Sailesi's symbiotic plant abilities include a powerful hallucinogenic effect, which allows him to do things that many plant-based ability users cannot.
This includes the ability to meet people in a state of semi-realism, between dreaming and waking, and to coax them into revealing information.
Sailesi was very satisfied with his gains. He listened for footsteps throughout the central headquarters of the Tree Worship Church and found his personal attendant who was rushing towards him.
Although his personal attendants were young, they had been Stained Ones for longer than many middle-aged priests, proving themselves to be promising talents personally selected by the academy.
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Sailesi felt he would likely never witness the Tree God's resurrection again in his lifetime.
If this personal attendant is capable, he might take over my position decades later, and I'll wait until the next Tree God who can be controlled by the Stained Ones Descent into the world.
At that time, my grand plan can still proceed step by step.
The officer entered Sailesi's office and received some dispatch instructions related to the Fitz Province.
After he left the study, Sailesi picked up the secret military report from the Archbishop of Fitz Province, intending to destroy it on the spot.
Just as he picked up the envelope, a folded piece of yellow paper fell onto his desk.
Sailesi paused for a moment, then quickly remembered what it was.
The Archbishop of Fitz Province once mentioned in his military report that her elite troops had seized some treacherous papers with rebellious words written on them from the rebel scouts on Aduolin's side, and had enclosed them with a letter awaiting his decision.
Rebellion? Overstepping boundaries?
What exactly did those rebels do?
Sailesi, who considered himself to have a good attitude, unfolded the neatly folded yellow paper.
With some mental preparation and curiosity, Sailesi unfolded the poorly made, yellowed paper with obvious printing marks, and a passage of text with an exotic flair and a strong impact suddenly caught his eye.
The bizarre format, the strange wording, the incomprehensible descriptive style... everything on the paper was eroding Sailesi's already fragile rationality.
After reading the title and the first line, the cardinal's expression disappeared.
Although he had only read a little bit, he was already able to roughly guess the content of the article.
But it was precisely because I had a rough idea of what was going on that I refused to believe it, refused to believe that my name would appear on such inferior paper and in such a disgusting scene.
Sailesi casually tossed the yellow paper aside, leaned back in his chair, and once again began to regulate his Disorder breathing caused by anger by entering a meditative state.
Unsurprisingly, he became completely infatuated, and on the fallen paper, a bold, enlarged title read—
Chapter Fourteen: Sailesi sits high on the jade couch, Antiya enters the cathedral at night.
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Chapter Fourteen: Sailesi Rex Resides on His Jade Throne, Antiya Enters the Cathedral at Night -- It is said that Antiya Lisi, a mere lad, after being struck three times, assumed it was the cardinal venting his anger. Unable to leave or sit still, he stood there trembling like a leaf. Only after Sailesi left the classroom did a fellow disciple whisper in Antiya's ear: 'You youngster, you truly don't know what's good for you. Do you not understand the meaning of your master's actions...?'
"Alright, alright, stop nagging, brother. I've heard it at least seven times in the last two days. I really don't know what sins I've committed."
"What sin? This is a literary masterpiece. In a few hundred years, this ' The Secret History of Sailesi ' might become one of the most famous works in World of Disorder. You know nothing."
"A treasure? Where's the treasure? All I see is pure historical fabrication. Should I say, what does [ the Ginseng Rooster ' university even teach? Not only can they write this kind of bizarre stuff, but they can even serialize it... This kind of genius can succeed at anything."
"Then why don't you ask him yourself? Anyway, all I know is that many literary works contain a lot of plots that can't be broadcast."
"But it can't all be scenes that can't be broadcast! Even ' The Plum in the Golden Vase ' has to depict the scenery of a small county town, but this is just... from beginning to end..."
"Wow, you have such a wide range of interests... I never expected that..."
In the southern part of Aduolin Province, two Soul Returner riding on the backs of Hoofed Beast are on their way back from patrol.
They were out of luck today; they didn't encounter any patrols from the Fitz Province, thus missing out on some extra income.
In the past, if the two of them encountered a patrol of two or three people from Fitz Province, they would at least be able to exchange one of their men for another, if not return with a full load.
After assuming Soul Returner Legion Commander, the demon Duma, known as Nige Ganhuo, devised a comprehensive set of regulations for the Soul Returner army.
The demon, with his extensive experience in leading troops, fully grasped the Burning Technique for getting along with Soul Returner taught by Ed, and developed his own insights.
To build a good relationship with the Soul Returner, you only need to focus on two aspects: rewards and punishments.
First, if a reward is to be given, it should be given to the individual Soul Returner.
Because the Second Holy See has not officially gone to war with the southern Fitz Province, the Soul Returner army does not exist as a standing army. Instead, it is more like a garrison of soldiers who are half farmers and half soldiers. They usually farm and work in the Aduolin Province, and go out to earn some extra money when they have patrol missions.
If they were able to return to Fir City with the bodies and equipment of the Fitz Province scouts, Duma would offer them cash and a share of the profits.
As for the punishment...
According to Ed, once the Soul Returner leave the Dungeon, they will never be punished. So the key is to make it seem like there is punishment but actually no punishment, and to take advantage of their psychology of protecting the entire Second Holy See.
If the Soul Returner are punished, the effect will be minimal and may even provoke their rebellious tendencies. However, if the punishment is based on something that seems unrelated to them but is actually important to them, the Soul Returner will try their best to avoid failure.
Specifically, this means that Duma will add extra notes after the task.
He added notes such as, "If the mission fails, it may result in a certain villager being robbed by elite soldiers of the Fitz Province, with direct property losses of approximately..." to the mission's remarks section.
The Soul Returner also fall for this tactic; sometimes, even when victory is clearly impossible, one of them will still desperately run back to report the news, just so that the losses noted in the notes won't become a reality...
There's something I'm not quite sure about.
"What?"
"It's been three days since the Fir City ended. Shouldn't we be starting a new storyline and main quest? Why haven't we assembled our army and headed south yet?"
"You sound like one of those nomadic people who steal everything."
"Leave the nomadic people aside for now, just tell me, is what I said reasonable or not?"
"There's definitely some truth to that, but you need to consider who our biggest enemy is right now."
"Isn't this the Tree Worship Church?"
"That's not true at all. At least the Tree Worship Church can understand what you're saying. Even if they're depraved, they wouldn't kill everyone they see."
"Then who do you think it should be?"
"Of course it's Blood Corpse! Spring is here, we can go sneaking off and eating them again!"