"That was how it happened." After Zhang Cai and Dong Santong arrived, Jiang Lingzi explained once again how the Lin Family Head had survived and how he had handled the massacre. Naturally, he also told the others where he had found her. The Lin Family was merely a cultivation lineage, with no Market District or similar facilities. Like many lineages devoted to secluded cultivation, this spared them considerable trouble. By the time Jiang Lingzi reached the Lin Family estate, nearby cultivators and lineages affiliated with the Heavenly Dao Sect had already secured the scene and barred other cultivators from entering. Naturally, no one wanted to invite trouble by offending the Heavenly Dao Sect, so they had sensibly left. Yet precisely because of this, news of the Lin Family's extermination had spread through the Liang Kingdom all the faster.
When Jiang Lingzi arrived, he followed Heavenly Venerable Daoling's instructions and first ordered his men to collect the bodies of the fallen Lin Family cultivators. Unexpectedly, the Lin Family Head was not among them. While the others gathered the bodies, he personally went searching for hers. Whether he had been lucky or the Lin Family Head had been lucky, he found her physical body in a secluded spot after searching only a few miles around with his divine sense. To his surprise, her body was still alive, though her magic power fluctuations, golden core, and soul were all gone. He had therefore brought her back and settled her in properly.
"After hearing your account, I think I have some idea of what happened. But I'll need to examine the Lin Family Head to be certain." Zhang Cai pondered for quite some time after Jiang Lingzi finished, then suddenly spoke.
"Really?" everyone asked, both surprised and delighted. On second thought, it made sense.