Chapter 207: Visit from the Giant Chamber of Commerce, Nobles with Heavy Tastes (6000)

The three Dragon-blood female fighters were terrifyingly powerful!

Cao Xing was very satisfied with their attributes.

Then, he stepped forward and helped all three female fighters up.

The moment they made contact with Cao Xing's palms, their bodies shuddered, and their muscles tensed up instantly.

However, the three female fighters did not resist and gradually stood up.

Even Jonard and Josent watched this scene with some surprise.

Because in their understanding, the Holy Maiden's personal guards never made contact with any members of the opposite sex.

Yet now, they actually let Cao Xing touch their bodies.

Cao Xing did not know this, so he said directly: "Regardless of what you have experienced in the past, now that you have come to my territory, you are my people from now on."

"In the future, you will fight against the dragons under my command."

The three female fighters said solemnly: "Your command is where our spear points!"

Cao Xing nodded and then said: "Jonard, Josent, take our newcomers now and help them familiarize themselves with the new environment and their powers."

The two replied in unison: "Understood! Lord!"

Then, Jonard and Josent led the three female fighters outside the territory.

The others gradually dispersed as well.

As for Cao Xing himself, he summoned the Arctic People Du An.

He asked: "Du An, how is the progress on the Lords Cabin?"

Du An replied respectfully: "Respected Lord, the construction of the Level 6 Lords Manor takes quite a long time. According to estimates, it will take another day or two to complete."

Cao Xing thought for a moment after hearing this, but he wasn't surprised.

After all, he had obtained quite a few new blueprints over the past few days, and many new buildings had not been completed yet.

Cao Xing continued: "I recently obtained three more advanced building blueprints that I need you to lead people to build."

"Prioritize building the King's Altar; the Mage Tower and the Knight's Hall can be built later."

"If you don't have enough manpower, you can have Cao Yi spare a few people to support you."

Hearing this, the Arctic People Du An immediately replied respectfully: "Lord, there is enough manpower; there is no need to trouble Cao Yi and his team."

"Very good, then go do it."

"Understood, Lord!"

After speaking, the Arctic People Du An also left.

With that, the gains from this trade had been mostly digested.

Cao Xing still had two golden-quality seeds left in his hand.

He took them out of his backpack and observed them in his palm.

Cao Xing saw that the two seeds were the size of a thumb, with blue-purple veins covering their exterior, and inside, it looked like tiny tentacles were wriggling, full of an evil aura.

Just by looking at them, he knew that these two seeds were definitely some kind of evil plant.

Just as Cao Xing was about to go find his Plant Encyclopedia to ask Juliette, a system notification appeared.

[Giant Chamber of Commerce: Orkan is requesting to visit your territory. Do you accept?]

Hearing this prompt, Cao Xing was stunned on the spot.

"Oh? The Giant Chamber of Commerce wants to visit my territory?"

At this moment, a look of surprise appeared on Cao Xing's face.

"Great! I was just thinking about looking for those chambers of commerce!"

You know, prior to this, Cao Xing had already encountered the Black Lion Chamber of Commerce and the Luna Chamber of Commerce.

As the three most famous chambers of commerce on the Western Continent, this was the only one he hadn't met yet!

A smile appeared at the corner of Cao Xing's mouth, and he secretly rejoiced in his heart: "I wonder what this Giant Chamber of Commerce sells?"

"Will there be more advanced pet food or something similar?"

In Cao Xing's territory storage box, there was still a large amount of gold, silver, and copper jewelry.

In addition, Cao Xing had also stocked up on dozens of kilograms of [Cloud Yak Milk], all of which could be sold for money.

Plus the millions of crowns in his backpack.

With his current financial power, he could buy even gold-tier equipment directly!

Thinking of this, Cao Xing became even more expectant.

Then, he clicked 'Agree' directly.

After receiving Cao Xing's approval, a caravan with over a dozen carriages slowly approached Cao Xing's territory from about two kilometers away.

Cao Xing also arrived at the city wall as soon as possible.

From afar, he saw dozens of figures walking over.

In their midst, there were over a dozen carriages covered with black cloth.

These carriages all had a fist imprint on them, which was the mark of the Giant Chamber of Commerce.

The other party had a large number of people.

It looked like there were at least thirty or forty people.

And among them, Cao Xing also sensed some fierce auras.

Clearly, the security force of the Giant Chamber of Commerce was much stronger than that of the Luna Chamber of Commerce and the Black Lion Chamber of Commerce.

Cao Xing quickly brought Assam, Blot, Andrew, and several other top generals to the outside of the territory.

