Huo Yuhao: Picked up a copy of Peerless Tang Sect at the beginning

Chapter 213 Black Market Competition [Revised Version]

Speaking of which, the reason why this black market competition could be held was because of Xu Tianran’s strange rules for the competition this time.

In the past, no matter which country hosted the continental high-level soul master elite fighting soul competition, it would allow all citizens to participate in gambling.

Just like the last continent-wide elite soul fighting competition for high-level soul masters, the Xing Luo royal family opened a casino with the goal of this competition, and within just a few months, the money earned was almost equal to the tax revenue of the Xing Luo Empire in half a year.

It is precisely for this reason that every country that hosts this competition can make money and even make money.

Even if they, as organizers, need to give out precious things as prizes.

The Continental Elite Soul Fighting Competition for Advanced Soul Masters is very useful in boosting the economic development of the entire country. The money they earn is actually no less than the value of those soul bones.

Otherwise, why would these countries host these competitions without fear?
These countries are not stupid.

You have to know that for a full ten thousand years, Shrek Academy has been the champion every time. If the competition is held every five years and three soul bones are rewarded each time, then in this full ten thousand years, Shrek Academy should have obtained at least six thousand soul bones.

But in fact, if all the soul bones in the entire continent are added together, it is hard to say whether there are 600 pieces, let alone 6,000 pieces.

So in fact, even though Shrek Academy won every championship, only a small part of the soul bones given as championship prizes remained in Shrek Academy, and most of them were returned by Shrek Academy in various forms.

Shrek Academy still understands the principle of being guilty of possessing a treasure. If they really had so many soul bones, Shrek Academy would have been extinct countless times.

You have to know that the manpower and material resources required to host a competition are secondary. The most important thing is the precious soul bones.

Even in this era, soul bones are still the most precious material for soul masters.

You should know that the price of a soul bone with light attribute that has only been cultivated for tens of thousands of years is as high as millions of gold soul coins, and there is no market for it.

What's more, these countries offer soul bones as prizes.

Therefore, if there were no lucrative profits to guarantee their income, how could they continue to hold such competitions?

Therefore, it is very strange for many people that Xu Tianran does not allow casinos to be opened in the country.

Xu Tianran would never give up such a lucrative benefit. Now that he dares to do so, he must have his own considerations.

To be precise, the purpose that can be achieved by not allowing casinos to open is enough to make Xu Tianran reluctantly give up this interest.

This black market competition is just to make a fortune by taking advantage of the popularity of this game.

Unlike the Continental Elite Soul Fighting Competition for High-level Soul Masters, the rules of the black market competition are mainly based on examining the abilities of soul masters.

At the same time, combined with the fact that in the original story, an elder of the Holy Spirit Church actually appeared in this black market competition, and that this black market competition offered a large amount of precious rare metals as rewards, this is enough to explain many problems.

Xu Tianran and the Holy Spirit Church must have reached some kind of agreement, which ultimately led to this situation.

Huo Yuhao knew that many rare metals were needed to make soul guides when he first started practicing.

The reason why the Sun-Moon Empire was able to develop so rapidly in the field of soul guides, in addition to its own development tendency, is that there are a large number of precious rare metals in the territory of the Sun-Moon Empire.

The abundance of raw materials allows them to engage in research and development at a cost-effective level compared to others, but in other places outside the Sun-Moon Empire, the amount of these precious metals is quite small.

This is one of the reasons why the Xingluo Empire, which has ninth-level soul guides, has not yet produced a ninth-level soul guide device.

Huo Yuhao was very clear about this, so even though he had extorted a large amount of rare metals from Jing Hongchen before, Huo Yuhao still wanted to seize the opportunity to obtain more rare metals.

After all, this thing is actually a very important strategic resource.

Whichever side gains more may have more initiative in the subsequent struggle.

What’s interesting is that in addition to Huo Yuhao, there are other people who have set their sights on the rare metals here.

“There are very few rare metals circulating on the black market nowadays, and most of them are already in the hands of the organizers of the black market competition. If you want to obtain a large amount of rare metals, you must participate in this black market competition. Otherwise, you can only rob them.” After arriving at the black market, Nana communicated with others and told Huo Yuhao this information.

