The male supporting character was actually myself.

The villas, cars, and paper money burned in the human world are just a pile of ashes; the underworld wouldn't acknowledge them! Otherwise, if everyone had a villa or car and a dozen or so young boys and girls, how much territory would the underworld have to expand?

This place is incredibly valuable!

Even if there are young boys and girls, they are not perpetual motion machines and still need food, clothing, shelter and transportation. If burning paper money costs hundreds of billions or even trillions and it really works, wouldn't the underworld experience inflation?

There are many tricks in the underworld; the exorcists won't tell the truth, otherwise how would they swindle money?

"No, that can't be right?" The shock from such a short time was too great, and Murong Liangchen's mind was even more confused. "You, you went up there before... to take my life? Before I was brought down, there was a ghost..."

Jiang Chen's expression hardened and he said seriously, "Of course not! Although I can bribe the underworld officials to bring you here for a look around, ghosts are separated by the yin and yang realms and cannot leave the underworld."

If you don't believe me, go and ask around. The underworld is a place you can only enter but never leave. Ghosts can't leave unless they're reincarnated.

"Have you clearly seen what I look like? Have you consulted a Taoist master?"

"I saw it clearly, it was you..." Murong Liangchen said guiltily in a low voice, "I heard Master Wang from Feng Valley say there was no yin energy in the house, but I really saw it..."

"Wang Baoyi, who suppressed and expelled me? Ha, he even claimed he would throw me into the eighteenth level of hell and never let me be reborn. Listen to his utter nonsense."

You didn't know that? Celestial Masters can raise ghosts, and the ghosts that follow them are very capable. Changing appearances is the simplest illusion technique. Many Celestial Masters make a lot of money by releasing and capturing ghosts themselves.

"I bet you clearly saw a ghost, but it didn't really hurt you; it just scared you. Afterwards, Wang Baoyi tried to brush you off by saying there was no yin energy here and no ghosts at all. But once you're scared out of your wits, he'll demand exorbitant amounts of money, or even company shares."

Chapter Twenty-Four: Suddenly He Was Lame

Congratulations on completing the task! The reward has been sent to your system space.

The main system notification sounded, and the seven-day task that had been pending was finally completed.

Jiang Chen was secretly delighted; the little white cat guarding the villa in the human world was also full of surprise, "Meow~ My host is really amazing! Did you manage to get the protagonist's soul to live in a ghost house in the underworld? Hehehe~ That's so interesting!"

[Task: Greet Murong Liangchen with a warm smile and guide her around the area. Reward: One-time use D-grade item x1]

[Task: Greet Murong Liangchen with a warm and smiling demeanor and explain the current situation of the city. Reward: One-time use D-grade item x1]

[Task: Greet Murong Liangchen with a warm smile and invite him to stay at the villa, explaining in detail how to use the various facilities inside. Reward: One-time use D-grade item x1]

[Mission: Greet Murong Liangchen with a warm and smiling demeanor, providing excellent service, and carefully select no fewer than four maids for him. Reward: One-time use D-grade item x1]

The main system suddenly issued several tasks in a row, as if it were acting up. Jiang Chen glanced at them and then carefully recalled the original owner's memories. Back then, when he brought his brother to the city, he did everything himself, even teaching him how to use the various high-tech gadgets installed in the house, worried that he wouldn't know how.

This is a divergence between the timeline and the mission line. The main system wants to make it repeat what has already happened!

As for the last task...

He couldn't help but sneer. The original owner of this body was kind-hearted and hadn't thought much of it; she simply selected a few pretty and capable girls to send to the villa as requested. Given the current teddy bear-like nature of the protagonist, Murong Liangchen, it was easy to understand why the main system would specifically issue this task.

If you really want to fulfill all the wishes of the chosen one, then don't blame me for being ruthless and letting you have a good time!

"You've seen the true state of the underworld along the way, haven't you? Let me tell you in detail about the situation in the underworld of Dujiang, as well as the real circumstances and living environment that people face after they die." Jiang Chen's face still had a faint smile, as gentle as when he was alive, but it made Murong Liangchen feel uneasy and dare not respond.

"The human realm is nothing compared to the underworld."

There's a saying that's widely circulated here: "Life is only a few decades long, but there are many more days after death!"

See that ghost selling clothes over there? He got a reincarnation number that means he can only be reincarnated as a human again in 500 years.

Brother, just think about it, in such a complex and chaotic metropolis, facing those cunning ghosts who have lived for hundreds of years, how difficult is it to survive and gain a foothold?

One wrong move and you could become the other ghosts' meal!

He patted Murong Liangchen on the shoulder warmly and said with a light smile, "After a person dies, their good and evil deeds are balanced out, and they have to come here to wait for reincarnation. Just like all the ghosts you see now, they all have to find their own way to solve the problems of food, clothing, shelter, and transportation."

