169: Lin Chuan's embarrassment

This immediately stunned everyone present; no one expected this heavily made-up Madam to possess such strength, not even Lin Chuan.

Eunuch Wei breathed a sigh of relief. From that punch just now, he had felt true power and knew in his heart that if it had landed, he would definitely have been heavily injured.

The Madam appeared to have caught No. 28's attack easily, but in reality, her hand hidden within her water sleeve was trembling slightly. She was also inwardly shocked, not expecting this young man's guard to have such superb strength despite appearing to have no cultivation. To be this powerful with just three ordinary punches without even using spiritual techniques...

Eunuch Wei quickly took the opportunity to back down, saying, "Since the Madam has spoken, today's matter shall be dropped. I'm leaving!" After speaking, he prepared to slip away.

But Lin Chuan had already drunk quite a bit. Coupled with the fact that his rare experience of a wicked brothel was being constantly interrupted, he immediately said unhappily, "Did I say you could leave?"

As soon as those words were spoken, the Madam hurriedly said with a forced smile, "Young Master, we have provided poor hospitality today. How about this: all of your expenses today will be on the house, alright?"

When Lin Chuan heard this, he thought it was a great deal. Wouldn't this really be getting it for free?

He immediately said happily, "Really?"

The Madam quickly replied, "Really, everything is free!"

Lin Chuan chuckled and said to Li Rufeng, "Then let's go upstairs!"

Li Rufeng was bewildered and asked, "Go upstairs for what?"

"To the second floor!" Lin Chuan laughed.

"Aren't we already on the second floor?" Li Rufeng was confused.

Seeing that Li Rufeng still didn't understand, Lin Chuan said irritably, "We've eaten, we've drunk, we've listened to the music, and seen the dance. What comes next?"

"Time to rest?" Li Rufeng said uncertainly.

Seeing that Li Rufeng understood, Lin Chuan smiled and said, "Exactly, so let's go upstairs!"

"But shouldn't we find an inn to rest? Why run upstairs?" Li Rufeng said, completely dazed.

Everyone present also looked at Lin Chuan in confusion.

Seeing this, Lin Chuan could only lean in and explain quietly in Li Rufeng's ear.

Unexpectedly, Li Rufeng was shocked and whispered, "Are you crazy, kid? Do you think this is a Mortal brothel? With a flesh trade?"

"Huh?" It was Lin Chuan's turn to be dazed. "Is there not?"

"The backer here is the Hehuan Sect. Do you want to die, kid? You're actually rushing to become a Cauldron for them? Even if you were willing, the Hehuan Sect has gone straight now and stopped doing such things long ago!" Li Rufeng said wordlessly.

"Damn, you should have said so earlier!" Lin Chuan was instantly embarrassed; it turned out his own mind was dirty.

"Haha, well... it's a misunderstanding. Just a joke to liven up the atmosphere, don't take it seriously," Lin Chuan laughed awkwardly.

The people present didn't think much of it. The Madam said, "If the Young Master hasn't found a suitable inn, it's no matter. I have rooms here as well. If the Young Master insists, you may rest here for a while."

"Hahaha, well... no need. I drank too much just now and was joking." The more Lin Chuan thought about it, the more embarrassed he felt.

Eunuch Wei said, "Is there anything else? I was rash today. Please let me leave."

"You can't leave!" Lin Chuan said immediately.

At these words, everyone became tense.

"Since you are a eunuch, you must know many people in the palace. I want to see the Emperor; introduce me, will you?" Lin Chuan said.

"What do you want to see the Emperor for?" Before Eunuch Wei could answer, Ru Yan spoke up first.

"Is that any of your damn business? I haven't even given you a bad review yet, and you're questioning me first!" Lin Chuan said with a curl of his lip.

"You... hmph!" Ru Yan snorted coldly, stomped her foot, and stood to the side without another word.

"Is Your Majesty the Emperor someone just anyone can see? I cannot help you!" Eunuch Wei said with a cold face.

"I'm telling you to find a way, not asking for your opinion! I haven't even settled the score with you for making things difficult for us yet!" Lin Chuan said coldly.

"You!... Li Rufeng, your disciple is being so unreasonable, aren't you going to do something?" Eunuch Wei said.

Li Rufeng laughed and said, "I can't control him. You saw it yourself—how about you talk to her?" Li Rufeng pointed at No. 28.

"This..." Eunuch Wei was speechless.

"I won't make it hard for you. If I can't see the Emperor, it shouldn't be a problem to introduce me to a prince or something, right?" Lin Chuan asked.

Eunuch Wei's expression softened considerably at this. He said, "I can agree to that. Tomorrow at this same time and place, I will see which prince is available and have him come here to find you. How about that?"

Lin Chuan leaned in carefully and whispered in Li Rufeng's ear, "Old man, let me ask you, are there any experts in this Central Province Imperial City?"

"Of course there are. What do you think the Imperial Clan relied on to sit firmly in the Central Province?" Li Rufeng whispered back.

"Then what is the highest Realm among these experts?" Lin Chuan asked again.

"The Central Province Imperial Clan's surname is Qin. It's said that the Qin Family has an Old Ancestor named Qin Angxiong. Although he hasn't appeared in the world for many years, he is at least a Void Refining grandmaster by now," Li Rufeng said.

Lin Chuan nodded slightly, then said to Eunuch Wei, "Fine. Tomorrow at this same time, I'll be waiting here. You may leave."

Eunuch Wei said nothing, just kept a stiff face and walked away quickly.

Lin Chuan laughed and said, "Old man, you're not doing so well either. Even a eunuch dares to challenge you! And you said you were this and that back in the day."

Li Rufeng shook his head. "These people... back then they would call me 'Mister' this and 'Mister' that when they needed something. Now that they see I've fallen on hard times, anyone dares to come and trample on me. Such is the way of the cold world!"

Seeing that Ru Yan hadn't left yet, Lin Chuan frowned. "What are you still doing here? Waiting for me to treat you to dinner?"

"You..." Ru Yan was fuming, then shouted at Lin Chuan, "You annoying person! I want my chinese lute back!"

"Didn't you throw it here yourself? I thought you didn't want it anymore, so I just picked it up to play with. Fine, here it is!" Lin Chuan pulled the chinese lute out from under the table and handed it to Ru Yan.

Ru Yan took the chinese lute without looking at it, said, "I hate you!" then turned and left.

Lin Chuan looked at the Madam and said, "Then we'll be going?"

The Madam said with a smile, "Yes, please take care, Young Master. Do come again next time."

"Don't worry, didn't you hear? I'll be back tomorrow," Lin Chuan laughed.

Meanwhile, inside the palace, Eunuch Wei ran into a large hall with an urgent expression.

A middle-aged man was sitting in the hall, wearing a black mystic robe. He said, "What is the matter, being so flustered?"

Eunuch Wei knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, I just ran into Li Rufeng!"

The middle-aged man abruptly closed the book in his hand, his body tensing up, but then he seemed to think of something and relaxed, saying, "Oh? That fellow has actually returned to the Central Province. If you ran into him, you ran into him. What's there to be so surprised about? Well, how is he doing now?"

Eunuch Wei replied, "He looks quite decadent."

"Oh? Hahaha, as expected." The middle-aged man laughed.

"Your Majesty, this time he brought a young man with him, saying he's his disciple!" Eunuch Wei continued.

Hearing this, the middle-aged man sat up straight as if interested. "Oh? Interesting. How is his disciple? What's his name? What's his cultivation?"

"This... this old servant does not know. But that young man has a young female guard whose strength... I estimate to be at least a Nascent Soul Peak!" Eunuch Wei said.