The next morning, Fang Cheng got up early and headed out, wandering around Iron-Cast Palace.
He hadn't forgotten that the Landlady had agreed to introduce him to the Ghost Lord on one condition. He might end up getting dragged into some kind of trouble.
So his first priority was to learn what was going on in Iron-Cast Palace, lest he be left scratching his head when trouble hit.
In the early morning, Iron-Cast Palace was almost identical to a human city. Monsters hurried to their morning shifts, drunks lay passed out by the roadside, and shops were getting ready to open.
Fang Cheng spent most of the day exploring the surrounding area.
Monster society maintained a basic level of order, but public safety was definitely worse than in human society. Theft, fraud, and kidnapping were common, and the place was also very open-minded.
It had everything from gambling and prostitution to drugs, and even a special arena where monsters could settle their grudges by fighting each other.
When night fell, Fang Cheng headed out again.
He stood in front of the Hundred Ghost Club for a long while, sorely tempted to go inside and find out how a monster princess differed from a human princess.
Don't get the wrong idea. He only wanted to go in and gather information. He wasn't planning on doing anything else.
Unfortunately, he was short on cash. The Landlady hadn't given him much money, and asking her for more for this sort of thing didn't seem appropriate.
In the end, he gave up on the idea and ducked into the bar next door instead.
The bar was a madhouse. All sorts of monsters packed the dance floor, swaying and twisting to the music. It was enough to make anyone's sanity plummet.
Fang Cheng ordered a