Chapter 109 Chapter 109 16

The dispute lasted a whole day. Ji Binyang had the meal prepared by the cook left in the kitchen. No one came to serve it, and he could only watch the expensive meal gradually go cold.

It was the second day when Ruoruo woke up again. Her voice was noticeably hoarse whenever she spoke, but she did not feel any particular discomfort.

Ruo Ruo knew this because Ji Binyang had been more focused on the process yesterday, patient but not rude. Secondly, it was because of the extra spiritual energy within her. It wasn't much, but it was the maximum her body could withstand. As time passed, the spiritual energy within her body gradually changed her body, a subtle but real presence.

"You're awake. Do you want to eat something?" Ji Binyang rubbed Ruoruo's neck with a flattering smile, like a pet trying to please its owner, but the next second he started to act dishonestly again.

"We want to eat. Do you want to prepare it?" Ruoruo raised her eyebrows with a charming look.

Ji Binyang was stunned, and the next moment he grabbed the quilt that he was no longer covering himself with.

After a long while, he cleared his throat and said seriously, "Then let me show you my cooking today."

After dining with Ruoruo, Ji Binyang began to pack up. Actually, he didn't pack much; he simply handed Ruoruo an extremely delicate ring, which contained some of Ruoruo's favorite things.

"Brother Binyang, now that you have it, you don't cherish it anymore? Are you planning to let me leave?" Ruoruo asked him deliberately.

Ji Binyang didn't care that she said this on purpose. He hugged Ruoruo into his arms, stretched out his arm from behind, and personally put the ring on the ring finger of her right hand.

"How could I bear to leave? I brought you back. If you want to leave, you'd better wait until I die."

Ji Binyang pressed close to her and spoke in her ear.

"You said you wanted revenge, didn't you? Then of course we have to leave here. I was thinking that if I didn't take good care of you, it would be more convenient for you to take a storage ring with you."

"This ring can be opened directly with spiritual power. You don't have spiritual roots, so spiritual power cannot be regenerated. But you have me. Call me when you are short of spiritual power~"

The last sentence he said was lingering and sad.

As for the things here, Ji Binyang had already bought this house a long time ago. With his cautiousness, he had already set up countless formations inside. Even if they were not there, no one would be able to break in. Ji Binyang was confident of this.

"We will come back anyway. Let this be our home from now on!" He said this with longing in his eyes.

He had never thought that he could settle down in one place before, but now he was eager to live a leisurely life doing nothing in one place all day long.

Ruoruo didn't say anything, and Ji Binyang couldn't see her face or her eyes.

However, after a long while, Ruo Ruo finally responded to his talk of revenge, "Actually, whether or not I want revenge, I should go back to the secular world."

It wasn't revenge, but at least there should be some closure. It was time to clarify some things.

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Tiandu City is as bustling as ever. Compared to the small towns on the edge of the cultivation world, there is much more of the atmosphere of life here.

There are all kinds of pedestrians, vendors selling things, poor people, rich people, and the polarization is extremely serious.

Chunxiang Pavilion is where the rich gather. The poor can't afford to come here, nor dare to come. If they come, they must bring a thin girl, or a thin but good-looking boy.

This was the chaos of this world. Ruo Ruo felt that even from this secular world alone, she knew something was amiss with the Way of Heaven. If this secular world were placed in a simple, ordinary ancient world, it would have been overthrown long ago. The poor died of poverty, the powerful died of wealth, and yet no one cared about the lives of the poor.

But now, because of the existence of the world of cultivation, Luan cannot resist.

There's a sense of pre-heaval chaos, yet it's suppressed by the existence of the cultivation world. After all, not everyone in the cultivation world is dedicated to ascending to immortality. Many less talented cultivators love to come here to make a name for themselves.

And now there is a lot of noise in Chunxiang Pavilion.

"Hurry up and get your courtesan out! Our master bought Miss Peony's virginity, and you only called a few ordinary girls to accompany him? This won't do!"

