Combinations

"You guys, this is Ning. You all know who he is, right?"

Truven introduced Ning to the group of people he had finally brought him to. There were 5 men and 3 women in the group, and as soon as they heard his name, looks of contempt and disgust flashed through their eyes.

They were not very good at hiding their emotions it seemed.

"Ning, these are—"

"I know who they are," Ning said, looking at them all and raising his glass of wine. "It's good to finally meet someone in the same line of work as me."

These were some of the people who together owned the Four great artifact shops of Ulharis City. 

The discontentment was very apparent on the face now.

"You have made a bit of a name by selling some interesting items I hear, sir Ning," a woman with gray streaks in her otherwise smooth black hair that fell around her shoulders. 

She wore a blue dress and two teardrop-shaped red earrings on her ears, as if to show who she was.