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Chapter 989, Construction of a New Church

Treasure Island.

As I got off the train, the sea breeze, carrying with it a damp, salty smell, hit me in the face.

In the distance, waves rolled in, slapping against the rocks.

Four ghosts floated out of the body, suspended in the air, looking at the scene around them.

"Let's go home!" Xiaoxiao cheered and turned lightly in the air.

The other three ghosts also smiled, looking as if they were feeling like they were never at home.

Xiao Xiao flew over and asked, "Uncle! Are you going home directly or taking a walk?"

"I'm going to take a walk!" Wu Heng said.

"Oh! Sister Benny and I will go to the front and take a look first." Xiaoxiao said immediately.

"Go! After your stroll, go back early." Wu Heng nodded in agreement.

Xiaoxiao waved her hand and flew forward with Benny.
Wu Heng also walked towards the residential area, with the ghosts of Granda and Niangniang following on both sides of him.

Entering the port area, Wu Heng paused slightly.

Port No. 1, which was once a forest of masts, now has only a few merchant ships docked there.

Under the shadow of the Holy See, most chambers of commerce chose to protect themselves or purchase goods from Treasure Island through some secret channels for resale.

"These chambers of commerce have no backbone at all," the queen muttered.

"Merchants will not offend the Church for the sake of business." Granda whispered, and then said to Wu Heng: "Wu Heng! I think it would be safer to shift the focus of business to the inner city of Neita. After all, in the eyes of the outside world, it is still an autonomous region."

Wu Heng nodded slightly.

Treasure Island is not short of funds at present, and it is not like in the beginning when it had to sell all kinds of items to make money.

Moreover, it’s not that there are no chambers of commerce willing to cooperate with Treasure Island. For example, the Elf Chamber of Commerce and the Wood Elves’ Chamber of Commerce still insist on cooperation.

The gold that was previously stored was enough for him to splurge for a long time.

What's more, the city of Rentam will also provide a lot of tax revenue.

"I'll discuss this with Shannara when we get back. After all, she was in charge of the business side before." Wu Heng said in a low voice, tilting his head.

"You have the final say." Glenda nodded.

After standing aside and taking a look, he called a carriage and headed to the island owner's mansion.

The wheels made a squeaking sound as they rolled over the cobblestone road.

On both sides of the street, bards recited poems with passion, and vendors carried goods and shouted out their wares loudly.

Even if you have seen the capital of the Yeko Kingdom, you will not be able to feel the atmosphere of Treasure Island.

Passing the church, the carriage slowed down again.

The church doors were open, residents were coming in and out, and the number of priests and nuns had obviously increased a lot.

"The church is developing very well!" Glenda commented, pulling her head back.

"That's right. Once the churches in various places are built, these priests can be arranged to go there." Wu Heng retracted his gaze.

"A large number of priests will be needed at that time, so you should start preparing now," said Granda.

"Ok!"

The carriage crossed the square and stopped at a fork in the road near the Island Lord's Mansion. After Wu Heng paid the fare, he took off his mask and walked towards the Island Lord's Mansion.

……

Walk into the island owner’s mansion.

As soon as I entered the front courtyard, three figures ran towards me from the building.

"Wu Heng~!" The first one was Philippa, who swooped over from a distance.

It flew straight into his arms and hung on him like an octopus.

"Master!" Then Minnie and the little cat girl Robey squeezed in from both sides.

Wu Heng pulled his arm free from Philippa's tight grip and touched Minnie and Robbe's heads. "Is everything alright at home?"

"It's okay." Minnie tilted her head back, her two rabbit ears trembling. "Deacon Shilagui called me, and I told her you were out on a cruise, and she hasn't called since."

The maid in the house knew about her relationship with the two elf sisters, but in order to avoid making Xilagui embarrassed, she pretended not to know.

"Let's go inside and talk." Wu Heng put Philippa down and took them into the living room.

Sitting on the sofa, Minnie made tea on the tea table, Robert lowered the air conditioner temperature by two degrees, and Philippa rubbed his shoulders from behind, but the force was a little too strong.

If it were someone else, it would probably be like being tortured.

After the tea was served, Wu Heng listened to the maid and Philippa reporting on the latest situation one after another. The entire Treasure Island was still operating as usual.

As long as the Vatican doesn't cause trouble, nothing will happen to Treasure Island.

After talking about Treasure Island.

Wu Heng opened the [Mansion Technique] and said, "Viola!"

Minnie and the other two immediately came closer and looked at the interior of the [Mansion Technique] curiously.

A woman wearing a dress embroidered with intricate dark patterns came out. She was tall, with fair skin, and a pair of slightly upturned phoenix eyes with a hint of sharpness.

"Your Excellency!" Viola saluted.

Minnie, Robbe and Philippa all looked at the woman who came out curiously.

"Her name is Viola!" Wu Heng introduced, "She is also a new maid. Minnie will arrange a room for her later. She will live in the island owner's mansion."

Hearing the word "maid", Viola's body trembled, pursed her lips, and hesitated: "Sir, is it inappropriate for me to live in the island owner's mansion? Why don't I pay for it myself and buy a mansion outside first..."