The man who was bidding the price that day, who was called the master, was hiding in a corner with a look of fear on his face and laughing awkwardly, while the servant who was causing trouble was extremely arrogant.

The madam was carefully apologizing, and the level of chaos was no less than the night she escaped.

Ruo Ruo frowned and stared at the person who was causing the trouble.

Ji Binyang noticed her gaze and said, "He's a cultivator. His cultivation isn't very high, but he's not someone's slave, is he?"

"A cultivator?" Ruo Ruo recalled the man's appearance in her messy memories.

In previous memories, she was clearly a beggar, but now she suddenly became the merchant's servant, and she was specifically looking for her. Ruo Ruo knew that it was not a coincidence.

"Hurry up and let that bitch come out. If she doesn't, I'll destroy the entire Chunxiang Pavilion for our master!"

"Oh, stop it, stop it! How can we continue doing business like this? Master Sun, I returned all the money to you that night! Why are you bringing people here to make trouble again?"

The madam had a sad face. She was actually not bad to Mudan. After all, she had been there since she was very young and was very well-behaved and obedient. So when someone said that Mudan had run away, although she was angry, she turned around and returned the silver to Mr. Sun.

Firstly, she was worried about Mr. Sun's unreasonable behavior and the possibility of trouble. Secondly, if she could get Mudan back one day, she would have so many options to choose from. She really didn't need this little money. If she couldn't get her back, it would also prevent Mr. Sun from causing trouble and damaging the reputation of Chunxiang Pavilion.

Unexpectedly, he still came to cause trouble!

But Master Sun, with his hands folded in his sleeves, huddled in a corner, shouted, "Hurry up and hand over Mudan. Let her come out to receive the guests!"

Then he whispered to the madam, "If you want to stop it, stop the person who's smashing things. Don't tell me. It's useless!"

He was a somewhat unreasonable person, even a bit scoundrel. He was reluctant when the madam returned the money to him, but then he thought, there are so many beauties, so much money, if it was exchanged for somewhere else, it would be enough for him to live a carefree life for several years, and there was no need for him to be at odds with the madam because of this matter.

Peonies are beautiful, but beautiful young girls appear year after year. Even if they are beautiful, they will eventually age. But Chunxiang Pavilion will always exist. If you offend the madam, you won't be able to enter Chunxiang Pavilion. If he ever finds a new love, he might not even be able to enter. It's not worth it.

So he accepted the money. Although he still couldn't forget Mudan, he could accept it.

As a result, the man came to him two days ago and insisted on bringing people to Chunxiang Pavilion to cause trouble in his name, demanding that he must get Mudan's virginity since he bought it. He even stole a lot of his money!

He was also very concerned about his reputation, not to mention that his silver was robbed, so he wanted to resist, but the servants were like they had not eaten, and could not withstand a single move from the enemy.

He had no choice but to follow along obediently, since he wasn't required to do anything anyway.

It seemed that he wanted to sleep with Mudan, but in fact, he just wanted to cause trouble and was just using an excuse.

Mr. Sun even suspected that Chunxiang Pavilion had offended someone, so he deliberately used this as an excuse to teach Chunxiang Pavilion a lesson?

But the man seemed to be extremely concerned about Mudan, and he specifically asked for Mudan. When others said that Mudan had run away, he didn't care, just went to find her, and he was very sure that Mudan was definitely not dead.

He couldn't beat her, and he couldn't find her. Mr. Sun felt like he was watching a farce, and he was also a part of it. But to say that the man liked Mudan, that wasn't true. Who would be so kind as to like Mudan and let others sleep with her?

And it was well known that he had some quirks in that matter.

But if Mudan really offended him, Master Sun felt that with Mudan's smooth-talking personality, she wouldn't have offended him too badly. Not to mention that he had never seen this person in Tiandu City before.

The madam was almost going bald from worry.

How could she be so fussy? She couldn't even keep up her business! This person had been here for two days, and no matter how she tried to bring up a flower, it was useless. She was trying to ward off disaster by spending money, but she couldn't eliminate the disaster. She couldn't possibly conjure up a peony!

