Transmigrated into a Grandpa, Embracing the Laid-Back Life

Chapter 381: Three Thousand Six Hundred, All Remembered

Lin Yu did not answer immediately.

He was calculating rapidly in his mind: his time since transmigrating, plus the earlier period of slumber, was indeed around five hundred years. But the Shen family's annihilation was a thousand years ago. If Hao Yuan thought of him as a member of the Shen family, then he should have been inside the ring since that time a thousand years ago.

A five-hundred-year gap versus a thousand-year gap—how was he going to square that?

But then he reconsidered: what he had said was the truth. As for how Hao Yuan chose to interpret it, that was his problem. Getting full marks on reading comprehension was the examiner's business, not the examinee's.

So he spoke, his tone calm:

"I can't remember clearly. I only recall that during my recovery, this ring changed owners six times."

That was the truth. When he had first awakened, he had indeed sensed the lingering auras of several previous short-lived owners through the ring's residual energy.

Hao Yuan squinted slightly but said nothing. He was sensing—his divine sense flowed like liquid mercury, enveloping every fluctuation of Lin Yu's soul power.

No lies.

The frequency of his soul was as steady as water, without a single ripple.He asked: "And before that? Before the first owner, what were you doing?"

Lin Yu was silent for a moment. He could hear the probing in Hao Yuan's words. This was a timeline check.

Then he spoke, his voice carrying a hint of genuine bewilderment:

"Before that... I think I was sleeping for a very long time."

There was a real sense of trance in Lin Yu's tone, as if he were straining to remember. "A very, very long time. No light, no sound, nothing at all."

That was the truth—before transmigrating, he had died from sudden exhaustion, and the darkness of that death had indeed felt like an endless, boundless slumber, his consciousness extremely fuzzy.

"When I woke up, that was when the first owner found the ring."

That was also the truth—the first time he had truly "woken up" with clear self-awareness was when the first owner appeared.

Hao Yuan's tightly furrowed brow slowly relaxed.

His interpretation was this: that battle which destroyed the Shen family had been too brutal. This remnant soul had been gravely wounded and had fallen into a long period of hibernation to protect itself.

Very reasonable. Very logical.

What he didn't know was that Lin Yu's "slumber" was due to the adjustment period after transmigrating, and had nothing to do with the Shen family.

But Hao Yuan believed him. Because every single thing Lin Yu said was the truth.

truly was the

even solidify its face—and

the past may well be

let out a

soul body shifted slightly but said nothing. Inwardly, he was grumbling: A blessing? If you knew I couldn't

could only think these words to

next question had already

path of formations? Do you

body trembled

natural instinct that stemmed from

in his heart tightened to its breaking point. This was a

then why would a "core member of the Shen family," reduced to a remnant soul, not seize someone's body to be reborn? Why would he choose to parasitize a mediocre outer sect disciple? That wouldn't conform to the logic of the cultivation world, where the strong preyed on the weak. Instead, it would invite even deeper suspicion from this Unity

he answered "I don't remember," then he would lose all value. In this cruel cultivation world, something without value typically faced only two outcomes: being erased, or

capable of crushing him ten thousand times over with a single finger—and countless thoughts flashed

He couldn't lie.

he would

Yu was silent for

woke up, I didn't

carrying the blank confusion of someone

transmigrated, he was completely dumbfounded. All he knew was that he had become a "convenient old grandpa," and his mind was cleaner than

Yuan squinted slightly, his ancient well-like eyes showing no ripples, simply waiting in

glow of his soul body flickering in and out as

the sect. The Internal Affairs Hall issued a jade slip, which was 'The True Meaning of Basic Rune

was very light, carrying a dazed uncertainty as if even he

took a look. When I saw those runes, the empty, hollow feeling in my heart

entertainment after transmigrating, his only straw to cling to in search of a sense of security in

"They looked familiar."

clumsy, yet carried a practiced proficiency etched into his very bones. "At first, I couldn't remember what they did. I just felt... this line should go like this, and that node

fragments in my mind

Hao Yuan said nothing.

divine sense, like liquid mercury, pervaded every fluctuation of Lin

Stable.

Real.

trace of pretense or

that uncertain "slowly

eyes quietly faded

Bloodline memory.

Even if the soul body was severely damaged and memories

wasn't learning;