Chapter 16 The Qingluan Brothel

Fang Yue sighed, returned to his room, and began practicing the Raging Fire Heart Technique.

Earlier, on the road, Fang Yue had been busy protecting the team, never having the chance to practice.

Now he could finally calm down and cultivate.

Yang essence burned, internal energy flowed, like a floodgate opening, internal energy rushing through his body.

Having already broken through to the First-Class Realm of the Houtian stage, he was making rapid progress in practicing the mere sixth level of the Raging Fire Heart Technique.

Of course, the consumption of firestones was also large.

Flames rose around his body, and the firestone in his hand began to melt rapidly.

By the time the Raging Fire Heart Technique had advanced a bit, the firestone had already completely disintegrated.

Replacing it with a new firestone, Fang Yue immersed himself in cultivation.

Meanwhile, outside Fang Yue's inn, the merrymaking Night Tower was just beginning to get lively.

This tower was called Qingluan Tower, the largest pleasure house in Qing Silk County.

"Hehehe! Hehehe!"

Jing Yan rubbed his hands, excitedly stepping into Qingluan Tower after waiting in line for half an hour.

Qingluan Tower had five floors. On each floor, girls threw red flower balls to attract customers from the street.

The girls were charming and alluring, dazzling to behold.

Entering Qingluan Tower, the bustling scene was much like the brothel he had imagined.

Looking at the antique-style young ladies, flaunting their charms to attract customers, Jing Yan found even the Little Blood Hound following him to be somewhat cute.

"Oh! What an adorable little dog!"

"Sisters, come look at this little dog! Its tail wags so fast, so cute, ga ga ga ga!"

Jing Yan was soon surrounded by the young ladies.

He kept repeating to himself: I am a soulless camera, I am a soulless camera, I'm just scouting today, recording material for the next video.

Despite his worries, facing the fragrant air and the soft arms pushing and shoving, Jing Yan couldn't help but reveal a pig-like grin.

"Oh my, this young master is so shy."

"Is this your first time at our Qingluan Tower, young master? Which sister would you like to have a drink with?"

"What do you think of me, young master? I've raised puppies before. If you're tired after doing that at night, I can even help you take care of your beloved dog."

Oh my god! What kind of divine service is this!

Jing Yan was excited, forgetting all his previous restraint.

"You!"

"Thank you for choosing me, young master." The woman curtsied and said with a smile, "May I ask which floor you would like a table on? After you've eaten and drank your fill, we can go back to the room to rest. This is the rule of our Qingluan Tower, I hope you understand."

"Which floor? Is there a difference?"

"Of course, there is. We're currently on the ground floor, which is responsible for daily activities and entertaining guests. If you want other services, you have to go upstairs. From here up, there are the Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter levels, and finally the Heaven level. The prices range from low to high, and each has its own characteristics."

Jing Yan's heart skipped a beat.

"The Spring, Spring level, the minimum consumption is..."

"Consumption?"

"Like, how much is the minimum you have to spend?"

"One hundred taels for a table, the food and drinks are extra. And my fee is calculated by the hour. The price is different once we get to the room." The woman winked. "Since it's your first time here, I'll give you a discount, fifty taels for half an hour."

Jing Yan: ...

So expensive!!

Although he made money through his studio, that was real-world money and had nothing to do with in-game currency.

Fortunately, he had prepared a bit, and before coming to Qingluan Tower, he specifically asked two extra employees originally in Qing Silk County to exchange a large amount of silver for real-world money.

Even so, he only temporarily had a little over a hundred taels of silver on hand.

Wouldn't that mean... he could only go through the foreplay?

After thinking about it, Jing Yan had the woman lead the way, took Little Blood Hound upstairs, and sent a message to Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu.

"Emergency! Wu Wu, quickly lend me five hundred taels of silver!"

The message was replied to instantly.

"Five hundred taels? Do you think I'm a sugar mommy!"

"Wu Wu, really, it's a matter of life and death, I won't short you on the money. If you don't have five hundred taels, three hundred taels will do."

"I don't have it, I don't have it!"

"How can that be! Didn't you make a lot of money from that trip to Ink Village?"

"I spent it all!"

"Impossible! You should have at least two or three hundred taels of silver, lend me a hundred taels, just a hundred taels! My brother's lifelong happiness depends on you!"

"I really don't have it! I spent it all!"

"Ah? What did you do to spend so much..."

Jing Yan was still sending messages when he suddenly paused, stopped in his tracks, and widened his eyes.

Ahead of him, a very familiar woman was laughing heartily and gorging herself on food, with a woman massaging her shoulders and legs, a complete capitalist face.

"...Wu Wu?"

"What? It's the little sister I just ordered..."

Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu subconsciously responded, turned her head, and her voice suddenly stopped.

The atmosphere seemed to freeze suddenly.

Like a deadly stare, the two of them froze in place.

"Do you two... know each other?" The Qingluan Tower woman next to Jing Yan asked in confusion.

"No, we don't!"

Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu's voice suddenly rose, and she quickly looked away.

"We don't know each other at all!"

Jing Yan lowered his head, covered his face with his hand, and quickly walked forward, past Wu Wu's table, but looking inside, good heavens, the tables on the Spring level were already full, and the only empty table was next to Wu Wu.

"Young master, please sit down, there are no more seats."

"..."

He was desperate, desperate for this world without seats.

"Woof woof!"

Little Blood Hound did not forget to add insult to injury, immediately ran to Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu, jumped up, jumped into her arms, and happily rolled over, rubbing against her.

"...You two, really don't know each other?" The brothel woman became suspicious again.

"...We don't know each other."

"We don't know each other!"

Jing Yan pulled a long face, sat down at the table next to Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu, trying not to let his eyes drift towards her, and looked straight down.

But at this moment, the brothel woman he had ordered started to ask a soul-searching question again: "Young master, your beloved dog is still with the lady next door. Aren't you going to call it back?"

...Little Blood Hound! No midnight snack for you tonight!!

Forcing a fake smile, he said, "Um, miss, could you please return my beloved dog to me?"

"Of course, of course, Little Blood Hound... cough, go to your master quickly."

Little Blood Hound's cute big head first looked at Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu in confusion, then looked at Jing Yan with a stiff smile.

Only then did it jump off Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu's lap and run back to Jing Yan.

Jing Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief. The atmosphere just now had been deathly frozen, extremely awkward.

Turning his head, he began to pretend to look at the scenery.

However, at this moment, Wu Wu sent a message.

"Why are you here too!! So, all you boys have is dirty thoughts in your heads! Disgusting!!"

Damn it! What's wrong with men being perverted!

"I was going to ask you, why are you here? Doesn't this Qingluan Tower restrict girls from entering??"