pjbooks Chapter 19 Penalties and Rewards
Chapter 19 Penalties and Rewards
Upon hearing this, Jiang Chen immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
His eyes darted around, his mind racing.
He wanted to find a reason to explain it, but even with his brain blazing, he still couldn't come up with any.
Behind the desk, Lu Pan looked at Jiang Chen, who remained silent, with wisps of mist rising from his head.
The corners of his mouth unconsciously turned up slightly.
But it was fleeting.
"Alright, stop thinking about it and tell me where you've been these past few days."
"Oh, yes."
Seeing that his little scheme had been exposed, Jiang Chen stopped trying to come up with a reason.
Instead, she very seriously recounted what had happened to her.
During this time, Judge Lu remained seated and listened attentively.
"Judge Lu, that's all."
After recounting everything that had happened to him, Jiang Chen stared intently at Judge Lu.
The curiosity in his eyes was not concealed at all.
Noticing the curiosity in the other person's eyes, Lu Pan raised an eyebrow slightly: "What, are you curious?"
"Uh-huh."
Jiang Chen nodded. He was really curious about what that strange dungeon was.
And why was he chosen?
And is that place a real world?
A whole host of questions popped into Jiang Chen's mind.
He tried it out in the instance world.
The food selection is refreshed daily.
If that were a real world, such a bug would be impossible.
Logically, Mom should go grocery shopping and cook every day.
However, this bug persists despite its existence: food refreshes.
He was genuinely a bit confused.
Also, there's the country section on the Challenger panel.
The country he lives in is clearly called China.
And what is shown above is the Dragon Kingdom?
He really has so many problems.
"Judge Lu, I really have so many questions!"
Then Jiang Chen threw out all the parts he didn't understand.
At first, he listened with great interest.
But as the problems increase and become more frequent, they become more and more numerous.
His lips twitched involuntarily.
Seeing that the guy in front of me was still talking nonstop.
He finally couldn't take it anymore and typed "Block!" with a flick of his wrist.
The next moment, Jiang Chen, who had been chattering away, shut his mouth.
"Waaaaah!"
Jiang Chen seemed to want to say something, but could only make incomprehensible whimpering sounds.
"Alright, you've gone too far with your nonsense. You're giving me a headache."
Looking at Jiang Chen, who was still whimpering, Lu Pan rubbed his throbbing head.
He continued, "I don't know the answers to those questions you've raised, and I don't want to know."
"If you're really curious, go find out for yourself."
He was about to wave him away when he suddenly remembered something.
She added, "Although you didn't skip work on purpose for those seven days, it was out of necessity."
"But some rules are rules, and you can't break them just because you do this or that."
"So—" Lu Pan paused for a moment before giving his final conclusion: "Seven days of unexcused absence will result in a half-month salary deduction. Before disappearing again, you must complete all the work you owe. If you fail to do so, you will be fined again."
"Oh, right, and your sales performance this month."
As he spoke, Judge Lu raised his hand and the Soul-Capturing Bag, which had been hanging on Jiang Chen's waist, was now in his hand.
He opened the bag and reached inside to feel around.
He then nodded and said, "Hmm, not bad. These four wild ghosts will count as 50 performance points for you this month."
He closed the Soul-Capturing Bag, tossed it casually, and the next second the Soul-Capturing Bag reappeared at his waist.
Seeing this scene, Jiang Chen felt an indescribable envy.
"Is this what the big shot is like?"
"To be able to move so freely and effortlessly is truly amazing!"
"Liu Bang was right: this is what a true man should be like!"
While my mind was wandering, I suddenly realized that I seemed to be able to speak.
Just as he was about to speak, a note bearing the aura of Judge Lu flew over.
Seeing this, Jiang Chen quickly reached out and caught it.
I glanced up instinctively.
Upon seeing this, he was stunned and stood there for a while before he read out the words in a trembling voice.
"Ten sticks of soul-guiding incense, a pair of soul-capturing bells, ten soul-hooking locks, a handful of mourning sticks, and the basic Qi-refining technique!"
Looking at the standard resources written on the note.
Jiang Chen's heart skipped a beat. He looked up at Lu Pan, who was sitting behind his desk not far away.
Her voice trembled slightly as she said, "Lu... Judge Lu, I... I..."
However, just as he was about to speak, Judge Lu retorted with a single sentence.
"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and submit your quest to the Soul Reaper's Division and get lost!"
As he spoke, he raised his hand and waved it, and Jiang Chen, who had been standing in the office, vanished completely.
The entire ghost vanished.
The annoying guy finally disappeared.
Judge Lu also breathed a long sigh of relief.
"Hey, is this kid a parrot?"
"So talkative."
He then muttered a complaint, and his eyes gradually narrowed.
Thinking of that bizarre instance, he closed his eyes and began to calculate.
But no matter how he calculated, he still couldn't find any information about the strange copy.
This made a possibility pop into his mind.
"Could this be the work of some genius?"
Having thought of this, he stopped thinking about it.
As the saying goes, when gods fight, mortals suffer.
Although he is now one of the gods, to those ancient deities,
He was no different from ordinary people.
"Forget it, forget it, I can't afford to manage it, I can't afford to manage it."
Judge Lu shook his head, stopped thinking, and continued to finish the work at hand.
……
Outside the gate of the Inspectorate.
Jiang Chen stared blankly around, then looked at the entrance of the Procuratorate behind him.
He breathed a long sigh of relief.
"Phew, I'm alive again."
Patting his pounding chest, Jiang Chen knew he was alright.
Not only were they unharmed, but they also received a great deal of benefits.
He looked down at the note in his hand that carried the scent of Judge Lu.
A radiant smile spread across his face.
"Oh my, today is absolutely gorgeous!"
After stuffing the approval slip into his pocket, Jiang Chen stopped lingering at the entrance of the Inspectorate and quickly headed towards the Soul-Hooking Bureau.
He still has tasks to complete.
"Sir, there are four strange creatures with the strength of wild ghosts in total. Please accept this as your offering money."
At the Ghostly Affairs Department of the Soul-Hooking Bureau, Jiang Chen looked at the extra 800 incense money and 50 performance points for the month that had appeared in his bank account.
Tears streamed down her face.
"Waaaaah! This is great! I finally have some money!"
Thinking about how this dignified White Impermanence lived such a life before.
That's simply inhuman!
After packing up all his belongings, Jiang Chen headed excitedly towards the warehouse.
The other ghost messengers around were so envious of this scene that they drooled.
They went out every day, but they didn't encounter a single ghost for three days.
This guy actually brought back four of them.
"Ugh, it's so frustrating to compare yourself to others!"
"Alright, stop being envious. We need to pass our performance reviews before the end of this month. Otherwise, we might not even have the chance to be envious anymore."
The other ghosts, upon hearing this, also composed themselves.
They headed out of Fengdu City in a group.