They all want to change my future.

Chapter 24 Pay for Music

The weather was a bit warmer the next day.

Under the warm sunlight, Li Zhi continued practicing the "Essentials of Body Strengthening" in the courtyard.

After finishing a set of punches, I looked at the progress bar, which had increased by 3%.

Li Zhi secretly estimated that if he worked hard, he should be able to complete the body tempering training in three days.

It seems that I really have no talent when it comes to sword practice.

Just as Li Zhi was sighing in his heart.

Lin Yueyin's figure appeared silently at the courtyard gate.

As the weather warmed up, she took off her slightly heavy black cloak, revealing only a fitted black outfit.

Without the cloak to conceal her figure, her curves were clearly and neatly revealed.

With her legs straight and long, she stood in the morning light, looking dashing and spirited.

Suddenly there were more people. Although Li Zhi didn't hear them, he saw them.

Thinking about yesterday's conclusion, Li Zhi began to examine the situation carefully.

Yes, you have a good posture.

Looking at his face, he had fair skin, a straight nose, and light-colored lips. What was most striking were his red eyes.

Like the finishing touch on a painting, those red eyes added a lot of charm to her.

She is indeed a stunning beauty who could be the leading lady.

Li Zhi nodded, feeling that his idea was correct, and then moved his gaze downwards.

This clothing is so form-fitting, it's truly breathtaking.

He truly has a broad mind and a magnanimous spirit.

Why are you looking at me like that?

Lin Yueyin naturally noticed the other person's unabashed gaze, which was so direct that it made her feel quite uncomfortable.

He subconsciously shifted his body to the side and took a half step back, his red eyes flashing with vigilance and slight anger.

"It's nothing."

Li Zhi withdrew his gaze, his expression unchanged, as if he hadn't been the one staring at the other person just moments before.

He abruptly changed the subject, getting straight to the point: "By the way, Miss Lin, do you have any money on you? Give me some."

"money?"

Lin Yueyin was a little confused. Shouldn't you ask me what I reported yesterday and what the Holy Maiden instructed?

Why are you talking about money right away?

Although she didn't understand, Lin Yueyin still took the money and casually asked:

"What do you need the money for?"

"Go to a brothel," Li Zhi replied crisply.

The speed and agility of the words made Lin Yueyin pause, wondering if she had misheard, and subconsciously repeat, "A brothel?"

"wrong."

As if remembering something, Li Zhi corrected himself, "To be precise, it's going to the Red Silk Pavilion."

Upon hearing the first half of the sentence, Lin Yueyin had relaxed, but she heard the second half clearly.

The Red Silk Pavilion—even she, an outsider, knew it was the capital's premier den of iniquity.

Qu Hongxiao, who lived in the building, was known as the most beautiful woman in the capital.

As for why it wasn't Ji Baizhi, she's considered the best in the world. Besides, the imperial family is too powerful to make up stories about.

Getting back to the point, Lin Yueyin immediately withdrew her hand from taking the money, her red eyes glaring angrily at Li Zhi:

"You're asking me for money, for which place? Why don't you ask Ji Baizhi for it?"

"I've already looked for her." Li Zhi said frankly, "Miss Ji doesn't have much money, so she probably wouldn't be able to see her master if she went there. That's why I came to you."

"What makes you think I'd give it to you?" Lin Yueyin laughed angrily.

"But weren't you just about to take out your money?" Li Zhi laughed. "I think your Holy Maiden must have said something similar, to try her best to meet and cooperate with my requests."

Lin Yueyin took a deep breath to calm herself down: "That's true. Tell me, what were you doing at the Red Silk Pavilion?"

"Listen to the music, and casually meet Qu Hongxiao."

"No." Lin Yueyin's face darkened, and she refused outright.

"So decisive?"

Li Zhi shrugged: "Then let me put it another way. Cultivation is too tiring. Go there to relax and feel happy so that you can work harder in your cultivation and reach the third realm as soon as possible."

"How about that? Is that reason sufficient?"

"If you say that in our Sword Sect," Lin Yueyin looked at Li Zhi's lower body, "I'll break your legs."

"Is that all there is to it?" Li Zhi tried to make a final effort.

"If you say no, then no."

Lin Yueyin did not back down.

"Alright then." Li Zhi nodded. "If I beat you in seven days, you shouldn't refuse to give me the money, right?"

ha?

Lin Yueyin quickly understood what she meant and sneered, "Even if you win, I won't give you any money. The bet says you have to do whatever you want, and I won't have any money on me to give you then."

Seeing Lin Yueyin's smug expression as if she had found an opening, Li Zhi looked somewhat surprised: "Are you sure you want to do this?"

"That's right."

Li Zhi asked with interest, "If I let you lead me into the Red Silk Pavilion to see Qu Hongxiao, wouldn't that be in accordance with the bet?"

Lin Yueyin fell silent and began to recall the scene: the dignified inheritor of the Chengying Sword, a grandmaster, taking a man to peek at a beautiful woman.

If this gets out, the Sword Sect will lose all face.

Besides, I need to keep my identity a secret when I come to the capital.

Li Zhi looked at Lin Yueyin's unpredictable expression and shook his head, saying:

"So think about it, isn't giving me the money now the most appropriate way? Besides, an organization as big as yours shouldn't be short of money."

What he said makes some sense, and besides, the Holy Maiden said we could listen to him.

Lin Yueyin was somewhat tempted, and her hand subconsciously reached for her waist, where her purse was.

When her hand touched the money pouch, Lin Yueyin realized that she had admitted defeat.

Do you believe this man can reach the Third Realm in seven days?

How could that be?

Lin Yueyin realized what was happening, looked at Li Zhi, her crimson eyes narrowed, flashing with a dangerous light.

"You're quite the smooth talker! I almost fell for your trick. If you don't reach the third realm in seven days, see how I'll make you suffer!"

Seeing that the plan had failed, Li Zhi was not discouraged at all; instead, he smiled.

"It seems that Miss Lin is not as obedient to the Holy Maiden as I imagined. It seems that my guess was correct."

After saying that, Li Zhi ignored Lin Yueyin and continued to focus on his body training.

These somewhat inexplicable words left Lin Yueyin bewildered. She subconsciously turned her head to look at Ji Baizhi, who had been standing quietly under the eaves.

Did you understand what he just said?

Ji Baizhi withdrew her admiring gaze from Li Zhi, looked at Lin Yueyin, and gently shook her head.

"I didn't understand either."

"Okay, then why don't you try to persuade him?" Lin Yueyin said helplessly, "Time is already tight, and he still wants to go to a place like that."

"I believe you, young master."

Ji Baizhi's answer was very firm.

So determined that it made Lin Yueyin question her existence: "I'm a little confused. What kind of drug did that guy give you, Phoenix, to make you like this?"

"There was no drugged in it," Ji Baizhi shook her head. "However, young master did give me a piece of advice."

"What did you say?"

Ji Baizhi turned to look at Li Zhi, as if savoring those words:

"If you ever encounter situations where you don't understand what I've done, just think this way: There must be a reason why I did it this way."

Lin Yueyin was stunned: "What...what's the use of this?"

"How could it be useless?" Ji Baizhi turned back and smiled gently at her, her smile bright and beautiful: "Your words put my mind at ease."

A smile that turns heads, a beauty that could topple cities and be peerless.

Lin Yueyin was momentarily dazed.

She had never noticed before that the phoenix was actually quite beautiful when it smiled.