But when he asked his men to stop them, they were all beaten black and blue. He usually ate a lot of food, but now it was useless.

And Peony too! She's usually so well-behaved. But when something happens, she runs away!

In fact, she had made quite a bit of money from Mudan over the years. Even though she had spent some money hiring a teacher for Mudan in the early years, the teacher she hired wasn't just for Mudan, but also for other girls with good looks or special talents. Even if Mudan hadn't been around, these teachers would still have been hired.

It was only later that Mudan learned very quickly and excelled in everything, so the master occasionally taught her alone.

Before she started receiving customers, there were already countless people who were willing to give money to Mudan for her.

Not to mention Peony's reputation, some customers who came to Chunxiang Pavilion would spend money even if they couldn't see Peony, whether it was for drinks, meals, or other girls. The madam didn't say it, but she had a scale in her heart and had some idea of ​​what she was doing.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have been so optimistic about Mudan. The night of the auction of her virginity was also strange. Clearly, many young men had been waiting long beforehand, many lining up to tell her they'd already prepared money. But that night, no one with a good appearance or a decent amount of money showed up.

Later I heard that they had all sorts of accidents, and now one or two of them are still lying at home.

She just thought that Peony had a bad fate. People are sometimes born with a fate and have to accept it.

In the end, Mudan refused to accept her fate and ran away alone.

"Ouch, stop it now!" The madam was almost driven crazy. There was someone behind her, but the person behind her couldn't solve the problem. After she sent a helper who was beaten back, the boss behind her told her to handle it herself quickly. If she couldn't handle it well, Chunxiang Pavilion would be handed over to someone else.

Ruo Ruo watched the troublemaker vent his anger coldly, and even looked at some girls in Chunxiang Pavilion with obscene eyes, but she did not do anything excessive to the girls. Instead, she took the opportunity to search for something.

If nothing unexpected happens, he should be looking for her.

He suspected that she was still hiding in Chunxiang Pavilion, or that all his actions were forcing the madam to find her and catch her at all costs.

Ruo Ruo thought of the scenes in her memory where she was constantly discovered and bullied by beggars.

He mingled with the beggars and was the one who treated her the worst, but he was also the only one who gave her medicine for her injuries.

"You can stop it now. I'm back." Ruo Ruo stopped him with a cold face.

The madam was the first to discover it. After all, she was praying for a savior to appear.

Look, someone shouted to stop, of course she noticed.

What's more, it was an extremely beautiful female voice. The madam had been working at Chunxiang Pavilion for so many years that she could tell from the sound of the voice that the person speaking was definitely not bad looking. To put it even more exaggeratedly, if this was a girl from their Chunxiang Pavilion, even with just this beautiful voice, she would be able to charm many men and earn a lot of money.

But to be honest, this voice sounds quite familiar.

Only after meeting Ruoruo's gaze did the madam hesitantly speak, "Mu... Mudan?"

She was a little hesitant to recognize her. After all, the person standing in front of him had changed so much. She used to be extremely beautiful, but now she was so beautiful that even she, a woman, would hold her breath when she saw her.

She was wearing a long green dress with gilded hem. Just from a distance one could tell it was not ordinary.

When she was in Chunhyanggak, Mudan's clothes were never bad, but it was obvious that they were still not on the same level.

When they got closer, the madam discovered that Mudan looked very different from before. They say girls change a lot when they grow up, and become more and more beautiful, but this one has become too beautiful!

It obviously didn’t take that long!

The madam now suspected that the young woman was playing a trick on her, deliberately making herself look ugly. If she had always looked like this in Chunxiang Pavilion, why would there be any need for the two beauties of Chunxiang Pavilion? Mudan alone would be enough.

As for the fact that Mudan no longer wears those bright red and purple clothes, and her temperament no longer looks glamorous, but instead has a kind of fairy-like beauty, charming but not easy to be looked down upon, the madam has no doubts about this.

Because from the beginning she knew that compared to her flamboyant style, Mudan was actually a quiet and stubborn person.

