Hearing Zhang Xiaohua put it that way, Chen Fengxiao was greatly pleased. He nodded and said, "Since you say so, little brother, I can hardly refuse. Come closer and lend me your ear."
Zhang Xiaohua stepped forward as instructed and listened as Chen Fengxiao quietly explained the arrangements.
After hearing Chen Fengxiao's plan, Zhang Xiaohua wore a strange expression. He asked curiously, "Great Leader Chen, this arrangement of yours is indeed ingenious, but yesterday Wu Dalang..."
Before Chen Fengxiao could speak, Qiu Weicheng cut in. "Great Leader Chen, everyone says I'm the strategist of Tianmu Peak's Herb Division, but only today did I realize that you are the true brains of our Herb Division."
That bit of flattery pulled Chen Fengxiao out of his earlier gloom, and a faint smile appeared on his face.
Seeing that Zhang Xiaohua still did not quite understand, Qiu Weicheng smiled. "Think about it, little brother. Although all the conflict in the dining hall yesterday was started by you, and Wu Dalang of the Pill Division directly aimed the challenge at you, have you considered this? If they had you fight their Pill Division's Ten Great Vajras one by one, ten against one, would you be willing? That would be a wheel battle. Never mind whether you could defeat their strongest fighters—even exhaustion alone would wear you to death."
Zhang Xiaohua curled his lip, unconvinced. That might not be so. Each of these ten people is worth fifty taels of gold. I'd love nothing more than for them all to come at me together!
Qiu Weicheng continued, "Brother Ren is a disciple of our Herb Division, and he entrusted Great Leader Chen with arranging all these matters. Doesn't that elevate Brother Ren's personal affair to the level of the entire Herb Division? Since this is