162: You underestimate my loyalty.

Hearing this, Chu Yu's face broke into a strange smile, and he deliberately raised his voice, "I understand, I understand! Then I won't disturb Brother Lu's good fortune. You must come find me for a drink another day!" With that, he laughed loudly, turned, and left, not forgetting to cast a meaningful glance at Bai Jingjing as he departed.

Only after Chu Yu's figure disappeared did Lu Chen turn to Bai Jingjing, who was pale with anger on the stage, and made a 'please' gesture.

Bai Jingjing snorted coldly, turned, and walked towards the back hall, with Lu Chen following unhurriedly.

The two entered the elegant room, lit by orange candlelight, one after the other.

The moment the door closed, Bai Jingjing suddenly turned, her eyes glinting with cold light, "Young Master has great skill, even the Little Overlord of Chu can be sent away with a few words. I just don't know, why exactly has Young Master come tonight?"

Lu Chen deliberately chuckled, "What do you think? Of course, I came for Young Miss's beauty!"

"Hmph!" Bai Jingjing sneered, her eyes showing even more disdain, "Seeing Young Master's handsome and refined appearance, I originally thought he was a person of taste, but I didn't expect him to be such a vulgar lecher." With that, she walked straight to the carved bed, an expression of resignation on her face, "Let's get this over with quickly!"

Lu Chen slowly stepped forward, observing the beauty with interest.

He chuckled inwardly: She's clearly a demoness who kills without batting an eye, yet she insists on feigning the appearance of a chaste and virtuous woman.

Seeing that Lu Chen made no move for a long time, Bai Jingjing impatiently propped herself up, "A moment of spring night is worth a thousand pieces of gold. What is Young Master still waiting for? Oh~ could it be..." Bai Jingjing's jade finger slowly moved up and down Lu Chen, "Are you a virgin??"

Bai Jingjing suddenly laughed, her body trembling, "That would be wonderful! Do you want older sister to teach you?"

Lu Chen rolled his eyes, "Aren't you a virgin? How do you know all this?"

Bai Jingjing's pretty face flushed, "I... I've seen picture books! I know everything!"

Just as her outer garment slipped, Lu Chen suddenly threw out a piece of ebony token.

Bai Jingjing's face changed drastically, "This is Older Sister Bai Cui's life token! How did it get into your hands? Who exactly are you?!"

Lu Chen smiled faintly, "Oh, that little mouse is called Bai Cui. I killed her."

"You're courting death!" Bai Jingjing shrieked, and dozens of silver lights suddenly shot out from her sleeve.

However, Lu Chen's figure flashed, easily dodging them, then he clasped Bai Jingjing's throat and slammed her heavily onto the bed.

Lu Chen said coldly, "I ask, you answer. Dare to lie and I'll kill you.

How many strongholds does your Guanyin Hall have inside and outside the city?"

"Pah!" Bai Jingjing spat a mouthful of bloody foam onto Lu Chen's face, "I don't know!"

"Slap!"

A slap echoed in the room, and Bai Jingjing's head was sharply turned to one side, a trickle of blood winding down from her broken lip.

Lu Chen leisurely wiped the bloody foam from her face with his sleeve, his voice terrifyingly gentle, "Speak."

"Kill me then!" Bai Jingjing laughed hysterically, her blood-stained teeth looking particularly ferocious in the candlelight, "Even if you kill me, you still won't know!"

"Slap!"

This slap sent her sprawling onto the bed, her hair disheveled, and her golden hairpin falling to the floor.

Lu Chen pressed one knee onto her back, pulling her hair to force her face upwards, "Don't resist, it's useless."

Lu Chen's voice suddenly became compassionate, as if chanting scriptures, "Guanyin Bodhisattva once enlightened: 'All suffering is a test; only by enduring it can one see Bodhi.'"

"Slap!" The slap and the Buddhist verse fell simultaneously.

"The Lotus Sutra says: 'As one's mind becomes pure, so does the Buddha-land.'" Lu Chen said, while delivering another backhand slap, the force precisely calculated to make her see stars but not pass out, "What you are experiencing now is merely a tribulation given to you by the Bodhisattva."

