Selling My Body, Not My Art

The red-clothed woman had picturesque features, but her words carried a chilling murderous intent:

"Second Master, should we kill this Bai brat?"

The Second Master, Xiao Bushi, chuckled:

"What? Chun Niang, have you discovered something amiss about him?"

The woman named Chun Niang gave a charming smile:

"This humble servant hasn't, but I see that Second Master is still harboring doubts, so killing him would settle the matter."

Xiao Bushi pondered for a moment and said:

"The more critical the moment, the more cautious we must be. We shouldn't create unnecessary complications."

"Chun Niang, send someone to test him. If there's a problem, kill him. If not, remember not to create unnecessary complications."

The red-clothed woman giggled:

"Please rest assured, Master. This humble servant's people will certainly treat him well."

She waved her sleeve seemingly unhurriedly, and red gauze fluttered.

In the next moment, the red-clothed woman had vanished without a trace.

Xiao Bushi seemed unfazed, merely gazing into the distance:

"The grand plan is about to succeed. We must seek stability in all things and cannot afford even the slightest mistake."

At the same time, Bai Yu was hurrying towards the Mortuary.

He now only wanted to quickly escape this troublesome place that was the Xiao family.

If he wasn't worried about arousing suspicion by revealing himself, he would have even liked to use his light body skill and fly straight back.

However, that would only attract more suspicion. Although Bai Yu was anxious in his heart, he maintained an unhurried expression on his face.

He even stopped to buy a string of candied hawthorns, eating them as he walked, looking indescribably content.

No one who saw him would suspect anything was amiss.

Having encountered no danger along the way, Bai Yu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Just then, as he passed a secluded intersection, he saw a charming and beautiful mature woman standing at the street corner.

Her face was exquisite, her curves were alluring, and she was dressed very scantily.

"This young master, come in and have some fun."

The charming woman approached with a smile, and a refreshing fragrance wafted over him.

She moved closer to Bai Yu, reaching out to take his arm, and with an unintentional dip of her head, she seemed to reveal a vast expanse of snowy mountains.

Bai Yu thought to himself:

Could this be a prostitute doing private work? Are the quality of prostitutes this high nowadays?

He hurriedly waved his hand and said:

"No, no, my body can't handle it."

The charming woman smiled softly:

"What are you saying, young master? You look so strong and healthy, you don't look like you're in bad shape at all."

"Come sit with me. You can have me do whatever you want."

Bai Yu's eyes lit up upon hearing this:

"Really? Anything?"

The charming woman giggled, reaching out to take Bai Yu's arm:

"Of course. This humble servant knows many tricks. There's nothing you can think of that I can't do."

Bai Yu dodged the woman, chuckling:

"That's great! Then do a math problem for me."

"There's a group of rabbits and roosters locked together. There are thirty-five heads in total, and ninety-four feet. How many rabbits and roosters are there?"

The beautiful woman's smile froze on her face, as if saying, Are you kidding me?

A lone man and woman, surrounded by soft fragrance, and you want to do math problems?

However, she quickly recovered her soft smile:

"Young master is joking. This humble servant sells her body, not her skills."

Bai Yu feigned anger, taking a few steps back with a wary expression:

"Hmph, you just said you could do anything. This is false advertising, deceiving customers."

"My master said that women all love to lie, and the more beautiful the woman, the more she lies."

The beautiful woman suddenly felt a headache. How could this person be so difficult to deal with?

She suppressed her anger and said with a smile:

"Young master, please don't be upset. This humble servant does have some talents. I'm best at dancing."

Bai Yu said:

"What kind of dance?"

The beautiful young woman smiled:

"A folk dance, from a foreign tribe in the northern lands. Young master must not have seen it before."

As she spoke, the light gauze in her hand danced, flashing before Bai Yu's eyes.

Her hands, seemingly slow but actually quick, embraced Bai Yu's arm.

Bai Yu's heart tightened, and he circulated the Mystic Tortoise Breath Concealment Art to its limit.

Even the skin on his body became loose, and his muscles were very soft, not at all like a powerful martial artist who had undergone Skin Tempering.

He said with a blank expression:

"Not interested."

The beautiful young woman said alluringly:

"Without clothes on, oh."

Her soft, slender hand lightly stroked the back of Bai Yu's hand, and a hint of doubt appeared in her eyes.

Not believing it, she secretly sent a surge of internal energy into Bai Yu's body.

Bai Yu's mind was greatly shaken, and he fully circulated the Concealment Art, even completely suppressing the internal energy within his body.

On the surface, he seemed completely unaware, a complete simpleton, coldly snorting:

"Without clothes on, how would I know what tribe you're from?"

"Go, go, go, I don't have money. I'm saving my money to get a wife."

At this moment, footsteps came from around the corner, and someone was walking towards them.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Bai Yu broke free from the beautiful young woman's embrace and slipped away, clutching his package like a thief.

Not long after Bai Yu left, the beautiful young woman also turned and entered the house.

Inside the house, Chun Niang sat at a square table, drinking tea.

"Qiu Lan, how was it? Were you able to find out the details of this young man?"

The beautiful young woman performed a wanfu greeting, saying:

"Reporting to the Xiangzhu, after this servant's investigation, this young man's Blood Essence should be at the Second Rank Muscle Forging Realm."

"His muscles are quite strong, already having reached a certain level, and his skin shows some signs of strengthening. It seems he has already come into contact with Skin Tempering."

"However, he has no internal energy within his body, so he definitely hasn't entered the Fourth Rank."

Chun Niang picked up her teacup, blew on it, and took a sip with great elegance:

"Are you sure? At this crucial juncture, no mistakes can be made."

Qiu Lan smiled:

"The Branch Leader is overthinking it. He's just a greenhorn who has learned a few skills. You didn't see his embarrassed state. He trembled at the slightest provocation."

"If it weren't for the people coming from outside, he wouldn't have been able to escape my grasp at all."

Chun Niang put down her teacup and nodded faintly:

"It's good if there are no problems. The more critical the moment, the more careful and cautious we must be."

With that said, her figure flashed, and she disappeared as mysteriously as she had appeared.

At the same time, Bai Yu had already walked far away.

His face showed no abnormalities, but his heart was pounding.

His first reaction was that something was wrong.

A beauty of this caliber was also a top-tier beauty in the Spring Breeze Pavilion.

If that wasn't good enough, she could go to the lesser Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion or Crimson Red Courtyard, and might even be able to become a headliner.

Such a beauty would never become a streetwalker, let alone solicit customers on the street.

Sure enough, Bai Yu carefully checked and found that she possessed considerable martial arts skills.

Later, the beautiful young woman repeatedly probed him, all to investigate Bai Yu's cultivation.

Fortunately, Bai Yu had cultivated the Mystic Tortoise Breath Concealment Art to the point of mastery, and could even change his body shape, which allowed him to escape this calamity.

His back was already soaked with sweat.

Fortunately, nothing went wrong after that, and Bai Yu returned to the Mortuary smoothly.

As soon as he entered, he saw Zhu Tong cracking away at an abacus while saying:

"Little Bai, you're back? Have you heard? Something big has happened."