Daring to Act Arrogant Before Me? So You Were Leaning on Someone Powerful!

Over the next few days, Capital Martial Arts Academy fell into a strange atmosphere.

On one hand, with the National League coming to an end and Gu Ningxue taking the championship, bringing boundless glory to the academy, the entire school brimmed with joy.

On the other hand...

Every student, no matter where they went, would instinctively avoid the corner at the very end of the teaching building's last row, as well as the lounge chair in the Back Garden.

Because there lurked an existence even more terrifying than the champion.

Lin Yuan.

He still lived his unchanging salted-fish life.

During class, he slept.

After class, he went to the Back Garden to switch locations and continue sleeping.

It was as though the Divine Being who had suppressed the entire arena with A Thought in the Dragon's Nest stadium a few days ago, whose Words Follow Law and who had sentenced Ye Xuan to "death," had never been him at all.

[ Ding! Host has completed the "Lying Flat for Three Consecutive Days" achievement. Reward: one Nine Orifices Exquisite Fruit! ]

[ Ding! Host has completed the "Sleeping in Class for More Than Eight Hours" achievement. Reward: minor increase in Divine Soul Power! ]

[ Ding! Host has completed the "Refusing to Communicate with Others More Than One Hundred Times" achievement. Reward: Profound Grade Top Tier movement technique Shrinking the Ground to an Inch! ]

In his sleep, Lin Yuan groggily turned over and smacked his lips.

Mm...

Today's sunlight smelled pretty good.

Rewards? What rewards?

Oh, it seemed another pile of stuff had arrived.

The Nine Orifices Exquisite Fruit could cleanse the body, expel impurities, make one's body as clear and translucent as Crystal, and let cultivation yield twice the result with half the effort.

Not bad. He would eat it as an after-meal fruit later.

An increase in Divine Soul Power...

That was good. With a stronger divine soul, even his sleep would be more peaceful.

As for Shrinking the Ground to an Inch...

It sounded troublesome just from the name. It required walking with his feet, which was tiring.

And why was it only a Profound Grade Top Tier technique? The system was far too stingy. He would toss it into the Lineage Library Pavilion to gather dust later!

The current Lin Yuan had long since become spoiled by abundance.

He would not even glance at techniques below Heaven Grade Supreme Tier.

Of course, not every reward from the system could be supreme tier.

As a result, the techniques accumulated in the Lineage Library Pavilion had unknowingly grown more and more numerous.

Just as he was about to continue his profound exchange on the philosophy of life with Duke of Zhou, a cool and aloof yet helpless voice rang beside his ear.

"Xiaoyuan, stop sleeping."

Lin Yuan frowned impatiently.

Who was it?

Who was so blind as to disturb this Young Master's sleep?

He reluctantly opened a slit of an eye, and what entered his sight was an incomparably beautiful face, lovely in both smile and anger.

It was his elder sister, Lin Mengyao.

"Sis? Why are you here?" Lin Yuan asked indistinctly, then closed his eyes again.

"If I hadn't come, were you planning to sleep at school until the seas ran dry and the rocks crumbled?"

Lin Mengyao irritably extended her jade fingers and lightly tapped his forehead.

"The family sent word. Three days from now, the Su Family will host the annual Aristocratic Exchange Meeting at Cloud Top Manor. You must attend."

"Not going! Aristocratic Exchange Meeting? Isn't it just a bunch of old men and old women bringing a pack of brats together to brag to each other and compare whose Spirit Fruit is sweeter? Wouldn't it be better to sleep a little longer with that time?"

Lin Yuan's answer was crisp and decisive, without the slightest hesitation.

"You!"

Lin Mengyao was so angered by his righteous salted-fish logic that she did not know whether to laugh or cry.

Patiently, she tried to persuade him. "This time is different. This Exchange Meeting is bigger than any in previous years. Nearly every notable Lineage in Yan Jing City will be there. Our Lin Family is in the limelight right now. As the Lineage's heir, if you do not show yourself, people will say our Lin Family is Arrogance and rude, that we hold everyone beneath our notice."

