Chapter 639

Chapter 639: Honesty

Qingyun, Tian Province

The Chen family is a very famous martial arts family in Tian Province. According to their family records, the Chen family has been around for over four thousand years. Their ancestor was once a noble in the Immortal Kingdom.

Of course, no one believes in such family records except for the Chen family. Because when it comes to family records, everyone tends to exaggerate. Many noble families in Qingyun still claim to be descendants of immortals.

The current head of the Chen family is called Chen Nan, who is almost a hundred years old but still looks quite young. People who don’t know him might think he is only around sixty years old. Chen Nan is a rare Martial Saint expert in Qingyun.

The Chen family is known for passing down martial arts skills, and many family members practice martial arts. They work as bodyguards, soldiers, and other similar professions. The family is not a wealthy business family, but they are not ordinary commoners either.

One day, Chen Nan gathered over thirty direct descendants of the Chen family and brought them to a secret chamber. He said to them, "Have you heard about the incidents of wild animals attacking people outside?"

"Uncle, listen to this: I heard that my former comrades have been ruthlessly killing animals lately. Some of these beasts are very powerful, and as rumors online say, some of them even have special abilities like breathing fire."

"Uncle, I heard that my classmate at a research institute is working overtime crazily, studying the energy appearing in animals’ bodies."

"Master, the security company I work for also has similar things happening. Some employers have already gotten rid of all animals around them, including pets…"

"Good to know, now I’ll tell you a secret, these animals are turning into monsters, they are transforming into monsters, or you can say they have already become monsters."

"Master, aren’t monsters and immortals just legends?"

Someone questioned, there are too many legends in Qingyun on this matter, can this be believed?

"Legends, huh, what if they are real?"

"Master…"

"Let me finish, in our Chen family, we have passed down many strange techniques from generation to generation after our ancestors, you know that, right?"

"We couldn’t practice those techniques at all. It wasted many talents from our Chen family. That’s why the 26th generation chief set them all on fire."

"Yes, I left a book called Sitting Zen Classic in this room. Not long ago, I successfully practiced the techniques from Sitting Zen Classic. I developed a special internal strength in my body, which is a hundred times purer and stronger than what we usually understand as internal strength."

"Ah…"

"Really?"

"Master, this…"

When Chen Nan said this, everyone was incredibly shocked, almost dumbfounded. They started thinking about many things at once.

"You are right, the legends are true, immortals are real. Our ancestors didn’t deceive us. I am not sure what changes have occurred in this world, but things are different now from before. This is our Chen family’s opportunity to rise, to become a truly top-class noble family."

"Master, what should we do?"

"First, I will teach you the contents of Sitting Zen Classic for training. Second, go gather these rumored techniques from some noble families’ collections, museums’ collections. There must be quite a few of them. Spare no effort to collect them. We need to act quickly and be ahead of others…"

Chen Nan explained that their ancestors had burned most of these techniques. After all, those techniques were not really useful back in the day. Instead, they wasted countless time for their descendants. But now is not the time to blame the ancestors. It is time to act quickly and gather these things.

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"In the dark web, in a private chat group, a person with the nickname Windless posted dozens of photos and videos. Some of these photos were of mythical creatures, while others were images of individuals. The most valuable piece was a short video taken by a drone, showing someone standing on a flying sword for a sword-flying manoeuvre."

"Windless, are these things authentic?"

"More authentic than scriptures, this world is undergoing changes unknown to us."

"Windless, I am from the Azure Cloud Region. My ancestors left behind legends. They said there were immortals in this world, just that the immortals have disappeared, but they will surely reappear at some point."

"Windless, I am in the Ying Continent. In recent decades, some religions have emerged. Their missionaries possess special abilities. They have a kind of paper charm that can summon a fire dragon, which science cannot explain······"

"Windless····"

The normally quiet chat group was now very lively. Every member of the group, as they read the chat content, fell into contemplation. They were elites in society, more adept at thinking than ordinary people, and they had already noticed the abnormalities in society.

