[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-transmigrated-into-a-grandpa-embracing-the-laid-":3,"chapter-transmigrated-into-a-grandpa-embracing-the-laid--transmigrated-into-a-grandpa-embracing-the-laid--chapter-162":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Transmigrated into a Grandpa, Embracing the Laid-Back Life",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1331797,1770,"Chapter 162: Counterattack","transmigrated-into-a-grandpa-embracing-the-laid--chapter-162",162,"\u003Cp>Everyone held their breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Steward Sun's fist, hidden beneath his sleeve, unconsciously clenched!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost there!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One breath!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Light flowed smoothly, the formation stable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two breaths!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wind-attributed spiritual energy began to grow more lively, the hum from the formation plate rising higher and higher!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three breaths!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sudden, drastic change!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flowing spiritual light on the formation plate gave a violent shudder!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sensation was like a person sprinting at full speed, only to have all their strength instantly drained away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The originally brilliant radiance, like a punctured balloon, rapidly dimmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The high-pitched hum transformed into a resentful whimper, then abruptly ceased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire formation plate, like a chicken with its neck wrung, went completely dark, utterly still and silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deathly stillness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No explosion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No shockwave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not even a single wisp of spiritual energy leakage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It just... gently, peacefully, fizzled out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This unexpected outcome left everyone stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vicious sneer on Steward Sun's face froze at the corner of his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mind went blank. The prepared, sorrowful eulogy he had ready was stuck in his throat, impossible to utter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This gentle failure snapped the nerve he had strained to its absolute limit, and the words burst out!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Impossible! It should have clearly been—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He abruptly cut himself off, his expression changing drastically!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's over!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had slipped up!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was already too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he misspoke, Su Ming moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He seemed frightened silly by this sudden failure, his face showing the perfect amount of \"panic\" and \"confusion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He staggered forward a step, then bowed deeply toward Chen Ping at the head of the hall!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior Brother Chen! This disciple is foolish and incompetent! Please punish me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice carried a sob, filled with grievance and bewilderment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"While repairing it, this disciple felt the flow of the spiritual conduits here was quite similar to a case recorded in the 'Miscellaneous Records of the Yuanfeng Jiazi Year' that I happened upon in the reference room! I harbored doubts all along!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This disciple was so bold as to attempt minor adjustments to several auxiliary circuits, trying to avoid the risk, but... but I never imagined it would still fail in the end!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having said this, as if to prove his words, he frantically pulled out a scroll of his own repair notes from his storage pouch, along with a... yellowed, fragile, ancient-looking book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised both items high above his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These are this disciple's repair notes and that miscellaneous record! Please, Senior Brother, examine them!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, everyone's gaze converged on that ancient book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Miscellaneous Records of the Yuanfeng Jiazi Year'!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hyacinth Crystal!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reverse Spiritual Energy Resonance!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These key words slammed into Steward Sun's heart like invisible sledgehammers!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face drained of all color, turning deathly pale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above, Chen Ping's gaze had long since sharpened like a blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't look at Su Ming, nor at the failed formation plate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He simply rose slowly, step by step, descending from the dais.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took the notes and the yellowed ancient book from Su Ming's hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sweep of his divine sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The notes clearly recorded Su Ming's \"doubts\" and \"tentative modifications.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ancient book contained that shocking record about \"Reverse Spiritual Energy Resonance\"!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The formation fizzling out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Steward Sun's slip of the tongue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Ming's \"defense.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this ironclad, century-old material evidence!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chain of evidence was perfectly closed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ping slowly closed the ancient book and looked up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face instantly turned livid!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bone-chilling, murderous intent belonging to a Golden Core cultivator erupted violently!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air in the entire stone hall seemed to be sucked out in an instant, solidifying into glass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This pressure was no longer the previous probing aimed solely at Su Ming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an indiscriminate, all-encompassing storm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the menial disciples turned pale under the wrath of this Golden Core cultivator, their legs trembling, even breathing becoming a luxury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some with weaker cultivation had already collapsed to the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the center of the hall, Steward Sun looked as if struck by lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ninety-nine percent of that killing intent was locked onto him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt his very soul freeze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Se... Senior Brother Chen...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His teeth chattered, each word squeezed out from between them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A misunderstanding... this is all a misunderstanding...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ping did not look at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He simply slowly closed the ancient book in his hands, his movements gentle, as if polishing a rare treasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he lifted his head, his gaze passing over everyone to land on Steward Sun's face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That look held no anger, no fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a dead, unfathomably deep chill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Misunderstanding?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ping's voice was soft, yet it stabbed into Steward Sun's ears like a red-hot iron rod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're saying this tampered-with formation diagram issued by the Formation Bureau is a misunderstanding?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He waved the repair notes in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Or are you saying Su Ming's recorded concerns about 'Reverse Spiritual Energy Resonance' in these notes are also a misunderstanding?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, he gently placed the yellowed ancient book on the verification platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Or perhaps this 'Miscellaneous Records of the Yuanfeng Jiazi Year' from a century ago, which records the fatal flaw of the 'Hyacinth Crystal,' is also a misunderstanding?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With each sentence, Chen Ping took a step forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each step felt like it was stomping on Steward Sun's heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Steward Sun's complexion went from deathly pale to ashen gray.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was finished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All his arrangements, all his backup plans, had been strung together by these three items into a perfect chain of evidence pointing directly at himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't understand it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A menial! A crippled good-for-nothing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could he possibly know about a century-old case!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could he possibly see through such an exquisite trap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I... I don't know! I don't know anything!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Steward Sun let out a hysterical roar, making a final desperate struggle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's Su Ming! He's the one with poor skills, failing the repair, trying to find an excuse to escape blame! He's slandering me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ping finally stood before him, looking down at him from above, a cruel curve lifting the corner of his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then how do you explain that 'Impossible' you blurted out just now when the formation failed?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What were you expecting?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This question was the final straw that broke the camel's back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Steward Sun completely broke down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He collapsed to the floor, his face ashen, merely muttering repeatedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No... it wasn't me...\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1064,"2026-06-05T19:47:06.814Z",1,"novelbin.me","270fd3fe35149f90ca6b621a55f39ea1dc84dab292c84d71ef3d8458976046e7","transmigrated-into-a-grandpa-embracing-the-laid--chapter-163","transmigrated-into-a-grandpa-embracing-the-laid--chapter-161",380,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ftransmigrated-into-a-grandpa-embracing-the-laid--cover.jpg"]