Chapter 95: Troublesome Uncle

Hua Zuixian, who was sipping wine from his gourd, noticed Dream Butterfly sigh.

“Why so glum?” Hua Zuixian asked. His voice sounded like an old uncle speaking to his niece.

“Huh?” Dream Butterfly was startled. This was the first time a guest had spoken to her in such a tone.

It was not that no one had ever asked about her well-being, but those voices always carried the intention of courting her, treating her concern as part of a pursuit. Hua Zuixian’s voice, however, was calm and friendly, without any hidden motive.

“Err…” Dream Butterfly hesitated. She did not know how to answer.

It was not that she lacked an answer, but as a courtesan whose duty was to entertain guests, she was expected to fulfill their wishes. Beyond providing music and conversation, and sometimes the enjoyment of the flesh, she was not supposed to express her own desires.

She could not simply say that she wanted to watch another man while still serving a guest. Even if this guest did not mind, she was certain the matron would lecture her all night about basic courtesy.

“Ummm… saying this is a little embarrassing, but… I have never gone outside the gates of the Immortal Dream Garden before. And I think… if I ever had the chance to go out, such as watching the match at the Martial Exchange Grand Stage with my own eyes… it would be wonderful…” Dream Butterfly said, telling a half-truth.

She did not tell her guest that the real reason she wanted to go was to find Wei Chen. Wanting to leave was also genuinely her wish. Even though she had enough money and property outside to buy her freedom many times over, for her own safety she still could not leave.

For a mortal who could not cultivate, staying here was far safer than leaving on her own. She knew the outside world was never kind to the powerless.

“Hmmm…” Hua Zuixian hummed, as if thinking about something, before suddenly speaking.

“Call me uncle.”

“Huh?” Dream Butterfly was confused. “Pardon?”

Hua Zuixian turned toward her with a cheeky smile.

“Call me Uncle Hua, and I will bring you to the Martial Exchange Grand Stage.”

This time, Dream Butterfly heard him clearly. What was this expert thinking? Bringing her out? Even if he was powerful and no one in the Immortal Dream Garden could oppose him, this was still inappropriate.

“Err… honorable sir, I… I…” Dream Butterfly stammered. “I do not think this is appropriate. Legally, I am still a slave of the Immortal Dream Garden, and I must abide by…” She tried to continue, but Hua Zuixian interrupted her.

“Nonsense! What is inappropriate about it? Everyone under heaven knows that the Drunken Immortal does whatever he wants. If anyone dares to criticize me, let them stand in front of me and say it. I want to see who dares!” Hua Zuixian said domineeringly.

Dream Butterfly could not help but smile wryly. This type of guest often loved to brag, but the difference was that Hua Zuixian actually had the strength to back up his words. That was why she did not dare to put oil into teh fire by flattering him further.

With that in mind, she quickly came up with a reason to calm her guest down.

“But I might be punished when I return. Please forget what I said. It was only the wishful thinking of this foolish girl,” Dream Butterfly said apologetically. She did not want to cause trouble for the matron.

“Lowly?” Hua Zuixian suddenly turned toward her. His eyes flared with anger, but it quickly vanished as he let out a long sigh. He then spoke in a calm and gentle voice.

“Listen to me, girl. You may try to be polite and humble, and I do not mind, but please…” Hua Zuixian placed his hands on Dream Butterfly’s shoulders, like an adult teaching a child.

“Please do not use words like ’lowly’ or anything that suggests you are beneath others. It is…” Hua Zuixian paused, his mouth opening as if to continue, but he stopped himself at the last moment.

“Just trust me on this, and do not say that again in the future, alright?” Hua Zuixian released her shoulders, and his cheeky smile returned.

“Now… call me Uncle Hua!”

“Huh? Err…”

“Call me Uncle Hua!” he repeated.

“Err…” Dream Butterfly stammered. This was the first time she had ever faced something like this. No one had ever asked her to call them uncle before. Most guests tried to court her, while others addressed her as miss or lady, or pretended to be enlightened scholars above lust and desire.

Hua Zuixian was different. She did not know how to respond.