"You are wanted in our headquarters." Wu Heng interrupted her, "It will be more troublesome if you live outside. Live in the island owner's mansion first. When things are settled, you can move out if you want."

"Yes!" Viola could only answer.

Minnie and the other two exchanged glances, all of them a little surprised.

This is the wanted criminal of our headquarters. This level is probably not low.

Seeing that the two of them stopped talking, Minnie smiled and said, “Sister Viola, I will take you to choose a room. There are many vacant rooms on the second floor. You can choose the one you like.”

"Thank you Miss Minnie." Viola nodded slightly.

Minnie didn't know her, but she had investigated the people around Wu Heng in detail.

Minnie, the housekeeper of the Island Lord's Mansion, was the first maid to follow Wu Heng and was responsible for all affairs of the Island Lord's Mansion.

A personal maid of a hero, whose status is no lower than that of the queen of the Yeko Kingdom.

When the two of them went upstairs, Philippa and Robe came up to them immediately, "Wu Heng! Who is she?"

"Have you forgotten the witch who was the guardian of the Divine Punishment Church?" Wu Heng explained in a low voice.

"Ah! Her, you caught her back." Philippa immediately remembered this person.

When Robe arrived, the matter of Treasure Island had already ended, but he had heard about what happened here and knew the identity of the witch.

Also a bit unexpected.

Philippa said, "You captured her and planned to use her as an undercover agent?"

"The Divine Punishment Church has been destroyed by me. She played a certain role in it, so I made her sign a contract and didn't kill her." Wu Heng went on to give a general account of the events of the Yeko Kingdom.

The two of them listened attentively, almost as if they were listening to a story.

Philippa continued to ask: "Where is Babuzi? Isn't he also an undercover agent in the cult?"

Wu Heng said unhappily, "Your friend is too unreliable. He has been gone for such a long time and has not brought back any useful information. And he has a high position."

Philippa chuckled, "Pirates! That's all. It's good that he's still alive. He's the only friend I have."

If he had not really saved Philippa, he would have been executed on Treasure Island.

"Don't worry, I'm living better than anyone else." Wu Heng said.

"You are so nice..." Philippa hugged his arms and acted coquettishly.

At this time, the sound of "dong dong dong" footsteps came from the stairs.

The puppet controlled by Xiao Xiao slid to a stop in the living room, glanced over here, and shouted, "Sister Philippa, Sister Robe, let's go play football!"

"Why are we playing football in the middle of the day? It's so hot." Robbe looked at the hot weather outside the window.

The puppet Xiao Xiao controlled tilted its head and thought about it, then suddenly clapped its hands, "Then let's go play games! We can even turn on the air conditioner in the room!"

"Okay!" Robbe's eyes lit up and he jumped up immediately. "I've practiced a few moves recently, I can definitely beat you."

Philippa followed suit, "I'm better than Robey."

The three of them left Wu Heng behind and ran excitedly towards the audio-visual room upstairs.

Soon, Bernie and Glenda also came down from upstairs, each controlling their own puppets. Bernie's puppet walked to the green plants by the window and began to trim the extra branches and leaves of the potted plants.

Glenda lay leisurely on the rattan lounge chair in the courtyard, flipping through the book in her hand.

Back at Treasure Island, the ghosts also became comfortable.

……

There was no one in the living room. Wu Heng drank the tea in one gulp and went straight upstairs.

He walked to the door of the radio station room and pushed it open and walked in.

Inside the room, the table that was once filled with communication equipment is now mostly empty.

With the upgrade of communication methods, most radio stations have been dismantled, leaving only a few key devices for fleet command.

The rest are used specifically to monitor the radio stations of the headquarters, the Vatican, and several other races.

Wu Heng walked straight to the radio area of ​​the Holy See, picked up the notebook in front of the Skeleton Investigator and began to check it.

At first there were some test conversations, followed by some scattered intelligence information, none of which seemed to be important.

Continuing to look down, I saw the detailed information about "restoring the religious leader's physical body" recorded on the paper, and there were also several lists of materials attached to it.

Wu Heng took a look and put it back when he saw there was no new information.

As the novel describes, even if the religious leader can really restore his physical body, the threat he poses is limited.

On the contrary, if this strange object really exists, perhaps... it can be used for my own benefit.

Imagine if you could master this technique, not to mention using it on your own ghost, if you really can't break through the heroic stage, you can also use this magic item to resurrect yourself.

Also good.

Continue to look through the monitoring records of other forces.

Blood Clan: Encrypted communications regarding internal job transfers. Both administrative officials and the Grey Saint Cult have undergone substantial adjustments, but Wu Heng couldn't recognize who was who by the names they mentioned. It was just a long list.

Elves: A lengthy discussion of border trade policy.

It looked like a struggle between two different political factions. One interesting point was the mention of the Wood Elves' commercial success.

The dwarves frequently mentioned the collection of materials for the Molten Core, and it seemed that they were carrying out some kind of large-scale forging project.

Finally, here are the records from headquarters.

The records of this department were a bit long. Wu Heng looked through them and summarized them as follows.

