Chapter 66: An Unexpected Proposal

Chapter 66: Chapter 66: An Unexpected Proposal

Yi Xin walked up the stairs connecting the floors.

Each time they reached a new floor, they came across a different activity, starting with auctions and gambling, then moving on to the buying and selling of slaves and spirit beasts.

Since the building was meant to be a pleasure house, every popular entertainment that cultivators enjoyed was available there.

The peak of the entertainment in this pagoda was none other than sex.

That’s right! Nearly three floors were devoted to booking courtesans.

The rooms for sex began on the sixth floor and went up to the eighth.

With each floor, the facilities and service changed, depending on the price.

"You don’t crack down on this?"

"Why would we?" Yi Xin asked.

"A place like this brings profit and influence to the Netherworld Palace Sect. Of course we’re not fools who’d let idealism blind us into shutting this place down just because it’s immoral!"

"This place exists to prevent crime outside the pagoda. Gambling, for example. People won’t run illegal gambling dens because we provide it."

"They won’t sell slaves illegally. That’s because we provide for it."

"I still don’t understand how you think," Ye Xuan answered.

Yi Xin glanced at him briefly and patted his shoulder lightly. "That’s natural. You spent years in a land that holds the value of righteousness high in the form of Taoism. I won’t judge you for your principles."

"But either way, this is the livelihood of all the women and staff here. They can eat, earn money, and have a roof over their heads, all because of what goes on in this place, whether they like it or not."

Ye Xuan listened to what Yi Xin said and began to connect her way of thinking with the principles of their cultivation school, which always put realism and pragmatism first.

Could what happened here be closely tied to those principles? Ye Xuan didn’t know, and he intended to find out.

The two of them kept climbing the spiral staircase until they reached the ninth and tenth floors.

According to Yi Xin, the ninth floor was where the pagoda’s administrative staff worked, the people who managed every activity in the place.

The tenth floor, on the other hand, was an important floor occupied by an important person of the pagoda, possibly the owner of this pleasure house, or someone from the Netherworld Palace Sect.

Yi Xin told Ye Xuan that their destination was the tenth floor, the top of this pleasure house pagoda.

There, she explained, a woman was waiting for Ye Xuan to arrive.

"Why would she be waiting for me?"

"Besides the Sect Leader, she’s also interested in you, or more precisely, in the white snake that came with you. She always told me to bring you here if I managed to catch you alive," Yi Xin answered.

They passed the ninth floor, and Yi Xin arrived at the tenth, where there seemed to be only a single room.

Yi Xin knocked on the door, and before long a maid in revealing clothes came and opened it.

She held out her hand, showing her Netherworld Palace Sect membership token.

When she saw it, the maid immediately invited Yi Xin in.

Together with Ye Xuan, she stepped inside and took in the look of the room.

There was a pool in the middle of the room, and the walls were filled with scrolls and mysterious boxes.

Maids stood at the edge of the pool holding white towels in both hands, and some held trays with bottles of liquor.

"Who’s there?!" a man shouted, his voice deep and intimidating.

The maid came forward and bowed her head, her body turned toward the pool, where two people were soaking, a man and a woman.

"Lady Yi Xin of the Netherworld Palace Sect has come to visit."

"Yi Xin?" said the woman.

"And who is this Yi Xin? How dare she interrupt my conversation with Fairy Yu An."

Naked, Fairy Yu An looked at the muscular man in front of her.

She said that their conversation was over for now and would be continued another time.

"But we were just discussing an important part of—"

"Please leave, Master Hao Zhan."

He grumbled in annoyance, stood up at once, and climbed out of the pool.

His spiritual qi immediately wrapped around his body in the form of a black and red robe.

As he passed Yi Xin, the man was stunned for a moment before turning his face away roughly.

Fairy Yu An turned and called to Yi Xin.

The woman walked over and bowed her head, paying her respects to Fairy Yu An. Ye Xuan did not do what Yi Xin had done.

Seeing this, Fairy Yu An’s gaze settled on Ye Xuan.

A wide smile spread across her face when she realized Yi Xin had brought the man she wanted.

"I’ve already met him. It turns out he was planning to visit the Misty Sea Region anyway."

"Is that so? What an unexpected coincidence."

"What’s your name, young man?" asked Fairy Yu An.

Ye Xuan clasped his hands together and bowed to Fairy Yu An.

He introduced himself to her without mentioning his cultivation base, since he was sure she had already noticed it.

"I hear your snake is a descendant of the Thunder Crimson Python Clan?"

The young man glanced briefly at Yi Xin. She returned his gaze with a short nod, as if telling Ye Xuan that he should answer Fairy Yu An’s question honestly.

"That’s right," Ye Xuan said.

Fairy Yu An stood up from the pool, revealing her naked upper body, with smooth skin and a perfectly slender figure.

She held her hand out in front of her. "May I see it?"

"Qingyu?" Ye Xuan asked, seeking her consent.

[I’m ready!]

Hearing Qingyu’s readiness, Ye Xuan swung his hand and summoned Qingyu.

Qingyu appeared glowing bright crimson, and her transformation sent the maids into a panic, and even the water in the pool rippled strongly from the force of it.

Within seconds, the light faded and revealed Ling Qingyu in her full form, a large white python, staring sharply at Fairy Yu An with her slitted pupils.

"So it’s true. She really is of the Thunder Crimson Python Clan."

"Your name is Ye Xuan, right?" asked Fairy Yu An.

Ye Xuan bowed his head in respect. "That’s right."

"I’ll give you the chance to dual cultivate with me if you’re willing to sever your bond with this snake."

"W-What?!"