Pretending To Be A Boss-Chapter 457 - 75: Sea God Cult Leader Tang Xian _3

Tang Xian spoke with conviction, as if the Sea God were still alive, as if the Sea God truly delighted in this sort of bureaucratic fanfare.

The creatures on the island weren't so easily deceived either.

But they had been worshipping the sea for hundreds of years, and the fact was, as long as the tributes arrived on schedule, the sea remained calm and tranquil.

All of this laid the foundation for the Sea God Cult, a church that Tang Xian had actually started plotting quite early on.

What was missing was nothing more than a glib charlatan.

And Tang Xian was that charlatan.

Later, Tang Xian discussed the details with Tang Feiji.

Merging all the islands at once carried too many variables, so the merging of dozens of islands would happen in phases.

And all of this naturally required Tang Feiji to trouble himself with going back to the palace in the deep sea, issuing commands to the Sea Giant and communicating with the Sea Squid.

For it was the Sea Squid, a creature many times larger than the Sea Dragon, that connected these islands.

After all this, Tang Xian produced the design for the Sea Shrine, which was also the Sea God Cult's church.

Bai Mansheng, the "Sea Dominator" Nuwa Emperor who had descended from the heavens, effectively took over a position that once belonged to the Sea God's servant.

Of course, she did not serve the Sea God but only herself and Tang Xian.

She became the High Priest along with the other Sea Dominator creatures.

And Tang Xian was the Divine Envoy, ostensibly the envoy but in actuality, the cult leader.

Tang Xian even readied a series of titles, including when to hold what events, what ceremonies to conduct, and various such arrangements.

Everything was orchestrated meticulously.

Bai Mansheng, witnessing all this, was finally convinced that Tang Xian must have been scheming against the Sea God or the island creatures for a long time.

The series of deceiving maneuvers flowed smoothly.

It made her somewhat dislike the possibility that she, too, might have been hoodwinked in this way?

Another two days went by, and Bai Mansheng, feeling the need to vent, had a talk with Tang Xian.

"Isn't Jin Lu your friend?"

"That's right."

"And yet you deceive her?"

"She and all the creatures here have believed in the Sea God all their lives. If I told her the Sea God was dead, wouldn't she become an outcast?"

"But why...why involve me?"

"There are many creatures on these islands, but very few of them are of the orange tier, and even fewer can fly. Your advantage is immense. You're capable of leading your people to establish a foothold here. But to achieve a transcendent status, this path is the fastest and safest."

"But this is a lie, isn't it?"

"Lying has many disadvantages, but it also has many advantages. I do the comparison on a cost-benefit basis, not on a moral one.

Just like a game planner promising players that the game is free and fun, and then releasing a bunch of gift packs that make you fall behind if you don't buy, pressuring people into spending money.

Or like a boss telling you, sticking to 996 is your blessing, then having you do uncompensated overtime that doesn't count toward your salary.

It's all the same reason. Such actions lead to better-looking data, bigger benefits."

Bai Mansheng, who had read many novels, was familiar with these examples.

But she said,

"But this is like killing the goose that lays the golden eggs. An ugly KPI index will eventually make the liar realize that the customer is king."

Tang Xian nodded and replied,

"That is why when Jin Lu and the other myriad creatures worship you in the future, you must really see yourself as the High Priest, and genuinely protect them. If you make good on the lie, doesn't it stop being a lie?"

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