With the soft jade in his arms and the fragrance overwhelming, the courtesan Yin Yin's lips, small and plump, approached Gu Chen's lips, bringing the atmosphere inside the room to an enchanting peak.
Inhaling the orchid and musk-like fragrance emanating from the other's body, Gu Chen smiled slightly and said, "Beautiful, of course, you're beautiful."
"Giggle..."
The courtesan let out a coy laugh, then swiftly retreated, her movements incredibly agile, creating a distance between herself and Gu Chen, standing before him, she spun around in a twirl.
"Does the young master like it?"
In the dim candlelight, her snow-white skin was revealed without reserve.
Gu Chen chuckled and said, "Everyone has a love for beauty, especially for a woman as beautiful as Miss Yin Yin."
As he spoke, he rose to his feet, seemingly wanting to embrace the courtesan in front of him.
Seeing this, Yin Yin dodged with a swift move, avoiding Gu Chen's gesture and ran towards the bed, her jade body barely hidden beneath her translucent gown.
With a smile playing on her lips and ripples swirling in her almond-shaped eyes, as if to ensnare one's very soul, her voice soft and tender, she said, "My lord, this servant is thinking..."
Gu Chen's eyes held a teasing light, a smile on his face. Hearing her words, he walked slowly to the bed, and as he approached, the courtesan Yin Yin pulled on the curtain beside the bed, causing it to fall in flutters.
"My lord..." she called softly, her eyes looking as if they could shed water, her snow-white arms wrapped around Gu Chen's neck, her breathing beginning to quicken.
Subsequently, Yin Yin's hands began to slide downwards, intending to undress him.
"No need to rush," Gu Chen said, lifting his hand to stop the courtesan's movements.
Taken aback by this, Yin Yin immediately looked startled and asked, "My lord, what's wrong, do you not like this servant?"
By the end, her demeanor turned somewhat aggrieved, with mist appearing in her eyes, portraying a pitiable sight that made one wish to immediately take her into their arms to console her.
Gu Chen's tall figure blocked the candlelight, making the environment between the two grow dim, his facial expression obscured. One could only hear his voice.
He said, "Of course not, it's just that I haven't bathed yet."
Yin Yin cooed, "Forget about it, my lord, every moment of the spring night is worth a thousand pieces of gold."
Gu Chen fell silent for a moment, time seemed to stop at that instant.
But soon after, Gu Chen gave her a response, uttering just one word.
"Fine."
Somewhere in the haze, a relieved sigh escaped from Yin Yin on the bed, followed by the sounds of fumbling with clothes.
"My lord..."
The courtesan called out with her uniquely soft and sweet voice, and as she continued to explore, it seemed she found something hard on Gu Chen's body.
"What is this?" she asked in confusion.
Gu Chen chuckled and replied, "Nothing much, just the token from Jing Tian Department."
At these words, the courtesan's hand instantly froze in place.
"Why stop? Why don't you continue?" Gu Chen asked.
Seeing Gu Chen's seemingly mocking smile, the courtesan's seductive face suddenly bore a trace of ferocity as she raised her hand and fiercely struck at Gu Chen.
Slap!
Gu Chen firmly caught her arm in mid-air, his gaze playful as he looked at the courtesan lying beneath him, and said, "You really are not normal."
The courtesan, seeing this, put on an uneasy smile and coquettishly said, "My lord, how could this servant be abnormal..."
Gu Chen smiled without saying a word, simply gazing at her quietly.
Seeing this, the courtesan Yin Yin's smile also faded away, as she calmly met Gu Chen's gaze.
"When did you discover it?" she asked.
"After all, you are no longer human. No matter how well you disguise yourself, there will still be flaws," Gu Chen said.
Earlier, the reason he had paused outside the Yi Xiang Building was that he felt an unusual aura there, one that was unlike that of humans, making Gu Chen vaguely uncomfortable.
Otherwise, why would he enter this place of pleasure? It wasn't really because he was one of those outsiders with a penchant for frolicking with flowers and playing with jade, was it?
Everything before was just a probe. After entering, Gu Chen relied on his acute senses to detect the unusual aura emanating from here, which was why he had someone bring him here.
It had to be said, Yin Yin was indeed in a good disguise, and with other people outside, Gu Chen actually didn't realize it at first.
It was not until he had just come to the inner room and sensed the same aura that Gu Chen confirmed that something was wrong with the courtesan Yin Yin.
And the reason Yin Yin had chosen him was because she saw his youthful vigor, wanting to absorb his essence to strengthen herself.
For a long time, who knows how many people had died by her hand, but what she didn't expect today was that she would fail against Gu Chen.
"Looking at you, you should be very aware that you've been tainted by a demon," Gu Chen said.
Yes, the current Yin Yin was no longer human but had been assimilated by a demon, or one might say possessed.
Demons have strange methods, some of which can imperceptibly influence ordinary people, corrupting their minds, causing them to lose themselves and thus fall into decay, becoming puppets controlled by demons.
Even more, demons can possess their bodies, manipulating them to do evil deeds.
Once this happens, the aura of the demon mixes with that of the human, becoming difficult to distinguish, and such demons, hidden among people, are much harder to detect.
And normally, from the moment one is tainted by a demon, the real them is essentially already dead, or rather, assimilated as part of the demon, losing humanity, their minds completely lost to corruption.
But the courtesan Yin Yin before him was an exception; her gaze was clear, showing no sign of being controlled.
This meant that even though she was possessed by a demon, she had not "died", her mind was not completely corrupted, and she had not fallen. This was also the reason Gu Chen had delayed taking action until now; he had never heard of such a case and wanted to investigate more closely.
"Do you want to know the reason?" Courtesan Yin Yin asked, a very clever person herself, she guessed Gu Chen's purpose right away.
"Unfortunately... I won't tell you. Die!"
The expression of the courtesan suddenly turned ferocious, and a black aura emanated from her, as the temperature in the room abruptly dropped, filling the entire space with the unique sinister aura of a demon.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
The black aura aimed for Gu Chen's pores, trying to drill into his body.
Just then, with a cold snort from Gu Chen, the robust inner energy in his body surged wildly, and in an instant, a terrifying wave of energy exploded from within him as the center, with a loud bang, the entire room was blasted to pieces.
Up close, the courtesan Yin Yin's face changed, and she looked shocked as she was blown away, vomiting a large mouthful of fresh blood.
In the past, even when facing martial artists with cultivation, her unbeatable methods would have been too late to counter upon close discovery. Yet today, they had failed in front of Gu Chen.
She naturally didn't know that inside Gu Chen's body was a deep cultivation of seventy-two years. If she had known, she would not have chosen Gu Chen as her target today, even if it killed her.
The commotion immediately attracted the attention of many people. Gu Chen walked out from the ruins, dressed in dark clothes, tall and slender, with a handsome face and a calm expression, he slowly walked towards the courtesan Yin Yin.
Seeing the way Gu Chen looked, her heart sank to the bottom, as each of his steps felt like a heavy hammer striking her heart, instantly covering her body with cold sweat.
But the next moment, as if thinking of something, she panicked and shouted loudly, "Help... Help me, there's been a murder... Someone come save me..."
While shouting, she struggled to get up, running towards a direction far from Gu Chen, where there were more people.
Seeing this, Gu Chen's eyebrows immediately furrowed.