120 Chapter 120 (1/2)

It was a normal day in the pleasure district, one of the managers in the store run by the Xing Clan was just coming it to work. They mostly started in the afternoon and worked too late at night. Not like managers like him did much, they were just there to greet customers and make the girls service the customers, if they refused they would punish them in various ways.

This man in question was looking slightly bewildered as quite a bit of his working girls hadn't shown up to work. He was quick on the uptake, he whistled after some of his goons and sent them to drag the women back here. The thugs were allowed to even hurt the working girls, they just weren't allowed to damage their faces.

Some time had passed and the goons returned, but the manager scratched his head as there were no women with them. Instead, all of them were carrying sacks with something in it.

\”What is this? Where are the girls? The customers are waiting... if they don't come now we will lose a lot of coin... and what is that?\”

One of the hired guards walked over and handed the sack to the manager, he knew what was in those bags the moment he grasped it. He tossed one of those on a table and looked as gold and silver coins spilled out. The men workers carried all the cash inside, piling it up in one spot the manager's eyes bulging out as he didn't quite get where his hired thugs got all of this money.

\”T-the girls paid off their debt... a-all of them...\”

\”How can they all pay of their debt? Who is asking for trouble with my Xing Clan?\”

The manager knew that this had to be some kind of plot, someone was buying out their prostitutes probably wanting to move them to another Bordello. While he was thinking about calling the main house for some help a certain man walked in.

There were some female workers in the establishment right now, but they apparently didn't get the memo about the Zhang Clan paying off the debts. That person was wearing a blue robe, this wasn't a police uniform but an official Zhang Clan robe with their name sewed into the back part.

He wasn't alone though, there were some other members behind this man and they looked rough around the edges. The hired goons shrinking back after receiving the stink eye treatment that was boosted by their cultivation level.

\”Hear me out!\”

The man clasped his hands and with the aid of his cultivation shouted out, quickly bringing everyone's attention to himself.

\”We are from the Zhang Clan, by the order of our Patriarch we have come here. The Zhang Clan is willing to pay off everyone's debt and you may stop working out on the streets. \”

\”The debt will have to be paid and a small 5% fee will be added to it. But! It will not increase further, we have created an up to ten-year plan for you to pay it off! Let me repeat, no incentives will be added to this debt from the point it will be taken!\”

\”You may choose to stay in this line of work, but...\”

The Zhang Clan member looked at the manager of this whore house and smirked.

\”The business owners are forbidden from taking more than 25% of your earnings, if they do so they will be treated as criminals and dealt according to the new laws. Also! The women workers may refuse any clients they deem unworthy or if the price that the business owner offers is too little.\”

This was quite the hit to these kinds of business places, the owners milked the girls for about 80% of their earnings giving them enough to not starve to death. They even lowered the prices so that the female workers earned even less, all to keep them in debt for as long as it was possible. Now the girls could outright leave or take most of the earnings with them.

The remaining women that were dancing out to the side or even ones that were in the back rooms heard it all. They instantly stopped doing what they were, some patrons were left with their pants down and cold air greeting their crotch.

\”Sir, is this really true?\”

The manager of this red light district business quickly run up to stand between the Zhang Clan cultivator and his working girls, his eyebrows going down sharply and quite a few ridges appearing on his forehead.

\”What are you doing you fool! Get back to work!\”

He was about to give her a good old slap, showing her who was in charge but before he could do that his hand was grasped by one of the bodyguards that came with that Zhang Clan cultivator.

\”Halt!\”

\”Aghh...\”

The manager soon found his hand getting twisted behind his back and he was held down by his wrist. His hired thugs wanted to jump in but the Zhang Clan cultivators quickly rushed in between them. It looked like a fight was going to break out, but the goons clearly knew that they were outmatched by these stronger cultivators they were mostly just your usual riff-raff. Their cultivation was low and their techniques were quite bad, they had no chance against trained warriors that were backed by a strong clan.

The previously speaking Zhang Clan member slowly walked past the business manager and over to the girl that asked the question.

\”Yes young lady, we only require you to show us the binding contract that you sign and we will take care of the rest.\”

He then produced a parchment of his own and showed it to the girls that were slowly coming over, their eyes sparkling with anticipation.

\”This is the contract that out Zhang Clan created, please read it throughout but I guarantee by our Patriarch's name that what I have spoken is true!\”

Most of the girls here couldn't read and that was also part of why they were duped by the Xing Clan. Some of them could though, one of them started reading through the contract and didn't see any faults in it.

\”But sir... it's written here that you will find us some work... and that you'll teach all the girls how to read and write... in something called a weekend course?\”