Chapter 116: The Haunted Brothel of Peach Blossom Peaks
“The first one, thirty taels.”
“Mm.”
“Forty li outside the city, there's a village called Peach Blossom Village. The village has a mountain called Peach Blossom Peaks. An official road to Changjing passes right under it. Apparently, around three years ago, merchants traveling under the mountain at night or local villagers returning from the mountain after work would occasionally spot a pavilion on the mountainside filled with enchanting women.”
At this point, Heroine Wu glanced at the Daoist to see if he reacted. Seeing that he remained calm and composed without any visible change in expression, she continued, “Some were terrified, while others couldn't resist the temptation. Foreign merchants, unaware of the situation, thought they were nearing Changjing and walked right in.”
“Did they meet their end?”
“It's hard to say.”
“What do you mean?”
The woman explained, “Well, the next morning, those people would wake up in the wilderness under peach blossom trees with nothing more than sore backs and aching bodies, with no serious harm done.
“But that was three years ago. Back then, the demons causing trouble there probably weren’t very powerful, so they didn’t appear frequently. Although rumors of their allure started to spread, many thrill-seekers—especially lustful and courageous ones—deliberately sought them out. Local men often roamed around the mountain at night, but you still needed quite a bit of luck to encounter them.”