Do not engage in underworld operations in the human world!

"The seventy-second term?" Jiang Lu tried to recall it carefully, but to no avail. He could only reply with a guilty conscience, "I really can't remember it."

"Have you forgotten?" The girl tried hard to make Jiang Lu recall: "Back then, you spent a fortune to book the Jiuyou Tower, and let us turn on the lights in the Jiuyou Pavilion just for you. You even renewed the contract for 100,000 years, all for my great-grandmother!"

"Really? Why don't I remember that?"

Although Jiang Lu appeared to be very calm and steady on the surface, he was actually a little worried because he felt that something like this was happening, but he was not sure what the specific situation was, so he could only speak vaguely:
"This kind of thing cannot be judged solely on your own words. How about this? Ask your grandmother to come over next time and I'll ask her in person."

But who would have thought that this tactic, which was obviously an excuse to shirk responsibility and delay the responsibility, was taken seriously by the girl.

I don’t know what touched her, but her eyes suddenly turned red.

"It's too late, it's too late, you've been gone for too long, she's already..."

Hearing this, Jiang Lu breathed a sigh of relief.

Good, good, now there is no evidence.

He turned around to look at Queen Mother Xi and the others, then smiled awkwardly at the girl and said, "Hey, look how unfortunate this is."

"She is no longer in the underworld."

"Eh?"

Jiang Lu was stunned for a moment: "Where is she now?"

"After you disappeared, she also left the underworld. We only know that she went to collect your body fragments, but we don't know the details because she never came back. Even..."

The girl wiped away her tears:
"We don't even know whether she is alive or dead now."

"Uh"

Jiang Lu felt like there was something stuck in his throat.

Without looking back, he could feel his companions behind him looking at him as if he were trash.

They've been so good to you, and you're just hoping that there won't be any evidence against them?

A wave of self-blame came over me.

Jiang Lu slapped himself hard: "I really deserve to die!"

“No, no, no, no!” The girl quickly grabbed Jiang Lu’s arm to stop him from hitting her.

Then she blew her nose and forced a smile: "But now it's good, you appear again, maybe she will come back after a while."

"Hmm." Jiang Lu felt too guilty and wanted to avoid the topic, so he asked, "But how did you recognize me? We haven't met before. Even if I am the only one who can turn on the lights in this room, there are so many of us here."

To be honest, leaving aside the two old masters, Daode Tianzun and Lingbao Tianzun, as well as the uncle who was the performer, the appearance of Dong Wanggong and the sickle was pretty good, and together they might be able to match Jiang Lu's charm. If Jiang Lu was not present, he could also be called a handsome young man. But the girl still recognized him at first sight, which really made him feel a little strange.

“Because of the photo.”

The girl replied:

"Grandma left us a photo of her and you. Although the person in the photo looks slightly different from you, there is no mistaking her temperament."

"Oh?" Jiang Lu sensed that the girl was going to praise him, so he laughed and asked with interest, "What kind of temperament?"

"Maybe," the girl thought for a moment, "It's like being lustful but not lewd, like the Supreme Nine Dragons among prostitutes."

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Perhaps she felt that if she continued listening, she would lose her temper. She pushed Jiang Lu and urged him, "Okay, if you really want to reminisce, you can sneak back when we are not here, but don't forget why we are here."

"Yeah," Jiang Lu believed it and stroked his chin: "Then why don't you guys step aside?"

"?" Queen Mother Xi was in disbelief at first, and then she couldn't help but sneer: "Okay, okay, you really want to reminisce about the past, right?"

Jiang Lu realized it later: "Ah, you are speaking sarcastically."

At this point, the girl blinked and said something that was the last straw that broke the camel's back.

"Ah, Master, this aunt is so fierce, unlike my grandmother who obeys you in everything. Didn't you tell my grandmother before that you like gentle women like her?"

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The Queen Mother of the West clenched her fist uncontrollably. Hong Yi and Xuan Nu, who were also a little angry, subconsciously stepped back and decided not to get involved in this high-end game.

Seeing this, Jiang Lu quickly covered the girl's mouth and said, "Don't make trouble for me. And I just wanted to say it. Why are you calling me master? I have nothing to do with you. Don't call me that!"

But it was too late to remedy the situation, as the Queen Mother of the West was completely broken.

