As Xu Hanji spoke, a fleeting, subtle change crossed her pretty face beneath the veil.
Clearly, she did not understand why the Liu Family wanted to meet Lin Changheng, and she even harbored certain misgivings.
In fact, when the Xu Family's senior members learned of this, they too had wondered whether the Liu Family had somehow heard of Lin Changheng and wanted to recruit him.
This was the difficulty of having no ties of blood or kinship: they truly feared he might leave.
Although the Xu Family was reluctant to let the meeting happen, the matter was already out in the open, and they could not suppress it. Otherwise, they would offend both the Liu Family and Alchemist Lin, leaving themselves caught between two fires.
Now, they could only hope Lin Changheng would not be swayed. Otherwise, their losses would be devastating.
To that end, they had even instructed Xu Hanji to carefully talk him around beforehand. She must not let the two parties hit it off and turn this into a farce of "losing an alchemist through carelessness"...
"The Liu Family wants to see me?" Lin Changheng had not expected this either, but for the sake of the blood essence, he said, "Very well."
Xu Hanji was about to deliver some of the arguments she had prepared, but Lin Changheng stopped her outright. "The Xu Family has treated me with kindness and honor. On this visit, I will discuss only blood essence and nothing else."
"Excellent. Fellow Daoist Lin, you are a man of great integrity!"
With this promise, Xu Hanji's expression relaxed slightly. She would not have failed the task her family had entrusted to her. Her beautiful eyes brightened as she looked at Lin Changheng, as though starlight shimmered within them.
The meeting was arranged in