Chapter 2670: Astonishing
Xiao Ran smiled faintly, the corners of his mouth lifting, making him look like a very amiable and easygoing person.
"Heh, I don't know much about either the Legion Council or the Five-Person Council. I really have to thank all the Legion Leaders for explaining so much, but it seems there's still quite a lot I need to learn."
Xiao Ran merely smiled off what Todd had said about internal trade within the Five-Person Council, using his lack of understanding to state his position. Since he did not understand it yet, he certainly would not conduct any trade with them. If they insisted on making him trade at this point, that would just be taking advantage of him. Once he understood things in the future, that would be another matter.
Whether the other three understood Xiao Ran's answer was another matter, but they presumably did.
It was not that he opposed or did not care about the Five-Person Council's internal trade and intelligence exchanges. At the very least, he needed to understand the rules of the game and find out what their trade catalog contained. He did not object to trade or cooperation, but there was no way they could eat the meat while he was left to drink the soup. Of course, sometimes soup was clearly tastier and more nutritious than meat.
As for Qinglong, he remained silent from beginning to end, merely staring straight ahead with an indifferent gaze, as though he had no desire to participate in everyone's idle chatter.
Todd was not surprised by Xiao Ran's response. Prepared for it, he slid a thick catalog across the table to Xiao Ran.
"This is the Five-Person Council's previous trade catalog. Legion Leader Xiao Ran can use this catalog as a basis for revisions. Once