Chapter 725: Chapter 724: The Hopes of Li Lingyin and Ye Piaoran

After Li Jing had finished processing the changes that had occurred in Chen Tang City over the past hundred years, Li Lingyin on the other side had also nearly finished digesting information on Earth’s revival of Spiritual Qi.

Out of habit, Li Lingyin twisted open her gourd of wine, tilted her head back to take a swig, then suddenly paused in her tracks.

?

Li Jing.

Sitting opposite of Li Lingyin who had resealed her wine gourd and put it down, her gaze fell on him as she pursed her lips and spoke.

"Um, Earth... do I also have an opportunity to go back and take a look?"

Caught off guard by her words, Li Jing responded.

"If you want to see it, I can send you there at any time. But before that, you need to tell me how long you are going to be there. After all, you are our important Vice Chief of Chen Tang City, and there’s a huge time difference between both sides. If you are away for too long, it would be a headache."

In response to his comment, Li Lingyin pouted.

"All that talk, you just can’t bear to part with this handy ’tool person’ of yours, right?"

Li Jing spread his hands, neither admitting nor denying.

Seeing this, Li Lingyin rolled her eyes and replied.

"Rest assured, I only have a bit of attachment to Earth. I will return within a month."

Speaking of this, she laughed and added.

"Speaking of which, you sent a ghost child here a few years ago, he has proven to be very useful. Nowadays, most of the vice-chief’s duties are managed by him, with a few others assisting. Piaoran and I have nearly become decorations. It will be several years here for one month on Earth, if not for the ghost child, I couldn’t leave for so long."

As Li Lingyin mentioned the ghost child, Li Jing raised an eyebrow.

Unlike the visitors he brought back with him, who were still being entertained by Nangong Qingshan, the ghost child had come over a long time ago.

It seems that he has adapted well.

The ghost child certainly deserved his "workaholic" tag.

In just a dozen or so years, he was able to grasp the essentials and development needs of Chen Tang City. The fact that he could make Li Lingyin, the Vice Chief, a figurehead shows his extraordinary management skills.

But bearing all the burden is ultimately inappropriate.

Since Li Lingyin was already "liberated", there’s no need to task her with so much work anymore.

After all, she had managed Chen Tang City for over 200 years.

Although her cultivation level had not been greatly affected due to her unique cultivation path and she had already reached the Fourteenth Realm, it’s not quite right to always let her work for Chen Tang City and lose her own life.

In more than 200 years, she had paid enough for Chen Tang City.

It’s time to let her do what she likes, or retreat to the back stage, like Yulian and Ji Qing.

The ghost child can replace Li Lingyin.

But it’s inappropriate to let him follow the old path of Lingyin.

Although the workaholic may not care too much, after all, bearing the whole burden means losing the life they should have.

Stepping back, it doesn’t seem like a "healthy" management method to carry the entire burden by oneself.

What if something happens to them?

Now, Chen Tang City is a large entity and it’s not easy to just hand over to anyone. There’s so much disorderly business inside and even if they are very capable, they will inevitably need time to adapt.

After some thought, Li Jing looked up.

"In addition to the ghost child, I have also brought back three early sixteenth realm, seven late fifteenth realm individuals and a sixteenth realm apex dog from the Earth. For now, they are still familiarizing themselves with the Little Universe and Chen Tang City under the guidance of Nangong Qingshan. Go and say hi to them later, and when you come back from Earth, start training them. Let them have their own responsibilities with the ghost child and don’t concentrate all responsibilities on one person. After this batch of people are ready in the future, you can step down from the Vice Chief position and do what you like."

Upon hearing this, Li Lingyin’s mouth fell open in surprise.

She had already understood how terrifying the ghost child was.

As soon as they arrived, both the Chen Tang City’s original Corpse Immortal Ye Qingyu, and Nangong Qingshan have become the strongest in Chen Tang City, apart from the ghost child.

With years of growth, Chen Tang City has welcomed many fourteenth realm Return to Origin practitioners who are qualified to ascend to the Upper Three Realms.

But the sixteenth realm peak... was a bit too much.

You don’t have to worry about the Immortal Realm.

Even in the Upper Three Realms, the dog could probably stroll around unhindered.

