Silence.

The entire villa, apart from the darkness that shouldn't have been there, was filled with nothing but silence.

Five seconds later.

A crisp 'gulp' sound rang out.

The woman beside him swallowed a bit loudly.

But it was clear that at this moment, neither Chu Qing nor An Ruoxue would care about such a small matter.

Chu Qing could already feel the woman beside him trembling.

An Ruoxue's fingers, gripping Chu Qing's sleeve, were pale, and she trembled uncontrollably, shaking his clothes.

Chu Qing, however, didn't pay any attention; in fact, he stood in front of her, standing alongside the Netherworld Treasurer God statue hidden in the darkness.

He blocked An Ruoxue.

This moved his ex-girlfriend, who had misunderstood, to no end, though she now also couldn't believe if ghosts truly existed in this world.

If An Ruoxue had been a bit braver at this moment, she would have known the answer by simply standing next to Chu Qing.

Because at some unknown point, Chu Qing's pupils had turned a crimson red.

He looked calmly and indifferently at the Netherworld Treasurer God statue hidden in the darkness before him.

The abilities of the Blood Eye Dragon Lord were beyond doubt; at this stage, it was likely that no living being could resist the prying of 'With Eyes Have Pearls':

【Netherworld Treasurer God】

【Grade: Ninth Rank】

【Category: Entity Abnormality】

【Yin Longevity: Three years, two months, and ten days】

【Wealth Can Reach Gods (Rule): Living beings can worship this Netherworld Treasurer God statue to beg for 'wealth' luck. Afterward, the living being gains a Yin Wealth Blessing state. While in this state, for every portion of money received, their dependence and fanaticism towards the Netherworld Treasurer God increase, and their willpower decreases.

After the money received under the Yin Wealth Blessing state exceeds a certain amount, a killing rule is triggered, absorbing all the living being's wealth luck! The amount of Yin Longevity absorbed by killing through this rule is greatly increased.】

【Greed Blinds the Mind (Ability): Passive effect, causes all living beings to have increased greed upon seeing its true form.】

【Entity (State): Cannot move freely, daily Yin Longevity consumption halved.】

【Promotion Requirements: Unknown】

【Note: This thing is good, and the black copper coin in its hand is even better. How about it, human? If it weren't for me, wouldn't you have missed out on a treasure?】

Ignoring the Blood Eye Ghost's narcissism under With Eyes Have Pearls, Chu Qing's calm gaze paid no mind to this Netherworld Treasurer God.

Netherworld Treasurer God?

What kind of rotten fish and shrimp Ninth Rank Abnormality dares to call itself a proper god?

It was only in the early stages of abnormalities; if it were in the previous life's era, any powerful Ghost Controller passing by would have likely eliminated it casually upon seeing it.

It was just that this thing had just been born and was only acting on instinct; ignorance was excusable.

Chu Qing's crimson gaze followed the Blood Eye Ghost's hint, looking at the black copper coin in its hand.

Clearly, compared to this Netherworld Treasurer God, this copper coin was indeed more important:

【black copper coin】

【Grade: Ninth Rank】

【Category: One of the nether artifact puzzles, size unknown, undetectable.】

【Coin Casting (Ability): Holding this copper coin, one can obtain 1 day of Yin Longevity hell money daily.】

【Who Doesn't Love Wealth (Curse): No usage curse, any ranked living being can use it.】

【Note: Human, quickly advance in rank! Don't delay our money! This is our money!!】

Chu Qing smiled.

This was his most heartfelt smile since his rebirth.

This black copper coin was indeed extraordinary.

1 day of hell money Yin Longevity daily!

If a Ghost Controller obtained it in the early stages, to a large extent, they would have a basic guarantee and wouldn't need to worry too much about the consumption of Yin Longevity! Not to mention, this thing had no usage curse!

In other words, it was a supreme underworld artifact that could be used freely without consequences!

The use of underworld artifacts always came with curses.

