At the sight of Xu Yi, Xu Hongsheng swept a hand through the air, and several hundred Spirit Cannons immediately ceased firing. He then shouted in a deep voice, "How dare you, Xue Xiang! You entered my Big Dipper Palace and rose to a high position, yet instead of repaying us, you harbored treacherous ambitions and even dared to assassinate Palace Elder Chen. Your crimes are heinous and beyond pardon. Now my army is at your gates. Do you dare resist?"
Xu Yi's eyes widened. Then came a shrill cry: "Impossible! This is impossible! How could Palace Elder Chen be dead? How could Palace Elder Chen be dead..."
It was Li Tieya, howling at the top of his lungs. He had completely lost control.
Palace Elder Chen had been his greatest backer in the Big Dipper Palace. To win Chen's favor, he had gone out of his way to curry favor with him.
Each time he did so, he thoroughly offended Xu Hongsheng.
Now that Palace Elder Chen was dead, Li Tieya had lost all footing in the Big Dipper Palace.
He had originally planned a grand scheme: to support Palace Elder Chen in ascending to the position of Palace Master, so he could leave Kongming Prefecture and secure a post as a prefectural judge for himself.
Now, that beautiful dream had turned to dust.
Xu Yi was equally shaken, but it did not cloud his judgment. He quickly understood the situation and saw far beyond the immediate crisis.
There was no need to say it: if Chen Fanghai had died, he must have been murdered by treachery. With Chen Fanghai's abilities, if someone had killed him openly, it would have been impossible for there to be no commotion.
The strongest evidence for this conclusion was the timing of Chen