Spring View Pavilion

"You don't have to believe me!"

"I've received reliable information that the big boss behind Spring View Pavilion is a Demonic Creature."

"Why don't you come with me tonight to storm Spring View Pavilion and slay this Demonic Creature?"

"You'll know if I'm trustworthy or not then!"

Lu Xuenning said to Chen Fan in a deep voice.

"Okay."

Chen Fan nodded upon hearing this.

He agreed without even asking about the strength of the Demonic Creature in Spring View Pavilion.

Lu Xuenning was slightly taken aback. She had only said it in passing and didn't expect Chen Fan to agree so readily.

"The Ape Demon in Spring View Pavilion is a Demonic Creature at the Spirit Concealment Realm Fourth Stage Blood Martial Saint level. However, Demonic Creatures are naturally stronger than our human race, so even a Martial Artist at the Spirit Concealment Realm Fifth Stage Marrow Asura level would not find it easy to kill this Ape Demon."

"Are you really determined to go with me to kill him?"

Lu Xuenning confirmed again, revealing some information about the Demonic Creature residing in Spring View Pavilion.

"What is your strength?"

Chen Fan couldn't help but ask upon hearing this.

"I have surpassed the Skin Devil King, Bone Vajra, Muscle Bodhisattva, Blood Martial Saint, and Marrow Asura, five stages, reaching the Spirit Concealment Realm Peak."

Lu Xuenning straightened her slender waist and said with a hint of pride.

"Then that's enough."

"Let's storm Spring View Pavilion directly and slay that Ape Demon!"

Chen Fan's eyes lit up. He never expected this seemingly delicate female constable to be a Martial Artist at the Spirit Concealment Realm Peak.

Doesn't that mean she's a master on the same level as the Jinyiwei captain in Ping'an County?

The key point is, how old is she? She looks about the same age as Chen Fan.

But Captain Cao is already over fifty.

Comparing the two, the difference is clear!

Spring View Pavilion.

The largest brothel in Ping'an County, and also the tallest building in the entire Ping'an County, it could be called the landmark building of Ping'an County.

The Spring View Pavilion was seven stories high, like a seven-story pagoda. At night, it was brightly lit, with people coming and going incessantly.

"As expected of the largest brothel in Ping'an County, it's truly magnificently built."

Chen Fan, dressed in black casual clothes, stood in front of the Spring View Pavilion and said in a deep voice.

"Don't tell me you've never been here before?"

Lu Xuenning, dressed in a blue long gown in scholar's attire, glanced at Chen Fan and then raised an eyebrow.

"I really haven't."

"I only joined the Jinyiwei last year. Before joining the Jinyiwei, I was an orphan beggar who grew up by begging from everyone. After joining the Jinyiwei, I cultivated diligently, which is how I gained my current strength."

Chen Fan spoke calmly.

"You joined the Jinyiwei a year ago and reached such a realm with just a common Body Tempering Fist?"

Lu Xuenning was somewhat surprised upon hearing this.

"And also a Draw Sword Slash."

Chen Fan added.

"What's the difference?"

Lu Xuenning shook her head and smiled.

In her eyes, although Body Tempering Fist was common, it had some merit. But Draw Sword Slash was just a basic sword technique, utterly worthless.

"Two officers, please come in!"

As soon as Chen Fan and Lu Xuenning stepped into the Spring View Pavilion, the welcoming girls in the first-floor hall swarmed towards them.

Although they were in the business of selling their bodies, who wouldn't want to entertain a few handsome honored guests?

Chen Fan was tall and handsome, with sharp sword-like eyebrows, starry eyes, a face like a chiseled blade, and a wheatish complexion, exuding a masculine beauty.

Lu Xuenning, who was disguised as a woman, had been seen through by Chen Fan at a glance. This time, she had dressed up meticulously. Now, he looked thin and weak, with a delicate face and a feminine appearance. Dressed as a scholar, he was also quite striking.

