West of the city, Fengyue Street.

Fengyue Street in Glutton City is quite famous in the cultivation world. Across the vast land of Jiuzhou, it’s hard to find female cultivators willing to entertain guests in brothels. Yet on this street, almost every larger brothel has a female cultivator as its main attraction. Of course, the scholars and gentlemen who come here for pleasure are all cultivators themselves, ensuring the dignity of these ladies is not compromised.

The long street is adorned with blooming flowers. In the center, fairy-like women in colorful dresses are dancing, their movements light and graceful, like colorful butterflies fluttering about, creating a spectacle. Every so often, there are new stages and performances, all put on by the ladies from the brothels on either side of the street to attract customers.

It’s as if one has stepped into a celestial realm of music and dance.

Chu Liang steps on the soft petals scattered on the ground, moving slowly forward. As a cultivator who has risen above base desires, received higher education, is poor, and has a noble moral character, he naturally wouldn’t come here for pleasure.

He stops under a tall building named “Lan Yue Tower”. The scholars and gentlemen who frequent this place are all cultivators, so Lan Yue Tower doesn’t have a front door on the street, only a pure white light curtain hanging high above the roof. Chu Liang leaps up and disappears into the light curtain. In the blink of an eye, he has entered the world behind the door.

“Welcome, Immortal!”

The first sight that greets him is two rows of fairy-like women in flowing dresses, standing amidst a misty cloud, a gentle breeze blowing around them. Their attire is not as revealing as the usual ladies, but rather exudes a celestial aura, only exposing their creamy shoulders and legs.

No wonder it’s called Lan Yue Tower. The design of this floating door, coupled with the welcoming fairies, truly gives one the feeling of ascending to the heavens to embrace the moon.

How professional.

Chu Liang can’t help but sigh. He waves his hand and says, “I’m here to find someone. Is Brother Wenren from the Sea King Sect here?”

Indeed, his purpose for coming here today is to find Wenren Mo.

Although the two didn’t exchange addresses before, Wenren Mo, as a core disciple of one of the top ten sects, is flamboyant and generous. His whereabouts are not hard to track. Earlier, Chu Liang asked Xu Sui to do a little investigation and found out that he was staying at Lan Yue Tower, where he had rented a private room for a long time.

So, this guy treats the brothel as his home.

“Are you here to visit Brother Wenren? He’s staying in the Huang Ting Palace. Zhiyun, go and inform him.”

The leading “fairy” instructs one of the fairies to go and deliver the message. Soon, the fairy named Zhiyun returns and softly says, “Brother Wenren invites this friend to come over.”

“Good, lead the way for our friend.” The fairy leader waves her hand.

“Thank you.” Chu Liang follows Zhiyun, passing through pavilions and towers along the misty path, until they arrive at a building constructed in gold and jade.

A plaque hangs above the door, elegantly inscribed with the words “Huang Ting Palace”.

Wow, they really put in a lot of effort…

Chu Liang is amazed. He pushes the door open and finally sees “Brother Wenren”.

The man is in the middle of refining a pill, his eyes fixed on the crimson divine fire in front of him. Seeing Chu Liang, he breaks into a smile, “Brother Chu.”

“Brother Wenren.” Chu Liang greets him, shaking his head and sighing, “You’re really dedicated to your role, even including the part about refining pills?”

“What are you talking about…” Wenren Mo waves his hand, “I’m really refining a pill. I plan to refine a Spring Nourishing Beauty Pill as a gift for Miss Xu.”

“This is my trump card. No woman, mortal or cultivator, can resist it. I originally planned to use it as a token of my affection for her, but now that things aren’t going well, I have no choice but to use it ahead of time.”

Chu Liang looks at his serious expression and curiously asks, “How bad is it? How far have you and Miss Xu progressed?”

“If this pill can make her happy, maybe I can progress to the point of having a conversation with her.” Wenren Mo confidently says.

“…” So you haven’t even talked to her yet.

But it makes sense. Xu Hongqiu is clearly a woman of strong will and decisive character, far from an ordinary woman. It’s not just a question of whether such a woman has romantic feelings, even if she does, she wouldn’t be easily deceived by a bad man like most young girls.

With such a target, Wenren Mo has no hope, even in a hundred years.

