I have the best bloodline

But in Su Yan's eyes, what money could a bunch of poor, pedantic scholars possibly have? The girls are practically starving!

A bottle of homemade liquor and a plate of fennel beans last me all day. I'm so broke I'm tempted to personally go out and attract customers!

"Alright, alright, Auntie will try her best to help the girls turn their lives around as soon as possible." Auntie rolled her eyes, rested her elbows on the table, and supported her cheeks with her hands.

Making money is really difficult. If she had any business acumen, she wouldn't have had to cooperate with the imperial court to live off a guaranteed income.

"By the way, I sensed with my spiritual sense that Xiaobai, Xiaojin, and Xiaoliu seem to be a little upset. Go and comfort them again! As for making big money, Auntie needs to think about how to do it later. It's really not good for the house to be in such chaos every day."

"They drove all the business away."

Auntie promised Su Yan that she would think of a way to make money so that the girls could all have enough to eat, and also have the little fox go to the girls' dormitory to act cute again.

"It's not necessary!"

Su Yan sighed, his enthusiasm waning, and waved his hand dismissively: "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."

As she spoke, Su Yan stepped onto the fourth-floor windowsill and gestured for her aunt to help her.

The aunt was taken aback, then seemed to realize something and called out to Su Yan as she usually did:

"Oh no! My little nephew thinks his aunt isn't good at making money and is going to commit suicide by banging his head on the ground! My cunning nephew is going to jump off the building and kill himself because he thinks his aunt is incompetent!"

My aunt's voice was truly remarkable; her shout echoed throughout the cylindrical building, reaching the girls who were rehearsing on the main stage and those resting in their dormitories. They all rushed out of their rooms to check on the situation.

"Hey! Little fox, what are you doing? Quickly get down from the windowsill, it's windy there and you might slip!"

"Don't come any closer! Don't even get near me! Unless you agree to my terms, I'll kill myself today by banging my head against the ground!"

I finally managed to buy some cold medicine last night.

After eating it, I woke up the next afternoon.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 6 The Dragon's Majesty (Low-Power Version)

"Come down quickly! At most, we'll agree to your request; we won't commit suicide for no reason!"

"Yes, we all agreed!"

“I don’t believe you. Unless you write a guarantee, I’ll jump off the walled building.”

"Sign! Sign! We'll all sign!"

For Su Yan, comforting each girl was an extremely tiring task. If he encountered a talented woman with some cultivation, he wouldn't be able to escape without having a layer of fox fur plucked off by her. Some of these talented women's sweet words were extremely hurtful to the fox's heart.

Bells and such are one thing, but they even tried to brush aside the fox fur to count the odd and even numbers on Su Yan's belly.

They were even more terrifying than hooligans; their pink-themed words deeply hurt Su Yan.

Dragon! I am a nine-tailed fox with true dragon blood! A divine beast that can roam the world freely after reaching adulthood!

In the West, Su Qun Lao bullied my weakness and powerlessness, and I was reduced to a brothel, where I could only endure being treated as a male consort.

This is outrageous! Do you see? I'm crying!

………………

After the farce, the talented women managed to appease the fox, and evening gradually approached. After having dinner in the dining hall in the backyard, the brothel staff prepared to open for business. The talented women went up on the stage, holding their musical instruments, and took their seats.

"How lamentable—"

Music plays, people dance and sing, and the operas sung by the talented women are basically adapted from their own stories. The style of the operas tends to be melancholic and self-pitying, describing how a once well-bred lady was forced to become a performer in the streets due to a sudden change in her family's values.

On stage, talented women play music and sing, while scholars and literati in the audience can invite their favorite talented women to an elegant room to discuss music, chess, calligraphy, and painting.

If a talented woman takes a liking to a young man's talent, she will invite him to her boudoir and perform the Six Arts for him alone or chat about romantic matters, using the enclosed space to trick him into giving her money through sweet talk.

Actors have always been heartless. Do you really think they like your talent and looks?

They like your banknotes! You idiot!

Before their family tragedy, what outstanding young men hadn't they seen? Why would they even notice you? You can't drink milk at the children's table with them!

Compared to the few talented women who had customers, Su Yan, who worked as a waiter, was extremely popular.

Are you really a white fox demon?

A woman grabbed Su Yan's sash as she passed by, looking at her with suspicion: "Come on, let me touch it."

Su Yan had been in the brothel for quite some time, more than a week in total. Xia Yu's regional and racial concepts were all-encompassing, so there was no need to keep his demon identity a secret. Hiding it would only make the inspectors of the Demon Suppression Division suspicious of his ulterior motives.

However, outsiders do not know that Su Yan's white fox is different from the wild foxes commonly seen by the roadside.

"Give me a girl; all I'm raising are spendthrift sons."

"I also want a perfect husband, preferably one with delicate features and the strength of an ox that can plow the field all night without getting tired."

"I also ask for a husband, but it would be best if he were small, so I could hold him in my arms and play with him."

As soon as the lady grabbed Su Yan's sash, the women and girls accompanying her rushed forward, placing their delicate hands on Su Yan's chest, and began to pray to Su Yan as if worshipping a god, hoping to receive the white fox's favor.

Su Yan: "."

Let me make this clear first: making a wish is fine, but if your wish doesn't come true, you can't come looking for me and burn me down like I'm some kind of evil shrine. I don't charge fees!

Whether it works or not is none of my business, and I take no responsibility for it.

