Chen Lin knew that Blind Girl and Hua Ruyu had been acquainted before.
Before leaving, Blind Girl had told him a great deal about Hongming Ancestor. Otherwise, he would still have assumed Hongming Ancestor was a man, and would never have imagined that Hua Ruyu was Hongming Ancestor.
Yet the women closest to him were all connected to Hongming Ancestor. He felt there was no way this could be a coincidence.
He must have been pulling the strings behind the scenes!
There were so many flowers in Wanhuagu Valley, yet Chen Lin had gone fishing three times in a row and hooked precisely those three people. That was further evidence.
Hongming Ancestor could either manipulate destiny or manipulate karma, or perhaps peer into the future within the River of Time and alter it.
An insignificant ant like him was entirely within that person's palm. No matter how he jumped, he could never leap free.
Following that line of reasoning, Hongming Ancestor had most likely approached him for his Destiny Talent.
Hongming Ancestor already possessed an innate body, the Thunder God Sword was Grass, and the Soul-Destroying Finger was a secret art of the Soul-Suppressing Envoy. None of those seemed likely to be what he coveted.
Apart from his Destiny Talent, Chen Lin could think of nothing else.
As for why Hongming Ancestor had later given up, he had no way to guess.
Thoughts churned through his mind, and scenes from the past welled up one after another.
Suddenly, Chen Lin remembered something.
There was another possibility!
He solemnly asked Grass, "Grass, do you think I could be that Li Yuanlei's reincarnation?"
The idea that he was the reincarnation of a mighty expert had lingered in his mind for a long time. Previously, he had thought it might be Nian Kong;