"Young lady, you... forget it." Li Ye stood up and straightened his clothes. Had he known this would happen, he shouldn't have taken pity on her earlier—it would've been better to let her fall. But he had been absurd himself, wasting words with a woman of the pleasure quarters.
"Damn it!"
He slapped his forehead abruptly. He had lingered too long with this Yuan'er and had no idea if the Devouring Essence Beast would appear today.
The thought of the demon-hunting mission made him frantic with urgency. He turned to rush out of the room.
But just as he was about to push the door open, his consciousness grew somewhat hazy. An inexplicable desire ignited from the depths of his body, setting every nerve ablaze. An intense urge to mate surged into his mind, and even the member beneath him stiffened involuntarily.
At that moment, a fragrant breeze swept over him. Yuane'er gazed at him with deep affection, her hands wrapping around his neck as her tender, flower-bud-like lips pressed against his, gently sucking.
Unexpectedly, Li Ye did not resist this time. Instead, he closed his eyes, seemingly enjoying it, allowing her tongue to explore his mouth.
Only Yuane'er knew the reason behind this change, for she was the one who had orchestrated it. During their previous kiss, she had used her tongue to slip an aphrodisiac powder hidden between her teeth into his mouth, causing his mind to grow hazy and no longer resist her advances.
This was a little trick commonly used by the girls at the Cui Xian Pavilion, though it was rarely put into practice. Most patrons who came here were driven by lust, and before the girls could even employ their skills, those foul men would eagerly rush to the main event, often faltering after just a few rounds.
As for the aphrodisiac powder, its effects were potent. Even the slightest amount was enough to ensnare a person, leaving them in a dazed state, utterly incapable of resistance. It could be said to turn one into a beast, fiercely craving pleasure.
Li Ye's unintentional act of protecting Yuane'er had stirred a rare flutter in her heart. Her actions were driven partly by selfish motives and partly by the desire to earn a few pieces of silver.
After all, only by engaging in physical relations with a patron could they receive rewards. For women like her, whose sole purpose was to please men, earning as much silver as possible while still young and beautiful was of utmost importance.
Lost in their passionate kiss, Li Ye, under the influence of the aphrodisiac, began to clumsily respond.
Yuane'er's small hand ventured downward once more, this time meeting no resistance.
Her fingertips lightly traced circles around the head of his member, and as she felt it grow larger, she wrapped her hand around the entire shaft, gently stroking and moving it up and down.
Li Ye, who had never experienced such sensations before, trembled visibly. He could feel his member swelling under Yuane'er's caress, with a slick fluid already seeping from the tip.
"Young master… does it feel good…?" Yuane'er parted his collar, planting kisses along his collarbone and leaving damp trails. Her tongue then trailed downward, lightly licking his chest.
Restricted by his clothing, her tongue could only barely reach the two small nipples on Li Ye's chest, unable to take them into her mouth for a proper suck.
Yet, this teasing, almost-there sensation provided immense stimulation to Li Ye, causing his sensitive nipples to stiffen with arousal.
Under the skilled teasing of Yuane'er, his most primal desires were quickly ignited. The rationality in his eyes gradually gave way to lust, his entire body tingling with pleasure. His member throbbed painfully, as if a fire were burning within him, leaving him parched and desperate, like drought-stricken land in dire need of rain.
He eagerly reciprocated Yuane'er's passion, his restless hands wandering across her body before instinctively settling on her breasts.
"Ah… young master…"
Yuane'er let out a passionate moan by his ear, her warm breath sending a shiver through him, like an electric current that stirred excitement in his mind.
Her breasts, having been fondled by countless men, were exceptionally full. Even as his hands sank into them, he could not fully grasp their entirety.
Li Ye, like an explorer discovering a new continent for the first time, was roughly kneading and toying with a woman's breasts, sometimes squeezing them into various shapes, sometimes releasing them to let them bounce back.
