Ming Tianyan said, "The second gain was establishing your authority! You further reinforced the principle of 'intimidating enemies with strength.' Before you, the sages no longer dared make any rash moves."
Lin Su nodded. His and the Military Sage's initial design had been to display strength. Today, he had displayed that strength to the fullest. The sages no longer dared underestimate the alliance between him and the Military Sage in the slightest. In Dao Contention, if force was an option, today's battle had directly shattered that option. He had attained the highest realm of military strategy: subduing the enemy without fighting.
Ming Tianyan said, "The third gain was that you took your first step within the Holy Hall. You nearly wiped out a palace that had long been your enemy. From now on, among the Holy Hall's seventeen Main Palaces and twenty-three Branch Palaces, none will dare play any dirty tricks against you."
"This was never within the scope of my considerations. I never took the Holy Hall's forty palaces to heart in the first place."
Ming Tianyan smiled softly. "I accept those words, but I think the Palace Masters of the Sacred Hall may need some time before they can accept them... Those are all the gains I can think of. But personally, I think you had one loss today as well."
"Oh? What loss?" Lin Su asked.
"The argument of one surname, one Dao should never have come from the Military Sage's mouth. The moment those words were spoken, they invisibly pushed all the other great sages to your opposing side. Aside from the Military Sage, every other sage is tied to the interests of one surname, one Dao. So-called Dao Contention is, in essence, still contention for profit. Faced with such interests, no one is willing to