5: You can be a flower girl, but you have to pay extra! Lu Xiaojian, I'll beat you to death

"I have a question," Lu Jiuyuan raised his hand and gestured, "Doesn't that make me a flower boy? In the future, I will become the strongest swordsman in the world. Being a flower boy for someone, this kind of dark history, if it's dug up, it'll be a bit undignified."

Xiao Qiuyu's eyes narrowed slightly, "Then what do you mean?"

"Just getting paid isn't enough, I need more money!"

"How about counting it as one of your moves?"

"No problem! Mr. Xiao, just tell me how to scatter them, and I'll scatter the flower petals exactly that way, ensuring Princess Danfeng is satisfied."

The group hurried along, arriving at a brothel.

"Green Robe Tower's Iron-Faced Judge and Gou Hun have already gone in to find Lu Xiaofeng. You wait outside and listen for movement. After we kill that person, you start the music and scatter the flowers. Princess Danfeng will then enter," Xiao Qiuyu instructed Lu Jiuyuan.

"No problem!"

A moment later, two screams were heard from inside. Lu Jiuyuan gave a signal, and Lu Jiuyuan and two musicians quickly approached simultaneously.

The musicians sat on the rooftop and began to play their instruments. Lu Yuan carried two flower baskets, filled entirely with flower petals.

Standing on the eaves, he scattered large handfuls of petals evenly.

A rain of petals fell from the sky, evenly carpeting the ground.

The petals landed on the bluestones, forming a splendid floral carpet.

Following the ebb and flow of the music, Lu Xiaofeng, who had been lying like a corpse on the bed for a long time, not even stirring or opening his eyes despite the continuous fighting and deaths in the room,

couldn't help but quietly turn his head and open his eyes. Listening to the exquisite music, smelling the pervasive fragrance, he looked at the figure slowly approaching beneath the shower of petals.

She was draped in a pure black silk robe, which fell like a night waterfall, trailing on the bluestones and silently flowing over the scattered petals.

Her robe sleeves moved without wind, as if alive.

Three thousand strands of black hair, unbound and untied, cascaded like spilled ink over her shoulders, making her face appear even paler than paper.

Only her eyes—ink-black, like cold stars, like a bright moon, astonishingly luminous, as if they could draw one's very heart in.

There was no other adornment on her entire body, yet this single black garment and graceful figure were more captivating than any jewels.

She stood there amidst the scattered crimson, and all the surrounding vibrant colors paled in comparison.

This was not a beauty meant for the human world; rather, she resembled an enchantress from the depths of the Nine Hells, treading on spider lilies.

Liu Yuhang, Xiao Qiuyu, and Dugu Fang silently retreated to the wall, their postures respectful.

Shangguan Danfeng quietly watched Lu Xiaofeng's eyes, and then, she knelt down.

Whoosh!

Lu Xiaofeng instantly sprang from the bed like an unbridled wild dog, bursting through the roof with a whoosh and leaping out of the room.

Lu Jiuyuan, who was on the rooftop scattering flowers from a basket, saw Lu Xiaofeng burst through the roof and leap out. His hand, scattering flowers, froze, and he gave a slightly awkward smile.

Lu Xiaofeng and Lu Jiuyuan exchanged glances in mid-air, and the stunning effect they had just created seemed to dissipate considerably.

"Four Eyebrows Lu Xiaofeng is truly an exceptionally intelligent person." Shangguan Danfeng sighed, "I hadn't even spoken, and he had already fled."

"Who in this world can refuse such a stunningly beautiful woman? Lu Xiaofeng probably couldn't refuse either, so he could only run away before Princess Danfeng could even ask for his help."

Lu Jiuyuan tossed the flower basket, leaped down from the rooftop, and said with a smile.

"He's very lazy, very afraid of trouble, and even more unwilling to risk his life for others!"

Shangguan Danfeng slowly rose, her black silk robe gently swaying in the wind. She gazed at the large hole in the roof, broken through, and said faintly, "He can escape for a while, but he can't escape forever."

"Lu Xiaofeng has a flaw..." Lu Jiuyuan held up a finger, "The more he avoids trouble, the more it actively seeks him out."

Liu Yuhang's iron hook glinted coldly in the moonlight, and his hoarse voice rose, "Should we pursue him?"

"No need." Shangguan Danfeng gently shook her head, "He can't escape!"

Xiao Qiuyu looked at Lu Jiuyuan thoughtfully, "You seem to know Lu Xiaofeng very well?"

"Four Eyebrows Lu Xiaofeng, I wouldn't say I know him well." Lu Jiuyuan shrugged, "It's just that I've heard a lot of rumors in the Jianghu, so I can somewhat guess his temperament."

A moment later, Shangguan Danfeng had already received news that Lu Xiaofeng had gone to his old friend Huo Xiu.

With a slight gesture, Liu Yuhang, Xiao Qiuyu, and Dugu Fang nodded and left first.

Lu Jiuyuan, Shangguan Xueer, and Shangguan Danfeng followed closely behind.

The six of them walked silently along the mountain path. Huo Xiu's residence was in a very inconspicuous small wooden house in the forest.

"Why would the richest man in the world live in a place like this?" Shangguan Xueer asked.

"Perhaps this is just a peculiar habit of rich people!

You think I'm extravagant, but in reality, I'm very simple. You think I'm truly simple, but in reality, every bit of my simplicity is bought with mountains of gold and seas of money."

Lu Jiuyuan said, "This dilapidated little house may look broken, but it might also be very valuable. But it's Huo Xiu's house, the richest man's house, no matter how bad it is, it won't be cheap."

"Then I need to bring two more gold ingots. Those three will smash the house, and I'll still have to pay for it."

Shangguan Xueer fumbled in her bosom and pulled out four large gold ingots, each weighing fifty taels.

