Chapter 286: Another Contest (Part II)
And this qualifying tournament can also be bet, the way to bet is very simple, directly bet on how many people can pass the qualifying round. You can bet on specific numbers, or you can bet on odd and even, betting on multiples of several. The odds size varies for each way.
The qualifying rounds are now in earnest. Because soul guide crafting doesn't end in a short period of time like a combat match. This first round of the competition gave the soul masters three days. The rest of the games were all knockouts. But the title of the contest will be different.
The three major black markets also specially invited a powerful ninth-level soul master from the royal family of the Sun and Moon Empire to serve as the chief referee. and a referee committee composed of twelve Soul Masters above Level 7 to ensure the fairness of the competition and gambling.
What they actually want to do is very simple, that is, to use the popularity of this tournament to attract those commoners, aristocrats, and rich people who want to bet but can't bet directly on the tournament. Earn windfall profits from it.
They proved to be very successful. At present, more than 100,000 people have participated in the gambling of this underground black market competition. The amount of bets can be imagined.
And in order to attract enough excellent soul masters to participate, the rewards of the competition are all rare metals.
From the first round onwards, there will be rewards for passing only one round. Even if it's a qualifier. With each passing round, the rewards increase dramatically.
A soul master can care no less about money, but never less about rare metals. Money can be earned by crafting soul guides, and rare metals are not something that can be bought with money. In particular, there are some extremely rare and rare metals that are offered as rewards in this competition.
The three black markets are also competing with each other. Therefore, the competition is divided into three divisions. In the end, the winner of each region will compete again. At that time, the bets of the three major black markets on each other would also be rare metals. This is also an important reason why Weishenme Nana can't find rare metals at a high price.
After listening to Nana's story, Huo Yuhao's eyes showed a thoughtful look, and said, "Nana, are there any requirements for signing up for this competition?"
Nana shook her head and said, "The requirements for the black market competition are simple, be under the age of thirty, and be confident that you are capable of participating in the qualifying round. Pay an entry fee of 100 more Golden Soul Coins. ”
Wang Dong'er's face changed, and he said, "Yuhao, you don't want to compete." No, it's too dangerous. This is Mingdu, and there are so many powerful soul masters there. ”
Huo Yuhao smiled slightly and said, "With such a rich reward, wouldn't it be a pity not to participate?" Don't worry, I won't take the risk." Since these underground black markets hold competitions, security is definitely guaranteed. The participants are all soul masters, and they are the most powerful group in the entire Sun and Moon Empire. If they dare to play tricks in the game. Can the soul masters tolerate them? So, you don't have to worry about that. Also, I don't use my identity to compete. Isn't it easy for you to deceive people with your disguise technique and my simulated soul technique?"
Wang Dong'er frowned and said, "However, we still have a competition. ”
Huo Yuhao said: "The Black Market Soul Master Contest is all at night, and it doesn't affect it. Dong'er, for the development of Tangmen, I must participate in this competition. Gambling is a good opportunity for us, but I don't feel comfortable betting on someone else. I am a soul master. It was also a great opportunity to test my own abilities. At the same time, I can learn more from my peers. I'll let the second senior brother go with me. ”
Speaking of this, he paused and said, "Dong'er." This time we came to compete. What the competition brought to us was fame. And privately buying rare metals brings us the future of Tangmen. Both are important. ”
Wang Dong'er thought for a while and said, "You can go if you want to." I have two conditions. First, you must get the permission of the elder brother. Second, I'm going to go with you. But. Are you really going to participate? Isn't this contest already underway?"
Huo Yuhao said: "Nana just said that there is still one day left in the qualifying round. It's not too late for me to go. I agreed to both of your conditions. Let's go, we'll go see the senior brother now. Then I went to sign up for the competition. ”
At times like these, he is absolutely resolute. Sourcing rare metals was one of the most important purposes of his visit. It is of great significance to the future development of the Tang Sect, as well as the improvement of his own soul master's ability.
At that moment, Huo Yuhao asked Wang Dong'er to push him to call Shanghe Caitou first, and then went to Beibei's room together.
Half an hour later.
The sky has completely darkened, perhaps because the competition during the day has consumed too much energy from the people, and the bright capital at night seems a little deserted. There aren't too many people on the streets. The vast majority of people have fallen asleep.
On a street corner about 300 meters away from the Mingyue Hotel, in the dark corner, the light suddenly distorted, and then four figures appeared.
