NOVPUBChapter 698 -698: This Place is Really Interesting!
Upon entering that small door, I found that it was a place similar to a marketplace.
Yes, the layout was akin to that of a marketplace, filled with shops of varying sizes. The small ones were tens of square meters, while the large ones were hundreds of square meters. Under the illumination of crystal chandeliers, every shop was no less than an international luxury goods store.
Many dignified people were lingering among these shops, among them, several ancient martial arts Grandmasters.
These people were the so-called community of the Top Ten Ancient Martial Arts Families of Huaxia!
A marketplace held a fatal attraction for women. Consequently, upon stepping inside, Zhou Mi and Miao Erfang were immediately dazzled, their eyes expressing their excitement. Even Ma Chuxia and Xia Ying seemed somewhat cheerier.
鈥淚 guess鈥 since this is a venue of the Top Ten Ancient Martial Arts Families, the items for sale in these shops are no ordinary goods, right?鈥 Huang Xiaolong joked.
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鈥淗mm ~~ Grandmaster, let鈥檚 stroll around and I will explain as we go.鈥 Ji Zhengyu offered enthusiastically.
Everyone leisurely began browsing.
鈥淕randmaster, the products on sale in these shops are almost impossible to buy outside, regardless of wealth.鈥 Ji Zhengyu grinned. 鈥淔or instance, women. Here, you can reserve any type of woman you鈥檇 like to have. Pure actresses, international models, top-tier female celebrities, beautiful virgins, and even women whom ancient martial arts families鈥 have bred to be naturally seductive.鈥
鈥淭here are also rare treasures and precious medicinal herbs. Alchemy pills refined by Bian Family鈥檚 top Alchemists. Wild centenary ginseng, King Solomon鈥檚-seal, bezoar, saffron, deer velvet antler, donkey-hide gelatin, seahorse, musk, gastrodia tuber, cordyceps鈥 Grandmaster, you should know, not a lack of wealthy people in this world, but wealth alone can鈥檛 convince the Bian Family to refine medicine for you, nor can it buy some truly rare treasures.鈥
鈥淎nd, there are also ancient martial arts secret manuals sold by the Ten Ancient Martial Arts Families. No need to mention how valuable those are. These secret manuals might be of lesser importance to the Ten Ancient Martial Arts Families, but for ordinary Martial Artists, they are more precious than life itself! They can change the fate and standing of an entire clan!鈥
Huang Xiaolong nodded.
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Indeed, just as Ji Zhengyu said, the goods sold in these shops were not everyday luxury items, they were the most unattainable luxuries in the world!
Alchemy pills! Rare treasures! Top-tier beauties! Martial arts secret manuals! And so on and so forth!
These aren鈥檛 things that money can necessarily buy, to get them, you have to be part of this circle!
These resources were only available for those within the circle to enjoy!
Ma Chuxia, Xia Ying, and the rest of the group were flabbergasted.
鈥淗ehe, Grandmaster, the most expensive 鈥榗ommodity鈥 here, is not any of those mentioned, but it is 鈥斺€斺€ Ji Zhengyu said mysteriously with a smile. 鈥淕randmaster, can you guess what it is?鈥
鈥淗ehe~~鈥 Huang Xiaolong smiled.
鈥淪laves.鈥 Ji Zhengyu whispered. 鈥淭he most valuable thing here, are slaves! You can buy slaves here!鈥
鈥淲hat?!鈥 Miao Erfang was astonished. 鈥淲hat era is this? How can there still be slaves?! This isn鈥檛 the primitive society! Trading slaves is against the law!鈥
鈥淏eautiful miss, in this circle, trading slaves is normal. It鈥檚 also a momentary fashion.鈥 Ji Zhengyu smiled lightly. 鈥淭he slaves mentioned here are not the so-called 鈥榝emale slaves鈥? Those are only the lowest-end 鈥榞oods鈥? The real attraction for those qualified international big shots in this circle, are 鈥 Ancient Martial Arts Grandmasters as slaves!鈥
鈥淎ncient Martial Arts Grandmaster slaves?!鈥 Xia Ying was flabbergasted. n𝚘vp𝚞𝚋.com
Grandmasters in ancient martial arts were beings that could shatter people from afar. While there were actually quite a number of people practicing martial arts, not a lot could reach the level of Grandmaster.
A Grandmaster of ancient martial arts could practically face a hundred people alone, and stronger ones weren鈥檛 even afraid of conventional firearms. If they were to become a bodyguard for a wealthy person, they could earn an unimaginable astronomical figure in a year.
