From then on, Su Yunlai, the steward, saw Xu Yi in a whole new light.
He ushered Xu Yi respectfully into a private room. After they exchanged courtesies, he said, "Lord Xu, no one has come by yet. Perhaps it's only been a short while. We'll have to wait a little longer."
As it turned out, before heading to the Chaotic Star Sea to meet Mu Guangming, Xu Yi had stopped in Bayi City and stayed for an hour.
During that hour, Xu Yi had visited the Merchant Alliance Headquarters and sought out Su Yunlai. He gave him a communication pearl and instructed him to hand it over to anyone who came with the agreed signal.
Xu Yi had made these arrangements back when he had secretly sent a thought to the Holy Envoy to set up a meeting, just before killing Second Elder Yun and preparing to flee Yufu Palace.
At the time, he wanted to leave, but the Holy Envoy had yet to be rid of the Heart-Devouring Worm calamity and might not have let him go.
And with so many eyes watching in the arena, he couldn't very well hand the communication pearl directly to the Holy Envoy. Wouldn't that make it look as if he and the Holy Envoy had been secretly conspiring?
So Xu Yi had arranged to leave a communication pearl at the Merchant Alliance Headquarters in Bayi City after his departure. The Holy Envoy would only need to send someone to retrieve it, and the two of them could resume communication.
Several days had passed since the Jade Floating Mountain Battle. Xu Yi had assumed the Holy Envoy would have sent someone to wait at the Merchant Alliance Headquarters long ago. After all, once he had left the battlefield, he had slept for