Zhang Beiyue sent a thought: "You brat, you only managed to succeed through a few underhanded tricks, yet you dare swagger around like this. What a joke. No matter how much he jumps about, in the end, Lord Chief Censor still holds him in the palm of his hand. Let him enjoy his moment of triumph. Until he becomes an immortal, he's nothing but a plaything in Lord Chief Censor's palm."
Kuang Wenyuan smiled and sent a thought back. "There's no need to comfort me, Commissioner. My state of mind is quite calm now. In fact, I should be grateful to Xu Yi. These past few years, my cultivation has been stuck in place, and I've never managed to make the slightest progress. No matter how I sought a breakthrough, I couldn't find the way."
"Now that Xu Yi has caused such a commotion, the barrier blocking my path of cultivation seems to have loosened a little. It turns out I've been chasing the branch and neglecting the root. All this time, it was my own lack of insight. Instead of seeking to understand myself, I sought external things. Now I see that I had taken the wrong path. Fortunately, Heaven sent Xu Yi to be my whetstone."
After Lord Wei, the Pacification Commissioner, finished reading the official document, he held it out in his palm and waited for Xu Yi to come take it. To his surprise, Xu Yi stood where he was. Then he bowed slightly to Lord Wei and said in a clear voice, "I am deeply grateful for the Central Court's kindness, and would gladly give my life in repayment. However, I have an unreasonable request, and hope Your Lordship will forgive me."
Lord Wei looked at Xu Yi and pondered for a moment. "Go ahead."