Supreme Emperor of Mist

"Third young master Qin, I hope you enjoy the dishes prepared by the Dragon Phoenix Inn!" a curvy, middle-aged lady greeted Qin Lan. A total of eight dishes were placed on the table while Zhou Mei is staring and observing Qin Lan's attitude.

"Thank you, Boss Feng." Qin Lan cupped his hands together as he shows his gratitude to the lady boss and the servants when they're excusing themselves. Only Lu Qing Yun is inside the room helping Qin Lan. As for Lu Yi and Huo Zunjie. Both of them are guarding the door into the private room seriously to allow no disturbance during their young master's business discussion.

"Lady Zhou, if there's something you'd like to know, feel free to bring it up. I am a very approachable man who's willing to listen and help," said Qin Lan while smiling.

"There's indeed something that the third young master can help. But before we started, may I clarify a subject first? We hope that you understand, the Jiao Household and Zhou Treasured Pavilion is only cooperating as a business partner, and nothing else."

"If there's anything that offended the third young master, please allow this Zhou Mei to resolve the misunderstanding with an apology here." Zhou Mei placed a cup of freshly brewed tea in front of Qin Lan as she gets on her feet. Both her hands held the teacup firmly as she extends her hand out with a slight bow.

"Lady Zhou is too polite. There is no offense taken, so please have a seat." Qin Lan used both of his hands to accept Zhou Mei's teacup. With a sip of the tea, it also means that he's willing to wipe away the account of Night Dragon Corps trying to rob Huo Zunjie's house for the Full-Protective Treasure.

"Zhou Mei is very grateful for young master Qin's magnanimity."

"May I continue?" she made a turn back to her chair, showing her palatable curvature on her back as she slowly sat down. Each and every gesture of her is filled with a seductive charm.

"Of course. Feel free to speak your mind, Lady Zhou, as this surname Qin has nothing much to do back in the manor anyway." Qin Lan jokes by devaluing himself in this talk as it started.

"Third young master is too humble. But I believe that a young master like Qin Lan isn't like what you just described. Especially... When each one of your servants come with a Treasure on them." Zhou Mei rolled her hair on a finger as she replied to Qin Lan's sentence.

Her words made Lu Qing Yun's expression changed, but not Qin Lan's.

With Qin Lan's life experiences for two lifetimes, how can he be clueless about some people's natural born body and physique? And in this Fu-Rong Town alone, there's already four, including himself.

Huo Zunjie's Undying Cultivation Physique.

Lu Qing Yun's Lotus Fragrant Body.

His own Spiritual Container Body.

And now, Zhou Mei's Spiritual Sense Body.

But having a blessed constitution does not mean their footprint into the path of cultivation is smoother. Huo Zunjie's Undying Cultivation Physique gave him strong resistance to an ailment. But in exchange, he would have to cultivate all over again to regain what he had lost.

Lu Qing Yun's Lotus Fragrant Body granted her better comprehension in cultivation and no obstacle in breakthrough. But in exchange, she's not allowed to be in a romantic relationship. Having a physical relationship with her equals handling half of her cultivation to her partner.

As for Zhou Mei's Spiritual Sense Body, it increased her speed of cultivation and sensitivity in detecting treasures, but rather useless if she's unable to use them efficiently.

"Young Master Qin doesn't have to be too alarmed with this. This Zhou Mei is born with a unique body constitution called Spiritual Sense Body. It allowed me to sense Spiritual Energy much better than the others." Zhou Mei added, in case Qin Lan and the others are wary of her.

(He's not disturbed by the fact of my unique body constitution? Does he have some hidden trump card with him as well? No... From how his body responds, he has no spiritual energy at all...)

Zhou Mei smiled.

(He shouldn't be the one that made the Protective and Offensive Treasures... Perhaps there's a hidden expert behind him that came up with that)

"To be honest with you, our Zhou Treasured Pavilion has..." Zhou Mei was going to continue, but Qin Lan raised a finger of his to disrupt her flow of words.

"What can the Zhou Treasured Pavilion offer?" Qin Lan's sudden question breaks apart the norm of a business talk. With nothing was discussed except for an apology and self-introduction, Qin Lan's question made Zhou Mei reconsidered her opponent's ability.

"Our Zhou Treasured Pavilion has an abundant storage of resources, which I believe that they could be some help to recover your condition and Golden Core." Zhou Mei selected a few keywords to be used to entice Qin Lan's interest.

"Do you have Violet Skygrasping Vine Fruit?" Qin Lan asked.

"Ah? What... is that?" Zhou Mei shows Qin Lan a puzzled expression.

