"Slave Market!!!"
Gu Sheng and the others arrived in the western part of the city. This marketplace was astonishingly the kind of slave market so often written about in novels, and for Gu Sheng, it was truly a novel experience.
He had traveled through so many worlds, yet only the One Piece and Underworld worlds had overt slave trading. The Underworld setting was small, while the One Piece plot had been so tightly paced that he had never actually witnessed slave trading.
"This continent really is backward. It still has slavery..."
Liu Daimei and Chu Xin furrowed their brows, while Ryoko and Mei Daizi did not seem to react as strongly. Perhaps it had something to do with their cultural backgrounds.
As for Gu Sheng, he came from modern society. Not that he would talk about everyone being equal, but when it came to slaves, he felt that female slaves might... Ahem, it was a common failing among men. Gu Sheng stopped thinking about it and maintained his outward calm as he led the group into the marketplace.
The slave market was huge. The entire marketplace was like a massive estate, with a main gate and a rear gate connected straight through from front to back. It was divided into many areas, and each area sold different things. Most of the merchandise inside, however, was alive.
"Sir!"
As soon as Gu Chen entered the marketplace, a sharp and capable-looking young man enthusiastically came over. "What are you here to buy, sir? This marketplace is huge, and first-time visitors can easily get lost. But I know exactly where everything is sold."
Gu Sheng scrutinized the young man. He did not ask why the man had decided they were newcomers. That would have been a foolish question, practically an insult to his