Chapter 116: After one month
Finally, a full month had passed since the glorious day Gu Chen was caught beaten to a bloody pulp while Gu Ling was found completely naked and frantically fingering herself on the floor, beside Gu Chen.
The warm morning sun basked on the sprawling Outskirts Estate as Gu Fan sat casually on a carved stone chair in his private courtyard.
He rested his arm against the stone table and was mentally looking at the familiar transparent blue interface that was in front of him.
[SYSTEM INTERFACE: CURRENT HOST STATUS]
Host Name: Gu Fan (Li Wei)
Cultivation Base: 4th Stage of Spirit Realm
Effective Strength: 8th Stage of Spirit Realm
Physique Awakened: Heaven-Devouring Poison Body (Tier - 2) (Evolved from Ancient Venom Physique)
Active Parasite Hosts: Xiao Mei, Gu Ling, Madam Li, Bai Bing, Su Mei.
Harem: Madam Li, Bai Bing, Su Mei.
Gu Fan smiled as he stared at his cultivation state increasing progressively steadily. In no time, he had already surpassed Gu Ling who was still only at the 2nd Stage of Spirit Realm from what the System told him.
Today she was going to come out from her seclusion, so she wasn’t much of a challenge to him now. The only thing to look out for was now Gu Chen.
This seclusion was not part of the original plot he wrote and hence the outcome of this one month seclusion can very likely surprise everyone.
But while Gu Chen might surprise everyone with his increased strength, Gu Fan had spent the last one month slowly taking over not just the Gu Clan, but the whole town to a certain extent.
He could still vividly remember the conversation he had with the two naked, panting madams on their red velvet bed in the Lustful Spring Pavilion.
"I will provide the Lustful Spring Pavilion with forty of these Spirit-Grade Golden Jade Eggs, these few vials of Demon Ape Lust Powder, this gourd filled with Aphrodasiac right now."
"And along with all this, I will have a constant supply of high-tier aphrodisiacs, premium potions, elixirs, and exotic artifacts," Gu Fan had offered smoothly, tracing Madam Zhao’s flushed jawline, "I am sure you will find a lot of people who would take a liking to these items."
"And what exactly does our strong little brother want in return for such treasures?" Madam Zhao had asked, leaning her heavy breasts against his arm with greedy eyes.
"In exchange for this, I will take a ten percent stake in all of the brothel’s total profits," Gu Fan stated clearly.
"Oh! ten percent?! You are already driving a hard bargain, little brother," Lady Lin giggled shamelessly, rubbing her pussy against his thigh, "But you will have to add in something more."
"What do you have in mind?" Gu fan asked.
"Once a week, you will have to visit us, and give our pussy a nice fuck!" Madam Zhao added.
"Once a month," Gu Fan counteroffered.
"Deal! We accept your terms completely, so please seal the deal with your massive cock right now." Lady Lin was quick to accept.
He could not help but chuckle when he recalled what happened after that. He gave them a thorough demo of the Golden Jade Eggs overnight, and in return brought in a massive, uninterrupted river of spirit stones directly into his spatial ring while simultaneously turning the Lustful Spring Pavilion into his personal, absolute intelligence network.
And soon everyone in the brothel were completely addicted to the brothel’s new services, and lost in that absolute pleasure they easily spilled the information which was sometimes very useful for Gu Fan.
He didn’t even need to swing his sword to destroy his rivals, because he simply used the information provided by one of the Bai Clan disciples itself to intercept the Bai Clan’s herb shipments, which they managed to acquire with great difficulty.
Now Gu Fan could have done it the nice and easy way and then there was the way he preferred where he did not have to spend a single Spirit stone.
He just had to give that information to Madam Li, and she was quick to send a few elders of the Gu Clan that were in her faction and rob the Bai Clan caravan.
Under Madam Li’s iron-fisted rule and backed by his limitless inventory, the Gu Clan’s alchemy halls were running in full swing.
In no time she had monopolized the entire town’s supply medicine and potion chain. Madam Li did not even shy away from raising the prices of even the basic healing pills by nearly two times.
But despite the outrageous price gouging, their shops were being completely sold out by noon every single day, because the desperate rogue cultivators and mercenaries had absolutely no choice. If they had to go out in the wilderness to hunt or escort someone through the rough terrain, they had to get them at any price.
And while the business of the Gu Clan was booming under the new rule, the Bai Clan was left in an incredibly dire situation. Their supply lines were severed, their vaults were running dry, and their once-bustling businesses were practically ghost towns.
They had even lost the rights to about 60% of their spirit stones.
Bai Bing, eventually found out that Gu Fan was the mastermind behind her clan’s sudden, suspicious financial ruin, and she could not help but pout as she complained, asking Gu Fan to ease up and help her struggling family out.
But Gu Fan sat her down, and tenderly explained to her why he could not do it. And to cheer her up, he gave her abundant cultivation resources that the Bai Clan could never even dream of giving her.
So while she cared about her Clan, it’s not like they held her in high regard. She was the Gu Ling of the Bai Clan. She was a genius, everyone fawned upon her, but she was always the second choice.
So she happily took the extreme resources without another word of complaint, and she was more than happy to just be his spoiled wife.
And then there was Su Mei and the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion.
They were also making absolutely massive profits during these turbulent times.
However, their sudden explosion of wealth heavily irked the Blood Iron Mercenary Guild. This led to the Blood Iron Mercenary Guild trying to muscle in and which quickly led to a few bloody, violent fights in the streets.
But how can an elder of the Yin-Demon sect give in to a few brutes? Su Mei was more than happy to oblige and safe to say, Blood Iron Mercenary Guild did not like the outcome.
As for the Song Clan, those cunning old foxes of Song Clan were still playing the waiting game, entirely refusing to take a side as long as their businesses were not getting hit.
But that didn’t stop Song Tianyu from practically clinging to Gu Fan. The noble young master to the outside world who would send flutters in the heart of the ladies in reality was nothing but an incredibly chatty, energetic guy who would show up every single day, excitedly talking his ear off about the town’s rumours and stubbornly refusing to leave his courtyard until he literally kicked him out.
But Gu Fan could tell, the boy had ulterior motives or ill intentions towards him.
"Master, the carriage is fully prepared and waiting for you," Xue’er suddenly called him out submissively as the young twin maid stepped into the courtyard, bowing so deeply that her massive cleavage was fully exposed to him.
"Oh! It is time already?!" Gu Fan grunted as he casually swiped his hand to dismiss the glowing blue interface.
He stood up and stretched his shoulders before he walked right past the blushing maid, casually reaching out to caress her plump ass that made her body rigid.
"Let us see if the tournament is as interesting as I wrote it to be."
