Inside the Forest Assembly detention room, Han Wu and Qing Mu sat facing each other.
The one responsible for mediating between them was Han Wu's old acquaintance: the elderly Ye Xiao.
Ye Xiao looked at Han Wu and Qing Mu with quite a headache.
Han Wu might have come uninvited.
But his backing was strong. Behind him stood the Death Faction and the Wisdom Faction, and he also had close ties with the Wealth Faction.
In short, he was not someone to offend lightly.
As for Qing Mu, he was the vice president of the Qingping Merchant Association and President Qing Ping's younger brother.
The Qingping Merchant Association was not particularly well-known in the Divine Realm Civilization.
But in the outer realms, traces of the Qingping Merchant Association could be found across many civilizations.
The Forest Clan also had many businesses that required cooperation with the Qingping Merchant Association.
Neither side was easy to offend.
What was more, Han Wu had beaten Qing Mu.
Though the beating had not been serious—not even enough to count as a scrape—it had happened before everyone's eyes.
If the Qingping Merchant Association did not receive a dignified answer, they would lose face. Their future business with the Forest Clan might even be cut off.
The more Ye Xiao thought about it, the more his head throbbed.
He could not afford to provoke either of these two great gods.
Still, he had to get the facts straight.
After some questioning, Ye Xiao learned the cause of the matter.
The main conflict stemmed from Han Wu trading a large number of sixth-rank Ghost Shadow Vine Seeds for the tenth-rank World Tree - Tai Tao.
Even if a tenth-rank World Tree - Tai Tao had trash abilities, it still bore the name of the World Tree. Trading