Chapter: 5847

Then Lin Wan Er thought back to what Ye Chen had said earlier, that his father had researched the ascent of dragons during his time. She had only inferred the existence of the ascent of dragons but did not understand its secrets, so she opened her mouth to say to Ye Chen: "Young master, I think this time you and I both have some urgent matters to attend to. Don't know if you're willing to listen to me explain?"

Ye Chen said, "Please proceed, Lin Miss."

Lin Wan Er explained: "Wu Feiyin has temporarily withdrawn; your pressing matter is to find a way to open the Mud Ball Palace, while my pressing matter is to figure out what the ascent of dragons means and why it's always been entangled with you. If we can clarify the underlying meaning, many things may have rational explanations."

"I nodded in agreement, but couldn't help feeling a sense of regret: 'Opening the Mud Ball Palace seems simple, but I have no idea where to start. Without a way to improve my cultivation, I'm stuck at this level. The knowledge points in the 'Nine Heavens Canon' are numerous and complex, but it lacks a systematic approach to spiritual cultivation. Even though I've been practicing alchemy, my abilities haven't improved significantly..."

Lin Wan'er was surprised and asked: "'The Nine Heavens Canon' is so powerful, yet it doesn't have a complete system of spiritual cultivation?'"

"Ah...," Ye Chen sighed, saying: "'The Nine Heavens Canon' is more like an introductory guide for beginners. It contains too many things, but most of them aren't directly related to spiritual cultivation, and are actually connected to martial arts instead."

Lin Wan'er couldn't help but say: "This is like writing all the knowledge from elementary school to university in one book, then adding some graduate-level content. For an elementary or middle school student, this book would be unparalleled, but for a university student, it's not very useful.""

"Right," Ye Chen nodded, continuing: "The key is that I only know up to freshman year, and my perspective is limited to freshman year as well. I don't know how many years are in total, or what comes after university. Maybe there are even Nobel laureates, but I have no idea.""

Lin Wan'er murmured: "Someone who can leave behind the 'Nine Heavens Canon' cannot possibly be just a freshman-year student, yet he deliberately left out the content that comes after freshman year... It's likely intentional."

"Is," Ye Chen said: "Before the Clearing Assembly appeared, I always thought that the contents of the 'Nine Heavens Canon' were the entire essence of spiritual energy. As for opening the Mud Ball Palace, it was just a vague mention, giving me the impression that if I open it, I'll be able to soar into the sky. But after the Clearing Assembly appeared, I gradually realized that opening the Mud Ball Palace is just the first hurdle in spiritual cultivation... Like Wu Feiyin, who has opened the Mud Ball Palace but still can't extend her lifespan beyond 500 years."

Lin Wan'er thought for a moment before speaking: "It seems that the young master wants to take things further and needs to actively seek out other opportunities."

"Opportunities?" Ye Chen asked her: "Do you mean we should go out and look around more?"

"No," Lin Wan'er nodded: "I think it's just that Jinling is only a shallow pool for the young master. Although he has already broken through the constraints of the shallow pool, the pool is still shallow, and the dragon is still within the pool, only willing to stay there instead of leaving."

Ye Chen thought of this and couldn't help but think of Master Ku Qiuyuan, the teacher of Wanbao Jun, as well as Old Mrs. Jiang's story about Meng Changsheng's practice 500 years prior.

Master Ku Qiuyuan initially was unable to break through the dark realm, so he decided to seek out opportunities in the mortal world, and Meng Changsheng also spent a long time seeking out opportunities when his first 500-year limit was approaching.

It seems that the bottleneck of cultivation is inevitable for both warriors and cultivators.

When one cannot get past the blockage in a fixed environment, one needs to change the environment and seek out new breakthroughs.

At this moment, Lin Wan'er noticed Ye Chen's prolonged silence and opened her mouth to say: "Young Master, I may not have any cultivation at all, but I feel that seeking breakthrough is somewhat similar to the gold rush fever of America in certain aspects."

Ye Chen was curious and asked: "Why do you compare it like this?"

Lin Wan'er said: "Miners are always on the move before they find gold. They cannot confine themselves to a small, unchanging environment because one day, they will know everything about that environment, and when they have exhausted every stream and river in that environment and know that there is no more gold left, they must leave this place and go to a new environment to continue seeking."

As she spoke, Lin Wan'er added: "Seeking opportunities is actually like after all uncertain factors around you are gradually confirmed, you can only go to unfamiliar environments to find some new uncertain factors and then break them down one by one to see if there will be any desirable results; it's like when all the blind boxes in a store have been opened and you still haven't found what you want."

Ye Chen nodded in agreement: "I encountered Old Mrs. Jiang, got the Phoenix Bones, and met you, getting that ring... all of these were opportunities I obtained after leaving Jinling..."

Lin Wan'er said: "So, prince, you should often go out and take a look from time to time."

In Ye Chen's heart, opening the mud ball palace had already become his top priority.

Not mentioning the unknown monster hidden in the Ten Thousand Mountains, just Wu Feiyun alone was enough to make him feel like he couldn't keep up. JrNovels.com