"The world is in turmoil right now. With your strength, Scholar Lu, this is the best time for you to earn military merit. I swear on my life, as long as you're willing to act, within a year you'll rise to First Rank. What's more, we'll support you with a chance to be enfeoffed as a Marquis!"
This promise was nothing if not powerful.
However, Lu Chang'sheng also saw the limitations of Xu Yuan and his allies—their actions were bound by officialdom's rules, more constrained than those of the old aristocratic clans.
"I appreciate your concern, Lord Xu, but Chang'sheng doesn't enjoy struggle. I just want a peaceful life. I hope you'll understand!"
Lu Chang'sheng didn't wish to become entangled in the war. If not for the affair involving his teacher, Hong Yuan, he wouldn't have come here at all.
It could only be said: in the jianghu, one's fate isn't their own.
Now, when it came to wealth and power, he no longer had much desire—gone was the need to toil as he had when he started out.
