"What?"
"Parading their severed heads for all to see," Zhu Gaoyang said. "Two Wind Envoys' heads hang from Wild Goose Dock's ship, and instead of fleeing, their killer smashed through three docks in a single day, then just killed the Hao Water Envoy right in front of Marten Dock. Word has probably spread throughout the Eight Waters by now... With Mirage City's exalted envoys being slaughtered like this, what authority could they possibly have left?"
He smiled. "I let He Changge go precisely so he could coordinate with the Immortal Platform and Heavenly Mountain's arrangements, raise a banner, and rally everyone against Mirage City. Under these circumstances, few in the Eight Waters' Jianghu would dare openly answer the call, but I imagine they're all watching and waiting."
"Watching us?"
"Of course. Just as the real banner at Wild Goose Dock isn't the one fluttering in the wind, but the two Azure Wind Envoys' heads hanging beneath it. To settle people's hearts, Mirage City can't rely on threats and proclamations either. It needs our heads," Zhu Gaoyang said. "As long as we keep ranging across the Eight Waters, setting fires and burning ships, and Mirage City can do nothing about me, the Feast is bound to fail. Either they abandon it, or Mirage City's master will have to show up to hold things together."
Pei Ye fell silent for a while. "Sounds good."
"It was an open stratagem to begin with."
"Then have you considered what happens if someone actually cuts our heads off?"
Zhu Gaoyang sighed. "I can shift between mountains and rivers, and all four Wind Envoys showed themselves the night before last. That situation really shouldn't have been possible."
"But now it's about to happen."
"Yes."
"When I came, Li Jian said this was a major case that