Alliance headquarters, the plaza platform.
Stellar winds howled, whipping the towering Alliance flags.
The grim atmosphere of preparations for war had already faded.
Yet a faint trace of divine might still lingered in the air.
Before the magnificent entrance to the headquarters building.
Three Alliance directors, each of whom could normally shake the Star Sea with a stamp of their foot, stood shoulder to shoulder, solemnly seeing someone off.
"Prefect Ye..."
You Tiancheng gripped Ye Li's hand tightly. That hand of his, normally steady as a rock even when signing orders worth countless trillions, was trembling slightly.
"Thank you. Truly, thank you, Prefect!!"
Although Ye Li had acted utterly nonchalant in the meeting room earlier.
You Tiancheng knew quality when he saw it.
With just one glance, he could sense how precious the cultivation method contained in that jade slip was!
How could that possibly be a method of "fairly high rank"?
Its rank was so high that they would never dare imagine it even in their dreams!!
He even felt.
Even if they sold off the entire Star Sea Merchant Alliance, renowned for its wealth, they might not be able to get so much as a few words of this method from Snow God City!!
Yet now, Ye Li had simply given it to them.
This debt of gratitude was so heavy that even he, the Alliance leader, felt unable to straighten his back beneath it.
"You're overstating things, Director You."
Watching You Tiancheng grow so excited that he lost his composure, Ye Li remained calm.
He withdrew his hand, gently patted the Immortal Saint Venerable on the shoulder, and said softly:
"The Alliance helped me a great deal before. That friendship is priceless."
"Besides, while that method is good, it's no longer of any use to me."
"Since