"Where's the photo? Ask her to bring it over so I can see how gentle she can be?!"

"Because..." Seeing that she seemed to have messed up things, the girl hurriedly broke free from Jiang Lu's hand and explained, "My grandmother said that all the previous Pavilion Masters must address you as Master whenever they see you."

After that, she took out a photo from her bosom, handed it to Queen Mother Xi, and then said with some apology: "I'm sorry, I just lost my composure. In fact, people like the master are destined to have countless confidantes. I know this, and my grandmother also knows it, because what she did was just to see the master again, and she didn't ask for anything else. I just... am not willing to accept it."

Queen Mother of the West's expression changed slightly, and then she took the photo with a mixed mood and looked at the man and woman in the photo.

Then petrified.

She raised her head suddenly and questioned, "No. The photos passed down in your family are of this style?"

Everyone looked curiously and saw Jiang Lu and the strange woman in the photo in exaggerated poses, one hanging upside down and the other bending down, both naked, as if they were performing acrobatics.

Even Jiang Lu himself frowned when he saw it.

"Of course." The girl said with a smile: "This is a brothel. This is the style of things that have been passed down from our ancestors. Do you understand the aesthetics of the human body?"

Queen Mother Xi pressed the photo against Jiang Lu's chest and asked with wide eyes, "What else do you have to say?"

Jiang Lu thought for a moment and said, "I guess it's because I'm young and frivolous."

Just then, a noise was heard, and then another group of people rushed into the room.

Looking at the confused girl, the foreman was embarrassed and explained helplessly: "These customers suspected that we were committing consumption fraud and insisted on coming up. I couldn't stop them."

As soon as she finished speaking, the leader shouted:

"I want to see what you think of my old leader and what you are doing with his legacy!"

But just as he finished shouting, he saw a familiar face in the crowd, and then he stood there in a daze.

The muscular man Samael was stunned when he saw the contract. He thought that he was scared because he saw there were so many people on the other side, so he elbowed him and encouraged him: "Don't be afraid. What if there are more people? If we really fight, can we make you suffer?"

"That's right!" Asmodeus also added fuel to the fire: "Come on, don't embarrass us!"

"No it's not."

"What is not?" He wiped his eyes, confirmed that he had not seen it wrong, and then said blankly:

"My lord."

When he uttered the last syllable, his eyes were already filled with tears.

"Long time no see." Jiang Lu nodded.

After getting the response, Qie finally had no more doubts. He rushed to Jiang Lu and said excitedly: "I never thought that we would meet here!!"

Samael and Asmodeus looked at each other, not knowing what was going on.

Suddenly, a light cough was heard.

Samael and Asmodeus subconsciously retreated to the sides to make way.

The deep-minded man from before, who was also an old acquaintance of Jiang Lu, stood up.

He put his hand to his mouth, coughed twice, and then put it down.

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After Jiang Lu took a look at him and recognized who he was, he turned around and found that the contract was gone.

When he looked at the man again, he found that Contract was already standing next to him.

"This is my old boss." He introduced him to them, "But now I don't have much relationship with him. We only have some work-related friendship. Now we are just ordinary friends."

Jiang Lu tilted his head: "Awesome."

"So the lighting of the sky lantern has something to do with you."

Jiang Lu's old acquaintance, Lucifer from Hell, glanced at the people behind Jiang Lu and smiled:
"Looks like you've been doing well lately."

"Not bad." Jiang Lu nodded perfunctorily.

He was caught off guard by the prospect of meeting Lucifer here, and he immediately became alert.

He didn't know why the other party appeared here, whether it meant that the underworld had been infiltrated, or whether the other party was an enemy or a friend, or whether he represented some intention of hell.

In addition, Lucifer himself is a character that is no less powerful than Yuanshi Tianzun, which makes Jiang Lu dare not take it lightly.

Although the people around Jiang Lu had never seen Lucifer, they realized something instantly when they saw Jiang Lu's serious enemy look, and quickly adjusted their positions, ready to respond at any time.

Seeing that Jiang Lu and the people around him were suddenly on alert, Samael and Asmodeus, who were confused, also took a posture to meet the enemy, as if they were just waiting for Lucifer's order to launch the most fierce and fierce attack.

