After confirming that Ye Chen had completely gone far away, he moved to a corner, took out a transmission jade, and began sending a message.
'Young Master Dantai, Ye Chen today…'
Meanwhile—
Ye Chen left the Inner Sect Hall in an extremely stifled mood.
Ever since he entered the Taihuang Holy Land, he felt that nothing had gone smoothly for him, as if some invisible force were tightly binding and restraining him.
In the past, before he joined Taihuang, although he would also encounter setbacks and difficulties from time to time, he was always able to overcome them quickly.
Not only that—after those trials and hardships, he would almost always gain some benefits to one degree or another.
But after arriving at the Taihuang Holy Land, everything had changed.
'Chu Ge! It's all because of you!'
Ye Chen directly pointed the blame at Chu Ge, viciously muttering in his heart.
Every single problem had begun after he encountered Chu Ge!
Far away in the Taihuang Hall, Chu Ge naturally had no idea that he had once again—yet again—been resented by Ye Chen, this Son of Destiny.
But interestingly enough, Chu Ge had also just thought of Ye Chen.
The reason was—
[Ding! The Son of Destiny Ye Chen's scheme has failed, his fortune has been depleted. Congratulations to the host for obtaining 5,000 Villain Points.]
The sudden system notification made Chu Ge recall that "leek" named Ye Chen, whom he had not seen for quite some time.
This immediately piqued his interest.
Ye Chen's scheme failed?
What exactly had he been plotting?
As far as Chu Ge knew, Ye Chen should have been training in the Taihuang Hunting Grounds during these days.
As for why Chu Ge knew this, it wasn't because he had gone out of his way to inquire—someone had taken the initiative to deliver the information to him.
After a moment of thought, he took out a transmission jade from his room.
He saw that the jade was currently flashing—someone was sending him a message.
Without hesitation, Chu Ge received it, and several pieces of information flowed into his mind.
A moment later, a smile appeared on Chu Ge's face.
He had already understood everything.
The reason for Ye Chen's failed scheme truly did trace back to him.
A few days earlier, Shui Qianrou had released a task:
to search for the spirit material Wind-Silk Spirit Radiant Bamboo. This spiritual herb was not of particularly high grade, so it was clearly not for Shui Qianrou's own use.
After ruling out herself, the target became obvious—it was for the pair of newly accepted disciples, the sisters Lu Fuyao and Lu Tingni.
Chu Ge guessed that it was the pair of Yin-Yang fish he had gifted the Lu sisters before leaving that had triggered this chain of changes, ultimately causing Ye Chen's entire scheme to collapse.
Even Ye Chen's final, unwilling struggle—entrusting that inner disciple Liu Dazhu to pass on a message—also came to nothing.
Because this Liu Dazhu was one of Dantai Lan's many subordinates.
As for Dantai Lan, speaking of him was actually rather interesting. After his scheduled duel with Ye Chen, this man had very proactively expressed his willingness to work for Chu Ge.
Chu Ge had also learned that this Dantai Lan was precisely that brainless little villain who had once stepped on Ye Chen and generated Villain Points for him.
Although he had some doubts, since someone was willing to work for him, Chu Ge naturally accepted the arrangement without resistance.
After all, as a system-designated villain, he should have a few lackeys under his command—he couldn't possibly handle everything personally.
He had not paid any tangible price for it, nor had he even given any promises.
Yet Dantai Lan had proactively taken up the task of keeping Ye Chen under surveillance for him.
During these days, every movement of Ye Chen had been relayed by Dantai Lan—including the message he had just received.
Chu Ge could not quite understand why this man was so enthusiastic about it.
He could only attribute it to the possibility that a great villain like himself possessed some kind of inexplicable attraction to lesser villains.