Gods of the Nation: You worship the God of Longevity, I worship the King of Hell!

Chapter 73 When one attains enlightenment, even his chickens and dogs ascend to heaven! New mission, here I come!
After careful consideration, Lu Chen finally made the decision to set the joss paper in two denominations.

Small amounts: 100; Large amounts: 10,000.

The exchange rate is set at 1 to 100.

One yuan can be exchanged for 100 ghost money, and 100 yuan can be exchanged for 10,00

Since it's aimed at the general public, Lu Chen doesn't want to make too much money, lest it damage his moral character.

As for "high-end" props like ghost cars and ghost cell phones.

We might as well set the price higher.

For example, a funeral car might be priced at ten thousand yuan.

Anyway, most people who can afford these are rich. If we don't rip them off, who else will we rip off?
Lu Chen was also planning to create several "Ghost Festival Double Eleven" events in the future.

Take the Qingming, Zhongyuan, and Hanyi festivals from the previous life, and either promote them all or select two of them to do a good marketing campaign.

This was also a backup plan he deliberately kept hidden when he was discussing cooperation with the King of Hell.

For something to truly resonate with people, a sense of ritual is essential.

Only through ritual can the effect be brought to its fullest potential.

However, this led to a series of troubles.

With only Lu Chen's current manpower, it's impossible for him to completely take over such a large business.

Obviously, it's absolutely impossible and highly unrealistic.

He had considered cooperating with the Sun family.

But upon further reflection, he rejected the idea.

The Sun family is a large and powerful clan, and given my weakness and their strength, it's really hard to say who will ultimately have control over this matter.

For Lu Chen, temporarily diverting the incense offerings of Yama to the Sun family temple was a last resort.

Therefore, we cannot take a share of the profits from the ghost money business without a reason.

In addition, Lu Chen also considered enlisting the help of his neighbors in the community. Unfortunately, half of them were elderly; they could help in the short term, but it was unrealistic to expect them to support such a large operation in the long run. The other people also had limited abilities, including his own parents, who were just ordinary workers; it was simply too much for them to manage such a large situation.

“Starting a business is really not easy…” Lu Chen rubbed his temples and sighed, “What’s more, I still have to keep doing tasks to earn military merits. After all, to become a new elite, money and military merits are both indispensable, and military merits are even more important.”

He recalled what Chen Tiansheng had said before: because of their military achievements, their Chen family had been stuck at the level of the newly rich for three or four decades, never able to step into the ranks of the "great families".

This shows how rare military merit is.

"If only... I could have a few capable assistants."

Just like Sun Yourong, all it takes is a phone call to give instructions.

Hundreds of thousands of people in Longhu County all received phone calls to go to Dalongtan.

How cool and stylish!
Feeling increasingly frustrated, Lu Chen simply shook his head and stopped dwelling on it.

There will always be a way when the car reaches the mountain, and the boat will naturally go straight when it reaches the bridge!
"Go take a shower! I'll get a good night's sleep first!"

……

Under the same night sky, in the south of the city, at the Sun family's residence.

A private road, winding for several kilometers, leads directly to a brightly lit detached villa on the mountaintop.

There were sentry posts almost every kilometer along the way, and countless second-rank spiritual cultivators were lurking in the forest, taking turns to protect the Sun family 24 hours a day.

At this moment, in the magnificent living room of the villa, beneath the gold and splendor, there was a suffocating silence.

After a long silence, Sun Qingcang spoke slowly, his voice filled with disbelief: "Rong'er, according to your speculation... it was Lu Chen who persuaded Jun Caishen to intervene and suppress the Four Seas Dragon Kings, which is why Longhu County was able to pray for rain?"

Sun Yourong sat upright on the sofa and nodded slightly upon hearing this.

"My goodness... this kid, he, he..." Sun Xingwen was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth.

Before he could finish speaking, Sun Qingcang suddenly stood up, slapped his son across the face, and angrily shouted, "What do you mean, 'this kid' and 'that kid'! Lu Chen is your grandfather's savior! He's also a benefactor of our Sun family! Is this how you show respect to our family?"

Sun Xingwen covered his face, muttering aggrievedly, "Dad, I just said it offhand, I didn't mean it..."

"Then I'll teach you a lesson! So you won't be so outspoken in front of others next time!" Sun Qingcang's anger hadn't subsided.

"Alright, alright," Madam Song quickly tried to smooth things over, giving her son a sidelong glance, "Say less."

Sun Qingcang then sat down angrily.

Even now, he still hasn't fully recovered from the bizarre and strange events of his trip to Longhu County.

Like Sun Yourong, he initially believed that this task was absolutely impossible to complete.

After all, the difficulty of this S-rank mission was deliberately lowered due to historical issues. To put it bluntly, facing deities of the Four Sea Dragon Kings' caliber, even an SSS-rank mission wouldn't be too unreasonable, let alone an S-rank.

At least with Sun Qingcang's abilities and methods, he absolutely could not complete a mission of this level.

