From Beast Abilities to Sect Grand Master

Chapter 97 Lim Mansion

When they arrived outside of Hong Feng City, Hun Yen Kun asked Lin Fan and Ho Ming to change into page boys' attire he had prepared.

"But why?", Ho Ming asked as he took the page boy attire from Hun Yen Kun.

"We can't waltz in with our Qing Feng sect attire and expect Lu Di to be there waiting for us."

Hun Yen Kun explained, and he took out two skin masks.

He passed the masks to them and said, "Put these on, they are rare artifacts. They will alter your appearance. Lu Di has seen you before, so you can't walk around with your own face."

Hun Yen Kun is smarter than he looks, Lin Fan thought.

And as instructed, Lin Fan put the mask on.

The mask, when in contact with his skin, seemed to come to life.

It wrapped itself onto Lin Fan's face and slowly stuck on it like his skin.

Then it squiggled, trying to form a new face.

His eyes, nose, and mouth felt like they were morphing to a certain look.

After a few moments, the mask stopped moving.

Lin Fan now looked totally different, clean and fair like Hun Yen Kun.

Looking the part of a page boy.

The same thing happened with Ho Ming, with him looking clean and fair too.

Hun Yen Kun with his fan nodded approvingly at them and said, "Now, my page boys, let's go."

Lin Fan and Ho Ming looked at each other, wondering if anything good would come out of this.

…

Hong Feng City was huge.

Much bigger than anything Lin Fan had seen before in this realm.

The city walls were made of huge stones and were at least fifteen meters high.

Crowds thronged along the streets with vendors selling their wares by the side.

Lin Fan noticed every detail he could.

The guards on the city wall, how the streets were planned out, and the demographic makeup.

It might be a difficult task to catch Lu Di out of so many people.

Just when Lin Fan was thinking of where to start the investigation, Hun Yen Kun said, "I've booked a room at the most popular place in this city. Follow me."

Lin Fan and Ho Ming followed.

When they reached the place, they realized what Hun Yen Kun had prepared for them.

The place was huge, three floors high, with red lanterns hanging prominently everywhere.

Male patrons had one if not two ladies by their side, feasting on wine and food.

Lin Fan looked at the signboard at the door: Zui Hong Lou.

It was a brothel.

"Welcome, young master. I'm Mama Kim; come on in. We have everything you want.", a fat lady with thick makeup and a distracting mole on her chin came.

She held onto Hun Yen Kun's arm, waving with her silk handkerchief for the waiter to come.

"Your first time here, young master?", she nudged Hun Yen Kun and asked.

"It's spring and time to appreciate the flowers bloom.", Hun Yen Kun replied, fanning himself with his fan.

Trying to look all cool again.

Mama Kim couldn't understand what Hun Yen Kun was saying, so she smiled awkwardly.

Lin Fan stepped forward and said, "We just want a room to stay."

"Only a room?", Mama Kim asked disappointedly.

"Three ladies.", Hun Yen Kun raised three fingers and gave Mama Kim bits of silver.

With the bits of silver in her hand, she shouted, "I'll arrange it immediately."

Waiters came over and took them to a room on the second floor.

There were sounds of passion all around them as they waited.

Ho Ming got anxious and couldn't sit tight.

While Lin Fan was his usual self, he guessed that Hun Yen Kun didn't come here just to womanize.

Knock.

Someone knocked on the door.

Beads of sweat started to form on Ho Ming's forehead.

Lin Fan poured a cup of tea and smelled it.

"Come in.", Hun Yen Kun said, with his fan in his hand.

Three young women came in.

They were scantily dressed in only a thin silk dress, revealing their long legs and chests.

"It's spring and time to appreciate the flowers bloom.", Hun Yen Kun said again.

This time, one of the ladies replied, "Ice break and the river shall flow."

Both nodded at each other.

The other two ladies quickly stood by the door, staying on alert.

She then took out an envelope from her sleeve and handed it over to Hun Yen Kun.

Hun Yen Kun broke the wax seal on the envelope and took out the letter.

He read the content, and his face turned serious for a moment.

After he finished reading, he burned the letter and envelope.

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The brothel was a perfect place for information gathering.

With so many men coming in for a good time, they would spill out a lot of secrets when they got drunk.

Most wouldn't suspect much from the ladies, thinking that they wouldn't understand.

"So, you ladies want to stay?", Hun Yen Kun asked with a sheepish smile.

He stood up, poured a cup of wine, and continued, "Best we treasure the times, and empty the bottles."

"What was the letter about?", Lin Fan asked.

"This junior is always about business.", Hun Yen Kun shook his head and motioned for the ladies to leave.

But he knew Lin Fan was right.

The information might be stale if they wasted more time.

When the ladies left, Hun Yen Kun said, "Lu Di was last seen entering the Lim Mansion. The Lim Family Head will be having his birthday tomorrow. We might be able to make use of it to sneak in."

Lim Mansion.

It's such a small world, Lin Fan thought.

"How do we sneak in?", Ho Ming asked.

"I will send a gift as a student trying for the imperial examinations. My poems shall be able to impress the family head.", Hun Yen Kun said.

It's quite normal for poor students to try to get sponsorship for the imperial examinations.

Hun Yen Kun's scholarly look works to that advantage.

Other than the latter claim, Lin Fan had to agree that it was a viable reason.

With the plan settled, Hun Yen Kun wrote a poem on a scroll of paper.

It shall be used as his gift to the Lim Family Head.

…

Next day, nightfall.

They travelled to Lim Mansion, with the gift and weapons.

Hun Yen Kun's fan wasn't an issue, so he doesn't need to worry about that.

Only Ho Ming's sword had to be kept in Lin Fan's toad statue.

"Who are you!" the guard at the Lim Mansion shouted.