Bright Moon Tower-
The smartly dressed brothel attendant bowed, glanced around, then leaned close to Zhao Yi and quietly pointed upstairs. "Young master, you're well informed. Bright Moon Tower is indeed here.
"But those people are fiends who kill without blinking. Don't provoke them without good reason. Or do the girls here fail to catch your eye?"
Zhao Yi snapped his fan open and waved it twice, wearing a half-smile. "They certainly catch my eye. It's just that-"
"I have an inborn contempt for Qingguanren. Playing the whore while erecting a monument to their chastity, heh-"
The attendant froze briefly. Once he caught on, his smile turned strained. He bowed and gestured upstairs. "Then please take care, young master. I'll take my leave."
Zhao Yi paid him no further attention. He turned and leisurely climbed the stairs, waving his gentleman's fan and listening to the conversations around him.
Because of the fierce wind and rain in Shuzhou a few hours earlier, Chunyu Tower had relatively few guests.
Aside from some wastrel heirs who prided themselves on their carefree ways year-round and refused to stay home, most were Jianghu guests and sons of aristocratic families who had just arrived in Shuzhou.
Some made their home wherever they roamed; others considered a night in Yanhuaxiang preferable to an inn. Either way, they brought some life to Chunyu Tower.
"Three days? Did that 'Dragon Tiger' really say that?"
"Could it be false?"
"Last night, an elder of the Divine Eagle Sect joined forces with two fiends from Ferocious Men Valley and slipped into the Xiao Family's estate. Hmm-actually, you couldn't call it breaking in."
"To be precise, before the three even reached the Xiao Family's rear residence, they ran into 'Dragon Tiger' at the mountain behind it."
"At first, they didn't know who