When Mudan first suggested that Lily should be eligible to become an oiran, and that Chunxiang Pavilion could have two oirans, the madam thought she should go for the elegant route. However, Lily was desperate for this, crying day after day until her eyes were almost blind. She cried in front of Mudan, who was still a numbered name at the time, and in front of herself. Finally, "Mudan" decided on the name "Mudan." Lily chose the elegant route.

In fact, the madam didn't understand it at all at that time. After all, it was just a name and a style. Mudan was fine, her face looked good with either light or heavy makeup. No matter what, she was very outstanding.

Lily is obviously more suitable for brighter makeup, but she insists on dressing like a little white flower. She is older than Peony, but when the two get along, she is always the one being taken care of.

The madam did not feel sorry for Mudan. After all, they were both willing to fight and to be beaten. It would be so tiring for her to judge the girls if she got involved in such affairs!

She was angry because Lily Jing would take the money of the girls in the building, but pretended to be noble and never took the money of the men. There were even a few girls who followed her example. Oh my God! This is a brothel! It's not a charity! They don't take the men's money, but they eat and drink at Chunxiang Pavilion, wear the best clothes and use the best rouge. Do they think that Chunxiang Pavilion will rain money from the sky?

Of all the girls, even the most provocative courtesans of Chunxiang Pavilion, Mudan was the most willing to pay for her services. Rich young men and wealthy merchants readily spent their money on her. Therefore, it was difficult for the madam to dislike Mudan.

But the next second the madam remembered that she had taken advantage of the chaos to escape, and wanted to scold her, but then she saw the extraordinary dress she was wearing, the fabric of which she couldn't even recognize, and the headdress and hairpin that was hard to find in the entire Tiandu City.

Of course, when she finally managed to look away, she noticed the flamboyant man in a red robe following behind her. He had a cold face and was equally handsome, but he didn't look like someone who would be easily provoked.

The madam has been observing people for so many years that she thinks she has some judgment.

She silently swallowed the words she was about to say to criticize someone.

"Oh~ Mudan?! My dear daughter, you are finally back. Did you suffer any injustice?" The madam forced a smile and came forward with a very loud voice, to remind the troublemaker to stop, as the person he was looking for had returned.

Facing Ruoruo, who was clearly doing very well, the madam was filled with sympathy and worry, practically tearing at her hands and crying. At that moment, she didn't seem like the mother of a brothel, but rather like Ruoruo's biological mother.

Many other onlookers naturally noticed the two newcomers.

When they saw Ruoruo, many people silently straightened their bodies, some put down their wine glasses, and some quietly moved away from the crowd.

Because meeting such a beauty in such a place really made them feel not very proud. At this time, they could no longer deceive themselves that coming to a brothel was also an elegant thing.

Until I heard the madam call "Peony".

"Peony? Who? Who is Peony?" Someone lowered his head and asked the person next to him secretly.

Unfortunately, the person next to him rolled his eyes and said, "No, brother, don't you know that Mudan is here?"

"Ahem, isn't this for our young master? Madam asked me to sneak in among the crowd to protect our young master and prevent him from doing anything wrong."

“…”

"Peony...that's one of the two famous beauties in Chunxiang Pavilion, absolutely stunningly beautiful. To be honest, I used to be a bit dismissive of her, after all, so many people raved about her, but I just couldn't bear to spend so much money just to have a glimpse of her from afar. Now, I suddenly feel that I was too stingy back then. If I could go back in time, I would definitely..."

"Hey, brother, don't go back. Take this opportunity to see more. Just be satisfied with this one encounter! If those young masters hadn't come to Chunxiang Pavilion for some reason these days, and if it weren't for the coincidence today, how could we meet the top courtesan in Chunxiang Pavilion whenever we want? How many times can you meet her with the little money in your pocket? But seriously, who could have thought? Mudan actually..." Another person who was traveling with him patted his shoulder, but his eyes were still fixed on Ruoruo.

“It’s so beautiful…”

Even the scholars and students who had seen peonies before and were attracted to them but still looked down on them in their hearts were deeply attracted.