Take Xia Ying鈥檚 family, for example, within the domestic ancient martial arts circle, they are only considered the second tier. An ancient martial arts Grandmaster at the Xia Family鈥檚 is undoubtedly a core figure.
Therefore, for a moment, she was utterly unable to accept the fact that ancient martial arts Grandmasters were being sold as slaves!
Ji Zhengyu explained, 鈥淪ome of these Grandmaster slaves have committed sins within the top ten ancient martial families and have been demoted to slavery. Others were merely orphans adopted by the top ten families, taught martial arts, and after ascending to the position of ancient martial Grandmaster, they were sold to those in need as slaves.鈥
鈥淕randmaster slaves are extremely expensive. The lowest priced start within the hundreds of millions of RMB. Those with higher cultivation can cost several billions of RMB. However, they are highly sought after. After all, having an ancient martial Grandmaster slave as a bodyguard ensures one鈥檚 safety.鈥
鈥淵es鈥 If I could buy an ancient martial Grandmaster slave with money, I would be willing to do so. However, I don鈥檛 have a way to buy such a slave,鈥 Ma Chuxia reasonably retorted.
As they passed by a glass showcase, the group indeed saw some extraordinary people behind the thick bulletproof glass!
They were bound in fetters and chains, their eyes were like lightning, exuding a domineering aura. Just one glance from their eyes could make one鈥檚 soul freeze in terror.
Ancient martial Grandmasters!
Behind this glass showcase, were all martial Grandmasters!
And they are all slaves!
Huang Xiaolong glanced at them, the weakest among them were able to condense 2-3 strands of True Qi, and the most powerful one had managed to condense 8 strands of True Qi inside his body.
While they weren鈥檛 incredibly strong, within the secular world, their existence was enough to stride across everything else!
鈥淗ow much does this cost?鈥 Huang Xiaolong pointed at the ancient martial Grandmaster who had condensed 8 strands of True Qi 鈥 an around thirty-year-old woman with a beautiful appearance, delicate skin, her eyes full of hatred.
鈥淥h, she is a Loose Cultivator that offended the Bian Family. Her cultivation level is pretty good, and she鈥檚 also a beauty. Master, her price is around 80 to 100 billion RMB,鈥 Ji Zhengyu explained.
鈥淥h my god! Isn鈥檛 it too expensive? Who can afford it?鈥 Zhou Mi was shocked.
鈥淪he worths this price.鈥 Ji Zhengyu smiled. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 have that much money, if I did, I would have bought her already.鈥
鈥淢aster, if you are interested, I can introduce you to the people of the Yu Family. You can buy this female ancient martial Grandmaster slave from them,鈥 Ji Zhengyu suggested smiling.
鈥淗ahaha鈥 I鈥檒l think about it,鈥 Huang Xiaolong laughed noncommittally. 鈥淏ut to tell the truth, this place is quite interesting.鈥
鈥淢aster, the most interesting thing here is the 鈥楪ladiator Arena鈥欌€︹€ Ji Zhengyu laughed. 鈥淭he so-called Gladiator Arena is where the slaves are kept and fight against each other until death for the audience鈥檚 amusement. The viewers can also place bets. Moreover, the rich who own slaves can command them to duel with the slaves from the 鈥楪ladiator Arena鈥? This is essentially betting with the arena. If their slave wins, they can earn a massive fortune.鈥
鈥淢aster, the young disciples of the ten ancient martial families also like to go to the Gladiator Arena and fight with the enslaved martial artists. Because such a fight is full of crisis and opportunity. The true powerhouse comes from stepping over mountains of corpses and rises amidst life and death situations,鈥 Ji Zhengyu elaborated. 鈥淚 used to fight in the 鈥楪ladiator Arena鈥? gained combat experience, experienced the feeling of life and death鈥 I have to say, only when a martial artist has really seen blood, will they grow.鈥
鈥淭he Gladiator Arena is also a brutal place, because once you go on stage to fight, someone must die!鈥 Ji Zhengyu sighed. 鈥淓very day, a number of martial artists and many Grandmasters would die in the Gladiator Arena.鈥
鈥淭he ten ancient martial families are truly profound. They casually throw out the ancient martial Grandmasters to face death. Hahaha~~Interesting.鈥滺uang Xiaolong was intrigued. 鈥淭his place is interesting.鈥
鈥淢aster, now it鈥檚 off-season, there are not many fights in the Gladiator Arena. However, there should be some today. Let鈥檚 go see the excitement together. We can also place some bets, if we鈥檙e lucky, we might win a lot of money,鈥 Ji Zhengyu suggested with a smile.
鈥淗mmm, let鈥檚 go have a look,鈥 Huang Xiaolong agreed.
