Wen Yan greatly respects people like this, so he engages in these seemingly meaningless activities in Ye Er's view.
Ye Er stands at a distance, silently watching.
All he feels now is fear.
He doesn't understand what happened earlier; if it were just power, he would find it unremarkable, as there are always stronger forces in the Ancient Dream.
But he saw in Wen Yan the same resolute conviction he possessed, which started to terrify him.
He now feels that perhaps even merely blocking Wen Yan's path to ascend isn't safe enough?
Previously, he sensed a connection between himself and Wen Yan and unhesitatingly dragged Wen Yan into the most memorable Ancient Dream to ensure it would be safer.
His philosophy is slightly different from that of others; he believes in cutting down roots.
Now he begins to feel even more that his judgement wasn't wrong—Wen Yan is dangerous, and it's not because of the Scorching Sun.
