Chapter 25 - New Girl

"O' Beauty, park thy breasts,

At my face,

Do not dress,

For I am your guest,

Lean on my chest,

And there shan't be any distress!"

"Get moving old man, she's mine tonight," a young man said defensively, cutting the old man's rather poetic request. Behind him stood a voluptuous woman in her late 20s. She was a more popular choice among the regulars here.

The old man had drooping eyebrows and a beard longer than his hair. He was short but looked healthy. He had a 2nd rank body.

"Euuhh... respect your elders. Don't you have any manners--ahem ahem," he coughed lightly.

"You girls, don't let this old pervert enter your rooms! I know what he is!" one of the girls came outside, covering her body with nothing but a thin blanket.

"Ahhhh!" she cried as she was pulled inside by a thick hairy hand.

I shook my head and kept walking. Hu Shuo was like a silent monk as he followed me. I could feel his rage from behind, though.

I think my earlier description of this circular chamber didn't do justice to its size. Once again, it was huge. Roughly saying, there were about 40 entrances that led to fourty different rooms. That meant 40 prostitutes.

'The business must be booming... no wonder its name is Flourish House,' I thought, spotting a few male prostitutes as well.

They were the unfortunate ones who couldn't pay for their deeds. I noticed the gay men who were eyeing them.

I could only sigh and move my gaze towards the beauties, not wanting to imagine their fates.

Women rarely went to brothel as customers, they seemed to be true to their relationships. I couldn't say anything about THESE women, though.

Suddenly, the young girl from earlier appeared and grabbed Hu Shuo's right arm, pulling him inside a nearby room. The curtains hid what happened there. I hoped Hu Shuo would finish another mission on his quest of becoming a man.

"My brother... WHAT THE-"

I couldn't believe my eyes. Hu Shuo just came with a cold face. He silently pulled his crinkled robes and said, "I'm going now."

"Won't you accompany me to the th-"

"Hiyaaa!" some random scream interrupted me.

"-ird floor," I finished my sentence, trying hard to not change my expression.

"No," he said.

I could hear the weak sobs of that girl inside. She seemed like a 'new girl' to me. Hu Shuo had that gentlemanly aura, so she must've wanted to start her "career" by doing him first. And, he threw that chance away.

'He would never become a man at this rate. I should just- wait, is that...' From the corner of my eye, I saw a familiar head peek out from one room.

'That's the female attendant from hebi-to-supu! What is she doing here?'

She saw me looking at her but her expression had no change. But then, she saw Hu Shuo.

"Yi Rong?" he muttered.

He went towards her and I hastily followed. Her room was near the stairs that led to the third floor.

"Wh-what are you doing in such a place?" Well well, he actually stuttered.

"That is what I want to ask and why with... him?" She gazed at me, profoundly amazed. My cultivation had skyrocketed from the time when I first met her. Three whole ranks in less than a month, I couldn't blame her for gaping.

"Brother Hu knows this beautiful young lady?" I spoke, default flattery flowing out of my mouth. She didn't blush, though. It seemed the effects were microscopic.

"I-I know her. We used to play together as children," his ears turned red.

Oh come on now, childhood sweetheart? What a cliche life he was living.

At that moment, the old woman from earlier came. She seemed to be the owner of this brothel. She was at rank 5, quite high for someone of her profession.

She shouted here and there, keeping everything in check, and ignoring the moans of pleasure coming from the closed rooms. After chasing that old man away, she turned her attention to us.

"Yi Rong, what are you doing? Entertain these young men!" she reprimanded her and went to the third floor.

Yi Rong bowed slightly and said in a subservient tone, "Y-yes, come inside gentlemen-"

'Oi oi, I'm not a fan of sharing,' I turned to Hu Shuo who was making a difficult expression. He must've realized what she was doing here.

Taking out two orange pills from my custom made pocket, I placed them on his right palm.

"What are these?" he asked, hesitantly bringing them close to his face.

"These are uh... calming pills, brother Hu must be in quite a shock," I eyed this Yi Rong girl.

"Take both pills at once after you enter that room. We will quickly leave from here. Just wait until I return from the third floor."

It was a fake promise. I was going to spend the night here. Who dared to leave a brothel without having sex?

Yi Rong pulled Hu Shuo inside, noticing that a lot of men were looking at her direction. Here, the customers didn't get to choose the prostitutes, the prostitutes chose the customers instead.

'How could people not know of such a popular brothel?' I couldn't help but be amazed. Because there was a shortage of women, no one wanted more to come here. I finally understood why that person had lied to us earlier.

I didn't wait for Hu Shuo to get laid and made my way upstairs. I had to find that woman who had the poison. She could suck people's cultivation, such a person would be a VIP.

A VIP prostitute.

Common sense denoted that such a person stayed on the highest floor.

'So she must be expensive. I have to last as long as I can if I'm going to spend a lot of money here.'

I suddenly stopped midway. It had been years since I had sex, this mission wouldn't go well with such a young body full of excessive hormonal energy.

'Oh no, I wouldn't be able to control myself,' I realized that I had an exploitable weakness. I needed to be in control at that time.

I would need "post-nut clarity." [1]

'Who, who's available?' I looked down at the chamber, and noticed that no one had yet entered the room of the girl, whom Hu Shuo had the audacity to reject.

I hurried downstairs and came before her doors. They looked to be closed but at a closer inspection, I found that they were not locked at all.

'Fair maiden, let this hero save you from the abyss of sorrows. Let me gently... fuck you,' I could be a "gentle" man as well, if I chose to be.

I opened the door and found the girl inside, donning clothes larger than her body, most likely of a previous customer. She had covered her lower face with a purple scarf and even had a knife on her hand.

She was trying to make an escape!

Seeing me come inside and quickly lock the door, she panicked. She uttered a high-pitched cry and clumsily tried to stab me.

Easily dodging, I tightly grabbed her wrist and her knife fell. She looked at me with hateful eyes. Thin lines of earlier tears made her attractive face look pitiful.

With her other hand, she struggled to get rid of my grip. I peeled her mask away as she cried, "Why? I... donn't waaant to-"

"What is your name?"

She didn't answer and looked away. I asked again, squeezing her wrist a little more tightly.

"Qu Hua," her lips parted.

"I'll help you escape, but under one condition," another fake promise, said with a straight face.

She stopped struggling and glanced right at my eyes. Her irises were green, a rare color. Her lips were small and painted light red. She'd used some kind of pink powder to add blush on her cheeks, just like every other prostitute. It was a mandatory makeup.

She was a head shorter than me and had a thinner body compared to other prostitutes. I could guess that she didn't get to eat much in such a place.

"How old are you?" I asked, grabbing her other wrist as well.

"Seven- no, eighteen. I turned eighteen three days ago."

Even the heavens were on my side. She knew what the condition was. Anyone could guess it.

"Do you agree?" I brought my face closer to her's. This was akin to forcing myself on her, but who cared in such a place?

She lightly bit her upper lip as her eyebrows quivered.. Finally, her body relaxed and she nodded, determined.