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"Priestess, won't you change your mind?" Mugu asked in complete desolation.

Nu Shen dropped the tattered book in her hand and turned to look at the demon who kept tailing her, tiny hairs starting to sprout from his bald head.

"No."

"But you're a priestess. How can you run a brothel?" Mugu tried to use Nu Shen's conscience. Well, if she has one.

"Correction, I was once a priestess. Not anymore." Nu Shen answered, putting emphasis on each word.

"As a 'once a priestess', can you consider this again?" Mugu pleaded, both his hands clasped together.

Mugu had no problem with whatever plans Nu Shen have except for running this particular plan of her. A brothel? Seriously? Once his master saw all the men surrounding Nu Shen, a disaster will surely fall. Unfortunately, not on her, but on him.

Mugu felt like writing a resignation letter. He didn't expect that babysitting a priestess would be this hard. He thought it would be an easy job because as far as he knows, priestesses weren't as wild and unreasonable as his mistress.

But thinking about it, if his mistress was as pure as the waters of Sang Yi falls, or as innocent as a newborn babe, his master won't be obsessed with her.

Ahh, truly a pair. A match made in hell.

"Demon, my head is aching from your nonstop chattering." Nu Shen exhaled, massaging her temples.

"But mistre-"

Nu Shen gave Mugu a warning look, "Are you going to stop or am I going to make you stop?"

Mugu could only raise his hand in surrender.

"Good." Nu Shen spoke before she left.

"So heartless..." Mugu complained in a low voice and weakly slumped on the ground.

Clasping his hands together, he prayed to his demon ancestors and his ancestor's ancestors, hoping that his master won't wake up any time soon. If only he could prolong his upcoming doom...

Nu Shen was happy, it might have not been obvious with her frozen face which doesn't seem to move a muscle one bit but she's happy either way, with how smoothly her plans were going. There were groups of men whom she forced Mugu to find and which he had unwillingly brought to her.

"Demon, I know I can count you." Nu Shen calmly muttered as she circled the queue of men. Her eyes carefully and skillfully analyzing the highly priced male specimens in front of her, as if she was checking ordinary goods.

Handsome faces? Check.

Tight and fit bodies? Check.

Talented and sociable? Check.

"Demon, your taste is quite..." Nu Shen stopped on her track and threw a glance at Mugu, "Impeccable."

Mugu choked in response.

Nu Shen wanted to open the brothel as soon as possible but she still has one last problem. What should she name the brothel?

Flower Taste Pavilion? Overused.

Butterfly Garden? Unimpressive.

The Bee Nest? Simply ugly.

Nu Shen creased her brows in thought. A thousand ideas ran through through her mind until an idea popped inside her head.

"This, I am truly a genius!" Nu Shen shamelessly praised herself.

And so, that night, ABSolutely DICKnified Brothel had its grand opening complete with all the auspicious colors and firecrackers.

"My lady, are you looking for the general type? No worries, look at this muscles! Rough and tough!"

"How about the scholarly type? Look at that dignified pose! Charming and delicate!"

"A deity on the mortal realm? Look no further, Feng Gege is here!"

Who would have thought the brothel would be a hit?

Just after a year of operations, it had opened three different branches across the empire and had gathered tons of loyal patrons not only from the locals but also from faraway lands. Even the sheltered ladies from the palace would sneak out just to experience the infamous brothel.

On the other hand, Mugu has already given up. If he can't stop the priestess, then why not join her instead? At least, if ever his master comes back from his slumber, he still has a thigh to cling on to.

With Nu Shen, she became the wealthiest lady in the entire empire. Though nobody knew who she was as she does not show herself and has Mugu to deal with all the paper works and the managing. Just imagine the shock of the people once they find out that their once revered priestess was the one who truly own the brothel.

Currently, Nu Shen was cultivating in the underground of ADB. With her present state, she knew that she was still weak. A decade ago, she lost almost all of her power which led her to sleep for a hundred years. If she doesn't gain at least half of her cultivation, then she will surely fall into another decade of hibernation.

As for the netherworld, the demons are all excited, but anxious at the same time.

The calm eternal flames which surrounds the King's palace was now raging like hungry beasts. The blood-tinged skies was getting darker and darker. The dried up land kept trembling. Even those deities from above came peeking to investigate.

They can feel that their master will awaken soon.

Very soon.