Chapter 26

Li Xilian did not want to waste words, so she nodded.

Naturally, the remaining two rooms went to Nangong Liuli and Qiu Qilin, one each.

Following the waiter to the room, she found that the place had all the furniture it should have and was quite complete. The only thing was—why was the bathtub blocked off by nothing but a single folding screen?

But then again, this was ancient times, so there was nothing strange about it.

“Waiter, I’d like to ask you something.”

Li Xilian took out an ingot of silver.

The waiter immediately beamed.

“Please ask, honored guest.”

“We’ve just arrived here, and we heard that some people in the city have suddenly fallen unconscious. Do they have anything in common?”

“Oh, honored guest, most of those people had gone to the local brothel. After that, almost no one who had been there woke up again.”

“Thank you.”

Li Xilian tossed another ingot of silver to the waiter.

“It is my honor to serve you, honored guest. Call for me again if you need anything.”

The waiter left cheerfully.

Li Xilian immediately told the other two what she had found out.

The group agreed to visit the brothel together that afternoon. The Nightmare Demon was very likely hiding inside. After all, with so many people coming and going, a brothel was a perfect place for the Nightmare Demon to take shelter.

However, among the four of them, Hanqiu was still underage, so Li Xilian opposed bringing her along. The other two thought the same. It was not appropriate for Hanqiu to go to that kind of place right now.

In the end, Hanqiu was left at the inn, while Li Xilian and Nangong Liuli disguised themselves as men and went to the brothel together with Qiu Qilin.

The three walked one after another. Nangong Liuli wore a dark red fitted martial outfit, which softened her appearance slightly. Li Xilian, on the other hand, wore silver-white robes and looked exactly like an elegant young master, handsome and spirited. She completely outshone the two behind her.

The madam welcomed the three of them in with great enthusiasm.

“Oh my, three young masters! Whatever kind of beauty you want, we have them all here.”

Li Xilian did not want to answer that question. She merely fanned herself.

In the end, it was Qiu Qilin who spoke.

“This little brother of mine is here for the first time. Bring a few of the most expensive girls to Read on BaiLianTales sing for us first. Money is no issue.”

The madam immediately understood.

“Of course! Young masters, please come inside.”

The three of them found a random place to sit. As soon as they sat down, Li Xilian sensed a faint trace of demonic aura. It was very weak, almost impossible to detect.

It was coming from the room directly above and across from them.

Using her fan as cover, Li Xilian tilted her head and told Qiu Qilin, then went over and informed Nangong Liuli as well.

The three of them exchanged knowing looks and nodded.

Just then, the madam came over with several women of different types.

“Young masters, these are the most beautiful girls in our house.”

“Girls, serve these young masters well.”

Before the words had even fully fallen, several of the women came toward Li Xilian almost at the same time.

After all, this was their first time seeing someone so handsome and coldly elegant. Who could possibly not be moved?

Even Li Xilian had never seen such a scene before.

“Sisters, you should go to that young master instead. There’s no need to come to me.”

She pushed the trouble straight onto Qiu Qilin.

Naturally, Qiu Qilin was left at a loss by how abruptly Li Xilian had passed the problem to him. But he could not exactly throw them over to Nangong Liuli either.

“Everyone, just play some music. We don’t need anything else. No need, no need.”

“Has this young master never experienced such things before?”

One of the women spoke while tapping Li Xilian lightly on the shoulder.

“Have a drink?”

She poured a cup of wine for Li Xilian and tried to feed it to her.

But Li Xilian dodged to the side.

“Thank you. I don’t drink.”

“There are still men these days who don’t drink?”

The woman was a little surprised.

After they had listened to the music for a while, Qiu Qilin spoke.

“Madam, may I ask who owns the room directly above and across from us?”

“That is the room of our brothel’s top courtesan. Does this young master want her?”

Qiu Qilin glanced at the others first, then nodded.

“Yes. We want her.”