Chapter 1156: Road Paved With Peril As opposed to the Miao family’s happiness, the elegant middle-aged man in Whale Ocean Commerce was in the middle of a chess game with a gentle-looking man. Both men had their brows furrowed. The gentle-looking man had a pair of jug ears and looked rather comical. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮 However, no one would dare to mock the jug-eared man because he was the leader of Ten Thousand Flags, Di Wantian. To the factions not part of a governing body, Di Wantian was truly like the sky. Whale Ocean Commerce had the most difficult role amongst all the factions. Their role was overseas trading, which required Island Whales. At least 10 mid-ranked Creation Masters needed to work tirelessly for two to three years in order to nurture one Island Whale. This was not an easy burden to bear for most top factions. There were very few factions that would choose to nurture Island Whales to increase their faction’s power. As difficult as Whale Ocean Commerce’s role was, they were also able to use it to gain more foreign resources through overseas trading. As such, other factions were all eager to gain favor with Whale Ocean Commerce. Although Whale Ocean Commerce could not compete with Rhine Lifeform and Cage of Brahma Insects when it came to brute strength, Whale Ocean Commerce had the most bootlickers among the top three top factions. Di Wantian looked at the chess pieces that had Law Crystals embedded into them and swept them back into the box. When he saw his brother’s austere expression, Di Wancheng knew that their chess game had come to an end. He tossed down the chess pieces in his hand and said, “Big Brother, if you’re not in the mood, let’s not play anymore. Given the news we obtained from our source in the Miao family, shall we continue with our plan for the Miao family?” Di Wantian looked at Di Wancheng. Clearly, he had been pondering the same question. Di Wantian did not immediately say what he was thinking. Instead, he asked, “Wancheng, what would you do if the decision lay in your hands?” Di Wancheng touched his scarred eyebrow and pondered for a long while before saying, “If it were me, I would choose to put a temporary stop to the plans.” Di Wantian was not surprised to hear Di Wancheng’s response, and he gestured for Di Wancheng to continue with his explanation. Di Wancheng dutifully replied, “Big Brother, our mole in the Miao family holds a high rank. There’s no way he’d feed us false information. Moreover, he is very disciplined and won’t cause any trouble. The Moon Empress’ disciple gave pure Law Crystals to Connected Beast Park and enabled them to gain seven new thearch-class experts. We have to take this into consideration carefully. It’s possible that the Moon Empress’ disciple has forged a deal with Connected Beast Park or even with the Moon Empress herself. “That person is already enraged that we lost one of the Gardener Konjac seeds. I suggest maintaining our working relationship with the Miao family and allowing them to use our last Gardener Konjac seed to nurture child ramets. The child ramets might be able to find the lost Gardener Konjac seed. The best-case scenario will be to find it. But even if we can’t, we’ll still be able to answer to that person. Otherwise, there’s a high chance that he’ll break off his collaboration with us. If our collaboration falls through, all our efforts over the years will have been for nothing! Third Sister only has one step left. She can’t show her face in her current state!” A look of regret crossed Di Wancheng’s face, and he thought,?I should have pulled something out of my sleeve or put more pressure on the Miao family when I was negotiating with Miao Zhenshan so that they wouldn’t have been able to get close with the Moon Empress’ disciple. Di Wantian usually never had a word of opposition in Whale Ocean Commerce. Di Wantian made most decisions while Di Wancheng carried them out. But before Di Wantian made any decision, he would seek Di Wancheng’s opinion first. At first, Di Wantian had decided to go big or go home because Cultivated Garden’s attitude toward Whale Ocean Commerce had changed during the course of their collaboration. This meant that it was likely that Tian Feng had sensed the changes in Whale Ocean Commerce. Having a member of royalty breathing down his back made all of Di Wantian’s strands of hair stand on end, and he felt that Whale Ocean Commerce and Third Sister’s time was running out. If Third Sister could not take that last step soon, Whale Ocean Commerce would be ruined. But if Third Sister could take that last step, an earth-shattering change would take place in the Radiance Federation. Whale Ocean Commerce would also be able to break through from the brackets of top factions. The Moon Empress, Bamboo Monarch, and Chef Supreme were so revered because they were Class 5 Creation Masters. Third Sister was already seeing the light at the end of the tunnel in the road to evolving from a pinnacle Class 4 to Class 5 Creation Master. Although she would not escape from this road unscathed, and it was paved with danger, no one from Whale Ocean Commerce was willing to give up on this chance to change the fate of the entire faction. Now that the Miao family had established a connection to the Moon Empress’ disciple, there had to be something more serious taking place in the background. In the future, Connected Beast Park and the Moon Empress’ disciple would definitely meet more often. Although the Miao family had announced that they were not going to appear in public for some time, that did not mean that they were not going to meet with the Moon Empress’ disciple. Whale Ocean Commerce already had a member of royalty’s attention and could not handle another member of royalty’s badgering. After thinking for a moment, Di Wantian stood up and said, “I’ll go and see Third Sister. We’ll go ahead with our collaboration with the Miao family as discussed. Put everything else on hold for now. That person said that he would be making a trip to the Radiance Federation. He might be able to help with Third Sister’s last step.” Di Wantian’s eyes shone with deviousness. Was his scheme intended for the Miao family or a member of royalty? Or could it be intended for that person?