"What does he want with me?" Xu Yi was baffled, but still decided to meet him. Once the Yellow Turban Strongmen had confirmed the news, they left. Before long, another Yellow Turban Strongman led Sima Rui before Xu Yi.
Xu Yi had only just dismissed the Yellow Turban Strongman when Sima Rui bowed to the ground and clasped his fists. "Without you, my lord, I would never have come this far. I'll never forget your great kindness. That day, you left in such a hurry that I didn't even get the chance to thank you. I've been busy with mundane affairs and tending to my family's ancestral tomb, so I haven't come by to thank you either. Please forgive me and bear with me."
Xu Yi waved a hand. "It's my duty to distinguish right from wrong and get to the bottom of a case. There's no need to be so formal, Brother Sima." He knew Sima Rui hadn't come all this way just to thank him. If that were truly the case, he wouldn't have been unable to find the time for several months.
"I bet this kid came here for the same reason as those Ding Shen and Jia Shen," Huang Mei suggested, offering a wickedly evil idea. "This won't do. I think you need to kill someone soon so I can absorb their life-wheel. Otherwise, there's a lot of information I can't get my hands on."
"You've really gone too far... I think you should stop calling yourself Huang Mei and start calling yourself Outrageous. How can you even suggest something so utterly depraved?" Xu Yi rebuked him sternly through their mental link. But in his heart, he was wondering whether Fang Taisong's neck would be easier to cut, or Xia Qijie would be easier to handle.