"Is that so? Does Elder Shang doubt my qualifications?" Ye Tianming asked.
"It is not that I doubt you, but that I dare not act rashly." Elder Shang chose his words carefully. Naturally, he would not openly seize Wu Lianyi's holdings and wealth, violating the Merchant Association's rules of ten thousand years. He merely found a perfectly reasonable excuse. "Suppose another Warrior expert arrives one day bearing Venerable Wu's token, claiming that he is the true heir to Venerable Wu's legacy and demanding to exercise his rights. What am I to do then?"
"I understand." At those words, Ye Tianming sighed softly.
Given their current circumstances, they naturally could not appear openly before the world and demand their entitlements with great fanfare.
Although the Merchant Association's rules required loyalty to its clients' interests, and making this matter public would ensure the return of those holdings and their subsequent earnings.
But...
In this world, strength had the final say after all!
Realizing that Elder Shang might already harbor disloyal intentions-or, rather, that he simply did not take a junior like him seriously-Ye Tianming understood that today's matter could never end peacefully.
Given his standing, he had finally returned to the fray after much difficulty. He could not suffer a setback here and fail to accomplish even this one task.
After that soft sigh, his expression turned cold and severe.
"Strike first to seize the advantage!"
Watching his expression, Elder Shang immediately transmitted those words to the two Attendant experts.
Naturally, he did not believe these two Attendant experts were a match for Ye Tianming.
Twenty-three years ago, the man had already cultivated to the Earth Rank tenth transformation, a supreme genius who had earned the name "Black Dragon." Twenty-three years later, he even seemed to have advanced to Heaven Tier, becoming