Sowing Discord, Proving the Fool's Words True
Sowing Discord, Proving the Fool’s Words True
In the dark, damp dungeon.
Ye Chen’s hair hung loose and disheveled, his appearance utterly wretched.
Only he himself knew how he had survived these past three days.
No one tended to him, no one came to check on him—it was as if he had been abandoned by the entire world.
His heart was filled with hatred for Gu Changge; he wished he could hack the man into a thousand pieces.
But right now, Ye Chen was utterly shocked.
Because he was seeing the person he hated most during this time—and the person he least wanted to see.
“Young Master Gu, as per your instructions, Ye Chen has been kept locked up here this whole time.”
Led by a disciple.
Gu Changge walked behind, slowly stepping into the place.
“Understood. You may leave.”
Gu Changge’s expression was indifferent as he nodded. After the disciple departed,
he finally took his time sizing up Ye Chen’s current state.
It was clear that these three days of imprisonment had not been easy on Ye Chen.
To curry favor with him, the Supreme Stygian Holy Land
hadn’t even sent Ye Chen a single drop of water.
A perfectly good Fortuitous One, reduced to such a wretched state—how pitiful.
Of course, Gu Changge felt not the slightest bit of sympathy.
After all, if Ye Chen had the ability, he definitely wouldn’t spare Gu Changge either.
The first thing he’d do would be to scatter Gu Changge’s ashes to the wind.
“Gu Changge, what are you doing here?”
Ye Chen shouted loudly, sensing Gu Changge’s ill intentions.
His subconscious assumption was that Gu Changge had come to kill him.
“What am I doing here? Naturally, I came to see you.”
“Oh wait, no—I came to see your shifu.”
Gu Changge spoke with a casual smile.
And he bluntly pointed out Ye Chen’s secret.
“You... what are you talking about? I don’t understand what you mean.”
Ye Chen’s expression shifted slightly, his heart jolting with alarm as panic set in.
How could Gu Changge know he had a shifu?
This secret was known to no one but himself.
In that instant, his entire body went cold.
Before Gu Changge, he truly was like an ant—not a single secret of his remained hidden.
“Stop pretending. With that expression of yours, who could you possibly fool?” Gu Changge sneered, then continued,
“Does Qianbei really intend to keep hiding? Skulking about and refusing to show yourself hardly befits the bearing of a Qianbei.”
As Gu Changge spoke, his eyes remained fixed on the ring on Ye Chen’s hand.
This sight made Ye Chen’s heart sink completely.
Not only did Gu Changge know of his shifu’s existence—he even knew where his shifu was hiding.
“Why must Young Master Gu trouble a mere Remnant Soul like myself?”
At that moment, a faint sigh finally sounded from within Ye Chen’s ring.
The voice was like heavenly music, yet carried a trace of helplessness.
Then a flash of crimson light swept past.
A faint, ethereal figure dressed in red materialized in the empty air.
“Shifu?”
Ye Chen’s expression changed—he hadn’t expected his shifu to reveal herself of her own accord.
This filled his heart with a vague sense of unease.
“Oh, so this is what Qianbei looks like.”
Gu Changge’s expression remained unchanged.
He had assumed it would be an old grandpa in the ring—he never expected a beautiful shifu in the ring instead.
Dressed in red with crimson eyes, her face devastatingly beautiful.
He clicked his tongue inwardly.
This Ye Chen really had quite the luck with women.
Your shifu is truly beautiful. Too bad she’ll soon be mine.
“May I ask what business brings Young Master Gu here?”
Yan Ji asked softly, her voice cool and clear. Her appearance was a choice made out of necessity.
Since Gu Changge had already discovered her existence, he naturally had means to force her out.
Better to simply reveal herself of her own accord.
“Nothing much, really. I was just curious about the expert backing Ye Chen, and wanted to see what kind of person they were.”
Gu Changge answered quite naturally.
At least on the surface, no one could discern his true intentions.
Yan Ji and Ye Chen were no exception.
Ye Chen, for his part, was wholeheartedly convinced that Gu Changge harbored ill will.
His gaze brimmed with thick hatred and killing intent.
Yan Ji, too, couldn’t fathom Gu Changge’s true intentions and could only remain secretly vigilant.
“So, has Young Master Gu seen enough? I am nothing more than a mere woman—hardly any sort of expert,” Yan Ji replied coolly.
“If even a fool like Ye Chen could be taught to achieve what he has today, why should Qianbei be so modest?”
“Pearls gathering dust has been a tale since ancient times. As they say, a fine bird chooses its tree to nest in; a worthy minister chooses his lord to serve.”
“For Qianbei to remain by Ye Chen’s side—isn’t that a waste of your talents?”
Gu Changge spoke casually, his smile carrying a few traces of sincerity.
He had secretly tested the waters—just as the thought of snatching Ye Chen’s ring arose, a sense of danger emerged from the unseen.
He cursed inwardly at that damned Fortuity.
Though his face showed nothing unusual.
“Gu Changge, who are you calling a fool...”
Those words instantly turned Ye Chen’s face green with rage.
To so brazenly poach his shifu right in front of him—
this Gu Changge was truly shameless and despicable!
But from another angle, Ye Chen was panicking.
Right now, his shifu was his greatest reliance.
If she truly abandoned him, what would happen?
He didn’t even dare imagine it.
Gu Changge’s words also caught Yan Ji off guard for a moment.
Though Ye Chen could indeed be foolish at times, he had other qualities—perseverance, courage, tenacity, and so on.
Moreover, Ye Chen had the merit of awakening her; she couldn’t possibly abandon him over a few words like these.
What did Gu Changge mean by saying such things?
“Sowing discord?”
Yan Ji’s expression shifted slightly as she quickly realized—this was very likely Gu Changge’s true goal.
But while she could see through it, Ye Chen might not be able to.
In the end, he truly lived up to Gu Changge’s words about being a fool.