Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 698: Chapter 327 Speculation About the Book of Destiny_2

Li Yelai nodded—indeed, that was the case. Having been confined for sixty years, who could possibly know their condition?

They might have been completely devoured by extraordinary creatures, utterly wiped out.

Or they might have survived and even thrived under the threat of extraordinary beings, possibly even taking down quite a few palaces.

This was a major variable for the current strategy team.

Even the Jing Family themselves couldn’t be sure what had occurred within the Immortal Palace over the years.

Best case scenario, they would assist the strategy team. Worst case, conflicts might erupt.

Sixty years was a long time—nothing was certain.

“We can only see when the time comes,” Li Yelai said.

“Mm, indeed,” Jing Lin responded. “Moreover, I suspect that the main branch’s cooperation with Ye Han might be to deal with such variables.”

“Ye Han?” Li Yelai frowned.

Although he was still somewhat confused up to now, he had already been intimate with Doll.

That beautiful girl was already his partner.

This made Li Yelai despise and view Ye Han—an individual with nefarious designs towards Doll—even more.

“Are you talking about his inspiration and strong luck?” Li Yelai asked.

“Yes, the main branch is worried about that. There are too many variables; a person like Ye Han, who carries great destiny, could very well snatch the main branch’s peaches,” Jing Lin smiled wryly. “The main branch is scared. Such people are too difficult to handle within the Immortal Palace. Instead of killing or driving him away, they chose to cooperate and gave Ye Han some core intelligence in exchange.”

With Ye Han’s inspiration and luck, indeed many uncontrollable changes could occur, especially with variables within the Immortal Palace.

The Jing main branch’s choice was based on this consideration.

In other words, the Jing Family was extremely wary of Ye Han and did not want him as an enemy.

Indeed, just the abilities displayed by Ye Han were troublesome enough.

Hard to kill; if you tried to trap him, a flash of inspiration could simply lead him not to show up.

In the midst of complex warfare, he could also escape easily, and there was a high probability he couldn’t be captured. It might even grant him more fortuitous encounters while on the run.

Furthermore, even stronger backers might intervene to save Ye Han.

For example, that subadult ancient dragon, Sixth Sense fighting against Four Awakenings, they failed to capture him. Just when they thought they had him, Ye Han pulled out the Snow Mountain Blind Hero.

And they ended up getting killed instead…

And his opportunities kept coming; his power was growing fast. He could become an overlord at any moment, and offending him would bring endless regret.

The Jing Family’s choice to cooperate was also normal. They had their own goals and were worried about interruptions from Ye Han; a bit of a bribe, perhaps another alliance… typical family tactics.

“Understood,” Li Yelai inquired: “Then do you know what Ye Han’s goal is?”

“Not sure, we have to wait for the intelligence from Zhao Lin,” Jing Lin replied. “But she suspects it has something to do with some Immortal inheritance. Ye Han’s inspiration told him he must go to the Immortal Palace. Moreover, supposedly, after this Immortal Palace, he’s confident he could ascend to overlord status within half a year!”

“Truly a genius… Do you think this could be the Book Holder’s manipulation?” Li Yelai suddenly asked. “From Zhao Lin, we know that Ye Han decided to come to No.3 Border City after receiving news about the opening of the Immortal Palace while traveling through the wilderness.”

“Are you suggesting that our Jing Family’s infighting and consequently exposing the Immortal Palace could have been calculated by the Book Holder?” Jing Lin pondered as well.

“Do you still remember Disaster Fog #71?” Li Yelai reminded. “In the Book Holder’s calculations, our No.3 Border City would suffer heavy losses in the Disaster Fog. Only a very small number of humans would survive, among them, quite a few geniuses. So, my guess is that the Book Holder is using their predictive abilities to cultivate various geniuses.”

“And you are one of them,” Jing Lin mentioned. The Book Holder had shown goodwill towards Li Yelai, which surprised all the Ark Chosen Ones.

“Not quite, at least, the Night General isn’t among them,” Li Yelai said. “From the Book Holder’s attitude, it seems he’s interested in my ‘Copper Face’ identity, not the Night General’s. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have shown goodwill towards me after the Disaster Fog.”

“Indeed, with your Face ability, he has no reason to remain indifferent… Perhaps, in his calculations, the Night General was just a dead man, not worth his attention. But his calculation was wrong…” Jing Lin thought. “Something must have disrupted his predictions.”

Indeed, if Li Yelai had not encountered the Insect Master and made a deal with Mr. Shadow.

The Insect Master might have revived, and humanity would have paid a greater price to eliminate him.

Maybe that was the real outcome the Book Holder predicted.

But Li Yelai’s Calamity turned everything around, as the Father of Plague said, Li Yelai’s misfortune was like a plague targeting destiny.

The destiny of the Insect Master was infected and changed…

“And Ye Han, he might also be like that…” Li Yelai pondered. “By some means of foresight, guiding Ye Han to certain areas, making him obtain intelligence on the Immortal Palace. Then coming here… if everything went normally, Ye Han might indeed gain some inheritance and become an overlord… just like Jin Shan!”

Jin Shan, also known as Jade Blood Supreme. His meteoric rise was detailed by the Book Holder, which is why even a Supreme was so shocked.

“Damn, that’s too terrifying,” Jing Lin grimaced. “If it’s true, that would be a predictive power millions of times stronger than my Heavenly Eye. No, that’s not even prediction anymore; that’s directly seeing destiny! No wonder it’s called the Book of Destiny!”