God-level Ferryman: Starting reward is the Ten Kings of Hell

Chapter 56 Physical Descendance, I'm Serious

That lazy voice pierced the silence of the night like a needle.

Lin Fan turned around abruptly, his face full of astonishment.

He saw a familiar yet unfamiliar figure under the streetlight, holding a familiar cup of milk tea.

"Chu Jiang?" Lin Fan's voice trembled with disbelief. "How did you get here? You're not...?"

He couldn't bring himself to say "no."

He watched Chu Jiang being pushed into the crematorium with his own eyes, how could he be standing here alive?

Zhang Xuan was interrupted, and a hint of displeasure flashed across his face.

He glanced sideways at Chu Jiang, who had suddenly appeared. Chu Jiang was dressed in a well-tailored black suit and had an air of no ordinary person.

However, his aura was unremarkable, without any fluctuation of magical power.

"Where did this mortal come from, daring to meddle in the affairs of my Longhu Mountain?" Zhang Xuan snorted coldly, adopting a haughty attitude.

Chu Jiang ignored him and walked straight to Lin Fan, patting him on the shoulder.

"I've been working a lot of overtime lately; my dark circles are practically falling off the floor."

He handed over the "Forget-Me-Not Mojito" in his hand, "A collaboration with Meng Po, it's refreshing and invigorating, have a taste."

Lin Fan subconsciously took the cold drink, his mind still blank.

Zhang Xuan's face darkened completely when he realized he was being ignored.

"Kid, I'm talking to you!" He took a step forward, activating his meager cultivation to try and intimidate him with his aura. "I advise you to get lost right now, or else..."

"What else?" Chu Jiang finally turned to look at him, his eyes filled with curiosity.

"Longhushan is implementing a bottom-ranking elimination system now? Judging from your appearance, selling a 'luck charm' for 10,000 yuan must be under a lot of pressure to meet sales targets, right?"

Will I get a 13th-month salary at the end of the year?

Zhang Xuan was taken aback by the barrage of questions.

What KPIs? What is a 13th-month salary?

What nonsense is this kid spouting?

"You're asking for death!" Zhang Xuan was furious and threw the unsold yellow talisman at Chu Jiang.

"Let me show you what true Taoist magic is!"

The talisman spontaneously combusted in mid-air, transforming into a faint flame that shot towards Chu Jiang's face.

Lin Fan cried out in fright, "Watch out!"

Chu Jiang didn't even lift his eyelids.

He simply reached out a hand and slowly pulled something out of his pocket.

It was a black, unremarkable ruler.

It is simple and dignified, with four characters engraved on it: "Pay back the debt."

Chu Jiang took the ruler and gently tapped it against the incoming flash of fire.

It's like knocking off a cigarette ash.

"Smack."

A soft sound.

The flame that Lin Fan found terrifying was extinguished instantly, leaving not even a trace of smoke.

Zhang Xuan's eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

His "Fire Talisman" just disappeared like that?

"Taoist methods?" Chu Jiang weighed the measuring ruler in his hand, smiled, and said, "Sorry, I'm more of a physicist."

"Your actions just now constitute intimidation, threats, and are suspected of fraud using counterfeit or substandard products."

He aimed the ruler at Zhang Xuan.

"I, in the name of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Underworld, am now physically collecting debts from you."

As soon as he finished speaking, the black ruler flew out of his hand.

The speed is not fast; in fact, it could be described as rather slow.

Zhang Xuan tried to dodge, but his body seemed to be nailed to the spot, unable to move.

He could only watch helplessly as the ruler struck him squarely across the face.

"Snapped!"

Another crisp sound.

Zhang Xuan was spun around three times by the slap before landing hard on his backside, leaving a clear ruler mark on his face.

He felt not pain, but a chill that emanated from his very soul.

The meager cultivation he possessed deflated instantly, like a punctured balloon.

"Ding-dong."

Zhang Xuan's phone rang once.

He pulled it out with trembling hands and saw that it was a push notification from an unknown app.

[Dear user Zhang Xuan, due to your dishonest behavior including malicious fraud and endangering public safety, 500 points have been deducted from your Yin Virtue Credit Score. Current Credit Rating: Critical. Friendly Reminder: Please recharge promptly, otherwise it will affect your reincarnation order in the next life.]