In fact, Huo Yuhao already knew this news.

"However, the content of this competition is different from the Continental High-Level Soul Master Fighting Competition. It does not compare each person's strength, but each person's level of soul master. Do you have this ability?" Nana looked at Huo Yuhao suspiciously and asked.

"My soul guide manufacturing level is no worse than any soul guide of the Sun-Moon Empire at the same level." He said angrily.

"So much the better."

Then Nana led Huo Yuhao to the registration point for the black market competition. Although Huo Yuhao hid his identity, he was still able to register smoothly. It seems that this black market competition is not very strict.

Huo Yuhao, who was preparing to use normal means to obtain these rare metals, did not know at this moment that at this moment, there was another group of people eyeing these rare metals.

Moreover, unlike the method used by Huo Yuhao, this group of people planned to rob directly.

"How is it? Have you investigated clearly? Have you confirmed that the organizer of the black market competition has a large amount of rare metals?" In a hidden small room in the Sun-Moon Empire, Xu Jiujiu, the princess of the Star Luo Empire, was looking at the person in front of her and asked with a little nervousness.

"Your Highness, we have already found out that the group of people does have a large amount of rare metals. The amount is far beyond our imagination." A dark-skinned, bald man said respectfully to Xu Jiujiu.

"Okay, okay, if we have this batch of rare metals, our Xingluo Empire will definitely be able to create our own ninth-level soul guide." After receiving this news, Xu Jiujiu was so excited that he was speechless.

The Xing Luo Empire already had its own ninth-level soul guide, but due to limited raw materials, it still does not have a single ninth-level soul guide.

Therefore, Xu Jiujiu appeared to be coming with the Xingluo Royal Academy team to supervise the competition, but in fact she had her own purpose.

After Xu Jiujiu came to the Xing Luo Empire, he also planned to purchase rare metals on the black market, but ended up with the same result as Huo Yuhao.

No, or it means that the rare metals still in circulation in the hands of the three major black markets are pitifully few.

Following the clues, the people from the Xingluo Empire soon discovered the existence of the black market competition.

There was a mixture of sorrow and joy at the same time.

These rare metals in a person's hands, on the one hand, saves him time and energy, but on the other hand, it also shows the dangerousness of the other party.

If the other party was not powerful, how could he have the confidence to keep these rare metals?

"Your Highness, Princess, what should we do now? Should we continue to hide?" asked the dark-skinned, bald man.

He was not a spy from the Star Luo Empire planted in the Sun and Moon Empire, but a subordinate of the ninth-level soul master who escaped to the Star Luo Empire.

It was with the help of that ninth-level soul engineer that the Xing Luo Empire was able to contact this person.

"No. After this matter is completed, I will give you three choices. The first choice is that you can choose to follow me to the Xingluo Empire. I will definitely let you have no worries about food and clothing, enjoy the life of an aristocrat, and the Xingluo Empire royal family will also do their best to help you improve your soul power.

The second option is that you can continue to be members of the Sun-Moon Empire here, and we will take the initiative to eliminate all traces of you and ensure that your whereabouts are not discovered by others.

The third option is that you can choose to do this with us. Don't worry, as long as it succeeds, the dividends you get will be enough for you to spend for a lifetime."

After hearing what Xu Jiujiu said, the man thought for a moment and finally chose the first condition.

After all, if I stay here, I might be discovered by the people of the Sun and Moon Empire one day, and then I wouldn’t even know how I died.

"Very good, don't worry, we will not lose a single thing that we promised you."

After comforting the other person, Xu Jiujiu turned around and went to another room, where there was a person waiting for him.

"Have you decided to take action, Princess?" The man was none other than the Titled Douluo-level priest that the Star Luo Empire priests were talking about.

This person's martial soul is an extremely rare ghost martial soul, which is somewhat similar to the Ghost Douluo martial soul from ten thousand years ago, and has some similarities with Nana's martial soul.

It is precisely because of his unique martial soul that his stealth ability is extremely strong. Many times, even if he hides next to the target, his whereabouts are still not traced.