Lu Jiuyuan glanced at Shangguan Xueer out of the corner of his eye and couldn't help but shake his head. To be able to pull out four gold ingots from her bosom, she truly was something!

Shangguan Xueer was very sensitive. Although Lu Jiuyuan's movement was subtle, she still noticed it and immediately flared up in anger, (ง ᵒ ̌ dish ᵒ ̌ )ง ⁼ ³ ₌ ₃ "Bastard, what are you shaking your head at? What are you looking down on? What are you despising?"

As Liu Yuhang and the other two entered the house, they heard the sounds of smashing. Then Lu Jiuyuan and Shangguan Xueer walked to the doorway.

Inside, it was already a mess. Broken wine jars lay on the floor, wine was everywhere, and all the furniture had been smashed to pieces.

"Princess Danfeng of the Great Golden Peng King has specially come to see Young Master Lu Xiaofeng."

"Alas!" Lu Xiaofeng sighed, "It seems I can't avoid seeing her now!"

Huo Xiu laughed, "Of course you can't avoid seeing her. If you don't, your friend's house will be completely smashed!"

"My sister is just outside. Are you going to see her today or not?"

"I'll see her! You pay for the damages first!"

"Hmph! I was prepared." Shangguan Xueer placed the four gold ingots on the table, "Two hundred taels of gold is enough to build a hundred of these houses!"

"A little short!" Lu Xiaofeng said with a smile.

"Indeed, a little short!" Lu Jiuyuan also said with a smile.

"Xiao Jian, how much is it short? I feel like he's making fun of me!" Shangguan Xueer's face flushed as she asked.

"Perhaps... thirty to forty thousand taels of gold!"

"This young friend, you have good insight!" Huo Xiu looked at Lu Jiuyuan in surprise.

"No, I don't have insight, and I can't tell how valuable this place is. But I know that the residence of the richest man in the world would never truly be simple.

Because only a Saint, a sun, can truly possess all the wealth in the world and still be simple, and you are clearly not!"

Huo Xiu was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "I am indeed not a Saint. This chair I'm sitting on was made by Great Master Luzhi four hundred years ago.

There are only twelve in the entire world. The imperial palace has five, and I have six here.

This wooden house is the former residence of Lu You, Lu Fangweng, and his inscriptions are still on the wall.

Every flower, every blade of grass, every tree here is priceless. To say it's worth thirty or forty thousand taels of gold is still an understatement."

"Although your insight is not enough, your wisdom can compensate. To be a bodyguard... is a waste of your talent. Are you willing to follow me?

This old man doesn't have much else, only money. Mountains of gold and seas of silver. Whatever your ability, I have that much money to give you." Huo Xiu looked at Lu Jiuyuan, extending an olive branch.

"No!" Lu Jiuyuan refused directly!

Huo Xiu was slightly stunned by his quick refusal, then he looked towards the doorway and started to laugh.

Refusing so readily meant he wasn't after money, but after beauty.

Young and enamored, yet unaware of the importance of money.

With enough money, even the most beautiful woman can be obtained. Without money, it's just the most ridiculous joke.

His gaze swept over Lu Jiuyuan, Liu Yuhang, Xiao Qiuyu, and Dugu Fang.

Your goddesses are being played with by this old man.

If you knew, what kind of thoughts would you have? Ridiculous, too ridiculous!

"Hahahahaha!"

"Today I saw something interesting, I saw interesting people. It's truly interesting. Since you know my residence, this place can no longer be lived in.

Lu Xiaofeng, I'm giving this place to you. I'm leaving! Hahahahaha!"

"What a 'richest man in the world,' Huo Xiu! Xiao Jian, haven't you noticed how truly dashing he looks, treating wealth like dirt?"

Shangguan Xueer looked at the old man's departing back and said to Lu Jiuyuan.

"Does he have a kind of heroic spirit, spending money like water? Does he feel especially charming?" Lu Jiuyuan asked.

"Mm-hmm!" Shangguan Xueer nodded repeatedly.

"I think so too! Unfortunately, he practices the 'Boy Skill,' so he has money but no sex. What's the point of living?" Lu Jiuyuan turned to leave, and Shangguan Xueer quickly followed.

"Xiao Jian, why didn't you choose to follow him? He could give you more money! More than my cousin gives you. You refused so quickly, are you interested in that bad woman?"

"I'm telling you, you can't like her. She's a bad woman. My sister, Shangguan Feiyan, was killed by her. She even pretended to be a good person in front of me.

You absolutely cannot fall for her trick."

"Hahahahaha, I won't fall for your trick, little liar!" Lu Jiuyuan laughed heartily. He knew Shangguan Xueer was speaking falsely, because what she believed was already false.

It was Shangguan Feiyan who killed Shangguan Danfeng.

But he couldn't say it; even if he did, the little liar wouldn't believe him.

Huo Xiu's small building was also the number one tower in the world, Green Robe Tower.

There were a total of one hundred and eight Green Robe Towers, each with one hundred and eight people. What a grand scale, what a lot of manpower.

"Xiao Jian! Stop right there!" Shangguan Xueer puffed up her cheeks and chased after him, grabbing Lu Jiuyuan's sleeve.

"You bastard, you must be coveting my sister's beauty. I already told you, if you listen to me, I can even go easy on you!"

Lu Jiuyuan stopped, looking down at the little girl who only reached a little above his chest.

He glanced down at her feet and shook his head.

The little girl puffed out her chest, raised her head, and widened her eyes. Her eyes were astonishingly bright. After blinking twice, her cheeks immediately puffed up, and her large eyes looked even more like two black obsidian stones ignited by fury.

"Xiao Jian, you bastard, you're mocking me again! I'm going to punch you to death!" Shangguan Xueer roared.