fictionpage Chapter 484 Qin Muling: That’S It?
Chapter 484 Qin Muling: That’S It?
Chapter 484: Qin Muling: Is this it?
In the magnificent palace that stretched for thousands of miles, rows of three-zhang-square, pitch-black spirit gold cages were neatly arranged, extending as far as the eye could see.
These cages were specially refined Law Weapons. They had various effects such as isolating spiritual energy, imprisoning divine abilities, suppressing physical bodies and innate bloodlines, and were used as specialized tools to imprison high-level cultivator slaves.
Qin Muling and his group, accompanied by several elder managers, walked along the spacious aisle, inspecting the condition of the cultivator slaves in the cages.
Each cage held a varying number of cultivators. There were humans and non-humans, ranging from the Immortal Transformation realm, Immortal Ascension realm, Origin Immortal, True Immortal, and occasionally a few Profound Immortal cultivators.
Of course, only male slaves appeared here, while female slaves were placed in a different area. In the eyes of slave owners and customers, the uses of female slaves were obviously more extensive, so it was natural for their prices to be higher and they needed to be treated differently.
"... Fellow Daoist, all the goods here have a clean origin and no troubles. Moreover, they are all in their prime, with excellent innate talents and stable Dao Foundations. They have not exhausted their bloodline potential through certain secret techniques or elixirs. After bringing them back, they can be used for a long time to create more wealth resources for you..."
A chubby and amiable elder steward with a smiling face introduced with a respectful attitude. He was also a Great Principal Golden Immortal cultivator, a prominent figure outside, but at this moment, he behaved like a servant, extremely humble and obedient.
After all, this purple-clothed beautiful young man in front of him was a rare big customer. He had just bought all the Heart Demon Realm and Destiny Realm slave cultivators and paid the bill quite generously, so his attitude was particularly enthusiastic.
Qin Muling casually glanced over. These cultivator slaves were all war captives from different forces or forcibly abducted by professional slave-trading caravans.
In the depths of the chaotic void, such situations were commonplace. Some forces, clans, or countries with insufficient strength were directly destroyed by those brutal Great Worlds, reducing everyone to slaves.
Of course, Qin Muling didn't care about these. What he needed were tools to work for the Immortal Dynasty Heavenly Court and create wealth resources.
In order to develop and grow the future Extreme Void Starry Sky, to upgrade it to a higher-level Great World, all aspects of development resources needed to be arranged, including a sufficiently large class of cultivator slave population.
A cultivator in the Immortal Transformation realm could live up to one Yuanhui. Apart from basic survival and cultivation resources, all their time was spent on work, such as refining tools, alchemy, mining spiritual mines, cultivating certain delicate Spirit Medicines, and even constructing Cave Mansions and acting as cannon fodder and death soldiers...
Any dirty, tiring, and dangerous tasks that normal cultivators couldn't or didn't want to do could be assigned to the cultivator slaves.
The higher the cultivation realm of the slaves, the longer their lifespan, and the more astonishing the wealth value they could create.
As for the uses of female slave cultivators, there were even more, which didn't need to be elaborated on. Those who understood, understood.
Any Transcendent Level force would secretly raise a large number of cultivator slaves. A considerable portion of the sect's annual financial income came from these slave cultivators' contributions.
This was a common phenomenon in the cultivation world. Even the previous major forces in the Extreme Void Starry Sky were no exception. The law of the jungle, the survival of the fittest, was fully demonstrated in this field.
Even when evaluating the strength of a certain force, the number and quality of slave cultivators they possessed were important reference standards, directly related to the economic strength of the sect.
Therefore, the slave trade in the cultivation world was constantly banned, and there were no big figures willing to ban it. After all, they were all direct or indirect beneficiaries.
For various reasons, some top experts either presided over or personally engaged in the slave business, earning huge profits from it.
"How many goods are there in total here? Give us a price, we'll take them all!"
After looking around, Yu Lingzhou said calmly.
