Ru Ware? Boring, I'd Rather Visit a Brothel

"Hey, Brother Yi, I was introducing you to people, and the next thing I knew, you were gone!" Fatty Lin came over to Yi Xuan and complained.

Seeing Shi Zhenghao standing in front of Yi Xuan, Fatty Lin asked, "Did you run into someone you know, Brother Yi? And who might this be?"

Yi Xuan looked at Fatty Lin as if he were an idiot. "Fatty Lin, if you'll take my advice, you'd better not ask who this guy is. It won't do you any good!"

"What? Does your senior brother embarrass you so much that you won't even introduce me to anyone?" Shi Zhenghao was immediately displeased by Yi Xuan's words and spoke up to reproach him.

When Fatty Lin heard that Shi Zhenghao was Yi Xuan's senior brother, he hurried forward and cupped his hands in greeting. "I didn't expect you to be another distinguished disciple of the Azure Cloud Sect. My respects!"

"Think nothing of it. My surname is Shi. May I ask yours, friend?"

"I'm Brother Yi's friend. My surname is Lin, but everyone calls me Fatty Lin. Immortal Master Shi, your face is quite unfamiliar to me. I have a few businesses in the city at the foot of the Azure Cloud Sect's mountain, yet I've never seen you before. How curious!" Fatty Lin said, somewhat puzzled.

Shi Zhenghao merely smiled awkwardly and said nothing.

Yi Xuan curled his lip as he watched Fatty Lin fawn over Shi Zhenghao.

"Of course you haven't seen him. The last time my senior brother showed up in the city at the foot of the mountain was more than ten years ago!"

Yi Xuan was referring to the time more than ten years ago when Shi Zhenghao was wanted by his sect and had hidden in his own little courtyard.

Unfortunately, when Fatty Lin heard this, he thought Shi Zhenghao was an immortal master who devoted himself to cultivation, the kind who spent years in seclusion on the mountain without coming down.

"I never imagined you were so detached from worldly affairs, Immortal Master. You haven't come down the mountain in more than ten years, so I imagine your strength must be extraordinary."

Hearing Fatty Lin's words, Yi Xuan nodded in agreement. "Fatty, you've got a good eye this time. My senior brother really is highly skilled. Take that gang of bandits we ran into on the road—they probably wouldn't last a single move against him."

Yi Xuan was right this time. When his senior brother had left the sect, he had been the leader of the younger generation.

After all these years, perhaps he was only one step away from the Golden Core Realm.

When Fatty Lin heard how strong Shi Zhenghao was, his smile grew even brighter. He insisted on taking him and Yi Xuan to pick out some Ru ware, saying that Immortal Master Shi could choose whatever he liked, and Fatty Lin would buy it for him as a gift.

Hearing this, Shi Zhenghao rubbed his chin and said, "Hmm... Ru ware? Not bad, but I'd rather visit a brothel!"

Fatty Lin, who apparently hadn't heard him clearly, asked with curiosity, "Your tastes truly are unique, Immortal Master. I've never heard of that at all. Is there anywhere in the capital that sells it? If so, sorry to trouble you, Immortal Master, but please lead the way so Brother Yi and I can broaden our horizons too!"

Hearing that Fatty Lin wanted to broaden his horizons, Shi Zhenghao was even happier. He pulled Fatty Lin along and strode ahead, leaving Yi Xuan, who watched from behind, with aching balls.

He didn't know whether Fatty Lin really hadn't heard clearly or was only pretending.

Yi Xuan and Attendant Shen exchanged a glance. With no other choice, they followed.

The group followed Shi Zhenghao to the canal outside the capital. After looking around the riverbank for a while, Shi Zhenghao pointed at the largest pleasure boat and said happily to Fatty Lin, "Brother Lin, do you see it? What you want to see is in there!"

Fatty Lin looked over the boat with delight. "You certainly have taste, Immortal Master. Such a luxurious boat is indeed a rare place to admire fine porcelain. I've learned something today!"

After that, Fatty Lin readily followed Shi Zhenghao onto the boat.

By the time Yi Xuan and Attendant Shen entered, Shi Zhenghao was already in a corner of the hall with a woman in each arm. Fatty Lin sat beside him, also accompanied by two women.

As Yi Xuan approached them, he actually heard Fatty Lin say excitedly to Shi Zhenghao, "What an eye-opener! I've really broadened my horizons! In all my years, this is the first time I've felt like I was visiting a brothel while admiring porcelain!"

"Master, could this actually be a brothel?" Attendant Shen couldn't help reminding him.

At Attendant Shen's words, the excitement on Fatty Lin's face instantly froze. He looked around, hardly daring to believe it, then turned to Yi Xuan with a questioning look.

Yi Xuan nodded helplessly. Fatty Lin felt as though he'd been struck by lightning. Unable to believe it, he grabbed Shi Zhenghao and asked, "Immortal Master Shi, when are you going to show me that... that ware you mentioned?"

Shi Zhenghao was flirting with the women in his arms. When he heard Fatty Lin's question, he replied casually, "Aren't you seeing it now? A brothel visit! How is it? Not bad, right?"

Hearing the answer confirmed by Shi Zhenghao himself, Fatty Lin wanted to cry but had no tears. He could only ask Yi Xuan, "Brother Yi, is this senior brother of yours really a distinguished disciple of the Azure Cloud Sect? Is your sect that open-minded? It actually allows visits to brothels?"

"No, it doesn't!"

"Then hasn't your senior brother broken the sect rules? And didn't you come in here too?"

Yi Xuan pointed at himself. "I haven't done anything, so what should I be afraid of? As for him..."

"The sect rules don't apply to him. He was expelled from the sect more than ten years ago!"

When Fatty Lin heard the words "expelled from the sect," he seemed to recall something. He looked at Yi Xuan and said, "This immortal master's surname is Shi?"

"That's right. Haven't you been calling him that all this time?"

Only now did Fatty Lin realize who Immortal Master Shi was. After all, the Azure Cloud Sect had always treated its disciples very leniently. Over several thousand years, the disciples expelled from the sect could be counted on one hand. In the past decade or so, there had been only one: Shi Zhenghao. His name could be said to be known to everyone.

Fatty Lin hadn't realized Shi Zhenghao's identity before because the thought had never crossed his mind. Now, watching Shi Zhenghao let a drinking girl feed him wine mouth to mouth, Fatty Lin said with a mournful face, "Immortal Master Shi, I've long heard of your great name!"

By now, Shi Zhenghao had no attention to spare for the others. Taking the two drinking girls with him, he headed deeper into the boat.

As he walked inside, he seemed to remember something. He turned back and said to Fatty Lin, "Brother Lin, you're the one who asked me to bring you here. Don't forget to pay the bill!"

With that, he disappeared from their sight.

Fatty Lin didn't care about that bit of money. He simply hadn't expected Yi Xuan's senior brother to be such a person, or that he was still wanted by the Azure Cloud Sect. If the sect's immortal masters found him together with Fatty Lin, he could forget about continuing his businesses at the foot of Azure Cloud Mountain.

Seeing Fatty Lin fall silent, Yi Xuan pulled him over to a table and sat down with him. He comforted him, "Don't worry. The sect won't make things difficult for you over something like this. Otherwise, why would I have gone up and greeted my senior brother?"

"Really?"

"Don't you trust me?"

After thinking it over carefully, Fatty Lin found that there didn't seem to be a problem. A smile returned to his face, and he picked up a cup of wine from the table and drained it.

Yi Xuan's mouth twitched, and he reminded him, "That was the last table's. Ours hasn't been brought out yet!"

"Uh..."