"You flatter me."
Xu Taiping gave an awkward smile.
Gu Qingcheng's praise always struck him as rather strange, giving him the illusion that a "villain" had taken him for one of her own.
"Elder Zhang, why did Miss Qingcheng call the young master's plan a masterstroke? What difference does it make whether Gou Dan dies sooner or later?"
Keeping his eyes fixed on the situation in the Mountain Forest, Zhai Mo used the Azure Dragon Token to transmit his voice to Elder Zhang beside him without turning his head.
"Of course it makes a difference."
Elder Zhang gently pushed aside a leafy branch before him and transmitted expressionlessly to Zhai Mo:
"If we simply poisoned Gou Dan, it would at most sow some discord between Helian and Wutu. After all, Helian would have a hard time proving that Gou Dan's death had anything to do with Wutu."
"But if the poison takes effect while Gou Dan is holding the head, he will certainly be attacked by the ghost-controlling power and ultimately burst apart under it. That way, not only can we destroy the body and erase the evidence, we can also pin the blame directly on Wutu and his group."
"After all, apart from us..."
"Of everyone present, the only ones who know about the power of Striking the Fou to Send Heads and do not want to see Helian's group continue harvesting the refugees' lives are Wutu and his group."
After hearing Elder Zhang's explanation, Zhai Mo's eyes lit up. Understanding dawned on his face as he nodded repeatedly.
"That way, unless they already know we exist, Wutu's group will be Helian's only suspects. It would be stranger if they didn't fight!"
"Dong, dong, dong, dong, dong..."
As the two spoke, the beats of the fou in the Mountain