Ghosts are special energy entities. If they don't consume enough energy each day to replenish what they've used up, they will slowly starve to death and their souls will be annihilated.

The process of starving to death is unbearable. Enduring hunger for decades, watching yourself grow weaker and weaker until you finally vanish, that feeling of despair is more terrifying than any other form of torture.

Thanks to you, I was born young and strong and was able to have a handsome appearance that would last for hundreds or even thousands of years, and I was able to build connections and expand my career many years in advance.

To express my gratitude, I specifically invited you here so you can know the truth of this world in advance, and make plans accordingly, right?

Murong Liangchen was momentarily stunned.

He was utterly confused. Putting himself in the enemy's shoes, he would do anything to ensure the enemy's eternal damnation, but Murong Jiangchen's behavior was simply...

Is it hatred or gratitude?

Now is the best opportunity to get revenge, so why isn't he taking action and instead is giving me so many explanations?

Could it be that he's actually grateful that I killed him so quickly?

Murong Liangchen was startled by his own thoughts, but the other party remained warm and smiling, showing no trace of hatred. Was he faking it? He'd already dragged me to the underworld; did he still need to put on an act?

"As the saying goes, money makes the world go round. The underworld is just like the human world; as long as you have money, everything is easy." Jiang Chen smiled and continued to deliberately mislead him, seeing the fleeting look of confusion in his eyes. "But it's much harder for ghosts to make money than for humans."

Thank goodness you let me come down early; if I had come a few days later, I wouldn't have had such a good time.

When I descended, my ancestors were about to be reincarnated. Without descendants, their vast wealth would have been confiscated. And just then, I arrived, and took over the family fortune accumulated by my ancestors.

Come, take a look at the villa I live in now.

He led the way to the luxuriously decorated villa, which made Murong Liangchen, who had been dazzled by the sights along the way, suddenly brighten up!

The villas in the underworld are much more impressive and exciting than those in the human world!

"This...this is where you live? Aren't the villas, cars and such things burned down by your descendants?" Murong Liangchen thought to himself that he killed Murong Jiangchen without anyone knowing, so there was no way anyone could have burned anything for him. How did he manage to live such a successful life?

Jiang Chen opened the magic array and let him in, then smiled and said, "You were fooled by that unscrupulous celestial master, weren't you? When I was suppressed and banished, I thought I was going to be thrown into the eighteenth level of hell and never be reincarnated, but nothing happened."

Those con artists only care about making money and just fool people who don't know the inside story.

The villas, cars, and paper money burned in the human world are just a pile of ashes; the underworld wouldn't acknowledge them! Otherwise, if everyone had a villa or car and a dozen or so young boys and girls, how much territory would the underworld have to expand?

This place is incredibly valuable!

Even if there are young boys and girls, they are not perpetual motion machines and still need food, clothing, shelter and transportation. If burning paper money costs hundreds of billions or even trillions and it really works, wouldn't the underworld experience inflation?

There are many tricks in the underworld; the exorcists won't tell the truth, otherwise how would they swindle money?

"No, that can't be right?" The shock from such a short time was too great, and Murong Liangchen's mind was even more confused. "You, you went up there before... to take my life? Before I was brought down, there was a ghost..."

Jiang Chen's expression hardened and he said seriously, "Of course not! Although I can bribe the underworld officials to bring you here for a look around, ghosts are separated by the yin and yang realms and cannot leave the underworld."

If you don't believe me, go and ask around. The underworld is a place you can only enter but never leave. Ghosts can't leave unless they're reincarnated.

"Have you clearly seen what I look like? Have you consulted a Taoist master?"

"I saw it clearly, it was you..." Murong Liangchen said guiltily in a low voice, "I heard Master Wang from Feng Valley say there was no yin energy in the house, but I really saw it..."

"Wang Baoyi, who suppressed and expelled me? Ha, he even claimed he would throw me into the eighteenth level of hell and never let me be reborn. Listen to his utter nonsense."

You didn't know that? Celestial Masters can raise ghosts, and the ghosts that follow them are very capable. Changing appearances is the simplest illusion technique. Many Celestial Masters make a lot of money by releasing and capturing ghosts themselves.

"I bet you clearly saw a ghost, but it didn't really hurt you; it just scared you. Afterwards, Wang Baoyi tried to brush you off by saying there was no yin energy here and no ghosts at all. But once you're scared out of your wits, he'll demand exorbitant amounts of money, or even company shares."

Chapter Twenty-Five: Suddenly He Was Lame 2

Murong Liangchen was taken aback when he heard him say that.

