The Pleasure Pavilion stood in the north of Drum Mountain City, where land went for its weight in silver, and the streets were the busiest in the city. The name itself plainly revealed what it was—a brothel.

The Pleasure Pavilion did not keep many girls, but every one of them was a rare gem, beautiful and accomplished in at least two arts.

Lu Changsheng's servant boy, Kao Ping, looked up at the building and couldn't help whispering a warning. "Young Master, the Pleasure Pavilion again? That's where it happened last time. If the master finds out you came back here..."

Lu Changsheng shook his head. "It's fine." 

The memories he received clearly told him that Kao Wen had seen the demon here, but the magistrate's investigation afterward had concluded the creature fled into the house and startled the boy in passing.

However, he knew better than to trust the official records. There...