The red-haired woman trembled even harder.
Cheng Ran (Qian Renxue) pointed at her. "What's your name?"
"H-Hong Ji."
"Hong Ji, is it? Good name. From today on, you're one of Slaughter City's Four Emperors, codename Hong Ji, in charge of day-to-day management. Food and lodging included. Work for three full years with good performance, and you'll be considered for promotion, with enough wealth and luxury to last you a lifetime."
Hong Ji froze. "Me? One of the Four Emperors?"
Cheng Ran casually asked, "What did you do before?"
Hong Ji said quietly, "I used to be the deputy commander of a medium-sized mercenary group in the Heaven Dou Empire. My Martial Soul is the Blood Spear, and I'm a rank sixty-eight Soul Emperor.
"The commander wanted to pocket all the mission pay, so he sold me out. I crawled out of a pile of corpses and killed him."
Cheng Ran raised an eyebrow. "Being a mercenary group's deputy commander means you have management experience. All right, I can rest easy leaving this job to you."
Cheng Ran (Qian Renxue) pointed at the voluptuous woman next. "What's your name?"
The woman's voice trembled. "My name is White Lady. My Martial Soul is the White Fox."
"White Lady, you're the second of the Four Emperors, codename White Fox, in charge of brute force. If anyone dares cause trouble in the city or break the rules, beat them within an inch of their life. If they die, that's on me."
White Lady went deathly pale. "But I'm only rank sixty..."
Cheng Ran (Qian Renxue) swept a hand through the air. "I'll have someone send over a batch of specially made Angel Soul Tools later, called the Zhuge Divine Craftsman · Automatic Repeating Crossbow. It doesn't matter if you can't fight, as long as