Cultivation: Being Immortal - Chapter 222

Heavenly Wall Divine Kingdom，Jingdu City

A flying boat soared into the sky, carrying Lin Jiang and nearly a hundred people from the Divine Kingdom. Among them were the women who entered the palace as Jade Concubines, as well as mortal warriors trained by the Immortal Alliance. They all shed blood and achieved great success for the Immortal Alliance. Lin Jiang didn’t treat them unfairly, promising that they would have no worries about clothing and food in the future. If they had Spiritual Roots, they might even be able to ascend to immortality.

“Immortal Leader, what will happen to the people of the Divine Kingdom in the future?”

Someone asked Lin Jiang. The loyalty of these people to the Immortal Alliance was greatly influenced by the persecution they suffered from the Li family. They held deep grudges against the Li family and sympathized with the people of the Divine Kingdom.

Originally, they thought they could completely overthrow the Li family’s rule in the Divine Kingdom. However, they didn’t expect the current situation. The Immortal Leaders had all left, and there was no one to support and speak for them anymore. They were very worried.

“Each person’s destiny is in their own hands.”

Lin Jiang shook his head. He was not a deity and couldn’t be responsible for every person in the Divine Kingdom. Everyone had to take responsibility for their own lives and health, and they needed to strive constantly. The fact that Lin Jiang cared for those around him was already his greatest ability.

“Immortal Leader…”

“Go and rest.”

Lin Jiang shook his head, not wanting to say anything else.

The road out of the Divine Kingdom may not necessarily be safe. Although the Divine Kingdom is very large and the four major families cannot monitor everything, who knows how lucky they will be. In case they encounter people from the four major families, Lin Jiang still needs to prepare for battle.

Luckily, they were fortunate and didn’t encounter any enemies. They smoothly arrived at the Green Cloud Mountain in the Qing State. Lin Jiang handed over these ordinary people to the members of the Lin family and instructed them on how to take care of them.

“Third Auntie, Lin Wu has returned successfully.”

Lin Jiang saw Lin Die. It had been fifteen years since he left, which wasn’t too long nor too short.

“Good, Lin Wu has worked hard. Tell Third Auntie about the events in the Divine Kingdom.”

“Has the head of the family returned?”

“He briefly appeared and then went into hiding to heal his wounds. Lin Ying went to take care of him.”

“Healing?”

“Yes, it’s a very serious injury. You don’t know about it. My dad has a secret technique. The more severe the injury, the stronger the power that erupts. But once it calms down, the backlash is very severe.”

“So that’s how it is.”

Lin Jiang nodded. No wonder Lin Batian looked completely fine after the great battle, but as soon as the fight ended, he couldn’t wait to leave. It turns out he was injured. He ran away early to hide the truth.

“You can tell me.”

“Yes, things are like this…”

Lin Jiang explained everything he did in the Divine Kingdom. In fact, during the time in the Immortal Alliance, he and Lin Batian cooperated on many plans, but Lin Batian’s specific strategies were unknown to him, and he couldn’t grasp the overall situation.

“Well done, you did a great job. You are even better than us. If we went to the Mortal Kingdom, we wouldn’t be able to plan and strategize as well as you.”

“Third Auntie, actually the Divine Kingdom couldn’t trap the Lord of the House. The Lord had been planning to subdue the Formation Spirit for a long time.”

Lin Jiang asked his own question because Lin Batian used the Sagittarius Bow in battle, and he remembered that the Sagittarius Bow was in Lin Ying’s hands.

“Probably, my dad never tells us everything. A few years ago, he did come out of the Divine Kingdom once. I didn’t see it, Lin Ying did. I wanted to tell you, but there’s no spiritual energy in the Divine Kingdom, so I couldn’t reach you.”

“How did he do it?”

“It should be the Spatiotemporal Mirror. I didn’t know the Spatiotemporal Mirror could break the Dutian Formation. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have planned like this, and you wouldn’t have entered the Divine Kingdom without anything.”

“I’m speechless.”

Lin Jiang said that all their plans had gone haywire because Lin Batian refused to tell him the truth. Otherwise, Lin Jiang could have planned better and smoother.

“You’ll know in the future. That’s just how my dad does things.”

“Okay, here’s a batch of things. These are treasures left behind by cultivators killed in the Divine Kingdom over the years. Consider it spoils of war…”

Lin Jiang pulled out a storage bag. Over hundreds of thousands of years, for whatever reason, many cultivators entered the Divine Kingdom and many died. They left behind many things, and some of them were collected by the royal family of Divine Kingdom’s Li Family. Before leaving, Lin Jiang took all their treasures.

Some things here cannot be restored anymore because they have been away from a magical environment for too long, but some still have their effects and are valuable.

