Money Pit: Soto Grand Spirit Arena

Ye Liangchen and Zhu Zhu Qing spent several days traveling and finally reached the bustling Suotuo City. To hide their identities, Ye Liangchen used the Dreamlike Mask to disguise himself as another unremarkable handsome young man, while Zhu Zhu Qing also put away her cat-ear and tail accessories.

"Brother Chen, this city is really prosperous!"

"Suotuo City is the Balak Kingdom's second-largest city, and it's also a granary. Of course it's prosperous."

Since they had come to Suotuo City, naturally they had to stay at the best Rose Hotel. Using another fake name, Ye Liangchen booked the most luxurious room at the same Rose Hotel from last time, planning to spend two days having fun here before leaving.

That morning, Ye Liangchen and Zhu Zhu Qing strolled around the city, then found a Luxury Restaurant, ordered a table full of delicious dishes, and had a wonderful meal.

Just then, a woman walked in through the restaurant entrance. She came to a spot not far from Ye Liangchen and Zhu Zhu Qing, found an elegant seat, and began ordering.

"Boss, I want this, this, and this too."

The woman was not tall, about 1.65 meters, wearing a pale green dress, with a head of smooth brown hair falling over her shoulders. She was very pretty, with fair skin, and her whole person looked both beautiful and adorable.

This person was Ning Rongrong of the Shrek Seven Devils. Dai Mu Bai, Tang San, and the others had gone to the spirit arena for spirit fighting training. She and Oscar were only support Soul Masters and couldn't fight spirit battles, so they could only practice running at the academy. Taking advantage of this gap, she had come to the restaurant alone to eat.

After Ning Rongrong finished ordering, she glanced over casually and noticed Ye Liangchen and Zhu Zhu Qing eating a few meters away. She was immediately drawn by Ye Liangchen's bearing. Then, seeing Zhu Zhu Qing's explosive figure, the girl lowered her head to look at her own ordinary build and at once shook her head with a sigh.

"Those two don't look very old, but their bearing is excellent. Who could they be?" Ning Rongrong stared at Ye Liangchen and Zhu Zhu Qing, wondering which faction's disciples they were.

"Brother Chen, that girl is looking at us," Zhu Zhu Qing said softly to Ye Liangchen.

"Don't mind other people. Just eat."

Ye Liangchen turned his head and glanced at the girl, finding that she was indeed very pretty, even adorable, but she was too small. Compared with Zhu Zhu Qing's tall, explosive figure, she was far behind.

In the face of sexiness, cuteness was worthless.

Ye Liangchen liked them big and had no interest in that petite beauty.

"Brother Chen, I think she's been attracted by your bearing."

Seeing the girl keep staring over, Zhu Zhu Qing thought that even though Ye Liangchen had already disguised his appearance, that aura of his still couldn't be hidden.

"Stop joking and hurry up and eat! I'll take you around Suotuo City later."

Ye Liangchen stopped Little Cat's teasing and turned his head slightly to look at that little beauty.

Brown long hair, a pale green dress, fair skin, a beautiful and adorable face, and in those pretty eyes was a faint pale-green glow. Her whole person carried an air of nobility, and one look was enough to tell she was a rich young lady.

Could this be Ning Rongrong from Shrek Academy? According to this timeline, that girl should have arrived too.

Judging by the situation, she probably couldn't stand the academy's plain food and had run off to the hotel alone to eat. After looking at the girl's appearance, Ye Liangchen had already guessed it with near certainty.

Now Little Cat from the Shrek Seven Devils had already been carried off by Ye Liangchen, leaving only Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu as the two girls. Xiao Wu was often all lovey-dovey with Tang San, while Ning Rongrong was extremely lonely by herself and had to stay on guard against the academy's other three wolves at all times. Who knew how long she could last?

Before long, Ye Liangchen and Zhu Zhu Qing finished eating. After settling the bill, they walked out of the restaurant.

"Little Cat! Let's go to the grand spirit arena to watch spirit battles." Ye Liangchen suggested to Zhu Zhu Qing that they go watch the spirit fighting matches.

