At the Golden Touch Pavilion gathering, Le Yu had already felt a small sense of doubt. Everyone had been extremely eager to kill Cha Huan, as shown by how each faction had taken the initiative to send out their strongest MVP.
Although it had seemed only natural at the time, Le Yu had not thought much of it. Afterward, however, the more he thought about it, the stranger it seemed. Killing Cha Huan was far too risky—practically certain death—yet the benefits had almost nothing to do with the assassins. A simple and highly uncertain goal like "changing the principal" was not enough to make every faction willingly sacrifice its senior elite agents. After all, raising a single agent took a great deal of resources and time.
Now that he had heard Cha Huan's "confession," Le Yu no longer had any doubts. If he had been one of the other factions, he would have found a chance to kill that bastard Cha Huan too.
Cha Huan's specific attributes—
Ruthless and merciless, wiping out entire families without hesitation, never compromising;
Principal of the Imperial Academy, with students spread throughout the world and immense influence;
The Empress Dowager's old lover, capable of gaining the imperial family's support and of supporting the imperial family in turn.
The first two attributes were still understandable, but the last one was the reason Cha Huan had to die. Those loyal to the imperial family could never tolerate such a scandal, while those coveting the imperial family could even less tolerate Cha Huan, such a powerful ally, joining the imperial ranks.
This time, Cha Huan really was like Zhu Bajie staring into a mirror—unwelcome inside and out. But for Cha Huan, perhaps this was exactly what he had been hoping for. The idiots were angry at him yet