In just a few short days, master and disciple had already learned the police combat techniques through mutual probing.
Lei Qiuyun, meanwhile, had joined the elders of the Xin Dong Street Merchant Association in temporarily stabilizing the situation. Although several Grandmaster-level elders with territory in the outer districts had not returned for the meeting, fortunately, they had not caused any trouble for the time being either.
During this period, Lei Qiuyun had also visited all of the Xin Dong Street Merchant Association's old partners.
Thanks to her father Lei Qiong's reputation and the association's scale, more than half of the companies and organizations they had worked with in the past remained relatively steady and had not chosen to end their partnerships.
However, several had already been snatched away midway by the merchant associations of West Chang District and Nanhua District. It was clear that alliances and counter-alliances, mutual courting and wooing, had begun long ago.
To ensure that the Xin Dong Street Merchant Association did not fall behind before the Cultivation Grand Competition, Lei Qiuyun could only visit those giant corporations they had never worked with before.
Yet such companies either had no need to cooperate with a merchant association, or simply looked down on the association's influence and strength. The chances of being turned away at the door were fairly high.
Lei Qiuyun sincerely contacted many of them. In the end, only several giant corporations in the more open-minded Nanhua District, which had extensive external business dealings, were willing to talk.
It was merely a discussion meeting, so it was inappropriate to bring too many people. Their party consisted of only Lei Qiuyun, Ji Qinglin, and Yu Ji Zi.
Lei Qiuyun had originally not dared disturb her teacher, but Ji Qinglin heard about it from the other elders. He