It was in the bag!
Hearing Ye Xiu say that, Bai Youlou's heart stirred, and a surge of delight welled up within him.
Before so many people, Ye Xiu could not easily go back on his word.
In other words, as long as he provided part of the resources, he would be able to enter the academy and study there in the future.
A hundredfold expenditure of resources?
Not to mention that the academy's teachings surely would not be priced outrageously high—even if he paid everything at market price, what did a hundredfold exchange matter?
The spirit stones the Bai Clan had earned from the trade brought by the Alliance's Heyang City were far more than a trifling amount. More importantly, if he could enter the academy and glimpse even a fraction of the knowledge behind how the Alliance governed its territories, it would bring him tremendous benefits in the future.
The great authority of the sect and clan would surely fall into his elder brother's hands one day. Once they took office, every sect master would eliminate all those who threatened their position.
In the clans of the past, who knew how much bloody slaughter had erupted during succession? Beneath the tide of heaven and earth's spiritual power, such struggles would only intensify with each passing day.
He might be making waves in Heyang City now, but all of it rested on the fact that his clan remained his support.
If some sudden change arose one day, and his former clan was no longer his aid, how would he then conduct himself?
That was a question well worth pondering.
Bai Youlou had never believed himself to be some peerless genius capable of finding a path through even the most desperate straits.
Since that was the case, he had to