By the lakeshore, all was tranquil and peaceful. In the night breeze, the woman's lovely hair fluttered, and she narrowed her eyes comfortably.
Then she suddenly frowned, a trace of displeasure appearing in her eyes as she lowered her head to inspect her Battlefield Mark.
Whoever it was, they had no eyes, disturbing her at a time like this.
Very soon, her expression changed.
"What is it?" the fishing man asked mildly.
The woman looked up at him and carefully reported, "Venerable Lord, Lu Yiye brought a Law Enforcement Hall squad to the Mishan Chen Family. Chen Tianchui, the Chen Family's patriarch, has converted him!"
Crack...
The fishing rod in the Venerable Lord's hand suddenly shattered beneath his grip. He turned to the woman, fury rising across his face. "How dare he!"
Though his voice was not loud, his expression was incomparably sharp. The woman hurriedly dropped to one knee. "Please quell your anger, Venerable Lord!"
"Good for nothing, ruinous in everything!" The Venerable Lord was clearly enraged by Chen Tianchui's actions. "Has he already been converted?"
For the past several decades, he had been plotting a great undertaking, one grand enough to overturn the current order of the Nine Provinces.
For this undertaking, he needed to wait for certain special people. Yet after all these years, he had never found a suitable candidate—until the sudden rise of Lu Yiye from the Crimson Blood Sect!
That made him realize that Lu Yiye should be the person he had been waiting for!
That was why he had given the order that Lu Yiye must be won over at any cost if encountered. But his order had been to win him over, not convert him!
Because once someone was converted, even if Lu Yiye obeyed them in every matter, he would lose