My cultivation disguise has been exposed by Xiao Sizi.

Watching Wei Zheng's retreating figure.

A brief silence fell over the Imperial Study.

Then.

"Hahaha!"

Li Chen finally couldn't hold back any longer and burst into laughter, clutching his stomach.

"Everything has its counter! Old Wei has been completely defeated by that rhinoceros in his life!"

Li Shimin shook his head, both amused and exasperated.

He picked up the rhinoceros again and, with a wave of his hand, unleashed boundless imperial grandeur.

"Good! Since even Minister Wei is giving his full support."

"Then I grant your permission!"

Li Shimin walked to the sand table of Chang'an City hanging on the wall, picked up a vermilion pen, and drew a large circle in the most prosperous area.

"At the end of Suzaku Avenue, near the East Market, there is a vacant lot of one hundred acres."

"Today I bestow it upon you, to be the permanent headquarters of the Holy Fire Meow Meow Cult!"

"Fully funded by the national treasury, build as big as you want!"

"Yes! Long live Father Emperor!"

Sizi happily gave Li Shimin a big kiss on the cheek.

"Father, who should we ask to build the house?"

Li Shimin stroked his chin, his gaze falling directly on Li Chen.

Li Chen's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly waved his hand.

"Father, I don't know how to build houses."

"Second Brother is the number one contractor in the Tang Dynasty! He's the Minister of Works; this job is absolutely his!"

Better to die than to die myself; let Li Tai deal with this eyesore of a project.

That makes sense.

Li Shimin nodded. "Someone, convey an imperial edict to Prince Wei, Li Tai. Order him to immediately take over the construction of the Meow Meow Cult's headquarters, without fail!"

……

That afternoon.

The Prince of Wei's residence.

Li Tai, who weighs over 200 pounds, is studying a newly captured star formation diagram while sweating profusely.

"Your Highness, the imperial edict has arrived."

A eunuch respectfully entered and handed over an imperial edict and a neatly folded drawing.

"Oh? Father has assigned me another major project?"

Li Tai rubbed his chubby hands together excitedly.

He loves undertaking large-scale infrastructure projects like this; it's a perfect opportunity to showcase his talent as the top engineer in the Tang Dynasty.

He first received the imperial decree, and then eagerly unfolded the architectural blueprint that was supposedly designed by the little princess herself.

I only glanced at it.

Clang!

The array compass that Li Tai was holding fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.

His fat began to tremble uncontrollably.

His small eyes were wide open, his face filled with terror and despair.

All I could see on that drawing was...

Using pink paint, he drew a huge, crooked, cat-paw-shaped building.

The main body of the building must be entirely pink!

The main gate should be designed to resemble an open cat's mouth.

Furthermore, the roof tiles were specially marked with the requirement: "【Cute cat whiskers must be drawn on them!】".

The most outrageous thing is that next to the blueprint, there's a drawing of a standing tabby fat cat, with a note next to it: "[This is the sacred beast statue in the center of the square, to be made of pure gold.]"

"This...this is an absolute aesthetic disaster?!"

Li Tai let out a piercing scream.

"If I were to build such a pink cat paw building on the solemn and majestic Suzaku Avenue."

"What will all the artisans of the Tang Dynasty think of me?! What about the reputation I, Prince Wei, Li Tai, have built up over the years?!"

Li Tai collapsed into his chair in despair.

But it was impossible to disobey the imperial decree; it was an order personally given by the Emperor.

He could only accept this bizarre project, tearfully and resentfully, a project that would forever brand him a disgrace in the history of Tang Dynasty architecture.

……

The speed at which the Tang Dynasty built its infrastructure was unimaginable.

Especially with the support of countless cultivators and formations.

It only took half a month.

A colossal building that is both incredibly magnificent and breathtakingly cute and anime-inspired.

It rises from the ground on Zhuque Avenue, the most bustling street in Chang'an!

On the opening day.

Li Chen rode his horse to inspect the main altar.

When he saw the "Cat Paw Building," which was ten feet tall, entirely pink, and had six giant cat whiskers painted on its roof.

Li Chen's lips twitched violently.

In particular, the "Fat Boy Four" statue in the center of the square, made of pure gold and as tall as a three-story building, gleams with a dazzling golden light like that of a nouveau riche under the sun.

