm not going to see master. I have something I want to tell you." After Lin Lan spoke, Lin's father also put down his work and looked at her. Today's Lin Lan seemed more serious than usual.

"My brother..."

"Have you ever thought that you might see him again?"

Thud.

The tools in their hands fell to the ground. They stared blankly for a moment, looking at Lin Lan, not understanding what she meant by these words.

"Lan Lan, what are you saying?" Lin's mother's mind went somewhat blank.

"You already know, don't you? My master Mount Lu Recluse is a cultivator. Now, I'm also a cultivator. Since even immortals exist, haven't you considered that there might be ghosts, an underworld—that all these things might exist?"

"With all these things existing, even if someone has passed away, being revived isn't impossible, right?"

Lin Lan proceeded step by step, helping Lin's father and mother accept the possibility that the dead could be revived. After hearing this, their hearts indeed began beating rapidly. Lin's mother stepped forward and grabbed Lin Lan's hand: "Lan Lan, do you know something? Have you discovered something?"

"Tell us quickly."

"Alright, please don't get too excited first. Here's the thing—you know that the reason my master was willing to take me as her disciple is because I have a special cultivation physique. Actually, our family's bloodline seems particularly prone to producing special cultivation physiques. My brother... he might have had one too."

"Therefore, even though he passed away, there might have been a powerful cultivator willing to use spiritual power to revive him."

"Lan Lan, are you saying... your brother is alive?" Lin's father also rushed over, breathing heavily, his heartbeat exceptionally rapid.

"But he already..."

"Actually, I met him several months ago. At that time he had just been revived and wasn't in great condition, so he didn't immediately come back to see you..."

"Where is he now? Where?" Lin's father and mother stood dumbfounded for over ten seconds, digesting this enormous information, then asked Lin Lan excitedly.

"First adjust your emotions, don't have too intense mood swings. It's not good for your health. Calm down first, then I'll take you to him."

"How could we possibly calm down? Lan Lan, don't worry, we're fine. Quickly take us to him." Lin's mother grew increasingly urgent. Seeing their condition wasn't too bad, Lin Lan nodded.

"Alright, but you must promise me to control your emotions..."

Some time later.

Lin Lan led them to her courtyard. By this time, Lin Jing had changed into modern clothing. Despite his actual age being much greater than his parents before him, he still couldn't avoid some emotional turbulence.

When the elderly couple entered the courtyard and saw Lin Jing standing at the center, the world seemed to stand still. Lin Jing's soft "Dad, Mom" gently broke the silence.

"Jingzi, is it really you...?" Lin's father couldn't believe this was real. He approached somewhat unsteadily. Lin Jing supported him and smiled: "It's really me. I've made you grieve for me. Thanks to Earth's spiritual energy recovery, I... didn't end up dying."

"You... you terrible child." Lin's father wiped his tears, wanting to inquire in detail about how his son had been revived, but simply being able to see his child now made him feel that even if he were to die immediately, he would be content.

Looking at his parents, Lin Jing sighed inwardly. Unfortunately, he could only stay on Earth for one year at most. While this was home, the Tianyuan Realm had also become his second homeland. He had to return to fulfill the millennium agreement to prevent the Tianyuan Realm from being destroyed by Demon Emperor Tianchou.

Moreover, that Immortal Emperor who carefully selected them probably wouldn't allow them to arbitrarily choose their own fates.

Only one year... During this year, whether he could compete for Heaven's Mandate or not, Lin Jing thought about properly honoring his parents. Before leaving, it would be best to leave them with a grandson or granddaughter.

However, given the current situation, Lin Jing didn't dare to say he would have to leave after one year... afraid it would sadden his parents.

Since things had reached this point,

they should eat first.

"I'm hungry." He suddenly rubbed his stomach as if he had returned to his Earth-era self.

"I'll cook." Lin's mother immediately said: "What would you like to eat? I'll make it right now."

"Jiaozi ba? Would that work?" Lin Jing replied. Beside them, Lin Lan showed an expression as if she'd seen a ghost.

Wait, do body cultivators need to eat too? Shouldn't they drink blood? Like blood tofu stew?

"Good, good, good. Wait for me." Lin's mother quickly went to prepare.

"Come, Dad, let's play a game of chess. We can chat while playing. It's been so long since we played chess together." Lin's father loved chess most, and in the past Lin Jing would often keep him company playing, though Lin Jing had never won.

Now, relying on the Heavenly Demon's divine consciousness, Lin Jing was confident he could completely dominate.

That day, Lin Jing set aside his identity as a cultivator for the first time in ages and chatted happily with his family all evening. Another reason Lin Jing didn't tell the whole truth about his actual experiences was that he feared his family would worry even more. After all, his experiences as an enemy of all realms didn't exactly sound like something that would put people at ease.

That night.

After Lin Jing had put his parents to sleep and even sent Lin Lan away with a bag of spiritual stones, he couldn't help but feel a sense of loss.

After Lin Jing had put his parents to sleep and even sent Lin Lan away with a bag of spiritual stones, he couldn't help but feel a sense of loss.

"This Ice Soul Offspring Gu can at most deal with Void Mystical Stage cultivators. Too weak..."

Besides Lin Jing, several pet beasts had also broken through to the Void Mystical Stage.

Among them, each pet beast came standard with an Immortal Dao Primordial Spirit capable of independently nurturing immortal power.

However, their methods of nurturing immortal power were all quite different.

Lin Jing created a life and death reincarnation world within his primordial spirit, absorbing the life force of mosquito beasts through hundreds of lives and generations.

The Wood-attribute Pine Leaf Mouse created a "Tree Realm." Within this tree realm, independent rules existed where plants could nurture into spirits. In the pine forests within its tree realm, every pine tree demon was a spirit creature with enormous lifespan. Essentially, its tree realm was similar to Lin Jing's Life and Death Reincarnation Immortal Domain, except that while Lin Jing absorbed from mosquito beasts, it absorbed from the pine tree spirits enlightened within its own small world.

The Dragon Carp created a "Cauldron World." The space within its primordial spirit resembled a giant alchemical furnace. This domain would refine all life essence from enemies when refining them alive, efficiently converting it into immortal power. Although it couldn't be self-sufficient and sustainable like the Void Mystical Domains of Lin Jing and the Wood-attribute Pine Leaf Mouse, in terms of efficiency in converting immortal power, the Dragon Carp's direct refinement of enemies' complete life essence was undoubtedly faster. After all, Lin Jing and the Wood-attribute Pine Leaf Mouse only extracted small portions of life force throughout the mosquito beasts' and pine demons' lifetimes...

Even the Ice Soul Gu thought the Dragon Carp was evil upon seeing this, criticizing it for not understanding sustainable development.