………………

Su Yan no longer needed to do chores at night. His wife simply placed him on the table and stuffed handfuls of money into his arms, hoping the little white fox could convey her wishes to the Nine-Tailed Fox Immortal so that her desires would be fulfilled. Some people asked for marriage, while others hoped to have sons or daughters.

Some widows even asked Su Yan if he offered himself as a prostitute, as she had a particular fondness for little fox cubs.

Su Yan dared not accept their money. If their wishes were not fulfilled, they would tie him to a wooden stake and burn him alive, so that he could personally go to the ancestors to convey their wishes to them.

But those women seemed to be rebellious by nature; they were unhappy that Su Yan didn't take their money.

Saying you won't give money doesn't show sincerity.

The more Su Yan refused, the more enthusiastic they became, starting with a few taels of silver and then escalating to stuffing her with silver, gold, and taels of silver.

Pulling open Su Yan's collar, she stuffed it inside. When his aunt found Su Yan near closing time and the guests had mostly left, he had become a round ball, his clothes completely stuffed with all sorts of gold and silver notes. He lay on the tea table, swinging his legs, trying to use the leverage to turn over.

"I hate storage artifacts."

Seeing her aunt come over, Su Yan suddenly spoke.

Women who appear light and graceful in their flowing clothes would open their storage rings or pouches, take out gold and silver, and stuff money directly into their clothes. Even though they said they didn't accept money, they seemed to be rebellious, stuffing even their trouser legs full of silver notes.

"What a loss!"

Upon seeing Su Yan's chubby appearance, Chong Qiong exclaimed that she had lost out big time. It was a losing deal to be able to pet a nine-tailed fox for just a few taels of silver.

However, Su Yan's identity as a nine-tailed fox cannot be exposed. If it is, he will probably be crushed into a plate by the princes, princesses and nobles of the royal family and hung on the emperor's dragon wheel as a symbolic flag of Xia Yu.

"Xiao Hong, go get a broom and sweep up the gold and silver jewelry on the ground."

Auntie jumped onto the table, put her hands under Su Yan's armpits, lifted him off the table, and shook him vigorously. A large amount of gold and silver treasures fell down with a "clatter". It took a while for Su Yan to transform back into human form from a ball.

Su Yan, who was being held aloft, was speechless.

What kind of things are happening every day? Give me back my dream of wandering the world with a sword!

"."

The talented women watched as their aunt stood on the tea table, holding Su Yan aloft and waving it around, with gold and silver jewelry cascading down as if she were showing off. The women remained silent.

It's truly a case of "If Heaven hadn't given birth to Su Yan, the brothels would have remained in perpetual darkness."

………………

After the grueling hours of the brothel ended, Su Yan returned to his dormitory, took a shower, and casually poured the dirty water from his bath into the river outside the window. Then, he changed into a set of durable black training clothes and ran to the backyard.

The main business hours of brothels are at night. For those who make a living in brothels, they usually sleep in the morning and the new day begins at noon. In the afternoon, they usually get ready or go out shopping with their aunt.

The early morning hours are free time. Talented women with a foundation in cultivation will choose to practice, while those without a foundation or who do not like cultivation will refine their skills in the Six Arts.

"Come on, I'll teach you something new today."

When Su Yan arrived at the backyard, her aunt had just come out of the kitchen with a late-night snack and invited Su Yan to sit down.

"Your 'hand-touching' habit is pretty much over; your bone structure and whether it's single or double are already in your aunt's mind."

Su Yan angrily said, "Auntie!"

"Just kidding! You always have that foxy face, but now you're all energetic. Tonight, let your aunt teach you how to play in the water," Chong Qiong said with a smile.

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Chapter 7 The Water Element of the Five Elements

"You're generally a bit difficult to deal with, but not too difficult for your aunt."

After having a late-night snack, instead of urging Su Yan to practice breathing exercises, his aunt began to explain some basic knowledge of cultivation techniques to him:

"From my observation, my little nephew, because of the bloodline of the Great Lustful Worm, the power of the water element in your body has been solidified. The magic you will practice in the future will be mainly based on the water element."

The cultivation of demons differs from that of ordinary humans. A demon's talent is determined by their parents before birth, and their power is passed down to their children through bloodline.

For a demon like Su Yan, whose father is of true dragon bloodline and whose mother is of nine-tailed fox bloodline, the only possible attribute he could inherit from his father is water or his mother is wood.

It's impossible for the elements of fire, earth, and metal to appear, because neither parent possesses such attributes.

"So, I say you're a lucky guy."

My aunt smiled and raised her hand. A ball of purplish-red water gathered on the side of her hand, and the purplish-red water seemed to have a spirit, flowing endlessly around her fingertips:

"Because my aunt happens to be a water-based cultivator. Although her water magic isn't earth-shattering, it's quite good for daily bathing, changing clothes, or even for educational purposes."

"Auntie, we're in class, be serious."

Upon seeing the purplish-red water droplets entwined on her aunt's plump, fair hands, Su Yan instinctively stepped back, trying to maintain a safe distance from the water droplets.

Whether human or demon, they initially only had the elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

However, as their cultivation level increases, cultivators can acquire even more powerful elemental attributes beyond the Five Elements. Considering that his aunt's true form is a proud insect, Su Yan felt that the water clump on his aunt's finger was definitely poisonous.

"Water element is indeed amazing, but it seems like my cultivation of water element techniques is useless, right? With my current cultivation level, can I really summon water to kill someone?"

Su Yan was not a novice in cultivation. He inherited the charm of the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan and the water control ability of the Black Dragon. These were all innate supernatural abilities of the demon race. Therefore, he had tried to learn water manipulation techniques from his parents before.