Cultivation: Being Immortal - Chapter 202

Qing State，Green Cloud Mountain

On Green Cloud Mountain, there is a small sect called Qingyun Sect. Before Lin Batian took notice of them, it was just a small sect in Qing State. The highest cultivation level in the sect was only at the golden core stage. Although Qingyun Sect has a history of over two thousand years and has been passed down for generations, it is considered an ancient sect.

Lin Batian spent decades slowly gaining control of Qingyun Sect. Several years ago, he completed a plan to replace all the members with descendants of the Lin family or their followers. Even Lin Die and Lin Ying had met them several times as Qingyun Sect disciples.

“For small powers like Qingyun Sect, we had prepared six places, which should have been enough to accommodate the entire Lin family. However, the plan didn’t work out, and we couldn’t relocate everyone at once, especially considering the large number of mortal members. It’s a pity for those Lin family descendants.”

Lin Die sighed deeply once again. She was the eldest of the second generation of the Lin family. She had personally witnessed the rise and fall of the Lin family under Lin Batian’s guidance, and her emotions were complicated.

“Third Auntie, don’t be sad. The cultivation world doesn’t believe in tears.”

“I know. Now that father is gone, I am the oldest and highest in cultivation level in the Lin family. I will shoulder my responsibility.”

Lin Die said, showing that she was not a weak person, but the sudden changes in the Lin family made it difficult for her to accept.

After a brief period of sadness, Lin Die regained her cold expression as before and orderly arranged for the disciples to settle down. These disciples were brought by her from Wilderness and they still couldn’t accept reality, so they needed time to adjust.

Lin Die became very busy. Besides comforting these people, she was also responsible for the livelihood of hundreds of others. The Lin family had sold most of their properties before, and although they had a lot of money on hand, they couldn’t just sit and eat away at it, and they couldn’t let the outside world notice any problems.

So, everything that needed to be done by a force, not one less. Cultivation, farming, alchemy, talisman drawing, refining tools, array formation, running a business… everything must be done.

The only advantage of the Lin family now is that their essence has been preserved. They had over twenty golden core cultivators, and only three of them, who were older, sacrificed themselves. The others were saved, and the framework is still intact. It will be easier to resume work.

“To put it bluntly, the Lin family got rid of those with mediocre qualifications, the elderly, and mortals. Although their overall strength has weakened slightly, it will quickly recover and even become stronger. I wonder if this is part of Lin Batian’s plan.”

After learning the details, Lin Jiang had a conspiratorial idea in his mind. Without those burdensome people, the resources of the Lin family could be more concentrated to provide for those excellent disciples. They will become even stronger.

“I hope Lin Batian is not that kind of person.”

However, Lin Jiang shook his head. He didn’t think Lin Batian would go that far.

After settling down, Lin Jiang also started organizing his storage bag. In the battle outside the Five Elements Sect gate, he had killed around ten golden core cultivators and one Nascent Soul cultivator. Most of them were influenced by Lin Batian’s Life Talisman.

Lin Jiang found a new magical bag called Nascent Soul storage bag. He also found five bags filled with golden cores and several boxes of valuable Premium Spirit Stones. Later, he took out half of the Premium Spirit Stones from the boxes.

“The Nascent Soul that I killed belonged to the Tiandao Gate in the Qing State. I’ll make a note of it. If I can’t defeat the four major families, then I definitely can’t defeat your Tiandao Gate. Just wait, I’ll destroy all of you when I have the time.”

Lin Jiang erased the mark on the Nascent Soul storage bag and learned the identity of the deceased Nascent Soul from inside. He also held the Tiandao Gate responsible for this incident.

Following the usual practice, they counted their belongings and disposed of anything that might reveal their identity. They still had a substantial amount of wealth, including around three to four million spirit stones. Most of them were of medium and high quality. In addition, there were also pills, magical treasures, and many other valuable items that couldn’t be estimated. The total value was at least tens of millions.

They opened each of the five golden core storage bags, but their wealth was not as abundant as before. They only counted a little over seven million spirit stones from the five bags, along with a large pile of other things. It was difficult to determine their exact value.

“There are too many spirit stones!”

Lin Jiang looked at the mountains of spirit stones and said. Before, I had to run around for just a few spirit stones. Now I have so many that they can’t even fit in one room. I need two large storage containers to hold them all.

“Eight boxes of Premium Spirit Stones, each box contains fifty pieces, so that makes four hundred Premium Spirit Stones. If we convert them to lower quality spirit stones, it’s four billion! This is really overwhelming. I have to be careful when I go out now. If someone tries to rob and kill me for these, it might give thieves a heart attack.”

Lin Jiang shook his head, feeling a bit numb from being so rich.

