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Gu Can set down his bowl and wiped his lips with the back of his hand, then picked up a dried fish and chewed it meticulously before swallowing.
Only after that did he reply, "First, I must reach the Upper Five Tiers. Then, I have to seek out a backer in the Great Li Empire. At the very least, it'll have to be the leader of a pillar general's clan. Through that backer, I'll secure an audience with the emperor of the Great Li Empire and offer up my services to him, acting as a pawn for the Great Li Empire in Bamboo Scroll Lake to keep the True Realm Sect in check."
"That's it?" Liu Zhimao asked.
"That's it for now. The rest can wait," Gu Can replied with a smile.
"If you do that, won't you be betraying both myself and Jiang Shangzhen? I am your master, while Jiang Shangzhen is going to give you all of those islands. Wouldn't you be repaying kindness with ingratitude by doing this?" Liu Zhimao asked.
Gu Can cast his gaze outside with a composed expression as he replied, "The night is long, and there's enough time to drink many bowls of wine and sample many dishes. If we view my plan in isolation today, it does seem like I'm repaying kindness with ingratitude, but at some point in the future, perhaps I'll be doing both of you a huge favor.
“Besides, there's no telling what could happen later down the line. Perhaps I'll suddenly drop dead someday. Who knows?"
Liu Zhimao picked up his bowl and brought it to his lips, then tipped his head back and finished the rest of his wine in one go.
Gu Can was being extremely sincere and candid with him, and he was glad that he had paid Gu Can this visit.
Upon noticing that both Liu Zhimao's bowl and flagon were empty, Gu Can picked up his own flagon of wine to refill Liu Zhimao's bowl, and the latter didn't stop him.
After sitting back down, Gu Can raised what was also his final...
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