"You understand what you're saying, but how could your master not understand it? Naturally, your master trusts you, too. However, this matter has to be planned out by your master and Martial Uncle Li before we can proceed. Otherwise, if things fail to work out one way or another, it'll be terribly awkward." Li Tianjing indeed lacked decisiveness, but I had expected as much. Dealing with him wasn't difficult at all.
"Master has considered things more thoroughly than your disciple. I merely followed your ideas and worked out these layers of tricks and schemes. What I lack is your calm experience and maturity. In the future, I'll still need Master to keep me in check." I put on an expression of someone being earnestly instructed.
Li Tianjing snorted softly, then said earnestly, "Your master is so much older than you that I've lost count. Naturally, I'm much more seasoned in handling matters. Still, what you said isn't entirely without reason. Perhaps it would be better for you to send elite forces here—that might be enough to mislead Sect Master Li. This is called making the empty appear full and the full appear empty. We can't send all the good ones over. If we leave only the inferior ones outside, Sect Master Li will inevitably grow suspicious. We have to consider keeping some genuine elites outside. That way, Sect Master Li will feel reassured. Am I right?"
"Master is absolutely right! Your disciple was truly being greedy. I actually wanted to bring all the elite forces here. How about this: we leave outside the group of elites you dislike, letting them fend for themselves, while we find a way to bring in the batch you consider useful to help here. What do you think, Master?" I said with a grin.
"Hmph,