"Do you remember the 'Promoting Ancient Arts' project led by the Five Elements Alliance more than ten years ago?"
"I vaguely remember it." Fu Xue frowned. "Did our family take part in it too?"
"The family didn't participate, but it did invest money. The Five Elements Alliance had only been established for a few years back then. The five major gangs were still in their adjustment period and relatively weak, often bullied by Heaven's Punishment. They were desperate to improve their strength, but Spirit Realm Walkers couldn't force their level-ups. They could only start with equipment. Props were scarce and precious; even Scholar families couldn't mass-produce them. After all their research, the Five Elements Alliance set its sights on mechanical arts." Fu Long recalled, "The mainland wasn't as wealthy as it is now, and the Five Elements Alliance headquarters had limited funding, so they approached the Fu Family in hopes of receiving sponsorship. You had just gotten divorced and were terribly depressed. You either drank or beat your daughter, with a crowd of little white faces around you."
"That was ages ago. Why bring it up?" Fu Xue looked somewhat embarrassed and hurriedly changed the subject. "Go on."
Fu Long nodded with a stern expression.
"Recently, Fu Qingyang somehow obtained a manual on mechanical arts. He plans to mass-produce them and become the Five Elements Alliance's supplier of mechanical weapons."
Fu Xue's heart skipped a beat as she listened.
"The Spirit Realm families on the mainland were able to grow powerful precisely because they supplied Life Essence and props to the authorities. But both have limited output, while mechanical weapons can be mass-produced. If the family becomes a supplier of mechanical weapons, we'll truly establish ourselves on the mainland."
She elegantly exhaled a stream of white smoke, her face full