Purgatory Artist
Chapter 518: The Scepter

Chapter 518: The Scepter

The door of the castle opened.

In the middle of the main hall stood a statue of a flying bird.

Liu Ping walked in front of the statue and carefully observed it.

"Aren’t you curious why there’s a statue of a flying bird in the middle of the devil’s bank?"

A female voice came.

A noble lady with a fan in her hand walked down the stairs, wearing a crown inlaid with gems on her head.

"That’s right, why would there be such a statue in the Hellfire Bank?" Liu Ping asked.

"Because when it was first established, it borrowed money from us, the Bramble Birds, to pay their respects, they erected this statue in the main hall. Hello, I am the Bramble Bird Empress, Lahuana" the noblewoman greeted her.

"I am Liu Ping." Liu Ping clasped his fist.

"I know you, but I didn’t know you were an ally of us Bramble Birds." the Bramble Bird Empress said as she walked in front of him and carefully observed the ring on his finger.

"Your Majesty seems to care a lot about this ring?" Liu Ping asked.

"Because his Majesty has been missing for a long time. Apparently, he heard some prophecy about the end of the world, so he went looking for a Combatant who could save our race. But he’s been gone for so long that we’ve lost contact with him." the Bramble Bird Empress answered.

Liu Ping spoke: "This ring ..."

"It contains his unique presence, if I use a secret technique, I’ll be able to find him." the Bramble Bird Empress answered.

"Then give it a try, I haven’t seen him in a long time as well."

Liu Ping took the ring off his finger and tossed it to her.

The Bramble Bird Empress caught the ring, looked at him in surprise and muttered: "You should know that the wealth inside this ring isn’t a small amount."

"This ring has indeed helped me a lot, so I’ve always been grateful to the king, and now it’s time for me to repay him." Liu Ping replied.

"Thank you very much." the Bramble Bird Empress sincerely bowed.

"No need to be so formal, I also want to know about his safety" Liu Ping replied.

The Bramble Bird Empress didn’t wait any longer, held the ring in her hand and quickly chanted a long incantation.

Following the incantation, the ring slowly floated up and gave off a faint glow.

"It will display every single piece of information that has occurred recently." the Bramble Bird Empress explained.

Liu Ping nodded.

A second later.

The light on the ring flew out and manifested into lines of text in front of everyone:

[User: Liu Ping, human. Received treasure: Ten Thousand Spirit Wailing Diamond. Trade Partner: Hellfire Demon God (Last three days).]

[User: Liu Ping, Human. Obtained treasure: Ten Thousand Spirit Wailing Diamond. Trade Partner: Demetrius (Last three days).]

[User: Liu Ping, Human. Received treasure: Dark Soul Diamond. Trade Partner: Maria (Last three days).]

[...]

Liu Ping watched quietly.

The White Wolf whispered behind him, "Hey, isn’t this just a bank account?"

"This is the first time I’ve seen a spell that can check a bank’s income. As expected of the Bramble Bird Clan, they can even use this kind of thing as a spell," Luo Xingchen whispered.

Suddenly, Liu Ping made a shushing gesture.

The two of them immediately shut their mouths and followed his gaze.

A new line of text appeared in the air:

[User: Bramble Bird King, leader of the Bramble Birds. Received treasure: Flower Sea Gem. Trade partner: Flower Enchantress (3 days)]

As soon as this line of text appeared, the atmosphere in the hall changed completely.

The Bramble Bird Empress gave off a faint murderous aura, but her face showed a polite smile as she spoke: "Seems like his majesty is fine. After all, a slut like the Flower Enchantress only knows how to make men happy, she doesn’t have the guts to kill anyone"

Liu Ping opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

I was indeed worried about that man’s safety, that’s why I handed this ring over.

Who knew it would end up like this?

The Bramble Bird Empress turned around and spoke in an understanding tone: "Liu Ping, you don’t need to think too much about it. He’s actually using you as a shield and sharing this ring with you. It’s just that his personal stash is too much, you wouldn’t even notice if he lost a gem or two."

"That’s true, I didn’t notice, I didn’t notice." Liu Ping sighed.

The Bramble Bird Empress thought for a bit, then took off another ring from her finger and put it in Liu Ping’s hand.

"A king giving his personal stash to an ally for use, that’s very inappropriate and embarrassing, please use this ring."

Without waiting for Liu Ping to say anything, she continued: "The matter of the Hellfire Bank, we Bramble Birds fully support you as the successor. I’ve already ordered my men to take care of it."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Liu Ping didn’t know what she was talking about, but still thanked her.

"I won’t speak with you for now, once the king is back, we’ll come visit you together." the Bramble Bird Empress said.

"Very well, take care." Liu Ping replied.

The Bramble Bird Empress smiled at him again and opened a warp gate.

