Xu Niang heard it was Ye Fan speaking and asked, "Yun'er, are you in there? Your mother is coming in..."

Without waiting for Ye Fan's consent, she directly opened the door and saw Ye Fan sitting in his original place, embracing Yun'er. At this moment, Yun'er looked a bit dazed, her arms wrapped around Ye Fan. If Xu Niang hadn't entered to interrupt, Yun'er might have already offered her lips for Ye Fan to taste.

Xu Niang thought to herself, "This silly girl, I told her to settle this man and take his woman away, but she's gotten herself all mixed up instead."

"Xu Niang, didn't you barge in too abruptly? Disturbing us?" Ye Fan encircled Yun'er's slender waist and asked with a smile.

"I disturbed the young master and Yun'er's good time, I will withdraw now." Xu Niang gave Yun'er a fierce glare. Though Yun'er had her eyes open, she was somewhat absent-minded and hadn't noticed her, so she sullenly left the room and closed the door again.

Once she left, Ye Fan smiled and infused a stream of Spiritual Energy into Yun'er's body. Yun'er gradually woke up, and upon seeing Ye Fan's face, she let out a startled cry, attempting to use her Spiritual Energy to attack Ye Fan, but it was like a stone sinking into the sea, causing no ripple at all.

"Miss Yun'er, perhaps it's time to let go?" Ye Fan asked.

"Huh?" Yun'er hurriedly shrank back, tidying up her clothes. After confirming that Ye Fan hadn't done anything improper, she let out a slight sigh of relief, "Young master, we... I was just out of sorts earlier."

Ye Fan said, "Miss Yun'er just had a drink, and it seemed to make you a bit tipsy."

Yun'er looked somewhat ashamed and asked, "I hope I did not offend the young master?"

Ye Fan chuckled, "It should be said that I was abrupt with the fair lady instead, nothing happened, Miss Yun'er need not worry..."

In the middle of his sentence, Ye Fan stopped because he sensed a few strands of Spiritual Energy rushing towards the room from downstairs. "Bang!" The door was slammed open, and Xu Niang, who had just left, burst back in with several people of Foundation Establishment Stage cultivation, both men and women, appearing fierce and menacing.

"I knew something was wrong. You brat dared to mess with our girl here without paying? Think you can get a free ride?" Xu Niang shouted angrily.

Ye Fan spread his hands and said, "Listening to Xu Niang, it seems the previous gold ingot wasn't enough, and asking Miss Yun'er to accompany me requires additional payment?"

"Save the nonsense. You set foot here and think you can leave unharmed? Seize him!" At Xu Niang's command, those at the Foundation Establishment stage were about to pounce.

Yun'er got up to stand in front of Ye Fan, hastily explaining, "Xu Niang, don't misunderstand, the young master did not do anything to me, I was just feeling drowsy after a drink..."

Xu Niang thundered in anger, "You ungrateful girl, you're actually helping this smelly brat!"

Before anyone could react, Ye Fan waved his hand, and everyone except Xu Niang was thrown back, screaming, but when they landed, it felt like they had fallen onto cotton, sustaining no injuries.

The move was too quick, Xu Niang hadn't even had time to react. She looked at the scene in front of her with shock, her expression full of disbelief.

Meanwhile, the guests of Wan Hua Yicui Building were disturbed, with some of the ordinary wealthy men, disheveled, rushing out of their rooms and fleeing downstairs. Those with some cultivation, upon sensing Ye Fan's powerful Spiritual Energy, also hurriedly ran away.

The four-story building was in chaos.

"Xu Niang, this is your fault. I am a guest here, and having paid, I should enjoy your services. You sent the girl in, and now you want to take her away? Isn't that against the norms of the pleasure district?" Ye Fan squinted his eyes as he finished speaking and suddenly opened his eyes wide, just the look in his eyes made Xu Niang jump in fright.

"We... we are under the protection of the Old Ancestor here... don't act rashly... or the Old Ancestor will kill you!" In tension, Xu Niang had no choice but to rely on her backer to intimidate Ye Fan.

Ye Fan shook his head with a smile and said, "What Old Ancestor? I don't know, and I don't care to know. I just want to rest here quietly. Please, Xu Niang, after you go out, close the door. As for whether Yun'er stays or leaves, that's up to her own choice."

Hearing Ye Fan wasn't leaving and was even planning to "wait for death," Xu Niang quickly decided to inform the Old Ancestor, unwilling to suffer a loss, and immediately put on a smiling face, "Sir, please continue drinking, and Yun'er serve this gentleman well. I will take my leave."

She wiped the cold sweat off her face, retreated to the door, and closed it, muttering, "What a monstrous situation, hurry and let the Old Ancestor handle the mess."

The room returned to silence. Yun'er knelt tremblingly, picked up the wine cup to pour Ye Fan a drink, but suddenly remembered it was Dissipating Energy Wine. Just a small cup before had left her so dizzy she couldn't even find north.

"Young master... please don't blame me, it was all arranged by Xu Niang..." Yun'er appeared very aggrieved, kneeling there with a pitiful expression on her face that evoked sympathy.

Ye Fan reached out, and in Yun'er's tense state, Ye Fan's hand gently stroked her cheek.

"Such a beautiful face, if I didn't have a beloved, perhaps I would choose you as my confidante." As Ye Fan spoke, he withdrew his hand and said, "Pour me a drink, a cup of wine can bring peace to the heart."

"But young master, this wine..."

"Even if the wine has issues, it doesn't affect me. I like how a drink can ease one's worries."

Ye Fan's expression carried a hint of melancholy, perhaps due to fatigue or perhaps due to suppressed emotions with no outlet.

Li Zhaojun could empathize with his mood, reaching out to hold Ye Fan's hand as if they could communicate psychically.

"Young master, the wine..." Yun'er poured the wine and offered it to Ye Fan.

Ye Fan picked up the cup and drank it all in one go. Meanwhile, outside, a person with Nascent Soul initial stage cultivation was slowly making their way upstairs. Ye Fan guessed this was the "Old Ancestor" Xu Niang mentioned.

A hoarse male voice called from outside, "Young man inside, I have a good pot of wine here, can I share it with you?"

"Happy to join you." Ye Fan said, and with a gesture, Li Zhaojun understood and signaled Min Shang and Lan Jing to follow her inside the gauze curtain to wait.

Once they drew the gauze curtain, a barrier of Spiritual Energy formed between the inner hall and the outer hall. It was set by Lan Jing, and even someone of Ye Fan's cultivation could only encounter resistance when probing it, unable to discern the situation within.

Yun'er went to open the door, and standing at the entrance was an elderly man with white hair. However, his demeanor was rather lewd, with a grin that showed two rows of big teeth. His face was lined with wrinkles, and his face was oily, as if it hadn't been washed in years. There was even a tuft of black hair among the white, making him look disheveled and dirty.

In his hand was indeed a pot of fine wine, not just a hundred years old, probably millennia-old brew.

"Fine wine," Ye Fan praised from afar at the scent.

"It is indeed fine wine," the Old Ancestor replied with some pride. He seemed not to intend a life-or-death struggle with Ye Fan but instead felt a sense of camaraderie over wine, "Good wine with a fair lady, it's the most delightful thing in the world. Xu Niang, summon the best girl... no, the most beautiful virgin from Wan Hua Yicui Building, I want to share a few drinks with this young man."

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