Chapter 58: Flower God
"This Ling Chen is very arrogant."
A young man in a blue robe looked at Ling Chen below. He had heard the conversation between Xiao Muyu and Ying Wuqing just now, and seemed very dissatisfied with Ling Chen's attitude.
This young talent, named Li Tai, is a well-known young talent in the royal capital. Together with the eldest prince and their deskmate named "Zhou Heng", they are all members of the "Ten Outstanding Talents of the Royal Capital".
"After all, he is the famous martial arts genius, how could he not be a little arrogant. Besides, he is still the fiancé of Young Palace Master Xu Ruoyan."
The eldest prince still had his signature smile on his face.
"It's good to be arrogant, but there has to be a limit. If you don't hone your skills when you're young, it's easy to go astray in the future."
Zhou Heng was a young man with a stern face, and there was a hint of hostility in his eyes as he looked at Ling Chen.
Xu Ruoyan naturally understood Ling Chen's talent. If it was really a talent for cultivation, the "Ten Heroes of the Royal Capital" might not be able to compare to him.
Of course, she couldn't directly.
"Although Ling Chen 's strength is not that strong, his talent is very high. There are very few people in the entire Five Kingdoms who can match him. Now he has advanced to the realm of martial artist. If he can maintain such a terrifying training speed, he is far away from entering the Heavenly Ranking."
Xu Ruoyan smiled, and that smile was intoxicating.
In just a few months, he had gone from a state of being crippled to reaching the level of a first-level martial artist. This speed was something I had never seen in my life.
It wasn't that she wanted to praise Ling Chen deliberately, but she herself was indeed amazed at this speed of cultivation.
"Yeah?"
After these words were spoken, Li Tai and Zhou Heng frowned almost at the same time, revealing displeasure.
"Since Miss Xu praised Ling Chen so highly, I will have to have a good discussion with this talented young man later."
A cold light flashed in Li Tai's eyes.
"It looks like we've gotten that guy into trouble."
Xu Ruoyan frowned secretly, but then she was relieved. She glanced at Ling Chen from a distance, with a look that showed that he deserved it. "You always offend me, so I'll let you suffer a little."
Thinking of this, Xu Ruoyan felt much more at ease. Besides, Ling Chen was able to kill so many masters in the hunting ground. This guy has unlimited potential. It is not certain who will win or lose if he competes with Li Tai.
Ling Chen's fighting ability was undoubtedly seriously underestimated by these people. After all, no one believed that the three powerful black-clothed killers died at the hands of Ling Chen, but she believed it firmly.
The banquet lasted for half an hour. After three rounds of drinks, the banquet gradually entered the main stage.
Although Ling Chen did not take the initiative to go to other tables to make friends, many people came to toast him, which meant he got to know some people.
What's more , at their table was Xiao Muyu, who ranked first in the Autumn Hunt and was a great beauty herself, so it was inevitable that she attracted many noble young men to curry favor with her.
However, halfway through the banquet, the atmosphere gradually cooled down.
"The highlight of this banquet is about to begin."
Dai Chao felt the change in the atmosphere around him and his eyes lit up slightly.
"What's the highlight?"
Ling Chen and Xiao Muyu looked at Dai Chao with some curiosity.
"Those ten virgin beauties."
Dai Chao pointed at the ten beauties dancing in the middle of the scene and continued, "As I said just now, these ten beauties were specially trained for this banquet. Later, they will be auctioned off by Cuiyu Tower to the guests present at a high price."
"This Cuiyu Tower is such a jerk. These women are so pitiful."
Xiao Muyu slammed her jade hand on the table, filled with indignation.
"That may not be the case."
Dai Chao shook his head. "These girls were selected from various small places. If it weren't for Cuiyu Tower, they would never be able to enjoy such a prosperous life and be sought after by thousands of people. From another perspective, compared to their ordinary and poor lives, this is a change in their destiny."
"What Senior Brother Dai said makes sense."
