Xu Yi laughed heartily. "Brother Zhang, you've put it this way. If I still refuse, I'd be a little ungrateful. Please lead the way."
Before long, Xu Yi entered Donghua Hall under Zhang Kaiyang's guidance.
The spacious hall was packed with hundreds of people, divided into more than a dozen little cliques, each gathered together.
Zhang Kaiyang had said he wanted to team up with Xu Yi. As soon as they entered the hall, he pulled Xu Yi into a group in the northwest corner. After inviting Xu Yi to sit beside him, Zhang Kaiyang heard a soft-featured young man declare, "All right, we have everyone. As the saying goes, people don't walk without a leader, and birds don't fly without one. Shouldn't we choose someone to lead us?"
The moment the young man finished speaking, the already noisy little group erupted into a clamor, everyone talking over everyone else.
Xu Yi listened for a while and roughly figured out why all these people, who barely knew one another, had gathered together: it was at the explicit request of a Commander Su sent by the Pang Family.
They said Xu the Thief was formidable, and that the odds of success in a one-on-one fight were too low. Anyone who wanted to join the contest to claim Xu Yi's head had to act as part of a team, and the reward would go to the team as a whole.
But if the reward went to the whole team, the few people at the top would still benefit the most. Naturally, the group was now fighting tooth and nail over who would lead them.
Noticing that Xu Yi didn't seem very interested, Zhang Kaiyang sent him a voice transmission. "You arrived late, so you don't know the reward Commander Su offered: a