When Ying Chen once again prepared to ask a question, everyone's hearts tightened.
Would they be unable to answer this time, leading Ying Chen to eliminate Linlin again?
Linlin herself, after only a few seconds of joy, instantly stiffened.
Seeing everyone's nervousness, Ying Chen smiled slightly and explained, "Don't be nervous. Regardless of how Linlin answers, I will not change my previous decision."
Upon hearing this, everyone's anxious hearts finally relaxed.
At the same time, they were somewhat curious about what Ying Chen wanted to ask.
"I want to ask you: during the entire process of your death and transformation into a spiritual body, what exactly happened?"
"Did anyone special happen to pass by and do something to you, or were there any special spiritual artifact fluctuations nearby that fused with you?"
Linlin's ability to retain her complete consciousness must have had a reason.
The two possibilities Ying Chen could think of were either someone intervened to help, or Linlin coincidentally fused with a spiritual artifact.
Otherwise, this phenomenon could not be explained.
Linlin fell into recollection.
She tilted her head back, gazing at the sky, and murmured, "I only remember that my body hurt a lot at that time... much more painful than getting a shot at kindergarten..."
"Later I saw Mom, and I wanted Mom to hold me. But when I reached out my hand, I couldn't reach Mom, my arm passed through Mom's body..."
"I looked down and saw myself lying in a pool of blood, which was very scary..."
"I felt like a balloon, floating lightly in the air, as if a gust of wind could blow me away."
"I stood alone in the darkness for a long time. No matter how much I called for Mom or Dad, no one responded. I cried sadly, cried until I was tired, cried until dawn."
"I saw the sun rise from the horizon. At first, the sunlight shone on me, and I felt like I was an ice cream, melting little by little."
"I was terrified, I shouted and screamed, but it was no use."
"I desperately ran away, trying to escape the range of the sunlight. But the sun was too big, and I couldn't escape. Until I saw a ray of purple sunlight shine down. That ray of sunlight was not as frightening as other sunlight; instead, when it shone on me, it felt warm and comfortable."
"So I flew towards that purple sunlight, flying hard, always flying. Later, I don't know what happened, the purple sunlight seemed to shine into my body. My body, which was melting, suddenly got better..."
"I was no longer afraid of other sunlight. I felt like I was alive again!"
"Then, I returned home according to my memory and saw Mom. At first, Mom couldn't see me. Later, I stuck to her every day and called out to her, and she could finally see me!"
"But Dad said Mom was crazy and sick, and insisted on sending Mom to the hospital. I was so angry at Dad..."
Listening to Linlin's narration, Wang Zizai's face showed a hint of guilt.
He had always thought his wife had mental problems, never realizing that what his wife said was actually the truth.
If he hadn't met Ying Chen, he would still be in the dark until now, and would still consider his wife mentally ill.
Everyone felt sorry for Linlin's experience. Only Ying Chen frowned, repeating one sentence: "Purple sunlight? Purple sunlight?"
After a while, Ying Chen suddenly thought of a term, and his pupils suddenly contracted.
"Purple Qi Coming from the East?"
The only explanation Ying Chen could think of for purple sunlight was "Purple Qi Coming from the East"!
"Purple Qi Coming from the East" originated from Lao Tzu passing through Hangu Pass.
At that time, Yin Xi, who was guarding the pass, saw purple qi appearing from the horizon and surging towards the entire Hangu Pass. He immediately realized that a sage was passing through.
Indeed, he then saw Lao Tzu riding a green ox.
Essentially, "Purple Qi Coming from the East" is a form of spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and it is an extremely pure form.
He never expected that Linlin would retain her complete consciousness by being nourished by "Purple Qi Coming from the East"!
However, in this era, spiritual energy is depleted. There isn't much of even the lowest-grade spiritual energy, let alone high-grade spiritual energy like "Purple Qi Coming from the East."
Where did the "Purple Qi Coming from the East" that Linlin encountered come from?
Could it be...
A thought flashed through Ying Chen's mind.
He became increasingly certain, and a look of excited anticipation rose in his eyes.
In a world that was already depleted of spiritual energy, the sudden appearance of a purple qi indicated that the spiritual energy of this world might be about to recover!
This is like before the sun fully rises, it tears through the darkness and dyes the clouds a faint white.
The "Purple Qi Coming from the East" that Linlin encountered is like that faint white.
Next, one only needs to wait patiently to see the sun leap out of the sea of clouds and illuminate all things!
However, it was difficult to say exactly how long this would take.
But at least one thing could be confirmed: the recovery of spiritual energy was no longer a vague probability event, but a certainty that would happen!
"Thank you, Linlin!"
Ying Chen ended his contemplation and thanked Linlin.
The others exchanged glances, all of them not understanding why Ying Chen was thanking her.
Linlin didn't seem to have done anything significant.
However, Ying Chen clearly had no intention of explaining.
Ying Chen grabbed his hand, and instantly, the stuffed doll on the ground flew into Ying Chen's palm from afar.
"This stuffed doll will temporarily serve as your dwelling place. You can stay with your mother during this time. When I and your father finish our work, I will take you to Jianghai."
"Also, during this time, you don't need to deliberately avoid your mother, worrying about any impact on her. I will leave her a talisman, which can protect her from some of the corrosive influence of evil energy."
Ying Chen said to Linlin.
Linlin nodded happily upon hearing this.
Then she transformed into a shadow and flew into the stuffed doll.
Ying Chen casually handed the stuffed doll to Wang Zizai's wife.
Then, he raised his finger and drew an invisible talisman on Wang Zizai's wife's forehead.
This talisman was drawn by Ying Chen using his own supreme Yang fist intent, similar to the circle Sun Wukong drew to protect Tang Sanzang.
Evil spirits cannot invade, and corrosive energy cannot approach.
However, it could only be used once. Using it too much would also cause harm to Wang Zizai's wife.
"Thank you, Mr. Ying!"
"You are the benefactor who rebuilt our family!"
Wang Zizai's wife said emotionally, holding the stuffed doll in her arms, and was about to kneel and kowtow to Ying Chen again.
Ying Chen waved his hand: "I didn't help you for nothing this time. I received the answer I wanted from Linlin. We are even. So there's no need to kneel."
After stopping Wang Zizai's wife from kneeling, Ying Chen looked at Wang Zizai.
"Professor Wang, you should have no more lingering worries now, right? Can you set off with us?"
Wang Zizai repeatedly nodded: "Yes, yes! Not just this time, but next time, and the time after that, I will unconditionally answer Mr. Ying's call! From now on, I will be like Professor Li and Elder Dong, a member of the Xunfeng Laboratory!"
"Then go home temporarily and enjoy a night of family reunion. We will meet in Ganzhou tomorrow morning!" Ying Chen said.
With that, he took Professor Li and turned to leave.