Evergreen Immortal-Chapter 27: Reconciliation

Flower Night Brothel.

The warm yellow glow of the lamps tickled the heart, and from time to time, the coquettish laughter of women could be heard.

Zhu Family head, Zhu Ping, raised his wine cup with a hearty laugh. “Old Brother Li, you really kept this from me well. If I had known, no way I’d have let you leave.”

Seated on Li Rui’s thigh was a mature woman with a pretty face and plump thighs.

His large hand gave her waist a hard squeeze.

The woman cast a bashful glance at this lecherous old man and giggled non-stop.

“Just a lucky breakthrough,”

Li Rui said with modesty on his lips, though he felt emotional inside.

The Zhu Family’s old master now called him “brother,” something utterly unthinkable in the past.

Even setting foot in Flower Night Brothel was something he'd never dared dream of before.

“Though Big Brother is now with the Heaven-Earth Alliance, you mustn’t sever ties with the family. Come back and visit often.”

Zhu Ping had shed his usual arrogance.

Businessmen were best at saying pleasant things.

He didn’t mention a word about Li Rui once working for the Zhu family. After all, no one liked having their lowly past dragged out.

“Old Brother, I heard from Wang Zhao that your body’s been needing some... relaxation lately. Pick any girl in the house.”

“Then I won’t stand on ceremony.”

Li Rui leaned comfortably into the lounge chair, while a pair of soft, boneless hands massaged his shoulders.

He hadn’t expected Zhu Ping to be this generous.

This Flower Night Brothel wasn’t some cheap brothel, it was a proper high-class establishment.

Spending one night here cost at least eight taels of silver.

Even now, as the Hall Master of Tianyi Hall, Li Rui wouldn’t normally throw money around like this.

The next moment.

The room filled with laughter that only men would understand, Zhu Ping and Li Rui laughed heartily.

After three rounds of wine, with the atmosphere warmed up just right.

Zhu Ping pulled out a delicate wooden box from his chest: “Old Brother, this pill is called Tiger Bone Pill. It's an eighth-grade spiritual pill.”

Li Rui’s pupils widened slightly, and his heart pounded.

He had already sensed the unusual nature of this pill when Zhu Ping took it out, but he hadn’t expected it to be an eighth-grade spiritual pill.

Such a grand gesture!

“Only pills of the eighth grade and above are called spiritual pills. A single spiritual pill costs at least five hundred taels.”

The words of a disciple from the pill hall echoed in Li Rui’s ears.

Five hundred taels... truly generous.

Even for the Zhu Family, this was a heavy cost.

Zhu Ping chuckled and called out toward the door.

Zhu Lie entered the private room reluctantly.

“There were some misunderstandings between my second brother and Old Brother Li before, but we’re all family. I hope you can let bygones be bygones.”

As he spoke, he glared at Zhu Lie: “Hurry up and apologize to Old Brother Li.”

During this time, he had deliberately investigated the matter between Li Rui and Zhu Lie.

What he found was anything but simple.

A horseman named Ma Yang and a guard named Zhao Mazi, both had died mysteriously after offending Li Rui.

Though there was no evidence proving Li Rui was responsible, Zhu Ping trusted his gut and was certain it was him.

“Old Li always looked cheerful, but turns out he strikes hard when needed.”

If he was this ruthless back when he hadn't even gained official status, what would happen now that he was a martial artist?

Zhu Ping didn’t want to be targeted by a cultivator who had stepped into the ranked stages, so he was willing to pay any price to smooth things over.

Seeing Zhu Lie still reluctant, Zhu Ping barked again: “If you still see me as your big brother, apologize now.”

Zhu Lie’s face twitched, veins bulging, until he finally forced a few words through gritted teeth: “Old Li, I was wrong before. Please be generous.”

His tone was anything but sincere, but to get Zhu Lie, the Zhu family’s second young master to apologize to someone who was once a mere stablehand, was already unheard of.

Li Rui waved his hand dismissively: “It’s all in the past, no need to mention it again. I’ve long since let it go.”

Hearing this, Zhu Ping’s smile grew brighter, and the weight in his heart was finally lifted.

Old men did things properly.

They were all adults, there were no permanent friends, only permanent interests. Before interests, no grudge was truly unresolvable.

In business, the worst thing was dealing with hot-headed fools who blew small grudges into massive feuds and refused to compromise.

Zhu Ping despised those kinds of people.

The alliance between the Zhu family and Li Rui was mutually beneficial.

Zhu Ping didn’t think Li Rui had any reason to refuse. He believed he’d lowered himself enough and given Li Rui plenty of face.

What followed was a scene of host and guest enjoying themselves, with laughter from the women never ceasing.

Only after a full hour did Li Rui, satisfied and holding the spiritual pill, walk off to the guest room with the curvy woman in his arms.

Inside the room, only the two Zhu brothers remained.

Zhu Lie finally spoke, his face full of unwillingness: “Big brother, he’s just an old man half in the grave. Just get a few men to bury him at night, why do we fear him so?”

Zhu Ping’s gaze turned icy.

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A crisp slap echoed in the room.

“If you keep ignoring the rules like this, then don’t bother coming back to the Zhu family. And I won’t be your big brother anymore.”

“Big brother…”

Zhu Lie clutched his face, eyes filled with shock.

His big brother had actually struck him for the sake of a stablehand?!

Zhu Ping looked at his younger brother and sighed softly, his tone softening: “Second Brother, the Zhu Family is no longer a small household. If we make too many enemies, there will be consequences. If enemies come for revenge, you and I might survive, but what about the rest of the family?”

“Now that we are a prominent house, we must have the tolerance of one. Understand?”

Zhu Lie clenched his fists tightly, the sound of bones cracking could be heard, his knuckles turning white.

“Heh…”

Zhu Ping sighed helplessly: “I know your temper, but Old Li is now a member of the Heaven-Earth Alliance.”

“Let me tell you something: one of the Alliance’s leaders has just broken through.”

Zhu Lie’s eyes widened in shock.

The Heaven-Earth Alliance’s leader was a Seventh Grade cultivator before.

If he broke through, wouldn’t that make him a sixth-grade Lesser Grandmaster?

Damn.

A sixth-grade, across all of Yunzhou, that ranked as a major figure.

“Don’t let a small matter ruin our relationship with the Heaven-Earth Alliance.”

“I won’t say it a second time.”

With that, Zhu Ping flung his sleeves and left the room.

Zhu Lie stood there with a gloomy face, grinding his teeth:

“Old Li… this isn’t over. Time is on my side, not yours.”

“I don’t believe you’ll live another ten years!”

He had already made up his mind, when Li Rui was old and bedridden, he would personally smother him to death.

In a room adorned with red curtains, a voluptuous figure lay peacefully on the soft couch, eyes shut and breathing steady.

Li Rui stood calmly in the room.

After carefully confirming the woman wasn’t pretending to be unconscious, he finally nodded in satisfaction.

For a cultivator, knocking out a powerless brothel girl was child’s play.

A cold glint flashed in his eyes.

Zhu Lie’s unwillingness and venomous glare just now had been too obvious.

“Since you refuse to give up, don’t blame me.”

Take the gift, kill the giver.

I want it all.

Poor Zhu might not even live to see another day, let alone ten years haha