Chapter 104

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Chapter 104: The Prodigal Son

Yunzhong City

The Centennial Celebration has ended, and outside the city is a scene of slaughter. No one can solve this kind of situation, even the two powerful sects. They expanded the patrol range of their patrols to thirty miles outside the city, but there are still people robbing travelers fifty miles and even a hundred miles away. Anyway, the majority of participants in the Yunzhong City Centennial Celebration are outsiders.

Lin Jiang returned to his home early. He had spent all his money and bought a lot of things that would last him many years.

"Lin Wu"

On that day, Lin Jiang was busy in the Spiritual Herb Garden. He heard a noise and got up to open the formation.

"Elder"

"Why don’t you want to call me Auntie?"

Lin Die felt a bit sad. The Lin family treated him well, better than they treated the other Lin family children. Why couldn’t they warm his heart?

"Elder, I’m busy. What do you need?"

"Father wants me to ask you one last time if you’re willing to join the Lin family. If you agree, they will give you a family status. With your talents, the family will provide you with opportunities."

Lin Die said that they had heard about Lin Jiang’s achievements. He was very powerful, able to defeat stronger opponents. He also had a third-ranked demon beast as a protector. When he returned home, he would at least have the position of a steward. The Lin family was still growing and needed various talents, especially from their own family.

"I don’t want to go."

"I need a reason. Being an independent cultivator is tough, haven’t you suffered enough?"

"Life is valuable, but love is even more precious. If it’s for freedom, both can be abandoned. Freedom is more important than anything else. I’m used to being an independent cultivator, I don’t want to be burdened by society anymore."

"You are being selfish."

"Perhaps, I am indeed selfish."

"It’s dangerous for you to stay here. The Dark Night Organization has the support of a Nascent Soul. If we leave, they won’t be able to reach us and harm you."

Lin Die didn’t dwell on this issue and immediately changed the topic. The Lin family in Anhua City is not afraid of the Dark Night Organization, but they are too far away from Yunzhong City and their strength can’t reach here.

"If we can’t win, we’ll just run. Look, I’m already prepared."

Lin Jiang pointed to the spiritual land beside him and said that he had already plucked all the spiritual herbs from there.

"Where are you going?"

"As a wanderer, I naturally wander to the ends of the Earth. Have you forgotten why my father left the Lin family?"

Lin Jiang said. There’s no way around it. I have to admit that I am my father. Otherwise, how else can I find an excuse?

"You…"

"I have many immature second-grade spiritual medicines here. It would be a waste to sell them; they are not worth much. I’ll give them all to the Lin family. I’ve already put them in a jade box. You should go back and plant the medicines as soon as possible. They have a high survival rate."

Lin Jiang said and handed over a storage bag. Immature second-grade spiritual medicines are heavily discounted in value and won’t sell for much. But if you bring them back to the Lin family and grow them until maturity, their value will be different. These hundreds of acres of spiritual medicines are worth tens of thousands of spirit stones at the very least.

"If you leave, what will happen to Cao Ying? She will go crazy."

"If I don’t leave, will she not go crazy? Her mental state is a bit off, isn’t it?"

Lin Jiang was straightforward. When he saw Cao Ying this time, he noticed that her attitude towards him had changed. She had become overly dependent.

Lin Jiang didn’t know what Cao Ying was thinking, and he couldn’t read minds either. But it was becoming very obvious. According to reason, Lin Jiang should handle this matter properly.

However, he was just a clueless straight guy with low emotional intelligence and little understanding of psychology. He was afraid of messing things up, so Lin Jiang chose to avoid the situation.

Running away is shameful, but very helpful.

"Cao Ying, there are indeed some problems."

Even outsiders like Lin Die can see it. Cao Ying’s kindness towards Lin Jiang surpasses that of her biological parents, not to mention her uncle in the sense of a foster father. She even openly said that whether it is an obsession or not, it doesn’t matter. This kind of thing can easily form a Heart Demon.

"I don’t know how to handle these emotional matters. Escaping is the only option I have."

"Escaping is not a good solution. In Cao Ying’s case, if you were to disappear, she might form a Heart Demon. Her golden core will advance to Nascent Soul, facing the Heavenly Tribulation. If her Dao heart is unstable, it is very dangerous. Cao Ying is an important disciple cultivated by the Zhonghang Sect, and she will definitely overcome the tribulation. You can’t harm her."

"There’s something like this too?"

"I have no reason to deceive you."

