Chapter 154: Punishment!

“Ahem.” The Lord of Death faked a cough and tried to appear more serious, but somehow… Wei Chen could sense that this bony lord was not really trying.

At that moment, Youqi walked in along with a gorgeous woman. She had long silver hair that reached her ankles, yet strangely, her silky hair did not touch the ground. It was as if some unseen force lifted it to prevent it from being dirtied.

Her face was gorgeous and cold like a crystal doll, but her eyes contained gentleness. She looked like a priceless crystal sculpture, unblemished and unsullied by the mundane world.

The most striking feature of her appearance was her ears. Her long, pointed ears were like those of an elf, yes, the kind one could easily see in Japanese manga. And yes, in his previous life, Wei Chen had also enjoyed certain content involving female elves versus a bunch of orcs.

His bastard brain wandered into a forbidden zone. He imagined the bone lord in front of him playing an illicit role with an elf warrior. But as quickly as the thought came, he crushed it and bit his own tongue to force himself to stay serious.

The elf-eared lady stood at the right side of the Lord of Death, stating her status to him.

“Mama…” the little troublemaker uttered toward the elf-eared beauty. But she shook her head.

“Hush, sweetie. This time, you are completely in the wrong,” the lady said in a gentle tone, yet her voice carried the decisiveness of a stern mother.

“Uuuu…” The little troublemaker groaned.

The elf-eared lady then bowed deeply toward Wei Chen.

“Thank you, Mr. Wei, for taking care of my Ningning. If it were not for you, she might have been in even more trouble.”

“Err…” Wei Chen was stunned but quickly recollected himself. This lady must be the biological mother of this little troublemaker.

“Don’t fret over it, my lady… I mean, it is my duty to help my boss anyway.” Wei Chen did not know how to respond. He was not good at flattering others.

Seeing this, the Lord of Death nodded, then turned toward the elf-eared lady.

“Qing’er, you forgot to introduce yourself,” the Lord of Death said in a gentle tone.

“Ah, how forgetful of me.” The elf-eared lady nodded with a small bow toward Wei Chen.

“I am Duanmu Qingcheng, the Lord’s first wife. I greet you, Mr. Wei, and thank you for taking care of my little one,” Duanmu Qingcheng said with an elegant smile.

So… my boss has an elf as his first wife, huh? He is a man of culture after all. Wei Chen’s nonsensical thoughts floated through his mind once again.

The Lord of Death nodded in satisfaction, then spoke to Wei Chen.

“Alright, since the thanks are out of the way, now comes the punishment.” He paused, making Wei Chen sweat bullets.

Oh shit… here we go. No foreplay, huh? Going straight in without lube. Wei Chen thought.

The Lord of Death continued, “In order to protect my daughter from punishment, you lied about the real situation, causing the Underworld to lose precious resources and mobilize our troops to the mortal realm. Even though it was temporary, it still affected the balance of the world.”

“Even though your report led us to discover the death cheater in the mortal realm and annihilate their sect, the over-mobilization of Underworld troops still happened because of your false report. Thus, all of the merit from this operation will be deducted, along with all of your Underworld Gold Coins in your account.”

Hearing that he would gain nothing from this operation and that all of his savings would be deducted, Wei Chen felt as if the sky were falling. He wanted to cry, but no tears came.

Little Ningning, seeing Wei Chen so depressed, felt guilty. She looked at her father and opened her mouth, as if trying to ask for leniency, but her mother shook her head, forcing her to remain silent.

“Also, I will punish you to repent at your house for three days. Oh… what is this?” The Lord of Death opened a document on his desk.

“This report says that you do not have a house, and that you are currently staying with your fiancée? That will not do. How can you repent in peace?”

“How about this? I will give you a nice house for you to repent in, along with a group of servants to look after it. Oh, and also security guards and barracks for your personal army, including a training ground and fortifications, so that you do not need to worry while you are repenting. If someone tries to attack you and stop you from repenting, they will be repelled.”