"Brother Chen, I'll follow your arrangements."

"I heard the matches at the Soto Grand Spirit Arena allow betting too. Let's go place a little wager."

"Brother Chen, will that work?"

"It will. Today I'll take you to make big money and let you experience the joy of picking up cash."

Ye Liangchen planned to earn some money at the spirit arena. After all, the Spirit Refining Art he cultivated had already reached the fourth layer. As long as he opened his Spiritual Sense, he could perceive the strength of those spirit-fighting contestants. Earning a little money would be far too easy.

Right now, Tang San and Xiao Wu might also be fighting matches at the spirit arena. With the two of them competing below the Soul Elder level, it was generally very hard for them to encounter opponents. In that case, placing bets on them would be the same as picking up money.

Zhu Zhu Qing also followed Ye Liangchen's arrangements. She even took out a veil and put it on, covering her beautiful face.

The Soto Grand Spirit Arena was very famous throughout the entire empire. The grand spirit arena had been jointly established by several great imperial clans. It occupied an incomparably vast area, and its interior was extremely luxurious. Rather than calling it a spirit arena, it would be more accurate to call it an amusement city. At the same time, it was also a money pit, with all kinds of services. As long as you had money, you could indulge yourself here to your heart's content. Of course, the main reason people came to this place was still to watch all sorts of gambling fights. There were even life-and-death spirit battles, and many nobles often came to watch Soul Masters fight to the death, seeking visual excitement.

When Ye Liangchen and Zhu Zhu Qing arrived at the entrance of the spirit arena, it was noon. The spirit battles at the Soto Grand Spirit Arena were gradually becoming lively. By evening, there would be even more spectators, and when the central spirit fight was about to begin, it would usher in the most exciting moment.

Suddenly, Ye Liangchen saw a girl with two rabbit ears on her head, dressed in pink, pulling a man in blue as they registered at the spirit arena counter.

Ye Liangchen was startled. Weren't those Tang San and Xiao Wu? He hadn't expected them to come too.

Since Tang San and Xiao Wu had come, Dai Mu Bai and Fatty Ma should be here as well. Ye Liangchen swept his gaze around and, sure enough, twenty meters ahead, there was a Red-Haired Fatty and a blond man—it was the two of them. At this moment, they were observing the young women passing by. Whenever he saw a pretty woman, Fatty Ma's eyes even revealed a lecherous look.

Zhu Zhu Qing also saw Dai Mu Bai at this moment. That fellow had met Zhu Zhu Qing once when he fled, so Zhu Zhu Qing still knew what he looked like.

"Brother Chen, let's walk a little slower."

Zhu Zhu Qing restrained the aura on her body and pulled Ye Liangchen, deliberately stopping for a moment at the spirit arena entrance. Only after she saw Dai Mu Bai and the others leave did she walk toward the spirit arena counter.

Ye Liangchen also understood what Zhu Zhu Qing meant. She was afraid the other party would sense the aura of her martial soul. The martial souls of the two families were very familiar with each other, and they even had a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, so they could sense each other's aura.

Seeing that Little Cat had no emotional fluctuations after seeing Dai Mu Bai, it seemed she didn't want to acknowledge Dai Mu Bai anymore. She had already let go completely.

"Do the two of you need any assistance?"

When Ye Liangchen and Zhu Zhu Qing arrived by the counter, a sweet-looking female attendant showed a professional smile and asked the two of them.

"We want one of the highest-grade VIP rooms to watch the spirit battles."

Ye Liangchen looked at the cost of the highest-grade VIP room. It was as high as five thousand Gold Soul Coins. There were only ten of these top-grade VIP rooms, specially used to receive wealthy nobles. The rest were all ordinary VIP rooms.

Seeing this, Ye Liangchen directly took out several large bags of Gold Soul Coins and placed them on the counter.

"V-very well, sir. Please, please wait a moment. We'll handle it for you right away."

