Having cultivated myself into an immortal, all I want to do is raise female disciples.

—Just as I expected.

Fan Luokui did not show any surprise, but her eyes were full of understanding.

Feng Hua sighed, seemingly helpless and regretful: "After that, Yue'er has been waiting for him, waiting for him to come and redeem her."

"Young Master Duan probably has a marriage planned, I'm not too sure, but if Young Master Duan is really the handsome and charming man Yue'er described, he wouldn't deliberately lie to Yue'er for any other reason."

"Because of the marriage, the fact that a girl was redeemed from a brothel must not be spread. So Young Master Duan must have spent a lot of time and effort to handle it before coming to our Feng Hua Shui Yue."

"but……"

Upon hearing the transition word, the expressions of Fan Luokui and the other two all became more serious.

They knew that what was about to happen would probably not be so pleasant.

Feng Hua took a deep breath, but unexpectedly, her expression did not change much. Instead, she said calmly.

"But he was a step too late. I don't know if Yue'er felt deceived and became disheartened, but that's the truth—Yue'er was redeemed by someone else the day before Young Master Duan arrived."

"Normally speaking, if a woman doesn't want to be redeemed, she can refuse. Sister Liu is very kind to us and knows that most of us are unfortunate people, so even if she were to redeem us, she would still ask for our opinion..."

As Feng Hua said this, she couldn't help but bite her lower lip: "Even before I came here, she told me that if you tried to force me, I should call her and she would take care of it for me..."

I never expected to encounter three beauties...

However, what Fan Luokui was concerned about was clearly the first few sentences.

She seemed somewhat confused: "According to you, Miss Yue'er was willing to be redeemed by someone else?"

"Yes."

"Isn't it because the other party is some kind of powerful sect that you can't compete with?"

“I think it shouldn’t be…” Feng Hua shook her head: “I remember that day, Yue’er didn’t have a sad expression. It’s possible that… she had already given up.”

"At that time, she didn't know that Young Master Duan had a fiancée. Not to mention her, we only found out about this recently when the Duan and Su families announced their marriage alliance..."

Leaning against the wall, Zhang Ruoxue exhaled a breath of stale air, her tone heavy: "So... she mistakenly thought that Young Master Duan was just playing around with her, and heartbroken, she left with someone else..."

"I guess that's right..."

Feng Hua wasn't entirely sure either.

In fact, she still remembers how Yue'er looked, full of anticipation, waving her little fists and jumping around in the yard a few days before she was redeemed.

Today, Yue'er should be twenty years old, but five years ago, she was just a fifteen-year-old girl, an innocent child who had just entered adolescence.

The girl who would hold the letter and roll around in bed every night, often disturbing Feng Hua's rest, would calm down once she saw Feng Hua's face full of joy and excitement.

She was a child with a tragic fate, sold to a brothel by her parents. Although young, she was quite beautiful. Her parents made a fortune from their daughter's exceptional beauty and then disappeared.

"I see……"

Fan Luokui roughly understood the situation.

Although there were still a few unanswered questions, she had a general idea of ​​Duan Yu's relationship with Yue'er.

She didn't think Feng Hua was lying. From her words and actions, Feng Hua seemed to be recalling the past, not fabricating something out of thin air.

Moreover, if they were to find a few more female companions and compare their testimonies, they could find out whether Feng Hua was lying or not—and Feng Hua could naturally guess that, so there should be no need for her to lie.

In other words...

That Duan Yu was not a scoundrel disguised as a charming young man; on the contrary, he was a person with a tragic fate.

This explains the conversation between Duan Yu and the woman in the pavilion.

The mystery has been solved, but Fan Luokui and the other two showed no joy whatsoever.

"Um, I'm done talking..."

Feng Hua took a deep breath, looking somewhat nervously at Fan Luo Kui, who seemed lost in thought and whose expression was growing increasingly serious, and tentatively asked:

"May I leave now?"

—It was truly like interrogating a criminal.

Realizing that there was no point in keeping her around, Fan Luokui nodded.

"Okay, you can go..."

Before he could finish speaking...

Suddenly, a commotion arose in the corridor.

next second.

boom!

The door was pushed open rather roughly.

"I'm going to see today which little brats dare to mess with me..."

With an arrogant and domineering air, the young man, with a delicate face and slender figure, saw the four beauties in the house.

His expression froze instantly, and even the madam behind him looked extremely strange.

What's even more amazing is that he quickly noticed Fan Luokui and the other two, and his expression suddenly turned as if he had seen a ghost.

"What... are you doing here...?"

A girl named Lan Tianyi stood blankly outside the door, acting like a customer of a prostitute.