But the result?

In just one day...

This mission, which had plagued Longhu County for three years and caused countless bounty hunters to fail, was easily resolved by Lu Chen.

"That kid, Xiao Lu, is truly mysterious in every way." On the main seat next to him, Sun Dechang had recovered and been discharged from the hospital. Nourished by a large amount of life force, his complexion was rosy, his voice was full of energy, and he had returned to a healthy state.

He smiled slightly and continued, "I suppose the ceremonial techniques that Rong'er mentioned earlier were also taught to him by the God of Wealth. But that makes sense, given his high level of service to the God of Wealth, it's only natural that he would be taught some heavenly divine powers."

Sun Yourong nodded gently again.

She did not tell her family that Lu Chen was the adopted son of the King of Hell.

After all, this was a secret Lu Chen had shared with her. Both publicly and privately, she felt she shouldn't reveal it.

“Sigh…” Sun Qingcang sighed deeply, his tone complicated. “Dad, I have a feeling. I’m afraid it won’t be long before another new elite emerges in our Jiangdu City.”

Upon hearing this, the entire room fell silent.

After a moment, everyone nodded slowly in unison.

...The underworld, the place where the netherworld is located.

The sky was devoid of the sun and moon, only a solidified leaden gray, pressing heavily over the surrounding fields.

The wind carried a biting chill, blowing past and stirring not dust and sand, but a faint, intermittent sobbing.

At this moment, behind a dark boulder, a gaunt male ghost was huddled up, trembling with fear.

It tried its best to avoid the all-pervasive cold wind, but the underworld was permeated with cold, and no matter how it hid, the chill still followed it like a shadow.

The intense hunger surging through its stomach nearly drove it to madness, and even its empty, ghostly eyes involuntarily glowed with a hint of crimson.

Just then, a tall figure suddenly appeared in front of it.

The male ghost looked up and was startled.

It was none other than Lord Ox-Head from the Underworld!
"grown ups!!!"

It was so frightened that its soul almost left its body, and it hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, its whole body trembling uncontrollably.

"You're Wang Shufa?"

The bull's voice was as cold as iron, devoid of any emotion.

"No, that's right... it's me, Xiaomin," it stammered in response.

As soon as he finished speaking, a raincoat was gently placed over it.

In an instant, the originally icy cold soul felt a long-lost "warmth".

"follow me."

The bull-headed man didn't say much, but turned around and led the way.

Wang Shufa touched the raincoat on his body in disbelief. As if he had thought of something, a smile of joy appeared on his lips, and he hurriedly followed.

Not long after, on the outskirts of Yinsi City.

In a courtyard house surrounded by several thatched huts, ghostly figures lingered, and the place was crowded with "people".

Fan Rusong and Xie Qingyi stood before the ghosts and called out their names one by one.

"Chen Zhen".

"To!"

"Wang Tao".

"To!"

"Zhang Bing".

"To!"

"Xu Ziqian!"

"To!"

……

After the roster was counted, Fan Rusong waved to signal.

Several ghostly soldiers carried out two baskets of steamed buns.

For a moment, the entire courtyard fell silent, and all the ghosts were stunned.

"My general has ordered that you all be treated well," Fan Rusong said loudly. "From now on, you will live here. Although there will be no delicacies, you will not suffer from hunger or cold. If you ever reconnect with your families in the mortal world, do not forget to be grateful for the general's kindness. If it were not for the general, how could we have the peace we enjoy today?"

After these words, the ghosts could no longer contain themselves and burst into tears.

"I never expected... Xiao Chen to be so successful!"

"Brothers and sisters in Nanshan Community, we finally... we finally have hope!"

"Yes, when things get better in the future, we should always remember Xiao Chen's kindness..."

Watching the group of kids wiping away tears while wolfing down their food, Fan Rusong and Xie Qingyi exchanged a smile, their figures quietly disappearing from the spot.

……

The next morning, Lu Chen took a taxi to Jiangcheng No. 3 Middle School.

He planned to hand over the task first, and then see if there were any new tasks available.

Sitting in the car, Lu Chen thought to himself that it was time to buy a car.

It's really inconvenient to always take a taxi when going out.

Stepping into the school gate, he walked briskly towards the student affairs office.

Just as he turned the corner at the last bend, he was caught off guard and bumped head-on into a figure.

"Ouch!"

A soft cry came from behind; it was a girl's voice.

"Sorry, sorry."

Lu Chen quickly apologized, and when he looked up, he realized that he had bumped into Li Ruoyi, a classmate.

She was accompanied by two other female classmates.

"Lu Chen?"

Li Ruoyi's face was full of surprise; she clearly hadn't expected to meet him here.

She blinked, and blurted out with a hint of doubt:

"Didn't you go to Longhu County? Could it be... you still haven't gone?"

　Chapter Two is already half-written, it'll definitely be out today!!!
　　Everyone will definitely see it when they wake up tomorrow morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)