The delegation that the Martial Alliance Branch of the Wei Dynasty sent to mediate the conflict of interest on the Soft Meadow Continent was small, but packed with important people, as this matter concerned a link to a Main World of the Boundless Mortal World.
The leader of the delegation was two levels under the Martial Alliance representative that Wu Long met in the Emerald Falls City, the Head of Administrative Affairs for the Branch.
And this man had his own ambitions, including a lofty dream to rise to a position of his direct superior, the Branch Head, who reported directly to the Martial Alliance representative.
But none of the three big Sects, of course, could offer him that, their shady deals to win the favor in the arbitrage of the World Stone control being of a lower level. It satisfied him, of course, as he never expected any of them to offer anything better.
But...