As Lu Yang urgently assembled his forces, a scheme against him was also being set in motion by Scheming Straw and Sanyou Weimen.
After Lu Yang had ruined Sanyou Weimen's plans twice in a row, Sanyou Weimen hated him to the bone. Scheming Straw and Liu Jie wanted even more desperately to see Lu Yang dead.
Liu Jie and Sanyou Weimen had originally been friends. Watching the Iron Blood Brotherhood grow increasingly dominant, the two had gradually joined forces—partly to split apart the Iron Blood Brotherhood, and partly to take down Steiger together.
Radvijev and Jerz could no longer convince Sanyou Weimen that they had absolutely nothing to do with Lu Yang. Moreover, Radvijev was fully occupied cleaning up Harreken's remaining forces in the southwest and preparing to attack the independent guilds in the western region. Anatoly and Stephen, like Radvijev, were also attacking westward with all their strength.
The only people left who could stand against Lu Yang were Sanyou Weimen, Roland, Tom, and Jerz. But things were awkward between Roland and him because of the marriage alliance, while Jerz was untrustworthy. Only Tom and Liu Jie were allies Sanyou Weimen could win over.
Inside Liu Jie's special space.
Sanyou Weimen said, "I suggest we start with Zhuojiu Qingshang."
"That's impossible," Liu Jie said.
Sanyou Weimen said with great confidence, "No. I believe this: loyalty only exists because the price of betrayal isn't high enough. If Zhuojiu Qingshang defects, we can immediately charge into Tiger's Maw. That would mean taking the Iron Blood Brotherhood's nest and splitting their territory in two."
Scheming Straw frowned. "It's a good idea, but why would Zhuojiu Qingshang do it? What benefits can we offer him?"
Sanyou Weimen said, "I've summed it up. When we previously tried to lure Zhou Tianming into betraying Lu