Given Suijie's current standing, once he had said this, everyone from Great Saint Venerable Moyun on down clasped their hands and bowed to Li Tieya.
Li Tieya hurriedly returned their bows, his heart surging. He felt that Suijie truly was a hero. Despite his extraordinary rise, he still treated Li Tieya as he always had. He was every inch a great man.
After exchanging courtesies, Xu Yi said, "I wonder what brings Brother Tieya here in the middle of the night?"
Li Tieya smiled and swept his gaze across the room.
Xu Yi said, "Brother Tieya, there's no need to worry. These are all my trusted people. Without them, Suijie wouldn't be Palace Master today."
Xu Yi's gracious words warmed the hearts of everyone in Reverse Star Palace.
Li Tieya said, "In that case, I'll speak plainly.
"I've come on Deputy Palace Master Xue's orders to discuss an important matter with Palace Master Suijie."
Li Tieya's arrival at this juncture was naturally part of Xu Yi's arrangements. Though he had taken control of Big Dipper Palace and Reverse Star Palace, he had done so through his two separate identities. It would take some time to bring everything together.
Xu Yi smiled. "Who would have thought that someone who once had no standing at all would become a deputy palace master?
"Xue Xiang and I have long admired each other from afar. Setting aside our respective positions, we could even be friends.
"What is it that brought you here on his behalf in the dead of night?"
Li Tieya then explained the upheaval in Starry Sky Prefecture and Palace Master Ning's desire to seize the opportunity to act.
The expressions on Third Saint Chen Tuanfeng's and the generals' faces immediately grew animated. Xu Yi said, "Palace Master Ning wants revenge. Reverse