A Rift Between Master and Disciple, Striding Ever Further Down the Villain's Path
A Rift Between Master and Disciple, Striding Ever Further Down the Villain’s Path
Ye Chen didn’t merely hold a prejudice against Gu Changge.
He practically wished he could hack Gu Changge into a thousand pieces and scatter his ashes to the wind.
At this moment, he felt his head buzzing.
A few casual words, plus a single pill, and his own master had been bought over?
His expression turned pained, even twisted.
Yan Ji had no idea why Ye Chen hated Gu Changge so much.
Though she suspected it might have something to do with that woman, Su Qingge.
By every measure, Gu Changge was far superior to Ye Chen.
Jealousy was the original sin.
Ye Chen was, after all, too young—just a boy, his mind completely immature, acting only on hot-blooded impulse.
“Xiao Chen, there’s no need for you to envy Young Master Gu. I believe your future achievements won’t be any lower than his...” Yan Ji gently tried to console him, hoping to dissolve the enmity between the two.
After all, if Gu Changge truly wanted to kill Ye Chen, why would he have waited until now?
Of course, she had no idea that Ye Chen was the most beloved child of the Heavenly Father himself.
An ethereal, intangible Fortuity was secretly protecting him.
Otherwise, Gu Changge wouldn’t have exploited this very point to stage that brilliant performance earlier.
“Young Master Gu this, Young Master Gu that—since you like him so much, Master, why don’t you just go to him...”
“Why bother pitying me and staying by my side?”
At that moment, Ye Chen suddenly cut Yan Ji off with a loud shout, gritting his teeth, his eyes slightly red.
Like a wounded beast.
Su Qingge had already drifted away from him, and now even the master who had accompanied him all this way was siding with his enemy?
How could he possibly endure this?
He was practically mad with hatred.
If it were anyone else, they would have long since spat out a mouthful of stifled blood and fainted dead away.
It was only thanks to Ye Chen’s temperament, far surpassing that of ordinary people, that he hadn’t gone insane under such a devastating blow.
Hearing these words, Yan Ji froze.
Then she lowered her eyelids, the look in her beautiful eyes tinged with disappointment.
She had never imagined Ye Chen would say such a thing.
Such behavior could no longer be explained by jealousy.
This was pure childishness.
Couldn’t he see that Gu Changge had gone to such great lengths to win her allegiance, and she still hadn’t agreed?
Did Ye Chen truly not understand her own heart?
Yan Ji sighed inwardly, and a sudden sense of regret welled up in her—if only the one who had awakened her back then had been Young Master Gu, how wonderful that would have been?
“No matter what you say, Xiao Chen, I will definitely take this pill. Even if Gu Changge has other plans, he probably never imagined I would use this opportunity to get you out of the dungeon.”
Yan Ji continued, though her voice had lost its earlier gentleness, replaced by a cold detachment.
The Mind Convergence Pill could not only alleviate her current condition.
It could also stabilize her Remnant Soul, allowing her to unleash even greater power.
Get me out?
So that’s what Master was thinking all along?
Hearing this, Ye Chen said nothing more.
His heart was in turmoil; he needed to calm down properly.
Yet even now, he could feel something indescribable yet vitally important rapidly slipping away from his side.
......
<*Ding!* A rift has formed between Ye Chen and his master. Fortuity decreased by eighty points. Fatums increased by four hundred.>
Inside the great hall.
The System’s notification sounded in his ears once more, and Gu Changge couldn’t help but smile faintly.
Wonderful!
Things were indeed developing exactly as he had anticipated.
In just a few short days, Ye Chen’s Fortuity of over five hundred points had already plummeted to just over two hundred.
Though compared to ordinary people, that was still a terrifyingly unattainable height.
For Ye Chen, this was absolutely the most catastrophic crash of his life in over a decade.
His female lead stolen away, a rift forming with his master...
This Fortuitous One looked like he would have a hard time hopping around in front of him any longer.
Afterward, Gu Changge opened his own status interface.
No matter what, the goal in dealing with Ye Chen was to harvest leeks—farming Fatums like crazy to raise his own strength.
He couldn’t let a moment of smug satisfaction make him lose sight of the real objective.
Soon, the status interface appeared.
Master: Gu Changge.
Identity: True Disciple of Skyward Schloss.
Physique and Bloodline: Demonic Heart, Daoist Bone.
Cultivation: Early Honoured Lord Realm.
Techniques and Abilities: Skyward Ascension (Seventh Level), Demonization (Innate Talent), Immortal-Devouring Demonic Art...
Fatums: One thousand one hundred.
Fortuity: Fifty points (Black).
System Shop: Opened.
Storage: Domain-Shattering Talisman ×1, One-third Fragment of the World Seed ×1.
“Based on my previous experience, a thousand-odd Fatums can only barely push the progress of Skyward Ascension a little. Breaking through to the eighth level will be difficult.”
“Which means Skyward Ascension’s tier must be quite high. No rush for now.”
“As for the Immortal-Devouring Demonic Art, I can’t reveal it before reaching the Enlightenment Realm. For now, I can only use the various secret arts within it.”
“I’ve already perfectly mastered all of those secret arts, so there’s no need to learn them through point allocation.”
“After all, the Immortal-Devouring Demonic Art is simply too heaven-defying. The moment it’s exposed, I’d probably be facing the entire world as my enemy.”
As Gu Changge analyzed, he opened the System Shop.
Combining it with the memories in his mind, he mused that the original owner’s identity as the great villain was truly beyond dispute.
Even in the Beyond, the Immortal-Devouring Demonic Art was a terrifying Demonic Art that made countless ancient, dreadful existences turn pale.
It had long been severed within the River of Time, with no one daring to mention it—rightfully called a Taboo Inheritance.
“Looks like I really am destined to stride ever further down the villain’s path...”
Gu Changge quickly turned his attention to the items in the System Shop.
It was more or less as he had guessed.
Mainly divided into three major categories.
Techniques and Spells, Abilities and Talents, Auxiliary Items, and so on.
Gu Changge found the main cultivation technique section and scanned through it.
Heaven Grade, Divine Grade, Saint Grade, Sacred Emperor Grade...
“Not enough Fatums—Sacred Emperor Grade techniques not yet unlocked?”
“Techniques below Heaven Grade aren’t even catalogued.”
“These techniques are kind of cheap. A Heaven Grade technique that lets a Cultivator train all the way to the Partial-Enlightened Realm only costs fifty Fatums?”
“Or is it that Fatums actually have strong purchasing power in the System Shop?”
“Ascended Light Technique—gathering Ascended Light Force for tempering...”
“Ascended Dark Technique—gathering Ascended Dark Force...”
Gu Changge couldn’t help but click his tongue in wonder.
It could be said that any random Heaven Grade technique could set off a storm of blood and carnage across the Eastern Barren.