Although he knew Suijie might be using him to eliminate a rival, that did nothing to diminish his gratitude.
After all, he had taken jobs like this plenty of times before.
But no one had ever been like Suijie, willing to lure a fat sheep into an encirclement.
The key was that Suijie didn't charge any middleman's fee at all, which left Li Tieya feeling rather embarrassed.
As the leader of the Great Wind Bandits, Li Tieya knew full well that maintaining a lasting relationship couldn't rely on verbal camaraderie alone. There had to be solid benefits, too.
So he repeatedly asked to meet Xu Yi in person and present him with a generous gift.
After declining him several times, Xu Yi finally caught on to what Li Tieya was thinking and went along with it.
He said that when he had some free time, he'd find a chance to invite him for a drink.
Only then did Li Tieya end the call.
He had barely finished speaking with Li Tieya when Liu Mingzhao sent another message. An important guest had arrived, he said, an imposing figure who claimed to have urgent business to discuss and insisted on meeting Lord Sui immediately.
Xu Yi figured he wouldn't be given an actual post anytime soon, and there was little point in staying here, so he used seclusion as an excuse, quietly transformed into Suijie, and slipped back to the Deep Sky Prefecture.
He met the distinguished guest in the Deep Space Hall. After exchanging courtesies, he invited him to tea and tried to figure out where the man had come from.
The fellow had an overpowering presence. He held his nose so high it practically pointed at the sky, and even the way he spoke was brash. Honestly, after all these