"Slap!"

A heavy slap.

"Guanyin Bodhisattva said: 'Let go of attachments, then attain freedom.'" Lu Chen's palm rose again, but in mid-air, it transformed into a caress, gently wiping away the blood on her face, "Why suffer for such illusory loyalty?"

Bai Jingjing's eyes began to lose focus, her originally tense body gradually relaxing.

Lu Chen's voice became softer and softer, gentler and gentler, "Do you still remember the 'Guanyin Linggan True Words'? 'The sea of suffering is boundless, turn back and reach the shore'...

"Slap!" When the last slap fell, Bai Jingjing actually tilted her head up voluntarily, the hatred in her eyes having transformed into a confused piety at some point.

She murmured, "Bodhisattva... is right..."

Lu Chen looked at the 'enlightened' demoness with satisfaction, his fingertips lingering on her swollen cheek, "Now, tell me, the whole truth about Guanyin Hall! The strongholds!"

Bai Jingjing was completely subdued: "Besides the Red Mansion, restaurants, shops, and so on, we have people collecting intelligence. As long as we find someone with strength, we will try to drug them, then take them to the headquarters in the city for packaging. For example, the fellow named Chu Yu you met tonight, our people have already been watching him!"

Lu Chen was not worried about Chu Yu. If he guessed correctly, this Chu Yu was probably the Reincarnation of Xiang Yu. He was born with a destiny and would not die so easily.

In the great qin civilization, due to Lin Fei's premature spoiler, Xiang Yu was killed as an infant.

But Xiang Yu's destiny was already set, and not even death could stop it, so he was Reincarnated into this era!

It shows how powerful the force of destiny is!

Lu Chen asked, "Where is the headquarters?"

Bai Jingjing continued, "The headquarters is beneath the Silk Merchant Guild. That is the largest stronghold."

Lu Chen continued to ask, "Where are they sent after being packaged?"

Bai Jingjing: "They are sent to Xuan Ning Port, the most prosperous city in Donghan. Various Immortal Cultivation Sects' outer gates and transactions all take place in that city, and the main hall of the Cihang Sect's outer gate is also located in Xuan Ning Port.

Then the Hall Master Cui Jin screens them. The good ones are sent to the Sect, offered to the Elders and Inner Sect Disciples, and the less good ones are kept by the Hall Master himself."

Lu Chen: "Is City Lord Ge Hong also one of your people?"

Bai Jingjing: "Yes, he is the person in charge of the Feiyun City stronghold."

Good gracious.

Lu Chen didn't expect this woman to really tell everything.

Bai Jingjing's eyes were clear, and she remained still, awaiting death.

However, Lu Chen did not move for a long time.

"Aren't you going to kill me?" Bai Jingjing suddenly spoke, her voice carrying a hint of disappointment.

Lu Chen: "I keep my word. Since you were so honest and told everything, why should I kill you?"

Bai Jingjing's face suddenly turned crimson. She bit her lip and spoke shyly, "Then... then can you slap me two more times?"

Lu Chen: "..."

"Can you?" she asked eagerly, her eyes gleaming with a morbid desire.

Slap, slap, slap, slap!

Lu Chen mercilessly delivered four slaps, "I'll give you two extra."

"Mm~~~ Thank you!" Bai Jingjing narrowed her eyes contentedly, her cheeks swollen but a happy smile on her face.

Lu Chen was speechless. What kind of special fetish did this woman have? A few slaps could make her completely devoted? This was too outrageous. Was she born a masochist??

Lu Chen said playfully, "Are you willing to follow me?"

Bai Jingjing said seriously, "You underestimate my loyalty. Although what you said makes a lot of sense, I cannot betray Guanyin Hall!"

Lu Chen slowly said, "If you follow me... I can slap you anytime."

Bai Jingjing's eyes instantly lit up, frighteningly bright. She trembled with excitement, "I'm willing!!"

Lu Chen: "..."