Initially, she thought that the ghost child was a "treasure" that Li Jing had hardly found back on Earth. But it turns out, in addition to him, there were three sixteenth realm individuals, seven fifteenth realm individuals, and a sixteenth realm peak dog...

Is Li Jing trying to go against the heavens?

With this lineup, he could probably handle a joint-attack from several superpowers in the Upper Three Realms...

However, upon reconsidering, Li Lingyin felt that it wasn’t a big deal.

For Chen Tang City...

The Upper Three Realms has never been a problem.

It’s not just because there is such a monster as Li Jing here.

Over a hundred years ago, the cutting-edge forces of the gate were unmatched by any power in the Upper Three Realms.

Just one original Corpse Immortal, Ye Qingyu, alone was enough to deter the Upper Three Realms from offending Chen Tang City.

Not to mention the unfathomable Nangong Qingshan and the former ultimate space ruler, Wina...

Nowadays, they have just added a few top forces.

After a brief silence, Li Lingyin nods.

"I understand."

Somebody obviously wants to free her from the burden of being the deputy head. Naturally, she won’t have any objections.

Being a deputy head is indeed tough.

Especially since Li Jing, the head of the gate, is the typical shirking type, and the original managers like Yulian have been letting go and drifting. Every day is truly miserable.

With the help of Guiya over the years, Li Lingyin, though a bit redundant, has been constantly planning the future development path of Chen Tang City during her spare time.

Looking at the thoughtful Li Jing, Li Lingyin spoke.

"By the way, aren’t you going to ask why I want to go back to Earth?"

"Isn’t that your personal privacy?"

Li Jing tilted his head.

Li Lingyin blinked at her words, speaking a bit awkwardly.

"Nice way to put it, but I should at least report to you as the head."

Then, she whispered.

"I think you should have noticed long ago. I had been cultivating for thousands of years in the Qi-depleted environment of Earth to reach the point of ascension. As a person from God’s State, I almost witnessed the entire history of Hua Xia’s development. I don’t have much to miss about modern Earth, but as the inheritor of the Path of the Wine God, I want to find a few successors for our lineage under the premise of Earth’s resurgence of spiritual Qi, and maintain the incense for the Taoist gate that has already been annihilated in history."

Listening to Li Lingyin’s words, Li Jing nodded in approval.

Li Lingyin was a member of the ancient Taoist gates on Earth.

It didn’t matter that there was no Qi resurgence on Earth.

The threshold for entry into Taoist cultivation was much higher than conventional methods, and it was very difficult to find successors in Qi-depleted environments.

Now that the spiritual Qi of the Earth had recovered, Li Lingyin’s desire to continue her family’s lineage and incense on Earth could be understood.

Without much thought, Li Jing casually took out Linglong.

???

Linglong.

"I have some things to take care of soon. Let Linglong accompany you to Earth. Now not only do we have easy communication, but you don’t need me to go pick you up when you come back, which is a hassle."

With that, Li Jing threw Linglong over without another word.

Seeing the porcelain doll-like Linglong thrown over, Li Lingyin’s eyes lit up, and she reached out to catch her.

She had been acquainted with several of Li Jing’s Spirit Weapons for some time.

Among them, she liked Linglong the most.

It couldn’t be helped.

This chubby little Spirit Weapon was so cute, no one would dislike it upon seeing it.

Being held by Li Lingyin and placed on her lap, Linglong didn’t struggle, just looked at Li Jing with slightly sorrowful eyes.

Li Jing, who was sitting opposite, pretended not to see Linglong’s melancholy eyes and looked up to ask.

"Lingyin, you should have heard of the Hua Xia Zero Mechanism?"

"Of course."

Li Lingyin responded, rubbing Linglong’s tender cheek in her arms, and said.

"It has been around for a long time and mainly manages crimes committed by cultivators. But for some high-grade cultivators, the Zero Mechanism is just a joke, with its power being far from proportional. It’s only because of the tacit agreement among the old cultivators not to interfere in the world unless necessary that Hua Xia could maintain peace for so many years."

Hearing Li Lingyin’s evaluation of the Zero Mechanism, Li Jing silently smirked.

For high-grade cultivators.

The Zero Mechanism is indeed a joke.

After all, the strongest the Zero Mechanism has is a Sixth Realm practitioner.

When conflict arises with cultivators like Li Lingyin, who existed since ancient times and have not ascended, they can probably be wiped out with one slap.

