After trying to correct her thoughts, Xiaoling felt no guilt anymore. This is what it's like to learn from a bad master.
On the contrary, she felt that there was still a lot she needed to learn, such as handling these details—she could now think about most things in a similar way to her master, but her micro-management skills still needed to be improved.
Well, a master is a master after all. Although his character is debatable, he is indeed very capable.
"Hey, Xu Shi, are you really not doing this to me on purpose?"
But some people might not think that way. They saw Xia Ke'an in the corner looking constipated. "Making me wear cat ears is one thing, but what's with this?"
"What do you mean by deliberately messing with you? If I wanted to mess with you, would I need to do it deliberately?"
Xu Shi explained unhurriedly, "Now that the Holy Fire Cat Cult has come to the forefront, of course it needs to have doctrines, gestures, and other supporting elements. Otherwise, it would still be the same old makeshift operation, and its prestige would be too low."
"Your slogan sounds like something a makeshift troupe would say!"
This reason clearly failed to convince the older woman, whose face flushed with anger. "'Everyone who follows me, meow meow meow meow'—is that something a human could come up with?"
She was actually quite surprised at first, since there was no religion in the City of Night Sin, and she didn't expect the little boy to be so convincing... But the longer it went on, the more she felt that something was off.
This inappropriate art style is at least half due to her being the saintess. First, she wore cat ears, and now she has this shameful slogan. It's hard for anyone to stand it, at least not her.
The white-haired loli considered herself to have seen a lot of things, and since even she lived in Bengbu, one could imagine how others would feel.
That bastard even wanted to wear cat paw gloves! If I hadn't refused such an outrageous request, who knows what would have happened.
Maybe they'll even have to wear a cat tail.
"Then why don't you bring out something even better?"
Xu Shi, who had stolen the idea from his predecessor, remained calm and composed, even taking the initiative to say, "You didn't object when we were naming it, so we can't just give up halfway through, can we?"
"I……"
Xia Ke'an was speechless upon hearing this; she really couldn't think of a better slogan.
The main problem is that she's not good at this, and it has to be said that the slogan is quite catchy and easy to remember.
"I'll take it."
Xu Shi spread his hands, looking innocent, and said, "But it's normal that you can't accept it right away. Maybe it won't be so embarrassing if there are more people around?"
As he spoke, he stretched and stood up.
"……Maybe?"
The older woman blinked. Was he going to come with her?
If that's the case, the sense of shame will actually be less, and it's quite nice to see this naughty guy, Xu Shi, make such a cute move.
"That's fine then."
Xu Shi nodded, then walked to Pan Ling's side and patted her on the shoulder, "Go on, little priest, rehearse with your junior sister."
Pan Ling:
What does this have to do with me?
In fact, she was the kind of person Xia Ke'an described as "living in Bengbu". Watching her junior sister awkwardly rehearsing her dance moves, she couldn't help but want to laugh.
The main reason is that the white-haired loli looks very young, and these actions are inherently cute. Considering that her true form is actually an older sister and her silly apprentice, it becomes even more amusing.
But she herself didn't want to do that; it would be far too...
"Hurry up, what are you waiting for?"
"……good."
Forced by her master's tyranny, Xiaoling had no choice but to reluctantly agree. She walked to Xia Ke'an's side and, together with her, shook her hands like cat paws from side to side.
"The sacred flame shines brightly."
"Holy light shines brightly."
"All who follow me."
"Meow meow meow meow!"
Xu Shi was quite satisfied with all of this, but suddenly felt a little regretful.
They should have prepared a pair of cat ears for their silly apprentice too.
...
Not long after.
Xu Shi led the two, who were already familiar with each other, from backstage to the front of the stage.
The place was quite orderly—as the state religion appointed by the royal family, it was no longer just a few individuals like Xu Shi; instead, it was specially equipped with royal knights and city defense troops to maintain order.
The task of distributing supplies was naturally theirs to do; otherwise, where would a cult leader, a saintess, and a junior priest find the time to hide in the back and play games?
The same goes for Xie Qingyan, Shen Qin, Ye Shanshan, and the others... The three of them didn't come at all today; they went shopping together.
Knight Commander Chen was also brought in to oversee the operation, directing his men to distribute supplies in an orderly manner... As he did it, he realized that there was actually a lot to learn about this matter.
For him, the most meaningful thing was not distributing the items, but rather using this matter to organize and improve the population registration of the imperial capital city—this has been a long-standing problem for the empire, as people come and go from place to place, making it difficult to create a systematic archive.
In the end, it was the knights and city guards who suffered the most, especially those roving criminals who would shoot and move on, which gave them a real headache.
Now it's different—when Xu Shi was running the Poseidon Stone trading business, he had already registered the traders, including their surnames, names, where they came from, where they were going, how many family members they had, how many acres of land each person owned, how many cows they had, and so on. Afterwards, he compiled the information into a booklet, which saved him a lot of trouble.
Otherwise, how can we compensate the people who came here? We can't just dictate the amount, right?
This record is the best proof. Xu Shi even took close-up photos of them, so there was no way they could find a loophole.
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