Top-Class Comprehension: Start with Basic Fist Techniques

Li Guang may not excel in cultivation talent, but his mind is far from lacking.

On the contrary, Li Guang's mind is quite sharp.

"Borrow Spirit Stones?"

Lu Changsheng calculated briefly.

Previously, he had already used thirteen drops of Heavenly Spirit Water. Now, with the additional five drops gifted by Li Guang, that made eighteen drops.

He only needed eighty-eight drops of Heavenly Spirit Water to gather a total of one hundred drops.

Currently, Li Guang offered Lu Changsheng a discount.

A single drop of Heavenly Spirit Water required only nine thousand Spirit Stones.

Eighty-two drops of Heavenly Spirit Water would cost approximately seven hundred forty thousand Spirit Stones.

At present, Lu Changsheng had thirty-five thousand Spirit Stones, leaving a shortfall of forty thousand Stones.

With this in mind, Lu Changsheng lifted his head and directly asked, "Then I won't stand on ceremony. I'd like to borrow forty thousand Spirit Stones. What does Brother Li think of this?"

Lu Changsheng spoke without hesitation.

Right off the bat, he asked for forty thousand Spirit Stones!

Clearly, this was an astronomical sum. Even for Li Guang, it wasn't something to casually conjure up.

"Forty thousand Spirit Stones?"

Li Guang's expression stiffened slightly.

Soon after, he fell into contemplation.

Such a colossal sum was not something even someone like Li Guang could casually provide.

However, the current Li Guang was different.

He had just achieved a sweeping victory at the treasure auction, obtaining seventeen treasures.

And the value of each treasure was no less than ten thousand Spirit Stones.

If Li Guang wished to assemble forty thousand Spirit Stones, it wouldn't be difficult.

But still, this was a loan!

Moreover, it wasn't just lending Spirit Stones to anyone—it was lending forty thousand Spirit Stones to a stranger.

Even to a Divine Power Realm practitioner, forty thousand Spirit Stones was still a horrifyingly astronomical amount.

Consider how Lu Changsheng had fought tooth and nail on the battlefield, only to amass thirty-five thousand Spirit Stones in total.

The magnitude of forty thousand Spirit Stones was staggering.

Yet Lu Changsheng had asked nonetheless.

He knew Li Guang was intent on recruiting him.

Lu Changsheng did not reject the notion.

If you want to recruit someone, how can you not be willing to pay a price?

Lu Changsheng laid out his terms.

Whether Li Guang agreed or not was Li Guang's decision.

For now, the atmosphere was somewhat stifling.

Lu Changsheng did not press further; he simply waited quietly.

At times, a person's decision at a critical juncture may shape their entire destiny.

Evidently, this decision carried great weight.

It mattered deeply to Lu Changsheng, and even more so to Li Guang!

Li Guang hadn't actually given it much thought prior.

Recruiting Lu Changsheng?

It had merely been a reflexive action.

But now, after Lu Changsheng responded to him and presented his conditions,

Li Guang found himself forced to think carefully.

If he managed to recruit Lu Changsheng, what benefits would it offer him?

Or rather, what could it enable him to accomplish?

Li Guang wasn't naïve either; he saw things clearly.

Recruiting Lu Changsheng wasn't about recruiting a mere Divine Power Realm martial artist.

It would mean securing the favor of a Great Divine Power Martial Artist!

The title of "Great Divine Power" was nothing short of elite combat strength for the Li Commerce.

The Li Commerce did have a Saint Level practitioner overseeing it.

But that was the Li family's ancestor.

Someone who rarely made an appearance.

The individuals truly steering the family's affairs or contending for its decision-making power were either peak Divine Power Realm practitioners or Great Divine Power Martial Artists!

"If I were to gain the full support of a Great Divine Power Martial Artist, would I really be relegated to a life of idling within the family?"

"No, I still have a chance. If I could seize control, leveraging the family's influence to acquire various treasures, who's to say I can't eventually manifest Divine Powers? I'm not like Qi Tianyi, that worthless fool—I still have some talent."

"If I managed to obtain a true Supreme Treasure, perhaps I could really manifest Divine Powers and ascend to the Divine Power Realm!"

A flicker of brilliance appeared in Li Guang's eyes.

His once-dormant heart began to stir again.

Contending for the position of family head?

It once seemed hopelessly out of reach.

Even Li Guang himself had given up on the idea.

But now, with Lu Changsheng's potential support,

Li Guang felt that the prospect of claiming the family headship was no longer a pipe dream.

Based on the rules, Li Guang's father would soon vacate the role of family head.

And the position of family head was determined by family-wide competition—not inherited passively from father to son.

Once his father stepped down, Li Guang wouldn't be assured the same comfortable life he currently enjoyed.

Impossible!

"This position of family head—perhaps I truly have a chance to vie for it!"

A subtle glimmer of resolution flickered in Li Guang's gaze!