How had Li Chengfeng, a martial artist born among the common people of Green Mountain City, managed to enter the struggle over the imperial succession surrounding the Third Prince and become a catalyst?
Was it not precisely through the reputation of the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking that he had painstakingly built?
With the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking's fame spreading across the land, Li Chengfeng had gained the right to take part in this conflict.
And now, the moment Lin Yu arrived, he intended to use his own power to crush Li Chengfeng's greatest support.
When that happened, not only would Li Chengfeng lose his title as the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking's number one, he might even become a laughingstock instead.
Then what means would he have left to interfere in the struggle between the Third Prince and the imperial court, becoming a pawn in the hands of the faction opposing the Third Prince, placed beside Lin Yu to disgust them?
And if Lin Yu truly succeeded in this small scheme, the direct consequence would likely be that even if Li Chengfeng entered Lin Yu's residence according to the rules and the prevailing tide, he could only be assigned to the fringes. He would be unable to reach the core or learn any secrets.
Under such circumstances, the usefulness of Li Chengfeng's pawn would be crippled by more than half.
It could be said that whether it was Li Chengfeng's creation of the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking, his rise to fame across the land, and his eventual entry into Lin Yu's residence through the workings of various forces—
Or everything Lin Yu had done since arriving in Shuiyang Prefecture, it was all merely one side putting a pawn on the board while the other wore that pawn away.
No one cared how this pawn would