Upon seeing the old man, Liang Shan hurriedly stood up, bowed, and repeatedly greeted him, "Greetings, Clan Chief." Wang Yao nodded silently in his heart; the Shu Clan was indeed true to their word, and Qiao Bushi had indeed come as promised.
"I'm sorry, Lord Yue Lao. This morning, my clan was in talks with a powerful alliance of clans that has recently emerged in the Holy Domain. Although I was not required to attend, this matter is of great importance, so I had to keep a close eye on it and thus missed seeing you, Lord Yue Lao."
"I wonder if the Old Man of the Moon had a pleasant conversation with our Director Liang?" Qiao Bushi asked Wang Yao with a smile as soon as he entered the room.
It's unclear whether Liang Shan had already relayed Wang Yao's information about the ethnic alliance delegation's presence in the Shu tribe, or whether Qiao, being magnanimous and disdainful of hiding, revealed the information that the Shu tribe was holding talks with the ethnic alliance delegation as soon as he entered the room.
However, in Wang Yao's opinion, Liang Shan had not left the room since the last phone call, so it was more likely that Qiao Bushi had taken the initiative to confess to Wang Yao. As a result, he couldn't help but change his opinion of the Shu clan chief.
"What... Chief Qiao, you don't need to keep an eye on things this afternoon?" Wang Yao stood up and asked with a smile.
"Negotiations are always a back-and-forth affair that can drag on. We'll have a recess this afternoon so they can each hold closed-door discussions on the morning's results. The other side needs an opportunity to report our concerns to their superiors and get a response. As for us, we've already said what we needed to say this morning."
"Let them discuss freely this afternoon. There will be many more meetings like this. It's not something that can be decided in just three or five days. There's no need to make things too tiring or stressful. So I'm taking a break this afternoon to meet the Matchmaker God," Qiao said with a smile.
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