Before long, Yu Yuanzhen, sect master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, also hurried over after receiving the news.
Unlike the deeply worried Ning Fengzhi, Yu Yuanzhen was an extremely forthright man. The moment he heard about forming an alliance against Spirit Hall, he voiced his support. Clearly, he too had suffered under Spirit Hall for a long time.
Dugu Bo, ostensibly a mainstay of the imperial family, also hurried over. At that moment, he paid no attention whatsoever to the treaty and merely stared at Leng Xiyue. Clearly, he had already discovered the changes in his granddaughter. Once this matter was over, he ought to go and beg her to treat him as well.
Yes, with such a gulf in status and strength, he could only beg her.
"Your Majesty, I thought you stood firmly on Spirit Hall's side. I offended you on several occasions before." Yu Yuanzhen rose, walked over to Leng Xiyue's seat with his glass, and offered her a toast.
Yet his glass actually contained fruit juice as well. Clearly, he knew Leng Xiyue did not drink alcohol.
Leng Xiyue gave a faint smile. "You're too kind, Sect Master Yu. You and Sect Master Ning are both pillars of Heaven Dou. Though your inclinations differed, you were undoubtedly both striving for your own country. There was nothing excessive about it."
After Yu Yuanzhen, Heaven Dou's officials, great and small, arrived one after another. With Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen, the leaders of the two factions, both fully supporting the matter, there were naturally no disagreements. Everyone supported it-or rather, opposition would have been useless.
Once the banquet ended, Xue Ye convened a court session on the spot to begin discussing how to hold the upcoming ceremony.
Heaven Dou's nobles never disappointed in this regard. Soon,