"And the princess, would she also like to enter?"
"Humph! Who's going to enter this place?!"
Not minding the obvious rude behaviour, the snake woman continued smiling as she named the price for entry which Jian Shen easily paid.
"Huh? How could you go inside when I said I'm not going?!"
Rolling his eyes while not stopping, Jian Shen started thinking that this Lei Luli was more annoying than he originally considered her.
"If the princess isn't going to be entering, I'll need to leave to escort the handsome boy inside and show him around."
Saying so, the snake lady whose lower half was the animal part began slithering as she led Jian Shen inside.
Lei Luli on the other hand fought against her curiosity to go inside and see what it was that actually went on inside the Fairy Pavilion.
After all, if a princess like her visited such places, it would definitely not be good for her reputation.
Therefore, Lei Luli turned around and quickly left while Jian Shen and the snake woman went deeper inside the building.
"If you don't mind me asking, can I know how you are related to the princess?"
"Her? I'm her new teacher."
"Teacher?"
Unable to hide her surprise towards these words, the snake lady who didn't think that Jian Shen was too strong was unable to find out what it was that he would be teaching the princess of the Winter Jade Empire.
Still, even though she might not know what it was that Jian Shen excelled it, she did know that his status was very high and he could possibly become one of the bigger clients to their establishment the same way that most of them related to the royal family was.
That's why the snake lady decided to give Jian Shen the special first-timer tour instead of the regular one.
Walking through the corridor, the snake lady led Jian Shen into a room which was connected to various other rooms.
"In each of these rooms is a woman playing one kind of a musical instrument."
"And in these rooms the women dance to the music."
Pointing towards the rooms in either side and explaining about what happened inside them, the snake lady further said that the rooms were usually the walk-in kind where any number of individuals could enter them.
If he wanted to, however, Jian Shen could reserve the woman in advance to enjoy a private show.
This was when the snake lady stressed the fact that they didn't offer any kind of sexual services and under no circumstance was the client allowed to try and force the woman into having sex with them regardless of their status.
Nodding his head the whole time, Jian Shen continued on the tour which took place outside the building.
Walking through the passage which had beautiful flowers planted on either side of the path, the two of them soon reached a place from where the single path was split into multiple paths.
"If you're a fan of enjoying tea, I recommend trying this out. Even though it will cost you because this is a special service and not the walk-in kind like the previous two, I highly doubt you will regret doing this."
Honestly, Jian Shen had never been a fan of drinking tea or watching tea being made.
Rather, he was sure that he'd enjoy watching women sing and dance.
But since the snake lady seemed so confident Jian Shen decided to try and see what it was that made her so confident.
Paying the fee for the special service, Jian Shen learnt that he could have his pick because all of the women that served tea were free right now.
Unfortunately, there was no such thing as a portfolio which showed each of the women leaving his choice entirely up to luck.
That's why Jian Shen didn't think too much and chose to enter the path which was right in front of him.
This was also when Jian Shen slightly frowned and sighed while he continued on his way.
Walking to the end of the path, Jian Shen saw a table in the distance which was placed right beside the huge lake while being covered by a canopy of herbs.
Sitting near the table there was a woman with her head bowed waiting for Jian Shen.
"Welcome guest."
Speaking in a very soft voice, the lady slowly lifted her head up to reveal her beautiful face.
With a gentle face suiting her mature body, she looked like someone that was born to do such tasks.
Slowly standing up and patiently waiting until Jian Shen sat down, the woman started to brew the tea while taking her sweet time to do it.
Seeing all of this, Jian Shen sighed and said, "I was wrong, watching this is quite enjoyable. In fact, it would've been more enjoyable if it wasn't you who was doing it."
With her hands that were holding the teapot trembling very little, the lady lightly chuckled as she poured the tea into a cup and asked, "What do you mean, guest? Am I not good looking enough?"
Shaking his head Jian Shen said, "It's because you poisoned the tea I was supposed to drink."
"Huh? I don't know... "
"Stop with the act, you were way too sloppy since the beginning in everything you did."
Not bothering with maintaining the facade anymore, the woman shot up and quickly arrived above Jian Shen and placed a knife of his neck.
"You should've run away when you had the chance boy."