"Mr. Fang meant... whether or not this matter had anything to do with the alliance, so long as it could be tied to the alliance, we should use it to curry favor with the sect?" The city lord immediately understood.
The strategist, Mr. Fang, merely smiled without speaking.
It was as though all of this had been the city lord's own idea and had nothing to do with him.
The city lord and the others had long grown accustomed to Strategist Fang's manner and did not dwell on it.
Instead, they all began considering the feasibility of the matter.
Once such words were spoken, they would immediately be thrust into the eye of the storm.
Yet the benefits would surely come rolling in.
The sect had long since made its move against the alliance.
If they could use the ignorant populace to suppress the alliance, they would certainly win the sect's favor.
When the disaster brought by the Ghost Corpse Slaves truly descended, they might even gain the sect's protection.
"Fine, then that's what we'll do!"
The city lord made the decision on the spot and loudly ordered, "Immediately dispatch people to spread the news everywhere: the Seven Stars Sect and Chasing Stars Sect alliance is savage and ruthless. In retaliation against the Four Symbols Sect, they released the Ghost Corpse Slaves sealed within Tian Lian Mountain, attempting to perish together with the Land of Shining Stars."
Yongling City's lord might indeed have been inferior to many others in schemes and calculations.
But he was no fool.
After giving it a little thought, he immediately settled on this statement, half detailed and half vague.
The general circumstances were crystal clear.
Yet many parts remained ambiguous. At the very least, that line about perishing together with the Land of Shining Stars