He had long harbored resentment towards Wang Baoyi, and seeing with his own eyes that Murong Jiangchen, who should have been thrown into the eighteenth level of hell, was still living a better life here than in the human world, it was clear that Wang Baoyi was deceiving him!

"That old liar!" he cursed through gritted teeth, his feelings a jumble of emotions.

Having fallen into Murong Jiangchen's hands again after being captured by the underworld officials, he had no choice but to resign himself to fate and take things one step at a time.

I hope this guy isn't lying to me, otherwise...

Upon receiving a series of tasks issued by the main system, Jiang Chen immediately decided to change his strategy. He patted his shoulder and said with a smile, "Brother, you need to be more careful."

Wang Baoyi deals with ghosts every day, so it's easy for him to mess with you.

"I'll teach you a good plan—when you get back, invite several Taoist masters. Although many of them will protect each other, you're bound to find one or two who aren't greedy. That way, you'll definitely be able to catch the mastermind! Otherwise, hehe, you can just wait to fill Wang Baoyi's bottomless pit."

"Okay, okay, I'll remember." Murong Liangchen nodded and bowed in agreement, then raised her wrist and looked at him with a fawning expression, "I..."

He subtly withdrew the black line and explained, "After all, you are a living soul, and in the eyes of many ghosts in the underworld, you are a delicious meal. To prevent you from being captured and devoured, I have no choice but to assert my dominance in this way. Come, I will show you the room prepared for you."

Floating in the huge, luxurious villa, Murong Liangchen's eyes couldn't take it all in.

"The technology in the human world is developing fast, right? But those outstanding talents only serve the human world for a few years. In the underworld, it can take hundreds of years to be reincarnated. With so many high-end talents gathered there, the development speed of the underworld is much faster than that of the human world."

Jiang Chen explained how to use the various facilities in the room that Murong Liangchen had never heard of, seen, or even thought of before. For a moment, he felt as if time had reversed.

This scene is so similar to when I first arrived in Dujiang. I never thought it would still be like this. I feel like a country bumpkin who has never seen the world, while Murong Jiangchen is always the best.

They are clearly brothers born of the same mother, yet they share the same face.

Why does he always do better than me everywhere?!

Hearing the continuous notifications from the main system indicating that the tasks were completed, Jiang Chen's smile deepened as he continued to mislead, "You saw ghosts coming and going on the street earlier, men, women, young and old, all kinds of people, right?"

This is also a major misconception in the human world, which I only learned after I came to the underworld—the appearance of people living in the underworld is what they look like when their life ends.

In other words, my untimely death was a lucky accident; who wouldn't want to stay young forever?

If you wait until you're eighty or ninety years old to die peacefully, and then live for hundreds of years in a frail and old age, what beautiful female ghost would like a decrepit old man? Even if she had any thoughts, she wouldn't have the strength or ability to express them, would she?

Moreover, by then, their ancestors might be unable to provide shelter due to various unforeseen circumstances. Arriving here in unfamiliar territory with no one to rely on, even survival would be a problem.

Murong Liangchen was even more confused. This was too far beyond his comprehension!

Is the saying "dying early and being reborn early" actually a wise warning?

The earlier you die, the more advantageous it is to come here sooner to develop and operate. In this light, the human world is just a fleeting visit, and this is the eternal final destination!

"Isn't this house quite nice?" Jiang Chen, deliberately avoiding the main point and misleading the protagonist, smiled and said, "This villa alone is worth a fortune in the Jiangyin region. I've also taken over the business my ancestors ran, and I have experience running companies, so it's a perfect fit. I'll work my way up a few more years and see if I can get a minor official position, then I won't have to reincarnate again."

Murong Liangchen was shocked. To be immortal and live a life of debauchery without being subject to reincarnation—wasn't that the life of a god?

No wonder this kid doesn't hold a grudge against me at all; it turns out he got a great deal by accident!

"Little brother, I was really short-sighted before and did something that hurt you. You didn't hold a grudge and even made me a warning..."

"This is the second reason I invited you here today." Jiang Chen looked at him sincerely and said, word by word, "The things that happened before my death are completely over. We brothers have reconciled and eliminated our misunderstandings."

You manage your family business well in the human world and pass it on; I will continue the legacy of our ancestors in the underworld and strive to develop it. We'll live our own lives peacefully from now on, without interfering with each other.

He chuckled mysteriously in a low voice, "The beauties of the underworld are far superior to those ordinary women up here. Ghosts, after all, know a lot of tricks and can be played with however you like. Want to try a few?"

I'm the best!

And this good thing? !

Stunned by the series of intense shocks, Murong Liangchen carefully recalled what he had seen and heard along the way, and found Murong Jiangchen's words to be increasingly reasonable.