This item is a jade scroll, precisely the Fire Rain Technique that Lu Chang'sheng had been longing for.
"Much obliged, Fellow Daoist," Lu Chang'sheng said.
"Compared to the favor you've shown me, how could this possibly compare?" Qu Feng shook his head with a bitter smile.
If not for Lu Chang'sheng's suggestion, he might have had to grind out many more years to get enough Barrier-Breaking Pills.
By then, who knows what kind of shape he'd be in.
"Fellow Daoist Qu, you have this talent by nature. Even if I hadn't mentioned it, you would have been chosen in the end."
Qu Feng simply smiled and shook his head, saying no more; as for Qu Guang, he knew well enough in his heart.
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In the days that followed, several families began consolidating the Zhu Family's industries, trying to claim as much as possible before rival factions reacted.
Of course, it was inevitable they'd have dealings with the Gu Family as well.
