C314 – Blue Flame
Posted on December 3, 2018 by AzureOrchid92
The young slave owners’ way of betting was slightly different. The losers could still not recover their bets, while the winners would return for theirs, and get a loot from the lossings of the losers.
However, they don’t get to chose what they wanted.
When Shao Xuan went with Su Gu to see the betting area, there were already several wooden boxes of the same size placed in a few rows. These boxes contained the bets of the people who lost. Those who won in the gambling would get to choose by order, according to the value of their bets.
As for what could be chosen, it might be something unexpected. Many young slave owners put in some alternative things when they were betting.
They did not seek wealth anyway. What they pursued was excitement and play.
“I don’t know what I’ll get later. I hope it’s more valuable.” Su Gu said. He looked at the ranking of his bets. He was ranked 17th, which was not far behind.
After withdrawing his bets, Su Gu stared at the choices of the people already done. Although their pursuit of things was not so persistent, choosing a more valuable item in this limelight was still going to be cool.
Living far away from Beast City, Su Gu, among the younger generation of slave masters, was not among the famous ones. He was also not from the three big cities, hence, his sense of existence was even lower. If he could pick a good one, without even doing anything, he could get a good brush up his presence.
Yan Hui, the slave owner of Rock Tomb City who had just won the beast fight, was sitting nearby, smiling as he looked over the selection of loot. He was probably in a good mood. When the people in front picked a box with something not of high value inside, he would speak a word of comfort or two.
However, the loser, young slave owner Di Sheng, who sent out the beast from Fire Hill City, sat on the other side with a cold face. They appeared like a pair of strangers.
These boxes were placed in person by these two, and they also did not know what was in the other’s box.
Shao Xuan also saw a ten-year-old slave owner pick a box and took a look at what was inside. It looked like sand, but it was in fact, a shrimp egg that lived in the desert around Red Star City.
The life of that shrimp was very short. It would only hatch and grow when there was abundant rain. When there was less rain, the springs dry up and its eggs would die, leaving some shrimp eggs that looked similar to sand.
Those shrimp eggs were the bet of the people from Red Star City. If it was other candidates getting such spoils, they might not be happy. However, the one who picked it now was a ten-year-old child, so this kind of food trophy was still very satisfying for him.
Yan Hui said a few words to the child. The child holding the box of shrimp eggs was red-face with excitement. It was probably the first time he came here, and he even got into contact with a person from the three major cities.
Su Gu didn’t pay much attention to that side, as he was a little nervous.
“Shao Xuan, what do you say I’ll pick?” Su Gu asked.
“What do I know with what you want to pick?” Shao Xuan asked.
“Of course, you choose the best!” Su Gu was even more nervous in his excitement.
Shao Xuan looked and said, “I don’t know what criteria to use to determine the best.”
“If you choose, which one will you pick?” Su Gu asked instead.
“The third one in the first row.” Shao Xuan replied.
Su Gu looked over the boxes placed in the front row. When people picked, they chose the second row or the more farther away, while the first row instead was chosen less. Maybe they all subconsciously felt that things that were far away were better.
“Why?” Su Gu asked.
“Intuition.” Although this was what he said, in fact, Shao Xuan had used his special view but could not see the contents of the box. However, he saw that the light that the box emitted was the brightest.
Shao Xuan did not give much explanation, and Su Gu had no time to ask again as his name had been called.
“Luoye City, Su Gu!”
“Hey! It’s finally my turn!” Su Gu walked a few steps forward.
Su Gu was a new face, but the slave owners around did not care. In this vast desert, Luoye City was not much of a powerful city. Even though the deeds of the Luoye City King were known to many people that it became a topic of after-dinner chat, for the rest outside Luoye City, no one cared for it.
Under the people’s scrutiny, Su Gu stepped forward and stopped near, then pointed to the third wooden box in the first row that Shao Xuan told him.
