Looking at the news in the newspaper, Ke Lan quickly extracted the useful information from it.
Mora Councilor had announced that he was making a push toward the realm Above Grand Arcane Treasure Master. Thus, he had handed over all his affairs and devoted himself to improving his strength.
This had left the entire Federation wailing in misery, wondering what they would do without Mora Councilor.
After all, this Mora Councilor was best at making the cake bigger and dividing up the benefits. Even if all this would harm the Federation's foundations, the benefits in one's own hands were what truly mattered to everyone.
How many people would care about the future?
Even if someone saw through it, what could they do? How could a small minority possibly contend with the tide of an era formed by the majority?
Still, quite a few people saw something unusual in Mora Councilor suddenly abandoning all his plans. After all, many of those plans had only just begun, and they suspected some sort of conspiracy.
Yet even more people began to celebrate.
Mara letting go meant that enormous benefits and rights of distribution were flowing out. If they could get their hands on them, would they not make a fortune until their bowls overflowed?
Thus, most people began nibbling away at Mara's power, resources, and interests.
Mara had let go very suddenly, but their takeover was not sudden at all. Every last one of them had wanted to snatch a little more from the beginning. Now, they had merely gone from fighting over a chunk of meat to fighting over the whole pig. The nature of it had not changed much.
Yet Ke Lan saw far more within it.
"Teacher, Mara's sudden withdrawal was your doing, wasn't it?" Ke Lan asked.
Lu Xingshi