Divine Lord Huan Zhen said, "There's no particular trick to steering this ship, gentlemen. You were simply lucky. The Emperor Lord wanted to gather a large amount of resources in a short time, so he decided to sell off these seven bases. All the Divine Lords in the Yin Court opposed it, and the Emperor Lord was under tremendous pressure. If the Sea of Stars Alliance can't pay the full amount in one go, then the Emperor Lord won't be able to gather so many resources in the short term. That would defeat the purpose of selling the seven bases, and the deal couldn't go through. He'd have to look elsewhere."
He knew full well that the Sea of Stars Alliance would certainly take these seven bases, because the benefits were simply too great.
To persuade the Emperor Lord, Divine Lord Huan Zhen had deliberately fabricated claims that the resources were showing signs of depletion and that large numbers of strange beasts were nesting nearby.
Emperor Qin Guang hadn't thought much of the seven bases; he had simply passed the matter to the assembled Divine Lords to discuss.
The Divine Lords all knew Divine Lord Huan Zhen was shrewd and calculating. And he had made his stance crystal clear: if anyone objected to the sale, he would step down in favor of someone more capable, without the slightest reluctance.
With Divine Lord Huan Zhen taking such a firm position, no one dared interfere any further, and the sale was finally settled.
Although the Emperor Lord hadn't set a minimum price for the sale, Divine Lord Huan Zhen had drawn up one himself. He knew perfectly well that the price could be very low, but it absolutely couldn't fall below that threshold. After all, he still had to get by in