However, just as he was about to get up, he was called back by his daughter.
"Wait a minute, there's one more thing. We need to quickly spread faith in His Highness below, and it'd be best to secretly recruit for His Highness's church.
Also, the 'selection' needs to be completed quickly..."
The 'selection' she was referring to was a discussion she once had with Lao Jiang to figure out which people in the group were suitable for conversion into witches and which needed to consume the needle.
This is why Lao Jiang was not converted; some people need to appear frequently, and converting them indiscriminately might easily alert the outside world.
Having readily agreed, Lao Jiang was not called back this time and quickly went down to make arrangements.
Xiao Teng continued to ponder the details of the plan for a while before also leaving the room. She had to complete her own task to find Ji Lu and stall him.
