"Can you speak properly? If not, shut your mouth and stay quiet."
Behind Fei Mi, her heart-tipped tail stirred uneasily, and the look she gave Wen Ke'er was as sharp as a blade.
"It doesn't matter."
"The fact that those people need time to react is their business. All I need is for Long Aoshuang to demonstrate the value of that thing. As for whether they need it or how they obtain it, that is my own business."
Shen Yi remained expressionless as he directly cut off the argument between the two women.
The reason he had said those things to Long Aoshuang was to emphasize the effects of that potion. Combined with his intention to use the opportunity to announce the Shelter's reforms and promote Xia Country's recovery, it was only natural that more and more people would gradually drift beyond his control.
Of course.
That estrangement was only superficial.
In truth, no matter how Xia Country recovered, the key people in every region were women he trusted by his side. Recovery merely made it easier for him to handle other matters.
So those people's reactions were completely unimportant.
What Fei Mi and Wen Ke'er had said was that those people might not be entirely loyal to him. Yet conversely, there was no such thing as perfect, flawless loyalty.
Most of the women around him were like that. Some were there because of an exchange of interests, while others were purely drawn by Shen Yi's strength.
As for everyone else, there was even less need to mention them.
The only people whose loyalty he could trust completely were those Shen Yi had personally brainwashed.
But those wooden-headed fools had no value or meaning in cultivating. Shen Yi could not be bothered to waste time and resources on them.
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