Compared to the harmony in the Azure Tide Sect, the Heavenly Dawn Sect seemed rather less harmonious.
After all, none of them had expected that, despite their deliberate efforts to lay a trap, the other side would simply refuse to take the bait.
Sect Master Jiang swept an exceedingly dangerous gaze back and forth between Chong Mo and Ding Fen.
In the end, his gaze settled on Chong Mo.
"Do you have anything to say about the failure of this operation?"
Chong Mo lowered his head slightly and said calmly, "Nothing."
Sect Master Jiang tapped the tabletop, pondering despite himself. It seemed he could not entrust Chong Mo with too much authority just yet. As the master of a sect, even if he could not fully fathom Chong Mo's thoughts, he had guessed a few of them.
This nephew of his seemed coldhearted and unfeeling, but on careful reflection, he had actually been protecting the female cultivator named Ye Wanqing all along.
He must still have some affection for her.
At first, Sect Master Jiang had not understood the intent behind Chong Mo's earlier suggestion.
Only after the plan failed did he realize...
If this ploy to "invite the prey into the urn" succeeded, all the better. But even if it failed, Ye Wanqing would come to no harm. Chong Mo alone would be punished...
Unfortunately, he did not know whether the imprisoned Ye Wanqing understood his nephew's feelings.
He suspected she did not. After all, Ding Fen often watched their exchanges as well. If anything truly seemed amiss, this wildly ambitious disciple of his would not have concealed it and chosen not to tell anyone.
Before Chong Mo told him that Ye Wanqing was the only person who could be used to extract the Azure Tide Sect's internal cultivation