Free Web NovelChapter 1386: Chapter 446: Seduction
With the introduction of Third Young Master Jin, Xi Jiuye and his companions smoothly entered Xuanwu City.
Xi Jiuye inquired a bit and found the Red Sleeve Pavilion, which Third Young Master Jin and others had mentioned.
The Red Sleeve Pavilion, plainly speaking, is a brothel, but unlike the usual ones, the women inside are not ordinary women.
Besides having exceptional beauty, they are all female demon hunters skilled in martial arts, and some are even female alchemists.
These women, in their early years, also came from the New Nine Provinces Continent. However, unable to adapt to the harsh demon hunting life of the Ancient Nine Provinces and unable to endure hardship, they voluntarily fell from grace and came to the Red Sleeve Pavilion, serving as playthings for the powerful and wealthy.
If they are fortunate and encounter a benefactor, they can completely change their destiny and rise to great heights. The female demon hunter Xi Jiuye met at the city gate earlier, who was with Third Young Master Jin and others, was from the Red Sleeve Pavilion.
Xi Jiuye, being handsome, and the Northern Territory Thirteen Riders, each with an imposing presence, drew the admiration of many female demon hunters as soon as they entered, with compliments pouring in continuously.
Xi Jiuye remained composed, but the Thirteen Riders, who had been serving Xi Jiuye for years and had never seen such scenes, were blushing and did not know where to place their hands and feet.
Xi Jiuye did not stop the women because, after all, they were in the Human Realm, and as the saying goes, when in Rome, do as the Romans do. However, in his eyes, these female demon hunters of the Human Realm were all acting coyly, just mediocre and vulgar, without a shred of allure.
"Gentlemen, you must be friends of Third Young Master Jin. He and his companions are upstairs drinking. Please, follow me upstairs."
The madam of the Red Sleeve Pavilion guided Xi Jiuye and the others upstairs.
As they passed by a private room, they heard a man and a woman speaking inside.
"Ming Yue, that person is Xi Jiuye."
Sitting inside the room were none other than Hong Mingyue and Hong Yulang, the brother and sister duo. But how did these two come together?
It was half a day ago that, after City Lord Ma entered Xuanwu City, he took Hong Yulang’s hand, reminding him indulgently.
"Yulang, I have some matters to attend to. You go back to the City Lord’s Mansion first. I have already instructed the Fang Venerate there to refine elixir pills for reducing inflammation and stimulating blood circulation. Your injuries will heal soon."
"Thank you, City Lord."
Hong Yulang suppressed the urge to chop off City Lord Ma’s dirty hand, forcing a smile as he parted ways with City Lord Ma.
With his beast chariot destroyed, he could only return to the City Lord’s Mansion alone.
Even knowing that the City Lord’s Mansion was right ahead, Hong Yulang had no desire to return at all.
The splendid City Lord’s Mansion appeared to him like a prison, stripping away all his freedom.
Once, he was the little Marquis of the Hong Residence, glamorously living in the Xia Capital, but all that was now far removed from his grasp.
And the one he loved... Hong Yulang closed his eyes, and the radiant, captivating face timidly emerged in his mind.
Bo Qing... He wondered if he would ever see that person again in his lifetime.
Suddenly, a hand reached out from the alley beside him, pulling Hong Yulang in.
Having just experienced the beast chariot incident, Hong Yulang was quite vigilant. He raised his palm, fire snakes emerged, coiled around the attacker’s arm.
"Brother, it’s me."
The familiar voice startled Hong Yulang. He turned around to see a woman wearing a bamboo hat holding him hostage.
As she spoke, the woman took off the hat.
"Ye Lingyue, you bitch!"
Upon seeing the woman’s face, Hong Yulang’s eyes almost spat fire.
The woman before him, someone he would never forget even in his dreams, was Ye Lingyue, the one who caused his family’s ruin and brought him to this dire situation.
"Brother Yulang, I am Ming Yue, your sister Ming Yue, not Ye Lingyue."
The woman quickly said, worried Hong Yulang wouldn’t believe her. She shared some stories from Hong Yulang’s childhood and mentioned a birthmark on his body.
These were things only the closest people of the Hong Residence would know.
"You, you truly are Ming Yue. Ming Yue, you’re not dead? What is going on, why does your face look like this?"
Upon closer inspection, Hong Yulang realized the woman bore a five or six-part resemblance to Ye Lingyue, but upon careful look, she was not Ye Lingyue.
Hong Yulang had believed he was homeless and without family.
After arriving in Xuanwu City, he had even encouraged City Lord Ma to find out about his sister, Hong Mingyue, on Qing Province Continent.
But the news he received was that Hong Mingyue was expelled from the Three-Life Valley and disappeared without a trace.
He had given up hope then, never expecting his sister to find him.
The siblings reunited with mixed emotions, hugging each other and crying bitterly.
Hong Mingyue recounted her experiences to Hong Yulang intermittently, only omitting her allegiance to the South Nether Empress, merely saying she was wronged by Ye Lingyue and Di Shen and had no option but to change bodies and be reborn.
"Damn those Ye Lingyue and Di Shen, to harm you like this. Worry not, Ming Yue. From now on, follow your brother. I have some influence in Xuanwu City; accommodating you in the City Lord’s Mansion should not be difficult." Hong Yulang, after hearing Hong Mingyue’s plight, thought of Ming Yue, who had always been the pride of the family, enduring so much hardship.
Both siblings, having become playthings of men, harbored intense resentment, amplifying Hong Yulang’s hatred toward Ye Lingyue.
"Brother, you are my only family left. I also joined this Jiu Provinces Hunting, this time we must join forces to eradicate Ye Lingyue and Di Shen, those damned lovers."
Hong Mingyue wiped away her crocodile tears, noticing Hong Yulang’s immense trust in her.
She inwardly sneered, thinking, "Hong Yulang, you fool, did you really think I would rely on you, using men to rise in power?"
As it happened, earlier when Di Shen and others entered the Xuanwu City gates, Hong Mingyue mingled in the crowd.
She also witnessed the intimate relationship between Hong Yulang and City Lord Ma.
Since childhood, she never had much affection for Hong Yulang, and seeing him degrade himself to become a male concubine intensified her disdain.
More than being a patrol envoy of the Jiu Provinces Alliance, Hong Mingyue was intrigued by becoming a Sky Demon of the Demon Clan.
"You don’t wish to join the City Lord’s Mansion? Well, to each their own. You’ve always been a headstrong one since you were young, so I won’t force you. Anyway, we will both participate in the Jiu Provinces Hunting. If you encounter anything, just speak up."
Hong Yulang sighed.
"Brother Yulang, I do have a favor to ask you. Could you help me find out if there is someone named Xi Jiuye in Xuanwu City?"
Besides meeting up with Yue Mubai and others, Hong Mingyue came to Xuanwu City for another purpose: to find the Northern Territory Divine Sovereign Xi Jiuye and approach him, fulfilling the task entrusted to her by the South Nether Empress.
Hong Mingyue did not plan to assassinate Xi Jiuye immediately. Instead, having learned that Huangquan City was also participating in this Jiu Provinces Hunting, she intended to exploit Xi Jiuye’s strength, sow discord secretly, and kill two birds with one stone by having Xi Jiuye assassinate Ye Lingyue!