Li Chen was so embarrassed that he dug his toes so hard inside his boots that he almost dug a three-bedroom, two-living-room house out of them on Zhuque Street.

"Sixteenth Brother! You're here!"

Inside the building.

Sizi wore a specially made pink robe for the cult leader and a small crown inlaid with various gemstones.

Holding the chubby cat Fatty Four in his arms, he sat upright on the cat-shaped throne carved from ten-thousand-year-old warm jade in the very center of the main hall.

The little girl waved excitedly at Li Chen.

Li Chen steeled himself and walked into the main hall.

The main hall was resplendent in gold, and flags with cat paw prints hung everywhere.

However, this huge space, which could hold tens of thousands of people, was empty at the moment, with only a few dozen palace maids and eunuchs serving nearby.

"Sixteenth Brother, the house is finished."

Si Zi sat on the throne, looking at the empty square, her little face slightly furrowed.

"But our cult doesn't even have a single disciple! That doesn't look impressive at all."

"You can recruit disciples slowly if you don't have any yet. You just cut the ribbon today," Li Chen comforted him.

"No! Sizi can't wait!"

The little girl's eyes suddenly lit up, and a bold idea popped into her mind.

"Didn't Second Brother just invent something called the 'Spirit Crystal Holographic Recording Machine' a few days ago?"

"It's the one that can record a person's appearance and voice, and then transmit it to all the mobile phones in the entire Tang Dynasty!"

Sizi jumped down from the throne, her little face flushed with excitement.

"I want to shoot an absolutely amazing promotional video!"

"I'm going to personally and publicly recruit disciples for our Meow Meow Cult from among all the netizens of the Tang Dynasty!"

"I want the whole world to know how powerful our religion is!"

Looking at the little girl's excited expression.

Li Chen had no idea what kind of terrifying disaster was about to unfold.

He casually agreed, "Sure, go ahead and take the pictures. Second Brother's recording camera is in the central array in the backyard. Do you know how to use it?"

"I know how! My second brother taught me how to press that red button!"

Sizi, carrying Fatty Si, dashed towards the array control room in the backyard.

In the backyard.

Si Zi skillfully manipulated the complicated phonograph camera, pointing the lens at herself.

The little girl went to great lengths to demonstrate the cult's formidable strength.

She took a deep breath and flashed an incredibly sweet smile at the camera.

"Greetings, people of the Great Tang Dynasty!"

"I am the leader of the only officially designated divine sect of the Great Tang Dynasty—the Holy Fire Meow Meow Sect!"

The young girl began reciting the sermon that terrified the entire court with her vivid expression and clear pronunciation.

"The sacred flame shines brightly, the sacred light gleams. All my disciples, meow meow meow meow!"

After reciting the mnemonic, Sizi felt it wasn't impressive enough.

She decided to drop a bombshell!

"You might not know this, but our cult's senior management team is incredibly capable!"

The little girl proudly counted on her short, chubby little fingers and began calling out names one by one in front of the camera.

"My father, His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Tang Dynasty, is the Vice Leader of our Divine Cult! Every night he feeds the guardian beasts dried fish!"

"And there's Uncle Wei Zheng, that high-ranking official who's always cursing people, he's our elder in passing on his skills! He meows really loudly when he does!"

"And there's Uncle Cheng Yaojin, he's our law enforcement elder! Anyone who dares to bully the cat, he'll chop them down with his axe!"

The little girl said a name to the camera each time.

It was as if they had planted a massive nuclear bomb in the power center of the Tang Dynasty, enough to shatter their social status!

Recording complete.

Sizi looked at her cute self in the picture with satisfaction.

"Next, we'll press 'Publish'!"

The little girl was a bit dazzled by the dense array of array buttons on the control panel.

"My second brother said to press the red ones... This one is red, and this one is red too..."

Sizi hesitated for a moment.

A little hand stretched out.

I accidentally pressed the ultimate red button at the very top of the console, the one with a yellow seal that says "[Highest Authority on the Entire Network - Forced Push]".

"bite--"

The formation emitted a crisp boom.

A dazzling beam of data shot towards the central hub of the Spirit Network in the sky.

The little girl clapped her hands, her face full of anticipation.

"Mission accomplished! Lots and lots of people will be signing up soon!"

She had no idea.

This seemingly insignificant action was about to unleash a cataclysmic disaster upon the entire ruling class of the Tang Dynasty...

The ultimate social death!