The Lin Yan, who was being thought of by them, had just been put into the car by the elders on this side.
Looking at their reluctant expressions, Lin Yan didn't know what to say.
"Senior martial uncles, you should go back. I can manage by myself."
"Yan Yan, why don't we have someone escort you? We can't rest assured if you go out alone like this."
"I have someone accompanying me. You don't need to worry. I've walked all the way here by myself. You should trust my abilities by now."
Thus, Lin Yan left amidst their reluctant farewells.
"Yan Yan, it seems they truly can't bear to part with you," Wei Wan Ru's voice sounded from beside her.
Lin Yan bought two tickets, and Wei Wan Ru directly sat beside her. Although Lin Yan had learned to draw appearance talismans, Wei Wan Ru did not want to interact with others, so she chose to remain invisible to everyone else.
"They aren't reluctant to part with me. Sister, do you remember the catfish effect? I am that catfish placed among the sardines. With me around, the younger martial brothers and sisters have become much more diligent in their studies.
Seeing the gratified looks on the faces of those senior martial uncles, it's likely that the days for those younger martial brothers and sisters will be difficult from now on."
Lin Yan chose this place as her first stop for a reason. She had already studied medicine in several worlds, and coming here to learn would be a good way to connect her learned knowledge with the art of divination.
Compared to these youngsters, she was essentially cheating. She hoped she wouldn't leave any psychological shadows on these younger martial brothers and sisters.
She had left behind many talismans and also given them extra lessons. She felt a bit guilty, wondering if that would be enough to compensate.
"To be in your generation is both their fortune and their misfortune," Wei Wan Ru concluded.
She had accompanied Lin Yan since she was a child and knew how much this girl had learned. Yet, she seemed to have no trace of weariness, absorbing all knowledge like a sponge.
"Perhaps!" Lin Yan said and then prepared to stop speaking.
Many people had already boarded the car. If she continued to talk with Wei Wan Ru, it would surely attract others' attention.
She would strive to improve the capabilities of the Xuanmen generation, at least so that when they encountered the Ghost King, they would have the ability to protect themselves.
Lin Yan would not choose to seal the Ghost King with herself. Even if she couldn't defeat him, she would strive to improve herself to kill him.
She was keenly aware of the principle that a snake that is not killed will bring disaster. Even a temporary seal would eventually break.
It was best for such a malevolent Ghost King to die.
Lin Yan did not alight at her intended destination. Instead, she got off early and arrived at a picturesque town.
This town had few people. After all, a place with beautiful scenery meant less development, which in turn meant poverty.
Many young people in the town had gone out to work, leaving behind mostly the elderly, the weak, the sick, and women and children.
Wei Wan Ru did not understand why Lin Yan had come to such a town. She looked for a long time but found nothing special about it.
Lin Yan found a relatively clean inn in the town and, after eating, reported her safety to her parents.
After dinner, Lin Yan wandered around the town. Although Lin Yan, a stranger, was a bit of a novelty here, they merely thought she was a relative visiting and paid her no mind.
Lin Yan walked for a while before returning to the inn to rest. Wei Wan Ru had wanted to ask about her situation, but seeing the fatigue on her face, she held back her words.
"Waaah—waaah" The baby's heart-wrenching cries greatly distressed the woman holding her.
She had just changed the baby's diaper and fed her, but the baby's cries had not stopped.
She paced back and forth at the doorway, holding the baby, rocking and coaxing her, but the cries persisted.
"Baby, be good, baby, be good," she soothed the child while trying to attract her attention with a rattle. But the baby still didn't stop crying.
This was her eldest daughter, only five months old. For some reason, she had been crying incessantly since they returned. She had been quite well before when they were in the city.
She and her husband had previously worked in the city, but she became pregnant. After giving birth, the pressure of city life was too great, so she brought her child back to her hometown.
However, when the baby was five months old, she began to cry, both day and night. She had taken the baby to the hospital for a check-up, and there was nothing wrong, yet she continued to cry.
She had tried many methods but couldn't get the baby to stop.
"Sister, what's wrong with the baby?"
Just as she was anxiously coaxing the baby, a girl's voice sounded beside her.
She looked up and saw a girl in a school uniform standing not far away, looking at the baby in her arms with concern.
"The baby keeps crying and I can't coax her to stop. Did I disturb you?" She looked at the child in her school uniform. Although it wasn't the uniform of their local school, perhaps she was a relative visiting for the summer holidays.
Wearing a school uniform during the holidays, she must be a good student. Perhaps the baby was disturbing her as she did her summer homework.
"No," Lin Yan shook her head. "May I take a look? Is it a little brother or a little sister?"
Lin Yan walked up to the baby, and then the baby's cries lessened. When Lin Yan patted her, she stopped crying.
"It's a little sister. It seems she likes you very much; she stopped crying as soon as you arrived," the woman said with a hint of surprise, her child finally quiet.
She had been truly worried that something would happen to her child if she continued to cry like this.
"I like her very much too. Can I hold her?" Lin Yan looked up and asked the woman.
"Yes, but do you know how to hold a baby?" The woman handed the baby to Lin Yan and then instructed her on how to hold her.
Watching the infant not crying in Lin Yan's arms, and even showing a toothless smile, a trace of indignation arose in the woman's heart.
This ungrateful child had cried for so long when she was coaxing her, and now she smiled when this stranger held her.
However, seeing her child like this now, she felt a pang of tenderness. The tears at the corners of her eyes had not yet dried. She wondered if she would cry again.
Lin Yan held the baby as instructed and then began to observe her. Indeed, the baby stopped crying in her arms.
Lin Yan meticulously examined the baby's eyes and understood the reason for her crying.
Lin Yan gently patted the infant's back and watched as the baby offered her a pure smile.
Although the child couldn't express herself verbally, she seemed to know that Lin Yan was making her comfortable, so she showed Lin Yan her smile to thank her.
She was a clever child, and a child with great potential.
"Sister, if I hand my sister over to you, will she still cry? So, do you need me to help her so she doesn't cry anymore?"