Petty Devils Are Hard to Deal With

"Qingnü, come with me!"

Knowing that Judge Qian and Yin Yunze had a grudge, and seeing that the City God had disappeared, Judge Li took the initiative to walk up to Yin Yunze asked him to follow him out of the City God's Dao Field.

It wasn't until he reached the entrance of the City God that Yin Yunze remembered he was still wearing the God-Binding Shackles.

"Uncle Li, what's wrong with me??"

While wondering why Judge Li hadn't mentioned it earlier, Yin Yunze raised his hand, letting Judge Li see the God-Binding Shackles on his hand.

"I'll take you straight home, don't Judge Qian!"

Looking at Yin Yunze, Judge Li explained softly, "To be honest, I don't think you should continue to have contact with Judge Qian."

"Hey, Judge Li, it's not good to talk about me behind my back!"

As they were talking, Judge Qian walked out of the Subordinate Deity with a smile, followed by two pale-faced little devils.

"Judge Qian, your arrival is just in time." Looking at Judge Qian, Judge Li's expression turned serious, and he immediately changed his tune. "Since the City God hasn't punished Qingnü, shouldn't you remove these God-Binding Shackles bind her?"

"Of course, I'm not the kind of person who likes to bully children!" Upon hearing this, Judge Qian actually took out a key and handed it to one of the two little devils beside him, while ordering, "You two, go and remove the shackles from Lady Qingnü."

After explaining this matter, Judge Qian looked at Judge Li and said, "As for Judge Li, the City God wants you to come over!"

"I understand now."

Although puzzled as to why he was summoned back in so soon after leaving, it was clear that this was not a case of Judge Qian falsely conveying an imperial edict. With an apologetic glance at Yin Yunze, Judge Li hurriedly returned to the City God's Dao Field.

Judge Qian followed Judge Li's steps back.

However, before entering the Dao Field, he gave Yin Yunze a meaningful look.

Yin Yunze also noticed this, but he had no idea what Judge Qian was up to.

However, Yin Yunze soon noticed that the pale-faced brat holding the key was constantly turning it.

She looked at Yin Yunze with a smile, but did not provide any specific instructions on how to remove the God-Binding Shackles from Yin Yunze.

Looking at the two pale-faced imps brought by Judge Qian, Yin Yunze frowned and said, "You two, are you not allowed to untie me?"

"Oh, oh, oh, how could we! This is a job Judge Qian; how could we dare disobey?"

Despite saying this, the pale-faced imp holding the key remained rooted to the spot, grinning and saying, "But, Lady Qingnü, your family is so wealthy and powerful, please give us a little something for our hard work!"

Good heavens, Yin Yunze has now personally experienced what it means to be an easy target for the King of Hell, but a troublesome underling!

The City God was still quite polite to Yin Yunze, but these two brats brazenly started asking for kickbacks.

Yin Yunze didn't know whether this was intentionally orchestrated by Judge Qian, or whether these two brats thought Yin Yunze was too young and easy to bully!

However, no matter what, these two pale-faced imps were still under the command of the City God.

Suppressing his anger, Yin Yunze calmly asked, "How much of a kickback do you want?"

"As expected of the Lady Qingnü, who is Innate Holy Spirit, she is truly magnanimous."

"This is extraordinary! Absolutely extraordinary!"

Upon hearing Yin Yunze back down, the two pale-faced brats immediately chuckled.

However, to Yin Yunze, the words of these two people sounded extremely harsh.

"We brothers don't need much from you, just give us a pinch of incense!"

"A pinch of incense?"

Hearing this unit of measurement, Yin Yunze was a little confused. But it sounded like the quantity wasn't very large.

"Look at our brains! We forgot, Lady Qingnü doesn't know that!"

With a grin, he tapped his head and explained, "This is how we refer to the amount of incense offered. The smallest is 'one twirl,' which is the amount of incense offered by one person for a year. Then there's 'one pinch,' which is the amount of incense offered by ten people for a year."

One pillar is the amount for one hundred people for a year! Above that, there are one thousand people for a year, which is called one dozen.

"Ten thousand people a year is one sacrifice, one hundred thousand people a year is one ritual sacrifice—hehe, Lady Qingnü, am I clear enough?"

No way, you two bastards! You want me to pay 3,650 offerings just to unlock a lock?

Yin Yunze felt his Qi and Blood rushing to his head. He had previously tried to curry favor with Judge Li, the Black and White Impermanence, Ox-Head and Horse-Face, and the other three thousand four hundred portions of food!

You two brats, you dare to ask for 3,650 portions just to unlock a door!?

After suppressing his anger and thinking for a while, Yin Yunze understood!

These two brats clearly didn't have the appetite to eat that much; it was obviously Judge Qian who was secretly instigating them.

After all, it was Judge Qian who initially put these God-Binding Shackles on Yin Yunze.

