Qi Xuansu understood very well that the Nanyang United Trading Company would not sit still and wait for death. They would definitely retaliate. He simply had not expected their counterattack to come so quickly.0

Marcheno and the West Shakya Company behind him were clearly one of the Nanyang United Trading Company’s cards. If Qi Xuansu had only been suspicious before, he was now almost certain.0

Marcheno had come talking grandly about the Nanyang United Trade Company being too big to fail and that its fall would cause a disaster. This was nothing more than a veiled threat.0

In the past, when Qi Xuansu was only the Second Deputy in charge of legal affairs, he could ignore such things. But now, as the Chief Deputy holding the financial reins of the Poluo Daoist Mansion, he could not ignore it, especially given the Daoist Order’s recent grim financial state. Nanyang’s trade relations absolutely could not be jeopardized.0

This undoubtedly made Qi Xuansu cautious, forcing him to act with restraint.0

However, Qi Xuansu could not possibly be intimidated...0