Nowadays, there are those throughout the land smearing Gu Chen's name, and naturally, all of these people are King Huai's doing.
By vilifying Gu Chen and Ji Yuan, and glorifying himself, he facilitates the unfolding of his subsequent plans.
Although at first few people were willing to believe it, after all, if a falsehood is repeated often enough, it will be accepted as truth. Over time, quite a few people indeed began to believe it.
Of course, the main reason was that when Gu Chen clashed with the six major Holy Lands, no one was optimistic about him; everyone believed he was bound to die without a doubt and that Da Xia would be implicated because of him, becoming targeted by the Holy Lands.
At this moment, Gu Chen was unaware of these events. Over this period, his cultivation had become thoroughly stable, and his physical body had also improved slightly.