"This... Lord Fang Zheng, are you truly certain you want to buy them?" The responsible Gu Master spoke in a hesitant tone.
"What, do you question my decision?" Fang Yuan glanced at the Gu Master indifferently.
The Gu Master chuckled. He was a member of the Shang Family, unlike the three Xiong brothers who feared Fang Yuan so deeply.
"I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare." He cupped his fists, then turned to Shang Xinci. "If I'm not mistaken, Lord Fang wishes to purchase these people to bolster Miss Xinci's manpower. But these individuals are rather disadvantageous for competing for the Young Master position. Miss Xinci, you are so clever — what do you think?"
Shang Xinci gazed at Fang Yuan with her eyes fixed on him, then smiled. "Heitu's will is my will. Just do as he says."
"I see." The responsible Gu Master paused briefly, then quickly broke into a smile. "Since Miss Xinci insists, I shall comply. To be honest, I am supportive of and optimistic about Miss Xinci..."
"Your废话 is too much." Fang Yuan cast a cold glance at the responsible Gu Master, his voice icy as he cut the man off.
"Heh." The Gu Master laughed awkwardly. "Then I'll process everything for you right away. It's just that there are too many people, and the paperwork is cumbersome — it'll take a day. After one day..."
Bang!
Fang Yuan suddenly raised a leg and kicked viciously.
The Gu Master never expected Fang Yuan to attack him. Caught completely off guard, the kick struck him square in the abdomen.
He flew thirty steps through the air on the spot, knocked over an innocent bystander, hit the ground, spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, and promptly fell unconscious.
"Who dares raise a hand inside the Shang Family's inner city?!"
"Got a death wish?!"
"Surrender immediately!"
The commotion instantly caused an uproar. The slave market area was heavily guarded to begin with, and three squads of Gu Masters quickly surrounded them.
"I'm the one who kicked him." Fang Yuan showed no fear whatsoever and stepped forward.
"It's Fang Zheng!" The originally aggressive squad saw Fang Yuan and their momentum immediately faltered.
Fang Yuan was a Fourth Transformation combatant. They only had Second Transformation cultivation, with their leader possessing the highest cultivation — Third Transformation Initial Stage. But that wasn't even enough to fill the gaps between Fang Yuan's teeth.
Fang Yuan calmly produced the Purple Token once more.
The Shang Family Gu Masters saw this token and their already-diminished morale plunged to rock bottom.
The leader's fierce, vicious expression underwent a sudden transformation, and a smile piled onto his face. He addressed Fang Yuan politely: "Lord Fang Zheng, we all know you are an honored guest of our Shang Family. But even so, you cannot simply attack at will within the Shang Family and wound one of our clansmen. According to the Shang Family City's rules..."
"According to the rules, I'm to be fined forty-nine Yuan Stones." Fang Yuan finished for him.
The leader was stunned. He clearly hadn't expected Fang Yuan to be so thoroughly familiar with the Shang Family's city regulations.
Fang Yuan tossed over a bag of Yuan Stones and waved his hand. "There are fifty Yuan Stones in here. Keep the change."
The leader took the Yuan Stones and felt like a beggar. Wearing expressions of shock and bewilderment, he and the others withdrew.
If Fang Yuan didn't have actual strength, then even with the Purple Token, he couldn't have held this situation together. But now he had the strength. Inside the Shang Family City, beating up a member of the Shang Family — as long as they weren't an important figure, it was nothing worth mentioning.
The responsible Gu Master had been kicked unconscious by Fang Yuan with a single blow. The slave market immediately dispatched another Gu Master to take over and handle the reception.
"We're buying everyone in these cages," Fang Yuan said, pointing at the cages.
The people in the cages all looked toward Fang Yuan. The majority wore numb expressions or had vacant, glazed-over stares. But there were a minority who glared at Fang Yuan with fury.
Fang Yuan's casual, offhand attitude toward buying and selling them as goods made them all feel deeply humiliated.
"Yes, yes, of course." The new Gu Master wiped sweat from his brow while bowing and scraping toward Fang Yuan.
In less than quarter of an hour, all the paperwork had been taken care of.