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After walking out of that private room, Su Yan could feel the strange looks he received from the other diners. They seemed to be full of mockery and ridicule, as if they were saying, "What kind of lecherous man is he, acting so lustfully in broad daylight?"

Did you never see a woman in your past life, and were you reincarnated as lecherous demons in this life?

Su Yan felt quite embarrassed, but deep down she actually had a pretty good impression of Wen Juntong.

Although Wen Juntong was truly despicable, the fact that he could openly and frankly express such filthy thoughts proved that he was not cunning. On the contrary, Su Yan found Zhou You's words and actions somewhat incomprehensible.

His speech and behavior resembled that of a street urchin, but his demeanor and attire exuded a refined and classical charm.

He seems to have no desires, but he has a kind of obsession with certain things that even Su Yan finds hard to describe.

Zhou You was a very strange person.

"I'll pay the bill. It's a deal I made."

When it came time to pay, Jiao Nanwu didn't let Su Yan pay. Instead, she took out a storage bag from her sleeve, took out the spirit stones inside, and put the spirit stones into the accountant's hand before Su Yan could take the money.

The bookkeeper glanced at Su Yan, while Jiao Nanwu glared at the bookkeeper.

"Okay!"

The bookkeeper hurriedly ran to the counter, weighed and cut the spirit stones, and then ran back with some gold and silver.

Spirit stones are the currency used in trade among cultivators. Ordinary households generally use copper coins or silver coins, and gold ingots are more commonly used for settlement in market trade. It is rare to use spirit stones directly.

If it weren't for the two spirit stones charged for the elevator, the spirit stone that Jiao Nanwu paid for this meal would at most be slightly skimmed off by the person keeping the bill, and would eventually be returned to Jiao Nanwu.

The purchasing power of spirit stones is still quite strong.

After leaving Luoheju Inn, Jiao Nanwu led Su Yan to stroll around the streets and watch the excitement.

Along the way, Jiao Nanwu bought a lot of things, with various snacks and candies being the most numerous.

They strolled around until nearly afternoon before returning to the brothel to prepare for business.

Something's not right.

Su Yan and Jiao Nanwu chatted and laughed as they returned to the main hall through the back door of the brothel. But as soon as they came out of the backyard, Su Yan noticed something unusual about the scenery inside.

Normally, the talented women would be busy cleaning the brothel lobby or tuning musical instruments, but today they were all sitting there neatly, not saying a word, occasionally glancing at the brothel upstairs out of the corner of their eyes, and then quickly looking away as if afraid of being discovered.

This unusual behavior made Su Yan feel uneasy. He quietly approached Xiao Hong, who was closer to the back gate, and asked:

"What's going on upstairs? Why is everyone sitting here in the lobby?"

"The innkeeper was arguing with other cultivators; he was just banging on tables and smashing chairs on the fourth floor—it was quite frightening."

Dressed in red, Xiao Hong quietly explained the current situation to Su Yan.

The reason the talented woman sat motionless in the main hall was because the innkeeper had gotten into an argument with someone. If it were to escalate into a full-blown battle between cultivators, those sitting in the main hall could easily escape the moment the fight began.

"Who did Auntie argue with?" Su Yan asked with surprise.

"It seems to be the manager of Wanhua Pavilion," Xiao Hong said after a moment's thought, revealing the name: "Hua Yu Zhenren."

Xiao Hong wasn't sure if the visitor was named Hua Yu Zhenren; she had only heard the other talented women mention it. However, she was certain that the person arguing with her aunt was definitely a witch from the Wan Hua Pavilion. Xia Yucheng was one of the Wan Hua Pavilion cultivators whose clothes contained the least amount of fabric.

Aside from those witches, ordinary girls generally wouldn't dare to go out wearing such clothes.

"Hua Yu Zhenren of the Wan Hua Pavilion?"

Su Yan looked surprised, raised her head, and glanced at the fourth floor of the building. Sure enough, she saw a strange woman dressed in very little clothing by the railing, while her aunt tapped the table with her fingers with annoyance. Both of them were talking rapidly, but they could not hear the sounds from the fourth floor from the first floor.

Su Yan had no idea what they were talking about.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 26 The Adorable Little Fox

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"Alright, get lost! You thug!"

