A Lewd Illusion

Late at night.

Hanyu leaned back against the prison wall while Yixian and Coconut had each curled up in a corner, fast asleep.

In his haze, it seemed someone was softly calling him.

Hanyu shook his head, suddenly feeling a little muddled as the voice at his ear grew clearer and clearer.

"Hanyu, come over here!"

He abruptly looked up. The rotten wooden bars had become a large pink bed, gauze curtains drifting in the air. Upon the soft pillows lay a snow-white naked body resting on its side.

Her curves rose and fell like layer upon layer of mountains, and enormous peaks pressed against the pillow. Hanyu stared, dumbstruck.

Looking around again, the cold cage surrounding him had long since turned into a fragrant boudoir.

"Why is Bai Junya here?"

The moment doubt rose in Hanyu's heart, Bai Junya on the bed shyly covered her enormous peaks. Her palms were too small to conceal more than their summits as she coquettishly urged, "Hanyu, don't you recognize me?"

The sight sent Hanyu's blood surging. His eyes instantly turned red, and every breath he exhaled was scorching hot.

"Impossible. How could Bai Junya be here?"

Hanyu vigorously shook his head, trying to clear his mind.

"Hanyu!"

Another voice came from behind him. Hanyu turned, and twin streams of nosebleed instantly burst forth.

Yu Ruyi stood naked behind him, her enticing pear-shaped body fully exposed. Her arms crossed over her chest, yet rather than concealing the view, they made it even more captivating.

She swayed gracefully to the edge of the bed, climbed up, and embraced Bai Junya.

"Impossible."

Hanyu still struggled desperately.

"Come on! Come keep us company!"

The two women murmured in soft, alluring voices.

"I won't believe you're real unless you bend over and let me have a look."

Hanyu gritted his teeth as he spoke.

After rolling their eyes at him, the two women actually sat up from the bed...

His nosebleed, which had only just stopped, erupted again. Hanyu swallowed and hastily wiped at it.

"I still don't believe it unless you let me touch you."

Before he had even waited for their agreement, he eagerly strode forward, his large hands roaming nonstop across the two snow-white bodies.

Suddenly, Hanyu jolted and asked in confusion, "Why is your skin so rough?"

"Because you're fucking touching me."

That sharp shout instantly brought Hanyu fully back to his senses. What boudoir? What women? Before him stood a masked man dressed in black.

At that moment, the black-clad man's eyes brimmed with shame and fury as he glared hatefully at him.

Hanyu withdrew his hands in horror. Had he really touched this man just now?

Waves of nausea nearly made him vomit.

The black-clad man's gaze turned even colder. He shouted, "Knock him out and take him away."

As soon as the words fell, Hanyu felt his skull buzzing violently. He stupidly turned around and saw another person standing there, equally dumbfounded.

The man held a bent iron rod raised high in his hand, his face full of disbelief.

Then, refusing to believe it, he struck Hanyu twice more right in front of him with two loud clangs.

"This brat's body is terrifyingly tough. Use knockout powder."

As the words fell, two packets of medicinal powder were scattered over his face at once. Hanyu remained unaffected, but he hurriedly ran to the cell door and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Guards! Someone come quickly!"

His voice gradually died away, because he had seen prison guards sprawled all over the ground not far from the cell door.

"Use more powder."

The two black-clad men exchanged glances, then fiercely covered their own mouths and noses while continuously pulling out more powder with their other hands and scattering it at Hanyu.

Only after the cell had been filled with powder did Hanyu finally collapse.

"This kid is fucking abnormal. His body's abnormal, and his resistance to drugs is abnormal too."

After viciously kicking Hanyu several times, they only stopped when the impacts hurt their own feet. Then one lifted his head and the other carried his legs as they hurried away.

The prison cell was quiet and still. Aside from the white powder all over the floor, only Yixian and Coconut remained, asleep. Both wore a faint flush on their faces, as though they were having some sweet dream...

When Hanyu opened his eyes again, the first thing he saw was a rat-faced countenance: mung-bean-sized eyes, freckles all over his face, a flat nose bridge, a small walrus mustache, and a mouthful of huge yellow teeth whenever he smiled.

He immediately scrambled to his feet. After looking around, he discovered that he was in an unfamiliar hall, with two rows of Disciples standing guard around him, sealing off every path of escape.

"Do not be afraid, little sir. This humble Daoist is Rat Daoist. This is the Five Immortals Sect, and it is very safe here."

Rat Daoist wore a warm smile, but paired with that rat-faced visage, it looked like a sinister grin no matter how one viewed it.

Hanyu frowned and chuckled. "Then why did you capture me?"

