Wanting Peace Talks Won't Make It Easy

Over the next few days, the elders responsible for managing the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce were run ragged, utterly overwhelmed.

Most of those sent to negotiate with the various lineages returned in anger, their feathers bedraggled.

Those lineages were extraordinarily resolute in their stance, leaving not the slightest room for maneuver.

The investigation into the Myriad Things General Store's sources of goods and the force behind it made no progress whatsoever.

It was as though some mysterious and powerful force was protecting the Myriad Things General Store from the shadows, causing Xuantian Hall's investigations to hit wall after wall and come up empty-handed.

Meanwhile, the Myriad Things General Store's momentum was nothing short of explosive. It continued expanding, and its business grew ever more prosperous.

Within Xuantian Hall, the atmosphere was so heavy and oppressive that it was nearly suffocating.

Xuantian Hall and the elders managing the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce gathered once more, every face as dark as a sky thick with storm clouds.

"What are we supposed to do? If this continues, the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce may truly be finished for good!" an elder cried anxiously.

"Are we, Xuantian Hall, such a powerful force, really going to be completely stumped by a tiny general store?" Another elder flew into a rage and slammed his palm against the table.

Liu Wuhen still wore a worried expression on the surface, but inwardly, he was considering how to further throw the situation before him into chaos.

At that most critical moment, another piece of bad news arrived like a bolt from the blue.

Several minor forces that had once maintained close ties and deep friendships with the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce saw it trapped in such dire straits and, without the slightest hesitation, completely cut off