Chapter: 5732

Yang Chen said, "He is the descendant of Song Dynasty fengshui master Lai Bu Yi, named Lai Qing Hua..."

Lin Wen'er muttered to herself, "Gold strong, wood rough, water clear, fire fierce, earth solid and wind rousing. Your uncle says it's Lai Qing Hua, which should be my family's ancestor Lai Jin Lin's great-grandson."

Yang Chen was surprised and asked, "Do you, Miss Lin, have a connection to the Lai family ancestors?"

Lin Wen'er nodded, saying, "I learned fengshui secrets and Zhou Yi eight trigrams because I once followed Master Lai Jin Lin and learned from him. He taught me many things that he himself did not fully understand, and later I gradually solved half of them over the past two hundred years, giving me some degree of mastery in Zhou Yi..."

Yang Chen felt a sense of awe, saying, "It's indeed the advantage of longevity... any knowledge can be absorbed and digested with sufficient time, ultimately surpassing blue and turning green."

Lin Wen'er smiled slightly and nodded, saying, "The Master Lai said it well. The I Ching is a work of great talent, and all authors are sages with near-divine wisdom. They left behind their knowledge, which an ordinary person may only grasp a little of in their lifetime, even if they are exceptionally talented. But if one lives long enough, they can grasp more than half of it...".

Yang Chen nodded in agreement and asked again, "What does 'Ascending Dragon Grade' actually mean?"

Lin Wen'er replied seriously, "The Ascending Dragon is a higher destiny than the Dragon destiny."

Yang Chen asked in doubt, "Isn't it said that the Dragon destiny is the highest already? Why is there still an Ascending Dragon grade?"

Lin Wen'er replied, "The Dragon destiny is respected as the noble one of the Nine Five, and indeed is the highest among destinies. This is because the Ascending Dragon grade is extremely rare and difficult to encounter, even for many researchers of the I Ching who may not grasp it in their lifetime."

Yang Chen asked again, "If there's a concept like the Ascending Dragon in the I Ching, at least one can see it even if they don't fully understand?"

Lin Wen'er smiled slightly and said, "Young Master may not know that the overall thinking of the I Ching is actually composed of numerous extremely complex cryptic texts. The surface meaning of a book is just an initial interpretation, but once you penetrate to a certain height, you gain a rule, and according to this rule, you can see even more meanings, with the more profound understanding, the more rules, and the more secrets revealed."

As she spoke, Lin Wen'er continued, "To put it bluntly, it's just like the permutations in mathematics - one hundred numbers already have countless combinations, not to mention a book with tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of characters."

Yang Chen asked again, "So, as long as there are these three characters 'Ascending Dragon' in a book, after finding some rule, can you extract these three characters and thereby gain this concept?"

Lin Wen'er nodded and smiled, "That's exactly what Young Master said."

As she continued speaking, Lin Wen'er said, "Regarding the Ascending Dragon grade, according to the I Ching, when the Ascending Dragon emerges, heaven and earth all reverberate with its dignity. In this world, only the Ascending Dragon can defy the Heavenly Way and disregard the Heavenly Edict, because it has the power to ignore the Heavenly Way and the Heavenly Way also has no authority to punish the Ascending Dragon."

"All other destinies are under the control of the Heavenly Way. If one wants to transcend the Heavenly Way, they will inevitably encounter calamity. I, a humble person, dare say something quite impudent - like Master Lai, who lived for exactly one thousand years, originally thought he could defy the Heavenly Way and change his fate, but actually, he had not yet entered the realm of the Heavenly Way."

"If the Heavenly Way is as high as ten thousand feet, then all things in the world are under its control up to nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine feet before it, just about to break through the Heavenly Way. The Heavenly Way will certainly exert itself to punish him, which is what people call calamity."

"As she continued speaking, Lin Wen'er's expression turned serious and her voice rang out: 'However, only the Ascending Dragon is an exception to the will of heaven and earth!'"

Lin Wen'er's words left Ye Chen taken aback.

He hastily asked: "Can the Ascending Dragon grade truly disregard the heavenly way, just like the legendary beings who can fly into another world?!"

Lin Wen'er laughed: "Prince, you're thinking too much. Flying into another world is actually just a metaphor people derive from understanding the I Ching, believing that when one's cultivation reaches a certain level, they can enter another world, such as our Eastern concept of the realm of immortals or Western concept of heaven, but in reality, according to my comprehension of the I Ching, no matter how long one cultivates, it's all just about extending one's lifespan and abilities."

Ye Chen asked with a genuine tone: "Miss Lin, may I request a more detailed explanation?"

Lin Wen'er nodded slightly and spoke sincerely: "Prince, extending one's lifespan and abilities foreshadows that the inherent nature of things will not change, just like a tree that grows taller and lives longer - it remains a tree and won't become what people call a 'tree spirit', 'tree demon', or 'tree god';"

"Perhaps as it progresses in its cultivation, the flowers it blooms and fruits it bears may have extraordinary effects, but at its core, it's still just a tree; " JrNovels.com