"They would buy at first, with Spirit Stones. The Wuming Sect didn't lack Spirit Stones. They had just bought several hundred thousand Spirit Stones' worth of supplies from the Auction House, so they had plenty on hand. After that, it would be hard to say."
"If they use Spirit Stones to buy grain, multiply the price by five."
Zhao Feng sucked in a cold breath. "Five times? That's robbery."
"It's meant to be robbery. The Wuming Sect can afford that price, but their mercenaries can't. Mercenaries come to earn money, not spend it. If prices in the city soar, their Spirit Stones will run out very quickly."
Lin Taichu paused. "When the mercenaries have no Spirit Stones, they'll go to the Wuming Sect for them. Once the Wuming Sect gives them once, they'll have to give a second time, a third time. After enough time passes, even the Wuming Sect's own Spirit Stones will hit bottom."
"When that time comes, the Wuming Sect will think of a way to break the blockade, or they'll make a move directly."
"If they make a move, what will the Dantai Family do?"
Zhao Feng thought for a moment. "What the Dantai Family wants is Luofeng City, not a dead city. If the Wuming Sect goes on a killing spree inside the city, the Dantai Family won't just sit back and watch. Though they want Luofeng City, they don't want to take over a city piled up with corpses."
"Exactly. When the time comes, the Dantai Family and the Wuming Sect will start fighting inside the city."
Lin Taichu stood and walked to the window.
"Our goal isn't to beat anyone. It's to make them fight each other."
Zhao Feng stood behind Lin Taichu, silent for a long while before slowly nodding. "Your strategy