Of the three men at the table, Xu Fugui now had the highest cultivation, at the sixth layer of Qi Refining.
Bai Fengxian was at the fourth layer of Qi Refining.
On the surface, Lin Changheng remained the weakest, at the third level of Qi Refining, but his status as a pill master lent him its own prestige. Xu and Bai still addressed him as "Brother Lin" and "Big Brother Lin."
Now that he had advanced to a mid-grade pill master, this was all the more true.
The three downed several pots of spirit wine with abandon before gradually slowing down and turning the conversation to the Xu Family.
The Great Reclamation was now nearing its end. The gains had been gratifying, and with the final work nearly complete, the Upper Sect would soon reward everyone according to their merits.
"The lineage gained enormously from this Great Reclamation, building up its foundations by another substantial margin. With a little more accumulation, it really might become a Foundation Establishment Family."
His face flushed with drink, Xu Fugui glanced warily around before suddenly leaning closer and speaking in a low voice.
The hazy gazes of Lin Changheng and Bai Fengxian instantly cleared.
They exchanged a look, both deeply astonished. Clearly, neither had known anything about this. Xu Fugui, however, had now truly entered the Xu Family's inner circle. One more step, and he would be among its senior members.
Furthermore, his new father-in-law was reportedly an elder at late Qi Refining who had decided to marry off his daughter.
The Xu Family had an explicit rule: anyone whose cultivation reached the eighth layer of Qi Refining or higher, or whose craft reached superior grade or higher, could become an elder.
The Xu Family currently had only a dozen or so elders, each