As night fell, in front of a massage parlor with a pink neon sign.
Lu Chuan, with a swollen nose and a bruised face, limped into the shop and asked the female boss, who looked to be in her thirties, with heavy makeup and quite womanly, "Boss, are the massages here... decent?"
The boss immediately came over, grabbed Lu Chuan's arm, and rubbed her thigh against him, smiling and saying, "Look at what you're saying, we are a legitimate massage parlor, very decent indeed!"
Upon hearing this, Lu Chuan turned around and was about to leave, "A decent massage... I'd rather not."
Seeing this, the boss hurriedly tugged at him, cautiously glanced around, and said teasingly, "Young man, how can you be so blunt? Whether we're decent or not... that's up to you."
Lu Chuan understood the subtext in the boss's words, and his heartbeat suddenly quickened, saying, "Then... then find me an indecent one, money... money is not a problem."
The boss smirked at him and said, "Okay, you go first and wait in room 305 upstairs, I'll bring the indecent masseuse you want over shortly, guaranteed to be as indecent as you want."
After speaking, she even patted Lu Chuan's butt.
Lu Chuan's face was full of embarrassment, obviously a bit overwhelmed by the boss's enthusiasm, and he quickly headed upstairs.
Arriving in room 305, he placed an old-fashioned box on the table, gently touched the bruises on his face, and sighed deeply.
Not long ago, he had witnessed his girlfriend, Qin Lan, in an earth-shattering scene on the couch with another man.
After being caught, Qin Lan didn't show any guilt. She dumped Lu Chuan on the spot, all because that man was the son of Liu Tietou, the general manager of Cloud Sea Grand Hotel, Liu Kun.
Cloud Sea Grand Hotel is a famous five-star hotel in Cloud City, and the general manager's annual salary was several million.
For years, Lu Chuan had toiled delivering takeouts, spending all the money on Qin Lan, yet had only ever held her hand and not even shared a kiss.
Yet, for a bag worth just over a hundred thousand that Liu Kun bought for Qin Lan, she allowed him to ravage her.
Unable to accept this reality, Lu Chuan fought Liu Kun but underestimated that Liu Kun was a trained fighter and ended up getting beaten to a pulp.
When it rains, it pours; because he got beaten up, he failed to deliver several orders, leading to his dismissal by the manager.
Lu Chuan felt suffocated and believed that his years had been futile. He was consumed by inconsolable anger, after finally getting into a relationship and spending a significant amount of money, only to have his girlfriend taken away before they even shared a kiss.
Now unemployed, he contemplated granting himself a single indulgence, at least to rid himself of the virginity he had held onto for twenty-six years, which led him to this massage parlor.
He patted the box on the table and mumbled to himself, "Grandpa, didn't you say I have the True Dragon Destiny, and that I'd soar to great heights and transform into a real dragon after my coming-of-age ceremony? So why do I live so pathetically!"
Just then, the door was pushed open, and a woman walked in. She has long hair cascading like a waterfall, white skin, and a black bodycon mini dress, alluring in her sensuality and stunning in beauty.
Lu Chuan was instantly dumbfounded and murmured, "This... this indecent masseuse is of such high quality; Qin Lan is already pretty, but in front of this masseuse, she would feel mortified!"
As the woman saw Lu Chuan in the room, she paused slightly, as if she didn't expect anyone to be there. Her complexion was pale, and she looked extremely weak, staggering a bit, and spoke softly, "Sorry, I..."
Lu Chuan, seeing her feeble state, thought to himself how the boss knew he liked fragile girls and had even instructed the masseuse to pretend to be sick in front of him. He hurriedly went forward to support the woman, saying, "It's too kind of you, I've just arrived too; you got here really fast."
He locked the door and then helped the woman sit on the bed.
The woman was confused, saying, "Um, I..."
Lu Chuan took a deep breath and said, "Miss, I'm very pleased with you, I'll definitely leave you a five-star review afterward. Um, this is my first time, if there's anything wrong, please guide me."
Then he helped the woman lie down on the bed.
Looking at the delicate features of the woman, Lu Chuan's heartbeat speeded up, and his breathing became heavy, recalling the scene when he got dumped tonight, he hesitated no more and kissed her directly.
"Qin Lan, you would never dream that I, Lu Chuan, could also get my hands on such a top-quality woman. Indeed, what true feelings can't buy, money can. I'll never believe in love again!"
The woman's eyes were full of urgency, but she was too weak to resist. Seeing that it was no longer possible to stop what was happening, she let Lu Chuan do as he pleased.
Clothes fell to the floor, and a great battle was about to begin.
Lu Chuan didn't notice that, as he became a real man, golden specks appeared in the air, accompanied by the sound of dragon's hymns, converging into his body.
…
Outside the room, the boss walked up with a smile, leading a woman with heavy makeup, wearing a tank top, and with a cigarette dangling from her lips. She reached out to open the room's door but found it locked, so she knocked on the door, without receiving any response.
"Damn it, isn't this guy looking for an indecent massage? Why did he lock the door? He chickened out too fast, didn't he?"
The boss cursed and knocked on the door again, but still got no response, and finally left, cursing and leading the masseuse away.
…
In his dream, Lu Chuan felt as if he passed through layers of mist and arrived at a place like a peach blossom land.
An old man with a white beard and a hunched back stood there, a kindly smile spreading across his face.
Upon seeing the man, Lu Chuan exclaimed, "Grandpa!"