This also reminded Li Jing.

The Earth’s spiritual Qi has recovered, and the cultivators on Earth should also be active.

It’s good that they have a tacit understanding not to interfere with the worldly aspects.

But with more and more cultivators on Earth, the boundaries of the secular world will become increasingly blurred.

Li Jing didn’t care about other matters.

The main thing was that his sister, Xiaoli, was now a member of the Zero Mechanism.

If one day they conflicts with high-grade cultivators, The Zero Mechanism would definitely suffer given its current structure.

After pondering for a bit, Li Jing took out a piece of paper, wrote down Li Xi’s phone number, and handed it over.

"This is my sister’s number. She is currently a member of the Zero Mechanism. After you go to Earth, you can contact her. having support from the Hua Xia side while looking for successors for your lineage will definitely be more convenient. They would certainly also be happy to find highly talented young people to enter your discipline,"

With that, Li Jing said.

"Before you go to Earth, find Sikong Lu and Longxu. Have them pick a few capable Ninth-Realm cultivators from the portal to accompany my sister. They would assist in stabilizing the situation in Hua Xia after the revival of spiritual qi, where high-rank cultivators might get restless. Considering the difference in the speed of time on both sides, we will send a new group of people every ten years on our side."

Upon hearing these words, Li Lingyin furrowed her brows slightly.

Li Jing was clearly deeply concerned about Hua Xia’s current state.

That wasn’t a problem at all.

After all, he was a modern man.

The issue was that it was truly a bit hard to find a few Ninth-Realm cultivators in the Star God Temple and the Qingyuan Fairy Palace at present.

The man even wanted them to be able to fight well...

After some contemplation, Li Lingyin spoke.

"I need to check with Sikong Lu and Longxu about this. They haven’t taken many disciples over the past century. The disciples they took in earlier are now all aiming for the Tenth Realm, it may not be easy to find suitable candidates."

"Alright, if there really is no way, you can look for suitable lower-generation disciples in the Immortal Music Palace."

Li Jing responded to her statement.

Just as he was about to speak more, Ye Piaoran entered from the outside.

Upon entering and seeing the lovely Linglong in Li Lingyin’s arms, Ye Piaoran hesitated for a while, showing a puzzled look.

When Li Lingyin saw her, she spoke.

"Piaoran, I plan to go back to Earth, would you like to join us?"

"Going back to Earth!?"

Ye Piaoran hesitated and looked at Li Jing in astonishment.

"Brother Li, can you send people back to Earth?"

"Yeah."

Li Jing nodded and said.

"You should still have family on Earth. If you want to go back, just go with Lingyin."

"This..."

Ye Piaoran hesitated and said.

"Forget about it, I really don’t know how to face them."

As she spoke, she brought freshly picked tea leaves and started brewing tea with the Spirit Spring water, she sighed slightly and said.

"Brother Li, as you know, I have been reincarnated on Earth. Technically speaking, I am indeed from the Ye family, but..."

Halfway through her speech, she looked gloomy and changed her words.

"Honestly, even I’m confused whether I am the ’original’ Ye Piaoran or a personality split from the Saintess of the Yaochi after her reincarnation. The fact that I was able to be named Ye Piaoran after my birth shows that Yaochi’s interference measures are very sophisticated. I don’t know how they did it, but it’s very likely that I was born to replace the ’original’ Ye Piaoran."

After hearing Ye Piaoran’s words, Li Jing and Li Lingyin both fell silent.

This kind of thing...

Truth be told, no one could tell.

After all, the two of them didn’t know what kind of methods Yaochi used to send her soul to Star Nebula Great World for reincarnation.

Ye Piaoran’s sensitivity to these issues showed that she was extremely emotional in this regard.

If you asked Li Jing...

No matter if she was or wasn’t the ’original’ Ye Piaoran, the fact that she is a daughter of the Ye family was enough. What would going back to see them do?

However, since she cares about it...

Li Jing felt it would be best not to force her for now.

After a moment of thought, Li Jing said.

"If you care about these things, you can accompany me to the Upper Three Realms later. We would go on a trip to Yaochi and find out who you really are."

?

Ye Piaoran asked, puzzled.

Li Lingyin was also surprised.

"You’re going to the Upper Three Realms? Why?"

Facing their questions, Li Jing showed a helpless smile.

