Zu An was startled and asked, “What two things?”

Mi Li replied, “The first is to cultivate your reputation! The more people know about you, the more they’ll be willing to follow you. You’ll be able to easily gather people in the future.”

“Cultivate my reputation?” Zu An murmured, “And how do I do that?”

“To put it simply, you need to do things others can’t do. The more difficult those things are, the greater your reputation will be.” Mi Li said. “For example, in the crown princess’ case, the entire capital was thrown into an uproar, and many people were discussing it secretly. If you can crack this case, together with the matter of your Phoenix Nirvana Sutra, many people will start to recognize you.”

Zu An began to feel a headache. “But I still don’t have any clues about this matter…”

“It’s not a big problem even if you can’t crack the case.” Mi Li’s expression became a bit strange. “There is one other method to gain recognition.”

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