Huang Ruyan

Ye Lin swept his gaze across the entire brothel. How to put it? These women couldn't hold a candle to the female disciples of the Azure Cloud Sect. So why would Lin Zisheng have taken a liking to them?

"You mean Miss Ru Yan? Who's Miss Ru Yan?"

Just then, Ye Lin caught a name. As a son of fortune, Lin Zisheng couldn't possibly have such poor taste.

Besides, the panel showed that he'd come to the brothel with his close friend. Two grown men surely wouldn't have paid a fortune to rent a mere Heaven-Grade No. 1 Private Room.

That meant the problem lay with this Miss Ru Yan. If Lin Zisheng cared about her, she definitely wasn't ordinary.

"Young master, you came to my brothel and don't even know Miss Ru Yan? She's our most celebrated courtesan."

At this, the middle-aged woman beside him looked puzzled. He hadn't come for Miss Ru Yan?

"Madam, could I meet Miss Ru Yan, then?"

Ye Lin turned to the middle-aged woman. Whatever—ordinary or not, one look would tell him.

"Miss Ru Yan doesn't meet just anyone. But, well, you're in luck today. You can see her from behind a veil. Come with me."

The middle-aged woman swayed her hips as she led the way. Ye Lin followed her to a small room.

"Ru Yan, there's a young master here who'd like to meet you. Would that be all right?"

"Come in."

A voice came from inside. The moment Ye Lin heard it, a jolt ran through him as if he'd been struck by lightning.

The next instant, Ye Lin's eyes cleared. That seemingly simple voice had carried a mental attack. Fortunately, his soul was several times stronger than that of an ordinary cultivator, so he'd escaped unharmed.

"Go on in, but you can only look from a distance."

The middle-aged woman opened the door. Ye Lin looked inside and saw a woman with an extremely alluring figure sitting behind a veil.

Even through the veil, Ye Lin could tell that this woman was an unparalleled beauty.

The next moment, a transparent panel appeared before Ye Lin.

Name: Huang Ruyan

Cultivation: Foundation Establishment Middle Stage

Fate Rank: Blue

Fate Traits: [Allure Physique]

Destiny: Because Lin Zisheng wrote such a moving poem, she would later become his dao companion. The two would travel the entire cultivation world, leaving behind countless tales of their romance. When she broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm, she would be killed by one of Lin Zisheng's enemies.

Recent Opportunity 1: When Lin Zisheng arrived three days later, she would receive a Mysterious Grade Middle Tier Long Sword from him.

Recent Opportunity 2: Half a month later, she would meet Lin Zisheng for a tryst at Jufeng Terrace, in the heart of the Hundred Thousand Mountains. Beneath Jufeng Terrace, she would obtain a Mysterious Grade Low Tier treasure, the Wind-Stabilizing Pearl.

Recent Opportunity 3: Tomorrow, beside the central lake in Green Mountain City, she would discover three Mid-grade Spirit Stones inside a hollow in a century-old tree.

[Allure Physique]: You possess a naturally seductive aura. No man can resist your allure.

Looking at Huang Ruyan's panel, Ye Lin felt ripples stir within him.

"So this is the woman of a son of fortune? Sure enough. But her destiny isn't all that great. The Wind-Stabilizing Pearl and three Mid-grade Spirit Stones, huh? They're mine now."

"Was that mental attack just now your doing, too?"

Ye Lin pondered to himself. As for a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator falling for someone over a single poem? That was a testament to the powerful fortune Lin Zisheng carried.

A woman who'd cultivated to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage wasn't some naive little fool. Win her over with a poem? What kind of joke was that?

Besides, the woman had attacked him mentally the moment he arrived. An ordinary cultivator would have been bewitched out of his wits by now.

After thinking for a moment, Ye Lin shook his head. This woman was clearly no ordinary person.

Then Ye Lin gently closed the wooden door.

"Well? Young master, isn't my Ru Yan lovely?"

The middle-aged woman beside him smiled broadly.

"Young master, I can tell you're no ordinary man. My Ru Yan has always entertained guests with her art, never her body. She's still pure. How about this: if you pay me enough, I can put her in your bed."

Ye Lin was speechless. First of all, the woman before him was at the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage. She'd be dead before she could lay a finger on her.

What's more, Ye Lin had no habit of cuckolding other men.

"No need. Just give me the Heaven-Grade No. 1 Private Room. Will this be enough?"

Ye Lin took a Low-Tier Spirit Stone from his robe and handed it to the middle-aged woman.

"Oh, young master, that's more than enough!"

At the sight of the Spirit Stone, the middle-aged woman's face lit up with a smile. She knew what these things were worth—just one could fetch a thousand taels of silver.

"He left?"

Sitting in the room, Huang Ruyan felt Ye Lin's presence gradually fade. Behind her veil, a flash of astonishment crossed her peerless face.

Many people had come before, including cultivators. After seeing her, each and every one of them had become dazed and disoriented.

"You do resemble Young Master Zisheng in one way. Even under the sway of my Allure Physique, you managed to hold on to your true self."

Huang Ruyan murmured to herself. She'd used her Allure Physique to control weaker cultivators and obtain quite a few treasures. Yet this man hadn't so much as batted an eye beneath its influence.

After paying, Ye Lin went to the Heaven-Grade No. 1 Private Room and made his way to the bed.

He flipped the entire bed over. Sure enough, there was an orange-yellow cloth pouch underneath. Ye Lin picked it up and opened it. Inside lay a Geng Metal Essence, about the size of an egg.

Geng metal was an extremely precious material used in artifact forging, and Geng Metal Essence was even more valuable. After refining it, a cultivator could greatly strengthen their physique.

It was a supreme treasure in the eyes of body cultivators.

Ye Lin estimated that a piece this size would be enough to trade for at least five Mid-grade Spirit Stones with a body cultivator, and that was a conservative estimate.

After putting the Geng Metal Essence into his Spatial Ring, Ye Lin looked at the bed he'd damaged.

"The Spirit Stone I gave you could've bought dozens of beds."

Ye Lin muttered to himself, then walked out of the private room and headed for the door.

Leaving the brothel, Ye Lin went straight to the lakeside. Green Mountain City was a small city, and a lake that size would be easy to find.

He hadn't walked far before he spotted a lake of modest size. Strangely, there wasn't a single person by its banks. It was downright eerie.

"Strange. The sun's so nice today. In an ordinary city, children should be playing and old folks taking the shade at this hour."

As he looked at the lake, Ye Lin wondered to himself. Then he noticed something amiss.

"Why aren't there any children here?"

Ye Lin searched for a century-old tree as he pondered.

Since entering Green Mountain City, he hadn't seen any children. Even the smallest city had at least ten thousand residents. How could a city of ten thousand people not have a single child?

Something was very wrong.

"This must be the century-old tree, right?"

Ye Lin's eyes lit up as he looked at the tree. Compared with the trees around it, this one was clearly much larger.

Ye Lin circled the enormous tree and soon spotted a hollow. Looking inside, he saw three Mid-grade Spirit Stones lying there.

After putting the Spirit Stones into his Spatial Ring, Ye Lin turned and headed out of the city.

Green Mountain City was strange and mysterious, but it wasn't something he could deal with right now.

When you're weak, keep out of other people's business. The less you know, the better.

Leaving Green Mountain City, Ye Lin headed straight for the Azure Cloud Sect.

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