Vol 6 Chapter 40: Remnants of the Old Era
"Master said things are moving quickly here domestically too, they won't be able to keep it hidden much longer." Lin Lan looked forward to the moment when cultivation would become known to everyone.
When that time came, she could fly through the skies and move through the earth without needing to hide anything!
Why couldn't cultivators display their power in public places? These terrible rules set by the Dao Alliance made her somewhat frustrated.
"The red light incident from some time ago had too great an impact. Even if people domestically can't directly access overseas information, this kind of thing simply can't be kept hidden."
Lin Jing nodded. The so-called red light incident referred to the sacrificial array that old man in Tang clothing had set up in various countries.
When activated, blood-red light shot into the sky. Even though Lin Jing quickly extinguished it, the commotion at that time had caused tremendous shock.
The foreigners who were in the array at that time probably wet their pants in fear.
No matter how hard experts tried to explain such bizarre events with science, people from various countries wouldn't believe a word of it.
That move by the old man in Tang clothing could be said to have opened the door for ordinary people to enter the cultivation world, making more and more ordinary people firmly believe that the world had changed."There's nothing worth hiding." Lin Jing said: "Are they worried that when the time comes, there will be too many people with cultivation aptitude, making management even more difficult?"
"Tell Hu Yousong that times have changed. If they continue being this conservative, the average strength of overseas cultivators will soon crush ours."
"It's not that exaggerated though, isn't there you pulling up the average?" Lin Lan thought for a moment and analyzed quite seriously.
"So now even cultivation realms get averaged too." The corner of Lin Jing's mouth twitched for the first time in a long while... such familiar vocabulary.
"Let's not talk about these things. By the way, although mom and dad want Uncle Fang to return quickly, the actual situation might not be that simple. Since the full picture of Silver Hair Disease isn't clear yet, the domestic Dao Alliance definitely won't easily allow Silver Hair Disease patients to enter the country. They'll probably need to go through multiple layers of review, quarantine, and inspection."
Lin Jing nodded: "No problem. In that case, have mom and dad give me Uncle Fang's address. I'll go there myself to avoid missing the best treatment window."
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At the Silver Hair Disease outbreak location, all the patients here wanted to flee elsewhere. After all, no one knew whether staying here longer would cause further deterioration of their condition.
Even though local medical institutions hadn't detected any side effects from Silver Hair Disease, no one dared to gamble at such times.
Unfortunately, no place was willing to accept these people.
Currently, those daring to come to this city could be counted on one hand. Lin Jing was one of them. Knowing Lin Jing's "true capabilities," and understanding that even Dao Alliance leader Hu Yousong was like a rookie soldier before Lin Jing, Lin's father and mother were relatively at ease about Lin Jing's safety.
Since their family had the ability, there was no reason not to help someone who had once helped them.
If not for worrying about "wrong medicine for the symptoms" and not having 100% certainty, they even felt that those incredibly miraculous health pills Lin Jing had given them could cure any disease on Earth.
"Arrived."
Lin Jing hadn't come to this country or city through legal channels - there wasn't time for that.
"This should be the place."
Lin Jing scanned with his divine consciousness and arrived before a closed villa. This was where Uncle Fang's family of three lived. After arriving here, Lin Jing slightly frowned.
Through his earlier divine consciousness sweep, he had already observed quite a few Silver Hair Disease patients, which made him very puzzled...
Because even through divine consciousness, he couldn't see the origin or cause of Silver Hair Disease.
He originally thought it would be very simple to identify the root cause and resolve it easily, but he found that he had somewhat underestimated this Silver Hair Disease, or rather, underestimated the source that caused Silver Hair Disease.
This Silver Hair Disease should have been triggered by something at "Immortal level" or above!
Tracing back to the source... might require some effort.
He pressed the villa's doorbell... moments later, three people came out.
"Xiao Jing... is it really you?"
With Lin Jing's permission, Lin's Dad and Mom had informed the other party about Lin Jing's revival.
When the Fang family learned that Lin Jing hadn't truly passed away but had been taken away by cultivators for training, and that he would personally visit to treat them using cultivation methods, they couldn't believe it for a long time.
"Uncle, Auntie, it's me." Lin Jing smiled. They were elders who had held him when he was young. Although his actual age might be greater now, calling them Uncle and Auntie wasn't wrong.
The Silver Hair Disease on their bodies... was the same, he couldn't see where the problem lay.
Moreover, although they were sick, their complexion wasn't poor. Their daughter's head of silver hair actually made her look like an elf, extremely eye-catching with extraordinary temperament.
Why does this feel like a positive buff...
"Come, come, come in quickly." Uncle Fang invited Lin Jing inside. Lin Jing didn't stand on ceremony and naturally entered, getting straight to the point by asking about some details.
After a while, Lin Jing said: "Uncle, I wonder if you could give me one of your hairs."
"Of course, no problem." Uncle Fang very readily plucked a hair and gave it to Lin Jing. Then, Lin Jing activated Immortal Power to conduct further investigation.
Meanwhile, seeing Lin Jing's serious expression, Fang Shuyao beside them subtly pursed her lips, picked up her phone and typed to her father: "Dad, you really plan to believe him? Didn't the school teachers say we should wait patiently, that research results would come soon?"
"What do you know? Can our ancestors' heritage be worse than these foreign things?" After being glared at by her father and receiving this response, Fang Shuyao stopped talking, somewhat sulking.
She originally thought that after holding back for so long, Lin Jing wouldn't produce anything. But before long, Lin Jing crushed the silver hair and said:
"Your school teachers probably can't cure this silver hair."
As Lin Jing finished speaking, Fang Shuyao was shocked, not understanding how Lin Jing could know what she had just typed.
"Xiao Jing, this..." Uncle Fang was also shocked.
"Because this isn't an illness at all. My initial focus was wrong from the beginning." Lin Jing shook his head.
"Then what exactly is it?"
"If I'm not mistaken in my judgment, someone was researching ancient corpses and an accident occurred. The dispersed corpse energy... transformed the people in this city like this. But don't worry, this silver hair has no effect on you, Uncle and Auntie. However..." Lin Jing looked at Fang Shuyao and said: "For cultivators, it's different. This should be a 'mark'."
"Slowly transforming a living person's body into one's own appearance. The higher the cultivation, the more complete the transformation. When the transformation reaches a certain level, they might be subjected to soul usurpation"... The silver hair should only be the beginning. The minority of teachers at your school with stronger power should have other changes as well."
Soul usurpation again. Lin Jing felt solemn inside. Moreover, the corpse that caused all this must absolutely have been an immortal during its lifetime.
Just like that remnant soul.
Encountering such things again made Lin Jing realize that although the surface level of Earth only reached False Core cultivation at most, in the shadows, a group of monsters who had survived until now through special means were all plotting their revival.
"This won't do." This situation finally made Lin Jing determined to leave his incarnation behind. Otherwise, if any ancient powerhouse successfully revived, it would be a dimensional blow against Earth's structure.