But this made the contract, who was caught in the middle, a little at a loss. He didn't know how the situation turned out like this, and all he could do was look at Jiang Lu, then at Lu Xifang, and cast a look of help to them respectively.

For a moment, the situation on the field was tense.

The leader of Jiuyou Pavilion initially thought that Jiang Lu knew them, so he didn't take it seriously. But when he realized that the situation was not good, he subconsciously stood on the side of Jiang Lu and planned to follow Jiang Lu's instructions in everything.

Seeing Jiang Lu so serious and the people around him looking at him as if he were a ferocious beast or a poisonous insect, Lucifer had no choice but to spread his hands helplessly and explained, "Don't be so nervous. I'm not your enemy, and I don't have any conspiracy here. To be honest, I didn't expect to meet you here. Relax a little, okay? We are friends who fought side by side not long ago, right?"

"." After a brief hesitation, Jiang Lu finally let his companions relax.

He and Lucifer did not have any actual conflict of interest. Just as the other party said, he had received his help in the past and had chatted with him at the same table. It seemed that there was really no reason for them to be enemies.

Seeing that Jiang Lu had finally let down his guard, Lucifer joked to ease the atmosphere, "You seem to be in good shape. You have returned to the divine realm and you have a beautiful woman by your side. It can be said that you have finally gotten what you deserved after all the hardship."

"Yeah." Jiang Lu responded indifferently, then asked, "Why are you here?"

"Of course we are here for a meeting on how to distribute the interests of the underworld. We were invited as guests by the Emperor of the Underworld, but we are coming through the formal channels." Lucifer said calmly, as if the survival of the underworld was not important to him at all.

The content of the meeting that he mentioned lightly shocked everyone except Jiang Lu.

They began to speculate about Lucifer's identity.

Who on earth could have such a high status to be able to participate in such a meeting, and how could he make such an important event that determines the fate of the underworld sound as easy as buying vegetables on the roadside?
Jiang Lu was also a little surprised that Lucifer actually told him the truth about this without any concealment. He didn't know whether he really didn't care or really trusted him that much.

Jiang Lu tends to the former.

So he tried to probe: "Is that so? The Yin Emperor invited you to a meeting, and you met me, the former Lord of the Underworld, here. What do you think?"

After these words were spoken, Jiang Lu's companions finally reacted and their hearts were lifted.

Anyone who can attend such a meeting and make Jiang Lu so alert can never be an ordinary person. For someone of such a high status, strength is just a threshold, the lowest requirement.

Just like in Kunlun Mountain, when it comes to building the foundation, some people are inner disciples and some are outer disciples. In addition to the most basic strength requirement, aptitude, character, wisdom, strategy, and interpersonal skills are all indispensable.

If the other party really wanted to expose Jiang Lu, I'm afraid the people present would not be able to stop them, and the plan would fail.

They stared at Lucifer, wanting to see what his attitude was. If he showed the slightest hostility, they would plan to seal all the exits of the Nine Nether Tower first. By then, perhaps things would not end so well.

But Lucifer's answer was beyond everyone's expectations, including Jiang Lu's.

He just smiled and answered the question irrelevantly:

"Would you like to come to the meeting?"

"Me?" Jiang Lu was very surprised. After a brief pause, he asked back with a smile, "Is it appropriate for me to attend this kind of meeting?"

"What's inappropriate about that? If you want, I can let you participate as a messenger of hell."

Lucifer patted Contract's shoulder:

"You must be willing to give up your place to your old leader, right?"

"I"

Seeing Lucifer smiling but somehow always giving people a sense of danger, Contract was keenly aware that this was a warning from the other party.

You can have some personal relationship with your old leader, but in some situations, it is better to keep a distance.

Giving up a place means agreeing to draw a line.

Thinking of this, the contract had no choice but to express: "I do."

"Look, it's solved." Lucifer clapped his hands: "This way, you can follow me in."

"That's great!" Jiang Lu smiled and nodded, then changed the subject: "So, what's the price?"

"The price. Let me think about it."

Lucifer pondered for a moment, then suddenly snapped his fingers and pointed at Samael and Asmodeus:
"My two friends want to enjoy the best service in Jiuyou Pavilion. Now looking at the situation, the contract does not arrange the best for us, so can you help?"

Jiang Lu was stunned for a moment, then accepted the favor: "No problem, I guarantee it will be top-notch." (End of this chapter)