The Celtic Kingdom is in turmoil, and members of the royal family have been arrested on a large scale. Those involved are still under investigation, and the succession of the throne will be completed under the supervision of the association.

Wu Heng raised his eyebrows.

Compared to the last time when the Grand Prince arranged for sect members to kill the association's deacons, the situation in the Celtic Kingdom is obviously much more serious.

Directly replacing the entire royal family is a violation of heavenly laws!
Wu Heng looked at them one by one and put the notebook back in front of the skeleton investigator.

He sat down on the chair at the back, took out his cell phone and dialed Lilith's number.

The phone rang twice before being picked up. Lilith's lazy voice came through the receiver, "Hello?"

Wu Heng asked, "Is he still at the headquarters?"

The other party choked and said, "Why rush? I will be back in a few days."

"About a few days?" Wu Heng asked.

"It's over here, why are you so clingy?" Lilith said unhappily.

"You're just too good at procrastinating." Wu Heng said, and then got to the point. "Seriously, I've recruited a subordinate who has signed a slave contract. She was wanted by the headquarters before, and now she wants to turn over a new leaf. Is there any way to get her out?"

There was the sound of fabric rustling through the phone, and then Lilith's voice, "What level? What's the crime?"

"Level 18, a former protector of the Divine Punishment Church, accused of being a member of a cult organization. This time she cooperated with me to wipe out the entire Divine Punishment Church, so I let her join Treasure Island." Wu Heng said.

"You went to the Yeko Kingdom?" Lilith said in a serious tone, "The Church is keeping a close eye on you, and you still found time to go and fight for the Divine Punishment Church?"

She was in charge of intelligence work and knew that the Divine Punishment Cult was in the Yeko Kingdom, and she also knew about the feud with Wu Heng.

I just didn't expect that the situation between him and the Holy See was so serious, but he still found a chance to be destroyed by others.

"On the way, on the way." Wu Heng said with a smile.

There was silence for a few seconds, and then Lilith said, "This can be considered as making amends for your crime. If you write a detailed report, the wanted warrant can be cancelled."

After a slight pause, he continued, "After you tear it off, you will be her guarantor, and you will be implicated if anything goes wrong."

"Don't worry, there is a slave contract." Wu Heng said confidently, and then changed the subject, "What has the Holy See done recently?"

"Hadalai is keeping a close eye on them, and the Holy See may not dare to act rashly, so don't provoke the Holy See." Lilith continued to instruct.

"As long as you don't cause me trouble, I also want to live a leisurely life." Wu Heng answered easily.

Lilith didn't seem to receive any special actions from the Vatican.

Otherwise, given their current relationship, they should have reminded themselves.

The two of them chatted for a few minutes and then hung up the phone.

Leave the radio room.

……

Return to the study.

Conversations from a TV series could be heard from inside.

The Empress's soul was floating in the air, controlling the pen to write a skill book, and there was a tablet next to the desk playing a palace fighting drama.

Wu Heng said angrily, "You're watching TV while writing, and if you write the technique badly, I'll go crazy and we'll all die."

The queen said: "I am already level 20, and the two types are not affected."

"It won't affect your size." Wu Heng said, "Originally, I was thinking of taking you to see the production progress of the Daji cartoon tonight, but now I see, forget it."

The queen's expression froze, "Are you threatening me?"

“Put yourself in their shoes!”

The empress snapped the tablet shut and said, "Alright, I won't read it anymore. I'll write it to you carefully. Alright!"

"Read it when you have a break, don't read it while you are writing." Wu Heng said, and then said, "Can you remember the content?"

"It went quite smoothly. I didn't forget it so completely," the queen replied.

“Can you write it in those few days?”

"It's hard to say. If everything goes well, it can be written in three to five days."

"Okay." Wu Heng nodded.

The queen said no more and began to write attentively.

……

dusk.

As dusk fell, the chandelier in the restaurant remained bright.

When Wu Heng walked down the stairs, the table was already set.

Annette, the white lop-eared rabbit, also came back from the town hall and sat at the dining table, ready to eat.

Wu Heng introduced, "Annette, this is Viola, she will be one of us from now on."

Viola bowed slightly, and there was no trace of her former cruel appearance.

Annette looked at her curiously, her bunny ears twitching slightly, "Hello, Miss Viola."

After the introduction, we started eating.

Viola was full of curiosity about this place. The bright lights and air-conditioned props showed that the quality of life here was so high.

The special lighting equipment at Treasure Island has such a great effect.

The most important thing is that the maids can eat at the table with Wu Heng.

It's almost incredible.

Annette then spoke up, "Master, the renovation of the new church is progressing smoothly and is expected to be completed within half a month."

"Well, you keep an eye on it." Wu Heng continued, "Remember to call Shannella in the evening and ask her to select more wood elves to serve as priests."

"Got it," Annette nodded, her bunny ears swaying slightly with the movement.

Viola sipped the red wine gracefully, looking around and out the window.

Wu Heng glanced at her and said, “After dinner, take Viola out for a look and don’t come back too late.”

"Yes, Master."

(End of this chapter)