Huo Yuhao is still in a wheelchair, but now his Golden Tree wheelchair is covered with a black cloth cover, and his own appearance has also changed greatly. Compared to before, he is much more handsome. A lot of subtleties have changed. Even if there is someone who knows him in front of him, it is difficult to recognize him as long as he does not associate it through a wheelchair.
Wang Dong'er is still dressed in men's clothes, and her appearance has become cold and ordinary. The whole person looks like a very ordinary and cold young man.
And the biggest change in the head of the cabbage is the hair...... , the originally shiny big bald head wore a brown wig, the wig was draped over his shoulders, a black mask was added to his face, and the exposed skin was also modified to be much fairer. Coupled with a thick black robe, the whole person was covered up with a mysterious atmosphere.
Nana's change is the simplest, she is dressed up as a maid, and the simple change makes her give people a pitiful taste, standing next to Huo Yuhao's wheelchair, her respectful expression does not need to be pretended at all.
He Caitou exclaimed: "Little junior brother, your simulated soul skills are really getting stronger and stronger, and you can actually make so many of us completely invisible and come out of the hotel without knowing it." No one can doubt us now. ”
Huo Yuhao smiled and said, "Second Senior Brother, from now on, we all have to change our titles. I'm in a wheelchair, so I'm taking advantage of everyone. We are brothers, I call you eldest brother, you just call me second brother. Dong'er and Nana are my shalves. Call me master. I'll call you Dong and Cortana. ”
Wang Dong'er said angrily: "You are deliberately trying to take advantage of us." ”
Huo Yuhao laughed and said, "No, but isn't our identity the most reasonable? ”
Looking at the sly look in his eyes, Wang Dong'er pouted, snorted, his voice changed to a male voice, and said in a low voice: "Lord, master......"
Huo Yuhao said with a smile: "If you want to call naturally, come, call again." ”
"You ......" Wang Dong'er raised his hand and was about to make a move, but as soon as he looked at him in a wheelchair, he had to withdraw his hand stupidly. Snorted, don't turn your head and ignore him.
"Let's go. Let's go. It's not early. Everything is going according to Jihua. ”
Wang Dong'er pushed the wheelchair, Nana followed with low eyebrows, strode on the other side with Caitou, and a group of four took advantage of the night to go straight to the center of Mingdu.
Where there are people, there will be underground shijie, whether it is the Heavenly Soul, the Dou Ling, the Star Luo, or the Sun and Moon Empire. There are many kinds of underground shijie. The lowest are those who use pornography, killing, and human trafficking as their way of survival. The more advanced ones are arms trading, underground political trading, and reselling of rare resources. And whether it is a low-level or high-level underground shijie, in fact, it is all playthings in the hands of the big shots. Otherwise, how can they continue to exist?
In the underground shijie of the Ming capital, there are mainly three major shili, which are the largest Xishui League, as well as the Pingfan League and the Aodu Chamber of Commerce.
Among them, the most ordinary-sounding name of the Ordinary League, which controls the entire industry in Mingdu, can be regarded as the most superficial underground shili. The Odu Chamber of Commerce, on the other hand, has a guild of killers, thieves, and some underworld shilis. Specializing in collecting protection money, assassination, stealing and other shady work for a living.
Xishui Alliance is much more high-end than them, engaged in the most lucrative underground Shijie drugs, arms trading, and part-time human trafficking.
The relationship between the Pingfan League and the Aodu Chamber of Commerce is very close, and there is a faint posture of uniting together against the Xishui Alliance. It's just that their backstage is obviously not as strong as the Xishui Alliance, and there are not many places to interact with each other, and under the compromise of the big names behind them, they have been able to keep each other safe.
The three underground shili are all involved in the resale of rare metals, after all, this thing can be said to be a million profits. As long as it can penetrate the mining channel, the cost is extremely low, but the price is so high that it is more profitable than anything.
As a simple example, among the rare metals, there is a Forging Soul Silver with a high affinity for soul power, which can be fused into any metal, enhancing its affinity for the soul master's soul power, and at the same time enhancing the toughness and hardness of the metal. It is a must-have for almost all high-level soul guides.
Forging Soul Silver is a rare metal that is only produced in the Sun and Moon Empire, and the output is medium, and the mining cost is about 500 gold soul coins per kilogram. And the price of this thing in the market is as high as 100 gold soul coins per gram, 200 times the profit! How can it not make people crazy? Even if the channel will be exploited in various ways, it will also be a huge profiteering.
Among the many rare metals, the profit of Forging Soul Silver can only be regarded as moderate. Some of the more scarce rare metals are even more incredible.
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