'Damn it! How could this be?! Did someone ruin my plans?!'

At this moment, Ye Chen's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

This mission was an opportunity he had planned for a long time.

He knew that on the day his bone root was tested, he was accidentally injured by Chu Ge's might, and it was Elder Shui who helped him regain consciousness in time.

This gave him some ideas.

He thought of using this as a starting point to find an opportunity to connect with Elder Shui.

According to his plan, with this mission, he would most likely have a chance to meet Elder Shui.

In this way, he could offer the Wind Silk Spiritual Bamboo in his hand for free, under the guise of gratitude.

This was a crucial part of the plan; he had investigated multiple times and knew that Elder Shui was a very generous person.

If he offered the spiritual medicine for free, the other party would not only not accept it but would also very likely look at him in a new light.

At that time, given Elder Shui's usual character and attitude towards juniors, she would certainly offer to refine pills for him.

After a bit of feigned refusal, he would then take out the ancient Pill Formula he obtained from the remnant soul in his mind.

This would undoubtedly pique the interest of this Elder, who was extremely passionate about the art of alchemy.

By then, he would not only receive the reward for completing the mission but also get to know such a Great Power Elder with impressive strength and stunning beauty—killing two birds with one stone!

Ye Chen felt that his plan was very meticulous; he had considered the target's personality, preferences, way of handling things, and so on, and the success rate was extremely high.

But now, the result was that his meticulously crafted plan died in the womb before even taking the first step!

He had also toiled in vain.

Holding the Wind Silk Spiritual Bamboo in his hand, Ye Chen felt an unspeakable sense of frustration and displeasure.

He felt as if he had eaten a dead fly, both disgusting and uncomfortable!

"What are you standing there for? Do you still want these Spirit Stones?"

The Disciple, seeing Ye Chen's lack of movement, spoke with some impatience.

Ye Chen took a deep breath, suppressing the displeasure in his heart.

He was unwilling to give up just like that.

But for a moment, he couldn't think of a good method; his plan was disrupted, and he felt as if his mind was a mess, his thoughts somewhat jumbled.

"Then let's temporarily store them here. If someone from Shuiyue Peak comes to collect them, you can give them to them and say that I, Ye Chen, am returning Elder Shui's kindness for her assistance that day."

"As for the Spirit Stones, they are not needed."

At this, Ye Chen still felt a pang of heartache; the number of these Spirit Stones was not small, enough to make any Inner Sect Disciple envious.

But if you don't give up something, you can't gain anything. To connect with Elder Shui, these sacrifices were necessary.

"Heh, you little brat, you've got a good scheme going on."

"Helping you out isn't impossible, but this matter isn't easy to handle!"

The Disciple's eyes darted around, and he put on a knowing expression, afraid that Ye Chen wouldn't understand, he even rubbed his fingers together, the meaning self-evident.

Ye Chen immediately felt a surge of anger.

Suppressing the urge to punch him, he reluctantly pulled out a storage bag.

His already scarce cultivation resources dwindled again.

"You've taken my things, so make sure you deliver the message."

Ye Chen coldly dropped this sentence.

"Hehe, brother, rest assured, in this Inner Sect, who doesn't know that I, Liu Dazhu, handle things reliably? I will definitely deliver your message, don't worry!"

The Disciple named Liu Dazhu spoke, revealing a simple and honest smile.

"Hmph!"

With a cold snort, Ye Chen no longer lingered and left directly.

His time was limited; for the battle agreement with Chu Ge in half a month, he still needed to train himself even harder!

Liu Dazhu watched Ye Chen's departing back, his simple and honest smile gradually fading, turning into a smug expression.

'Idiot, you deserve to be extorted by me. You want to climb high branches? Are you worthy?'

After seeing Ye Chen completely gone, he went to a corner, took out a communication jade, and began to transmit a message.

'Young Master Tantai, that Ye Chen today...'

On the other side.

Ye Chen left the Inner Sect main hall feeling extremely frustrated.

Ever since he entered Taihuang Holy Land, he felt that everything was going wrong, as if some invisible force was tightly locking him down.

Previously, before he entered Taihuang, although he would encounter some setbacks and difficulties, he would quickly overcome them.

Not only that, but often after these setbacks and difficulties, he would gain more or less benefits from them.

But after coming to Taihuang Holy Land, all of this changed.

'Chu Ge! It must all be because of you!'

Ye Chen directly pointed the finger at Chu Ge, muttering fiercely in his heart.

All the problems began after he met Chu Ge!

Chu Ge, far away in Taihuang Hall, naturally did not know that he had once again been resented by Ye Chen, the Child of Destiny.

However, similarly, Chu Ge also thought of Ye Chen.

The reason was because—

"Ding, the Child of Destiny Ye Chen's plan failed, his Luck was lost, congratulations to the host for gaining 5000 Villain Points."

The sudden System notification sound reminded Chu Ge of Ye Chen, this leek he hadn't seen for a while.

This piqued his considerable interest.

Ye Chen's plan failed?

What did he plan?

As far as he knew, Ye Chen should have been training in the Taihuang Hunting Ground these days.

As for why Chu Ge knew, it wasn't because he specifically inquired, but because someone actively sent him messages.

After a moment of thought, he took out a communication jade from his room.

He saw that the communication jade was flashing at this moment; someone had sent him a message.

Without hesitation, Chu Ge received it, and several pieces of information entered his mind.

A moment later, Chu Ge smiled.

He had understood everything.

The reason for Ye Chen's failed plan indeed had to be attributed to him.

A few days ago, Shui Qianrou had issued a mission.

To find the spiritual material Wind Silk Spiritual Bamboo. The grade of this spiritual medicine was not high, so it was clearly not for Shui Qianrou herself to use.

And after excluding herself, the target became clear: this was sought for her newly accepted pair of Disciples, the Lu Family Sisters, Lu Fuyao and Lu Tingni.

Chu Ge speculated that it was the pair of Yin-Yang fish he gave to the Lu Family Sisters before leaving that led to this series of changes, causing Ye Chen's plan to completely fail.

Even Ye Chen's final unwilling struggle, entrusting the Inner Sect Disciple Liu Dazhu to deliver a message, also came to nothing.

Because this Liu Dazhu was one of Tantai Lan's many subordinates.

And this Tantai Lan, interestingly enough, after his battle agreement with Ye Chen, this person very actively offered to work for Chu Ge.

Chu Ge also knew that this Tantai Lan was the brainless minor villain who had stepped on Ye Chen and generated Villain Points for him.

Although somewhat puzzled, since someone wanted to work for him, Chu Ge naturally agreed to it.

After all, as the System's designated villain, he should also have a few pawns to do things, he couldn't do everything himself.

He didn't give any substantial things, not even a promise.

This Tantai Lan voluntarily took on the job of keeping an eye on Ye Chen for him.

All of Ye Chen's movements these days were conveyed by this Tantai Lan, including the message he just received.

Chu Ge couldn't understand why this person was so enthusiastic about it, and could only attribute it to himself, the great villain, having some kind of attraction to the minor villains.

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