"Meng Ziwei, Meng Zihan! Did you hear that?" Jiang Tianze immediately chimed in, his face full of flattery and the satisfaction of revenge. "Young Master Mingxuan is a young master of the Zhao Family. On the Dou Qi Continent, he even joined Ice River Valley in the Central Plains. He's now an official member of the Hang City Extraordinary Bureau."
"What does your Meng Family amount to in his eyes? Hand over the Ironclad Savage Bull right now, or else... hmph!"
"There are plenty of ways to make life miserable for your Meng Family!"
The Jiang Family had offered substantial benefits, and his younger sister had become one of Zhao Mingxuan's women. Only then had they managed to get him to back them up.
Meng Zihan's and Meng Ziwei's expressions darkened.
The Zhao Family was one of Hang City's four great families, with power far beyond anything the Meng Family could match.
Even more troublesome were Zhao Mingxuan's two identities: a disciple of Ice River Valley on the Dou Qi Continent and a member of the Hang City Extraordinary Bureau.
Ice River Valley was a renowned, first-rate power in the Central Plains.
The Extraordinary Bureau was Huaxia's official agency for managing Chosen Ones, and it wielded enormous authority.
The weight of those two affiliations was enough to make anyone wary.
"Young Master Zhao." Remembering that the Meng Family had Chu Zhou backing them, Meng Zihan wasn't particularly alarmed, but he didn't want to antagonize the Zhao Family either. He spoke as calmly as possible. "Our Meng Family Mercenary Group discovered and killed this Ironclad Savage Bull first. Under the rules and the Extraordinary Bureau's Regulations on Acquiring Wilderness Resources in the Spiritual Energy Era, ownership belongs to our Meng Family."
"As a member of the Extraordinary Bureau, Young Master Zhao,