Chapter 2784: The power of fate

Lin Wan'er's words made Ye Chen tremble.

He quickly asked, "Ascending Dragon Fate, can ignore the will of heaven, then wouldn't it be true, as the legends of cultivators say, that one can ascend?!"

Lin Wan'er laughed, "Young Master is overthinking. Ascension is actually just a speculation that people get from understanding the I Ching. People always feel that after practicing to a certain level, they can ascend into another world, such as the Immortal World that we Easterners talk about, or the God World that Westerners talk about. But in fact, according to my understanding of the I Ching, no matter how long you practice, its essence is the continuous extension of life and strength."

Ye Chen asked humbly, "Miss Lin, I wonder if you can explain in detail?"

Lin Wan'er nodded slightly and said earnestly, "Young Master, the extension of life and strength indicates that the essence of things will not change. Just like a tree, no matter how tall it grows or how long it lives, it is still a tree, not what people call a tree demon, tree spirit, or tree god;"

"Perhaps with the increase of its cultivation, the flowers it blooms and the fruits it bears will have extraordinary effects, but in essence, it is still a tree;"

Ye Chen nodded slightly and said, "That is to say, even if a person breaks through the shackles of the will of heaven, they are still a person, just a person who lives longer and has stronger strength?"

"Yes." Lin Wan'er smiled and said, "This is the real I Ching. A person's strength can transcend the will of heaven, but after transcending the will of heaven, they are still a person, not a god."

"If ten thousand years is the limit of the will of heaven for that Mother of Pu-erh Tea back then, then when it reaches ten thousand years, it must encounter a heavenly tribulation;"

"If it fails to survive the heavenly tribulation, it will vanish into thin air;"

"If it survives, it is still that Mother of Pu-erh Tea, it will still stand by the side of the Heavenly Pool, and it will still be that tree;"

As she spoke, Lin Wan'er added, "As for the will of heaven, the height it is at is far beyond human cognition. I will say something rebellious. Just like the master, his strength destined him to live only for a thousand years. If he could break through the thousand-year shackles, perhaps he could live for two thousand years. However, if he wanted to live until the day the will of heaven descended, perhaps it would take five thousand, or even ten thousand years. That is to say, when he passed away back then, he was still ten thousand miles away from the will of heaven."

Ye Chen asked her, "Then does Miss Lin know how high the will of heaven is?"

Lin Wan'er shook her head and said, "The slave has only lived for less than four hundred years, how can I peek at the height of the will of heaven."

As she spoke, she suddenly thought of something and said to Ye Chen, "By the way, Young Master, the will of heaven for that Mother of Pu-erh Tea back then should be ten thousand years. When the heavenly tribulation descended, it had already lived for ten thousand years. This is what the slave deduced from its fate."

Ye Chen nodded slightly and asked, "Since Miss Lin has studied the I Ching, can you tell me what it would be like if the Mother of Pu-erh Tea broke through the will of heaven?"

Lin Wan'er said, "Once it survives the heavenly tribulation and breaks through the will of heaven, it can absorb spiritual energy from heaven and earth, continue its own cultivation, and make its cultivation twice the result with half the effort. Perhaps one day, one of its leaves will be like a Rejuvenation Pill, allowing people to increase their life by twenty years."

Having said this, Lin Wan'er smiled beautifully and said, "Therefore, the flat peach in the legend of the Queen Mother of the West that can allow one to ascend to immortality with one bite might not really not exist in this world. If a certain peach tree has already broken through the will of heaven and has thousands or tens of thousands of years of cultivation, it might really be able to achieve it."

Ye Chen asked in confusion, "However, isn't there no spiritual energy between heaven and earth anymore?"

Lin Wan'er nodded, "According to the I Ching, for life that has not survived the heavenly tribulation, spiritual energy does not exist. But after surviving the heavenly tribulation, spiritual energy will appear."

Ye Chen asked in confusion, "This sounds a bit unrealistic..."

Lin Wan'er laughed, "The slave also felt it was unrealistic at first, and thought that my understanding of the I Ching was wrong. However, after World War II, the slave came into contact with modern technology and wireless electricity, and the slave suddenly realized. Spiritual energy might be like a wireless frequency. Ordinary people cannot perceive it at all with their bodies, but once they have the conditions to receive wireless electricity, they can continuously absorb the content in the wireless electricity. Spiritual energy might be like this."

Ye Chen widened his eyes and exclaimed, "In this way, the Age of Dharma Ending might not really be the Age of Dharma Ending?!"

Lin Wan'er said, "The Age of Dharma Ending is actually just a statement of later generations. Later generations obtained the cultivation methods and insights of the ancients, but could not achieve the cultivation effects of the ancients, so later generations concluded that there is no longer spiritual energy between heaven and earth, and the world has entered the Age of Dharma Ending. But what is the reality, no one can say for sure. The slave cannot guarantee that my perception of the I Ching is definitely correct, so everything is just for the Young Master's reference."

Ye Chen nodded slightly, and he already believed more than half of what Lin Wan'er said in his heart.

He felt that Lin Wan'er's statement was more credible. The saying of ascending on the spot and becoming an immortal was more like a fairy tale.

Therefore, Ye Chen brought the topic back to the Ascending Dragon Fate and asked her, "Miss Lin, I wonder how the Ascending Dragon Fate is judged? If I give you my father's birth date, can you calculate whether he is an Ascending Dragon Fate?"

Lin Wan'er shook her head, "The slave cannot calculate the Ascending Dragon Fate. The slave's understanding of the I Ching has just reached the point of knowing the existence of the Ascending Dragon Fate, but I don't know how to calculate whether a person is an Ascending Dragon Fate. This problem, the slave has also studied for many years, but has not been able to make any breakthroughs. It seems to be stuck in a link that I can't think through."

Ye Chen asked curiously, "What link makes you unable to think through?"

Lin Wan'er said, "The result of the slave's deduction based on the I Ching is that although the Ascending Dragon Fate exists, it is not born."

Ye Chen asked in surprise, "Not born?! Can fate be cultivated acquiredly?"

Lin Wan'er shook her head, "Young Master, the slave doesn't know this either. The slave just deduced that the Ascending Dragon Fate is not born, but how it comes about, the slave doesn't know. Moreover, the slave is not sure that the result of my deduction is correct. It is also possible that the slave was wrong from the deduction."

Having said this, Lin Wan'er hesitated for a moment, looked at Ye Chen, and said in a low voice, "Young Master, the slave has a word, I don't know if I should say it."

Ye Chen hurriedly said, "Miss Lin, please speak!"

Lin Wan'er said, "The slave thinks that the Young Master's father should not be an Ascending Dragon Fate, and it is even possible that he is not even a Dragon Fate."

Ye Chen asked in surprise, "Why is Miss Lin so sure?"

Lin Wan'er said, "The Ascending Dragon Fate is a supreme fate that is hard to encounter in hundreds of years. How could the will of heaven sit idly by and watch him be killed by others at a young age? Moreover, he was killed by the Earl of Changsheng, whose fate is several levels lower? Not to mention the supreme Ascending Dragon Fate, even if it is a Dragon Fate like the Young Master, as long as the opponent is not a person with a stronger fate and strength, as long as the opponent is not attacking in groups, the Young Master can also open a path through the mountains, build a bridge through the water, and turn bad luck into good luck!"

"The power of fate is not just talk!" ===== CHAPTER 2785 =====