"You know the Candle Dragon I took to Earth last time? Something unexpected happened, and he was sent to the Upper Three Realms by the Ancestral Dragon. More than a hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye, I need to go find him."

"..."

Li Lingyin.

"..."

Ye Piaoran.

Nice one.

The Candle Dragon was sent to the Upper Three Realms more than a hundred years ago?

Is that guy doing okay?

Li Jing also found this matter a bit troublesome but figured overthinking wouldn’t help.

Focusing his gaze on Ye Piaoran, he asked.

"What did you say?"

Ye Piaoran hesitated, but finally bit her red lips and nodded.

She did not want to return to Yaochi.

She messed up the once great plan of the Immortal Realm, did not let the Saintess of Yaochi, Ye Piaoran, awaken, and Yaochi could not possibly welcome her back.

But if she could figure out who she really was, she didn’t mind going there once again.

With Li Jing backing her, she had nothing to fear.

The master of her family.

Was very protective...

...

Li Lingyin could not wait to return to Earth. After having a few sips of tea and chatting with Li Jing, she left with Linglong in her embrace.

Li Jing then simply briefed Ye Piaoran on the situation of Earth’s Spiritual Qi’s resurrection, and advised her if she wanted to return to Earth, to make her decision swiftly. Perhaps she could influence her parents to walk the path of cultivation.

Ye Piaoran understood.

In comparison to cultivators, the lifespan of ordinary people is very short.

Stepping onto the Dao of Immortality is not necessarily a good thing.

Especially as Earth’s Spiritual Qi has only just resurrected, chaos is inevitable, and becoming a cultivator will inevitably involve her in some conflicts.

However, if they embark on the road to immortality, her parents’ lifespan can at least be elongated.

But she also had her own resolve.

She wanted to figure out who she really was before returning...

She took a sip of her tea, and then lifted her gaze.

"Brother Li, when are we leaving?"

"We can leave right now."

Li Jing responded.

Upon hearing this, Ye Piaoran was taken aback, and asked in surprise,

"Aren’t you going to see Sisi and the others?"

"They’re filming a movie in the Beiming Immortal Domain, I’m afraid I would disrupt their schedule."

Li Jing said, then laughed bitterly.

"Going to the Upper Three Realms won’t take too much time, just that finding that miserable Candle Dragon may not be certain. I hope things go smoothly."

While speaking, he stood up and tore open space.

Seeing this, Ye Piaoran also stood up, and one after the other, they stepped within.

...

The situation was different from when they were on Earth.

Li Jing was not given the spatial coordinates of the Upper Three Realms or any Divine Domain by the Heavenly Path.

Fortunately, he had been to the Upper Three Realms before.

With the strength of the Eighteenth Realm, within the same plane space, he wouldn’t need to rely on the power of the Watcher, with his own understanding of spatial rules, he could easily reach places he had visited before.

The spatial displacement was completed quickly.

Li Jing and Ye Piaoran arrived at the Heaven Dragon Temple, a stronghold of Buddhism on the Five Heavy Sky in the Human Realm.

Visiting an old place.

Li Jing gave a faint glance at the Heaven Dragon Temple which had almost been destroyed by him, and without a second thought, slapped out a hand.

The defensive array of the Heaven Dragon Temple reacted to the threat immediately.

But it was useless...

"Boom!"

With a loud bang.

The Heaven Dragon Temple was reduced to ruins...

"..."

Ye Piaoran.

She had fully awakened when she ascended to the Immortal Realm, possessing all the memories of the Saintess of Yaochi, Ye Piaoran.

The Heaven Dragon Temple, one of the eight leading forces in the Upper Three Realms, possessing a Karma Secret Method controlled by a saint, had its reputation well-known.

She didn’t just know it, she knew it quite well.

Because during the incident in the Immortal Realm, the Heaven Dragon Temple and Yaochi were in cahoots.

Back then, her role could shake the entire Upper Three Realms at a moment’s notice, and even the Three God Emperors were slightly fearful of the Heaven Dragon Temple’s Karma Secret Method. And yet, the Heaven Dragon Temple was destroyed with just a casual slap from Li Jing...

What could she say about that?

What transpired when Li Jing attacked the Upper Three Realms back then, Ye Piaoran didn’t know.

But he truly doesn’t fear trouble, and he truly holds grudges...