Chapter 71
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 71
Chapter Title: The Flame Moth Chamber
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Compared to its massive exterior, the inside consisted of narrow corridors lined with countless doors.
The narrowness of the hallway meant the rooms themselves must be spacious.
The corridors were thick with yin qi.
Even the laughter and moans leaking from the rooms were saturated with it.
"Isn't this place great?"
"I don't knowww..."
"Come here..."
"..."
Though her face remained expressionless, Seol-yeong's ears had turned red.
For some reason, Jeong-seon was squinting at me.
As we walked down the corridor, glimpses of shadowy figures inside the rooms grew increasingly explicit.
On the first floor, it was mostly scenes of courtesans serving drinks, but from the second floor onward, men and women were openly entwined while chatting.
From the third floor, seductive moans spilled out.
The men and women were already overlapping indistinguishably.
And the fourth floor felt different from all the rooms below.
The corridor widened, and numerous courtesans sat in chairs, watching us ascend.
Some were touching up their makeup, others changing clothes half-naked.
"Customer~, this isn't a place just anyone can enter... Oh my. Jeong-seon?"
"Jeong-seon?"
"Jeong-seon~"
One courtesan who had been serious slowly looked at Jeong-seon, then covered her mouth and widened her eyes.
At her reaction, the others turned toward us, recognized Jeong-seon, and rushed over in unison.
Their figures were all stunning, and I couldn't help but steal glances at their bouncing breasts as they ran.
It felt invigorating, healthy even.
"What, didn't you just get back from Shaanxi? You can already visit a pleasure house?"
"I heard you won two matches in the friendly tournament."
"How'd you beat the Heavenly Martial Academy~?"
"...As expected."
I nodded at the courtesans' chatter.
They had faster news than even the academy's instructors.
These weren't ordinary courtesans.
They were all part of the Hao Network.
Rumors said their information network rivaled the Beggars' Sect, and it seemed true.
"These two must be Seol-yeong and Seong-han, right?"
"We've heard so much about you."
The courtesans approached with subtle smiles.
"Wow, what a great body."
"Bet you're good in bed too, huh?"
One raked her nails slowly across my chest.
The seductive gesture made me swallow involuntarily.
Jeong-seon slipped between us, blocking her.
"Look at this, shielding him with her body."
"So cute~"
The courtesans laughed and teased Jeong-seon.
Jeong-seon let out a long sigh and bowed her head.
"...Just give us a room quick."
"Got it. But you won't see Madam Lu?"
"Mom... later."
The courtesans led us to a massive room adorned in gold.
I wasn't sure if it was real gold, but it was clearly far more special than the others.
It was the most opulent and largest of all we'd seen.
"Have fun, okay?"
"...It's not like that."
"Oh, right, 'treatment'?"
They teased Jeong-seon to the end before leaving.
I felt a twinge of regret.
"...Hurry up and come in."
"...Where are you looking?"
Both of them pulled me into the room.
The interior was lavishly decorated with jewels and gold ornaments, its extravagance overwhelming.
It was so luxurious it bordered on burdensome.
Everything seemed too precious to touch, yet Jeong-seon strode about casually.
"What do you think?"
She turned to me and asked.
"Uh, yeah, it's amazing."
I wasn't sure what to say, but that was my honest impression.
Gazing at such a dazzling room left me speechless, stunned.
I worried about accidentally breaking something and having to pay.
But Jeong-seon smirked and shook her head.
"Not that. The yin qi, yang qi, stuff like that."
"Oh? Ah..."
"This is a special room."
Jeong-seon stroked the massive bed dominating the center.
The room moths flock to, she said the courtesans called it.
The only room in the city where you could embrace its top courtesans all at once.
Its price was astronomical, permitted only on special occasions—even wealthy merchant lords couldn't reserve it.
People often paid double or triple to take someone else's slot.
Naturally, the courtesans gave their all for the hefty fee, and the men pushed to their limits.
That explained why the room brimmed with immense yin and yang qi.
Perfect.
This was the environment I wanted.
I handed Seol-yeong the half of the snow ginseng I'd prepared earlier.