"Let them say whatever they want. Their mouths are on their own faces. Can I stop them from shitting and farting?"

Lin Yuan turned over, presenting his back to her.

Lin Mengyao took a deep breath. Knowing that reasoning would not work on her younger brother, she could only change tactics.

"Go on, just consider it accompanying your sister for a little relaxation. You only need to show your face, find somewhere to sit, and eat something. Leave everything else to me, all right?"

Lin Yuan remained unmoved.

Just when Lin Mengyao was about to give up, a segment of the Original Work's plot flashed through Lin Yuan's mind like a movie played at fast-forward speed.

The Su Family...

The Exchange Meeting...

Oh, he remembered.

It was at this Exchange Meeting that the old-established Chen Family of Yan Jing City, in order to curry favor with another top-tier powerhouse, the Liu Family...

Publicly announced that it was tearing up the so-called "verbal engagement" with the original host.

Not only that.

They had spared no effort in mocking him, belittling the original host until he was worthless.

In the end, the original host had drawn his sword in anger, only to be effortlessly suppressed in a single move by a Chen Family expert and cough up blood on the spot.

He became the laughingstock of Yan Jing's entire upper-class circle.

And that so-called fiancée, Chen Ruoxi...

Lin Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly.

Her background in the Original Work was rather miserable as well.

She was the legitimate eldest daughter of the Chen Family's head, Chen Tianhao, but her birth mother had died of illness when she was young.

Chen Tianhao's second wife had the standard vicious-stepmother script.

She disliked Chen Ruoxi greatly.

Later, she gave birth to a son. This stepmother became even more haughty at home, holding her nose to the sky and constantly whispering in her husband's ear.

Chen Ruoxi's room to survive within the family was squeezed smaller and smaller.

Yet...

On the surface, she was the Chen Family's unfavored legitimate daughter.

In truth, she was an extraordinarily well-hidden refining genius!

In the Original Work, she later broke free of her family's control through a fortunate coincidence and became the disciple of a reclusive master refiner.

In only a few years, she became one of the very few grandmaster refiners in all of Dragon Summer Country!

Even the protagonist Ye Xuan had sought her help multiple times in refining magical treasures.

For the Chen Family to treat such a future grandmaster like merchandise and send her off just to cling to the Liu Family...

They were truly stupid in a fresh and unconventional way.

Thinking of this, Lin Yuan's salted-fish heart finally stirred with the faintest ripple.

He slowly turned over and looked at his sister's face, written all over with "Please," before lazily yawning.

"Sigh, I really can't do anything about you."

"Fine, I'll go. But let's make this clear: I'm only responsible for attending. Don't expect me to play along with those people."

"Wonderful!" Lin Mengyao's face immediately broke into a delighted smile. "Don't worry, as long as you show up, that's enough!"

Seeing how happy his sister was, Lin Yuan curled his lip.

Heh, women.

Did she think he was doing this for her, for the Lineage?

How naive!

Three days later, Cloud Top Manor.

As one of Yan Jing City's most luxurious private estates, the Su Family's territory had always been famed for its extravagance and elegance.

At this moment, the manor entrance was packed with luxury vehicles.

Custom Spirit Energy Flying Cars worth tens of millions, even hundreds of millions, in the outside world were parked along the roadside here as casually as cabbages.

Men and women dressed in splendid attire stepped out of the cars.

Every one of them exuded the unique confidence and nobility of high society.

Pick any one of these people at random, and they would be a major figure capable of shaking an entire region.

Yet today, they had all gathered here.

Deep Inside the Manor, a grand open-air banquet was underway.

Melodious classical music flowed through the air as servers in matching uniforms carried trays laden with fine wine and delicacies, weaving through the crowd.

Lin Yuan and Lin Mengyao's arrival instantly drew the attention of the entire venue.

Especially Lin Yuan.

Nearly everyone's gaze, overt or covert, landed on the youth lazily following behind Lin Mengyao.

There was curiosity, reverence, and even deeper wariness.

Was this the Lin Family's Qilin Son, the one who had suppressed Ye Xuan with a single word at the National League and whom even the Martial Dao Alliance's Chief Referee treated respectfully?