Of course, if he had any hope, Chu Liang wouldn’t have come today. It’s precisely because he’s sure that Xu Hongqiu would never be interested in Wenren Mo that Chu Liang feels safe to carry out today’s plan.

“I do have something here that might make you hold off on using this pill. At the very least, it can definitely help you achieve the step of talking to Miss Xu.” Chu Liang says with a smile.

“Oh?” Wenren Mo immediately becomes interested, “What is it?”

“Miss Xu came to Glutton City this time to investigate the Wan Beast Hall. The recent disturbance at the Wan Beast Hall is related to this, but I know she probably hasn’t made much progress.” Chu Liang says, “I have a piece of substantial evidence in my hand that can directly solve the case of the Wan Beast Hall, allowing her to accomplish her mission.”

“What is it?” Wenren Mo is slightly excited. He naturally knows about the case of the Wan Beast Hall. Having followed Xu Hongqiu from the south to the north, he wouldn’t be completely ignorant.

But the fact that Chu Liang has substantial evidence is quite surprising to him.

“It’s a ledger of an insider from the Wan Beast Hall colluding with outsiders to sell demon beasts.” Chu Liang says.

“You have such a thing?” Wenren Mo grabs Chu Liang’s hand, “Miss Xu would definitely be happy if she gets it. Brother Chu, if you give this to me, I’ll owe you for a lifetime!”

“I came here naturally to give it to Brother Wenren.” Chu Liang smiles.

“To acquire such an item, Brother Chu must have paid a hefty price. I can’t let you suffer a loss for nothing.” Wen Renmo immediately began to ponder, “What should I offer in return?”

Such a considerate person, Brother Wen Ren.

Chu Liang silently nodded in his heart. It was comfortable to deal with someone who was well-versed in emotional intelligence. They wouldn’t wait for you to name your price before thinking about what to offer in exchange. Doing business this way made the interaction much more pleasant.

“Brother Wen Ren, we get along well. Talking about money would be vulgar.” Chu Liang laughed.

Of course, this was a hint. He was actually suggesting that Wen Renmo not give him spirit stones.

Just like when he went to the Beast Hall to cause trouble, why did he propose to use beasts to offset the cost of medicine? One reason was that if he asked for spirit stones, it would be hard to get the price of a fifth-level beast; another reason was that if he received spirit stones, the end result was predictable…

In matters involving his master, if there were any profits, who knows if they would end up splitting the earnings seventy-thirty.

The painful memory of the last time was still fresh in Chu Liang’s mind!

On the other hand, asking for spirit beasts or treasures, these were things that Di Nvfeng couldn’t use or didn’t value, so wouldn’t they end up in his hands in the end?

Upon hearing this, Wen Renmo naturally picked up on the message Chu Liang was sending.

No money?

This was actually a bit difficult, because it left him a lot of room for maneuver. What could he offer that wouldn’t result in a loss for him, but would still satisfy Chu Liang? It was indeed a problem.

After a while, he took out a red, fist-sized treasure bead, holding it in his hand with a divine light flickering.

“This Red Lotus Treasure Bead was something I picked up a few days ago. Although it’s valuable, it doesn’t quite match the cultivation method I practice, so I was planning to sell it. If it can be used to compensate Brother Chu, that would be great.”

He handed the Red Lotus Treasure Bead to Chu Liang.

“This item can emit divine light that penetrates the darkness, illuminating thousands of miles in the night; it can also generate lotus divine fire, which is particularly effective against evil spirits. If Brother Chu can use it, please accept it.”

“Ah, alright,” Chu Liang reluctantly accepted.

After examining the Red Lotus Treasure Bead in his hand, he found that Wen Renmo’s words were true. This item was indeed a yang object. When infused with true qi, it could emit divine light or divine fire. The higher the cultivation level, the stronger the power. It was a treasure that could be used for a long time.

He then handed the account book he had previously obtained from the three little ones to Wen Renmo, saying, “Then I’ll entrust this evidence of crime to Brother Wen Ren to give to Miss Xu.”

After the matter was settled, he also got up to leave. As he was about to depart, Wen Renmo enthusiastically tried to keep him.

“Since Brother Chu is here, why not choose a fairy and experience the feeling of ascension?” He laughed.

“No, no.” Chu Liang quickly waved his hand in refusal, “I’ll ascend another day.”