"Brother Lu, I can provide the thirty drops of Heavenly Spirit Water, still at nine thousand spirit stones per drop. I daresay you won't find a second person in all of Heavenly Sacred City willing to give you such a favorable price. I hope this mutually beneficial deal leaves us as friends. But as a friend, I would have a small request… Would you hear me out?"

As it turned out, Li Guang had approached Lu Changsheng for a specific reason. Still, Lu Changsheng was not really bothered by that. 

"What request?" he asked.

"Only a small one. In a few days I'm to attend a gathering in Heavenly Sacred City, and I may need you to appear, temporarily, as my guard. At the gathering, certain disputes at the Dao Foundation Realm may arise, and it may even come to blows. You just need to aid me with all your strength. What do you say, Brother Lu?"

Lu Changsheng narrowed his eyes slightly. A gathering in Heavenly Sacred City? Acting as Li Guang's guard? Given his standing, why was Li Guang not recruiting a Divine Ability cultivator instead? Surely, the Li Clan could dispatch a Divine Ability expert to protect him....