"I have some news to share. Over in the Azure Cloud Region, there is a martial artist who, three days ago, announced that he had discovered something significant and would live-stream the revelation after three days. However, the time for his live-stream has passed, and that martial artist has not shown up, seeming to have vanished."

"In addition, the martial arts website had once cataloged tens of thousands of martial arts techniques from around the world, regardless of whether they could be practiced. However, not long ago, the martial arts website was hacked and all internal information was forcibly deleted."

"The martial arts family is very powerful, they should have been able to afford a cybersecurity team, or not…"

"Time waits for no one, I’ll leave first, everyone."

When this news came out, the avatars of the chat group members quickly dimmed, and the communication group once again fell into silence.

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"So many things have happened while we were sleeping, and now the world has become like this."

Cao Ying completed a three-day course, she regained some of her strength and, like Lin Jiang, reached the Building Foundation Period in cultivation level. Therefore, she memorized all that information with just a sweep of her divine sense. It took her three days to fully digest it.

"This is the world we have to face now, Little Ying. I’m sorry for waking you up early."

"Uncle, when you say sorry to me, are you not treating me as one of your own?"

"No, I just wanted to say that among all the sleeping cultivators, you have the longest lifespan, so that’s why I woke you up."

Lin Jiang said that using his sleeping techniques, Cao Ying and the others had slept for over forty thousand years, but actually only used up about four hundred years of their lifespan.

But four hundred years of lifespan is still a very big number for others, except for Cao Ying. Before she fell asleep, she had reached the Tao Achieving level, extending her lifespan to ten thousand years. With the help of life-extending treasures, Cao Ying still has at least a few thousand years of lifespan left, so she can afford it.

"I told you, I’m not blaming you."

"Great, now you can ask me questions and I will tell you the truth."

"How many cultivators are left in Qing State?"

"There are a hundred and sixty-seven people left, with the lowest cultivation level at Nascent Soul and the highest at Void Achieving. The rest woke up halfway and have already died…"

Lin Jiang explained slowly that he had arranged for thousands of people to sleep, but now only a hundred and sixty-seven remained. The others woke up halfway and have since died. Lin Jiang also briefly mentioned past events involving Xia Kingdom, Demon Human, and Immortal Kingdom, expressing his high trust in Cao Ying. Lin Jiang had long wanted someone to confide in, as keeping secrets was very difficult for him.

"You have a great sense of mischief, uncle."

"Living too long, just bored."

"Okay, I would have woken up earlier to accompany you too."

"You are different from me, Little Ying."

"Putting that aside, let me ask you again, how many women have you had over these years?"

"Well…"

"To be honest."

"I can’t count, maybe tens, maybe hundreds."

After thinking for a while, Lin Jiang said directly that he really couldn’t count. His team of secretaries was almost like his harem, spanning many generations. There was even an example where Lin Jiang had spent an hour dating a woman. Many.

Lin Jiang didn’t want to hide this fact because he thought it was normal. He was a normal man with his own needs, and his habits told him that he wasn’t a pure warrior of love.

"Do you have any children?"

"No."

"You are sensible."

"Having children is difficult for us, especially for mortal children."

Lin Jiang looked at his own son dying without any emotion and realized how heartless he must be, admitting he couldn’t do the same.

"You’re right. So, can you promise me not to see other women in the future?"

"Little Ying, stop messing around."

"I’ll compromise by asking you not to bring other women home or have illegitimate children."

Cao Ying once again spoke, thinking her previous words were a bit harsh. In the age of cultivating immortality, both men and women could have multiple partners if they were capable.

Men and women think that those things are not a big deal, just a normal thing they need.

"Okay, I agree with you."

"One last question, should we make our relationship official?"

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Lin Jiang couldn’t answer immediately. Oh, women, they are becoming more energetic. Could they pay attention to the world instead of these trivial matters of love?