Xue Yiming asked in surprise, "What strategy?"
Scheming Straw smiled but did not answer Xue Yiming. Instead, he addressed Xue Yiming, Ruyue Taishan, Yaowu Yangwei, and the dozen or so other high-ranking subordinates of Liu Jie who were looking at him. "Do you know? I've never taken Lu Yang seriously, not even during this war between him and us."
Liu Jie crossed one leg over the other and said, "I agree with you."
Yaowu Yangwei blinked in confusion and asked, "Young Master Jie, Old Liu, what are you two talking about? You're being so cryptic."
Liu Jie chuckled, and Scheming Straw laughed loudly. He loved it when people looked at him with such bewildered expressions. It was not just Yaowu Yangwei; even the expressionless Ruyue Taishan did not understand.
Scheming Straw looked at Liu Jie. Liu Jie smiled and gestured for him to continue. "Go ahead. Everyone here is someone I trust most. You can tell them."
Only then did Scheming Straw nod. Looking smugly at Ruyue Taishan, Yaowu Yangwei, and the others, he said, "Do you know that Lu Yang has a fatal weakness? With just a little move on my part, I can make his guild fall apart."
"What weakness?" Yaowu Yangwei asked in surprise.
Scheming Straw said, "Do you know the greatest difference between children of powerful families and ordinary commoners?"
Yaowu Yangwei, Ruyue Taishan, and the others still shook their heads.
"Oh, Old Liu, just say it already. Say it all at once, you're killing me here," Yaowu Yangwei said.
Scheming Straw wore a smug expression as he said, "The difference lies in how they view women."
"How they view women?" everyone asked, confused.
Scheming Straw asked, "The Iron Blood Brotherhood looks very powerful, doesn't it?"
Everyone nodded.
Scheming Straw said, "But if you break the