Gu Ping's expression was far from pleasant.
In his recent dream, he had felt like an outsider, watching a strange version of himself leverage his family background and Changan's "Golden Finger" to steal the secrets of various great families in the Imperial Capital. With these secrets, he played them off against one another, overpowering all the great families to become the undisputed "Number One" of the new generation.
After all, Changan was utterly loyal to him and, being invisible and intangible, yet still connected to his mind... acquiring those secrets was effortless for him.