Zhang Xuan looked at the message, his eyes rolled back, and he fainted from fright.

"Done." Chu Jiang put away the measuring ruler and tucked it back into his waistband.

From the shadows behind him, a girl in sportswear peeked out; it was V.

"Boss, should I drag him back to the ferry dock for labor reform?"

"No need, it would affect the city's appearance." Chu Jiang shook his head.

He looked at Lin Fan, who was completely petrified beside him.

"Now, can you tell me what happened?"

Lin Fan held the cup of milk tea, his mouth agape for a long time before he finally managed to squeeze out a sentence.

"Chu Jiang, you... what exactly are you...?"

"I changed jobs," Chu Jiang replied casually. "Directly hired by the Underworld, it's a permanent position, and the pay is decent."

Lin Fan: "..."

This is too much information; his CPU is overheating.

It took him a full five minutes to stammer out the whole story.

From how their company boss, Zhou Bapi, became obsessed with cultivating immortality and changing his fate, to how he invited Zhang Xuan to be his "corporate consultant," and then to how he used various means to exploit his employees, sacrificing their "good fortune" and "luck" as offerings to the branch of Longhu Mountain behind Zhang Xuan.

"Our boss... Zhou Fusheng, is holding the company's anniversary celebration on the top floor of the Grand Hyatt Hotel tonight." Lin Fan's voice was filled with despair. "He's showing off to all our partners how he achieved his success through 'scientific management' and 'defying fate'."

"The Grand Hyatt Hotel?" Chu Jiang raised an eyebrow.

He remembered that place; when he passed by before, he didn't even have the right to go in for a drink of water.

"Let's go." Chu Jiang stood up.

"Where to?" Lin Fan asked, looking bewildered.

"On a business trip," Chu Jiang smiled slightly, "and also to congratulate your former boss."

"Just the two of us?" Lin Fan looked at Zhang Xuan, who had fainted on the ground, and still felt a chill in his heart.

"And her too." Chu Jiang pointed to V behind him.

V immediately jumped out of the shadows, excitedly making a peace sign.

"Boss, is this what team building in the mortal realm is like? Do I need to activate my 'physical persuasion' mode?"

Chu Jiang didn't answer, but instead led the two of them to flag down a taxi.

"Driver, Grand Hyatt Hotel."

……

Grand Hyatt Hotel, Top Floor Ballroom.

Wine glasses clinked, and melodious music filled the air.

The company's boss, Zhou Fusheng, stood on the stage, holding a glass of red wine, looking very pleased with himself.

"Gentlemen, what has enabled me, Zhou, to achieve what I have today?"

"It's not luck, and it's definitely not a lucky break!"

He spoke loudly, pointing to his temple.

"That's what it's all about! It's the precise control over fate! It's the ultimate application of the rules!"

The audience erupted in thunderous applause.

Zhou Fusheng enjoyed the adoration of the crowd and felt that he was the master of this era.

Just then, the heavy double doors of the banquet hall were pushed open from the outside.

Two security guards immediately stepped forward to stop them.

"Good evening, sir/madam. Please show me your invitation."

Everyone's attention was drawn to the commotion at the door.

A young man in a black suit and a girl in sportswear walked in.

The young man was also carrying a cup of milk tea that seemed out of place.

It was Chu Jiang and V.

Faced with the security guards' obstruction, Chu Jiang simply looked up and surveyed the magnificent banquet hall.

Then, in front of everyone, he snapped his fingers.

"Smack."

next second.

The lights in the entire banquet hall, and even the entire Grand Hyatt Hotel building, went out instantly.

It plunged into darkness.

A gasp of surprise rippled through the audience.

The smile on Zhou Fusheng's face also froze.

Before anyone could react, all the screens in the banquet hall, whether it was the LED screen on the stage or the LCD TVs on the walls, lit up at the same time.

A pale blue light illuminated everyone's astonished faces.

On the screen, there was neither a dazzling GG nor any celebratory greetings.

There was only one enormous emblem, composed of countless mysterious runes.

At the center of the emblem is a majestic gavel and a cold scale.

Below, a line of large, blood-red characters slowly appeared.

[The Supreme Court of the Underworld is enforcing laws across jurisdictions.]