Zheng Dan sighed. “I did it for my clan, of course. The Chu clan has their ancestors’ achievements to help them maintain most of Brightmoon City’s market. The rest of us have been smothered until we can’t even breathe, so we can only look for other methods to survive.

“I was young and ambitious back then. When I saw how troubled my parents were day after day, I wanted to help them take on a share of their burden. I also felt a little uneasy about our clan’s future myself, so I wanted to try a different type of lifestyle. I never expected things to escalate so much that I would end up creating something like the Whale Gang.

“The Whale Gang has earned quite a bit of money for the Zheng Clan these past few years, and to some degree, it has weakened the Chu clan. Father has been smiling more, but I cannot say the same for myself.”

It seemed to Zu An that there really were different perspectives to every situation.

From the Chu clan’s perspective, the illicit salt...