It's the cyber age now, and you're still playing traditional villains?

Pan Ling rubbed her forehead, her tone a little more aggrieved, "I have another question for you."

Some little fools finally realized that their master is more childish than they thought. How come they never see you behave properly? And can you please stop tapping your forehead? It will make you stupid...

"Just ask."

"What I want to ask is your attitude towards cooperating with the Holy See, Master."

Miss Xiaoling said seriously, "Because in my opinion, no matter what, cooperating with both the Holy See and the royal family is a better option."

"Why do you think so?"

Xu Shi raised his eyebrows and asked with interest.

"Because this would maximize our interests, wouldn't it?"

Pan Ling explained, "Cooperating with both the Vatican and the royal family at the same time means that we can better check and balance these two parties in the future."

"For example, if we give one party the cold shoulder, then if they want to keep up with the others, they will definitely lower their bottom line, and we can also gain more benefits from this, right?"

"On the contrary, if we only choose one party, there will be no competition between partners... It may even cause the party that failed to cooperate to completely break up with us. Is this a good thing for us?"

"But you didn't do that, Master... Are you worried that the Church is just pretending to be submissive? But since the other party has already lowered their stance, it actually means that they are willing to make concessions. You shouldn't have any more concerns about this."

This was what she found most strange. Now was clearly the best time, but Xu Shi did not make the best choice. In her opinion, it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was the worst choice.

Didn't he think about it? Pan Ling didn't think so. How could the master not notice something that she could figure out?

In her opinion, the only possible explanation was that it was really the same as Xu Shi said, that he would rather give up his own interests for the sake of momentary pleasure because of his narrow-mindedness...but this was completely different from his master's character.

Even though she had only been in contact with Xu Shi for the shortest time, she could clearly feel that Xu Shi was not someone who would be swayed by personal feelings. Even if he really wanted to take over the Vatican, he would not do so... The so-called lack of integrity was actually just a protective color. Anyone who really believed this was a fool.

That's why she felt strange and couldn't understand it no matter how hard she tried... This was probably the reason why he had been silent just now.

"Is that what you think?"

Xu Shi's smile became brighter and brighter. "It seems that you have really learned a lot. It's worth it for me to train you for so long."

"But you still don't think about it, otherwise you wouldn't ask such a question."

"Hey?"

Pan Ling was confused. The mature image she had worked so hard to create was shattered by this sentence, and she became silly and cute again.

"Let me ask you, regardless of whether the Holy See takes action or not, what was our original plan for the next step?"

"It is through the royal family that a new sect is established..."

Pan Ling answered without thinking, but suddenly came to her senses and said, "Ah..."

Xu Shi’s meaning is self-evident.

No matter how humble the Vatican is, it is impossible to agree to such a thing because this is a bottom line issue.

To give a very similar example, if the royal family and the Vatican are compared to two people who are eating, then what he probably has to do now is to pour the food on the Vatican's plate into his own bowl, and then smash the other person's plate, intending to starve him to death.

There is no way the Vatican can accept this.

This is no longer a case of gaining benefits through micro-manipulation, and certainly this kind of thinking cannot be applied to it.

"Understand?"

Xu Shi rubbed her head. "Since it is impossible for me to cooperate with them, why bother with all those twists and turns? Just play them for a while."

You still need to practice, silly disciple.

Of course, in his opinion, his apprentice has made great progress by considering this.

Moreover, it should be said that her considerations were hardly influenced by personal emotions. They were completely based on rational analysis and considerations to gain more benefits for her side. Obviously, the former Brother Luo Yu could no longer influence her thinking.

Although Xu Shi no longer thought that she would have any cruel feelings towards Luo Yu, and would never jokingly say something as arrogant as "Are you really afraid that I will kill him?", the reaction of his obedient disciple still made him happy.

This is the difference between active and passive.

"Oh……"

Pan Ling nodded thoughtfully, "Master is right, I will teach you...not right."

She suddenly noticed a very basic question, "Even if you say so, Master, before we completely break off relations with the Church, we can still get this value, right?"

Just like the Poseidon Stone transaction controlled by the master before, the bubble was blown first and then popped.

So, it seems that there is no difference in treating the Holy See in the same way?

This problem seemed to become more and more complicated. As the silly disciple thought about it, his eyes began to spin in circles.

"Well... there are two reasons."

Xu Shi was not reluctant to answer, "First, the Vatican's reliance on us is not as strong as the royal family's. The royal family needs our help to reduce losses, but the Vatican's own losses in the Poseidon Stone incident were not that great. I remember that you counted this yourself."