The elder steward was overjoyed, his smile almost obsequious as he said, "There are 24,779,600 people in stock in this palace. As for the total price... considering Fellow Daoist's large purchase, we can offer you an 80% discount!"
Qin Muling nodded. With these two million cultivator slaves, the wealth resources they could create for the Extreme Void Starry Sky each year would be a considerable number.
Yu Lingzhou took out four large-capacity spatial bracelets and handed them to the elder steward. They were filled with Supreme Grade spirit crystals, each cut into pieces about a zhang square, packed to the brim, with a brilliant and mysterious light shimmering on the surface of the crystals.
After the elder deacon verified the number, he immediately commanded the guards to open the cages and release the slave cultivators inside, who were then lined up in an open space next to them for a headcount.
Once the headcount was completed, the elder deacon handed over a purple-gold jade plaque the size of a book. It was a forbidden symbol that controlled the soul and physical body of the slave cultivators.
Qin Muling took it and gently waved his hand, causing a bright light to sweep through the hall and collect all the slave cultivators into the spatial realm of the Azure Lotus leaf.
The elders beside him became even more respectful. Ordinary Innate Spiritual Treasures couldn't hold living beings unless they were Innate Primordial Supreme Treasures, which could accommodate a large number of high-level cultivators. It was evident that the background of this important customer was extraordinary.
"Is there anything else? I don't believe that your inventory is so limited. Show me any goods you have! Spirit crystals are not a problem!" Qin Muling said in a casual tone.
"Of course, of course, we have plenty of high-quality goods here. Fellow Daoist, please follow me!" The elder deacon said cheerfully and respectfully, leading Qin Muling and his group to the adjacent hall.
Inside were rows of golden cages, containing a larger number of male slave cultivators. The quality was slightly higher than before, with tens of thousands of cultivators at the Profound Immortal realm.
Qin Muling's divine sense swept through quietly and found no issues. He decided to take them all.
In this way, they went through one hall after another. When they reached the twenty-first hall, the captives in the cages were no longer male slave cultivators.
The environment here seemed to be better. The female slave cultivators inside the cages were neatly dressed, with good looks and temperament. There were no shortage of young girls, mature women, sisters, mother-daughter pairs, and even twins or triplets. Their cultivation ranged from the Immortal Transformation realm to the Profound Immortal realm.
"Fellow Daoist, these are carefully selected high-quality goods from our chamber of commerce," the elder deacon pointed to the cages and eagerly introduced, "Their abilities are not inferior to those male cultivators, and after special training and education by our female deacons, they are quite skilled in serving and pleasing men..."
The total number of these female slave cultivators was just over twenty million, but their average price was more than twice that of the male cultivators. The higher the cultivation realm of the female cultivators, the more significant the price difference.
Female slave cultivators were more in demand than male ones, which was a well-known fact. Some major clients often specifically requested female cultivators, so the higher prices were in line with market trends.
"Not bad, I'll take them all. Name your price!" Qin Muling said calmly. The quantity was far from his expectations, and even if the price was multiplied by a hundred or a thousand, it wouldn't be enough.
In the depths of the chaotic void, there were many Great Worlds that had been defeated in wars, and billions of cultivators in the entire world would be turned into slaves by the victorious side. They could be kept for personal use, sold, or even directly sacrificed to refine evil Law Treasures or Divine Abilities, resulting in a miserable fate.
If possible, Qin Muling would have liked to turn all the cultivators in the Kong Qing Great World into slaves in the Extreme Void Starry Sky. Unfortunately, it was just wishful thinking for now, as it was still a distant reality.
The elder deacon, who was grinning from ear to ear, quickly instructed the guards to release the female slave cultivators from the cages one by one for Qin Muling to inspect. They completed various handover procedures and finally had them all stored in the spatial realm.
The number of these female slave cultivators was similar to that of the male ones, filling twenty halls. The total number of male and female cultivators combined was around one billion, all of whom Qin Muling had acquired.
