Zhang Tie's return caused a tremendous stir, one that took a full two days to settle.
Zhang Tie had not been idle during those two days. In fact, from the moment he returned, he had been busy without pause, meeting people of every sort and arranging all manner of affairs.
For the past two days, Ma Aiyun had not been doing well. Zhang Tie set aside some time each day to keep her company, but Ma Aiyun spoke very little and seemed utterly listless. Zhang Tie thought she had not fully recovered yet and would be fine after a few more days of rest. He merely had several maids attend to Ma Aiyun while also sending people to Huaiyuan City in Yingzhou to bring her family over, thinking that might help her recover.
The Sky Knight from the Celestial Mechanism Sect who had come to Torch Dragon Territory to back Zhang Tie was Divine Lord Guiyuan, True Lord Deyang's martial granduncle. The Sky Knight from Prince of Guangnan's Mansion was Yueyang Divine Lord of the Southern Frontier, the Sky Knight patron of Prince of Guangnan's Mansion—a man whom even Bai Suxian had to call grandfather. For these two to rush to Torch Dragon Territory when the Zhang Family was in crisis, the favor and face involved could not have been greater. This was what it meant to send charcoal in snowy weather.
After learning that Zhang Tie had returned, the two Sky Knights vanished separately without even meeting him, appearing and disappearing like divine dragons and fully displaying the bearing of great masters. The Zhang Family only knew that two Sky Knights had come to Torch Dragon Territory during this period. Even Zhang Tie's elder brother, Zhang Yang, had never met them and did not know what they looked like.