Flower Marsh Village, inside the shrine.
"This shrine will abolish worship every other day and require no offerings. You're a Golden Core wild boar; feeding you grain is a waste anyway. Worship will also become voluntary, with no compulsory requirements."
"At the same time, lift all restrictions on movement within the village. Allow women to marry outside the village, and let everyone marry freely."
"And rein in that imposing air of yours. Don't show yourself in ordinary circumstances or hand down any ridiculous decrees."
At the desk, Cui Hao's brush flowed freely over the page as instructions poured from his mouth.
The Wild Boar Demon stared, dumbfounded. His throat churned, a stifling pressure lodged in his chest. He held back for a moment, then finally asked:
"E-Envoy, if I really do everything you say, won't I just become a statue?"
"Wishful thinking. You won't get off that easily." Cui Hao raised his brush, looked up at the Wild Boar Demon, and smiled.
"If you don't go harder than the other demons, why should anyone follow you? Surely you don't expect them to admire that pig-demon face of yours?"
The Wild Boar Demon froze, then asked quietly:
"What do you mean, Envoy?"
Cui Hao thought for a moment and decided to use his master's words:
"Generous subsidies, naturally. We give what other demons can't bear to give, and we do what other demons can't bring themselves to do!"
"Here, look at the Deity Guidelines I drafted for you. Keeping the winds gentle and the rains timely is the bare minimum. You also need to learn to give the people under you plenty of emotional value."
"Look how murky the Wish Power you've forced out of them has become. Eating shit would be no worse. Do you really understand how to interpret