Lin Mu got interested in this so called Council of merchants and asked more about it. He discovered that it was composed of ten merchants, some of which represented large and prominent merchant families.

Though there were two names that caught Lin Mu's attention. The first name was none other than the Mu clan which Wu Hei had visited in his younger years. This was also the clan from which Lin Mu had disguised himself as.

The second name that caught his attention was actually an individual merchant who had made his own company and grown it quite a bit. He recently reached the point where he had managed to buy a position in the council by outbidding others.

This individual merchant was actually someone Lin Mu had met before, Jingming Shang!

"Tell me more about the Mu clan and Jingming Shang." Lin Mu asked.

"Hmm… the Mu clan is in a difficult state right now." The waiter spoke.

"Oh? Why's that?" Lin Mu questioned.

"We do not know exactly why, as the matter was suppressed by both the royal family and the other members of the merchant council, but we do know that the Mu clan has fallen greatly in their status.

Even their position in the merchant council is now threatened and could be taken away at any moment." The waiter replied.

change happen?" Lin Mu asked

external workers were left to run their businesses. Of course, this couldn't be kept up as without the guidance of

letters to the clan, but all of them were unanswered.

ago, the clan reappeared, or more like their people did. The person that appeared was not someone we had expected though. The person was the youngest son of the Mu

who took over the administrative part of his clan and declared that their patriarch had passed away. The

of Mu clan's people were

were raised after hearings the words of the waiter. He even doubted the authenticity of his words, but then

out more about… if it's who I'm thinking it is, then…' Lin Mu

Shang?" Lin Mu asked

year and a half ago. Because there had been an increase in trade in the kingdoms that surround the top sects of the world, the overall wealth of merchants that got involved

made it so the council decided that they can now add another seat to it. Originally, the Mu clan was in disagreement but then they were placated by the other

He easily outbid his competition for the tenth seat in the merchant council and was even said to be one of those that sent

cultivator that is at the Core Condensation realm and thus not many can afford to oppose him

A rather interesting man." Lin Mu muttered to

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