"Gently… gently… ah…" While feigning a passionate and wanton demeanor, the girl named Yuan'er muttered to herself: With such stiff and rough techniques, how could his wife endure such torment…
The hands on her chest were too forceful, and as her soft breasts were molded into different shapes, waves of pain shot through her. She couldn't help but let out soft cries, but her professional discipline forbade her from resisting such handling. She could only endure it passively, and her deliberately feigned moans sounded utterly licentious.
Li Ye's face was flushed red as he buried his head deeply in the crook of her neck, panting heavily.
Yuan'er gently pushed Li Ye, who was still engrossed in her breasts, and planted a coquettish kiss on his cheek. With eyes brimming with seductive charm, she gazed at him while slowly crouching down, her hands stroking and kneading his clothed erection.
Then, under Li Ye's bewildered gaze, she lifted his shirt and deftly untied the cord at his waist with nimble fingers. His trousers were then pulled down, pooling around his ankles.
Freed from its constraints, a purplish, glistening glans suddenly sprang up, pointing directly at Yuan'er's nose.
The distinct masculine scent burst forth at the tip of her nose. She greedily inhaled it, noticing that unlike the usual clients she entertained, this member carried no unpleasant odor. Instead, it exuded a unique, virile aura.
"What are you…" Li Ye, now bare from the waist down, regained a sliver of rationality. The exposure of his lower body before a woman made him somewhat embarrassed, and he instinctively reached to pick up his trousers from the floor.
A pair of small hands stopped his movement. Then, to his astonishment, her lips parted slightly, and she took the entire glans into her mouth.
"Ah…"
An indescribable pleasure radiated from his glans, and he couldn't suppress a moan. His head tilted back, eyes slightly narrowed, breathing rapid, his handsome face displaying an expression of rapturous enjoyment.
It felt as though countless tiny sprites were leaping and dancing inside him, igniting waves of inexplicable ecstasy wherever they went. His entire being seemed to soar into the clouds, hovering between euphoria and delirium.
Sold into the Cuixian Tower as a child, Yuan'er had been trained from a young age in the arts of pleasing and serving men. She had long mastered consummate skills in bed, including the oral techniques that could make any man lose his soul.
She held the shaft in her hand, slowly pulling back the foreskin to reveal the large glans before her. Her tongue flicked out, lightly tracing and teasing the tip, then her mouth enveloped the glans, swallowing the secreted fluid. Her two small hands each had their roles—one gripping the shaft while the other kneaded and played with the two orbs beneath.
Saliva coated the entire glans, gleaming with a lustrous sheen under the warm-toned lighting. The fifteen-to-sixteen-centimeter shaft bulged with veins, appearing fierce and imposing.
Yuan'er held the shaft in her hand, gently stroking it while her tongue traced the seam between the glans and the shaft. Her eyes, filled with seductive desire, gazed up at Li Ye. Her cheeks flushed with arousal, and her entire being exuded an intensely wanton aura.
As she looked at Li Ye with a dazed expression, her tongue moved rapidly over the shaft, ensuring he took in every tantalizing detail of the scene before him.
While attending to him, her own honeyed passage gradually grew moist, with streams of nectar flowing out, soaking her intimate garments. Her body, driven by arousal, twisted involuntarily, and her eyes and brows took on a wanton expression.
She freed her hands to pull her clothing down to her waist. For the convenience of clients, they usually went without undergarments. Instantly freed from restraint, her proud breasts stood erect, with deep red areolas and enticing nipples that trembled and bounced with her movements, captivating the eye. Between her lofty breasts, a deep cleavage formed, quivering slightly and tempting one to kiss and caress.
The dual stimulation of sight and sensation caused Li Ye to completely lose his rationality. A low, guttural sound escaped his throat as his hands grasped her pale, full breasts, kneading them forcefully, feeling the two hardened peaks in his palms. He couldn't resist gently rubbing them with his fingers.
Driven by heightened desire, he instinctively thrust his hips to intensify the sensations.
