Inside the office, the university representatives behind every projection were listening attentively to Zhang Yu, at least on the surface.
That was only because Zhang Yu was simply too rich right now.
The sheer projection of his assets poured forth with the crushing force of a mountain flood. Mere rows of numbers were enough to make his opponents despair. It was as if, within the Ten Schools, everyone except him had ceased to be human and become nothing but cattle, horses, and sheep, while the Nascent Soul True Lords and representatives from each university before him were nothing more than paupers.
Someone spoke in the small group chat: Tian Zheng, didn't you say Candle Bright True Lord had misappropriated funding?
True Lord Tian Zheng: A Nascent Soul at Candle Bright True Lord's level—if he misappropriated funding, that wouldn't be an issue of violating rules or laws. It should mean the funding itself had been planned incorrectly from the start.
Someone else said: Quanda, didn't you just say you wanted to send people from Heavenly Devil University to take charge of the Research Association?
Quanda True Lord: Don't twist my words. I meant sending people to help Candle Bright True Lord manage the Research Association, so Candle Bright True Lord could focus on using the funding for cultivation.
No matter how others tried to stir things up, no one in the small group dared step forward again.
The cries for blood and battle from moments ago were instantly smothered.
Facing someone who controlled Divine Transformation-level assets, representatives like Quanda True Lord and True Lord Tian Zheng knew they had no power to resist.
A quasi-Divine Transformation, a fake Divine Transformation like this might find it difficult to wield wealth of that magnitude against the Righteous Qi Alliance. But if the Ten