“Also, for convenience sake, this house will be able to shift between the mortal realm and the Underworld. It can also fly and is capable of stealth, so that you can repent without anyone bothering you,” said the Lord of Death.

“Huh?” Wei Chen was confused.

“That settles it. I will have Youqi lead you to your house so that you can begin repenting.” With that, the Lord of Death nodded to Youqi.

“Huh? Huh?”

“Agent Wei, please follow me,” Youqi said, then led the confused Wei Chen out of the Lord of Death’s residence.

…..

Outside the palace, Youqi had Wei Chen step onto a floating platform. High above the palace, about ten kilometers in the sky, something massive hovered there. It looked like a large island… no… it was a castle… a fortress.

Built from obsidian-like stone and black metal, with pristine white walls decorated with obsidian and touches of gold, its thirty-kilometer size made it resemble the giant floating islands he had seen in old-school anime from his previous life.

The fortifications were lined with countless ports for thousands of spirit cannons to fire from. Beneath the fortress was a one-kilometer-wide short barrel that could adjust its angle.

“Is this a house? Why does it feel like a mini Death Star?” Wei Chen muttered.

“You are thinking too much. This is a house for you to repent in. End of story,” Youqi replied nonchalantly.

“Huh?” Wei Chen was stunned.

Wait… was his boss giving him a reward instead of a punishment?

Come to think of it, the three days were probably meant for him to familiarize himself with this place, along with his private forces, who were still living in a rented apartment in the Underworld.

At first, he had thought he could use his pagoda to house them, but unknown to him, after a period of disuse, the pagoda had spat them out along with their bedsheets and furniture. He had no choice but to pay out of his own pocket to rent them an apartment in the Underworld.

Now, with this floating fortress, he could house them in the barracks. And he would not need to pay rent for them anymore.

After Youqi led Wei Chen into the flying fortress, she guided him through many parts of it, whether it was the residential area, the barracks, the servants’ courtyard, or the control room. The Lord of Death had even given him a team of maintenance crew members and a navigator crew to operate the fortress.

After Youqi left, Wei Chen sat alone in his room, pondering everything he had experienced. Curiosity gnawed at him. In the end, he decided to browse his redemption shop to see whether this thing was listed there.

After a brief search, he found it.

There it was, labeled ’The Heavenly Demon War Fortress.’ Price: 2.5 billion UGC.

Seeing the price, Wei Chen’s eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. He only had a little over 3 million UGC before, and now it had been reduced to zero. If those 3 million had earned him this beauty worth more than 2 billion…

Even if he had needed to pay a hundred times that amount, he would have been willing. After all, a hundred times was only about 300 million, and he would still be getting a flying fortress worth more than 2 billion.

With this in mind, Wei Chen decided to familiarize himself with the flying fortress, since from now on, this beauty would be his home. Also, he still needed to waste three days here, as he was currently being punished.

— Meanwhile – Thousand Treasure City —

In the lounge within the Thousand Treasure Pavilion, Mo Jue sat down with his daughter, Mo Xingyao. Beside her, Yin Lan stood guard not far away.

“Are you sure you are not thinking too much, Father? How is it possible that that joker Wei Chen is the young master of the Hidden Ancient Clan? He does not even have a shred of the respectable air that a young master usually has.”

“Look at Ximen Hao. Even though that guy was a brain-dead idiot who only recently grew some brains, he still has an air of superiority around him,” Mo Xingyao argued.

Mo Jue’s lips pursed in amusement as he listened to his daughter flaming the Ximen Clan’s young master.

“You are right, but that is not always the case. Some well-educated young masters can be down-to-earth and do not show their superiority to others,” Mo Jue said.

“But still… it is hard to believe.” Mo Xingyao tried to argue further.

“I know it is hard to believe that a humor-filled and down-to-earth person could be a young master. But from what the Hidden Cloud Division has investigated, the chance of him being a young master is high. Even if he is not a young master, he must hold a very high position within his faction.”

“Judging from his cultivation and from what we know about the Hidden Ancient Clan, he should be the young master, since the elders should have higher cultivation than him,” Mo Jue explained.

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