Ascending Tianyi Sect

The book stated that Lin Jue and Gong Shaojun were married as Dao Companions through a political alliance between their families.

At that time, both were Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Gong Shaojun focused solely on cultivation, ignoring worldly matters, and her progress was astonishing.

Lin Jue, with his weak personality, disliked cultivation and instead preferred mortal secret techniques.

More than twenty years after their marriage, Gong Shaojun had become the youngest Nascent Soul cultivator in Desolate City, while Lin Jue remained stuck in the Foundation Establishment stage.

The vast difference in their cultivation and personalities made the couple strangers to each other.

This was why he had brought the mother and daughter, Lin Yun, to their home three days prior.

Just as Lin Jue was raving in a frenzy, an old woman appeared, knocked him unconscious, and flashed before Lin Qi.

Tian Qi immediately bowed respectfully, "Great Aunt!"

Great Aunt Lin took Lin Qi from Tian Qi's hands and spoke with a blank expression.

"Your master has made a grave mistake and shows no remorse, daring to storm into Young Master's room and yell. I command that he be sent to Guilt Island for three months of reflection!" Tian Qi's forehead beaded with sweat. "Yes!"

Great Aunt Lin carried Lin Qi to her own room.

Lin Qi remembered that the book mentioned this Great Aunt Lin was the most senior ancestor in the Lin Family, and she had always wanted to win over Gong Shaojun, a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Unfortunately, Lin Jue was incompetent. Not only were the couple incompatible, but he had also brought back an outside mistress, which hurt Gong Shaojun's feelings, leading her to decide to enter secluded cultivation out of despair.

The Lin Family's only Nascent Soul cultivator was forced into secluded cultivation. The news spread throughout Desolate City overnight, and countless people secretly mocked the Lin Family.

Great Aunt Lin wished she could have twisted Lin Jue's head off at that moment.

Lin Qi felt that this Great Aunt Lin was currently a trustworthy person.

She followed her great aunt to the room, and as Great Aunt Lin was about to call for maids to take care of her, she suddenly said, "Great Aunt, I want to go to Tianyi Sect to cultivate."

Great Aunt Lin looked at Lin Qi, startled, "Little Qi... you, you're not foolish anymore?"

Lin Qi was silent for a moment before lowering her gaze sadly, as if pretending. "Yes. I've been muddle-headed these past few days, and my mind has suddenly cleared up. However, it seems I haven't fully recovered; Little Qi's reactions are always a bit slower than others."

"It's alright, this is likely a lingering effect of your spirit returning. You won't be slow once you adapt."

Lin Qi didn't believe she was merely "One Soul," but she didn't argue either. "I hope so."

She also handed the Phoenix Feather left by Gong Shaojun to Great Aunt Lin for her to see.

Given Lin Qi's status, if she could cultivate and had the support of a Nascent Soul cultivator in the sect, Great Aunt Lin would undoubtedly send her to Tianyi Sect.

It was precisely because she had calculated this that Lin Qi had appropriately revealed some of her situation to Great Aunt Lin.

No, to be precise, it was Gong Shaojun who had calculated everything.

Lin Qi suddenly felt fortunate.

Fortunately, she woke up after Gong Shaojun entered seclusion. Otherwise, facing someone as shrewd as Gong Shaojun, she would have definitely been exposed!

Great Aunt Lin didn't even need Lin Qi to explain the benefits; she became so emotional that tears welled up in her eyes, and after a long while, she managed to say, "Good."

After her excitement subsided, Great Aunt Lin remembered something. "Little Qi, you are only four years old this year. You can only test your Spiritual Root and participate in the sect assessment next year..."

Lin Qi also froze.

Before she could reply, Great Aunt Lin had already thought of an explanation for her. "No! Since your mother left such a letter, she must have been certain you could cultivate at Tianyi Sect!"

"Even if she can't cultivate, it's good to go and learn things in advance."

She slapped her thigh and made a decision without further ado!

"Little Qi, pack your things. Great Aunt will send you to Tianyi Sect tomorrow!"

Lin Qi, whose reactions were always a step behind, stared blankly at the sky.

The speed at which cultivators acted was truly beyond ordinary people's imagination.

The day Lin Qi left the Lin Family, she encountered Lin Yun at the entrance, crying and begging for help.