“I’m not interested in money. I was the happiest when I was in Yunzhong City, earning a few hundred spirit stones every month.”

When Lin Jiang thought about his four small goals, his level of sophistication suddenly rose.

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In the blink of an eye, it had been two months since Lin Jiang arrived at Green Cloud Mountain. During these two months, he had been diligently cultivating, using the pills from the golden core storage bag without needing to buy any.

As for the cultivation technique, he had already obtained it, so he just needed to rely on time for the rest.

Lin Jiang no longer dared to be lazy, working harder than anyone else. He even temporarily gave up drawing talismans, focusing solely on cultivation.

“Brother, brother, come out quickly!”

On this day, Big Shadiao Lin Yu called for Lin Jiang from outside the door. Big Shadiao’s familiar affection for Lin Jiang exceeded that of Lin Die, even though Lin Die also cared deeply for him.

However, the feelings between the two were different. Both Big Shadiao and Small Shadiao were personally hatched by Lin Jiang. The first thing they saw when they were born was Lin Jiang, and he had spent their entire childhood with them, accompanying them for over two hundred years. This bond was irreplaceable.

“What’s wrong? Don’t bother me if there’s nothing, I don’t want to eat or drink, and I don’t want to play with you.”

“Lin Die is calling you, Lin Ying is back.”

“Lin Ying is back?”

“Yes, brother, come quickly.”

“I’m coming.”

Lin Jiang didn’t say a word, quickly put on a random piece of clothing and hurriedly went out.

Inside the grand hall of the Qingyun Sect, Lin Die was having a conversation with Lin Ying. Lin Jiang walked directly towards them, Lin Ying turned around and was completely stunned.

“Brother.”

Lin Ying’s eyes immediately turned red. She called out “brother” but couldn’t say anything else.

“Lin Wu is Sixth Brother’s child, but he is not Sixth Brother.”

“How can they look exactly the same?”

“Is it really that strange? Don’t be too sad.”

Lin Die said. It’s not strange for a father and son to look alike.

Lin Jiang stood in place, feeling overwhelmed with emotions. He wished he could go over and hug Lin Ying, telling her that he was Lin Jiang, her brother.

“Crack!”

However, after a while, Lin Jiang regained his composure and gave himself a strong slap.

“Lin Wu, what are you doing?”

“Third Auntie, Lin Wu is unfilial. He hasn’t returned to the Lin family for hundreds of years and hasn’t seen the elders. He should be punished, he should be beaten.”

“You don’t have to be like this. You didn’t grow up in the Lin family, so it’s okay if you don’t have any feelings towards them. We all understand. It’s enough that you have this heart.”

Lin Die said, at first she resented Lin Jiang for not recognizing the Lin family. But now she doesn’t blame him anymore. Lin Jiang’s contributions to the Lin family are no worse than anyone else’s. She remembers everything he has done.

“I’m sorry, I still have to apologize.”

Lin Jiang was somewhat vague, using this as an excuse, he kept saying sorry.

“Lin Wu, come here, let Auntie take a look.”

Lin Ying beckons Lin Jiang, and he walks over. Lin Ying reaches out, touching Lin Jiang’s cheek.

“Wow, you really look alike. Just like your brother, cut from the same mold. Come on, say Auntie.”

“Auntie.”

“Lin Wu, can you tell me about your mother? What kind of woman did my brother marry? Back then, he said he didn’t want to marry anyone.”

“My mother passed away many years ago, can we not mention it?”

Lin Jiang shook his head, he dared not share the details, the more he said, the more loopholes there would be.

In fact, there was another major loophole in his identity, and that is Big Shadiao. Big Shadiao had talked to him about it, and Lin Die and Lin Ying had asked him about his identity, but Big Shadiao didn’t understand.

Its intelligence is not very high, and it is very unclear about many things. Moreover, before Lin Jiang sent Big Shadiao to the Lin family, he used secret techniques and language to brainwash it as a backup, making it believe that he was its second owner.

Big Shadiao doesn’t feel much about this, a master is a master, there’s no difference between the first and second owner. Anyway, Lin Die asked a few times and Big Shadiao was clueless.

But Lin Die has been feeding Big Shadiao Benefit Spirit Pills. As long as there’s enough quantity, Big Shadiao’s intelligence will greatly improve. It might become harder to hide the truth then, but it will take some time.

“Alright, let’s catch up another time. Old Ten, continue with Father’s whereabouts.”

Lin Die doesn’t care about these things right now, she is concerned about Lin Batian’s whereabouts. Lin Batian is the backbone of the Lin family and must be found.

Lin Jiang instantly perked up upon hearing that. He came to Qing State to find Lin Batian, and it seems that Lin Ying has found a clue.