Wei Chen pursed his lips and shrugged, clearly expecting this reply.

"Isn't asking him just a waste of time?" Youqi asked through the screen behind him.

"Nah… it won't hurt to try, right? If it works, I will not waste a license on this guy," Wei Chen answered with a shrug.

The tough guy heard Wei Chen speak, but he did not see anyone else in the room and did not hear anything other than Wei Chen himself. "Who are you talking to?" he asked.

"Huh?" Wei Chen was intrigued. He looked back at the communication screen behind him and saw that it was still floating there. Did this guy really not see the communication screen?

"You don't see this thing?" Wei Chen asked the tough guy, pointing at the screen behind him where Youqi was watching with interest.

The tough guy tried looking where Wei Chen pointed, but he only saw a wall. "I only see a wall. What are you trying to achieve? Are you hallucinating?" the tough guy asked provocatively.

Youqi then said, "Mr. Wei, this is the underworld default setting for the communication screen. Confidentiality is very important for the underworld. We cannot let non-underworld personnel know of our existence, so he will not see or hear anything about us. Whether it is the screen, the shopping mall screen, or even our voices."

Hearing Youqi's explanation, Wei Chen felt relieved. Now he could open the shopping UI anywhere to check his Underworld Gold Coin balance without worrying about others discovering his secret.

"Are you sure you will not tell me who you are working for?" Wei Chen asked.

"Alright… come closer, I will tell you," the tough guy said with a provoking smile.

Wei Chen stepped closer, wanting to hear what he had to say, but the man suddenly spat at him.

Plat!

The spit did not land on Wei Chen's face but on a dirty rag that he lifted just in time to catch it.

He looked at the spit on the rag and pursed his lips in disgust.

"Eeeew." He then wiped the spit back onto the tough guy's face with clear revulsion.

"You!" Stained with dust mixed with his own spit, the tough guy's anger flared, but he could not do anything to Wei Chen.

All four of his limbs had been severed, his cultivation was sealed, and he was completely powerless.

"Since that is the case… it is too bad," Wei Chen said with fake sympathy.

He took out a killing license and tore it apart from top to bottom. He immediately felt a connection form within him.

Wei Chen did not hesitate and used his underworld bone claw to decapitate the tough guy in one clean swipe.

The man's expression froze in disbelief and shock. Even though he never planned to reveal anything to Wei Chen, he never expected Wei Chen to skip any further persuasion and kill him on the spot.

After the man's consciousness faded to black, he regained it once more. This time, he was sitting in front of a large desk with a beautiful woman whose bangs covered her right eye.

He looked around and found himself in a strange room. Many things were unfamiliar to him, such as slim boxes with glass panels in front of them and a large white box with several openings, one of which had papers sticking out.

However, the structure of the room and the placement of items, such as the desk, chair, and bookshelves, made it look like a study room.

"Where… where am I?" the man asked warily. He noticed that he had regained all his limbs, and his cultivation was no longer sealed. He looked at the beautiful woman with a confident smile, a smile born from the strength he believed he possessed.

He did not know why he was alive again or why his limbs and cultivation were restored, but he swore he would take revenge on the man who had decapitated him.

"Welcome to the underworld, Zhang Niu. You are already dead," Youqi stated calmly.

The moment he heard his surname, Zhang Niu was startled. The only one who knew his true surname was his young master, Murong Wen.

But he calmed down quickly. His surname was not rare, so anyone could have guessed it.

"Heh… underworld? Nonsense. Tell me where I am, woman!" Zhang Niu demanded in a threatening tone.

"In the underworld," Youqi repeated.

Zhang Niu sneered. He stood up and walked toward Youqi. Seeing her beautiful features and the strange clothing that accentuated her curves, he thought he must still be in the Immortal Dream Garden, because only that place had women this gorgeous.

Seeing his defiance, Youqi let out a sigh. A heavy and solemn air settled around them.

Then a mountain-like pressure crashed down on Zhang Niu's body. His knees buckled immediately as he fell to the floor, eyes wide with mixed surprise and fear.

An expert… this woman is an expert!

"You sure have a lot of guts," Youqi said while looking down at him from her desk. "I gave you basic courtesy, but the moment you think you are above others, you show your ugly side."

Boooom!

"Arrrrgghhhh!" Zhang Niu screamed as even more pressure descended upon him, pushing him harder against the stone floor and crushing him like a sandwich between the force and the ground.

Youqi opened her drawer and took out an artifact that looked similar to a barcode scanner, although styled differently with several spirit crystals embedded into it. She stood up from her chair and walked toward Zhang Niu, who was still pinned to the ground by her power.

She crouched, grabbed his hair, lifted his head, and pressed a button on the scanner-like artifact.

Beep!

A red light flashed across Zhang Niu's eyes, leaving him dizzy, and then Youqi released his head.

A moment later, the printer-like artifact near her desk began printing sheets of paper. After a few minutes, she took the stack and began reading.

"Zhang Niu, born XXX. Your mother, Li Li, was a maid in the service of Murong Dashan, the patriarch of the Murong Clan. Your father was Murong Dashan himself.

Murong Wen was your half brother, but in fear for both her life and yours, your mother claimed your father was a bodyguard serving Murong Dashan who died honorably."

Youqi read the paper like she was reading a script. For Zhang Niu, the words were like explosions erupting inside his mind.

This woman knew his biological mother's name, knew what his mother had told him, and even revealed the secret he always suspected but never dared to confirm.

"What… you… you're lying…" Zhang Niu whispered in disbelief.

"Believe it or not, this is the truth. I am simply reading from the soul record of your life," Youqi replied matter-of-factly.

Zhang Niu looked around. He glanced outside the window at the crimson sky and the ominous atmosphere. This place… this place was definitely not the mortal world. His arrogance had blinded him from seeing the truth.

"You… are you a reaper?" Zhang Niu asked as fear crept up from his heart.

"No, I am not a reaper. The reapers you refer to are field operative and are three levels below me. I am the secretary of the Lord of Death, here to handle a special case like yours instead of the lord himself," Youqi explained professionally.

After giving a brief explanation about her position, she continued.

"Since childhood, you believed your mother's lie and tried to become a bodyguard for Murong Wen, your half brother, without knowing that he was related to you by blood.

You survived many dangerous missions that your half brother sent you on. Some even called them suicide missions, but in the end, you earned Murong Wen's respect, and he kept you by his side because of your loyalty.

Sometimes you questioned your parentage after noticing that your face resembled Murong Dashan's, but you never pursued the truth.

You were working for Murong Wen, aiming to kidnap Dream Butterfly and deliver her to your young master as he requested. However, you were stopped by our agent. You lost to him and were killed by him, which sent you straight to me. This made you a special case because you were killed by an underworld agent."

Youqi finished reading and placed the stack of documents on the table.

"Underworld agent? You mean… that man was your agent?" Zhang Niu asked.

Hearing this, Youqi gave it some thought before answering. "Practically, yes, but officially, no. It is a bit complicated. But you do not need to know the details."

"Then… what… what will happen to me next?" Zhang Niu asked.

"You are a special case since your life was cut short by an underworld agent before your lifespan came to an end. And you are not on any blacklist, so you have two choices you can select from. The first is to follow the normal procedure and enter the cycle of reincarnation, and the second is to work for us. What will you choose?" Youqi asked.

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