Cultivation: Being Immortal - Chapter 191

Yun State, Southwest, Spiritual Peach Mountain Villa

Lin Jiang had been hiding in the clouds above the Spiritual Peach Mountain Villa for a day. The Lin family’s Golden Core disciples were numerous, so he didn’t dare to get too close. He chose to return to the old grounds of the Lin family to have a look.

“Mother, Lin Ying, I’m back.”

Lin Jiang looked at the Spiritual Peach Mountain Villa, feeling a nostalgic ache in his nose. He had spent several decades here, and it held many beautiful memories for him. Though the scenery remained unchanged, the people he knew were no longer there.

Thoughts surged like a tidal wave, and Lin Jiang couldn’t hold back any longer. He quietly descended from the clouds and found himself in the peach forest outside the villa.

It was the season of full bloom for the peach blossoms. Lin Jiang plucked a peach blossom and brought it to his nose, taking a deep sniff and relishing the fragrance.

“Excuse me, Taoist friend, may I ask why you’ve appeared in our Lin family’s territory?”

Soon, an old man appeared behind Lin Jiang. Lin Jiang had noticed him long ago but pretended not to.

“This taoist friend was polite. I am Zhang Shuhua, a humble independent cultivator. I once knew a taoist friend from this Spiritual Peach Mountain Villa. He promised to treat me to Peach Blossom Brew, but the agreed time has passed and he didn’t show up. So I came to investigate.”

“Who are you talking about?”

“That taoist friend only mentioned the surname Lin, but didn’t tell me his real name. We were just like-minded individuals and not really close friends. I just thought he had a good personality, so I wanted to have a reunion with an old friend.”

“Then I don’t know who you are talking about. I am the owner of this estate, Tenth Ancestor, but I have been away for a long time. I came here to retire.”

“I don’t know how to address the taoist friend.”

“Cunyi Lin, the sixth generation of the Lin family.”

“The sixth generation, huh?”

Lin Jiang sighed. All the sixth generation of the Lin family have aged so much.

“My Lin family is full of talented people. As an old man, I wasted too much time in my youth, indulging in pleasures, which is a shame for the family. That’s why I came here to guard the ancestral home of the Lin family. There aren’t many people left.”

“The Taoist friend seemed very bored.”

“Haha, everyone in the mountain village is ordinary people, I am the only cultivator. Do you think there would be many people to talk to?”

“Well, that’s true. Meeting each other is fate. I have some delicious food from Medicine City. Does the Taoist friend have any wine?”

“Spiritual Peach Mountain Villa has plenty of wine, but it’s not considered good wine. Taoist friend, please don’t mind.”

Lin Cunyi laughed heartily, not even expecting anyone to come. Spiritual Peach Mountain Villa didn’t have anything valuable except for the valuable ling peaches from this mountain, but the ling peaches were still in the peach blossom stage.

“Alright, I’ll have a drink with you.”

Lin Jiang nodded and took out some food from his storage bag. The two of them found a big rock in the peach blossom forest to sit on, drinking and eating meat.

Under Lin Jiang’s intentional questioning, Lin Cunyi talked about many things regarding the Lin family. Lin Jiang felt a mix of emotions while listening, but Lin Cunyi was only in the Qi Refining Period and wouldn’t reveal any Lin family secrets.

This Spiritual Peach Mountain Villa, it’s like my Tenth Ancestor’s beloved place. It seems like her brother used to live here. Tenth Ancestor would come back to visit when she had time. Taoist friend, do you see these peach blossoms? They were all replanted later by Tenth Ancestor herself. The previous ones died a long time ago.

The village at the foot of this mountain, just like a few hundred years ago, Tenth Ancestor forbids us from building random houses. The last time someone built a village, it was destroyed by Tenth Ancestor. He made them restore the place or else he would kill them. And also…

In the end, Lin Cunyi was already drunk and talking nonsense. Lin Jiang used magic to make him fall asleep, then used his spiritual power to send him to the village at the foot of the mountain.

Lin Jiang’s divine sense swept through, and he knew that the village was unchanged from when he left. The fish pond and the pigsty where the Iron-backed Pigs were raised were still there. Lin Jiang became even more complicated and mixed with emotions.

Leaving Spiritual Peach Mountain Villa, Lin Jiang arrived at the ancestral home of the Lin family. About a hundred cultivators, mostly elders, lived in the ancestral home. The highest cultivation level was during the Building Foundation Period. Lin Jiang eavesdropped on their conversation, and some of the Building Foundation Period cultivators were in the same generation, like his great-grandchildren.

“The generation of the Lin family is complicated.”