There was only one scholar standing at the outermost edge who began to squeeze in desperately when he heard the name "Peony". His originally straight and neat clothes were squeezed into a messy and loose state, but he didn't care at all.

He even turned a deaf ear to those who scolded and blamed him and told him not to squeeze in.

He finally squeezed to the innermost part. Before the anxiety on his face faded away, he met Ruoruo's gaze.

What kind of eyes were those? What kind of face was that? So beautiful, like a goddess, that one would want to kneel at her feet and bow before her. Clear and alluring, distant and alluring.

But Su An felt a chill from the soles of his feet.

After just one glance, he lowered his eyes and retreated silently.

"Hey! Brother Su, what are you doing?" a scholar who had an intersection with him shouted.

But he seemed to have heard nothing and staggered away.

He came in a hurry and left in a hurry.

He even accidentally bumped into someone on the road without saying a word.

"Are you ill?"

The person he bumped into cursed at him, but he seemed not to hear. After being kicked angrily, he still kept his head down and continued to run away.

He didn't dare to raise his eyes, let alone his head, the whole time.

No one knows what he is thinking.

Only a few drops of water dripped where he paused.

A scholar from the same academy as him saw this scene.

The scholar who had just tried to call out to him said, "This guy is really strange. Didn't he say he loved Mudan the most? He saved all his money for her all day long, just to see her. After Mudan ran away, he came here every time he had a free moment, asking if she had been caught. He even spent a lot of money privately to hire people to look for her. Why is it that when Mudan came back, regardless of whether he was happy or not, why didn't he take the opportunity to take a few more glances at her before just running away like that?"

Another scholar said casually, "Who knows? He's a strange guy, and he doesn't usually interact with us."

"But you know what, this guy is incredibly lucky! I used to think he was just a fool. Even though he had A's in every grade, he couldn't even afford to eat because of a prostitute. He was always trying to make money by copying books, not doing his job properly. Now it seems like this guy is actually quite tight-lipped."

"Oh, isn't it because you looked down on Peony from the beginning? I praised Peony several times, but did you listen? But seriously, Peony is getting more and more beautiful. I used to think that the most beautiful Peony could be, but I didn't expect it to be even more beautiful. We are really lucky to be out today!"

The person who was venting his anger and smashing things was the last one to discover Ruoruo's existence.

After Song San smashed things around, he felt relieved when he saw that no one dared to come forward to stop him.

The annoyance of being forced out of the world of cultivation and coming to the secular world has also decreased a lot.

Yes, he is nothing in the world of cultivation. Not to mention being domineering, even being a servant depends on other people's mood.

But now that he was in the secular world, he felt so refreshed for the first time. If he wasn't worried about the matter getting out of hand and ending badly, and the Hele Sect finding out and killing him, he would have wanted to kill two people in the secular world just for fun.

Of course, even so, he still has to complete the task assigned to him by Hele Sect.

After all, no matter how happy or unrestrained you are in the secular world, you can only live for a few short decades. Without spiritual energy, your cultivation will not be as good as in the world of cultivation where you can increase your power by breathing.

If he doesn't complete the mission of Hele Sect, he is afraid that it will be difficult for him to return alive.

Moreover, the dual cultivation method in Hele Sect is the most famous, and most of the tripods and furnaces in the world of cultivation also come from Hele Sect. When he completes his mission and returns, the disciples of Hele Sect have promised to give him a tripod and furnace.

By then, even in the world of cultivation, he will no longer be easily stepped on by others!

"Peony?" Hearing the name Peony, Song San smiled and turned his head. Before turning around, he did not forget to kick the guard of Chunxiang Pavilion far away.

"Oh, I told you guys you're dishonest, and sure enough! Stinky..."

Before he could finish, he caught sight of Ruoruo standing in the middle. The rest of his words burned in his mouth, getting stuck in his throat and unable to come out.

Helezong's disciples only said she was a prostitute, but they didn't say she looked like this? This...this look? Helezong didn't take her back himself, but let him find a way to deal with it?