He did not seem to have three heads and six arms. Instead...

He looked like he had not woken up yet?

However, with Lin Yuan and Lin Mengyao's appearance...

The originally noisy conversations in the banquet hall strangely quieted.

Gazes bright and hidden alike converged in unison like searchlights upon the youth following behind Lin Mengyao with a sleepy expression.

"So he's Lin Yuan? The Lin Family's Qilin Son?"

"He looks completely ordinary, even a little... lazy? He has none of the unmatched domineering aura described in the rumors."

"Shh! Keep your voice down! What do you know? This is called returning to simplicity! True Big Shots are all like this! I heard that at the league, he was sitting there just as lazily, and a single glance made that Ye Xuan kneel!"

"Hiss—real or fake? That terrifying?"

The younger members of the second- and third-rate families whispered among themselves, discussing fervently.

Their gazes toward Lin Yuan were filled with curiosity and reverence.

Meanwhile, the core figures from the top-tier Lineages merely raised their glasses without revealing any emotion. Their eyes paused briefly on Lin Yuan before withdrawing again, but deep within their gazes, every one of them carried a trace of gravity and wariness.

Lin Yuan seemed not to hear any of it.

His attention was not on this boring socializing at all.

His eyes were searching everywhere.

Mm, that corner looked nice. The lighting was dim, it was far from the crowd, and beside it sat a plate of Amethyst Spirit Grapes that looked very sweet.

It was simply a Lying-Flat Sanctuary tailored precisely for him.

However, just as he was preparing to break away from the group and head toward his "throne"...

An extremely discordant figure blocked his path.

"Lin Yuan."

The newcomer was none other than the Chen Family's patriarch, Chen Tianhao.

Behind him stood his son, Chen Yu, whose face was full of Arrogance.

Chen Tianhao's expression was far from pleasant—one might even call it gloomy. As he looked at Lin Yuan, his eyes carried undisguised scrutiny and contempt, as though he were inspecting a flawed product.

"Uncle Chen, is there something you need?"

Lin Mengyao stepped forward and quietly shielded Lin Yuan behind her. A proper, professional smile rested on her face.

"Niece Mengyao, this matter has nothing to do with you." Chen Tianhao waved his hand, his gaze still fixed tightly on Lin Yuan. "Today, before all the Lineages of Yan Jing City, there are some things I must make clear to my worthy nephew Lin Yuan."

He deliberately emphasized the words "worthy nephew," and the mockery within them was self-evident.

The surrounding guests seemed to catch the scent of gunpowder in the air. They stopped talking one after another and looked over with great interest.

Lin Yuan finally lifted his eyelids and yawned.

Annoying.

This was truly too annoying.

Why were there always such self-righteous flies insisting on buzzing over to disturb other people's sleep?

"I know that you've made a bit of a name for yourself at the National League recently."

Chen Tianhao's voice rang especially clearly in the quiet banquet hall. "Defeating a somewhat talented Ye Xuan was indeed not bad. But..."

His tone shifted, and the contempt within it grew even stronger.

"In the eyes of true Lineages, that sort of petty scuffle is nothing more than children playing house! It is not worth taking seriously!"

"My Chen Family is a prominent Lineage in Yan Jing City! My daughter Ruoxi is even a daughter favored by heaven! Her husband must be a dragon among men, a future pillar who holds up the heavens!"

"And you, Lin Yuan..." Chen Tianhao's gaze scraped up and down Lin Yuan like a knife. "Though you have a little talent, you are ultimately just a dandy who knows only how to eat, drink, and have fun! You are not worthy!"

At this point, he paused, a proud expression appearing on his face as though he were announcing some momentous joyous occasion.

"Moreover, Young Master Mingxuan of the Liu Family has already taken a liking to Ruoxi! What kind of existence is the Liu Family? I need not explain it, do I? A marriage alliance with the Liu Family is the best destination for both my Chen Family and Ruoxi!"

Boom!

These words exploded through the crowd like a thunderclap!

Breaking off the engagement!

This was a public annulment of the engagement!