This is absolutely true, because the Vatican's approach to the Poseidon Stone is different from that of the other two parties. As mentioned before, as long as it is linked to the word "Lord God", there will be a lot of people willing to pay for it even if it is garbage.

In this case, it would be far-fetched to say that they also suffered losses. Maybe they even made a lot of money... Even if it was the Poseidon Stones that they had hoarded before, they had a way to digest them. They just needed to change the packaging and start over, right? They didn't even need to change the tricks.

Not to mention that they are not of one mind internally, or like the royal family, the attitudes of Cheng Gujian and the little queen, or even Cheng Gujian alone, can represent everything. The purpose of discussing cooperation is the same as mentioned before, which is more to check and balance the royal family.

There is a high probability that there will be no follow-up after people discuss conditions with you. By then, they will be the ones who are dragged down. No matter how long the cooperation period is, the benefits they can obtain will be much less than on paper, and a lot of unnecessary trouble will arise.

He is too lazy to waste his time on thankless tasks.

"Then... the second point?"

Pan Ling thought about it and it really made sense, so she continued to ask.

"Think for yourself."

Xu Shi kept the audience in suspense and ended the topic after saying this.

"...Master, can we not always be like this?"

The silly disciple wanted to cry but had no tears. She could only say that although she had not experienced the physical aspect yet, she had no idea how many times she had experienced the spiritual aspect...

Even if it is for training yourself, you can't use this trick every time!

I don’t want to think, I just want to listen!

"No, no."

Xu Shi shook his head shamelessly, but still gave her a little hope, "If you really can't think of it, go ask your junior sister, she should know."

"Little senior sister?"

Pan Ling blinked and immediately turned to look at Xia Ke'an who was watching the show. "If you know, tell me, okay?"

"I?"

The old lady looked up at her, thought for a moment, and straightened her chest before saying, "Then you have to treat me to something delicious."

"Sure, just tell me what you want to eat!"

The silly apprentice agreed immediately. This was much easier than doing homework.

After all, she still has some immaturity in her, and she wants to be lazy sometimes.

"Then leave now!"

The white-haired loli was so happy that she couldn't wait to take her shopping.

"Weird."

Xie Qingyan was also a little curious when he saw this, "I can't think of the second point either...but the little brat knows it? You are not lying, are you?"

Of course, she also knew that Xia Ke'an was not a real child, and was even much older than her...but who told you to pretend to be young by dressing like a loli every day? If that was the case, then you were just a little brat.

"If I say she knows, she knows."

Xu Shi's fascination with riddles had not yet subsided, and he acted like a charlatan, "It seems that you are even worse than a little brat, haha."

"Then say it quickly."

The bitch was in an unstable mood and could get angry easily. She pinched him hard on the waist in annoyance, using her tentacles to do the same.

"Hey, you're murdering your husband, huh?"

Xu Shi quickly jumped away, "It's not good to be so impulsive... The secret cannot be leaked."

"Who told you to say I'm not as good as a kid?!"

Xie Qingyan refused to buy it and pressed on, "You must tell the truth today."

"The secret cannot be revealed."

Xu Shi's eyes became unserious, "If you want to know, it depends on how sincere the donor is."

"……I knew it."

The fiancée understood his subtext immediately and came closer with a red face, "Forget it, just treat it as feeding the dog."

"You are the dog, okay? I don't know who took the initiative to clench his fist a few days ago..."

"Shut up and don't say anything!"

"Okay, okay, let's discuss something serious..."

Seeing the two flirting with each other as if no one was around and walking away hand in hand, the two young bodyguards behind them couldn't help but look at each other and revealed strange expressions.

"...Um, Ms. Shen, do you like Mr. Xu very much?"

Ye Shanshan understood Shen Qin's eyes and asked tentatively.

"Is there any need to say it?"

Shen Qin did not deny it at all, with a hint of bitterness in her tone. She was very unhappy watching Xu Shi being so affectionate with others every day, okay?

"What a coincidence, I'm in a similar situation as you."

Little Curly thought about it and followed suit and said a sentence.

Actually, it didn't seem like a very correct choice to confide this kind of trouble to Shen Qin, but who else could he choose? No one else... And the two of them actually communicated quite a lot these days, as the nature of their work was similar.

We have to start by saying this. Maybe someday these words will reach Xu Shi's ears, right?

"what?!"

Shen Qin's reaction was a bit surprising. She pointed at her and asked in disbelief, "So... you like your CEO Xie too, right?!"

Ok? !

When Ye Shanshan heard this, she thought there was something wrong with her ears.