Chapter 928

This seagull, oddly enough, didn't make a fuss or any noise.

General Chilaowen didn't pay it much mind either, but when he leaned in for a closer look, he found that its tail was indeed missing a few tail feathers, just like the one he had released yesterday.

This was the very bird he had deliberately set free yesterday.

But how could this be?

With General Chilaowen's cultivation, the speed of his flight through the air was already considerably faster than that of an ordinary thousand-li horse.

On top of that, he had been flying high above for so long that he had long since grown restless and impatient, making his speed even greater by another measure.

The seagull he had released yesterday had clearly been flying eastward.

Seeing it again now, it was still flying in from the west.

The speed of a single bird was actually far beyond his own?

How could that be possible?

General Chilaowen felt this was absolutely impossible!

Then there was only one explanation!

He had been treading water in place the whole time!

In other words, although he appeared to be flying high above the great sea, he had inadvertently stumbled into a maze formation.

Only how this maze formation was laid out, and where its formation eye was, General Chilaowen could not say no matter what.

After all, he was a veteran of the battlefield by origin, and when it came to unorthodox formations and arrays, he truly was not skilled.

After much deliberation, General Chilaowen felt he could only retreat back to You Dongying and take another look.

With this retreat of his, he noticed something strange again.

After flying only a couple of hours, he saw the coastline of You Dongying far in the distance before his eyes.

Clearly, without realizing it, he had already flown out of this strange maze formation.

General Chilaowen could not explain it, nor could he understand it.

After drifting in the high sky for so many days, he was truly sick of it.

So he dropped any pretense of being a lofty master and descended directly to that port in You Dongying.

The moment he descended from the sky, quite a few of the You Dongying people from nearby gathered around.

Anyone who could descend from the sky was without exception a great power.

Moreover, General Chilaowen's bearing was extraordinary, his spirit full and his qi abundant, clearly the manner of a lofty master.

These You Dongying people crowded around, all talking at once, hawking the various wares in their hands.

Among them was one You Dongying man, with a sneaky, rat-like look, who sidled up and asked General Chilaowen,

"Wind-and-moon house work, does my lord need it?"

726 Old Mr., save me!

A wind-and-moon house?

General Chilaowen was completely baffled, but seeing this short, small You Dongying man with his sly grin, he vaguely understood what he meant.

"It's the Central Plains' pleasure quarter."

This You Dongying man was clearly adept at reading faces; seeing General Chilaowen somewhat bewildered, he immediately explained.

Sure enough, just as he had guessed.

In fact, when General Chilaowen was a general of the Kheshig army, he had visited his fair share of pleasure quarters in the Great Yuan.

After all, his lover was Temüer, and they could not be together at every moment.

At other times, he could only go to the pleasure quarter to take care of it.

Moreover, the Great Yuan, as one of the three great imperial dynasties, had abundant strength and a flourishing national power.

All manner of beauties filled its midst.

Not only did General Chilaowen like to go, but even generals like General Zhebie and Mu Huali would go from time to time.

Among them, Mu Huali had once taken a fancy to a top courtesan of a pleasure quarter in the Southern Garden of the imperial capital, and had spent a fortune on her, redeeming her to be his concubine.

Since defecting from the Great Yuan, General Chilaowen had also led a wandering, displaced life.

Naturally, he had visited these pleasure quarters far less.

Only this time, after drifting on the sea for so long, apart from birds and fish, he hadn't even seen half a person.

Hearing suddenly now that there was a pleasure quarter to visit, although he still had proper business, General Chilaowen also felt that going wouldn't hurt.

Seeing General Chilaowen nod, this You Dongying man immediately bowed and scraped.

He led General Chilaowen around several small alleys and into a low, squat house.

General Chilaowen looked at how low and small this house was; compared to the magnificent, splendid pleasure quarters of the Southern Garden in the Great Yuan, the difference was truly like heaven and earth.

He couldn't help but furrow his brow, feeling quite displeased in his heart.

Just as he was hesitating over whether to go in, the You Dongying man clearly saw General Chilaowen's hesitation and said,

"My lord, our shop may look shabby on the outside, but inside it has a world of its own.

If my lord steps inside and is not satisfied, you may give me a beating without objection."

In fact, General Chilaowen had another purpose in coming to the pleasure quarter.

It was that the pleasure quarter had always been a place of romance and a gathering point for news.

He himself had been drifting aimlessly over the great sea for who knew how many days, unable to reach the Central Plains.

The reasons for this, he naturally could not conveniently ask people about directly.

But in the pleasure quarter, there were people from all corners of the world.

When they got fine wine and good food, these people all liked to boast a bit.

So perhaps he could find out the reason he could not go to the Central Plains.

Although the building left a bad impression on General Chilaowen, he still braced himself and walked inside.

Just as that You Dongying fellow had said, the interior truly held a world of its own.

The moment he stepped in, a medley of fragrances flooded the entire air.

This was a courtyard, a courtyard in the Japanese style.

Countless beauties dressed in Japanese attire—some bold, some demure, some seductive—displayed every manner of pose imaginable.

Like butterflies flitting among flowers, they wove between the men in the courtyard.

The men who had come here were likewise uninhibited in bearing.

At times they spoke loudly, chatting and laughing with easy grace.

At times they pinched some oil from the passing beauties.

Provoking coquettish scolds from the beauties, followed by great peals of laughter all around.

One could truly call it a garden full of spring colors.

This scene was, naturally, vastly different from the South Garden brothels of the Great Yuan.

But the foreign customs did open General Chilaowen's eyes a bit.

"Guest, if you've taken a fancy to one, just take her upstairs directly."

Seeing General Chilaowen's eyes light up, that You Dongying fellow couldn't help but smile inwardly and laid out the rules of this pleasure house.

"Good!"

General Chilaowen was hardly one to stand on ceremony; he stepped forward and picked out two plump Japanese beauties.

Surrounded by them, he went upstairs with a great laugh.

Just as he was about to enter the room, a startled voice suddenly came,

"Mr.?"

General Chilaowen paid it no mind at first—after all, he wasn't really an old gentleman.

Who would have thought that a figure would suddenly dart right in front of him.

"Oh! It really is Mr.!"

This person was dressed as a Central Plains man, with an ordinary appearance.

No matter how he tried, General Chilaowen could not recall when he had ever met him, nor why the man called him Mr.

"Mr. doesn't remember me?"

Seeing the confusion in General Chilaowen's eyes, the man immediately announced his own name,

"I am Tang Du! Before, at the Jixian Academy, I had the good fortune to make the acquaintance of Mr."

At the mention of Jixian Academy, General Chilaowen immediately understood.