Chapter 339 [Not All Women?]

When the old lady said this, the playful expression in her eyes disappeared. Chen Yan also understood the seriousness and warning in the old lady’s gaze.

Chen Yan remained silent for a moment, then took a deep breath and slowly exhaled.

He looked calmly at the old lady: "You’ve arranged a lot of things for me, haven’t you?"

The old lady said nothing.

Chen Yan sighed and pondered: "The first arrangement was what you left after ’dying’—that booklet, the Cultivation Technique, and the Li Huo Candle that contained the East Sea Master."

After a pause, he said softly: "If you were determined not to let me get involved with the Domain Realm, you shouldn’t have left those things for me, showing me such a new world.

Just let me live peacefully as an ordinary mortal, and wouldn’t everything be fine?

The old lady still said nothing.

Chen Yan continued: "And then, I went to Port City, retrieved the items stored in the bank safe, and took the ring..."

The old lady’s eyelid twitched, and she sighed softly: "I didn’t expect that with a room full of gold and jade, you’d choose that."

"Hmm?"

Chen Yan’s heart stirred: "What do you mean?"

"Nothing." The old lady shook her head quickly: "Don’t bother guessing, that old guy Lin Qingquan living next door was also arranged by me."

"I guessed it." Chen Yan chuckled: "In our world, cultivators are rare, let alone those from the Domain Realm?

It turned out that after I moved into that villa, someone like him quickly moved next door—not only a cultivator but also from the Domain Realm.

Moreover, I always felt that the old man was subtly guiding me, offering me help...

Such coincidences don’t happen in this world.

Jinling Prefecture is so vast, yet a cultivator from the Domain Realm happened to move in next door and looked at me differently, getting along with me so well."

The old lady’s expression remained unchanged—Chen Yan knew that with the old lady’s level, as a Venerable Saint, if she chose not to show any clues, she wouldn’t betray even a hint in her eyes or expression—let alone her expression, she wouldn’t give a mere Third Realm Cultivator half a chance to observe even her heartbeat or blood flow.

"So, there’s one thing I’ve always been unable to understand." Chen Yan looked at the old lady, sounding very confused: "Your actions seem contradictory to me.

You didn’t want me to get entangled with the Domain Realm, even the Cultivation Technique you left was incomplete, lacking the Technique for cultivating the Primordial Spirit, and you hinted for me not to cultivate the Primordial Spirit Technique of the Domain Realm.

The Cultivation Technique you gave me lacked the Primordial Spirit Technique, only allowing me to cultivate to the Third Realm at most.

Even as you just told me the truth, you knew the first time I came to the Domain Realm but never met me.

Old lady, if you really didn’t want me involved with the Domain Realm, then why did you leave so many countermeasures? I have the Cultivation Technique, and you even arranged people to secretly protect me.

And that ring!

If you truly didn’t want me to come to the Domain Realm, why leave that ring in the bank’s safe? If you had taken it away and not left it for me, wouldn’t it have been without any trouble?

The old lady quietly lit another cigarette, looking at Chen Yan: "So, what are you guessing, dear grandson?"

"This all... is related to my father, Chen Jue, isn’t it?"

Without the slightest hesitation, Chen Yan stated his biggest guess directly: "The countermeasures you left for me were meant to give me some ability to protect myself?

My father, Chen Jue, caused a big mess back then? So, you’re worried that I might face troubles in the future?"

The old lady took a slow drag of her cigarette. Amidst the swirling smoke, her bright eyes were concealed, making it hard to see clearly.

Chen Yan didn’t ask anything further, just quietly watched the old lady, patiently waiting.

After a long while, the old lady finally sighed.

Her gaze revealed a hint of emotion that surprised even Chen Yan.

It was... fatigue!

This Saint Venerable, ancestor of the Ghost Race, one of the Divine Spirits standing at the pinnacle of the Domain Realm, had eyes filled with exhaustion at this moment.

"Dear grandson, it’s not that grandma wants to deceive or hide from you, but there are some things you best not know—if you don’t know, the cause and effect won’t find you. Once you do know, the Heavenly Dao becomes aware, and the cause and effect will seek you."

The old lady spoke in a softer tone, saying quietly: "With your current capabilities, you can’t bear such cause and effect."

Unexpectedly, Chen Yan nodded very readily: "Alright, I am willing to listen to what you say."

The old lady looked at Chen Yan, a bit surprised.

Chen Yan shrugged: "You’re my grandma! The person who raised me since I was little, anyone in this world might harm me, but you are the person I trust absolutely.

Besides, as a Saint Venerable, you stand higher, know more, and have far greater insight than I could ever imagine.

Your decision surely only benefits me without any harm.

I’m not some rebellious teenager who would deliberately oppose the family, saying ’don’t control me under the guise of what’s good for me’ in a fit of pique."

Chen Yan’s words were genuine—his own grandmother was a Saint Venerable! And sincerely good to him!

With such a figure as a parent, who wouldn’t cling to their coattails rather than play the fool by being rebellious?