“One example is the Regal Pill Palace,” said Mo Wushuang. “Palace Head Dan Chi forbade any members from getting involved in the internal conflict. He said that given their deep relationship with Veluriyam Capital, they mustn’t do anything that would embarrass us.”

Jiang Chen smiled. That was the Dan Chi he knew. The palace head had always been a man of integrity. Bearing some of the intellectual fastidiousness of a scholar, he held a pride that not everyone understood.

“Is the Regal Pill Palace falling behind the others, then?” asked Jiang Chen. He’d been offering great support to the Regal Pill Palace, treating them as well as he did the clans in the Sacred Peafowl...