Yi Jue believed Feng Jun was skilled at planning, and from her perspective, she was not wrong to think so. What she did not know was that even Feng Jun and the Big Shot privately considered this sort of behavior to be "lying low."
However, unlike Yi Jue, that stay-at-home girl, Qian Zhong had been watching coldly from the sidelines, so she could tell the difference between the two.
She said leisurely, "Have you noticed that Feng Mountain Lord has been under a bit of pressure lately? Aside from the Artifact Refining Path, the Ji Clan was also unfriendly toward him for a time. And there have been rumors saying Feng Mountain Lord's reaction was a little excessive."
Yi Jue gave her a strange look. "Senior, even you think his response was 'intense.' Isn't it normal for such rumors to spread?"
Qian Zhong raised a hand to rub her forehead and said helplessly, "My point is not what I think. For example... before he drove that fellow away, True Immortal Wu Xiu took the initiative to come plead for him. What gave him the nerve to come knocking directly?"
Though Yi Jue was a homebody, she was not foolish in the least. Her eyes turned twice as she asked thoughtfully, "Senior means... someone may be pushing these rumors from behind the scenes?"
Qian Zhong shook her head decisively. "I am not entirely sure about that either. But the related talk has not been friendly toward him. I imagine you can see that as well."
"Isn't that normal?" Yi Jue was once again jumping to conclusions. At times, she truly was simple to the point of being somewhat naive. "Sometimes he places too much importance on his rights and interests, even at the cost of challenging other people's established perceptions."
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