I Can Extract Divine Power

Shen Bai nodded. He looked at the delicate Courtesan and said, "You didn’t invite me into your room just to ask if I’m an outsider, did you? If there’s another reason, you can tell me now."

Since things had come to this, Shen Bai wasn’t going to beat around the bush either.

If he couldn’t gather any useful information or clues, he would leave this place immediately.

The Courtesan pondered for a moment before a serious expression appeared on her face. "Sir, could you take me away from Ruo Shui City? I want to see the outside world. Although the City Lord has given us a place to live, it’s ultimately just a cage. We’re all confined within it, like birds in a cage, with no freedom at all."

"I’m not the only one. Many people have had this thought."

After she spoke, a hint of expectation appeared on her face, as if she hoped Shen Bai would agree.

Shen Bai stroked his chin and shook his head. "Impossible."

He had come here to uncover the secrets of Ruo Shui City and perhaps even gain some benefits, not to play the great Samaritan.

He had only just met the Courtesan before him; he couldn’t tell if she was good or bad.

Therefore, Shen Bai had no intention of wasting his time here.

Just then, Shen Bai heard a commotion downstairs. Under the gaze of his Void-breaking Cyan Eye, the entire Ten Thousand Flowers Building came under his control.

The Ten Thousand Flowers Building was empty. Even the Turtle Eunuch and the maids had left.

Only the Courtesan remained.

Shen Bai narrowed his eyes. "What? Are you planning to force me to take you out of Ruo Shui City?"

The situation was clear now. The Courtesan was up to no good.

Shen Bai’s hand was already on Cold Moon, the blade at his waist.

He couldn’t discern the Courtesan’s cultivation realm because the ancient, decaying aura around her was simply too thick.

At that moment, the Courtesan raised a hand and removed the veil from her face.

Beneath the veil was a stunningly flawless face, one that could rival Amber’s or Red Makeup’s.

If Amber possessed a playful, elfin cuteness and Red Makeup a classical beauty, then the woman before him embodied a seductive charm.

"Sir, I’m not unattractive, am I?" The Courtesan’s eyes held a soft, gentle look.

Shen Bai said, "Of course you’re not."

"If you take me with you, Sir, I can marry you. And you can rest assured. Though I may work in a pleasure district, I have never been with a man."

The Courtesan leaned forward slightly, revealing the pale skin of her chest. "I am still a virgin. If you take me with you, Sir, I will grow old with you."

Shen Bai chuckled.

He hadn’t expected her to resort to a honey trap.

But that sort of thing had no effect on him.

Among the women he knew—Amber, Red Makeup, and Qin Shuang—none were less beautiful than the Courtesan before him. As a result, his immunity to such tactics was quite high.

The Courtesan saw that Shen Bai didn’t answer. From his expression, she could tell that her looks were nothing special to him.

She sat up straight again and placed her hands on the table.

"Sir, Ruo Shui City does not permit us to leave, nor does it permit outsiders to enter."

"If word gets out that you’ve entered the city, I’m afraid things won’t go well for you," the Courtesan said.

"Are you threatening me?" Shen Bai laughed. "I may be afraid of many things, but being threatened isn’t one of them."

’I’m not sure why it’s come to this, but it’s clear now that this Courtesan had everything planned from the start.’

’No matter what answer I gave, she had a way to get me past the puzzle and into her room.’

And the Courtesan’s approach had shifted from pleading to seduction, and now to threats.

Hearing this, the Courtesan fell silent. After a long moment, she gave a bitter smile. "Sir, please don’t make things difficult for me. After all, I’m a kind person by nature. I wouldn’t want to see you suffer imprisonment, or worse, a disaster of life and death."

"If you were truly kind by nature, you wouldn’t have let me in here, and you wouldn’t be trying to pull this nonsense."

Shen Bai placed his hand on the table, a mocking tone in his voice. "Go on, then. Weren’t you going to call for someone? Call them. Let’s see if the people you summon can take me away, or if I’ll just kill them all. Better yet, what if I tell them you’re trying to use me to escape the city? Who do you think stands to lose more then?"

After he said this, the room fell silent.

The Courtesan sighed softly. She extended a fair, jade-like finger and jabbed it toward the spot between Shen Bai’s eyebrows.

"In that case, I must offend you, Sir. Rest assured, once I’ve controlled you and gotten out, I will naturally release you."

The finger was very close, and it shot toward Shen Bai with extreme speed. In a flash, it reached the spot between his eyebrows.

At that moment, Shen Bai finally sensed the Courtesan’s true power.

"Void Realm. Not bad."

The corner of Shen Bai’s mouth curled up slightly as a layer of white, jade-like light materialized around his body.

He had activated his Flawless Ten-layered Body.

He remained seated, perfectly still.

CRACK!

The next moment, the outermost defensive layers of his Flawless Ten-layered Body shattered completely.

But the layers beneath were as hard as iron, stopping the Courtesan’s finger dead in its tracks.

The Courtesan’s eyes widened in disbelief.

She couldn’t sense Shen Bai’s Qi, as he was using the Stealth effect from Shadow Kill, so she had assumed he wasn’t very powerful.

She had never imagined that Shen Bai would be this powerful.

Her attack couldn’t even break through his defense.

The Courtesan gritted her teeth. A pink mist bloomed from her body and swept toward Shen Bai.

As Shen Bai watched the Courtesan, now wreathed in pink mist, he felt her aura become even more seductive.