Overdraw

"Brother Jiang, I'll go with you too. We can stick together and watch each other's backs," Huai Yi said as he came over.

Jiang Cheng looked at the chubby Huai Yi, then turned to the others. "We'll send two people. You pick one more from your side. That'll make four people in the decoy team."

"I'll go." Zi Gui stepped forward and said firmly, "You need someone with experience in the snowy mountains."

After speaking, Zi Gui turned to Lu Yu, Han Juanjuan, and the others. Before she could say anything, Bai Xi spoke up. "Teacher Zi Gui, you stay here." He straightened his clothes and stepped forward. "How can our summit team go without a teacher?"

"Chubby, you go with them," Jiang Cheng said, ignoring Huai Yi's attempt to explain. He turned to Huai Yi. "You're coming with me."

"Okay." Huai Yi nodded.

The decoy team was set. Jiang Cheng and Gongsun Zhiruo ducked into Shang Zuo's tent. Not long afterward, Jiang Cheng came out, wiping the blood from his hands as he pulled open the tent flap.

After a brief exchange, the two teams went their separate ways.

Jiang Cheng and the other three packed their backpacks, took the bait with them, and headed off in an unfamiliar direction.

The four of them didn't move very fast. Whenever they got tired, they stopped for a short rest. After all, they were serving as the decoy team, not actually in a hurry to get anywhere.

The key to breaking the deadlock was to stall for time and give the other team enough time to reach the summit.

After staring at the vast, snow-covered mountains for so long, their eyes had grown painfully dry. It seemed that aside from the blue sky, the world held only white. The clouds hung