He returned to the Lin Family.
"It's the heir! The heir is back!"
"Madam, Miss, the heir is back!" a servant announced.
"What is it? Why are you always so rash?"
"Madam, Miss, the heir is back." Lin Yunmeng was in Fang Yurou's room, and the mother and daughter were talking privately.
"What did you say?" Fang Yurou was somewhat agitated.
"Madam, the heir has returned."
At that moment, Jiang Tianlin had already reached Fang Yurou's doorway, but lacked the courage to knock.
*Sigh, I'm still not quite used to this!*
Just then, the door opened.
A beautiful woman under forty emerged, though she looked to be only around thirty and very youthful. Judging by her appearance, this must be his foster mother, Fang Yurou.
Following closely beside her was a young woman in her early twenties, who should be his foster sister, Lin Yunmeng.
"Lin'er, why are you here?" Fang Yurou asked.
"Mother, I'm fine. My dantian has been repaired, and my cultivation has recovered."
"What did you just call me?" Fang Yurou's focus was unexpectedly on that.
"Mother! Dear mother!" Jiang Tianlin said crisply.
Hearing these words, tears instantly streamed down Fang Yurou's face.
She had waited many, many years to hear this!
"Sister, what's wrong with Mother?" He originally wanted to call her Elder Sister Yunmeng, but felt that such an address might make them seem distant instead.
"What did you call me?" Lin Yunmeng was crying as well.
"Sis... Sister..." He stammered, no longer certain of himself.
He immediately looked at the maid standing nearby and asked, "Apricot Blossom, what is wrong with them?"
"Y-Young Master..." The maid's eyes were also wet with tears.
"..."
After a long while, Fang Yurou finally spoke, "It's nothing, Lin'er. Mother is just happy, Mother is simply too happy!"
"Xiao Lin, did you say your cultivation has recovered?" Lin Yunmeng collected herself and asked.
"Yes, Sister, my dantian has been repaired, and my current cultivation is at the Second Layer of Awakening Realm."
"Well, that is wonderful news!" Fang Yurou said happily.
"Why aren't you at the Xuantian Sect?" Lin Yunmeng asked.
"Sister, I missed you all, so I came to visit."
"Is it that your spirit stones or spirit rice are running low?"
He didn't know whether to laugh or cry; it seemed the original owner must have frequently pulled this stunt.
"No, I still have plenty. I just bought some spirit rice and collected my spirit stones a few days ago. But Sister, you really spared no expense—three top-grade spirit stones!"
"Well, who else is your sister if not me? Of course I have to look after you more!" Hearing this, he felt a warm glow in his heart. In his past life, he was an orphan and had never experienced such care.
"Mother, Sister, I want to eat fish!"
"Alright, Mother will cook personally tonight."
Night fell.
"In the world of immortality, you are truly fortunate to have such a family," Xiao Xinxue remarked. To be honest, she was envious.
"Indeed, I also feel quite fortunate.
Let's put that aside and talk about business. You said you are the Medical Emperor Lingyun?"
"Yes!"
"Then do you have any cultivation techniques for entering the Dao through medicine?"
"I do!"
"Can you give me a copy? It's for my junior sister. Of course, you can tell me your conditions."
"..." She hadn't expected him to be so direct.
After a moment of silence, she asked, "Any condition at all?"
"Tell me your terms first, just in case it's something I can't manage." He didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"No, you will definitely be able to do it."
"Go ahead and tell me, then."
"Your destiny is special; it should be the legendary Forbidden Imperial Star destiny, and it hasn't even fully awakened yet. My conditions are twofold: first, if you attain sufficient power in the future, take me to the Firmament Realm to help me exact revenge; second, I want to become family with you. I envy you and your family so much. The family I had in the immortal world had no warmth—they schemed against each other and vied for power."
"..."
"What's wrong?" she asked curiously.
"How did you know about my destiny?"
"There is a faint red aura emerging from your body. That is the characteristic of a forbidden destiny."
"Fine, keep it a secret for me!"
"Alright!"
"Then let's go find my mother and sister.
How old are you—oh, I mean, how old were you when you died?"
"Twelve years old!"
"Ah, I understand!"
"Mother, Sister, there's something I'd like to discuss with you."
"Lin'er, what is it?" Fang Yurou asked with a smile, her gaze gentle.
"Well, it's like this..." He explained the situation regarding Xiao Xinxue.
"So that's how it is! Very well, I agree. From now on, she is your younger sister. When your father and your older brother return, I will speak to them personally."
"Great, thank you, Mother!"
"We are a family, what are you thanking us for?"
"Right. Mother, how are Father and older brother doing right now?"
"Sigh!" Mentioning this, she let out a heavy sigh before continuing, "Not looking good! The Yan Family seems determined to crush our family completely."
"What about the Patriarch? How is his condition?"
"Also not very good! His injuries have stabilized, but I'm afraid his cultivation will find it difficult to make any further progress from now on. Furthermore, he was taken away by the emperor. Yan Beihang hasn't made a move against our Lin Family simply out of concern for his own reputation, seeing as our Lin Family has served across three dynasties. However, I estimate we don't have much time left."
"And my younger brother?"
"Your younger brother was favored by Tianxin Valley and went over there."
"Mm," he nodded, then continued, "Has the family traitor been caught?"
"Caught. It was Ye Yang. Since he is a man of the Yan Family, we had no choice but to let him go."
"..."
"It seems I will have to make a trip to the imperial palace tomorrow."
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Afterward, he went to rest.
Xiao Xinxue returned as well.
"I am actually curious—why do you have no desire to recover your physical body?"
"Recovering a physical body is notoriously difficult, I know, but I will find a way myself."
"Since we are family, perhaps I can help you. What is required to restore a physical body?"
"Is it Xuanhuang Qi? Is it this thing?" he asked, holding something up.
"This..." She was dumbfounded.
"Brother, that's it."
"So this is Xuanhuang Qi!"
"I have another question. We've only just met for the first time, why do you trust me so much?"
"Perhaps... I also need you to protect Mother and the others."
"I understand."
The next day, he went to look for Princess Luoxue.
Finding Princess Luoxue was quite easy; disguising himself as the appearance of Steward Yang, he swaggered right up to the entrance of Princess Luoxue's palace.
"This old servant Yang Shan requests an audience with Her Highness the Princess!"
"Granted!"
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
He entered the princess's grand hall.
"Princess, how have you been lately? I notice your complexion does not look well."
"Sigh, what else could it be but that ancestral cultivation technique acting up again? If only Royal Father could get his hands on the Lin Family's Zhuque Sacred Scripture, there would still be hope."
"The princess's bloodline..." he probed tentatively.
"That's right. My family's Phoenix bloodline does not match very well with our ancestral cultivation technique, the Phoenix Secret Classic. It's also possible that our family's technique is an incomplete scroll, or that the purity of our Phoenix bloodline is simply insufficient.
Head Steward Yang, you are an expert at the Dao-Entering Realm. Could you share your thoughts on this?"
"..."
"Your Highness, this old servant is terrified."
"What's there to be afraid of? This princess absolves you of any guilt!"
"Thank Your Highness. In this subject's humble opinion..."
Finally emerging from Princess Luoxue's quarters, he also finally understood one of the reasons why that scoundrel of an emperor was targeting the Lin Family.
"Want the Zhuque Sacred Scripture? Hehehe!"