“Call me Uncle Hua!” Hua Zuixian repeated, his voice growing firmer this time.

“Err… um… un… Uncle Hua,” Dream Butterfly finally said softly.

Hearing this, tears welled up in Hua Zuixian’s eyes before he suddenly burst into laughter.

“Hahahaha! Hahahahaha! Hahahahahahaha!”

He laughed long and hard before finally calming down.

“Good. Good! Good!!” Hua Zuixian said the word three times, each with a firm tone, as he ruffled Dream Butterfly’s hair and turned her neatly arranged hairstyle into a mess like a bird’s nest.

Dream Butterfly could not help but pout. She took out her comb and carefully fixed her hair once more.

Hua Zuixian looked at Dream Butterfly with a smile. “Since you call me uncle, I’ll grant your wish. Come with me!” Hua Zuixian did not wait for Dream Butterfly to reply. He used his cultivation to control Dream Butterfly and pull her toward him.

“Eh? Eeeehhh!? Ho… honorable guest, this…!” Dream Butterfly panicked. She tried to resist, but even though she could move her body, her feet did not touch the ground. She could only be pulled toward Hua Zuixian as she flailed her arms and legs.

“What did you call me?” Hua Zuixian stared at her with clear disapproval.

“Err… Uncle Hua, please don’t do this. If I go out without permission, I might be punished when I return,” Dream Butterfly said anxiously.

“Who would dare punish my niece? If anyone dares, I’ll raze the Immortal Dream Garden to the ground!” Hua Zuixian said domineeringly.

At this moment, an array flared up on the ground and quickly imprisoned Hua Zuixian. This imprisonment array was something her matron and the shareholders of the Immortal Dream Garden had prepared in case they encountered violent or unreasonable guests.

The array had been created through the painstaking efforts of many Nascent Soul Realm array masters. Even if Hua Zuixian were a Soul Transformation Realm expert, he should not have had enough power to break free.

Seeing her troublesome guest imprisoned, Dream Butterfly let out a sigh of relief.

But before she could react, Hua Zuixian sneered and stomped his foot on the ground.

Boom!

Like a shattered mirror, the imprisonment array prepared by the Immortal Dream Garden was crushed into hundreds of fragments.

“What!?” Dream Butterfly was shocked. She had faced unreasonable guests many times, but this was the first time she had seen someone break the array so easily.

“Heh. The array was good, but not good enough to hold me,” Hua Zuixian said with proud confidence.

With the array gone, Hua Zuixian tried to take Dream Butterfly and jump out of the balcony, but another array flared up and stopped him.

“This is annoying. Break for me!” Hua Zuixian unleashed a full power palm strike.

Boom! Crash!

With a single palm strike, the array blocking him shattered once again. This time, it was the array protecting the entire Immortal Dream Tower, causing the whole tower to shake as if it were experiencing a small earthquake.

“Honorable guest, please! Don’t do this!” the matron shouted, trying to stop Hua Zuixian.

Seeing that her matron had arrived along with Mirror Butterfly, Dream Butterfly let out a sigh of relief.

The matron looked at Dream Butterfly flailing in the air and could not help but worry. This guest was extremely powerful and even more unreasonable than that young master Murong Wen.

“Do what? Matron, I just wanted to bring my niece out to broaden her horizons!” said Hua Zuixian.

The matron gritted her teeth and decided to come clean. She did not want this expert to die because of Dream Butterfly.

“Honorable guest, please wait. Dream Butterfly herself has a problem. She cannot perform the utmost duties of a courtesan due to her physique. Please understand. She has the Primordial Yin Devouring Physique,” said the matron.

“Of course I know that! What do you think I want to do with her? Woman, She is my niece! I mean… she is calling me uncle! Do you think I am some kind of degenerate!?” Hua Zuixian retorted in anger.

“If you know, then why…” The matron was confused.

“I just wanted to bring her out to watch the Martial Exchange at the Martial Exchange Grand Stage! What do you have in your brain!? If you do not believe me, why do you not come with us so you can be reassured?” Hua Zuixian offered.

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