And done in such an almost humiliating manner at that!

Everyone's eyes focused on Lin Yuan, wanting to see how this legendary Lin Family Qilin Son would react.

However, to everyone's surprise...

Lin Yuan's face still wore that lazy expression, as though he would fall asleep the next second.

He even gave a soft chuckle.

That smile carried a trace of amusement, a trace of pity, and... deep disdain.

"Finished?"

He spoke lightly, his voice not loud, yet it clearly reached everyone's ears.

Chen Tianhao froze.

"Now that you're finished, it's my turn."

Lin Yuan's eyelids finally lifted all the way.

Those pitch-black eyes were calm as water, yet so deep they seemed capable of swallowing everything.

"The Chen Family? The Liu Family?"

He chuckled and slowly uttered a few words.

The Liu Family.

Like the Lin Family.

One of Yan Jing City's foremost aristocratic families.

The Liu Family Ancestor was also a Martial God renowned throughout the Dragon Summer Country. In terms of strength, he was evenly matched with the Lin Family.

As for the Liu Family's Young Master, Liu Mingxuan—

He had already broken through to the Qi Sea Realm Fifth Level.

No wonder Chen Tianhao dared flaunt his power before him. So he had found himself a powerful backer!

Unfortunately...

Lin Yuan did not care in the slightest!

"They are nothing but worthless trash."

"As for your son..."

Lin Yuan's gaze fell upon Chen Yu as though he were looking at a pile of garbage.

"Heh, just a piece of trash. You dare bark in front of me?"

"What did you say?!"

Chen Yu exploded at once!

He had always been arrogant and proud, relying on the Chen Family and his future brother-in-law's Liu Family to swagger through Yan Jing City!

When had he ever suffered such a monstrous humiliation?!

"You useless trash living under your Lineage's protection! You dare insult me?!"

"Today, I'll show you what true strength is!"

With a roar, Chen Yu's spiritual power erupted from his entire body like a volcano!

The aura of the Marrow Cleansing Realm Sixth Level swept outward, forcing several weaker guests nearby to stagger back again and again!

Roaring, he became a blur, his fist carrying a shrill howl that tore through the air as it smashed viciously toward Lin Yuan's face!

It was over!

That was the shared thought in everyone's heart.

No matter how strong Lin Yuan was, he was clearly completely unguarded in his current slovenly state!

Chen Yu's furious punch was fierce and heavy. Even if it did not kill him, it would surely make him a laughingstock in front of everyone!

Lin Mengyao's expression changed, and she was about to make her move!

However, Lin Yuan was faster than she was.

Or rather, he had not moved at all.

He still maintained that lazy posture, without even changing the way he sat.

Only, at the very instant Chen Yu's fist was about to touch him—

In an understated manner, he raised his hand.

And casually gave it a wave.

As though swatting away an annoying fly.

Buzz—!

A terrifying pressure beyond words, as though it had descended from an ancient divine mountain, descended in an instant!

There was no fluctuation of spiritual power!

No aura burst forth!

It was simply pure, irresistible pressure that crushed everything!

Chen Yu, who had been charging forward, had the savage grin on his face freeze instantly!

He felt as though he had slammed into an invisible wall forged from Divine Metal!

No!

That was not a wall!

It was an ancient divine mountain weighing hundreds of millions of jin, toppling down upon him!

Every bone in his body let out creaking wails beneath that dreadful pressure, unable to bear the burden!

The spiritual power he had been so proud of melted away instantly before that pressure like ice and snow beneath the sun. He could not mobilize even the slightest trace of it!

Thud—!!!

Under the horrified-to-death stares of the entire crowd.

Chen Yu, who had been so imposing just a moment ago, suddenly had his legs give way and crashed to his Knees before Lin Yuan in a full-body prostration!

The hard marble floor was Smashed into two distinct pits by his Knees, while Web-like Cracks spread wildly in every direction!

"Urgh... ah..."

Chen Yu sprawled on the ground, Trembling Violently. Beastlike howls of agony tore from his throat, and his face was filled with a Horror worse than death itself!

The entire hall fell into Dead Silence!