Ling Chen did not deny what Dai Chao said, and then changed the subject, "But it can't be said to be completely right. Compared to being a rich man with everything in his hands, I think it's better to be a free ordinary person."
Destiny is only complete when it is in your own hands.
However, many people do not seem to understand this simple truth.
As soon as Ling Chen finished speaking, the atmosphere in the banquet hall became heated.
"The bidding has begun."
Dai Chao turned his gaze to the center of the venue.
After several rounds of instigation by a mature woman in hot clothes, the bidding for the ten beauties began in full swing.
In just a blink of an eye, all ten women were robbed.
Even the one with the lowest price was sold for 10,000 taels of gold.
The one with the highest price was sold for nearly 50,000 taels of gold.
Those who took pictures of these women were all high-ranking officials in the royal capital. Although tens of thousands of taels of gold were not a small sum of money for them, they could afford it.
"Relying on only ten women, they can earn three or four hundred thousand taels of gold. This Cui Yu Tower is really making huge profits." Ling Chen smiled and shook his head. He didn't expect that the eldest prince had such a business mind. Although human trafficking is not a glorious thing, in the Hunyuan Continent, this kind of thing is not only found in the Wind Country. In the black market, there are probably more such businesses.
"Yes, when these women were bought, they were probably worth a few hundred taels of silver at most. After being trained by Cui Yu Tower, the price has increased by more than a thousand times." Dai Chao was also a shrewd man. He knew the ins and outs of this. However, only someone with the power of the eldest prince could operate a business of this level.
" The next step is the bidding for the Flower Goddess."
Dai Chao's voice came, and Ling Chen was also looking at the center of the venue, where a young girl was brought onto the stage.
The Goddess of Flowers is a gimmick created by Cui Yu Tower. She is the most beautiful woman in the entire Wind Kingdom. There is only one every year. As long as she can be called the Goddess of Flowers, her beauty must be first-class.
Similarly, the price of the flower goddess is much higher than that of other women.
The girl was about fifteen or sixteen years old. She was wearing a red ice silk long dress. She had a slender figure, rosy cheeks, and translucent red lips. She was definitely a beauty picked out of a million.
But what was surprising was that the girl's hair was clearly divided into black and white, half black and the rest white. This was a hair color that had never been seen before.
"Foreigner?"
A hint of surprise also appeared in Ling Chen's eyes. In the five major countries, he had never heard of a race with this kind of hair color.
Not only her hair color, but also the aura of this girl was completely different. Her cultivation was not high, probably only at the sixth level of warrior.
Although this girl's martial arts skills are not very high, she has a beautiful face and excellent temperament, and many men want to have her for themselves.
And everyone felt a sense of freshness. Women with this hair color were almost never seen before. They were simply rare among women.
At the beginning, there were quite a lot of people bidding, but after the price exceeded 100,000 taels of gold, there were only a few people bidding.
One hundred thousand taels of gold, even for a great master, is a huge fortune, which can buy a lot of cultivation resources. No one is willing to spend so much gold for a woman. Those nobles buy a woman just for temporary happiness, but one hundred thousand taels of gold makes them feel it is not worth it.
The one who offered one hundred thousand taels was none other than Ying Wuqing.
"One hundred thousand taels of gold, just to buy an ordinary woman. Your brother is such a spendthrift, eldest prince." On the balcony, Xu Ruoyan said to the eldest prince next to her.
One hundred thousand taels of gold to buy a girl, this must be considered a generous expense.
Xu Ruoyan shook her head. This Ying Wuqing was really a drunkard and a womanizer. People like him usually wouldn't achieve much.
"This is the only hobby of my brother in his life. One hundred thousand taels of gold should be all his savings." The eldest prince just smiled.
How the fourth brother squandered his money had nothing to do with him, not to mention that this Cuiyu Building was still his property. If the fourth brother was willing to donate money to him, why not?
"One hundred and one hundred thousand taels."
At this moment, a faint voice of bidding suddenly spread out in the banquet hall.