Yuan'er, well-versed in the ways of the bed, understood a man's every move intimately. Sensing Li Ye's intentions, she skillfully took his entire member into her cherry-like mouth.
Her small hand gently stroked the base of his shaft while her lips tightly enveloped it, greedily sucking as if savoring a delicacy. She moved her head back and forth, her tongue swirling around the glans, occasionally flicking the tip with her tongue, emitting lewd... moans... from her mouth.
With expert oral skills, Yuan'er took his shaft all the way in, varying her pace from fast to slow, all while using her delicate fingers to play with his testicles.
Accustomed to pleasuring men orally, she had mastered deep throating with ease, suppressing the gag reflex effortlessly, repeatedly taking his entire length into her mouth.
Beneath her, her passage was already drenched and slick, with lewd fluids trickling down, coating her pubic hair and labia, and flowing along her thighs to her buttocks.
Li Ye watched his fearsome member plunging in and out of her small mouth, the debauched scene sending tremors through his body. A tingling sensation shot from his shaft to his lower back, and all thoughts of demon hunting and solving cases were forgotten. He closed his eyes, fully indulging in the pleasure Yuan'er provided with her mouth.
"Ah... mm..."
Li Ye's eyes reddened, his breathing grew ragged, and he couldn't help but grip the back of Yuan'er's head, pressing down forcefully while frantically thrusting his hips to drive his member deeper.
At this moment, Li Ye bore no resemblance to the composed and elegant gentleman; he was like a beast in heat, recklessly unleashing his boundless desires.
"Mmph... mmph...Yuan'er moaned incoherently but still tried her best to move her head, matching Li Ye's frantic pace.
He treated her mouth like a honeyed passage, thrusting rapidly in and out, the lewd, squelching sounds filling the room.
An intense wave of pleasure surged from his member. He frantically pumped his hips back and forth, feeling a hot rush building inside him, ready to burst forth. The pleasure spread rapidly from between his legs, rushing to his brain and stimulating his nerves, sending him into ecstasy.
Streams of semen shot into Yuan'er's mouth. Far from being repulsed by the strong, pungent smell, she swallowed it all, her throat working to take every drop.
The post-climax pleasure lingered, his glans twitching and pulsating within her mouth.
Li Ye remained lost in the intoxicating sensations, unable to pull himself away. His handsome face was flushed with two patches of red, bearing the satisfied look of one who had just ridden the waves of passion.
"Young master, how was my oral skill..." Yuan'er withdrew the penis from her mouth, licked the remaining semen clean with her tongue, and said with a seductive look.
"Mmm... so pleasurable... I've never felt this good before..." Li Ye murmured, the effects of the drug not yet fully dissipated, the lingering ecstasy still swirling in his mind.
Seeing him like this, Yuan'er guessed that Young Master Li was probably experiencing the sensation of a woman's mouth for the first time. She covered her mouth and let out a few soft, coquettish laughs.
She glanced at the now-softened penis and thought that the drug's effects would likely wear off soon. She was genuinely curious about how the usually upright Young Master Li would react upon sobering up and seeing this scene.
About half an hour later, the limp Li Ye began to regain clarity of mind. He slowly opened his eyes to the familiar room, though a chilly breeze seemed to brush against his lower body, sending a shiver through him.
"What is this... you, I... Miss Yuan'er." Li Ye stared at the half-naked beauty before him and the highly suggestive scene, his mind instantly clearing.
Looking down at himself, he realized his pants had been removed at some point, his private parts exposed blatantly, and the air was filled with a familiar, pungent odor.
He almost immediately understood what had happened during his dazed state. As if struck by lightning, his mind went blank. He quickly turned away, scrambling to pull his pants back on with both hands and feet.
His memory only went as far as reaching out to push the door open, after which everything became hazy. He remembered feeling unbearably hot all over, overwhelmed by restless desire. Just as he was losing control, a cool warmth pressed against him, soothing the inner turmoil.