"Then what should I do? It’s difficult to stay, and if I really become Cao Ying’s Heart Demon, will the Zhonghang Sect kill me?"

"It’s possible. If they can make me a new important person in the Zhonghang Sect by defeating you, they would be very happy to do it."

Lin Die said that she knew well about the nature of the sect. They would do anything for their own benefit, and they treat their own people very well but are cruel to outsiders.

"So what else can I do besides running?"

"But you need to give Cao Ying some hope, you have to give her some time."

"Um…"

"The sudden change was too much for her to accept. After being taken care of and spending more than ten years with someone who was like family, suddenly being abandoned, most people wouldn’t be able to accept it."

"You’re right, I didn’t think it through. How about you help me deliver a letter to Cao Ying?"

"Would it be inconvenient for me?"

"You are Third Auntie, so what are you afraid of?"

Lin Jiang nervously said. Third Auntie, what are you afraid of? She’s not some other woman.

"Alright then, I’ll help you this once."

"When are you leaving?"

"It might take around three more days. Dad went to the Cloud Sword Sect to compete with the sword cultivators."

"Compete?"

"In the world of cultivation, there is no one better in literature and no one stronger in martial arts. Sword cultivators have always been recognized as the most formidable fighters. Dad has gained a lot of attention this time at the Yunzhong Mountain Range, which has made the sword cultivators unhappy. They have long sent a challenge letter."

"Will anything go wrong?"

Lin Jiang felt worried. The entire Lin family relies on Lin Batian’s support. If anything were to happen to him, the Lin family would be in trouble.

"No, you need to believe in the strength of the Lin Family’s patriarch."

Lin Die was confident about this, as she gradually witnessed the decline of the Lin Family’s second generation, combined with her constant growth, she had already come across many of Lin Batian’s secrets.

"That’s good. Three days should be enough time for me to escape."

"Where do you want to go in the future?"

"I don’t know yet. It’s said to be a journey without a specific destination."

"I truly have nowhere else to go, or perhaps I have incurred a powerful enemy. I can come to the Lin Family."

"Alright."

Lin Jiang said, expressing his gratitude towards the Lin Family. Perhaps it was the same for most powers, being ruthless towards enemies but gentle towards their own people.

Lin Jiang asked Lin Die to wait for a moment as he entered the room to write a letter. He repeated the process over ten times, finally deciding to lie. In the letter, Lin Jiang told Cao Ying that he had heard about an opportunity somewhere and he needed to search for it. He mentioned that this journey could take anywhere from one to twenty years, but he would definitely return within thirty to fifty years.

The tone should be light and humorous, and let Cao Ying practice well. After she advances to the Nascent Soul stage, she can come back to rely on her, cling to her thigh, and buy a big house in Yunzhong City to live the life of a landlord, collecting rent and so on.

"People, never lie. If you tell one lie, you have to tell countless lies to cover it up."

Lin Jiang sighed, tired of the lies in his life. He needed to find a place to rest and heal, to treat the mental strain.

Lin Jiang kept the letter, and then looked at the cave he had lived in for decades. Finally, he made up his mind and went to the Spiritual Herb Garden behind the house. He carefully plucked the twelve fourth-level spiritual herbs and put them in a jade box.

"This is a letter, and these are immature spiritual herbs. Twelve fourth-level spiritual herbs, each with a minimum age of one hundred and fifty years. Please deliver them to Cao Ying for me."

Lin Jiang handed the items to Lin Die. These fourth-level spiritual herbs were already very valuable. He had invested over one hundred thousand in them, and Sun Man had invested even more. If they fully matured, each herb would be worth at least hundreds of thousands, making them the most precious things Lin Jiang owned.

"It seems like you’ve made up your mind for real."

"Almost, but don’t tell Cao Ying in advance, or I won’t be able to escape."

"Alright, make sure you bring the Spear Talisman with you."

"Got it, I won’t bother you anymore. I have something else to do, so I won’t entertain you."

"I’ll give you a gift too. This is the legacy of a beast tamer. I got it from somewhere else, so I don’t need you to keep it."

"Thank you."

Lin Jiang nodded. He could copy this kind of knowledge, so he accepted it.

After bidding farewell to Lin Die, Lin Jiang began dismantling the formations in the cave. There was an expensive set called the Eight Gate Golden Armor Formation, and another one called the Five Elements Shock Killing Formation. He couldn’t waste them and didn’t want to leave them for those independent cultivators.

Two days later, Lin Jiang looked at the now empty cave and flew away without looking back.