Chapter 637 - Bribery (1/2)

Serene Darkness Mansion.

Zhong Yue, Qiu Jin'er, and the white Wu Chang was sitting in the hall with the judges and the officers accompanying them. The dancers were waltzing like butterflies in the hall center. Delicacies of Hell and the best wine were served on the table.

Some of the delicacies were even made from god spirits.

These godly spirits were pure and devoid of any resident souls. They were condensed into only three-inches and sprinkled with spices to be served as Hell's speciality.

One of the judges forked up a godly spirit and gladly devoured it.

"Nice, truly scrumptious!" He exclaimed.

Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin'er felt too uncomfortable to eat the godly spirits. Although Zhong Yue had heard from Xin Huo once saying monster god inner cores had been handpicked and served as delicacies long ago, consuming living godly spirits was a concept far too disgusting for him to accept.

Even the gluttonous Qiu Jin'er, who enjoyed delicacies more than anything, also couldn't stomach the concept.

"Come! Emissary Tianji, Emissary Buyu, Emissary Tianzheng, do eat some of Hell's best dish!" The judges laughed and said.

Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin'er exchanged a look, he then whispered to him through his psyche, "Jin'er, we have no choice but to eat. If we don't, we will be seen as declining their offer to take the same stand and they will see us as enemies."

Qiu Jin'er nodded in understanding. None of these judges are clean, they were all corrupt leaders of Hell but gaining their trust was the only way to survive.

Thus, Zhong Yue and company could only begrudgingly eat the godly spirits so that they could gain the trust of the other judges as fellow sinners.

Surely enough, such a political measure was a form of unspoken deal to everyone.

Now, the choice is solely theirs. Should they eat the godly spirits, the judges would treat them with more familiarity, but if they refused, the judges would have no choice but to kill them to cover up the rampant corruption in Hell.

Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin'er would've accepted any other method of proving themselves to the judges, but eating living godly spirits was approaching their bottom-line, especially when they were raw and uncooked.

Zhong Yue looked at the white Wu Chang who the judges referred to as Tianzheng, a name that was clearly made up as well. But even the white Wu Chang was hesitant to comply with eating the godly spirits.

Is he really a Hell Overseer, or a fake one just like us?  Zhong Yue couldn't help but question his identity.

The 18 judges were staring closely at them, their eyes were as cold as ice and their bodies were poised to spring into action.

"Friends, as much as I would like to enjoy the feast with you, I actually prefer cooked food." Tianzheng said.

The judge with a lion body, Judge Bi Luo knocked on the table and shouted, "Guards! Fork up the godly spirits and grill them on the Hellfire for Brother Tianzheng!"

Immediately, a few guards walked up with a huge pitchfork and pierced three godly spirits at the tips. The godly spirits groaned and whimpered when grilled alive with the Hellfire.

Judge Bi Luo pointed the pitchfork right at the tip of Chang Tianzheng's nose, while he gave a bright smile, "The godly spirits are best served when they are cooked medium-rare."

Chang Tianzheng frowned and forced a godly spirit down his throat. Then, he turned to Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin'er with a smile, "I am not a good eater, I shall leave the rest to my dear two colleagues.

Zhong Yue instantly sterned up his face, "I am a vegetarian."

Zheng, zheng, zheng—

A series of sounds of blades unsheating themselves could be heard as the Hell guardians raised their weapons with killing intent.

Zhong Yue lamented in his heart while Chang Tianzheng gloated furtively,  At least someone was accompanying me with the same suffering.

"Why must you be so troublesome?" Zhong Yue laughed aloud as he said, "I don't like godly spirits. However, I am somewhat fond of the gods' inner cores. I wonder if you have any of them at hand?"

The judge of Serene Darkness Mansion nodded softly, and the Hell guards immediately laughed happily, "Emissary, we are just playing around with our weapons!"

Zhong Yue heaved a breath of relief as he and Qiu Jin'er ate one godly inner core each. Then, he said to Chang Tianzheng, "Brother Tianzheng, thank you for the kind offer, but I guess you will have to keep the delicacies for yourself now."

After the feast, the dancers ebbed from the hall, and the judge of Serene Darkness Mansion clapped his hand while raising his voice, "After the feast, come the treasures! Bring them up!"

The Hell guards marched in lines into the hall and piled the treasures on the floor.

"30 godly grosgrains weaved by the Heaven Girls of the Shen Sang Celestial Race!"

"30 pieces of ape skin from the godly apes of the Ape Life Island!"