253: Divining Opportunities for the Foundational Level (Part 1)

The Ancestral An Pingshan seized the initiative, directly isolating his avatar and Lin Chen's main body into a new space.

The other Foundation Level avatars could only wait for the two to finish their discussion, as they were too slow and couldn't seize the opportunity.

"Little old man, how long have we known each other?"

"Counting the time, it's been 67 years."

"Little old man, you're only 77 years old, and we've known each other for 67 years. What do you say, how's our friendship?"

"Old man, don't play the emotional card. Just say what you need."

Lin Chen looked helpless. How should he put it? Everything was fate. If he encountered it, he encountered it. If he didn't, there was nothing he could do.

It wasn't that he could always let people stumble upon opportunities. At least there had to be a goal, a fulcrum that could leverage his human luck. Empty words couldn't bring opportunities.

"Hehe, I also want a Foundation Level supreme treasure."

"Old man, you cultivate the Dao of Yin-Yang, a transcendent Dao equivalent to the Dao of Karma and Time. It's not like Fire Lord's Dao, which hasn't transcended yet. Do you think the sole Dao Source Power supreme treasure of the Dao of Yin-Yang is that easy to obtain?"

"I don't care, I just want it."

"..."

Lin Chen was a bit speechless. This old man, over a hundred thousand years old, was still throwing a tantrum with him.

"Old man, I'll use the heavenly calculation compass to calculate for you, but I can't guarantee success."

"Hehe, you're still the reliable one, little old man."

Taking out the heavenly calculation compass, Lin Chen fully activated it, using his close karma with the old man as a starting point, continuously scanning the myriad karmic threads of the heavens. From countless karmic threads, he sought out the connection between the old man and the Dao Source Power Yin-Yang supreme treasure.

Anyone who embarks on the cultivation path of a Dao will have a connection with the supreme treasure born from that Dao. This connection will not be severed; it only varies in depth.

The old man was Foundation Level, and his connection with the Yin-Yang supreme treasure was very deep. However, since the Yin-Yang supreme treasure had not yet appeared, even a deep connection couldn't provide the old man with any information about it.

At this stage, the supreme treasures corresponding to the transcendent Daos in This Universe have not yet appeared. Even most of the supreme treasures corresponding to the Main God Dao are in a dormant state.

Lin Chen's heavenly calculation compass was the result of forcibly leveraging, not a normal situation.

"Old man, the supreme treasure of the Dao of Yin-Yang is called the Yin-Yang Diagram. It's a high-grade Dao Source Power level, and it's currently in gestation. According to the little information I've obtained, it will take another 100,000 years to appear."

When Lin Chen told the old man the basic information of the Yin-Yang Diagram, the old man's connection with the Yin-Yang Diagram deepened by a factor of two, ranking first in terms of karmic connection depth among all cultivators of the Dao of Yin-Yang.

As long as the Yin-Yang Diagram appears, the old man will have the best chance of gaining its recognition.

"It still takes so long, but I'm already very satisfied. 100,000 years is not a very long time for those of us at this realm."

The old man also had a premonition. The previously vague premonition was now clearer. As long as the Yin-Yang Diagram appeared, he would be able to act first and obtain it.

As for asking Lin Chen to help leverage the Yin-Yang Diagram to appear earlier, the old man had no such intention. After all, Lin Chen's human luck was limited, and it was better not to expend it on this.

His demand for the Yin-Yang Diagram wasn't much. Being able to get some information in advance was already very suitable. Asking for too much would be greedy.

The Yin-Yang Dao supreme treasure was incomparably more precious than the Fire Dao supreme treasure. Even if Lin Chen could leverage it to appear earlier, the old man wouldn't do so.

Compared to his cultivation, Lin Chen's own cultivation was the most important. Lin Chen's human luck should trigger more opportunities that would allow him to grow, rather than being wasted on these old folks who couldn't make much progress in tens or hundreds of thousands of years.

The old man dispersed the isolated space and transmitted a message to the other Foundation Level beings, telling them not to make excessive demands, so as not to consume too much of Lin Chen's human luck and slow down his cultivation speed.

After admonishing the other Foundation Level beings, the old man sought out Fire Lord alone. After a friendly exchange, Fire Lord realized his mistake and decided to contribute more resources to compensate Lin Chen.

The second Foundation Level being to arrive was Lin Chen's ancestor, Lin Wufa, a Foundation Level Space Dao cultivator at the late stage, who had already gotten incredibly lucky and obtained the Space Dao supreme treasure, the Empty Nether Crystal.

"Ancestor, what do you want?"

"Child, I have no personal needs. However, there is a peak Main God Level child in the clan who, besides you, is the most hopeful of breaking through to the Foundation Level."

"So, I want to ask you to help him calculate an opportunity for breakthrough."

"If feasible, the clan's treasure vault will allow you to take one-third of its treasures. Even if not, you can still take one-tenth."

Although Lin Wufa was Lin Chen's ancestor, he didn't ask Lin Chen to work for free. Instead, he genuinely offered resources.

