Chapter 5: Please Get Down To Business!
Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Three days had passed since Su Yan arrived at his aunt's place.
"We can't compete with the brothel next door and the girls in the Ten Thousand Flower Pavilion."
Su Yan, who had personally inspected the Ten Thousand Flower Pavilion, returned to the brothel to find his aunt and was sure she was not lying.
The girls in the Ten Thousand Flower Pavilion were passionate. Moreover, they could obtain a highly favorable impression on the first meeting because of some secret skills, like the nine-tailed fox.
However, the expenses of the Ten Thousand Flower Pavilion were also quite high. They charged spirit stones!
From the moment he stepped into the Ten Thousand Flower Pavilion, he would be charged one spirit stone per hour.
He would also be charged tea and food service fees.
Spirit stones were the cultivation materials of the cultivators, which were not the currency category.
In the cultivation world, gold, silver, and copper were the three types of currency. The items that were traded with spirit stones were top-notch luxury goods.
Spirit stones were different from regular currency. Due to the different sizes of ores during mining, there was no standard for the shape of spirit stones.
Therefore, spirit stones were converted by weight units. In Xia Yu, one coin was equivalent to five grams.
Half an hour in the brothel would cost one coin, and one coin of spirit stones was enough for a Qi Refining cultivator to cultivate for four hours.
"I don't think you've lost anything!"
Aunt Chong Qiong looked at Su Yan and laughed, "Look at you. You must be exhausted to visit the brothel."
When ordinary people visit the brothel, the ladies usually ask the men not to be like this.
However, when Chong Qiong saw Su Yan's messy clothes stuffed with silver notes and his white clothes stained with the rouge powder of female cultivators, she almost thought that Su Yan had gone to the neighbour Ten Thousand Flower Pavilion to work part-time.
"Really?"
Su Yan raised his hand helplessly and shrugged. Silver and copper coins fell out of his sleeve, "I did spend money on the girls from the Ten Thousand Flower Pavilion, but when I came out, I met some girls and ladies. They were smiling lasciviously. I was so scared that I didn't dare to resist at all."
The customers who visited the Ten Thousand Flower Pavilion were all cultivators without exception.
With Su Yan's Qi Refining level, even the female cultivators could not see through his cultivation.
However, because they were stronger than Su Yan, they could tell at a glance that Su Yan was not a human but a beast child.
If it was not for Su Yan being smart enough to say his aunt's name, he probably wouldn't have returned safely with money.
Instead, he would have to go to the government office to put up a lost beast search notice.
Yu Yanning had not lied to Su Yan. The cute little beast child in the Xia Yu Realm would have been kidnapped.
"But I discovered something on this trip!" Su Yan said confidently, "Their Ten Thousand Flower Pavilion's business is not much different from ours. They are called cultivators and fairies. They also don't provide sex services." Compared to the Ten Thousand Flower Pavilion's fixed time consumption, a night of fun in our brothel was only three to five taels.
The salary of an ordinary inn worker in the Xia Yu was one or two taels of silver a month.
It was indeed unlikely for ordinary people to spend money in the brothel, but the brothel was originally a place for entertainment for some rich people.
The main city of Xia Yu was not smaller than the prefecture-level cities in his previous life.
Naturally, there were many brothels other than Aunt's. Some private brothels provided sex services secretly.
This caused the business of his aunt's brothel to be dull. The girls even wanted to commit suicide because they could not earn money.
The girls in her aunt's brothel were all guilty. If they could not earn the reward money to offset their crimes, they had no hope of having a new life.
"So? We don't provide sex services. We're in the name of the Ministry of Rites." The aunt said with interest.
"So? That's why we have to make a lot of money. The girls are making trouble every day. I don't even have time to cultivate now!" Su Yan angrily rebuked his aunt for not doing anything.
"Aunty, please get down to business! Your business is going to hell!"
All young men dreamed of travelling around the world with a sword. Su Yan still wanted to quickly cultivate and become stronger to protect the bell passed down from his ancestors.
One day, he would go to the territory of the You Su Nine-Tailed Fox clan, tie the bell of the clan elders with hemp rope and hang them on the door of the clan.
This would warn the stubborn old family members who wanted to remove his testicles!
Instead of being a psychiatrist for the girls in the brothel who had experienced great changes every day!
"Too much resentment."
Her youngest aunt, who had a loli face, made a cute face and said playfully, "Aren't you busy with business now? Have you forgotten that we discuss our dreams every night under the moon?"
Su Yan was instantly enraged, "Because you don't do anything properly, I must stay up late every night to cultivate. I can't even sleep 12 hours a day. What kind of beast child would stay up late to cultivate like this?!"
Chong Qiong agreed to Su Qing's request. She did not slack off when she took care of Su Yan. She guided Su Yan in his cultivation every night and taught him some skills.
Although Chong Qiong was not a nine-tailed fox or a dragon, he could not teach Su Yan anything about his innate abilities, such as his ability to control water and charm.
Chong Qiong and Su Qing had lived together for hundreds of years, so she knew a little about the cultivation method of the nine-tailed fox.
As for making a living, there was no other way. The beast race was stubborn.
They generally did not make promises easily. Once they did, they had to abide by them.
Although the brothel ownership belonged to her aunt, it was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites.
Naturally, the management could not be as disordered as those private brothels. The brothel should entertain the elegant scholars and poets.
However, from Su Yan's perspective, the scholars were poor. The girl would be starving to death!
The scholars ordered a bottle of rice wine and a plate of fennel beans for a day. He wanted to personally go down and attract customers!
"Alright, alright, alright. Aunty will work hard and help the girls live a better life as soon as possible." Aunt rolled her eyes and rested her elbow on the table, her palm supporting her cheek.
It was really difficult to make money. If she had the talent to do business, she would not have to cooperate with the government to earn a living.
"Right, my holy sense detected that Xiao Bai, Xiao Jin, and Xiao Liu seem slightly depressed. Go and comfort them! Aunt would think about how to make a lot of money later. It's messy now."
"The business is all finished."
Aunt promised Su Yan that she would find a way to earn money to provide for the girls later. At the same time, she would ask Little Fox to go to the girls' rooms to act cute.
"Don't bother!"
Su Yan sighed and waved his hand, "It's better to teach someone to fish than to give fish to them."
As he spoke, Su Yan strode to the window on the fourth floor and gestured for his aunt to help him.
Aunt was stunned momentarily before she seemed to have come to her senses. She called out to Su Yan like usual, "Not good! My little fox nephew is ready to jump off the building to commit suicide. He thought that his aunt was useless!"
Aunt's voice was indeed very loud. When she shouted, the sound echoed in the cylindrical building.
The girls rehearsing on the stage in the hall and those resting in the room heard it. They ran out of the boudoir to see what was happening.
"Ya! Little Fox, what are you doing? Come down from the windowsill quickly. You will lose your balance there!"
"Don't come over. You're not allowed to come close. Unless you agree to my conditions, I'll bang my head against the ground today!"
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