She stepped inside and ordered the maids inside: "Men, I’m going to save his majesty the king myself. Bring me my whip, as well as all the torture tools I’ve collected ..."

As the warp gate closed, her voice also disappeared.

Outside, Liu Ping, Bai Lang, and Luo Xingchen all sighed in relief.

"Although she’s not very strong, that doesn’t stop me from seeing her as my idol." Luo Xingchen said.

"That scared me to death ... I’m never going to get married again ..." Bai Lang muttered.

Liu Ping looked at the ring in his hand, seeing lines of burning text floating on top of it:

[Bramble Bird Ring]

[Note: The key to the Bramble Bird Kingdom’s treasury, able to access any treasure of the kingdom at any time]

[Only by earning the trust of both the Bramble Bird King and the Empress will you have a chance to obtain this ring]

As Liu Ping put the ring on his finger, the statue in front of him suddenly moved.

The Bramble Bird statue flapped its wings and came back to life, lightly pecked at the void of space with a scroll in its beak, then put it in front of Liu Ping before flying back.

The scroll opened up.

Liu Ping carefully read it and sighed: "As one of the seven directors of the bank, the Empress has declared her support for me to inherit the Hellfire Bank."

"You already have half of the bank’s wealth, you just killed a director, and earned the support of the Bramble Birds, there shouldn’t be any problems now, right?" Bai Lang asked.

"There’s probably still a few idiots who might jump out, after all, this is a huge amount of wealth and authority" Liu Ping replied.

A few windows suddenly opened up in the void of space.

Compared to last time, there were only 5 windows left.

The five directors stood in front of their own windows, looking down at Liu Ping with different expressions.

"If even the Bramble Birds support you, then there’s no reason for us to stop you." one of them said.

"But you’re still too young, and a human at that, there might be a lot of suspicious people in the bank, this will affect the entire operation of the bank." another said.

The other three all nodded in agreement.

Liu Ping continued: "I have a series of measures that, once implemented, will dispel all suspicions, as well as motivate every member of the bank. After all, this is Purgatory, after everyone knows how I do things, they’ll definitely behave."

The five directors exchanged glances.

One of them shook his head: "Young man, that’s not how business is discussed, we need to propose a few conditions, if you can..."

His head suddenly disappeared.

The headless body wobbled, fell out of the window and landed on the white floor, splashing blood everywhere.

White wolf flew back from the window, handing the head to Liu Ping.

Liu Ping received the head and casually tossed it.

Splash!

The head fell into the fountain pool and gradually turned into a ball of blood, floating in the pool water, bobbing up and down unsteadily.

The four directors looked at the head in the water, falling silent.

Liu Ping smiled: "Listen, I know you have a huge force and countless subordinates behind you, but I don’t care at all. Now that the first work measure has been implemented, do you want to work hard, or do you want to see my second work measure?"

Behind him, Star whispered to Wolf:

"You’re too fast, I haven’t even made a move."

"You kill the next one." Wolf whispered.

"Okay ..."

Luo Xingchen looked at the remaining directors, as if choosing a target.

Suddenly.

One of the directors said: "I’m going to do something."

He disappeared from the window.

Liu Ping looked at the remaining people and continued: "If you’re going to do something, do it well. If anyone tries anything, I’ll definitely kill your entire family; but if you do well, I won’t be stingy with rewards. To be honest, I don’t care about money, I want this bank for other purposes, understand?"

"Yes, I’m going to do it now." another director said.

The other two nodded.

All the windows disappeared.

The directors were all gone.

"I’m afraid this isn’t over." Wolf pondered.

"Of course it won’t be that simple. After all, this is the richest institution in the entire Purgatory, who would be willing to share such a large piece of meat with others?" Star’s Daughter sneered.

Liu Ping also nodded: "My Tribulation realm isn’t over yet, they’ll definitely take this opportunity to get rid of me. Otherwise, when I advance to the next realm, they’ll have even less hope."

He glanced at the void of space.

A line of burning words floated there motionlessly:

[Li Zhangxue, Yana, and Maria can last for: 35 hours.]

After spending an hour, he finally made some progress.

Next, he has to be fast!

He has to complete what he wants to do as fast as possible!

While Liu Ping was silently thinking, the void of space suddenly opened.

A black scepter gently descended, stopping in front of Liu Ping.

"Esteemed sir, the successor of the Hellfire Devil King, please inherit this scepter and become the helmsman of the Hellfire Bank"

A director’s voice came.

Liu Ping looked at the scepter, seeing lines of burning words appearing in the void of space:

[The scepter of the Hellfire Bank]

[Note: The holder of this scepter can command the entire bank, becoming the true controller of the bank]

[A symbol of wealth and power]

Liu Ping smiled and reached out to hold the scepter. "Not bad, this is a good start."

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