Comprehensive Martial Arts: Start with a Fire Dragon Ball

Chapter 50 Auction

Author: pink durian

Chapter 50 Auction

Chu Wanxin looked at the brightly lit world in front of him. Although it was not the first time he saw it, he still felt very shocked.

Here is the black market, a world of darkness and rivers and lakes.

Looking at the people in front of them who all wore masks to cover their faces and the vendors setting up stalls on the roadside, Chu Wanxin couldn't help but sigh, this world is really magical.

You must know that this black market is located underground dozens of meters north of Yanjing City, but Chu Wanxin did not feel depressed at all while being in it.

Being able to accommodate so many people here, it is obvious that the ventilation effect of this black market is excellent.

Not only that, it is now late at night in Yanjing City. Except for a few special places, the entire city has fallen into silence.

But just now Chu Wanxin was walking on the streets in the north of the city, but she didn't notice any movement coming from underground.

Obviously, the sound insulation effect of the black market here is also very good.

This made Chu Wanxin sigh with emotion. The person who built this place was obviously a master of architecture.

There are very few people in the world who have such ability, and it is very difficult to find any one of them.

Therefore, Chu Wanxin had already made some guesses about the person behind the black market when he first came here.

After all, it is okay to quietly build such an underground world in Yanjing City, the capital of the Ming Dynasty. Who else has this ability except the imperial court itself.

As for why the imperial court did this, Chu Wanxin also had his own guess.

First of all, one of the reasons for building this black market is of course to separate the two groups of people in the world of martial arts and civilians.

After all, martial arts in this world are so prosperous that even the imperial court cannot completely ban warriors from entering Yanjing City.

Therefore, creating a world specifically for people in the arena and formulating some rules that are beneficial to the court is the best of both worlds.

Secondly, this black market can bring huge profits to the court.

You know, people in the world usually like to "rob the rich and give to the poor", so most warriors will have some savings.

In this way, the turnover in this black market every night is an astronomical figure, so the black market can earn a lot of money for the court every day.

And Chu Wanxin felt that the reason why Zhu Di built this black market in the first place was actually out of necessity.

After all, Zhu Di launched the "Battle of Jingnan" and successfully won the throne, which was not justified.

Therefore, Shengsheng built Yanjing City in his own fiefdom, and before Jianwen's defeat, he also deliberately hid a large amount of treasure in the Duke's Mansion of Wei State.

Therefore, Chu Wanxin estimated that when Zhu Di first ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, the Ming Dynasty's treasury must have been unprecedentedly empty.

Anyone who could build Yanjing City would probably owe a lot of debt, so he had to amass money in this way.

However, Zhu Di probably never thought that the black market would be so effective and bring him such huge profits that he was reluctant to close it.

Otherwise, given his personality, now that the financial pressure on the imperial court has gradually eased, how could he tolerate the existence of such a gangster under his nose? He would have long since wiped out this black market.

"call!"

Seeing the scene of people coming and going in front of him, Chu Wanxin, who was slightly lost in thought, let out a long sigh of relief and walked towards the place where Gu Chun said.

Nowadays, many people in the black market are dressed like Chu Wanxin, so he does not attract much attention among the crowd.

After a while, a three-story building with a gorgeous appearance appeared in Chu Wanxin's sight.

"Lanting Pavilion!"

After looking at the words on the plaque of the small building and confirming that she was not in the wrong place, Chu Wanxin walked directly towards the Lanting Pavilion.

Arriving at the door, Chu Wanxin saw two burly men dressed in black standing quietly in front of the door, looking at the pedestrians coming and going in front of them.

"Please show me your invitation!"

Seeing Chu Wanxin walking straight towards them, the two people guarding the door immediately stretched out their hands to signal Chu Wanxin to stop.

Seeing this situation, Chu Wanxin didn't say anything, she just quietly took out the invitation letter from her arms and handed it over.

"Invite the distinguished guests inside!"

After taking the invitation from Chu Wanxin and looking at it carefully, the two of them immediately stretched out their hands to indicate that they could go in.

After entering Lanting Pavilion, Chu Wanxin went straight to the second floor under the guidance of a maid.

After arriving on the second floor, Chu Wanxin discovered that the second floor was very empty. The central area was a high platform, which was obviously the place where items were auctioned and displayed.

Around the high platform, there were rows of separated seats, and Chu Wanxin was taken to one of the seats by the maid.

On the third floor of Lanting Pavilion, there is a circle of small private rooms, which are obviously reserved for big shots in Yanjing City or famous figures in the martial arts world.

The ticket that Chu Wanxin bought for one hundred taels of silver could only support him sitting at the foot of the second floor.

After sitting on his seat, Chu Wanxin looked around and found that there were already many people sitting on the seats on the second floor, and there were still people being led to sit down by the maid.

Most of the private room on the third floor was already lit up, and it was obvious that someone was already in it.

After a while, the seats on the second floor were already full.

Seeing this situation, Chu Wanxin estimated that the auction would officially begin soon.

And the fact was exactly as Chu Wanxin thought. After a while, he saw maids holding trays covered with red cloth in their hands and walking up to the high platform in the center of the second floor.

Then, a soft ringing of a copper bell was heard, which spread throughout the venue.

Then, a middle-aged man with a thin look and a goatee came onto the stage, coughed twice, and said loudly:

"Dear distinguished guests, my name is Qian Gui, and I have been invited to host this auction. All the rules remain the same. Money must be paid and paid on site. If you don't have enough cash, you can also use physical property as collateral. But if someone bids maliciously, you can't get the money.

Come on, I think everyone understands the consequences."

As soon as Qian Gui finished speaking, he saw him reaching out, and then a girl behind him came to him carrying a plate covered with red cloth.

"The first treasure today is a bottle of Qi Gathering Pills. There are a hundred pills in total. After inspection by Lanting Pavilion, they are all good quality. Now they are packaged and sold. The starting price is one hundred taels of gold."

One hundred taels of gold is equivalent to one thousand taels of silver, which is equivalent to the current value of each Qi Gathering Pill at ten taels of silver.

This Qi Gathering Pill is an auxiliary pill for Tongmai Realm warriors during their training.

When practicing, taking a Qi Gathering Pill will double your efforts, and it also has a certain effect of warming and nourishing the meridians, which is very useful.

Therefore, after Qian Gui finished speaking, more than a dozen warriors started bidding.

Unfortunately, although this Qi Gathering Pill was good, it was useless to Chu Wanxin, so he just sat quietly and watched the show.

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