"So you're saying that under your stewardship, my Celestial Treasure Tower simply paved the way for the Seven Nations Ticket Shop, trained their personnel, and then was kicked to the curb?"
Li Xishan felt his mind go blank with a BUZZ. If not for his Golden Core Cultivation, a cold sweat would have instantly drenched his back.
"Young Master Sima... this..."
He wiped his forehead, mopping away sweat that wasn't there.
"I had no other choice. With the Taichang Trading Company in the picture, if Celestial Treasure Tower hadn't done so, they would have simply taken our entire share."
Sima Peng shook his head.
"I've heard of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator named Yang Jing who has been stirring up a storm. I'm told that even the very system for this Seven Nations Ticket Shop was his proposal."
