Chapter 2776

The An family had long known that their "benefactor" was the same person as the Fei family's "benefactor."

However, when An Chongqiu learned that the big shot who had eyes and ears everywhere behind the scenes was actually his nephew who had been missing for twenty years, he still found it somewhat unbelievable.

Ye Chen didn't hide anything this time and said calmly, "On the day of the Rejuvenation Pill auction, Old Master Fei intended to purchase a Rejuvenation Pill, but he didn't expect that his son would take the opportunity to seize power. I had some friendship with Miss Fei, so I helped the two of them, grandfather and granddaughter."

An Chongqiu nodded slightly and sighed, "I really couldn't have imagined... my eldest nephew actually has such heaven-reaching abilities. He is truly not a creature to be kept in a pond!"

Li Yalin, who had been silent, spoke up at this moment, "Chongqiu, don't forget, even my life was saved by Mr. Ye."

"Yes, yes, yes." An Chongqiu came back to his senses and said, "It's truly miraculous! I used to be dismissive when I heard my brother-in-law talk about these strange and supernatural things. I always felt that as a well-educated man and a young talent in the financial field, he was just wasting his time every day researching things like cultivation, inheritance, and destiny. Now it seems he had already glimpsed the mysteries within. No wonder he was so firm..."

Ye Chen couldn't help but ask, "Eldest Uncle, you said my father was always researching cultivation inheritance and destiny?"

"Yes!" An Chongqiu nodded and said, "When your father and mother were in the United States, they started researching these things. I didn't believe it at the time; I always felt that what they were researching was no different from the Qigong of those years."

Ye Chen asked quickly, "Eldest Uncle, can you tell me in detail what happened? What was the opportunity that led my father to start researching these things?"

An Chongqiu thought for a moment and said, "This is a long story. When your father was in the United States, to be honest, I admired him quite a bit. I had just graduated from college not long before, and I followed him every day to learn some useful knowledge. Your father was a very studious person. Besides financial management, he also liked to research some antiques and ancient literature;"

"He often paid attention to the antique market and auction market in the United States. If he encountered cultural relics that had been lost from the country, he would try his best to buy them and donate them to domestic museums. But one time, he bought a set of antique books at an antique shop in New York, and he locked himself in the study for three days;"

"For those three days, he didn't eat or drink, and he didn't step out of the study door once. Three days later, your mother saw that something was wrong and wanted to go in to persuade him, but your mother ended up reading them too, and she read them day and night without rest..."

Having said this, An Chongqiu couldn't help but sigh, "You can't imagine how crazy they were. The two of them went back to their suite to study that set of books, and they studied for three whole months. During those three months, they were like they were in seclusion. They didn't step out of the room once, and they had the servants leave their food and drink at the door..."

Ye Chen was astonished and blurted out, "Eldest Uncle, do you remember the name of the book my parents were reading?"

An Chongqiu thought for a moment and said, "If I remember correctly, it should be called 'Nine... something... Scripture Preface,' four characters, but I can't remember the second one clearly."

Ye Chen widened his eyes and asked subconsciously, "Eldest Uncle, was it 'Nine Mysteries'?"

An Chongqiu suddenly realized, "Yes, yes, yes! That's it! Nine Mysteries Scripture Preface. It sounded strange. I thought it was a scripture at first, but your father said it was the key to opening the door to another world. I always thought he had become obsessed..."

Ye Chen couldn't help but mutter, "Nine Mysteries Scripture Preface... which 'preface' is it?"

An Chongqiu said casually, "The preface of a preface, like the preface to the Lanting Collection."

Ye Chen's expression was horrified, and a stormy sea had already risen in his heart!

He couldn't help but think to himself, "Nine Mysteries Scripture Preface—that is to say, the book my father obtained was the preface to the Nine Mysteries Heavenly Sutra?"

A preface is generally the introduction before the main text begins. For example, Wang Bo's world-renowned work, "Preface to Tengwang Pavilion," was actually written when the Governor of Hongzhou invited many scholars to a banquet at the completion of the Tengwang Pavilion. Everyone wrote articles and poems to celebrate the event, and finally, these works were compiled into a poetry collection. Wang Bo's "Preface to Tengwang Pavilion" was equivalent to writing a preface for the future poetry collection.

Therefore, Ye Chen felt that if the book his father obtained back then was really called "Nine Mysteries Scripture Preface," it might truly be the preface to the Nine Mysteries Heavenly Sutra!

Thinking of this, he quickly asked again, "Eldest Uncle, after my father obtained this book, what words or behaviors did he have that you couldn't understand or that left a deep impression on you?"

An Chongqiu thought for a moment and said, "There were too many behaviors of your father that I couldn't understand. He checked ancient books and materials everywhere, and even went out to investigate with your mother many times, staying away for dozens of days or even months. But at that time, I felt your father's brain was a bit obsessed, so I didn't pay much attention to what he was doing."

Having said this, An Chongqiu suddenly thought of something and blurted out, "By the way, I remember your father mentioned to your mother more than once, saying things about people's destiny being divided into dragons or phoenixes, and saying things like 'rising dragon is the most honorable,' and only the 'rising dragon destiny' is the true 'riding the dragon to ascend to heaven'—all sorts of strange things."

Ye Chen said with a solemn expression, "What my father was talking about should be people's destiny, the dragon destiny and the phoenix destiny."

"Maybe so." An Chongqiu frowned and said, "He didn't mention those two much, but he mentioned the 'rising dragon destiny' often, just like a doctoral supervisor researching a topic, muttering about it all day. The key is that your mother was also very invested. The two of them were like they had been brainwashed."

Ye Chen asked quickly, "Eldest Uncle, do you remember any other details?"

An Chongqiu shook his head and sighed, "It's been too long, I can't remember the details clearly. The deepest impression I have is that your father always said to your mother things about 'riding the dragon to ascend to heaven,' and he always said things like, 'if it doesn't work, then do this, then do that, and finally do this.' To be honest, I thought they had joined some evil cult at the time, thinking about ascending to heaven all day long..."

Ye Chen's heart was even more horrified at this moment.

He really didn't expect that his father was also related to the "Nine Mysteries Heavenly Sutra."

The dragon destiny and phoenix destiny—could it be that they were talking about him and his mother?

Or perhaps the dragon destiny was talking about himself?

And what was the rising dragon destiny?

Ye Chen felt that he had fallen into a knowledge blind spot again.

In the "Nine Mysteries Heavenly Sutra," there was no description of the rising dragon destiny. Today was the first time he had heard this term.

There was also a term he had just learned not long ago, and that was the secret of immortality mentioned by Chang Shengbo, a subordinate of Wu Feiyan, before he died.

Associating this with the fact that his parents were killed by Chang Shengbo, Ye Chen guessed that his parents must have accidentally obtained some incredible treasure or cultivation technique back then, which was why they were targeted by Wu Feiyan, eventually angering her and causing them to lose their lives in Jin Ling.

Thinking of this, Ye Chen suddenly thought of Lin Wan'er.

Lin Wan'er didn't know the secret of immortality, but she must know a lot about things like destiny!

After all, she had lived for more than three hundred years, and her attainments in the I Ching and Bagua were unmatched. Even Lai Qinghua couldn't compare to her. Perhaps she would know what the rising dragon destiny really was!