Sarah was lurking nearby in the shadows, and inside the territory stood over a hundred Wild Boar Warriors and Ascalon Warriors.

As long as Cao Xing gave the order, these powerful warriors would instantly rush out and overwhelm this chamber of commerce.

Meanwhile, both sides stopped and sized each other up.

Cao Xing first let his gaze linger on the guards who were wearing armor and holding various weapons.

[Giant Chamber of Commerce Guard Captain: Vahag Lv27]

[Race: Human]

[Rank: Tier 3 Leader-level creature]

[HP: 29840 / 29840]

[Attack: 1874 ~ 1953]

[Armor: 372 ~ 393]

[Skills: Intermediate Battle Axe Mastery, Fatal Throwing Axe, Triple Strike, Frenzied Burst!]

[Talent: None]

…

[Giant Chamber of Commerce Guard: Kerby Lv28]

[Race: Human]

[Rank: Tier 3 Common creature]

[HP: 13794 / 13794]

[Attack: 1115 ~ 1138]

[Armor: 207 ~ 249]

[Skills: Intermediate Fighting Mastery, Hurricane Fist, Jab Barrage]

[Talent: None]

…

Just as Cao Xing expected.

The strength of the Giant Chamber of Commerce's guard team was much stronger than the other two caravans.

They actually had a Leader-level guard captain!

Besides that, there were a few Elite-level squad leaders, plus over twenty other Tier 3 common guards.

This strength was basically unimpeded in the Gale Snowfield.

Meanwhile, a middle-aged man wearing white cotton clothes, looking about forty years old, stepped down from one of the carriages.

There was a faint smile on his thin, awl-shaped face; he looked gentle, but his sharp gaze was hidden.

Cao Xing breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the person he encountered this time was finally not one of those pot-bellied, beer-gut merchants.

However, looking at this guy's appearance, he was also a difficult character to deal with!

His high nose bridge, sharp chin, and long goatee, combined with those falcon-like eyes, swept over Cao Xing's back intentionally or unintentionally.

When he saw the large population in Cao Xing's territory, a look of greed appeared in his eyes.

Especially when the merchant noticed beauties like Liu Muxue and Renice beside Cao Xing, his pupils shrank, and his eyes were filled with strong surprise and greed.

However, he quickly suppressed these expressions.

Then he said respectfully: "Greetings, Chosen Lord."

"I am Orkan of the Giant Chamber of Commerce. I was passing through this area unintentionally, so I came to pay a visit."

Cao Xing nodded slightly, then politely shook hands with him and said: "Nice to meet you, Mr. Orkan."

The two separated, keeping a distance of about one meter.

At this time, Orkan got straight to the point: "Chosen Lord, I see that your territory is developing well with a large population."

"I wonder if you are interested in making a trade with us?"

Cao Xing felt a stir in his heart upon hearing this; this was exactly the sentence he had been waiting for.

Therefore, he smiled and said: "Of course, I would also like to see your goods."

Hearing this, a smile appeared on Orkan's face again.

Then he waved his hand behind him.

The guards immediately understood his meaning and directly uncovered the black cloth covering those carriages.

Clatter…

The black cloth was removed.

The cargo on the dozen or so carriages was revealed.

Cao Xing narrowed his eyes slightly.

Because the goods on top seemed a bit different from what he had imagined.

Under the black cloth were prison carriages.

In these prison carriages, they saw groups of creatures who were barely clothed, with chains on their hands and feet.

These were slaves.

Renice and Liu Muxue behind him shifted their gazes slightly.

And Cao Xing seemed to understand why Orkan had shown such greedy eyes when looking at the soldiers in his territory.

Cao Xing asked: "Mr. Orkan, these are your goods?"

Orkan chuckled, his voice shrill: "Yes, my Lord."

"The main business project of our Giant Chamber of Commerce is slave trading."

"The Black Lion Chamber of Commerce and the Luna Chamber of Commerce have already monopolized most of the trade in the Western Continent. These detestable guys have almost squeezed out all of our living space!"

"If our Giant Chamber of Commerce wants to survive, we can only do this kind of business."

Speaking of this, Orkan seemed very angry, and the goatee on his chin was trembling slightly.

However, the next moment, he returned to a fawning smile.

"But please rest assured, my Lord, our trades are all legal and compliant."

Hearing this, Cao Xing asked in confusion: "Legal?"

"Yes."

The merchant Orkan explained leisurely: "There are too many principalities and kingdoms of various sizes on the Western Continent, and wars of various scales break out almost every month."

"And for those defeated countries, everything they have belongs to the victorious country, including land, resources, population, and so on."

