Grandpa is online: I told you long ago that simps can't be trusted!

Meanwhile.

A hundred miles northeast of the capital, Yanjing City.

Black Wind Mountain Range.

"Roar!"

A lithe Tier 2 Vicious Beast, a "Wind Wolf" covered in green scales, opened its bloody maw and lunged at a youth in black with a gust of foul wind.

Ye Xuan's eyes narrowed, his footwork shifting as he narrowly dodged the fatal blow.

His chest heaved violently, and sweat had long since soaked his clothes.

Small wounds covered his entire body, and his spiritual energy was mostly depleted.

To gather the resources needed for a Breakthrough, he had no choice but to take on a high-risk mission from the academy, hunting a Vicious Beast whose strength rivaled a Martial Artist at the second or third stage of the Marrow Cleansing Realm alone.

"Beast, die!"

Ye Xuan seized an opening after the Wind Wolf missed its pounce. A sharp light flashed in his eyes as he gathered the remaining spiritual energy in his body into his right fist and threw a powerful punch!

"Mountain Crushing Punch!"

Bang!

The fist slammed solidly into the Wind Wolf's soft belly, and the violent force surged through its body, instantly shattering its internal organs.

The Wind Wolf let out a wail, its massive body twitched a few times, and then it fell silent.

Ye Xuan slumped to the ground, gasping for air.

There was no joy of victory on his face; instead, it was filled with resentment and anger.

"Lin Yuan!"

He ground his teeth as he uttered the name, slamming his fist onto the ground.

"Damned trash! He's just relying on his family background! Humph, do you think I'm out of options just because you cut off my resources? Without you, I, Ye Xuan, can still reach the Peak step by step through my own efforts!"

Though he said so, the grievance in his heart was about to overflow.

Once upon a time, he only needed to Cultivate peacefully, and Li Xuan'er would deliver all sorts of top-tier resources to him.

But now, for the cost of a mere Tier 2 Medicinal Pill, he had to fight for his life against a Vicious Beast here.

This massive disparity made his mental state nearly collapse.

"Teacher..." he couldn't help but ask in his heart, "Why do you think that Lin Yuan suddenly came to his senses? Didn't he love Li Xuan'er to death? How could he just stop being a simp like that?"

A moment later.

An aged voice rang out in his mind.

"Kid, I told you long ago not to place all your hopes on that girl from the Li family. That's the same as handing your fate to someone else and hanging yourself from a single tree!"

"Do you really think Lin Yuan is a fool? With such a prominent family background, he has seen countless beauties and talents since he was a child. Could his vision and Heart-Nature really be that poor? Li Xuan'er's methods of stringing him along and using him might work once or twice, but after a long time, even a pig would get tired of it!"

This voice was exactly Ye Xuan's greatest secret and reliance.

He was originally an orphan with mediocre talent.

But in an accident, a Primordial Spirit calling himself the "Ultimate Ancestor" appeared in his mind.

This Old Ancestor claimed to have once been a peerless powerhouse standing at the Peak of the Martial Dao.

He had died for some reason, leaving only a wisp of a remnant soul residing within his Sea of Consciousness.

The Old Ancestor promised that as long as Ye Xuan could help him find Materials to reconstruct his Physical Body in the future, he would teach him everything he knew and help Ye Xuan become a new myth of the Martial Dao.

It was precisely under the Old Ancestor's guidance that Ye Xuan could repeatedly create miracles and become a commoner Genius.

Hearing the Old Ancestor's lecture, a hint of bitterness appeared on Ye Xuan's face.

How could he not know this truth?

But the Old Ancestor needed a massive amount of Heaven And Earth Treasures to reconstruct his Physical Body. Relying on himself alone, how long would it take to gather them all?

Approaching Li Xuan'er and using Lin Yuan, this 'super ATM,' was the fastest shortcut he could think of.

Who would have thought that while this path was going well, it would suddenly be cut off!

That guy Lin Yuan isn't playing by the rules!

"Sigh..."

Ye Xuan sighed helplessly, climbed up from the ground, and dragged his tired body over to dissect the Wind Wolf's corpse and take the valuable Materials.

Looking at the meager harvest in his hand, the look of determination in his eyes grew even stronger.

The path must be walked step by step.

Since the shortcut is gone, I'll use my own fists to forge a path to the heavens!

Lin Yuan, you just wait!

After handling everything, he carried the mission items and returned towards the capital without looking back... Night fell, and the lights began to glow.

The Lin Family Manor was brightly lit, like a temple situated in the mortal realm.

Lin Yuan had just finished a dinner cooked by a Michelin three-star chef... no, by his family's exclusive Special-Grade Spiritual Chef, and was about to return to his room to continue his great cause of lying flat.

At this moment, a crisp call, characteristic of a young girl's soft and sweet voice, drifted over.

"Brother! Brother! Wait a moment!"

Lin Yuan turned his head.

He saw a little loli, as exquisite and cute as a porcelain doll, wearing a pink princess dress with twin tails, running towards him with a "thud-thud-thud" while holding a pile of Jade Slips taller than herself.

It was precisely his precious sister, Lin Ke'er, who was proficient in Formations.

"What's wrong, Little Ke'er?"

A doting smile appeared on Lin Yuan's face.

He truly loved this quirky and clever sister of his.

"Brother, come and help me take a look!"

Lin Ke'er ran up to him and handed him the top-most Jade Slip like she was presenting a treasure.

She blinked her large, watery eyes and pouted distressingly, "The setting of the Formation Eye for this 'Nine-Bend Dragon-Trapping Formation' is so complicated. There are several nodes I just can't figure out, and I can't understand what the academy teachers are saying."

Nine-Bend Dragon-Trapping Formation?

Lin Yuan raised an eyebrow.

This was quite a high-level trapping Formation. Not to mention academy students, even many Grandmasters specializing in Formations might not be able to fully grasp it.

He took the Jade Slip and sank his Divine Sense into it. Countless profound and complex Formation patterns and node changes instantly flooded into his mind.

If it were the previous Lin Yuan, seeing these would definitely give him a huge headache.

But now, after the transformation by the Primordial Chaos Sacred Body, his Comprehension Ability was no longer what it used to be, reaching an inconceivable height.

These Formation changes that seemed obscure and difficult to Lin Ke'er were as simple as elementary school addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in his eyes.

He casually snapped a twig from the nearby flower bed, crouched down, and began to draw on the open ground of the courtyard.

"Look here, the spiritual energy flow of the third main node and the seventh auxiliary node shouldn't be directly connected. Instead, they should pass through a void node for transition, forming a loop. This way, the Formation's energy can be endless."

"Also here, the Formation Eye shouldn't be set right in the center; that's a trap. The true Gate of Life is actually here. Using the Gate of Life as a guide to reverse heaven and earth can turn death into life and trap the true dragon..."

Lin Yuan casually drew an incredibly profound Formation diagram on the ground.

With just a few words, he analyzed the core mysteries of this high-level Formation clearly, pointing directly to its essence.