Chen Tingjun sneered. "He's certainly quick-witted. Issue the decree. My enthronement ceremony will be held tomorrow."
Xue Mingyuan acknowledged the order.
By noon the next day, the main hall where the enthronement ceremony was to be held stood utterly empty. Apart from a few minor officials from the Censorate, no one else had come.
Seeing how deserted it was, Chen Tingjun was so furious that the Three Corpse Gods leaped in his head. He glared at Xue Mingyuan, who hurriedly said, "My lord, I really did send out the decree."
Chen Tingjun was about to fly into a rage when the Left Gate General announced, "Deputy Palace Master and Lord of Deep Space Prefecture, Suijie, has arrived to attend the ceremony."
Xu Yi strode inside, followed by all the officials of Deep Space Prefecture.
Chen Tingjun glared at Xu Yi. "Lord Suijie, have you come to watch me make a fool of myself?"
Xu Yi said, "Palace Master, why would you say that? To be honest, when I received the decree, I wasn't sure whether I should come.
"The decree only said that the Palace Master would be holding an enthronement ceremony. It didn't say that I was expected to attend.
"I'm stationed at the border. I couldn't come here rashly without a decree."
Chen Tingjun sneered. "Spare me the wordplay. Suijie, don't push me too far."
Xu Yi sighed. "My heart was set on the bright moon, yet the moon... Never mind. Sooner or later, the Palace Master will understand my intentions."
A ceremony that should have been grand ended in haste, the desolate scene so bleak that they didn't even complete the usual rites.
Upon returning to the main hall, Chen Tingjun immediately went to pay his respects to Great Saint Venerable Moyun, only to learn that Venerable