Vol 6 Chapter 39: Blind Date
Lin Jing had indeed considered the idea of leaving descendants on Earth.
However, it wasn't through traditional means of producing offspring, but through other methods.
For example, the mutated spiritual spring water after secondary synthesis and effect enhancement could directly enable someone to bear children.
Or, by simulating demonic beasts with bloodlines above the ancestral level, he could reproduce part of his own bloodline essence into bloodline inheritance descendants.
In short, there were many methods if he wanted to, and these would involve smaller karmic consequences.
But these thoughts only arose because he was moved by the scene and worried that after he left again, his parents would miss him, and he wanted to leave them something to remember him by.
After careful consideration, however, Lin Jing felt this approach would be somewhat irresponsible toward the offspring—born without both a mother and a father—and wasn't the best choice.
But if his parents insisted on wanting grandchildren, then Lin Jing could only choose to let the child suffer a bit... so be it if they become an orphan... Of course, Lin Jing didn't really think anyone would actually suffer.
The combination of being an orphan and poor is indeed difficult, but for a human child born already standing at the pinnacle of the world to feel suffering just from lacking some familial affection would be too melodramatic.Actually, Lin Jing had another idea that he wasn't sure would work—leaving his Heavenly Demon Avatar on Earth.
This approach had both advantages and disadvantages.
The disadvantage was that without the Heavenly Demon Avatar, Lin Jing's overall combat power would drop significantly. Without the Heavenly Demon bloodline bonus, his Heavenly Demon-related spells would be much less effective.
But the impact wasn't particularly severe either, since among the Heavenly Demon spells, the most useful was the Heavenly Demon Physique, which actually provided the greatest boost to cultivators below the Seeking the Dao realm.
Now that he had obtained Heaven's Mandate and was free from the negative effects of the Longevity Body, he wouldn't need much time to cultivate to the Seeking the Dao realm himself. By then, the Heavenly Demon Physique would truly become dispensable, as it couldn't help him reach the Immortal Realm anyway.
Moreover, the avatar's combat power bonus currently didn't play a decisive role for Lin Jing. Against enemies he could defeat, having an extra avatar wouldn't change how he fought; against enemies he couldn't defeat, having an extra avatar wouldn't affect the overall situation much either.
The advantage was that the avatar's power, in the current state of this Ancient Immortal Realm Earth, could be said to stand at the peak. Leaving the avatar behind would not only allow it to accompany his family in his place but also enable deeper exploration of the Ancient Immortal Realm.
Lin Jing had too little time to stay on Earth and couldn't possibly explore all the secrets of the Ancient Immortal Realm in such a short period. Leaving the avatar behind would allow it to complete this task for him.
Additionally, Lin Jing shared the same concern as the consciousness in the Emperor's Tomb.
With Earth's current spiritual energy recovery, if Eastern Glorious Immortal Emperor had the ability to send them back to Earth, what about other Immortal Emperors? Could the Demon Lord, for example, find a way to send cultivators from the Heavenly Demon Realm... to Earth to explore the Ancient Immortal Realm?
It must be remembered that the Demon Lord controlled the Heavenly Dao's Supreme Treasure, making it entirely possible. Leaving the avatar on Earth would mean that if Earth were invaded someday in the future, even if the avatar couldn't defeat the enemy, it could at least protect a small number of relatives and friends and bring them to safety.
Furthermore, leaving the avatar on Earth would be equivalent to leaving a coordinate.
The avatar was not only part of Lin Jing himself but also bound by a contract with him. Eventually, even if the Emperor's Servant could no longer send him back to Earth, Lin Jing could use this connection to find his own way back to Earth.
At that time, he would develop himself in the Cultivation World.
The avatar would explore various secrets in the Ancient Immortal Realm Earth while weakening itself.
Although the two definitely couldn't meet again soon to merge into one, this approach might potentially yield greater strength than both cultivating in the same place.
Of course, now that the avatar had also broken through to the Void Mystical Stage and could undergo another soul usurpation, if this soul usurpation could find some powerful physiques, the avatar wouldn't be so dispensable anymore. Additionally, during the process of battling the Heavenly Demon, the Heavenly Demon Avatar might gain tremendous benefits. Therefore... Lin Jing felt somewhat conflicted about whether to keep the avatar or not.
"I don't know what method you plan to use... but if you're refusing the blind date, you might have to tell Mom and Dad yourself."
Lin Lan shrugged, interrupting Lin Jing's thoughts.
"Because it's the child of an old friend? Do I know them?" Lin Jing asked.
"Of course, Uncle Fang," Lin Lan said. "When I was sick, he used his connections to help find many famous doctors from abroad for me."
"I remember now." Lin Jing scratched his head. The Uncle Fang she mentioned was Lin Dad's childhood friend. While Lin Dad had always been in the domestic jade business, the other had settled abroad early to do business and had developed more successfully.
Before he transmigrated, when he was bedridden with an illness diagnosed as incurable—basically untreatable domestically and could only wait for death—
But how could they just give up on treatment? Lin Dad tried every method possible, including bringing in foreign medical technology...
The result? Lin Jing actually did experience some improvement in certain physical indicators because of it, though it still didn't help much.
"That really would be hard to refuse... Wait, don't they know I already died?"
"A ghost marriage? You're kidding me, right?"
Lin Lan said: "Hehe, don't be nervous. Actually, they just have this intention; they haven't really taken it upon themselves to arrange a blind date for you."
"I figured as much," Lin Jing said.
"So what's the actual situation?" Lin Jing didn't have the habit of using his Heavenly Demon divine consciousness to peek into the thoughts of relatives, friends, or pet beasts, so he waited for Lin Lan to explain.
"With the spiritual energy recovery, cultivators have appeared all over the world, and abroad is no exception... Where Uncle Fang is, a cultivator organization was secretly researching supernatural power and caused contamination. The entire city's people have contracted 'Silver Hair Disease'."
"Although they haven't yet determined what effects this 'Silver Hair Disease' has on the body, Uncle Fang and Aunt Fang have already decided to leave that place."
"After Mom and Dad heard, they were very worried about their health situation and told them to return to China quickly so you and I could examine their symptoms."
"Additionally, Uncle Fang and Aunt Fang's daughter is around your age, plus with you... so if possible... well."
"As for you coming back from the dead... that's easy to explain too. Just say you didn't really die, but were taken by cultivators for treatment and training."
"I see," Lin Jing said. "Since nothing has been officially arranged, forget it. Let them come. Whatever physical problems they have, I can cure them. Consider it repaying a favor."
"But you mentioned earlier it's the child of an old friend... also a cultivator. What's the story with Uncle Fang and Aunt Fang's daughter?"
"She was studying abroad. Some time ago, her entire school had blood draw physical examinations, and then those with cultivation aptitude were all sent to supernatural schools for training. That's how she started cultivating. But now, because of the 'Silver Hair Disease,' the place is in complete chaos, and the schools have suspended classes."
"They're quite quick to act in such matters," Lin Jing said calmly. Domestically, cultivation was still only passed down within families and master-disciple relationships. Regarding ordinary citizens, experts were still debunking rumors about gods, immortals, and supernatural beings, significantly slowing the pace of discovering cultivation talents.
If he were Hu Yousong, he would have long ago conducted large-scale selection of geniuses from the student population at the golden age for cultivation and publicly taught basic spiritual energy breathing techniques.
Earth wasn't like the class-solidified Cultivation World. The spiritual energy recovery brought new structural changes. Being one step behind made it difficult to catch up.