"All the credit will go to the Heavenly Dawn Sect? Do you take the other sects' high-ranking cultivators for fools? Do you think they can't see anything?" Xia Jue walked over and patted Feng Qi's shoulder, a sharp gleam in his eyes. "Don't worry. The credit will all be ours."
At that moment, Feng Qi felt as though that pat had opened his mind. His eyes lit up. "You mean, if we do well, the credit is ours, but if we do badly, we can make the Heavenly Dawn Sect take the blame? In short, no matter what happens, the Heavenly Dawn Sect is the target out in the open."
When the time came, even if the Azure Tide Sect made a mistake somewhere, it would be the Heavenly Dawn Sect's fault for failing to notice it in time. As the overall commander, it would have to shoulder every pot of blame. Still, Feng Qi thought it would be rather difficult to make Xia Jue slip up...
He had to admit, though, that this was an excellent solution.
Xia Jue smiled without saying anything.
The Azure Tide Sect had been far too prominent over the past few decades. Anything it did now was liable to make it the target of every arrow. Some people said nothing openly and dared not offend it, but in truth, they had long since equated the Azure Tide Sect with the Vast Righteousness Sect.
If the Azure Tide Sect took the lead in this matter too, it would undoubtedly become a major problem in the near future.
The Azure Tide Sect needed fame and benefits, but not anything negative...
And whatever he did not need would simply have to be pushed onto someone else.
Looking at Xia Jue, Feng Qi swallowed involuntarily. Why did he