Ise Xin's judgment had been accurate. The developments at the "You-1337 Star Gate" had also reached the Exploration Team, and the meeting had been called to synchronize that information. But the meeting itself meant little; it was merely a gesture of courtesy put on by the Exploration Team's two factions.
The entire meeting was unbearably dull. Only Lady Yuan Meng's alluring face and athletic figure offered anything pleasing to look at.
Unfortunately, this venomous woman with a taste for blood was someone only Captain Xi Fu could handle. Ise Xin could only feast his eyes from afar and keep at a respectful distance.
Of this four-hundred-man team, two hundred and twenty clearly belonged to the investors. They were further divided between the Xi Clan Consortium and the Great Horn Fleet, with roughly half from each side.
The Xi Clan was an old Great Monarch family that had existed since the Era of Ten Thousand Kingdoms before the Sky Abyss Empire. It had long cultivated its influence in the Tianyuan Star Territory, which was said to have formed from the shed remains of the Sky Abyss Overlord's Godly Body. It had endured the changes of the Era of Ten Thousand Kingdoms, the Sky Abyss Empire, and the Star Alliance without falling. Though its All Heavens Divine Kingdom backing was somewhat weaker, that was precisely why Ise Xin's team had chosen to sell the information to this family. If they had truly been flawless, there would have been no profit in it for them.
As for the Great Horn Fleet, it was an independent armed fleet. This was an organizational structure unique to the Star Alliance, more like a means for the Star Alliance leadership to placate all sorts of local tyrants when the Sky Abyss Empire rapidly collapsed. Those with stable