But Ian didn't actually think that much; he wasn't very familiar with the psychology of financial investment, he just felt that with more money, collecting payments would be smoother.
Just as every official exploration team has a powerful force backing it, the Empire's Dragon Worship Cult's exploration team has Dragon Island as its background. The King of the Mountain himself is Dragon Island's full representative, and Crown Prince Carlos is also a prince with very good relations with Dragon Island. So even though the Southern Ridge Dragon Worship Cult is quite poor, with the Empire's support, the camp is quite luxurious, even more so than Ian's Lord's Mansion in the Xiawei Territory.
Large rooms, large bathrooms, even a private hot spring — when Ian saw that there was an artificial hot spring made with the finest round stones inside the room, he finally somewhat understood... When high-level Sublimators really want to enjoy themselves, all desires can be effortlessly fulfilled.