"Nevermind. I'll do it with some Crimson Striped Ambrosia. Don't tell me you don't have them as well?" Qin Lan continued.

"We... Don't. I'm sorry..." Zhou Mei lowered her head.

"Then, what about Essence Metal ingot and Offensive Metal ingot? I'm sure you will have some as a Treasured Pavilion." Qin Lan shows a compromising appearance as he goes for the lowest option possible.

"Yes! We do have the Metal ingots. If you like, I can deliver around... Ten..." Zhou Mei happily suggested ten ingots from each to keep enticing Qin Lan, unaware that the appetite of this man before her is not that small.

"I could speak on behalf of the Treasured Pavilion of you can provide at least a hundred ingots... Sorry, did I hear you say... Ten?" Qin Lan's act made Zhou Mei fainted on the spot.

"Hehehe..." Lu Qing Yun chuckled.

...

...

Lu Qing Yun quietly excused herself from the room with a hand sign from Qin Lan.

She hesitated. But in the end, still followed Qin Lan's order and left the two to discuss the matter more privately.

"Young master Qin, have you ridiculed me enough? I am serious about cooperating with you, but the request for 100 essence metal ingots is impossible for me to fulfill." Zhou Mei said.

"What if..." Zhou Mei left her chair and moved closer to Qin Lan's side. She gently moved her hair to the side of her shoulder as she sat down on Qin Lan's lap.

"Young master Qin Lan suggests something else? This Zhou Mei will try her best to fulfill the request," she whispered her word gently at the side of Qin Lan's ear. One of her hands is pressed tight on her chest, making the cleavage even more prominent than it was when covered modestly.

"Sure. I want the Zhou Treasured Pavilion to act as the middleman on my behalf. I will prepare a Precelestial Huang-Grade (Full) Treasure for you each week to be sold or exchanged for materials." Qin Lan finally suggested something within her ability to accomplish.

"Huang-Grade (Full) Treasure? You have the mean to provide one Huang-Grade treasure per week without difficulty?" Zhou Mei placed her hand on Qin Lan's face as she tried to dig more information from him.

One has to know that what they were saying here is not Mysterious Xuan Treasure, but a Yellow Huang-Grade Treasure. A treasure of this caliber is hardly seen outside of the sect that makes it because the resources to refine one is enormous.

"Yes." Qin Lan gave her a smile as his reply.

"And what you like it to be sold for? What materials you're looking for?" Zhou Mei continued with her questions. Although she was sitting on top of Qin Lan's lap, that doesn't mean she could let go of her work and have fun.

Furthermore, although this lady seems "experienced," she's, in fact, is still an unsullied maiden who's qualified to be "married" into a proper family. If it was not because Lu Qing Yun's Heaven's Strings is too attractive, she would give up on approaching Qin Lan using a seductive technique like this.

But alas, she's too inexperienced against an old fox like Qin Lan.

"Huh!" her heart skipped a beat when Qin Lan placed his hand on her waist and grabbed her gently. It didn't reveal the fact he's no longer a cripple, but at the same time, the action allowed him to act selfishly as the one that's capable of providing what she want the most.

"I want one [Spiritual Serenity Grass] from your Ice Maiden Temple for every Huang-Grade (Full) Treasure I provide. Also, 90% of the total. You can either convert them to pills or Essence Metal to pay me." Qin Lan placed his remaining hand in between Zhou Mei's sweet thigh.

"Huh... Huh... How do you know about that?" Zhou Mei struggled to calm her mind as Qin Lan's perverted hand slowly moves closer to her body. His hand on her waist has also traveled to beneath the breast, just inches from touching her most sensitive part.

"A - Ahem! Young Master Qin, please be reminded that we're still in public. I hope you can control yourself from doing something as vulgar as Jiao Heng." Zhou Mei escaped from Qin Lan's satisfying yet sensual clutch while her heart still palpitating rapidly.

(He's very dangerous... Why did I not heard about it all until now?)

Zhou Mei calmed herself using some of her spiritual energy, which significantly flows a little better than before.

(What? What happened?)

"Lazy Zhou, if there's a fate between us, let's make our next meeting in my sleeping chamber. Please excuse me as the time is not early anymore." Qin Lan moved his wheelchair towards the entrance. When Lu Qing Yun came in, she reached for Qin Lan's chair handle and pushed him out without muttering a single sentence.

"Did my Qing Yun got jealous?" Qin Lan noticed Lu Qing Yun's worried expression, like a consort worrying about her husband will be snatched away.

Followed with the quiet Lu Yi and Huo Zunjie, the four of them returned to the Qin Family Manor without making any detour.

As for Zhou Mei, she's still closing her eyes as she explores the unusual feeling of having her blood channel unlocked.