But then, a surge of ecstasy surged in his heart.

Anyway, He Le Zong only said that she would not have an easy life, and that she needed to be taught a lesson so that she would never be able to turn over a new leaf in her life, but he didn't tell him how he wanted her to be taught the lesson, right?

As for the others, he completely ignored them.

This isn't the world of cultivation, is there anyone who can stop him? No!

Thinking of this, he stopped talking about Master Sun buying her virginity. Instead, he straightened his back and walked towards Ruoruo confidently.

After he came to the secular world, he often heard the story of an immortal taking away the courtesan Lily.

He didn't know who the immortal they were talking about was, nor did he know who Lily was, but he was already fed up with hearing those mortals bragging so much.

But now! He felt that he could also be Mudan's savior! Take her away forcefully.

Although he was only in the early stages of foundation building, he was still considered an "immortal" after all! He just couldn't "fly". But since he had brought Mudan out of Chunxiang Pavilion so majestically, wouldn't she be grateful to him every day and willingly serve him?

Thinking of this, Song San was so proud that he seemed to have seen a beautiful life in the future.

He looked at Ruoruo from top to bottom with a disgusting and arrogant look, and the more he looked, the more he liked her.

He had never seen such a beauty in the world of cultivation. He had never expected that he would find such a beauty in the secular world. It was like he had found a glittering gem in a pile of dirt. He was proud of his luck and felt that he could definitely make the gem his own.

But when he looked around, he found that there was a man next to Mudan. He looked like a fox spirit in disguise, and was standing very close to Mudan.

Peony didn't resist at all.

Song San's eyes gradually became gloomy.

It turns out that women in brothels are not faithful to their husbands!

But his gaze was also drawn to Ji Binyang, who had peach blossom eyes, thin lips and a handsome face. He was wearing a red dress, and his black hair was tied up on his head, swaying in the wind.

Both of them actually made him feel itchy.

Ji Binyang naturally saw his gaze, and he narrowed his eyes slightly, a cold glint in his eyes. Of course, he did not forget to move closer to Ruo Ruo.

What a fool! This was the first time he was so angry, except for the fact that he recently found out that Ruoruo had also fallen into his unfortunate formation.

Of course, he had encountered this kind of look before, but usually the next second, the person would change into a different look.

But this time, Ruoruo pulled him, and he suppressed his anger and did not attack.

If you look at him like that, you might as well die.

Looking at Ruo Ruo with such eyes, Ji Binyang felt that the phrase "living is worse than death" was a bit of an understatement. He searched his mind for the formation he had created many years ago.

Well, he was just too bored, so he spent three whole years collecting various torture methods and painfully imitating them before finally developing the formation. However, because they were too extreme, he only tried them a few times on some evil cultivators, and he killed them off in a few seconds.

But he felt that this time he could finally try the full version.

"If I heard correctly, Mom has already returned all the money to Master Sun, right? Why are you still here to cause trouble?"

Ruo Ruo glanced at Song San lightly, then looked at Master Sun in the corner.

There was actually a hint of red on Mr. Sun's pig-skin face.

He looked at Ruo Ruo and said hurriedly with a flattering tone: "I will have the silver returned immediately. I have silver! I have gold!"

"I...I want to redeem you!"

But before he could finish, Song San rushed over and slapped him against the wall, and then he rolled to the ground.

Mr. Sun could never have imagined that the person who had just said that he would help him get the peony would now try to kill him.

He just stared at Song San and pointed at him, "You...you..."

He didn't say a word after that, and his hand dropped heavily, and he lay on the ground, his life or death unknown.

"ah!"

"Murder! Murder!"

Chunxiang Pavilion became messy again, even worse than before.

However, many people also tried to remain calm.

"Don't make a fuss. If you're scared, go out and call the police! Isn't it embarrassing to make such a commotion?"

Someone retorted, "After a person dies, do you still care whether it's embarrassing or not?"

But no matter whether they appeared afraid or not, no one was willing to retreat.