"Now, should I be qualified to see higher-level goods?" Qin Muling glanced at the elder deacon with a smile that wasn't quite a smile. The internal unwritten rules of these chambers of commerce that specialized in the slave trade were not a secret, and he was well aware of them.
The best goods were always hidden and kept secret. Customers who didn't meet the required level didn't even have the qualification to hear about it, let alone go to the scene to inspect and negotiate prices.
"Of course, of course, that's for sure. Fellow Daoist, please follow me!"
The elder steward nodded and bowed, his heart filled with joy. Today, he truly had good luck, encountering such a generous client. Just the commission alone would be equivalent to nearly a thousand years of salary!
If the other party doesn't mind, perhaps they could consider showing him those goods with sensitive origins and hidden from the light? As long as they can convince him to take them all, they would definitely receive high praise from the upper echelons of the Chamber of Commerce. It wouldn't be difficult to secure a more lucrative position!
After a moment, Qin Muling and his group passed through a small teleportation array and arrived deep within a grand and majestic palace complex.
Here, Qin Muling finally saw the high-end goods treasured by the Slave Traders Association.
The first batch consisted of over a hundred thousand male cultivators, ranging from the Immortal Transformation realm to the Profound Immortal realm. As for the price of individual cultivators, it was hundreds of times higher than that of ordinary slaves of the same realm.
After all, these were technical talents that were not easy to cultivate and had a difficult path to growth. It was only natural that they would be more expensive.
Qin Muling looked around and still chose to take them all.
Then there were over ten thousand weapon refiners, all taken in one go.
Over twelve thousand talisman masters, all taken in one go.
Over eighty thousand formation masters, over two hundred thousand spirit pet trainers, over one hundred and fifty thousand puppet masters, over six thousand celestial art practitioners... There were hundreds of different types of professionals, all indispensable resources for a Transcendent Level power.
Despite the prices not being cheap, Qin Muling still chose to buy them all. Billions and billions of Supreme Grade spirit crystals flowed out like water, without any impact on him.
Although spirit crystals were also a hard currency with a wide range of uses, they were still nothing compared to technical talents that required a large amount of time and resources to cultivate.
When the transaction was completed, colorful petals bloomed silently in front of Qin Muling, revealing a graceful and enchanting figure that made people's mouths dry. After a few breaths, this figure solidified completely, transforming into an elegant and beautiful female immortal. She wore a gorgeous and noble golden palace dress, with a graceful figure and captivating eyes. When she saw Qin Muling's appearance, her gaze visibly paused for a moment before subtly drifting away.
Beside Qin Muling, the faces of Ji Qingluan, Yu Lingzhou, and Emperor Qing Huan showed a slight change, their eyes looking at her with a hint of vigilance.
"Fellow Daoist, I am Emperor Qiuwu," the charming and beautiful woman with a mature image greeted with a smile, her voice gentle and charming. "I will be your guide for the upcoming procurement business!"
Qin Muling: "..."
This Emperor Qiuwu was already a genuine Quasi-Saint Emperor, a person with real power outside. Now she was willing to come and be a guide for Qin Muling. It could be seen that she valued him.
"Alright, then I will trouble Fellow Daoist Qiuwu!" Qin Muling said calmly.
Emperor Qiuwu pursed her lips and smiled, her voice soft and charming. "Fellow Daoist is our company's esteemed guest. If you don't mind, you can call me Senior Sister."
Qin Muling smiled without confirming or denying, tacitly agreeing. This female cultivator's attitude towards him seemed a bit off, but there was no need to pay attention to it. After all, he would never come again in the future.
However, the expressions of Yu Lingzhou and the others were somewhat subtle. Their delicate bodies silently moved a few steps closer to Qin Muling, intentionally or unintentionally pushing her away.
Emperor Qiuwu smiled gracefully and elegantly led Qin Muling to the next hall. The quality of the goods here was even better, and they belonged to the type that male cultivators would love.