"Wrong. We invited you; we did not capture you. Yujin Prefecture's prison was not somewhere you could remain for long, so we had no choice but to use this measure and invite you here first. We will make amends afterward."

Having said that, Rat Daoist actually clasped his hands and bowed.

Hanyu's tone eased somewhat as he asked, "Then why did you invite me here?"

Rat Daoist laughed merrily, twirling his little mustache as he said with narrowed eyes, "My request is not much. I merely wish to ask you for pills, sir. This humble Daoist is not picky; anything suitable for me will do."

Pills?

Hanyu understood at once, but he had already fed the pills in his possession to Yu Ruyi. Right now, she was probably nursing a child in some out-of-the-way corner.

Thinking of Yu Ruyi nursing a child made his heart stir again.

"Little sir! Little sir!"

Rat Daoist called out several times beside him before finally pulling Hanyu back from his thoughts.

Hanyu smiled awkwardly. Just as he was about to refuse, saying he had no pills at present, he saw the sky outside the hall gradually turn pale like a fish belly.

It had not even been midnight just now. Why was dawn already breaking?

Hanyu was astonished, unaware that he had been unconscious for a full three hours.

His heart stirred, and he visualized the Glazed Bottle in his mind. At that moment, a fiery red pill rolled about within it.

Bliss Pill: Burn this pill, and whoever inhales it will enter a state of bliss, with boundless joy. Do not swallow it. Bear the consequences yourself.
Side effect: Forget sorrow and know only happiness for one year.

Judging by Rat Daoist's appearance, the man seemed rather happy already. He probably had no use for it.

Thus, Hanyu could only shake his head and sigh. "I'm sorry, but I have no pills on hand."

Rat Daoist continued twirling his beard with a smile, not angered in the least. He waved over several Disciples and said, "No hurry, no hurry. Little sir may leave whenever you decide to give us one!"

Hanyu's eyes instantly widened. So he had merely been moved from one prison cell to another!

Perhaps Rat Daoist wanted more than just one pill. Maybe he even intended to bleed him dry.

Just wait! The moment a poison pill came out, he would offer it up first thing.

Hanyu sneered at him and did not intend to break out anymore. As for pills, who was he not going to swindle?

Swindling this sort of person even let him sleep with a clear conscience. He would not even need to mention the side effects.

The rising sun emerged.

Ye Zhi Qiu was hurriedly awakened by his subordinates. He followed them to the prison, first seeing guards collapsed everywhere before entering Hanyu's cell with a grim expression.

At this time, Yixian and Coconut were still sleeping soundly, but Hanyu had vanished without a trace.

A subordinate crouched down, pinched some of the white powder from the ground, and lightly sniffed it. He shook his head slightly. "My lord, he was likely abducted. This is knockout smoke."

Ye Zhi Qiu's face turned frighteningly cold. Leaning against the cell door, he crushed the wooden bars to pieces with one hand, wood chips scattering from his palm.

Someone had brazenly barged into his territory and taken a person away. If that was not a slap to his face, what was?

"Put everything else aside and investigate!"

A roar shook Yujin Prefecture's prison until it trembled nonstop...

Throughout the city's main roads, Prefectural Guards hurried back and forth. The small sects established within the city and dependent upon it were visited one by one by the Prefectural Guards.

As for the somewhat larger sects on several hills outside the city that had been marked as priority targets, armored troops from the city split into groups and led teams to their doors.

Five Immortals Sect.

Before long, a Disciple came to report that Prefectural Guards had arrived to investigate the prison escapee's whereabouts.

Rat Daoist knew exactly what was going on. He waved his hand and said, "No need to fear them. Let them search."

Hanyu's place of confinement had long been carefully arranged. Besides, Ye Zhi Qiu's attention would surely be focused on the larger sects.

Who would have thought that the Little Alchemist everyone was looking for would be held in the palm of a tiny sect like his?

Thinking of this, Rat Daoist proudly stroked his long beard and threw back his head in unrestrained laughter.

After more than half a day had passed, Ye Zhi Qiu sat in the Prefectural Yamen, waiting left and right without receiving any news. The fury in his heart only grew hotter.

By evening, Prefectural Guards and armored officers came to report one after another. There was no news at all.

Ye Zhi Qiu nearly exploded with rage on the spot. Gritting his teeth, he said, "So you like hiding that much, huh?"

His eyes flickered. He waved over several subordinates and said, "Have the brothers below make another round."

"This time, do not search for anyone. Go notify every sect, large and small, one by one. Tell them that the Little Alchemist was abducted from Yujin Prefecture's prison."

Since he could not find them, then he would make them bite each other and see whether they could keep hiding.