She sat in the carriage, quietly lifting the curtain to look at Lin Yun kneeling on the ground.

Lin Yun was only three years old, a small figure curled up on the ground, crying.

"Please, Great Aunt, have mercy and save my mother's life! My mother has had a fever for a day and a night; if this continues, she will die!"

"Please, Great Aunt, save her!"

Lin Yun kowtowed frantically on the ground, her voice hoarse.

Upon closer inspection, Lin Qi could still see the scars she had left on Lin Yun's face a while ago.

Great Aunt Lin lowered her gaze, swept a cold glance over Lin Yun, and indifferently ordered a servant, "Take the Second Miss away!"

With that, she flicked her sleeve and got into the carriage.

Lin Yun was forcibly dragged away by the servants.

Unable to struggle, she cried out, "Great Aunt, please save my mother!"

Great Aunt Lin ignored her and said to the attendant driving the Fourth-tier Winged Horse, "Depart!"

Lin Qi could see Lin Yun's desperate and resentful gaze through the car window.

She couldn't help but think of the plot in the book.

Lin Yun's biological mother had died during this illness.

Lin Jue had been confined for three months, missing this crucial period. By the time he returned, he had faced a series of subsequent punishments from Great Aunt Lin and couldn't spare any attention for Lin Yun.

After only a short time in the Lin Family, Lin Yun had become a true orphan.

Her mother's death, the humiliation of being bullied by everyone in the Lin Family... her hatred for the Lin Family had accumulated bit by bit because of these events.

So much so that later, even though she knew her enemy was planning to slaughter the entire Lin Family for revenge, she calmly pretended nothing was happening and never revealed any information.

Considering the Lin Family, Lin Qi tilted her head and said to Great Aunt Lin, "Great Aunt, Lin Yun is a member of the Lin Family now. If the resentment runs too deep, it will eventually backfire on the Lin Family."

It wasn't that Lin Qi was being overly sentimental; Lin Yun possessed the protagonist's halo, and those who opposed her or treated her poorly ultimately met tragic ends.

Lin Qi wasn't sure if her future cultivation would surpass Lin Yun's, this Child of Destiny. The only thing she could do now was to ensure the Lin Family made fewer enemies with her.

Great Aunt Lin listened to Lin Qi's words and lowered her eyes, pondering for a few seconds.

She reached out and patted Lin Qi's head, "Good child, Great Aunt understands."

In the blink of an eye, the Fourth-tier Winged Horse landed on the plaza at the foot of Tianyi Sect.

As she got out of the carriage, Lin Qi scanned the surroundings and noticed that many sects were testing spiritual roots and recruiting disciples in the plaza. Dozens of banners fluttered in the wind.

People came and went, creating a magnificent spectacle.

Great Aunt Lin sighed with complex emotions, "Today is the last day for major sects to recruit disciples. I never thought I'd see such a scene in my lifetime..."

Lin Qi remained silently beside her.

The former little Lin Qi had been missing a soul and a spirit, unable to cultivate, so she naturally wouldn't have come to places like this.

The disciples from other branches of the Lin Family were not worth the Ancestor's personal escort.

She was about to comfort Great Aunt Lin when a woman in black, form-fitting attire suddenly appeared before them.

"I am Feng Ling, True Monarch Qingyun's attendant. I've been ordered to pick someone up."

It turned out that Great Aunt Lin had sent a message to True Monarch Qingyun on the way, confirming the arrangement between Lin Qi's mother and True Monarch Qingyun. This gave her the courage to boldly send Lin Qi to Tianyi Sect.

After exchanging tokens, Great Aunt Lin handed Lin Qi over to Feng Ling.

Lin Qi expected Feng Ling to take her directly to see True Monarch Qingyun. To her surprise, Feng Ling arranged for her to stay in a small courtyard, with a row of side rooms next door for the children who had tested their spiritual roots during the recruitment days.

Feng Ling said, "Today is the last day of disciple recruitment. You will rest here for a day and then return to the sect with these disciples tomorrow."

Lin Qi slowly replied, "Yes."

Her slow reaction made Feng Ling a little curious. Fortunately, Lin Qi was fair-skinned and well-behaved, so she didn't appear overly cold or arrogant.