He eagerly embraced that cool warmth, and then an intoxicating, soul-shattering pleasure surged from his lower body. Driven by instinct, he chased after that sensation.
Everything after that was a blur. By the time his consciousness fully returned, the scene had become so provocative.
Suddenly, the image of Chu Qingyi, pure and untainted, flashed in his mind. He imagined her finding out that he had secretly been intimate with a woman of questionable repute, turning away with resolve, the admiration in her eyes replaced by disdain and disgust.
Overwhelming guilt washed over him like a tidal wave, drowning and consuming him whole.
Yuan'er, now fully dressed, watched his despondent and remorseful expression. Amused, she spoke up, "Feeling guilty about your wife at home? Don't worry, nothing you're imagining actually happened. I just used a little trick to give you some pleasure."
Hearing this, Li Ye stiffened. He had been wondering how his usually rational self had suddenly succumbed to desire. Now it seemed almost certain that Yuan'er was behind it.
"What did you do to me?"
"Nothing much. I just noticed you were quite repressed and helped you relieve it with my mouth."
With that, Yuan'er meaningfully licked her lips and cast a flirtatious glance his way, her eyes shimmering like spring water.
With his mouth?!
Li Ye, who usually paid no attention to worldly matters and focused solely on cultivation, was nearly shocked out of his wits. Staring at Yuan'er's tender, alluring lips, he couldn't help but envision an extremely lewd scene—a thick penis thrusting in and out of her delicate, cherry-like mouth. His cheeks flushed red, and he hurriedly averted his gaze.
During his years at the Celestial Master Manor, his life had been consumed by immortal cultivation and sword practice, leaving little opportunity to learn about matters of romance. The limited theoretical knowledge he possessed came from the forbidden text The Manual of Dual Bliss, which had earned him a furious chase across several mountain peaks when his master discovered it.
Regarding oral intimacy between men and women, he vaguely recalled The Manual of Dual Bliss depicting such licentious scenes. At the time, he only half-understood them, feeling both curious and somewhat repulsed. But after experiencing it firsthand, he found the sensation utterly intoxicating, like ascending to paradise.
"Young Master Li, why so shy? When you were pressing my head and urging me to go harder earlier, you seemed like a completely different person." Seeing his flustered state, Yu'an found it utterly adorable and couldn't resist teasing him.
Ahem, Miss Yu'an, what time is it now?" Li Ye hurriedly changed the subject, afraid she might utter more scandalous words.
"The time? I'd say it's just past the Hour of the Dog. Why do you ask? Could it be that your wife at home is so strict she's imposed a curfew, forbidding you from entering if you're late?" Yu'an's words flowed like pearls, her tone full of sympathy though her expression clearly showed she was enjoying his discomfort.
Li Ye felt a headache coming on, inwardly sighing at how terrifying women's imaginations could be. He'd asked one simple question, and she'd already woven an elaborate tapestry of assumptions.
Fortunately, it was still early. He doubted the Soul-Devouring Beast would dare strike openly in front of everyone. His task was to wait patiently for it to reveal itself.
Having made up his mind, Li Ye placed a silver ingot on the table, pushed the door open, and walked out without looking back.
Inside the room, Yu'an gasped delightedly, picking up the silver to examine it closely. Beaming with joy, she thought, Young Master Li wasn't just dignified and impressive—he was also incredibly generous. Clearly, he was no ordinary young master. She absolutely had to keep this wealth god firmly in her grasp.
Unaware that he'd already become someone's target, Li Ye didn't leave after exiting the room. Instead, he crouched by the staircase outside the second-floor private rooms, carefully observing the scene in the main hall below, hoping to find any clues.
