Pretending To Be A Boss-Chapter 459 - 76: The Tang Dynasty’s Behind-the-Scenes Boss - At Leisure_2

As we integrate into this part, we'll discover there's an even more expansive world of natural enemies and conspiracies.

What is the Sea God? What are the Orderers? And what about Eden's forces?

Perhaps in a more macroscopic world, their roles are even more humble compared to ours in this world."

In Tang Xian's understanding, humans were just ants under the dominion of the forces of the Orderers, the Myriad Beasts Realm, and Eden.

These powers could easily change or destroy human civilization.

But for these entities, there might be something even more profound.

It's like how Sun Wukong finally defeated Great Demon King Piccolo, only to find there were stronger enemies out there.

After barely defeating Frieza and becoming a Super Saiyan, one then has to face androids and Majins countless times more powerful.

Of course, these weren't Tang Xian's concerns.

It's like humanity worrying about the sun going out.

At least in this world, in this dimension of the universe, he only needed to calculate the various interactions between Eden's forces, the forces of Order, and the forces of the Myriad Beasts.

Otherwise, it would be too arrogant.

As for the actions of the Sea God, Tang Xian was ninety percent certain that this super massive creature was paving the way for its successor.

That successor might have been himself, or it might have been someone else who was preempted by him.

In any case, although the Sea God Cult was something Tang Xian made up on the spot, Tang Xian didn't deal with it carelessly.

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After resolving Bai Mansheng's doubts, it became much easier to convince Bai Mansheng to establish a High Priest character.

Bai Mansheng's personality was innately cool and detached, fitting the character well,

and there was no need to deliberately change her disposition.

She just became a bit more preoccupied with spiritual matters.

Tang Xian also spent the night creating various detailed rules.

For example, the actions during worship were modeled after the heart-sacrifice ritual in "Attack on Titan".

The worship rituals were based on the dance of shrine maidens.

He also began the establishment of a foundational year.

From today on, he declared the first year of the Sea God era and had Bai Mansheng send out an Nvwa Snake to carve the corona and calendar on the massive rock face.

Every year on this day, all beings were to come to the Sea God's temple to pray for blessings.

He also established various holidays, such as the 38th Beast Women's Festival, the 61st Beast Children's Festival, the Sea Moon Festival on August 15th, and the Sea Genesis Festival on January 1st, and so on.

Different celebratory methods and blessing rituals were designated for these holidays.

Bai Mansheng watched Tang Xian in amazement, not understanding the rules of the human world, and thus not grasping how Tang Xian could come up with so many ideas overnight.

But a sense of ritual could indeed deepen people's faith.

It's like marriage, where a marriage without a ceremony always feels like something is missing.

Or praying to Buddha, where despite the saying that if you have Buddha in your heart, he will manifest, there's still a belief that prostrating, burning incense, and praying before the temple's Arhats feels more solid.

With these rituals firmly in place, it was as if there truly was a god beneath the sea.

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And those who earnestly sought the god truly received responses.

The beasts built the palace quickly, especially since Bai Mansheng could control the thick earth.

Thus, on the third day, the grand Sea God's temple was completed.

The Golden Patterned Leopards began to worship the statue of the Sea God on a large scale, accompanied by the Hell Flame Wolves.

Seeing a group of big cats and big dogs in prostration, Tang Xian found it very amusing and wanted to laugh several times, but Bai Mansheng glared him back into seriousness.

Bai Mansheng adapted to the role quickly, or perhaps her cool nature was naturally not prone to laughter or speech.

What the Myriad Beasts worshiped was a statue of the Sea God.

What did the Sea God look like, exactly?

Tang Xian mischievously based it on the image of Poseidon from Greek mythology.

But with the lower half resembling a fish's tail.

In short... a handsome fishtail man holding a trident?

Paired with Bai Mansheng's beautiful snake figure, all of this seemed even more real.

The Nvwa Snakes took their place on either side of the main hall, becoming congregants of the cult.

For the hierarchy among the congregants, Tang Xian used the system from martial arts novels—specifically the Beggars' Sect.

Their status was represented using a similar concept to leaves.

Just as the highest honor for the fox clan was to don the Jiuye Biphasic Orchid,

the initial status for the Nvwa Snakes was three leaves.

Those who established outstanding contributions could gradually be promoted.

The promotion system Tang Xian developed overnight was complete.

There was a clear experience points system, for example, hunting a creature of a certain level would earn so many points.

Participating in certain activities would gain so many points.

Reaching a certain number of worship sessions per month also offered bonus points for perfect attendance.

One would be promoted based on points scored each quarter.

Every half year, outstanding congregants would be selected. Additionally, if a congregant, like a Golden Patterned Leopard, evolved into a Golden Armored Leopard, or a Hell Flame Wolf evolved into a Great Tengu, such changes would also impact their status.

To incentivize these beings, Tang Xian also devised a hierarchical system where higher-ups could issue tasks, and those two levels above could appoint or dismiss subordinates.

There were many details in this system which are not elaborated here.

What this was based on was naturally the modern corporate management system.

As well as the bureaucratic system.

Peripheral members, including the Golden Patterned Leopards and the Hell Flame Wolves, as well as Jin Lu and future leaders, were also given the chance for promotion by Tang Xian.

He addressed the problem of those who wished to join the cult but were unable.

However, these island residents had to start as one-leaf congregants and work their way up slowly.

Compared to them, the status of the Nvwa Snakes, who started as three-leaf congregants, was much more exalted.

But the Myriad Beasts leaders, such as Jin Lu, held a higher status than the Nvwa Snakes.

However, none could compare with Bai Mansheng.

Tang Xian had plans for the identity of the High Priest too—she was the avatar of the Sea God.

This meant her status was second only to the Sea God.

However, those who reached a nine-leaf status could join the High Priest in the sacrificial council meetings, modeled after the board of directors of human organizations, and had the authority to revise the regulations of the Sea God Cult.