After the Villain in Me Gave Up, the Female Leads All Panicked! - Chapter 6:

Chapter 6: Grandpa Online — Told You Bootlickers Can’t Be Trusted!

At the same time…

50 kilometers northeast of Yanjing, the imperial capital.

Black Wind Mountain Range.

“Roar!”

A 2nd-rank vicious beast, the Wind Wolf, its body sleek and covered in green scales, opened its bloody jaws and lunged with a gust of foul wind toward a young man in black.

Ye Xuan’s eyes narrowed. He shifted his footing just in time to narrowly dodge the lethal strike.

His chest heaved as he gasped for breath, sweat already soaking through his clothes.

Wounds covered his body, and most of his spiritual power had been depleted.

To gather the resources needed for his breakthrough, he had no choice but to accept a high-risk mission from the Capital Martial Arts Academy, coming alone to hunt this vicious beast whose strength rivaled a 2nd or 3rd stage Bone Refining Realm martial artist.

“Die, you beast!”

Ye Xuan seized the opening left after the Wind Wolf missed. A flash of ruthlessness appeared in his eyes as he gathered his remaining spiritual power into his right fist and struck with all his might.

“Mountain-Crushing Fist!”

Bang!

His fist smashed squarely into the Wind Wolf’s soft underbelly. The violent force penetrated its body, instantly shattering its internal organs.

The Wind Wolf let out a miserable howl, convulsed a few times, then lay still.

Ye Xuan collapsed to the ground, breathing heavily.

But his face showed no joy of victory—only unwillingness and anger.

“Lin Yuan!”

He clenched his teeth and slammed his fist into the ground.

“Damn waste! He’s only where he is because of his family background! Hmph, you think cutting off my resources means I’m finished? Even without you, I, Ye Xuan, can reach the peak with my own strength!”

Though he said this aloud, frustration was already overflowing in his heart.

Once upon a time, he only needed to focus on cultivating, and Li Xuan’er would bring him all sorts of top-tier resources.

Now, for the money to buy a mere 2nd-grade pill, he had to fight a deadly battle with a vicious beast like this.

The huge gap between then and now nearly drove him insane.

“Master…” he couldn’t help asking in his heart, “why did that Lin Yuan suddenly wake up? Wasn’t he madly in love with Li Xuan’er? How did he just stop being a simp like that?”

A moment later, an aged voice echoed in his mind, “Kid, I told you long ago, never put all your hopes on that Li girl. That’s the same as handing your fate to someone else. You’ll end up hanging yourself on a single tree!”

“You really thought Lin Yuan was some idiot? With a background that powerful, he’s grown up surrounded by countless beauties and prodigies. You think his standards are really that low? Li Xuan’er’s tricks—stringing him along, using him—maybe they work once or twice, but keep it up, and even a pig would get tired!”

This voice was Ye Xuan’s greatest secret and trump card.

He had been an orphan with mediocre talent.

But after an accident, a spirit claiming to be the “Ancestor of Extreme Dao” appeared in his mind.

This ancestor claimed he had once stood at the peak of martial arts.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, his body perished, leaving only a wisp of soul to dwell in Ye Xuan’s consciousness.

He promised that if Ye Xuan helped him gather materials to rebuild his body, he would teach Ye Xuan everything he knew and help him become the next martial arts legend.

Thanks to the ancestor’s guidance, Ye Xuan had been able to perform miracle after miracle, rising as a genius from the commoners.

Hearing the ancestor’s scolding, a bitter smile formed on Ye Xuan’s face.

Of course, he understood the logic.

But rebuilding the ancestor’s body required massive amounts of rare resources. If he relied on himself, how many years would it take?

Getting close to Li Xuan’er and using Lin Yuan as a “super ATM” was the fastest shortcut he could think of.

Who could have guessed that the path was cut off just like that?

That Lin Yuan guy… he didn’t follow the script at all!

“Sigh…”

Ye Xuan let out a long sigh, got up, dragged his exhausted body over to the Wind Wolf’s corpse, and began dissecting it for valuable materials.

Looking at the meager gains in his hands, his gaze turned more determined than ever.

If the shortcut was gone, he’d forge his own path with his fists!

Lin Yuan, just you wait!

After finishing everything, he carried the mission materials and returned toward the capital without looking back.

…

Night had fallen, and the lights had just come on.

The Lin Family Estate was brightly lit, like a divine palace among mortals.

Lin Yuan had just finished enjoying a lavish dinner—not from a Michelin three-star chef, but prepared by his family’s exclusive top-grade spirit chef—and was heading back to his room to continue his Lying Flat mission.

Just then, a crisp and sweet voice unique to little girls called out.

“Brother! Brother! Wait for me!”

Lin Yuan turned around.

He saw a delicate and adorable little girl in a pink princess dress with twin ponytails, like a porcelain doll, running toward him with a stack of jade slips taller than herself.

It was his precious little sister, Lin Ke’er, a prodigy in formation arts.

“What is it, Ke’er?” Lin Yuan’s face softened with a pampering smile.

He truly loved this mischievous little sister from the bottom of his heart.

“Brother, help me take a look!”

Lin Ke’er ran up to him and handed over the top jade slip like she was presenting a treasure.

She blinked her large watery eyes, pouting, “This ‘Ninefold Dragon-Trapping Formation’ is way too complicated. I can’t figure out several of the nodes. Even the teachers at the academy can’t explain it clearly.”

Ninefold Dragon-Trapping Formation?

Lin Yuan raised an eyebrow.

That was an extremely high-level trapping formation. Forget students—even many masters specialized in formations might not fully comprehend it.

He accepted the jade slip and immersed his spiritual sense into it. Countless complex formation patterns and node variations surged into his mind.

If it had been the old Lin Yuan, he would have been utterly overwhelmed.

But now, after the transformation of the Primordial Sacred Body, his comprehension was on a whole new level—unimaginably high.

The intricate formation changes that Lin Ke’er found so difficult were, to him, as simple as elementary math.

He casually broke off a branch from the flowerbed, squatted down, and began drawing in the open courtyard.

“Look here. The spiritual flow between the third main node and the seventh auxiliary node shouldn’t connect directly. It needs to pass through a void node to form a loop. That way, the formation’s energy can circulate endlessly.”

“And here—the formation core shouldn’t be placed in the center. That’s a trap. The true life gate is here. Use it as the lead to reverse the flow of qi and energy, turning death into life and trapping the true dragon…”

As Lin Yuan casually drew on the ground, a profound formation diagram took shape.

With just a few words, he laid bare the core mysteries of this advanced formation, striking straight to its essence.