Anyone with half a brain could see it: Yang Chen had first imprisoned Gu Zhuicheng, then detained the Snow Eagle King, and finally taken Mu Tianwang.
Every last one of those acts was a provocation aimed at Taiyuan Palace.
Many people marveled at Yang Chen's audacity. After all, provoking Taiyuan Palace meant being mentally prepared for the consequences—especially when he had acted so openly and brazenly.
Countless people became curious.
Faced with Yang Chen's arrogant actions, how would Taiyuan Palace respond?
By now, Taiyuan Palace had erupted into an uproar. They were practically all discussing the matter, and none of them felt that Yang Chen had gone anything less than too far.
Before long, Taiyuan Palace decided to launch a fierce counterattack, and news of it spread widely outside.
Yet no one knew what sort of fierce counterattack it would be.
But without question, Taiyuan Palace would not let this matter rest.
Still, none of this disturbed Yang Chen in the slightest. He continued cultivating in seclusion as usual. As for Gu Zhuicheng and the others, they were neither treated especially well nor especially badly. Yet no matter how great the commotion outside became, he showed no intention whatsoever of releasing them.
Some Heavenly Mandate Realm elders within the Shenye Sect even came to persuade Yang Chen to release them and let the matter die down. In the end, however, Yang Chen refused them all.
Some of those Heavenly Mandate Realm elders had accepted benefits from Yang Chen in the form of Seven-Colored Glazed Ore, so they could not exactly criticize him. Still, deep down, they truly did not approve of what he was doing.
This course of action would bring no benefit to either the Shenye Sect or Taiyuan Palace.
Because once matters escalated to the point where Dao