Chapter: 3991

Ye Chen nodded expressionlessly and said: "Then let them continue to think I'm missing."

Lai Qinghua hesitated for a moment before looking at Ye Chen and saying seriously: "Young Master Ye, there's something I don't know whether to say or not."

Ye Chen hastened to say: "Mr. Lai, you don't need to be so polite. If you have something to say, just say it."

Lai Qinghua opened his mouth to say: "Although you've already broken free from the predicament of Dragon's Lair and regained your original status as a dragon, that's not necessarily the final destination! According to the Southern Dynasty's 'Jiuzhen Tiantianjing', water snakes can transform into dragons after 500 years, dragons can transform into dragon dragons after 1,000 years, and dragon dragons can transform into answering dragons after another 500 years. This means that the dragon status is not truly the highest rank, and there are still higher levels above it."

Ye Chen's brain suddenly flashed with the content of 'Jiuzhen Tiantianjing', which indeed recorded the transformations of water snakes, dragons, and dragon dragons.

Dragon dragons and answering dragons are actually higher levels than dragons.

Lai Qinghua continued to say: "Young Master Ye, I'm telling you this is because your future still has a very long way to go. If you want to stand at the pinnacle of the world, the final few steps are especially important. And settling down is the best choice for the last few steps. So, don't hesitate to meet with your grandfather sooner or later, and maybe it will open up a new situation."

"Settling down?" Ye Chen wrinkled his brow and laughed self-deprecatingly: "I guess so, I should be able to climb to the top on my own if I want to."

To Ye Chen, he had never considered relying on his grandfather's family for help in the future.

In his view, accepting the Ye family was one-sided because the Ye family indeed owes them a great debt. On the other hand, the Ye family also genuinely is where his father's lifelong endeavors reside, and considering he is a Ye himself, it's only natural to grasp the power of the Ye family in his own hands.

However, on Grandpa An's side, Ye Chen didn't have such thoughts.

After all, Ye Chen felt that Grandpa An didn't owe anything to their parents.

Moreover, people surnamed An and himself surnamed Ye - he was an outsider anyway, so how could he use Grandpa An's family as his ladder to climb up?

What's more, the An family is one of the three top families in the world, with internal compositions definitely quite complex. His own relatives might not even understand it all, and what would he use to leverage the An family?

However, Lai Qinghua spoke very seriously at this moment: "Young Master Ye, whether you're the Monkey King or not, you must rely on that one root of divine intervention to become a Saintly Being; in the world, there are countless weapons, but only one Golden Hook can be used!"

Ye Chen replied seriously: "Perhaps I'm just not meant to be a Saintly Being, so this Golden Hook might not have any significance for me."

Lai Qinghua shook his head and said: "Young Master Ye, many things are actually predestined. Knowing the direction early on allows one to achieve their goals early on."

Ye Chen smiled slightly and said: "Mr. Lai, although I understand some aspects of I Ching, I don't believe that everything is predestined. I want to achieve this goal without relying on the An family, and I still can do so."

He added, "This is like Monkey King - even without a Golden Hook, he could still become a Saintly Being."

Lai Qinghua smiled and shook his head, saying, "Young Master Ye, the existence of destiny is all-encompassing. To put it simply, Monkey King was destined to become the Saintly Being, and he was also destined to take up the Golden Hook Rod, just like you."

As he spoke, Lai Qinghua's smile turned mysterious: "Young Master Ye, there is a record in the original 'Journey to the West' that the Dragon King told Monkey King that several days before he went to the Dragon Palace, the Golden Hook Rod began to glow with an otherworldly light. This means that it wasn't just Monkey King who chose the Golden Hook Rod, but rather the Golden Hook Rod may have chosen Monkey King!"

Lai Qinghua's words made Ye Chen ponder.

He was thinking not about whether he should borrow the An family's energy to achieve his goals in the future, but rather that the world becomes increasingly narrow as one ascends higher. If he wants to make the Ye family stand at the pinnacle of the world, then he will inevitably encounter the An family again someday.

He couldn't help but think about what would happen if he really did meet the An family again in the future - whether they would be enemies or friends.

After all, the An family is currently one of the top three powerful families in the world, and Ye Chen wants to achieve his father's legacy by making the Ye family surpass these three families. JrNovels.com