Tushan Lingling immediately jumped down from the huge waterbed, opened the door, and saw the hotel owner, Babitt, standing outside with a slightly anxious expression.
"Is something wrong?" Tushan Lingling asked flatly, imitating her master's manner of speaking.
Babitt smiled solicitously and slipped back into his translated manner of speech.
"Oh, my God of Wealth. Miss Fox Immortal, you are as breathtakingly beautiful as ever.
"I have no particular business. I merely heard a few tactless servants mention that the two of you had returned in a great hurry from outside.
"I feared that you two might have encountered some difficulty, so I came to see whether I could help ease your worries."
Tushan Lingling gave a slight wave of her hand. "We're fine. Don't be so sensitive."
With that, she prepared to close the door.
Babitt hurriedly added,
"The fact that you two are all right is as delightful to both body and soul as tasting the pastries made by Kafu.
"However, I heard that when you two visited the auction house, you seemingly failed to win an item you had your eye on..."
At those words, Tushan Lingling narrowed her eyes, and a chill shot straight at Babitt's face.
"You followed us!?"
Frightened pale by that sharp aura, Babitt hurriedly waved his hands.
"My beautiful Miss Fox Immortal! You have misunderstood me.
"I merely learned this information through a few damned friends at the auction house.
"The reason I brought this up was to tell you two.
"If you are short of money, I have an excellent way for you to make some..."
Hearing this, Tushan Lingling withdrew her fierce aura and turned to look at the young man lying on the bed with his legs crossed.
After a moment of silence, the young man abruptly sat up on the bed and pointed at the sofa in the room with a broad smile.
"Come in and tell us the details."
That night.
The bustling royal city was ablaze with lights, and those who enjoyed nightlife began to stir like hungry wolves.
Of course, those who came out to entertain themselves instead of sleeping in the middle of the night were mostly wealthy people without much financial pressure.
The vast majority of ordinary people still had to sleep on time, then face the tedious, repetitive work of the next day to sustain their tedious, repetitive lives...
Accompanied by Babitt, Lin Ziyi and Tushan Lingling arrived at the largest soul fighting arena in Barack Royal City—the Luofu Soul Fighting Arena!
Soul fighting referred to an industry that used the outcomes of Soul Master battles for gambling.
Such an industry would not have been permitted in the country of Lin Ziyi's previous life.
But on Douluo Continent, it had already developed into a legitimate and massive industrial chain!
In Barack Royal City, nearly thirty percent of all revenue came from taxes collected from the Great Soul Arena!
Thus, whether for rulers or Soul Masters, the Great Soul Arena was a place where enormous profits could be made!
This was the very path Babitt had introduced to Lin Ziyi.
However, it differed from ordinary soul fighting.
According to Babitt, in the one-on-one format of Luofu Soul Fighting Arena, a level sixty-nine Soul Emperor had currently won more than a hundred consecutive matches.
The odds had now reached a staggering one to one hundred!
In other words, if someone could defeat this Soul Emperor, the wager placed on that person would immediately multiply a hundredfold!
Thus, there were always people who pinned their hopes on these challengers, but they usually ended up losing everything!
Babitt had merely tried asking whether Lin Ziyi and the other had a way to participate.
After all, Tushan Lingling was a Titled Douluo above level ninety. Under normal circumstances, she could not compete against a Soul Emperor in his sixties.
Yet Tushan Lingling said that she had a way to fight him.
Having received such a certain answer, Babitt immediately grinned like a three-hundred-pound child!
He promptly brought out a considerable amount of money, planning to make a fortune together with Lin Ziyi!
Lin Ziyi turned to look at Tushan Lingling. Her fluffy ears and tail had vanished by now.
Without the characteristics of a beast-eared girl, she had a different sort of charm, but Lin Ziyi still felt that she had lost a bit of her spirit...
After being bombarded by all sorts of online information in his previous life, his tastes had long since become rather strange.
Fortunately, this was the effect of Tushan Lingling's Second Spirit Ability, Fox Illusion Technique.
Otherwise, if there were really no ears or tail left for him to pet, Lin Ziyi would definitely have been sad for a long time...
The reason he had accepted Babitt's suggestion and come here
was because his experience at Meow Meow Auction House had made him realize that the three hundred-odd Gold Soul Coins on him really were not enough.
If he had more funds, then during the gaps between the auctions held by the system, he could use money to obtain more resources from auction houses on Douluo Continent or elsewhere.
If he wanted to become a god as soon as possible, Lin Ziyi could not rely on the system alone. His own effort and action were also extremely important!
After entering Luofu Great Soul Arena, Lin Ziyi noticed that the registration hall was packed with people!
Most of these people were not Soul Masters, but gambling addicts who lived off betting!
Countless counters corresponded to countless soul fights.
Everyone could place bets here in advance, using the information they knew to guess the winner of the next soul fight.
Of course, the soul fighting arena generally offered certain payout ratios in advance, allowing the gamblers to choose between a steady small profit and a risky big profit!
But the latter was generally only chosen by those making a desperate gamble or those with abundant capital.
Most rational gamblers chose to build up their earnings gradually, replacing an occasional huge win with long-term, stable small profits.
After all, soul fighting was different from traditional gambling. The apparent gap in strength was difficult to overcome through luck or willpower.
The first floor was for battles between Soul Masters and Soul Grandmasters, while the third floor was where Soul Kings and Soul Emperors fought.
The three of them went straight up to the third floor. Their eyes swept across the many counters, and they quickly found the registration point for one-on-one soul fights.
"Hello, I'd like to register for a one-on-one soul fight."
Tushan Lingling stood before the counter, hugging her ample breasts as she looked down at the male attendant inside.
Seeing the stunning beauty before him looking at him as though he were garbage,
the male attendant at the counter immediately became excited, believing she was rewarding him. He hurriedly nodded.
"O-okay! No problem! May I ask your name?"
"Tushan Lingling." Little Fox did not deliberately hide her name, because she felt there was no need.
"Very well. Please use this crystal ball to verify your strength." The male attendant pointed to the specially made crystal ball beside the counter.
This crystal ball had been crafted with rare Soul-Judging Crystal as its base and personally made by a cardinal of Spirit Hall!
It could accurately measure even the level of a Titled Douluo!
Under Babitt's somewhat nervous gaze, Tushan Lingling placed her slender, jade-like hand on the crystal ball.
Before long, the number "sixty-nine" appeared on the surface of the crystal ball.
Upon seeing that number, the male attendant did not doubt it at all.
Since he had started working here, this crystal ball had never once made a mistake!
He shifted his gaze away from the crystal ball and Tushan Lingling's lovely fingers.
He completely failed to notice that the characters for "six" and "nine" in "sixty-nine" had fluctuated slightly.
"Your registration is complete. You will take part in the sixth soul fight tonight..."
Before the male attendant could finish speaking, Tushan Lingling suddenly asked,
"I heard that your Great Soul Arena has a Soul Emperor named Ye Zhiyuan who has an undefeated streak. Does the arena allow others to challenge him voluntarily?"
The male attendant froze slightly, then nodded with a bitter smile. Clearly, he had seen quite a few such challenges already.
However, as he looked at Tushan Lingling's breathtakingly beautiful face, the male attendant could not help but give her a quiet warning.
"Miss, if you trust me, then please take my advice and give up on challenging him.
"Because of certain reasons that cannot be explained, Ye Zhiyuan is... absolutely invincible among Soul Emperors!"
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