One had to admit, the Jade Immortal Pavilion lived up to its reputation as the city's premier brothel. Beyond the exquisitely carved beams and painted pillars throughout the building, the performance stages alone were exceptionally designed. Six pavilions were distributed on the eastern and western sides at varying heights, featuring hollowed-out designs with pink silk curtains cascading from above. The dancers' figures appeared faintly visible behind the veils—their faces unclear but their alluring silhouettes projected onto the fabric. The swaying of their slender waists created countless charms, building an air of mystery while providing direct visual stimulation.
Aside from the clever layout, the courtesans' skills were truly exceptional. They were well-versed in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, not to mention being experts at dice games and drinking companionship. They could compose poetry with scholars or drink merrily with pleasure-seeking guests.
Moreover, their bedroom skills were utterly soul-stirring. The mix of shy and passionate moans from the second-floor private rooms never ceased, making Li Ye's heart wander despite his position by the stairs.
He could only focus his gaze on his nose and his nose on his heart, gathering his concentration to continue observing every movement in the main hall below.
In the center, a young woman dressed in a flowing, misty peony-print gown with a trailing hem stood out. Her dark hair was styled into an elegant cloud-like bun, adorned with an exquisite plum blossom hairpin, accentuating her peach-blossom complexion. Her delicate, almost boneless figure swayed as she leaned against a burly, bearded man. Her soft breasts were shamelessly molded into lewd shapes under his rough hands, yet she wore a coquettish smile, whispering something into his ear.
Upon hearing her words, the man grinned mischievously and slid his right hand beneath her skirt.
Li Ye quickly averted his gaze, startled.
On the other side, an equally provocative scene unfolded: a scholar-dressed young man buried his head between a courtesan's legs in full view of everyone. The woman's flushed cheeks and breathless moans left little doubt—his lips and tongue were teasing her most sensitive areas, coaxing waves of arousal from her.
Such scenes, typically confined to erotic literature, played out vividly within the Cuixian Lou. There were even instances of two women attending to one man, creating an atmosphere thick with sensuality.
To the patrons of the establishment, these displays were commonplace—all except Li Ye, who stood awkwardly, unsure where to rest his eyes.
Just then, an incongruous sight abruptly seized his attention.
A man strode confidently into the hall, clad in an ink-black robe lined with silver-edged hibiscus patterns. A dark blue jade belt cinched his waist, and he wielded an ivory folding fan with an air of aristocratic ease. His jet-black hair was tied up with a jade hairpin, completing the look of a wealthy young master.
Yet, his frame beneath the robe was unusually petite, his waist so slender it rivaled that of a woman. Adding to the absurdity, a thick, coarse beard clashed starkly with his fair and handsome face.
Li Ye studied him intently, his gaze lingering on the man's features. There was a flicker of familiarity, though he couldn't quite place it.
"Which noble family does this young master hail from? So strikingly handsome! And that skin—so tender it seems one could squeeze water from it. How envious I am…" A seductive woman in a sheer gauze dress approached, swaying her hips provocatively as she fanned herself. Her ample bosom, nearly fully exposed, jiggled with each step, the faint outline of pink nipples visible beneath the fabric.
"How rare to see Sister Yanzhi take an interest in a man! But with such a slight build, I wonder how many rounds he could last with you. Let's hope he doesn't surrender at the mere sight of those waves of yours," another courtesan teased, reaching out to fondle Yanzhi's breasts.
"Sister Meiyu, you jest! My modest assets are nothing compared to your skills in bed. Guests who've visited you even urge me to learn from your expertise in pleasing men."
"Ladies, no need for modesty! In my eyes, you're both celestial beings, each with your own unique flavor!" A male patron chimed in, wrapping his arms around both women and planting a kiss on each of their cheeks.
Upon hearing these words, Rouge and Jade were instantly amused, their delicate bodies trembling with soft laughter.
"You two common powders and rouges are far beneath this young master's taste. Summon your establishment's top courtesan to attend to me—I have plenty of money to spare!"
At that moment, the lavishly dressed young man from earlier spoke up, his tone brimming with arrogance.
Upstairs, Li Ye trembled violently upon hearing the voice and finally remembered who this person was!