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This is an extremely long chapter.

Theoretically speaking, this is the end after this chapter...

But I still intend to see how sincere you are.

20. Why?

Lan Tian never dreamed that she would meet people from Yuntian Academy here.

Regarding the matter of the Emperor's Pavilion and the Cloud Heaven Academy, our own half-immortal Xu Guangying has issued a decree throughout the entire Blue Feather Heavenly Palace. Anyone who dares to utter a single word will face the wrath of the half-immortal.

Who in the Blue Feather Heavenly Palace would dare to offend a half-immortal?

At least Lan Tianyi wouldn't dare, even though she was very familiar with Old Man Xu. She knew that Xu Guangying wouldn't back down on this matter.

After all, the dean of Yuntian Academy was the person Xu Guangying had predicted.

Lan Tianyi will never forget that scene at the Imperial Pavilion.

Since then, Yuntian Academy has become a taboo term in Lanyu Tiangong. Although everyone is keeping this matter to themselves, no one dares to spread it. Even discussions within Lanyu Tiangong have to be done secretly, for fear of the news leaking out.

Unexpectedly, Lan Tianyi bumped into them here!

Although she had heard the old man Xu Banxian mention it before she set off, she never expected that the place where she met the people from Yuntian Academy would be a brothel!

It's not a normal place in any sense...

"You are……"

Fan Luokui stared at Lan Tianyi as he pushed open the door, as if recalling something.

Although she didn't have much of an impression of Lan Tianyi, perhaps because Lan Tianyi happened to be next to that half-immortal when everyone from Lan Yu Tian Palace knelt down that day, he left a certain impression on Fan Luo Kui.

Seeing that Fan Luokui had almost blurted out the words "Blue Feather Heavenly Palace," which would reveal her identity, Lan Tian quickly interrupted her:

"Um, sorry... I suddenly remembered I have something urgent to attend to, so I'll have to go now!"

She was unwilling to stay here any longer. Although she had indeed come here today to find some girls to pass the time, she was in no mood for that right now!

She still remembered that man's extraordinary abilities, and given the protective nature of these big shots, if she were to make a careless move and clash with Yuntian Academy, even Old Man Xu probably wouldn't be able to protect her.

As soon as she finished speaking, with a rather awkward smile, she slowly took two steps back under everyone's gaze, left the room, and turned to make a run for it.

However, Fan Luokui had no intention of letting her go.

"Wait a minute."

The cool voice entered Lan Tianyi's ears, and he was so nervous that he started sweating.

She turned around with an awkward smile, gave Fan Luo Kui a forced laugh, and said, "Um... Miss... what brings you here?"

The cherry-haired girl stared intently at her, and after a few seconds of silence, she looked thoughtful and said to Lan Tianyi, who had suddenly entered, "Since you're here, come in and have a seat."

"This...this isn't right..."

Lan Tian glanced at Feng Hua, whose face was completely bewildered. Logically speaking, this should have been a private time for just the two of them, but unexpectedly, they were a little late and ended up with three ghosts and gods...

However, this gave Lan Tian an excuse to escape—

She glanced at Feng Hua, then at Fan Luo Kui, and chuckled twice, "You all continue. It's better if I don't disturb you."

"disturb?"

Fan Luokui understood Lan Tianyi's meaning and turned to look at Feng Hua.

Staring at her with eyes that seemed to pierce through her very soul, Feng Hua's delicate body trembled violently twice, her face turned deathly pale, and she hurriedly jumped up from the stool.

"This servant...this servant will take her leave now..."

“Hey, you…”

Lan Tianyi wanted to call Feng Hua back, but Feng Hua dared not stay there any longer. With a grim face, she ran out of the room and, along with the bewildered madam watching from outside, ran towards her own room.

Although she wasn't entirely clear on the situation, the madam still went along with Feng Hua's wishes and left Lan Tianyi outside the door of Fan Luokui and the other two.

The atmosphere suddenly became quite awkward.

The two stared at each other, Fan Luokui's gaze towards Lan Tianyi filled with curiosity—she really wanted to know why the people from Lanyu Heavenly Palace had appeared here.

Lan Tian looked at Fan Luo Kui with curiosity, but also with a strange sense of regret—she also wanted to know why she was so unlucky…

This quiet atmosphere was finally broken by Ye Yuchan.

"that……"

Our Yu Chan girl scrutinized Lan Tianyi closely, as if she wanted to see every inch of her body. She lowered her head and pondered for a moment.

Immediately afterwards, a sentence popped up:

"If I'm not mistaken, you're a woman disguised as a man, right?"