Under the bright pearl light, numerous stunning female cultivators dressed in translucent pink veils sat in groups, exuding a seductive charm, their intoxicating fragrance filling the space. With various appearances, they formed a beautiful and captivating scene.
As expected, I knew it...
Emperor Bing Huang, Linghu Qingya, and the others cursed inwardly. Although Emperor Qiuwu simply wanted to do business, from the perspective of the senior sisters, they instinctively felt wary of all foreign female cultivators. Who knows if their junior brother would be bewitched by these female cultivators?
Although these female cultivators are only slaves, their cultivation levels are generally not low. However, their main value and purpose are obviously in the luxurious and extravagant palace chambers.
"Fellow Daoist, these goods have been carefully selected by our trading company and cultivated according to the standards of the Transcendent Level aristocratic families and Immortal Dynasty princesses. Not only do they have excellent aptitude and talent, but they also have considerable potential for future development. They are skilled in various techniques to please and serve their male masters, making them perfect as personal maids and guards!"
The Autumn Wutu Emperor respectfully introduced them to Qin Muling.
The cultivation levels of these female cultivator slaves are mostly at the True Immortal level, with quite a few at the Profound Immortal and Golden Immortal Realm levels. The highest cultivation level among them has already reached the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.
It can be imagined that their prices are not cheap.
"Let's take them all and calculate the number and price!"
Qin Muling remained calm. He had an abundance of Supreme Grade spirit crystals in his spatial storage, piled up like mountains and oceans, ready to be spent.
Although the purposes of these female cultivator slaves are not entirely proper, their cultivation levels speak for themselves. As long as they are arranged in the right place, they can create considerable value for the Immortal Dynasty.
"Junior Brother is indeed generous. Sister will arrange them for you!"
The Autumn Wutu Emperor smiled happily and instinctively wanted to get closer to Qin Muling, but she was firmly blocked by the Peacock Fairy and Qi Yalan, not allowing her to approach her junior brother.
The nearby maids and servants were excitedly busy, quickly providing the specific number and total price.
A total of over 170,000 female cultivator slaves, after deducting the discounted price, were not much cheaper than the tens of millions spent on the previous purchase of skilled talents.
Seeing Qin Muling accept without changing his expression and having Yu Lingzhou pay the spirit crystals as agreed, the smile on the Autumn Wutu Emperor's face became even more eager. If it weren't for the obstruction of the other women, she would have wanted to get close to Qin Muling.
"How many more goods are there? Let's go and take a look together! If they are suitable, we'll take them all!"
Qin Muling said. As the ruler of the Immortal Dynasty, this number of people was nothing to him.
Fortunately, this was just the inventory of a slave trading company. There were still many slave markets like Kong Qing Great World where they could go and make purchases one by one.
"No problem, Sister will definitely satisfy you!"
The Autumn Wutu Emperor laughed lightly, swaying her waist, and led Qin Muling and the others to continue to the next palace.
After visiting ten palaces in total, nearly two million high-level female cultivator slaves were all taken by Qin Muling.
"Is this all?"
Qin Muling still looked dissatisfied as he looked at the Autumn Wutu Emperor. "Does your side only have this few goods? It's really disappointing!"
The smile on the Autumn Wutu Emperor's face became somewhat stiff, and she cautiously suggested, "This junior brother, our trading company's strength is certainly more than this. It's just that this place is not the headquarters, but only a branch established in Kong Qing Great World, so..."
"How about this, you can go to our auction and take a look. The most apex-level goods will only be sold there, and you should be interested."
"Then I will immediately contact the headquarters and have them allocate all the inventory to you. I promise you won't be disappointed!"
Qin Muling's expression was slightly stunned, and his expression softened. "That's more like it. Let's go to the auction first. Lead the way."
The Autumn Wutu Emperor breathed a sigh of relief and quickly called a few subordinates to give serious instructions. They nodded repeatedly and hurriedly went to make arrangements.
(End of this chapter)