The strength of the curse determined the value of the underworld artifact.

The lower the curse requirement for use, the higher the underworld artifact's value.

However, what truly made Chu Qing so joyful was not this.

It was that he could finally confirm it.

This copper coin was indeed a fragment of that thing from his memories—the nether artifact puzzle!

In the entire world, the entire terrifying world of Blue Star.

First-rank Ghost Kings and Fierce Gods were not numerous, but there were some.

However, let alone a first-rank underworld artifact, even one within the third rank was an inconceivable treasure!

Chu Qing in his previous life did have one, which was also one of his relies for becoming King Chujiang.

But compared to the complete version of this item, it wasn't just a small difference; in the terrifying world, its fame was also vastly different.

Of course, the 'Boss Lady' who held the complete version of this item, as an existence renowned throughout the terrifying world of Blue Star, naturally had a significant gap compared to him.

However, Chu Qing never expected that a fragment of this item would appear in Luo City!

It seemed there was a great chance in the future to properly interact with that 'Boss Lady' from the 'Gap' world!

Thinking of this, Chu Qing's upturned lips grew even brighter.

He reached out his hand.

An Ruoxue noticed Chu Qing's movement and peeked out, just in time to see Chu Qing extend his hand, his overly pale and slender fingers actually gripping the black copper coin in the Netherworld Treasurer God statue's hand.

What was he going to do?

An Ruoxue soon knew what Chu Qing was going to do; he tugged.

Then, visibly, his strength grew greater and greater.

But even though the veins on his hand popped out, neither the copper coin nor the statue budged an inch!

An Ruoxue, standing behind Chu Qing, watched dumbfounded.

Steal money?

Steal money from the God of Wealth?

No, Chu Qing had just said there was a ghost clinging to it, which meant Chu Qing was now trying to steal money from a ghost?

Had he gone mad?

Most importantly, judging by this, this God of Wealth—Pooh Pooh Pooh—this Ghost Treasurer God didn't seem to want to let go either.

And very soon, the strength in Chu Qing's hand relaxed.

He seemed to exhale, adjusting his breathing, which was slightly disordered from using too much force.

The next moment, Chu Qing stretched out his hand, signaling An Ruoxue to step back further. She complied, yet dared not move more than two steps away from Chu Qing.

Chu Qing calmly looked at the Netherworld Treasurer God with his crimson eyes and softly said:

"You, a low-level abnormality that devours the wealth luck of living beings, dare to exist under the name of a proper god. I give you a chance, yet you don't know the immensity of heaven and earth?"

Clearly, for a Ninth Rank abnormality, Chu Qing didn't expect it to understand the weight of these words.

Arguing with these brainless 'beasts' was indeed useless; the main point was to attract the 'attention' of this thing.

His blood-red pupils locked firmly onto the Netherworld Treasurer God, whose dark eyes in the darkness instantly locked back with his.

At this moment, the feeling of qi connection that had appeared with the Faceless Ghost earlier reappeared.

So, Chu Qing, facing the thing's gaze, actually slowly bowed in An Ruoxue's bewildered eyes.

"Netherworld Treasurer God, then bless me with abundant wealth. The wealth I want is not the waste paper used by humans; you should understand, right?"

With that, he actually directly bowed to the thing above.

Then, in An Ruoxue's shocked gaze, the Netherworld Treasurer God statue, which had just been incredibly dark and eerie, actually began to shake on its own.

And then, with a thud, it actually fell directly onto the incense burner by itself.

The bronze god statue seemed to have directly prostrated itself on the incense table, not daring to receive Chu Qing's bow at all.

And the black copper coin, which Chu Qing had just used all his might to pull without success, fell with a 'clink' in front of Chu Qing.

He picked it up; it felt cold in his hand.

"You're quite sensible. I'll spare your life then. You can come to my house to guard it when the time comes."

'Thud.'

Another sound came from the rolling statue, as if it was responding with 'yes'.