“You should keep it, after all, you have made great contributions.”

“Ahem, I mean, ask Third Auntie to help nurture it so that it can be restored.”

“Alright, then I’ll help. And when it’s done, you can use it as your special treasure.”

“Hasn’t your special treasure been made yet?”

“It’s not that easy. No matter what level we reach in our practice, we need to plan for the long term. If we don’t have money, that’s fine. But since we have money, we should make the best plan. We haven’t gathered all the materials yet, but once these treasures are made, they will definitely be great and worth it.”

“Alright, let’s trust Third Auntie. I also have a temporary treasure to use.”

Lin Jiang nodded. He had countless years ahead of him, so it was indeed necessary to plan like this. Spending a little more money and having a longer time was acceptable, as long as it was powerful and useful.

The two chatted for a while, and then Lin Die returned Lin Jiang’s storage bag to him. After knowing that Lin Die had helped obtain a fourth-order Demon Core a couple of years ago, and after Small Shadiao went back to sleep, Lin Jiang left alone.

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The Yun State Wilderness, the stronghold of the Five Elements Sect.

It has been over ten years since the great battle of the Five Elements Sect, but the sect has not fully recovered from its wounds. They are unable to quickly replenish the loss of their higher-ranked members above the golden core.

The expansion of the Five Elements Sect in the Wilderness was forcibly halted, and even now, they follow a conservative strategy.

Lin Jiang waited at the stronghold for two days, and finally, Zhang Wanjing arrived. The master and disciple met once again.

Lin Jiang talked about what happened after he left the Five Elements Sect, and Zhang Wanjing also narrated the major events of the sect over the past decade.

The four major clans still dominate in the Yun State. There are hardly any descendants left from the Lin family, not because they were all killed, but a few years ago, Lin Die and Lin Ying caused quite a commotion in the Yun State and killed many of them. They also saved several Lin family descendants.

However, the three major sects are still oppressed. Their foundation is in the Yun State, and they don’t have the same freedom as the Lin family. They can only continue to endure and secretly plan for development.

But the situation of the Five Elements Sect is still not optimistic. They lost a Soul Changing cultivator in the previous battle, and later, even a Nascent Soul cultivator perished, including Guo Yunfeng, who had been at odds with Zhang Wanjing for many years. He was very old but had taken longevity pills. Originally, he could have lived another hundred years, but due to the heavy injuries he sustained in the battle of the Five Elements Sect, he perished early.

“In the future, when you go outside, you must be careful. If you get hurt, be sure to take care of yourself. Many injuries may heal at the time, but they may leave hidden wounds. These hidden wounds may not seem like much on a normal day, but they can be deadly in critical moments. Do you understand?”

“I understand, Master. Does that mean I can’t go back to the sect now?”

“No, you can’t go back as long as the people from the four major families are still there. It’s too dangerous.”

“What should I do in the future then?”

“You will stay with the Lin family permanently, acting as a bridge between the Five Elements Sect and the Lin family.”

“How does the Five Elements Sect plan to cooperate with the Lin family?”

“The Five Elements Sect needs high-level techniques and secret arts, especially secret arts. We suffered a great loss in the battle against the four major families. Their Nascent Soul and Soul Changing techniques are much stronger than ours. It’s because they possess powerful secret arts. We are willing to trade with the Lin family.”

“Great, I will discuss it with them. So, what is the offer from the Five Elements Sect?”

“It’s a mutual benefit exchange. The Five Elements Sect also has its own resources. Since the Lin family lost Anhua City and may not have as smooth development in other places, we can offer some of our basic resources and other things as well.”

“Give me a specific list so that I can negotiate with the Lin family and make sure no one gets taken advantage of.”

“That’s okay.”

“Thank you, Master, for understanding.”

Lin Jiang nodded. On one side was his family, on the other side was his sect. Lin Jiang didn’t want either to suffer losses. Win-win was the best outcome.

The two of them discussed some details. Zhang Wanjing assured Lin Jiang that his interests in the sect wouldn’t be harmed. What belonged to him before would still belong to him in the future. This surprised Lin Jiang. It seemed that the battle at the Five Elements Sect had greatly influenced Zhang Wanjing. He was never one to say these things before.

After the discussion, Zhang Wanjing returned to the Five Elements Sect and told Lin Jiang about the resources that could be traded. He asked Lin Jiang to negotiate with the Lin family.

Lin Jiang traveled back and forth between different places and finally returned to Qing State. Months had passed, and when he arrived at Green Cloud Mountain, he received news that the Divine Kingdom had fallen.

Or, to put it another way, the Dutian Formation had disappeared. A vast area of unclaimed land had appeared in Bing State, spanning tens of thousands of miles. This was a major event that affected several provinces. Everyone was paying attention to it.