Yan Hui next to it sat up straight. Meanwhile, Fire Hill’s Di Sheng’s originally cold face became slightly better. For him, this getting picked by Luoye City’s people was always better than Rock Tomb or other people they were not in good terms with.
Seeing Di Sheng getting up personally to open that box, Su Gu’s heart jumped. He had a speculation deep down, could it be…
The other people around also thought the same. Their voices were a lot smaller, while staring at it.
Yes, the thing inside the box was the bet from Di Sheng own side.
Di Sheng opened the box, and the crowd only saw the red light flashing through the eyes.
Inside the box, there was a large, crimson and bright gem, the size of a fist. As Di Sheng picked up the gem, the red light was even more brighter, and the people around it felt a flurry of heat.
“Isn’t this the famous fire hill stone of Fire Hill City?!” Someone exclaimed.
The fire hill stone that was produced in the desert around Fire Hill City, was a bright stone, that was attactive to a lot of people. At the same time, if you injected your power into it, the stone would become hot. The more energy injected, the higher the temperature of the stone, that even wood could be easily burned.
In Fire Hill City, the fire hill stone was a symbol of power, beautiful and noble. People from other cities wanting to buy this fire hill stone might not be able to succeed. They never thought that only a small slave owner of Luoye City would unexpectedly easily obtained such a big piece!
Shao Xuan looked at Su Gu being discussed heatedly by the people and thought, ‘With that item, he will probably be happy and satisfied.’
What was the practical value of that gem? To the people of the Flaming Horns tribe, it was only that. If it can be made into weapons, then it’s good, but it was only as big as a fist, hence, it could only be an adornment. Or perhaps used for warmth in winter time, in case there was no fire?
But what Su Gu valued was its symbolic significance and the influence of the stone on the slave owners.
From now on, the name of Luoye City’s Su Gu has been in many people’s minds, and would certainly be mentioned during conversations.
When Su Gu came back, his smile was particularly proud. Some people wanted to fight with Su Gu’s beast, but Su Gu protected the stone tightly, saying that even if there was a fight, he would not take out the gem and just leave.
The carcass of the beast in the pit has been withdrawn, leaving only one bloody place.
Soon, the second beast fight would begin.
This time there was no beast, and only two slaves. For the slave owners, slaves and beasts were actually not much different. Even some slaves were not comparable to beasts. A giant beast on the scene would be appreciated much higher, hence, slaves were inferior to many.
The people standing around the pit scattered. They were going to see the other pits, but Su Gu didn’t leave. He was going to watch the next one.
In the field, the two slaves seemed like they were moving irregularly. Suddenly, their shadows intersected, followed by a burst of rapid, broken sound.
One of the slaves was struck and his body tumbled into the air towards the stone wall. After the collision, a large amount of blood was sprayed out of his mouth.
Shao Xuan could see that the slave had several broken bones in his chest, and that the broken bones stabbed his insides and wounded his heart and lungs.
Sure enough, the head of the slave as he fell on the ground was crooked and he died immediately.
The reason for this beast fight was because of an owner less female slave. Whoever won would have the slave.
The victorious slave owner was very happy. On the spot, he used his power of slavery to enslave the woman.
In addition to Du Gu, this was the second time that Shao Xuan had come across a slave owner enslaving a person, and this was not a practice.
The young slave owner doing the ritual was a little nervous. Although it was not his first enslavement, he had encountered several failures, and now, he had to do it under the eyes of many. If this failed, he would certainly be treated by the people of other cities as a joke. The pressure was quite big. However, this time he had done it very smoothly. Watching the success of slavery, the slave looked at him with charming eyes, and he only felt a burst of fiery and quite contented feeling today. It really was an extraordinary day.
While observing the fluctuations of the flames in his mind, Shao Xuan moved his fingers. Because his long and wide sleeves were obscuring it, no one saw his hand under his sleeve, when a little blue flame appeared.
Note: And that’s the title. XD I thought the title was wrong since I haven’t seen the blue flame yet.