"How did this elder sister see through our identities?"

Chen Fan put an arm around a sweet-looking, voluptuous woman and asked in a low voice.

"It's not that simple."

"You are holding the Jinyiwei's Hundred Refinements Embroidered Spring Blade in your hand, and wearing Jinyiwei standard boots on your feet. Therefore, your identity as a Jinyiwei officer is naturally confirmed."

"And this handsome young man beside you, although the longsword in his hand isn't standard issue, he's wearing government office boots, so naturally, he's an officer from the government office."

The voluptuous woman said with a smile.

Chen Fan and Lu Xuenning broke out in a cold sweat. So they had so many flaws.

They thought they had hidden themselves well, but they never expected a courtesan from a brothel to see right through their identities.

The two exchanged a look, then each put an arm around a girl and went upstairs.

"So he likes this type."

"Superficial!"

Lu Xuenning watched Chen Fan walk ahead, arm around a buxom, voluptuous courtesan, then looked down at her own chest and mentally spat at him.

"Two officers, which floor would you like to visit?"

The woman in Chen Fan's arms asked.

"What's the significance of that?"

Chen Fan inquired.

"Just hearing that tells me you gentlemen are first-time visitors to our Spring View Pavilion."

"Our Spring View Pavilion has seven floors. The top floor is not open to the public. The sixth floor is where the courtesans reside. The fifth floor is for the chaste courtesans. The fourth floor is for us voluptuous courtesans. The third floor is a gambling den. The second floor is a tavern. The first floor is the entertainment hall."

"Which floor would you gentlemen like to explore?"

The courtesan in Lu Xuenning's arms asked with a flirtatious smile.

"Let's go to the tavern on the second floor for something to eat first!"

Chen Fan said.

The two arrived on the second floor, requested a private room, and ordered a table full of food and wine. Lu Xuenning took out two taels of silver, gave one tael to each of the two courtesans, and asked them to leave temporarily, saying she and Chen Fan had something to discuss.

The two women happily took the silver and left. All sorts of people came to the Spring View Pavilion, including those like Chen Fan and Lu Xuenning who needed a private room to discuss illicit matters. Once their business was settled, they would find some girls in the Spring View Pavilion to spend the night with.

"How does it feel?"

Lu Xuenning asked.

"It feels pretty good, like coming home."

Chen Fan replied very seriously.

Lu Xuenning: "???"

"Who asked you that? I asked if you'd found any suspicious points!"

Lu Xuenning said, her forehead covered in dark lines.

She felt bringing Chen Fan was a mistake. Originally, she had planned to sneak into the Spring View Pavilion and wait until the dead of night to find the big boss behind it and kill him in one fell swoop.

But the moment she and Chen Fan entered the Spring View Pavilion, they were recognized by two courtesans. It was likely that the big boss behind the Spring View Pavilion would receive the news soon, knowing they had come to the establishment.

They were completely exposed!

"The top floor of the Spring View Pavilion should be the residence of this big boss. We'll sneak up to the top floor later and check. If we find any trace of Demonic Creatures, we'll strike directly and finish the job!"

Chen Fan said calmly.

"But we've already been exposed,"

Lu Xuenning said helplessly.

"There are many high-ranking officials and nobles who come to the Spring View Pavilion every day. I heard that even the County Magistrate often comes here to drink with the Courtesan."

The Jinyiwei from our Baihu Office, as well as the constables from the County Yamen, though they don't visit often due to lack of funds, still come by a few times a year.

"So, if two unknown officers like us come here for a meal and some drinks, do you think the big boss of the Spring View Pavilion will pay special attention to us?"

Chen Fan smiled faintly and said.

He noticed that Lu Xuenning was not old and her strength was not weak, but she didn't look at problems comprehensively. She was clearly a flower grown in a greenhouse. He wondered which young lady had come to Ping'an County for a gilded experience.