"Let's do it now. Immediately steal these precious metals from the other party. Then, Elder, you take these rare metals and quickly return to the Xing Luo Empire. Only in this way can we guarantee the safety of these rare metals."

"Yes, I obey."

Then, Xu Jiujiu, who had been well prepared, followed the elder of the worship hall and several other people and secretly set out from the slums and headed towards the place that had already been explored.

But at this time they didn't know that the organizer of this game was the Holy Spirit Church.

You should know that there are many powerful people in the Holy Spirit Church, and it just so happens that a Titled Douluo from the Holy Spirit Church is on duty here.

However, the unaware Xu Jiujiu only thought that the information he had collected was true, so he set out in this direction with full confidence.

For a while, heavy rain fell from the sky.

One game, one resource, and people from three parties with various thoughts all gathered here in the end.

Under the leadership of Nana, Huo Yuhao and his companions were the first to arrive here.

But unfortunately, Huo Yuhao had no intention of taking action directly, but instead participated in the competition honestly according to the rules set by others.

The first round of the black market competition is a knockout round, and the requirements are very simple. First, the bone age of the contestants cannot be over 40 years old, and they must also use the materials provided on site to refine a fourth-level soul guide.

But what’s interesting is that these soul guides are not allowed to be taken away.

After successful refining, the soul guide must be left here.

This requirement is quite unfriendly to poorer soul masters.

Because Nana was not a soul engineer, she did not enter the competition venue, but stayed outside waiting for Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao waited inside for everyone to arrive before refining the soul guide.

On the other side, behind the scenes of the black market competition, a beautiful but stern woman was looking at the registration form in her hand.

"Can the true identity of this Huo Er be found out?"

"Your Excellency, we tried to use the soul guide to check his identity, but ultimately failed." The subordinate in charge of this matter said tremblingly.

"Huh?" As expected, after hearing this, the woman's expression suddenly became even colder.

Before his men could say anything, the woman waved her hand and a poisonous mist emerged from all around. Among the shadows, the shadow of a huge centipede was reflected on the wall.

The man covered his neck in panic, trying to block the penetration of the poisonous fog, but there was no way.

In the end, he died with a pale face.

After he died, several giant creatures crawled out from the darkness and hovered over his body. In the blink of an eye, after those giant creatures left at the same time, only a few scratches on the ground were left to prove that this man had ever existed.

"Elder, everyone is here. Should we start preparing for the assessment?" Just then, a subordinate wearing the same clothes came up to report with a trembling voice.

"Now that we're all here, let's get started." Nangong Wan glanced at her beautiful self in the mirror, then looked at the subordinate who had just come in, and asked charmingly, "Do you think I'm beautiful?"

"Beautiful, Elder, you are so beautiful!" The subordinate was stunned for a moment, then he immediately reacted and hurriedly praised Nangong Wan from different angles.

"Anyone who sees your appearance will blush uncontrollably. Elder, you are definitely the most beautiful woman on the continent!"

"Hehehe." Nangong Wan laughed so hard that her body shook and her smile sounded like a silver bell.

The subordinate heaved a sigh of relief upon seeing this, thinking that he had survived this trip.

However, the next moment, the smile on Nangong Wan's face disappeared instantly: "Then why were you trembling when you saw me just now? Are you scared?"

Hearing this, the man's face suddenly turned pale.

Nangong Wan's expression became gentle again, but her eyes no longer lingered on that person.

Nangong Wan stood up, patted the subordinate on the shoulder, left a word and walked out.

"Remember to behave well in your next life."

　Damn, there is absolutely no concept of time in the Douluo Dalu series.

　　Ten thousand years, two thousand competitions, three soul bones for each competition, a total of six thousand soul bones.

　　There are not so many in the world.

　　And what kind of feudal country can survive for tens of thousands of years?

　　Now I understand that the ten thousand years in the Douluo series cannot really be treated as ten thousand years. In fact, it is more reasonable to treat it as a hundred years.

　　And one more thing is how fast time flows in the God Realm and Douluo Continent. Does anyone know?
　　Besides, after the original generation of the Shrek Seven Devils became gods, did they live a life of men farming and women weaving every day?

　　No mission at all?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)