"The victorious country receives too many people at once and does not want to spend too many resources to support these people."

"So, they are either sent to the battlefield as cannon fodder, or they are killed directly and buried on the spot."

"And our Giant Chamber of Commerce buys these captives, which not only allows them to reduce population pressure, but the victorious country can also obtain a considerable amount of resources."

Orkan stroked his goatee while talking incessantly.

"Of course, besides these, our sources of slaves also include many channels. Basically, whatever you want, you can buy it from our Giant Chamber of Commerce."

"Even if you can afford enough money, we can even get you those beautiful elves from the Southern Continent or the mysterious dragon eggs from the Eastern Continent."

Speaking of this, a subtle smile appeared on his face.

Hearing this, Cao Xing's eyes lit up: "You can even get elves?"

Come to think of it, he was also very curious about the elf race.

The beauty of the elf race was renowned in every world.

Of course, Cao Xing naturally didn't have any special thoughts; he was just purely curious about what the elf race in this world looked like and what their combat capabilities were.

Orkan chuckled, "Of course, the Giant Chamber of Commerce has quite a lot of influence."

"However, the price… will definitely be a bit high."

"After all, we have to pay a huge price to capture these slaves."

Cao Xing was lost in thought.

According to the Giant Chamber of Commerce, as long as you have money, they can get you creatures of any race; even dragon eggs are one of their targets.

This truly fits the nature of these merchants.

As long as there is enough profit, they even dare to trample over everything.

Although it sounds very realistic, in this world where might makes right, buying and selling slaves is actually a very normal thing.

Moreover, buying slaves is one of the main ways for Chosen Lords to expand their population.

Cao Xing would also check the World Channel when he had nothing to do.

Some Chosen Lords would share their experiences of buying slaves in the chat channel.

Among them, quite a few people managed to buy some decent slaves.

For example, a Middle Eastern man named Abdul bought a down-and-out knight with [Advanced Riding Skills]. After giving him a mount, the knight displayed immense combat power, greatly increasing his territory's strength.

Another person from the island nation named Kaori Takasugi bought a hunter with [Advanced Hunting Skills]. Relying on that hunter, her territory obtained a large amount of beast meat in a short time.

There was also a lord named Katrina who even managed to pick up a bargain by buying a Tier 3 leader-level slave.

At the time, she bragged about it on the chat channel, making others envious and exclaiming about her good luck.

However, because that Chosen Lord lacked sufficient strength, she could not keep the person.

The leader-level slave ran away the very next day after joining her territory.

Therefore, Cao Xing did not have any aversion to buying slaves.

At this time, the merchant Orkan said, "This Chosen Lord, if you are interested, you can take a look first."

"You can freely examine and choose any of these slaves."

Hearing this, Cao Xing's heart stirred slightly.

He then thought to himself, "The natives of this world do not know that we Chosen Lords have our own system panels that can view the other party's attributes."

"I wonder if I can use the system panel function to pick up a bargain like those Survivors on the World Channel?"

However, when he cast his gaze toward these slaves, he found that all he got was a bunch of question marks.

Not only could he not see their levels, but he couldn't even see their names.

A look of slight surprise appeared in Cao Xing's eyes, and then he looked at Orkan.

He found that this guy had a faint smile on his face.

At this moment, Cao Xing immediately understood something.

"Interesting, it seems the Giant Chamber of Commerce already has some preliminary understanding of us Chosen Lords."

"Knowing that we have some unique abilities to see through the information of these slaves, they developed a special item to mask the aura of these slaves?"

Cao Xing was not surprised; after all, he had encountered such things before.

For example, the [Shadow Cloak] developed by the Church of Light also has the ability to mask one's aura.

"This is troublesome; the Giant Chamber of Commerce actually found a way to counter us Chosen Lords."

"This way I can't pick up any bargains…"

Looking at the dozens of slaves of different races on the dozen or so carriages in front of him, Cao Xing felt that each one was unremarkable and not worth buying.

However, you can't tell anything just by looking at their appearance.

After all, some natives possess special abilities that can only be revealed in detail through the system panel.

At this moment, Cao Xing suddenly remembered that he had obtained a potion in the camp of the white-robed priest.

It was called [Liah Medina's True Sight Potion].

Drinking this potion grants [True Sight Eye], which can see through the target's disguise effects.

He just didn't know if it could see through this method of the Giant Chamber of Commerce.

Meanwhile.

The merchant Orkan beside him had a faint smile on his lips and said generously, "My lord, please feel free to examine them."

"If you need, we can open the iron cages and let you observe the situation of these slaves up close."

"If you fancy any of them, just tell me, and I will give you a fair price."

