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.

could such a drastic change happen?" Lin Mu asked further, having a bad

ago. The people of the Mu clan suddenly went into hiding, and only a few external workers were left to run their businesses. Of

and even the merchant council wondered if they were okay or not. They sent many letters to the clan, but all of them were

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

part of his clan and declared that their patriarch had passed

majority of Mu clan's people were killed two years

doubted the authenticity of his words, but then realized that he could confirm this

out more about… if it's who

about Jingming Shang?" Lin

joined the council about a 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

seat to it. Originally, the Mu clan was in disagreement but then they were placated by the other merchants who wanted

the trade boom and made a sizable fortune. He easily outbid his competition for the tenth

Condensation realm and thus not many can afford

I see. A rather interesting man."

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