If you gave the Dao Sect the finest Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, others could naturally give them something even better.
If you gave them the greatest respect, others could naturally offer even greater respect.
The strength and foundations of the various imperial dynasties were all much the same. What you had, others had; what you could afford to give, others could afford as well.
Blindly driving up the price would only trap everyone in an endless race, raising the threshold for gift-giving ever higher until one ended up lifting a stone only to smash one's own feet...
Lin Su smiled faintly. "That is precisely why I traveled a hundred thousand li to come here. I can help Your Highness obtain special privileges in the Dao Sea."
"Special privileges?" Though the Second Prince had seen great storms and waves before, he was still stirred at this moment.
If he could truly obtain special privileges in the Dao Sea, he could use this tremendous achievement to truly enter Father Emperor's sight—and the sight of all the major forces in court and beyond. In a sense, he could even genuinely influence the Great Immortal Sects.
For what the Great Immortal Sects cared about most was anything that could further their sects' development, and special privileges in the Dao Sea were something no sect could avoid. So long as he controlled this, the Great Immortal Sects would indirectly fall under his control...
Heavens, wasn't this sky-high fortune?
But was it possible?
The Violet Qi Literary Dynasty lay rather far from the Dao Sect, and their past dealings had not been plentiful. In truth, even equal rights were difficult to obtain, much less special privileges.
Though this Mister Luo before him was deeply favored by the Imperial Preceptor, who claimed his wisdom was heaven-shaking,