The old man chuckled and then tapped on his head, "You lad, you really discredit our old Lu family, only finishing your adult ceremony at twenty-six years of age. When your father was your age, he had already obtained the inheritance of our old Lu family at eighteen. Compared to him, you've fallen short by no small margin."
Lu Chuan stared dumbfounded, originally believing that turning eighteen was the marker for the adult ceremony, only to realize the adult ceremony his grandfather mentioned was this matter.
The old man patted Lu Chuan on the shoulder with a smile, "But as long as you become a real man, it's never too late. Soon, you will receive all the inheritances of our old Lu family."
"You possess the True Dragon Destiny, which can be considered the strongest potential our old Lu family has seen in thousands of years, but this also means that your dragon's yang power is exceedingly strong and must be regularly vented, or else you risk becoming demonically possessed."
"However, you don't have to worry. Before I left, I had already arranged everything for you. In the box I gave you, there are nine marriage certificates. Over the years, those girls should have grown up to be slender and graceful, beautiful and lovely. If you marry all nine of them as your wives, you'll have no worries about becoming demonically possessed."
"Alright, let's leave it at that. I hope that you'll transform into a true dragon and soar to the heavens soon! Once you are strong enough, our grandfather and grandson shall have the chance to meet again. I look forward to that day."
Lu Chuan wanted to say something, but the scene before him started to blur, and in the blink of an eye, it had dissipated.
Immediately afterward, he felt a surge of memories flooding into his mind—the Immortal Cultivation secret method, Taoist mystical arts, the medical canonical text, and so on, all-encompassing.
At the same time, his body began undergoing earth-shaking transformations...
The next morning.
Lu Chuan woke up groggily to find the inherited memories in his mind were genuinely existing, confirming that he hadn't dreamt it all.
"With these inheritances, I don't have to worry about being bullied by others anymore!"
Then he saw the heavenly beautiful technician from last night, covering her body with a quilt, leaning against the headboard, her eyes red and lips bitten, casting a resentful gaze at him.
He sat up abruptly, hastily found his clothes, fumbled for a stack of hundred-yuan notes, and handed it over to the woman, "Thank you for giving me such a wonderful experience last night. Here's three thousand yuan, all the money I have, and it's all yours."
Seeing the woman's pitiable look, he thought to himself how dedicated technicians are nowadays, even showing such a heartbreaking demeanor after the fact. Had he not known that she was in this trade, he might have truly been moved.
Chu Mengyao nearly burst into tears when she saw the money from the rough and unfamiliar man.
Last night, her condition flared up, leaving her extremely weak. She was also being pursued, so out of desperation, she slipped into this massage parlor, hoping to hide and avoid the search. Unexpectedly, as soon as she entered a room, someone pressed her onto the bed and forced her into that kind of act. She was too weak to resist, and the man didn't even give her a chance to explain.
Now full of resentment, seeing Lu Chuan giving her money made her even angrier—it turned out that this guy treated her as if she were selling herself?
She grabbed the money and smashed it on Lu Chuan's body, cursing through clenched teeth, "Bastard!"
Lu Chuan was completely stunned, "Is it... not enough?"
He hurriedly fumbled in his clothes, thinking that it was normal for such a beautiful woman to ask for more.
Chu Mengyao took a deep breath, put on her clothes, got off the bed, wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes, and said with an icy tone, "I won't pursue what happened last night, just think of it as a one-night stand. But if you dare to spread the word about it, I guarantee you won't survive this summer."
After speaking, she stormed out, slamming the door behind her.
Lu Chuan was utterly confused, unable to understand what was happening.
At that moment, his phone dinged with a notification—it was a push from a local news source, with the headline: "Explosive! One of Cloud City's Four Beauties, Chu Mengyao, engaged yesterday to Long Tianya's son Long Hao!"
Next to it was a photo of Chu Mengyao and Long Hao. In the picture, Chu Mengyao's expression was dark, she deliberately kept a distance from Long Hao, visibly unhappy.
Upon seeing the photo, Lu Chuan was dumbstruck, his eyes almost bulging into the screen, "She, she... She's Chu Mengyao!"
He dashed out immediately, but Chu Mengyao's figure had already disappeared.
"No wonder I felt that despite her beauty, her skills were even more inexperienced than mine. It turns out... she's not even a technician here, I've been such a fool!"
Lu Chuan returned to the room feeling deep guilt, looking at the red stain on the bed sheet, feeling as if he had committed a grave mistake.
Meanwhile, he began worrying, "I slept with Long Tianya's daughter-in-law; if he finds out, won't he chop me into mincemeat?"
Long Tianya was a powerful and influential figure in Cloud City, with a far-reaching reputation, and his influence spread everywhere, indisputably the kingpin of the underground.
With only one son, Long Hao, he inevitably had exceedingly high expectations for his daughter-in-law; Chu Mengyao must've gone through numerous tests to catch his eye and was surely highly prized.
"No wonder Chu Mengyao didn't want me to spread the word about this night. I've really stirred up a big mess," Lu Chuan felt incredibly unsettled.
But soon he calmed down again.
"I have the inheritance left by my grandfather; it won't be long until I become a cultivator. What would Long Tianya amount to in my eyes then!"
Feeling slightly relieved, Lu Chuan decided to step onto the path of cultivation as soon as possible. Only with sufficient strength would he not be trampled on by others.
"First, let's look at the marriage certificates grandfather left for me. That old man, really... It's the modern age, how could I possibly marry nine wives? He sure knows how to give me difficult tasks."
He opened the box, took out the nine marriage certificates, and when he saw the name on the first one, he was stunned.
"Chu Mengyao... is one of my fiancées?"