Just as Su Yan was peeking, the conversation on the fourth floor was coming to an end. The aunt gave a rude order to leave, telling Hua Yu Zhenren to get out of the brothel.

"Thank you for your generosity, Fellow Daoist Chong. My daughter, Huayu, will take her leave now. Please come to Wanhua Pavilion for a gathering another day."

Hua Yu Zhenren gently stroked the ends of her light chestnut hair, a charming and sly smile appearing on her face. She stood up from her chair, exposing her tall and slender figure to the group of talented women downstairs.

Her light chestnut hair cascaded down to her ankles, and her long dress was sleeveless and flat at the chest. The hem of the dress was tightly fitted, and there were high slits on both sides, similar to those on a cheongsam. As she walked, her fair and long legs were faintly visible, which was extremely alluring.

Hua Yu Zhenren glanced down, raised her hand to cover her mouth and chuckled softly. She turned and walked down the stairs to the backyard. Her figure swayed as she tiptoed through the invisible void, making her even more alluring.

"What an adorable little fox brother!"

As Hua Yu Zhenren passed by, he deliberately paused slightly in front of Su Yan, then very naturally raised his hand, pinched Su Yan's cheek, bent down, and kissed Su Yan's forehead, leaving a red lipstick mark:

"Welcome to visit my Wan Hua Ge again next time. I'll arrange some top-quality goods for my younger brother then."

Hua Yu chuckled softly, walked into the backyard, raised her fair and soft arm, and the golden painted patterns on her bare arm seemed to come alive, with a golden beetle raising its head and crawling up her shoulder from within the patterns.

With each step, the golden beetle expanded in size, and by the time it reached Hua Yu Zhenren's shoulder, its form had transformed from a golden dot into a creature the size of a human head.

The golden beetle leaped from the shoulder and quickly grew to the size of a calf.

Hua Yu Zhenren sat on the neck of a golden beetle, and the beetle spread its elytra, carrying the person straight into the sky.

"Look at her flirtatious face, you can tell at a glance that she's destined to suffer a heavenly tribulation and lose her life."

My aunt jumped down from the fourth floor, climbed over the railing, and placed her hand on Su Yan's shoulder, releasing the immobilization spell that Hua Yu Zhenren had cast on Su Yan. She then cursed at him with a face full of disgust.

"What's her situation?"

Having regained his mobility, Su Yan looked at his aunt with a surprised expression and said, "Weren't you two arguing so fiercely that you were banging on the table and smashing chairs, ready to fight at any moment? Why did that woman kiss me? So... so..."

"I know you want to say she's flirtatious. Indeed, that vixen from the Myriad Flowers Pavilion is especially flirtatious when she gets cocky."

The aunt looked at Su Yan's forehead, then at the lipstick Hua Yu had applied to it, and her eyes twitched slightly as she said:

"You'd better not wash your face for a month, kid. One kiss from that flirtatious woman cost me a hundred pounds of spirit stones!"

What made Master Huayu so happy was certainly not because Su Yan was so handsome that even a demoness would be unable to move her feet and quicken her legs upon seeing him.

Hua Yu Zhenren's flirtatious behavior was entirely due to her extremely pleasant mood after successfully robbing Chong Qiong of 100 jin of spirit stones, which is why she gave Su Yan a little treat.

After all, without Su Yan, she wouldn't have been able to snatch a hundred catties of spirit stones from her mortal enemy so easily, venting her long-standing anger. If she could really anger Chong Qiong to the point of splitting open, Hua Yu Zhenren really wouldn't mind sitting astride Su Yan in front of all the talented women, presenting a romantic wedding night for everyone to appreciate.

Unfortunately, it wouldn't work, because Chong Qiong was here, and Hua Yu's cultivation level hadn't reached the point where she could do whatever she wanted.

"One hundred catties of spirit stones for a kiss? Inlaid with meteorite iron?"

Su Yan was shocked upon hearing this, pointing to the extremely ordinary lip rouge on his head: "Bring Hua Yu Zhenren back, and I'll return some dragon saliva to her directly!"

Su Yan originally wanted to say ambergris, but changed his mind just before he spoke, afraid that someone might overhear him.

A kiss, and a hundred pounds of spirit stones?

How about I come work for you? I'll kiss you every day, and even if you kiss my lips until they're swollen, I'll only charge you ten catties of spirit stones a day. How about that, Sister Hua Yu?

