While all this was happening, Prince Lanno had not been idle either. Apart from secretly inviting Anvis, he had also been contacting other promising talents.
True to his own style, nearly all the people Prince Lanno contacted were the sort who remained obscure within the academy.
Of course, this was also related to his current situation, as his royal brothers were secretly targeting him.
While it was inconvenient for them to openly move against Prince Lanno, offering higher prices to compete with him for talent was standard practice.
Even with his status as an imperial prince, Prince Lanno could not be so overbearing as to force other Pamir Academy students to follow him.
Moreover, anyone with eyes could see that choosing Prince Lanno's side now was equivalent to picking a faction.
Basically, no one thought highly of Prince Lanno. Compared with his brothers, he had started far too late, and the other princes had been deliberately or casually suppressing him, making his life extremely difficult.
Joining Prince Lanno's camp now would indeed be offering help in the snow. But far more likely, they would be heading toward destruction alongside a Prince Lanno powerless to turn things around.
Those students with some background were all shrewd. Prince Lanno's current situation was clearly one where every step was difficult, and there were practically no influential figures within the royal family willing to support him.
In their eyes, choosing to join Prince Lanno's camp now could be called bold, in nicer terms. Put bluntly, it was brainless.
For them, adding flowers to brocade might not bring high returns, but it was stable and low-risk. Only commoner students of humble origins would be willing to take a gamble alongside Prince Lanno.
Under Anvis's secret observation, several days quietly passed. Prince Lanno and the members