It could be said that if Gu Renjie had truly tried to recruit Yang Chen for his mission back then, given that Yang Chen had just entered the Seven Swords Pavilion and was on good terms with Zhang Jiangkun, there had been a one hundred percent chance that Yang Chen would have helped him!
But because he had looked down on Yang Chen, he had never even asked about Yang Chen's strength. He had rejected Yang Chen on the spot and viciously humiliated him right to his face!
And because of that, he had completely lost his chance to cooperate with Yang Chen!
Now, upon seeing Yang Chen's Dao Intent Inscriptions.
Gu Renjie knew that he had been wrong.
Terribly wrong!
He had let a genius capable of helping him complete the mission slip through his fingers.
The team members behind him gritted their teeth as well. "Th-this... this Yang Chen is actually so powerful. Gu Renjie, it's all your fault! If you hadn't driven Yang Chen away back then, why would we have gone to such lengths only to fail the mission?!"
"I even used my family heirloom. What are you going to use to compensate me?!"
"Gu Renjie, I'm not done with you!"
At this point, the other team members had all become frantic as well.
Everyone had failed the mission and was holding a bellyful of fire. At first, they had no way to blame it on Gu Renjie, but now that they saw just how strong Yang Chen was—and that because of Gu Renjie, they had not only lost the chance to befriend Yang Chen but had also missed out on over ten thousand points—how could they possibly be happy?
All of this naturally fell upon Gu Renjie's head.
Gu Renjie had now fallen into utter