Yin Yunze initially thought that Judge Qian was just trying to make things difficult for her, but he never expected that the real trap was here!

If Yin Yunze is willing to settle the matter by offering incense, that would naturally be the best outcome.

If he was unwilling, then God-Binding Shackles for a day, and Judge Qian could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

If things get out of hand, Judge Qian can easily pin the blame on those two pale-faced brats.

While the two pale-faced brats will certainly be punished, Yin Yunze's popularity at the City God will be completely ruined.

Although still angry, after calming down and thinking it over, Yin Yunze decided to treat it as a way to repair his relationship with Judge Qian.

Suppressing his anger, Yin Yunze divided out 3,650 incense sticks and handed them to the little devil who had the key.

"The Lady Qingnü is so magnanimous!"

After saying "Good," the little devil didn't absorb the incense offering. He carefully put it away and then actually unlocked the God-Binding Shackles on Yin Yunze's left hand.

Then, Yin Yunze saw him hand the key to another white-faced imp.

The pale-faced imp, however, held out the key to Yin Yunze and asked, "Lady Qingnü, where's my share?"

"You're so..."

Yin Yunze never expected that these two little devils could be so shameless!

They still weren't satisfied with over 3,600 orders, and they dared to ask for another one.

Barely maintaining his composure and refraining from actually uttering a curse, Yin Yunze turned and walked out of the City God!

These two little devils were instigated by Judge Qian, and Yin Yunze could no longer tolerate it.

So what if I have to wear these broken shackles for one day!

Yin Yunze can afford to wait!

Seeing Yin Yunze about to leave, the pale-faced imp holding the key hurriedly called out, "Lady Qingnü, are you confused? Lady Qingnü, have you thought this through? Let me tell you, if you leave like this, you'll be in trouble! Don't blame me for not warning you!"

Hearing the kid's call, Yin Yunze quickened his pace.

Even though they have Judge Qian backing them, Yin Yunze still backed down.

Then Yin Yunze shouldn't call himself a fox spirit; he'd be more like a tortoise or a turtle!

If I could go back to reality, I would have blown you all up!

Gritting her teeth in resentment, Yin Yunze deeply missed the immense help she had received in the real world.

"Lady Qingnü, how about this, I have something very important to tell you, it might be something that could cost you your life!"

At that moment, the pale-faced imp holding the key shouted again.

If I believe you, am I not a fox, but a pig?

Yin Yunze silently scoffed at the kid's nonsense, not believing a word of it.

Yin Yunze quickly left, but didn't notice a figure emerging from a corner.

"The Lady Qingnü? She seems quite angry!"

Seeing Yin Yunze's angry and hurried steps, Provincial Graduate Guo, who had somehow broken free from Ox-Head and Horse-Face and was now approaching again, muttered, "He must have been bullied by that damned City God! That damned City God! This Lady Qingnü is such a good deity! I have to follow her and see, lest she take her Lady Qingnü life!"

After seeing Yin Yunze leave, and waiting a little while longer, the pale-faced little ghost who had received the incense turned and walked into the City God.

They walked all the way to a study filled with case files before the pale-faced boy pushed open the door and went inside.

And sitting at the desk was none other than Judge Qian.

Glancing at the pale-faced brat, Judge Qian shook his head and sighed, "Are you the only one?"

"Yes!"

The pale-faced imp nodded, then walked up to Judge Qian and handed over the Power of Incense Offerings.

"What pure incense!"

After briefly sensing the Power of Incense Offerings, Judge Qian couldn't help but sigh in admiration, then shook his head and said, "What a pity! I disregarded past grievances and was prepared to give her this opportunity! I gave her the chance, but she didn't seize it—"

Hearing Judge Qian say this, the pale-faced imp couldn't help but ask, "Judge Qian, Qingnü Innate Holy Spirit— "

Will there be any problems if we do this? What if the powerful figure behind Qingnü gets involved because of this—"

He smiled at the pale-faced boy, but Judge Qian's eyes were indifferent.

"What does this have to do with me? I specifically instructed you to remove the God-Binding Shackles binding Qingnü, didn't I?"

The pale-faced imp's expression changed upon hearing this, but at that moment, a hand firmly gripped his neck.

Looking at the pale-faced imp, Judge Qian shook his head and said, "You're quite clever to have thought of that, but unfortunately, you're not clever enough! If you were truly clever, you should have taken this incense and run as far away as possible, instead of coming before me. This incense was originally meant for you—"

"I gave you a chance! Unfortunately, you didn't seize it!"

Before the pale-faced imp could beg for mercy, Judge Qian exerted his strength, turning the imp into countless fragments.

"Why----"

Waving his hand, and looking at the Power of Incense Offerings before him, Judge Qian sighed, "What a pity! It takes countless years for an Innate Holy Spirit to appear!"