"Ancestor, I'll give it a try."

Lin Wufa brought over the junior who needed the opportunity, the peak Main God Level Lin Dong, and let Lin Chen do as he pleased.

Lin Dong was still a bit confused, but after receiving Lin Wufa's message, he understood that this was an opportunity his ancestor had secured for him, and the opportunity lay with his junior, Lin Chen.

Lin Dong, Lin Chen called him uncle.

After all, his family's Bloodline Source was already anchored to Lin Wufa. He could be considered Lin Wufa's fourth-generation bloodline, and Lin Dong was the third-generation bloodline, so calling him uncle was fine.

Lin Chen didn't really care much about the Lin family's treasure vault.

Mainly, he hadn't needed it along the way. When he had needs, resources would naturally be obtained.

For example, when he wanted to cultivate the Myriad Dao earlier, and his soul's carrying capacity was insufficient, Lin Chen was already preparing to get things from the Federation's treasure vault. But on the way there, he over-drafted his human luck and encountered the Nether Race Ancestral Land, which directly solved the problem.

The matter was then dropped, as there was genuinely no need.

Now that his ancestor offered one-third of the Lin family's treasure vault resources in exchange for an opportunity to break through to the Foundation Level, Lin Chen wasn't particularly excited. The speed at which he accumulated resources was simply too fast; he wasn't really lacking.

The heavenly calculation compass activated, and Lin Chen delved into the vast karmic net, anchoring the karma of both parties with their bloodline connection, and bestowing his own human luck upon the Main God Level elder, Lin Dong.

Using his own human luck, intertwined with the human luck of the Main God Level elder Lin Dong, he began to anchor an opportunity in the universe that could allow a Main God to break through to the Foundation Level.

With Lin Chen's human luck as an anchor, Lin Dong's human luck rapidly depleted, and soon there was a vague premonition.

However, Lin Dong's human luck was ultimately limited and couldn't be overdrawn significantly. Even with Lin Chen anchoring the opportunity, he couldn't fully leverage the opportunity with his own human luck.

"Grandfather, your grandson is unfilial. Even with the assistance of my nephew Lin Chen, I still can't obtain that opportunity."

Lin Dong's face was filled with disappointment. The opportunity was right before his eyes, but it was like seeing flowers through a fog, unable to completely break through the final barrier and clearly see the origin of the opportunity, thus preventing him from obtaining this opportunity to break through to the Foundation Level.

Lin Chen had no solution for this either. His own human luck had already anchored the opportunity, but Lin Dong's human luck was insufficient, so he could only sigh helplessly.

"Alas, the time is not yet ripe."

Lin Wufa knew that this was because Lin Dong's fate was insufficient, and his own accumulation was also lacking. He couldn't reach the heavens in one step and still needed more tempering.

"Ancestor, Uncle Dong, that opportunity has not yet appeared. Uncle Dong, you should cultivate well and comprehend Dao Source Power as soon as possible, breaking through to the Half-step Foundation Level. During this time, accumulate more human luck's favor. Then, when I act again, Uncle Dong, you will be able to obtain the opportunity."

"This child Lin Chen is right. Dong'er, you don't need to be disheartened. Go back and cultivate well, and contribute more to humanity. You've been slacking off recently; even human luck didn't act for you. This shows that your recent actions have been a bit too stubborn."

"Ancestor, your grandson admits his mistake. Nephew, you are right. I'm truly sorry for wasting your human luck today."

"Uncle Dong, there's no need for that. It's just a bit of human luck; I can still afford to expend it."

Lin Dong had been in seclusion for the past few millennia, hoping to comprehend Dao Source Power, and had not made more contributions to humanity. His human luck's favor had also been exhausted during his seclusion.

Therefore, when Lin Chen pulled and anchored the opportunity for him, human luck did not act with full force like it did for Fire Lord, to help Lin Dong obtain the opportunity.

human luck has its own set of judgment standards, and it was clear that Lin Dong had deviated from the path in the past few millennia, stubbornly choosing to cultivate in seclusion for a breakthrough. This was not an advisable behavior.

When seclusion was not feasible, one had to change their mindset, go out more, and perhaps gain something in the process of contributing to humanity.

Lin Wufa and Lin Chen understood why Lin Dong had not obtained the opportunity: he had no remaining human luck's favor, and relying purely on his own human luck, how could he leverage the immense opportunity to break through to the Foundation Level?

Lin Dong, realizing this afterward, was filled with regret.

Precisely because of this, he resolved to overcome his shame and bravely move forward, abandoning his previous ascetic cultivation style. He decided to dedicate the rest of his life to the development of humanity, becoming a pioneer in expanding humanity's territory, and ensuring that what happened today would not happen to him again.

As a dignified Main God Level human, he was not recognized by human luck, which made him very ashamed. He also understood that his ancestor's actions today were not just to help him obtain an opportunity, but also to reprimand him.

As a human, not being recognized by human luck was very shameful.