All along, Lu Yin had thought that the Sima Chamber of Commerce was supported by the Gate of Laws, seeing as how the company specifically sought out materials that the Gate of Laws used to build sequence bases. Only after Yue Susu’s negotiations with Yi Shang had Lu Yin learned that, while those materials ultimately ended up with the Gate of Laws, they were not transferred over directly. Instead, everything was provided to the Ascendant Hall, which then passed the materials along to the Gate of Laws.0

The agreement between the Chamber of Commerce and the Gate of Laws avoided both the Sima Chamber of Commerce and the Ascendant Hall.0

The Sima Chamber of Commerce was backed by Ascendant Hall, but not the Gate of Laws.0

Yue Susu had wanted to force Yi Shang to agree to stop competing with the Sima Chamber of Commerce for sequence base materials. It was not that Yi Shang had not wanted to agree, but rather that he was not qualified to do so. The Chamber of Commerce was required to find sequence base materials for the Gate of Laws so as to bypass the Ascendant Hall. If Yi Shang had complied with Yue Susu’s demands, he would have rendered himself unable to fulfill the terms of his agreement with the Gate of Laws.0

Only when Zhan Ming had appeared and personally agreed had the matter been settled.0

Yue Susu had set everything up. If Zhan Ming and Yi Shang...0