Zhao Xiangshan laughed in spite of himself. "How is it?"
None of his subordinates failed to show admiration. With the help of the Three Origins Secret Array's detection capabilities, the secret mansion's control over the surrounding waters immediately rose to a new level.
Zhao Xiangshan smiled and said, "Yu Ci's methods are naturally bizarre and uncanny, yet the current situation is no different from the initial design. I am right here, letting him attack as he pleases, and even the matter of proclaiming it to the world is done by him. Isn't that all the more effortless?"
The mansion's chief steward had slipped up in two consecutive matters and was feeling uneasy in his heart. Hearing Zhao Xiangshan's words, he immediately responded, "This fellow Yu Ci must be wary of the pavilion master repeating the manipulation of the Three Origins Secret Array, which is why he used such ruthless force to try and bind the Xiyu Alliance's hands and feet, yet he only made a half-baked mess. Like a frightened bird, he is truly not worth fearing."
The smile on Zhao Xiangshan's face remained unchanged. He understood the steward's thoughts, but such words were fine to say to others to listen to. If even he himself were to be fooled by them, then he really would be stupid to the extreme.
The crux of the matter never lay in whether there was a "difference," nor did it lie in whether he was a "frightened bird." Down to the root, this was a question of "whose hands held the initiative," and it was also a question of who truly grasped the "tempo."
In Zhao Xiangshan's original plan, the most ideal scenario was:
Yu Ci realized who was "making trouble" behind his back, yet found it difficult to trace the tracks. Afterward,