"Hmph! Even if you draw the spirit stones that went into that woman's arms until she convulses, don't expect to get them back."

The aunt revealed a fierce expression, glared in the direction where Master Huayu had left, snorted coldly, and then dragged Su Yan to the tea table on the fourth floor. After sitting down, she drank a pot of tea in succession before she could barely suppress her anger.

"That hundred catties of spirit stones has little to do with you. I have a grudge against that woman. She just took the opportunity to come in front of me and show off."

My aunt exhaled a breath of stale air and said.

"Uh, I can barely tell," Su Yan replied with an awkward smile.

Su Yan was unaware of the feud between his aunt and Hua Yu, but when Hua Yu left riding a golden beetle, Su Yan could roughly tell why his aunt and Hua Yu's relationship had soured.

Hua Yu must have cultivated the art of insect control, so naturally she wouldn't be well-liked by her aunt.

"Stay away from that woman, or you'll get struck by lightning."

After taking a sip of tea, Auntie seemed to still harbor resentment towards Hua Yu for coming to the door today. She scolded Hua Yu again before turning to Su Yan and saying, "She came to the door because she had some information she was going to sell to me. She bragged about it for almost half an hour before finally offering to sell it to me. It's information that is closely related to foxes."

"During yesterday's inspection of the palace, we discovered that someone in the Ministry of Personnel was selling household registration information."

During the Xia Dynasty, a household registration system was in place, and everyone's household registration information was kept in the Ministry of Personnel. This meant that if you committed a crime and fled, your family members could be punished.

All migrants also need to register their identity information, such as race, name, and cultivation level. Otherwise, if they are found to be unregistered, they will be imprisoned and their relatives will have to pay bail.

After picking up Su Yan, his aunt had already registered him as a fox clan cultivator.

“Someone is gathering information about the white fox. I’m not sure if it’s your family who’s come looking for you,” Auntie said. “But you’d better not leave my side for the time being. With your current cultivation level, you won’t be able to emit any aura for the time being. My proud insect aura should be able to cover up your aura.”

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Upon hearing this, Su Yan clamped her legs together, her face filled with embarrassment:

"Auntie, you're not going to sell me off, are you? If I really fall into their hands, those family elders will really kick my pants."

"what?"

The aunt was taken aback and tilted her head, peering through the gap under the tea table at Su Yan's tightly pressed legs: "Huh?"

Su Qing wrote in the jade slip that she might have to go home and reflect on her actions for a while, and asked Chong Qiong to take care of Su Yan. Su Yan was very easy to raise, extremely well-behaved and sensible, and didn't like to cause trouble.

It doesn't mention that the Su family's nine-tailed fox was planning to torture Su Yan.

"Ha ha ha ha."

After recovering from such explosive news, Auntie finally couldn't help but burst out laughing:

"I can understand that. After all, even if I can't cut off the big worm, cutting you will prevent blood from flowing out. I understand a little why Su Qing was in such a hurry. She only left one sentence in the jade slip and asked you to come to me."

Mythical beasts all value bloodlines. Apart from the dragon race, which can be counted on two hands, other mythical beast species generally don't just wander around and mingle with little fairies.

Moreover, Su Yan is a hybrid of a nine-tailed fox and a true dragon. It is understandable that the nine-tailed foxes are worried that Su Yan will inherit the dragon's nature. After all, with Su Yan as their nine-tailed fox, they are afraid that some strange creatures will come to claim kinship.

But the move to cut off Yongzhi directly was something Chong Qiong had never expected, and it almost made her laugh herself to death.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 27 The Tragic Legend of the Rebel Dragon

"Don't worry, little fox. Your aunt is poor but has the spirit to back down for a pittance. Go ahead and spread your legs wide to show your bell, and I guarantee it will stay perfectly still."

After laughing at Su Yan's plight, his aunt assured him that he could relax and live a carefree life.

As long as Su Yan doesn't leave Xia Yu's main city, his aunt is confident she can protect him. Within the main city, the imperial court forbids all high-level cultivators from fighting; even if the Nine-Tailed Foxes swarm out, it won't work here. The laws established by the Emperor Wusheng are the law here, and violators will be prosecuted to the fullest extent.

Xia Yu was like the heartland of a major sect, where no one could violate the laws set by the Emperor Wusheng.