A Single Person's Trust

Thinking back to the content before his own point in time, Chen Ye was stunned for a moment, but still nodded very decisively.

He didn't yet fully understand how the Chronospace Diary conveyed its entries.

But he also realized that once he wrote out the future of each female character, it would create an enormous butterfly effect.

This kind of thing had both benefits and drawbacks for him, but for now, he wasn't thinking too much about it.

Leng Yaozhu watched Chen Ye's somewhat dazed expression, hesitated for a moment, then still nodded:

"Since you're already my disciple, you'll automatically join our Spirit Pagoda."

"Do you want to study at the Spirit Pagoda's affiliated academy, or go to a regular school?"

"Teacher, I'll go to a regular school." Chen Ye rubbed his head, a rare hint of shyness on his face.

"Alright, then it's settled. If you have any cultivation questions, you can send me a message." Leng Yaozhu said as she took out a Soul Guide Communicator.

After the two of them added each other on the communicator, she directly flew up and left.

It wasn't until the woman had flown far away that Chen Gang and Old Xu let out a long breath.

"This Deputy Tower Master of the Spirit Pagoda, instead of staying in Shrek City, what's she doing coming to our place?"

"Who knows. Old Xu, if you have nothing else, you can leave. I still have some other things to take care of at home." The Great Elder's gaze fell on Old Xu.

The old man took one last look at Chen Ye, gave a helpless smile, and turned to leave as well.

After all, since the other party was engaged to his granddaughter, the stronger he became, the more benefits it would bring their family.

And with the two of them gone, only the Young General from the military remained on the scene. He looked at Chen Ye, a hint of regret in his eyes.

But he also knew that although the military was a good path, it was absolutely no match for the Four Great Organizations, since they were the true cradle for a soul master's growth.

"I've disturbed you, senior. I'll take my leave now."

The Young General said this, cupped his fists, and turned to leave as well, leaving only the Chen family members on the spot.

Chen Lei let out a long breath and looked at his son:

"Good lad, directly taking an Extreme Douluo as your master. Whether she acknowledges it or not, at least you can borrow her prestige."

"Cut it out, what nonsense are you spouting? She genuinely wants my precious grandson as her disciple." The Great Elder knocked his son on the head, then turned to Chen Ye.

"Whatever auxiliary profession you want to choose, just tell your grandfather. I'll do my best to find you the best teacher."

"I want to try forging. If that doesn't work out, I'll consider other options." Chen Ye answered very decisively.

He had no natural talent or advantage in other professions.

But after awakening the Golden Dragon King Martial Soul, he was the same as Tang Wulin, innately possessing immense blood energy and strength.

This almost guaranteed that he had a considerable advantage in forging.

So compared to other auxiliary professions where he had no talent, it was better to pick the forging profession where his talent was strongest.

Moreover, the metal forged during the process, when used to make his own battle armor, would have additional effects compared to others' battle armor.

This effect wasn't very obvious at low levels, but once it reached the Two-Word or Three-Word level, the gap became very clear.

"Forging is good. Forging is a pretty decent auxiliary profession." The Great Elder had a smile on his face.

As the number one family in Eastsea City, the Chen family's resources and connections were unmatched by others.

And while he didn't know about other aspects, there was an Eighth Grade Forging Master stationed in Eastsea City.

Under these circumstances, spending some resources to have that person teach his grandson wasn't a difficult matter.

Besides, he could already tell that his grandson's Second Martial Soul was clearly strength-oriented, which should also provide an additional boost to forging.

After a brief chat, Chen Ye had no intention of staying here any longer.

His courtyard had been destroyed, so he went to a neighboring one.

The Chen family didn't have much, but they had plenty of these courtyards, whether for guests or for family use.

Sitting on the bed, he opened the Chronospace Diary. Compared to the newly awakened Golden Dragon King, he was actually more concerned about his Chronospace Diary.

After all, the Second Martial Soul he possessed came from the Chronospace Diary.

And on the Chronospace Diary at this moment, besides that passage of text, the reward mechanism was also displayed.

This reward mechanism was actually quite troublesome, requiring the recognition level of several female characters.

Recognition was divided into ten levels.

Levels one to three were Doubt.

Levels four to six were Belief.

Levels seven to nine were Trust.

And level ten was strangely named Acknowledgment.

Each level up granted one chance to draw, and whenever three female characters reached a new stage, a higher-level reward pool could be unlocked.

Unfortunately, his favorability was currently at zero.

Chen Ye sighed helplessly. After all, it was just the beginning, so having no trust was normal.

Looking at the first reward pool, even the worst rewards inside were upgrades to soul ring age.

The rewards were divided into yellow, purple, black, red, and gold.

And there were two gold rewards in total. One was obtaining a third martial soul, but the third martial soul could only choose a top-tier type.

For example, top-tier martial souls like the Seven Kill Sword, Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, Bright Holy Dragon, and Dark Holy Dragon.

The second was choosing a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone from a Ferocious Beast.

Looking at the rewards in this pool, saying This Humble One wasn't tempted would be a lie, after all, this was only the initial stage's reward pool.

Yet the rewards it granted were things a normal person couldn't obtain in a lifetime.

"It seems I need to add some targeting. I think obtaining rewards requires targeting the female characters' recognition of the diary."

"In this situation, rather than slowly making all of them trust me, it's better to first raise one person's trust and let me get a chance to draw."

Wanting multiple female characters to increase their favorability toward him was too difficult. It was better to first raise one and obtain a chance to draw.

So instead of casting a wide net, it was better to concentrate on one point and precisely increase their trust.

As for who to choose, Chen Ye already had an idea.

Compared to the historical trajectory he originally knew, Xu Xiaoyan had already changed because of her engagement with him.

As for Na'er wanting Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon bloodline, he currently had no good way to deal with that.

Gu Yue was as cunning as a demon. For such a smart girl, it was hard for him to deceive her.

Dai Yun'er went without saying. He didn't understand the current situation in the Star Luo Empire at all, since the timeline didn't write about it either.

Being able to trick Long Yue into going out with her was already very difficult for him.

Chen Ye also couldn't directly hand over the other party's ending, since at this stage she wouldn't believe him anyway.

And besides the four of them, there was only Yuanen Yehui left.

Not only would something happen to her mother within about a year, but because she was in Shrek City and had no contact with him, his appearance wouldn't cause a butterfly effect.