20: I am a queen, my confidence shines brightly.

"Oh! So it's because it's hot! But Host, you're using spiritual power, so you shouldn't feel hot," Xiao Si tilted its head and asked in confusion.

"You don't understand! This Old Lady is feeling nature and experiencing the four seasons," Shang Wan Ning pouted, hoodwinking Xiao Si.

"So that's how it is! Experiencing the four seasons is indeed very helpful for cultivation," Xiao Si spouted nonsense with a straight face.

Shang Wan Ning was secretly delighted; Xiao Si was quite easy to fool.

Deep within the system, Xiao Si was secretly content, thinking that the Host was truly easy to coax!

...

Shang Wan Ning changed out of her pajamas and put on the ladies' suit that Xiao Si had prepared. "Ying ying ying! I'm getting so skilled at wearing girls' clothes now!"

Facing the mirror, she tidied her hair and nodded with satisfaction. She turned and asked Xiao Si: "How is it? Does it look like a successful businesswoman?"

Xiao Si nodded quickly, praising: "The Host looks so good, you are simply a queen of the business world!"

Shang Wan Ning smiled, picked up the Chanel bag on the nightstand, and walked out with full confidence, exuding the aura of "This Sister is the Queen."

Arriving at the building, Shang Wan Ning, dressed in a black suit, stepped on high heels and walked gracefully toward the boss's private elevator. Her steps were light and confident, as if the whole world was under her control.

"Ding-dong!" With a crisp prompt, the elevator arrived on the first floor. Shang Wan Ning stepped into the elevator calmly and pressed the "18" floor button.

The elevator doors closed slowly, and after a brief silence, it quickly arrived at the 18th floor.

Shang Wan Ning stepped out of the elevator and arrived at the spacious and bright office. She walked straight to the desk, sat down on the comfortable swivel chair, and spun around lightly a few times.

"Cough, cough, Xiao Si. How much incense value is left?" Shang Wan Ning asked suddenly.

"great host, there are 168,950,000 incense value points remaining," Xiao Si answered quickly.

"There's still over a hundred million! Should I buy ghost messengers first, or the flower of the other shore?" Shang Wan Ning frowned, falling into hesitation—at this moment, the Yellow Springs Road was still bare.

Closing her eyes, she pondered for a moment, then Shang Wan Ning opened her eyes abruptly, picked up a signature pen without hesitation, and wrote on a sheet of A4 paper.

The ink slowly appeared, eventually forming a few clear words— "Ten Underworld Marshals!"

"I'll buy the ghost messengers first; the Southwest region needs to be set up as well. Next is..." Shang Wan Ning cupped her chin, pondering while doodling on the A4 paper, turning her thoughts into practical plans and layouts.

Suddenly, Xiao Si let out a shout from within the system: "Wow! great host, your handwriting is truly beautiful! It's simply a work of art!"

Shang Wan Ning was so startled by the sudden voice that her hand shook, and the lines under her pen immediately deviated from their original path, making the map instantly look crooked.

She couldn't help but frown, and just as she was about to reprimand Xiao Si, she heard Xiao Si continue to praise: "The handwriting is flowing like clouds and water, elegant and unrestrained, with a style of its own. It makes people feel at a glance that the person who wrote this must be an extraordinary master."

Shang Wan Ning raised an eyebrow, not expecting Xiao Si to have learned how to butter her up. She chuckled and teased: "Oh! Xiao Si, you actually know how to butter me up? Not bad."

After all, Xiao Si usually mocked her, so this sudden praise made her feel a bit unaccustomed, and she sighed helplessly.

"Hehe!"

Xiao Si seemed to have noticed Shang Wan Ning's thoughts and remained awkwardly silent, probably too guilty to say anything more.

"Forget it! Xiao Si, use 100 million incense value to exchange for 5,000 ghost messengers and disperse them in the Southwest region." Shang Wan Ning snapped her fingers, and a map of the Xia Kingdom suddenly appeared in the empty office.

As her voice fell, a virtual screen appeared before her eyes, displaying various data and options. Xiao Si operated it skillfully, exchanging 100 million incense value for 5,000 ghost messengers and assigning them to the Southwest region.

"Alright! Host. Done!" Xiao Si said.

Shang Wan Ning nodded and continued: "Wait a moment, Xiao Si, use another 60 million to exchange for the Underworld Marshal Black and White Impermanence, and place them in the Underworld; we'll talk when I go back."

"Understood, Host. Is there anything else you need Xiao Si to do!" Xiao Si asked quickly.

"That should be it, right!" Shang Wan Ning was also a bit uncertain, rubbing her throbbing temples, her brows furrowed as she secretly calculated the incense value needed for the full construction of the Underworld's infrastructure.

This number was staggering; the need for hundreds of billions of incense value made her feel "under immense pressure."

"A penny can stump a hero!" Shang Wan Ning complained helplessly.

"Host, why don't we consider building it in stages? We can focus on building the Bridge of Helplessness and Rebirth City first, which will ensure that ghosts can successfully reincarnate. Otherwise, the human world might be crowded out by ghosts. As for the Eighteen Levels of Hell and the City God Mansion, we can deal with them later," Xiao Si suggested a feasible plan.

Shang Wan Ning rolled her eyes helplessly: "I want to do that too, but the problem is that there isn't enough incense value right now!"

"Host, actually you could consider investing a few tens of thousands of incense value first to build a model and see how the overall layout looks? Once you have enough incense value, you can use the model to accelerate the construction. It can also be customized to your liking, killing two birds with one stone." Xiao Si had a flash of inspiration and proposed a new idea.

After thinking for a moment, Shang Wan Ning decided that Xiao Si's suggestion was feasible. So she decided to spend tens of thousands of incense value to simulate the construction of the Bridge of Helplessness and Rebirth City.

She quickly opened the mall and purchased a large amount of model materials and tools. Then, she circulated the spiritual power in her body and summoned a group of Wandering Souls to start construction.

"The second one to the left, closer," Shang Wan Ning directed the Wandering Souls.

"Slower, slower," she reminded again.

"Move the Bridge of Helplessness a bit to the right!" Shang Wan Ning shouted.

...

Shang, with her obsessive-compulsive disorder, perfected the concept in her mind bit by bit.

Two hours later, the models of the Bridge of Helplessness and Rebirth City gradually took shape.

Shang Wan Ning pursed her lips and stood to the side, carefully observing the model. "Hmm, not bad, not bad, it looks quite like the real thing," she muttered to herself.

"However, this is just a model; building the real thing will require much more incense value."

She tilted her head to look at Xiao Si and said: "Xiao Si, what do you think would happen if we added some greenery here? Like planting some flowers of the other shore or something."

Xiao Si thought about it and encouraged her: "Host, that would definitely look better, and the flowers of the other shore can also absorb the resentment of souls, which helps maintain the balance of the Underworld."

Shang Wan Ning nodded: "Then it's settled. Once we have enough incense value, we will build this area into the real Bridge of Helplessness and Rebirth City."

After speaking, Shang Wan Ning put away the model and began to think about how to trick (crossed out) earn more incense value next.