The sage was determined to die.

While Ji Bai was talking to Wang Zhixuan, Gongsun Yang, wanting to avoid trouble and preferring to stay out of it, pulled Yan Ming away and moved quite a distance.

As a result, Yan Ming muttered, "Why are you pulling me?" while running faster than him.

The two watched silently as the boy clenched his fists repeatedly, his young eyes seemingly unable to contain any more feigned anger, yet he ultimately did not retaliate, instead quietly listening to Ji Bai's sarcastic remarks.

After a while, the atmosphere between the two eased.

Wang Zhixuan, his face dark, uttered, "Really?"

Ji Bai shrugged and said, "Believe it or not."

Gongsun Yang pondered for a long time. He didn't know what the two had agreed on. He only saw the young man reluctantly walk a few steps away from Yuan Jibai, but he didn't leave completely. He stood there motionless like a wooden statue.

Gongsun Yang thought stiffly, to put it in Ji Bai's unique way, this young man from an extraordinary background seemed to have been tricked into a pyramid scheme.

"Boss."

Gongsun Yang urged his legs to take a few steps toward Ji Bai, glancing at Wang Zhixuan out of the corner of his eye. He couldn't help but lower his voice and ask curiously, "How did you manage to trick...and keep him here?"

Ji Bai feigned surprise and asked in confusion, "You weren't eavesdropping when we were talking just now?"

Gongsun Yang: "..."

"You're too honest."

Ji Bai shook his head and said, "If it were me, I would definitely eavesdrop. But it's nothing important, he's just willing to cooperate with me."

Gongsun Yang nodded subtly.

But in his heart, he felt that although Ji Bai seemed to see everyone, he didn't seem to care about anyone at all.

People like Yan Ming were worried about getting into trouble and didn't want this hothead to offend the five great families, while many others were looking forward to the start of this drama.

The show didn't go as planned, leaving some disappointed and others surprised.

Ji Ying had appeared beside the Chu camp at some point, and soon Chu Ze stood beside her.

"What a surprise to see you here. I thought you wouldn't come."

Chu Ze spoke first, but his gaze remained fixed on Ji Bai, not on him.

Ji Ying didn't look at him, but that didn't stop the two from chatting.

He responded, "Your habit of saying the opposite of what you mean is quite serious."

"I'm used to it."

Chu Ze smiled apologetically, then changed the subject, asking, "Is this person from your Qi Kingdom?"

He didn't name names, and although his tone was questioning, he spoke with absolute certainty.

Ji Ying then turned her head to look at Chu Ze, and suddenly laughed: "Is that so? I don't know either."

"That must be from the State of Qi."

Chu Ze seemed genuinely curious and unusually pressed further, asking, "When did such a person appear in the State of Qi? I've never heard of him before."

"I don't know." Ji Ying frowned. "I don't care about these things."

"Oh, so you don't care."

Chu Ze's tone was very calm: "No wonder he didn't even glance at you just now, it turns out he doesn't know you. I thought you two knew each other and he was deliberately avoiding suspicion."

Ji Ying looked at him coldly: "You should know that you don't have Wenxin right now."

Chu Ze seemed completely unconcerned about the other party's death threat, and said, word by word, "Making such a grand entrance right from the start, this is really not like the style of your Qi Kingdom."

Looking at Wang Zhixuan, who was swallowing his anger, Chu Ze was genuinely surprised: "Such a grand display, I didn't expect you to be so capable as well, managing to fool people so quickly."

"Stop pretending," Ji Ying bluntly exposed. "When did you first see him?"