He appeared confident, seemingly not worried at all about Cao Xing picking up a bargain.

Cao Xing nodded with an unchanging expression.

He slowly approached these prisoner carriages.

The slaves locked inside had various expressions in their eyes when they saw Cao Xing.

There was disgust, longing, fawning, and scrutiny…

And Cao Xing naturally ignored all these gazes.

He did find some interesting creatures among them.

For example, several males with rock-like skin and large builds.

And several females with thick limbs and stout builds.

In a chamber of commerce like this, there naturally wouldn't be any good goods.

Like those beauties or powerful warriors.

They would have long been booked privately by some nobles or auctioned off the moment they fell into the hands of the Giant Chamber of Commerce.

So what Cao Xing saw were all slaves with thin builds and ordinary appearances.

And most of them were humans.

Among them, Cao Xing even discovered some Moleman and Troglodyte slaves.

The most crucial thing was that these Molemen and Troglodytes were all female…

Several of them were even heavily pregnant.

It has to be said that the Giant Chamber of Commerce's slave business is really extensive; they have slaves of all races.

Seeing Cao Xing's gaze linger on these female Molemen.

The merchant Orkan leaned over and said with a smile, "This Lord, have you taken a fancy to these Molemen?"

"I'll tell you quietly, don't let their appearance put you off; they are quite a treat…"

"However, this batch of goods has been booked by a noble lord from Merlind City, and they have paid a large sum."

"To capture these pregnant Molemen and Troglodytes, it took me a great deal of effort…"

Hearing this, Cao Xing couldn't help but feel a chill, and goosebumps rose on his back.

He couldn't help but sigh again.

Damn, these nobles really know how to play, and their tastes are truly heavy!

They don't even spare Molemen!

Cao Xing shook his head and said, "I'll look around a bit more, Mr. Orkan."

Hearing this, the merchant with the goatee stood in place tactfully.

However, watching Cao Xing's actions, he didn't seem worried that there might be anything overlooked among these slaves.

And just as Cao Xing passed a corner, he silently took out a potion shimmering with starlight from his backpack and drank it directly.

The next moment, Cao Xing felt a warm current instantly appear in his stomach.

And this warm current rushed into his head, making his brain heat up instantly!

Cao Xing felt that his vision had become clearer.

Not only that, but this effect seemed to have remained in his body permanently!

[You have consumed [Liah Medina's True Sight Potion] and gained the effect of seeing through disguises below Tier 5. Blessed by the talent [Eternal Power], this effect has become permanent.]

…

Seeing the system prompt, a smile appeared on the corner of Cao Xing's mouth again.

"Sure enough, the effect of this potion is also enhanced by Eternal Power."

"In this way, stalkers below Tier 5 will basically be unable to hide in front of me."

And Cao Xing looked at the slaves in front of him.

At this moment, the system interface, which originally displayed a bunch of question marks, changed.

Cao Xing looked at one of the more sturdy-looking slaves.

[Slave: Ivanchuk]

[Race: Human]

[Level: 7]

[HP: 570/570]

[Attack: 47~49]

[Skill: Primary Mining Technique (Increases mining efficiency by 10%)]

[Talent: Hardworking (Increases maximum Stamina by 10% and speeds up Stamina recovery by 20%)]

…

At this moment, a look of wild joy appeared in Cao Xing's heart!

Sure enough, his True Sight Eye could see through the disguises on these slaves.

In this way, he could use the system's functions to view the detailed information of these slaves!

Although the Giant Chamber of Commerce had some understanding of them, the Chosen Lords, and had developed methods to hide the aura of these slaves.

But they definitely didn't expect that at this stage, someone would be able to obtain something at the level of a True Sight Potion!

Meanwhile.

Cao Xing began to check them one by one.

Among them, he really did find some talent.

For example, a young woman who was only Level 13; she was an ordinary person but possessed the [Intermediate Medical Proficiency] skill.

Another middle-aged woman at Level 5 also possessed [Intermediate Culinary Proficiency].

Besides that, some slaves also had specialized skills.

Such as: Primary Brewing Proficiency, Primary Gathering Proficiency, etc…

Even, Cao Xing discovered a being with Tier 3 Elite level strength.

Suppressing the wild joy in his heart.

Cao Xing's expression remained very calm.

He pointed to a middle-aged man in the prisoner carriage and asked, "How much for this one?"

Seeing the direction Cao Xing pointed, Orkan's hawk-like eyes darted around a few times.

Then he said, "His name is Delio, formerly a brewer at the White Gull Winery, and he has superb brewing skills."

"My lord, you really have a good eye!"

…

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