Lin Jiang shook his head. The youngest generation of the Lin family was already in the tens of generations, but their fourth and fifth generations still had many surviving descendants. They were still having children. How could this generation be in order? Anyway, he couldn’t tell anymore.

A group of Building Foundation cultivators didn’t notice Lin Jiang. He arrived at the ancestral graveyard area, where there were over a dozen hills covered in tombstones, just like the cemetery Lin Jiang had once visited.

“Even Big Sister is here.”

Lin Jiang saw the tombstone of Lin Batian’s legal wife, which was next to the graves of Lin Batian’s other wives. The graves were very extravagant.

“Er Niang, San Niang, Wu Niang, Liu Niang, where is my mother?”

But Lin Jiang searched around and couldn’t find his mother’s gravestone, which made him feel confused.

“I buried these aunts with my own hands and have been taking care of their graves for many years. I wouldn’t remember it wrong.”

Lin Jiang tapped his head. It didn’t make sense for him to remember it wrong.

“It was Lin Ying who moved the grave of my mother.”

Lin Jiang finally realized that the location couldn’t be wrong. The ancestral grave was maintained by someone, so it shouldn’t be covered by soil in just over two hundred years. That leaves only one reason: Lin Ying moved the grave.

“Lin Ying, oh Lin Ying, one of my brother’s wishes has been ruined by you.”

“Forget it, forget it. Let these aunts have their way.”

Lin Jiang shook his head. Over the years, he had wanted to come back and pay respects many times but never dared to. Now that he finally made up his mind, the grave was gone.

Lin Jiang took things out of the storage bag and placed various offerings in front of each aunt’s grave.

“Auntie, I remember you liked the preserved fruits from Anhua City. I’m not sure if it’s the same brand, but I bought over ten different kinds. Feel free to eat them, no one will take them from you.”

“Second aunt, you always liked to cheat during mahjong games. I brought a few sets of mahjong for you. Play more, but don’t team up with the third aunt to bully my mom. She’s not that smart, you never noticed when you cheated.”

“Third aunt, you liked the clothes from Zhang’s Tailor Shop in Anhua City. Surprise, surprise! The shop has been around for hundreds of years. Let me show my filial piety and bring you several sets of clothes. If you have a chance, remember to scold fifth brother, he’s not as filial as me.”

“Fifth aunt, in your later years, you loved the braised pork I made. This time, I brought a pot just for you. I promise no one will take it from you, even my mom won’t allow her to. Enjoy it all by yourself.”

“Sixth aunt…”

“Seventh aunt…”

“·····”

Lin Jiang stayed at the ancestral grave for a while, reluctant to leave. No matter how beautiful the memories were, there comes a day to return to reality.

Three days later, Lin Die descended from the sky and landed in front of the ancestral tomb. She went to the grave of Lin Batian’s legal wife and was surprised to see the offerings in front of the tombstone.

Lin Die didn’t hide her presence and soon the older members of the Lin family’s ancestral home arrived.

“I’ve met the Third Ancestor.”

“Did you all do these things?”

Lin Die also noticed the offerings in front of other aunt’s graves and immediately asked them.

“Um…”

“It wasn’t you?”

“No, it wasn’t us, Third Ancestor.”

“Has anyone come here recently?”

“The Tenth Ancestor came a year ago, and no one has come since then.”

“Who could that be?”

Lin Die was confused. She looked at the offerings and became more and more suspicious. Each offering in front of the tombstones of the aunts was something they liked when they were alive. Could it be Lin Ying?

“Third Ancestor？”

“Cough, cough. Get a few people to come and move the ancestral graves. Prepare them one by one.”

“Ah, the Third Ancestor, do we have to move all of them?”

The Lin family was shocked. There were over a dozen hills, with at least tens of thousands of graves.

Lin Die was also taken aback. She had heard from Lin Batian that Lin Ying had moved her mother’s grave and had come specifically for that. But with so many graves, where could they all be moved to at once?

“Not all of them, just move all the tombs of these aunts of mine.”

Lin Die shook her head, it was impossible to move everything, so she could only take care of a few close people.

“And also my big brother, second elder brother, and all those younger brothers and sisters.”

Then she added. Mother, aunt, siblings, that’s all I can manage.

“Yes, Third Ancestor.”

The young descendants of the Lin family quickly took action, preparing new coffins and organizing the bones from the graves to put them back into the coffins.

Lin Die put these coffins in a storage bag and prepared to leave. Before she left, she said. Your time is short, eat and drink well, don’t neglect yourselves.

After saying that, Lin Die flew into the sky, leaving the elderly Lin family descendants looking at each other in surprise.