Chapter 2749: The Path of Flight

Although Ye Chen coveted Lin Wan'er's lightning-struck wood, he really felt embarrassed to ask for it for the time being.

After all, this was something Lin Wan'er had cherished for over three hundred years, and its significance to her must be extraordinary.

However, Ye Chen knew that there was no need to be too anxious. In the current situation, even if Lin Wan'er gave the lightning-struck wood to him, he would have no ability to refine it at all.

Therefore, Ye Chen looked at Lin Wan'er and asked a question he was very curious about: "Miss Lin, I really want to know, how have you spent these past three hundred plus years?"

Lin Wan'er shrugged and smiled, self-deprecatingly: "I am not proficient in spiritual energy and am no match for Wu Feiyan at all, so for these three hundred plus years, I could only keep fleeing everywhere."

As she spoke, Lin Wan'er added: "But the first two hundred years were still fine. After all, transportation was inconvenient back then, and communication was not developed, so it wasn't that easy for Wu Feiyan to catch me."

Speaking of this, Lin Wan'er tilted her head, recalling as she narrated: "After finishing my father's funeral, because I was young and had no ability, I could only live in several remote places in Diannan for decades. Because my face was too young, to avoid suspicion, I usually only lived in one place for five or eight years before moving to another;"

"It was also during that time that I grew fond of Pu'er tea;"

"During that period, I moved to many places and took the opportunity to learn and experiment with Pu'er tea production methods everywhere. Later, I lived by the Heavenly Pool in Diannan for a few years, teaching local tea farmers better techniques for making Pu'er tea;"

"After witnessing the Mother Pucha Tree fail its tribulation, I felt I had lost my spiritual sustenance. Plus, after decades of life on the run, I had accumulated some wealth and learned a lot of life and escape experience. Also, having stayed by the Heavenly Pool for a few years, it was time to leave, so I left Diannan..."

"After leaving Diannan, I didn't dare to go to the interior, so I went south all the way to Jiaozhi, then from Jiaozhi all the way down to Nanyang. I lived in several countries in Nanyang and finally lived in Penang for a period of time;"

"Later, I went to Brunei, went to Indonesia, then took a boat from Indonesia to India, and traveled from India through the Middle East to the Ottoman Empire;"

"After that, the Industrial Revolution began in Europe. I was very amazed by their rapid development in technology and academics at the time, so I began to travel through various European countries. During this time, I used different identities to study at many universities in Europe;"

"At the beginning of the nineteenth century, I crossed the English Channel to arrive in England to study. But not long after, England began its aggression against China. Seeing those British people who usually called themselves gentlemen start to use their entire nation's strength to colonize the world and sell opium, and then provoke the First Opium War in China, I felt disgusted, so I left England and took a boat to North America;"

"It's just that I wasn't very accustomed to the environment in North America at the time. There was no order in North America then. The white people there were busy running horses to mark land, enslaving black people, and crazily slaughtering the indigenous Indians. Everywhere they went was bloody and chaotic. So, after the Civil War began, I took a merchant ship to Japan;"

"Japan at that time had already begun the Meiji Restoration and was in a stage of rapid impact and fusion of Eastern and Western cultures. I wanted to see where Japan's national power would develop, so I stayed in Japan for a while;"

"After the Sino-Japanese War broke out, I deeply felt the incompetence of the Qing court. Plus, having seen Europe's rapid development after the Industrial Revolution and Japan's rapid transformation after the Meiji Restoration for so many years, I really wanted to return to China to contribute to it. At that time, it happened that Mr. Sun was heading to Hong Kong to prepare for the founding of the Xinghua Society, so I went from Japan to Hong Kong, wanting to join the Xinghua Society to do my part;"

Hearing this, Ye Chen was already too shocked to speak.

He had thought that Lin Wan'er's flight for so many years might have been spent living in places inaccessible to humans to avoid being hunted, but he never expected that she had been walking on the cutting edge of the entire world.

Even during her flight, she was still thinking about contributing to China. This was highly consistent with Lin Zhulu; truly, a tiger father has no dog daughter.

At this time, Lin Wan'er continued: "Just after I arrived in Hong Kong, I made contact with the Xinghua Society through some previous connections. But just when I was about to meet them, I encountered an ambush by the dead soldiers of the Qing-Breaking Society and escaped from the tiger's mouth with my life hanging by a thread;"

Ye Chen asked her: "Was there a leak at the time?"

"Yes." Lin Wan'er nodded and sighed: "I didn't know at the time that Wu Feiyan's people had already begun to infiltrate the Xinghua Society."

As she spoke, Lin Wan'er added: "After that narrow escape, I realized that Wu Feiyan had already begun infiltration and layout from Asia to all parts of the world, so I went to the relatively backward South America;"

"On the eve of World War I, I heard that the Xuantong Emperor had abdicated. I was so excited I didn't close my eyes for three days, so I risked everything to return to China;"

"After living in Jingcheng for a period of time, I went to travel in the north for a while, until Japan launched the September 18th Incident in the Northeast;"

"After September 18th, I felt the situation in the north had changed suddenly, so I returned to Jingcheng again;"

"After the July 7th Incident in 1937, the Japanese fascists fully invaded China. I was a weak woman with no strength to truss a chicken, and there were some children who needed care at the time. In times of war, I couldn't take them everywhere in the country to avoid the flames of war, so I could only take them to the United States and didn't leave until after World War II ended;"

Ye Chen asked in surprise: "You have always been on the run, how could you have children to take care of?"

Lin Wan'er said seriously: "I was fleeing and traveling in various places, and it was truly hard for one person. Sometimes I accidentally broke my leg and didn't even have anyone to give me a sip of water. So later, I began to adopt some abandoned infants and orphans who were displaced. I kept them by my side to raise, teaching them to read and write;"

"Among these children, those with good character, I would take them with me when I changed places. For those with poor character, before I left the local area, I would leave them some money and entrust them to suitable families;"

"And for those who I felt had no character problems and stayed by my side, I would choose a suitable time to tell them my secret of immortality. After all, I raised them from childhood, and even if I didn't say it, they would be suspicious because my appearance never changed;"

"In the years I traveled the world, I also earned a lot of wealth through various coincidences and accumulated many industries all over the world. So, for these children who passed the test, after they became adults, I would give them some wealth and opportunities, and even hand over some businesses for them to manage. Over time, it can be considered as blossoming everywhere;"

Ye Chen asked in surprise: "Are they all your adopted sons and daughters?"

"Not really." Lin Wan'er shook her head: "I don't want to be too sad when they pass away, so I never forget to establish a clear sense of boundaries with them. I let them call me Miss since they were small. Some called me Miss from the time they could speak, and even when they reached the age of being on the verge of death, they still called me Miss." ===== CHAPTER 2750 =====