Normally, after consuming a spiritual herb, one would meditate to absorb its inner energy and regulate the body's qi.
But we wouldn't.
Instead of meditation, we'd explore each other's bodies, maintaining peak arousal.
I judged this the best way to treat Seol-yeong.
Of course, we wouldn't gain the full inner energy of the snow ginseng.
But that wasn't important anyway.
What mattered was melting away the stubborn chill of the Nine Yin Severing Veins entrenched in her.
We approached the bed, popped the snow ginseng into our mouths, and chewed.
Even after sitting in my pouch so long, it was cool, almost frosty.
It crunched audibly.
My teeth ached a bit, with a bitter tang.
The more I chewed, the more refreshing it felt, like my nose and throat clearing.
That freshness lingered after swallowing.
Down the throat, through the chest, to heart and abdomen.
Cool energy swept through my entire body.
"Mm..."
It was strange.
My insides buzzed and hummed.
Seol-yeong grimaced faintly too, feeling the same.
This was no time to hesitate.
I grabbed her shoulders.
Seol-yeong looked up at me with startled, rabbit-wide eyes.
"You okay?"
"...Yeah..."
No need for detailed explanations.
We'd covered everything before coming to the pleasure house.
From now on, I'd embrace Seol-yeong.
As treatment.
Jeong-seon would assist from the side.
We shed our clothes.
The pleasure house's dim red lighting cast a sensual glow on our skin.
I couldn't tell if Seol-yeong's cheeks were flushed from the light or genuine blush.
What was clear: both of us emanated subtle yin and yang qi from the snow ginseng's effect.
Jeong-seon leaned to my ear.
"You know you can't look away, right?"
"..."
"The faster and rougher, the better the effect..."
I might be simple.
Just her lewd whispers had my cock hardening.
Seol-yeong slowly lay back on the bed.
Her gaze averted elsewhere.
Like a child before a shot.
Even under the red light, her pale skin shone.
My hand drifted slowly to her abdomen.
Beneath lay the root of all evil: the Nine Yin Severing Veins.
It dominated her dantian.
But it felt different now.
Beside the black, chilling yin qi pulsed fresh white inner energy.
The snow ginseng, no doubt.
I just needed to burn away that black yin qi.
It looked too vast for my current inner energy alone.
But we'd shared the snow ginseng, and above all...
Jeong-seon was here.
With inner energy that could threaten even Fengyun.
"Like this?"
"Mm..."
Jeong-seon grabbed my face and kissed me.
Lips met, her small, nimble tongue swirling in my mouth.
Her hand guided my rigid cock toward Seol-yeong's entrance, producing a slick, squelching sound at the tip.
"Mm... where's this going?"
Jeong-seon asked with a laugh.
I already knew the answer.
"Eut..."
Seol-yeong let out a soft whimper.
Her tension trembled through to my glans.
Locked in a sticky kiss with Jeong-seon, I eased my hips forward.
No foreplay, straight insertion—yet Seol-yeong's insides were already soaked.
"Ever since coming to the pleasure house, hearing all those lewd sounds."
Just that had made her this wet.
"So naughty."
Jeong-seon voiced what I thought.
"Eut...!"
Three thrusts.
Just that, and Seol-yeong climaxed lightly.
Her walls clenched my cock, white breath escaping her lips.
Each knock at her womb entrance shattered a bit of the dantian's yin qi.
I'd found the weak point.
I glanced at Jeong-seon; she nodded and latched onto Seol-yeong.
"Excuse me..."
Jeong-seon massaged Seol-yeong's breasts slowly.
Her expert touch worked on women as well as men.
Caressing the areola, then pinching and rubbing the nipple.
"Wh-what... what are you..."
Seol-yeong covered her mouth, whimpering.
I seized the moment, pressing her abdomen firmly as I readied to thrust deep.
Rubbing down her inner walls, I knocked at her womb.
"Ahng..."
Honest moan from Seol-yeong, chill qi leaking out.
"From now on, gonna get intense."
It was more notice than request, but Seol-yeong nodded faintly.