The Evil Court was a relatively loose organization, with the various Heavenly King's Mansions each entrenched in their own territories.
The two Sage Lords relied on Dao Source to maintain the balance within the Evil Court. When it came to dealing with the Southern Heavenly Court, the various Heavenly King's Mansions could still close ranks and support one another. Behind the scenes, however, they competed with each other and clashed constantly over territory and resources. Of course, none of that was what Xu Yi cared about.
From what Xu Yi had learned, Xu Yanzhi was highly valued at the Heavenly King Zheng Yi's Mansion and was currently contending with a powerful rival for the position of Lord Shaoqing. Beyond that, Xu Yi had no other information. He felt no particular fondness or dislike for Xiong Wan, but since Xiong Wan had once hired assassins to kill Xu Yanzhi, that debt had to be settled.
Xu Yi had seen the situation clearly at the time. If he killed Xiong Wan by force, he would surely enrage the Jin brothers completely; but if he let Xiong Wan go, he would get no useful information. So Xu Yi had set his sights on the man beside Xiong Wan and made him the scapegoat.
"You guessed right, kid. Xiong Wan came to Wuji Hall this time to make a move against your sweetheart after all."
Huangmei yawned. "This won't be easy. The two sides are locked in a fierce struggle for the Lord Shaoqing position. The person backing Xiong Wan is called Commander Xiong, a Golden Witch cultivator. The fact that he's willing to enlist Wuji Hall's help shows that the contest has already reached a fever pitch. You'd better not get involved."
"Isn't the Lord Shaoqing supposed to be a trusted aide to