Ling Tian took the beer and said to the floor manager of Ru Yan Shui Xie, "I've been having a lot of internal heat lately, causing my eyes to hurt and my mouth and tongue to develop sores.
Additionally, my digestion isn't great, and I often burp and regurgitate acid.
Do you have professional Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) masseurs here? I'd like some treatment!"
Upon hearing Ling Tian's request, the woman's pupils contracted sharply. She immediately smiled and nodded.
What Ling Tian said was not random; it was a code for Yan Yu Ge.
Yan Yu Ge, with its centuries of inheritance, possessed a very complete and mature system for identifying friend from foe and for transmitting information.
"We have TCM masseurs hired from a medical clinic. Please follow me!"
The floor manager then led Ling Tian into the elevator.
The floor manager did not press any buttons. Instead, she took out a magnetic card and swiped it on the elevator panel.
The elevator ascended, and in the blink of an eye, it reached the highest floor, the fifth floor.
However, the elevator did not stop there. It continued to ascend for a while longer before finally coming to a halt.
As they exited the elevator, Ling Tian found himself in a passageway. A few meters away was a large iron gate with a password lock.
The woman stopped in front of the iron gate, turned to look at Ling Tian, and then said, "Yan Yu Mi Meng!"
Ling Tian smiled and replied, "Ru Yan Si Huan, Ru Meng Chu Xing!"
Upon hearing this, the manager smiled; the code matched.
"Please present your token!"
Ling Tian pretended to reach into the pocket of his bathrobe. In that instant, a thought flashed through his mind, and a completely black plaque appeared in his hand.
After the manager saw it, she immediately knelt on one knee.
"Fu Liu greets the Young Master!"
"You know my identity?"
Ling Tian helped Fu Liu up and asked with great curiosity.
"Yes, not long ago, the Sect Master personally came and instructed us that your command is the Sect Master's command.
The Sect Master requires us to fulfill all your requests!"
"Very good. Who is in charge here? I want to see her!"
"Please follow me."
The woman walked to the thick iron gate and entered a sequence of over ten digits into the password lock.
A "ding" sound echoed, and the iron gate made a "clack" sound as it opened to both sides, revealing a world of openness beyond.
Ling Tian walked through the iron gate and saw several young women on the other side. Upon seeing Ling Tian, they immediately bowed and saluted him.
"Greetings, Young Sect Master!"
These young women were all of the highest caliber in terms of demeanor, appearance, and figure.
Furthermore, Ling Tian could sense through his observation techniques that all these women were skilled in martial arts.
However, at this moment, Ling Tian's gaze fell upon one woman wearing a white qipao with plum blossoms.
This woman was nearly 1.75 meters tall, with a graceful and alluring figure. Her long legs were particularly captivating.
Looking at her face, her beauty was world-shattering. Especially her eyes, with long eyelashes and a gaze that flowed like rippling water, drawing one in.
In terms of appearance, she was undoubtedly on the same level as Wang Bingxia and Han Yueyue. But if her demeanor was added, this woman's charm even surpassed those two.
Ling Tian stared at this woman, stunned. After a long while, he opened his mouth wide.
"Sister Hong, is that you?"
"Young Sect Master, you've finally arrived. You've made us wait so long!"
"Sister Hong, please don't tease me like that. You're just making fun of me." Ling Tian said with a wry smile.
"Young Sect Master, propriety must be observed!"
At this moment, the other young women were looking at Ling Tian with curiosity. Their gazes also fell upon this woman.
Gossip is human nature, and these women of Yan Yu Ge also sensed that there might be some connection between this woman and Ling Tian.
"You may all withdraw!
Young Master, please follow me!"
The woman Ling Tian called Sister Hong made a gesture of invitation and led the way, guiding Ling Tian towards a room inside.
Her gait was graceful and alluring, making any male observer behind her have impure thoughts.
Ling Tian's mind was momentarily swayed, and he almost lost his composure. However, at that very instant, the key-shaped tattoo on his body suddenly released a surge of energy.
This energy quickly entered Ling Tian's body, and he felt as if he had been electrocuted, regaining his senses in an instant.
Ling Tian quickly realized what had happened; he had almost fallen prey to her charm.
This woman's seductive arts were truly uncanny!
Fortunately, he possessed the Key of the Spirit Realm, which was the nemesis of such enchanting arts!
Finally, they entered a room.
The room was antique and furnished with bamboo and wood.
A large solid wood tea table was set with tea sets, and beside it, on a sandalwood table, rested a guqin.
Ling Tian sat down on a chair, and the woman closed the door.
"Young Sect Master, I never expected you to become so handsome and dashing..."
"Sister Hong, please stop teasing me."
"No, propriety must be observed. You are the Young Sect Master of our Yan Yu Ge, and we must treat you as we would the Sect Master."
"Then I order you, when it's just the two of us in private, to stop calling me Young Sect Master and to abandon all these formalities. Let's interact and address each other as we did before!"
"As you command! Young Sect Master!" Sister Hong said gracefully.
The woman before him was originally named Qiu Hong. Later, when she joined Yan Yu Ge, Ru Yan gave her the nickname Qiu Hong.
Qiu Hong's background was very tragic; her mother was a prostitute, and her father was a gambling addict.
She never experienced the warmth of a home in her childhood, and instead, she was often beaten and scolded by her parents.
These parents, worse than beasts, would even beat Qiu Hong for their amusement when they were unhappy.
When Qiu Hong was six years old, her mother died in a car accident. Her gambling addict father, instead of thinking about how to raise his child, even sold Qiu Hong to human traffickers!
Imagine how miserable a six-year-old girl would be in the hands of human traffickers.
Fortunately, this incident was encountered by Ling Tian's sixth master, Ru Yan, who rescued Qiu Hong, and the gambler and human trafficker received their due punishment.
Ling Tian's sixth master, Ru Yan, had a background very similar to Qiu Hong's. Most of the women in Yan Yu Ge had also experienced such difficult fates.
Ru Yan was very fond of this child, her maternal instincts overflowing, so she took Qiu Hong as her disciple and kept her by her side.
While called a disciple, she was essentially raised like a daughter.
Qiu Hong was a child with excellent aptitude. Having endured so much hardship since childhood, her will was firm, and she could endure hardship. Therefore, Ru Yan passed on all her skills to Qiu Hong and prepared to groom her as her successor.
When Qiu Hong was seven years old, Yan Yu Ge provoked a powerful enemy. To escape the pursuit of their enemies, Ru Yan took Qiu Hong and hid on Panlong Mountain.
There, Qiu Hong met five-year-old Ling Tian.