Xu Yi said, "I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed. At the Jade Pool Gathering, Xiong Wan accused Brother Sui. Although I produced evidence, the truth is that Xiong Wan wasn't wrong. I did accept his contract to have someone killed. The person he wanted me to kill was Xu Yanzhi, currently the most popular figure in the Heavenly King Zheng Yi's Mansion. Everything had been going smoothly..."
"Who could have guessed that Xu Yi would get involved? We fought for a long time. I nearly killed him, but he also wounded me badly. In the end, I had no choice but to take a large amount of Profound Yellow Essence from that Xu fellow and let him escape with his life. Now that Brother Wang has mentioned Xu Yi, memories of the past have stirred my feelings."
Wang Rongrong's eyes lit up with delight. "So Brother Sui and that Xu fellow have a bond of friendship, then?"
Wang Rongrong didn't doubt Xu Yi's story in the slightest. He had thoroughly investigated what had happened at the Jade Pool Gathering. In his judgment, Xiong Wan wouldn't be so brainless as to make a baseless accusation.
But Suijie's counterattack had been hard to explain. Now that Suijie had put it this way, it all made sense. Wang Rongrong had heard a little about the mess in the Heavenly King Zheng Yi's Mansion. Xu Yanzhi had risen to prominence only recently, stirring resentment among the mansion's old forces and provoking a murderous feud. That was only natural.
And Xu Yi's friendship with Xu Yanzhi was common knowledge. It made perfect sense that the Xu fellow had gotten involved. Besides, this was easy enough to verify. He believed Suijie's story was plausible. At the same time, he was willing to believe it was true.
Ever since