The figures who had arrived were True Lord Abundant Wealth, deputy chief manager of Rising Sun Bank; True Lord Three Treasures, Third Pavilion Master of Duobao Pavilion's headquarters; and Void Ascension ancestor Yao Yongwen of the Cold Moon Yao Clan.
These were precisely the three creditors from whom the Wei Clan had borrowed the most funds through collateral this time.
Rising Sun Bank, Duobao Pavilion, and Yao Air Transport were all renowned large-scale commercial organizations within the Immortal Dynasty. Rising Sun Bank and Duobao Pavilion in particular had more than one aristocratic family backing them, their network of interests tangled and intricate beyond measure.
Not only did many top aristocratic families hold shares in them, even the Immortal Emperor's lineage and the Immortal Palace possessed considerable stakes.
For this reason, Rising Sun Bank and Duobao Pavilion operated with relative independence, possessing a complete set of self-contained internal rules and facing little constraint from aristocratic families or even the imperial house.
Within these two organizations, shareholders only enjoyed the right to dividends every hundred years and the right to sell their shares; they held no decision-making authority.
The Wei Clan was in fact also one of the shareholders of these two organizations, owning a small portion of their stock. During the clan's heyday, they had conducted plenty of business with both organizations. Otherwise, they could not have borrowed so much money all at once.
The moment the three appeared, they all began demanding repayment from Wei Dongyu.
Seeing Wei Dongyu about to faint from rage, the Wei Clan's Second Ancestor, Wei Deming, hurriedly stopped directing disaster relief, rose into the air, and supported Wei Dongyu. He cupped his hands toward the newcomers. "Deming greets True Lord Abundant Wealth, True Lord Three Treasures, and Ancestor Yongwen. Mingyu and I borrowed the money.