Great Aunt Lin said, "It's good that you're all right."
The Lin Family's only support now was Lin Qi. Nothing must happen to her again!
Great Aunt Lin sighed. "This time, it was all thanks to you appearing in time and saving the Lin Family from the fire and water. Otherwise, the thousand-year foundation of my Lin Family might have been severed for good."
At the thought of what they had encountered at the Northern and Southern Heavenly Venerate Mansion, Great Aunt Lin, who had always been strong, reddened around the eyes.
She raised a hand and patted Lin Qi's shoulder. "But what delighted me most is that you truly are still alive."
Lin Qi seemed somewhat moved. "Great Aunt..."
"You don't know how tormented I was when I heard the news that something had happened to you... Even on the day the cultivators besieged the Northern and Southern Heavenly Venerate Mansion, I believed you were still alive." Great Aunt Lin's eyes brimmed with relief. "Fortunately, you did not disappoint everyone's hopes."
Lin Qi took a deep breath, seemingly suppressing her surging emotions. "Great Aunt, protecting the Lin Family is what I should have done."
The two exchanged pleasantries for a long while, asking after one another and speaking from the heart.
Lin Qi knew Great Aunt Lin was worried about the poisoned cultivators of the Lin Family. After a brief thought, she said, "I have a friend named Wenge. He cultivates both medicine and poison and is especially skilled in poison arts. I'll ask him to come help detoxify them. He probably won't refuse."
"Really?" Great Aunt Lin was somewhat delighted. "Is it Valley Master Wenge?"
After returning from the Five Gods Battlefield, Wenge had successfully taken Fu Shennong's place and become the new Valley Master of Spirit Medicine