Seeing Ye Liangchen act so generously, and seeing that the two were dressed luxuriously with extraordinary bearing, the attendant thought they were very likely people from a great clan. She then said something to a young woman beside her.

The woman ran toward a hall in the distance. Before long, a bespectacled manager came over with two young and beautiful women, walking toward Ye Liangchen.

"Honored guest, my surname is Ao. I am the manager of Suotuo City. Welcome to the Soto Grand Spirit Arena."

Seeing that a major customer had arrived, Manager Ao personally arranged the highest-grade service for him. When rich people came to spend money at the Spirit Arena, the arena's service was always extremely attentive.

"Thank you, Manager Ao."

Ye Liangchen remembered that Manager Ao's strength seemed to be at the Soul Saint level. He had not expected the man to personally receive him. Sure enough, money could make the devil turn millstones.

"You are too kind, sir."

"Xiao He, Xiao Fang, take this gentleman and this lady to the Tianxing VIP Room."

Sensing Ye Liangchen's imposing bearing, Manager Ao judged that his status was extraordinary, so he instructed the two women to receive Ye Liangchen and his companion.

"Yes, Manager."

"Sir, miss, please come with us."

The two women led Ye Liangchen and Zhu Zhu Qing toward the most luxurious VIP room in the distance.

Suotuo City truly deserved its reputation as a money-squandering paradise. As long as one had money, one could enjoy the best service here.

Ye Liangchen and Zhu Zhu Qing followed the two beautiful attendants, turning this way and that until they arrived at a luxurious hall. Ahead were several enormous screens used to project the matches from the various Spirit Duel Arenas, allowing them to see every arena in the Soto Spirit Arena.

The entire Soto Grand Spirit Arena had one main Spirit Duel Arena and over a hundred branch Spirit Duel Arenas. Aside from the ten highest-grade VIP rooms, there were also over a hundred ordinary VIP rooms, all built in spots with the best lines of sight so that guests could conveniently watch the spirit duels.

The two attendants poured expensive wine and fine tea for Ye Liangchen and Zhu Zhu Qing, then laid out all kinds of exquisite fruit platters and pastries. One glance was enough to tell they were the costly sort.

After finishing all of this work, the two women stood quietly at either side like a pair of maids, glancing at Ye Liangchen from time to time with a different sort of look in their eyes.

"You two ladies may leave for now. If we need anything, we'll call you."

Ye Liangchen took out twenty Gold Soul Coins and tossed them to the two attendants as a tip. In any case, he had plenty of money.

"Thank you, sir. We will take our leave for now. If there is anything you need served, you can press the button on the wall directly. We will receive the message then and come back to serve you both."

The two young women excitedly put away the Gold Soul Coins, quietly withdrew from the Tianxing VIP Room, and closed the door.

The two women had originally wanted to provide Ye Liangchen with another kind of special service. After all, this kind of top-tier VIP room also included that sort of service. But when they saw the peerless beauty at Ye Liangchen's side, whose explosive figure and stunning face were enough to leave them several streets behind, they immediately understood that this Young Master would not look at them.

"Brother Chen, we spent five thousand Gold Soul Coins this time. That's too wasteful."

Seeing Ye Liangchen spend money like water, Zhu Zhu Qing was speechless. Was this how willful people got when they had money?

"Zhu Qing, what does a mere five thousand Gold Soul Coins count for? I'll go place a bet in a moment and guarantee we win back both the principal and profit."

Since he had already run into Tang San and Xiao Wu about to fight in a spirit duel, how could Ye Liangchen miss such a money-making opportunity?

"Then I'll wait and see."

Zhu Zhu Qing looked at Ye Liangchen's calm manner and felt as if everything was under his control. This time, perhaps there really would be a big harvest.

At that moment, a match was underway on the Spirit Duel Arena. Ye Liangchen and Zhu Zhu Qing drank fine wine, sampled all kinds of pastries, and quietly watched the spirit duel.

Although Zhu Zhu Qing had been born into the imperial nobility, this was still her first time enjoying such top-tier luxury, and at that moment, it felt exceptionally wonderful.