10 Kidnapping 1

Shopkeepers were wary against orphans as they usually attempted to steal items from the market. Slum Orphans were poorly treated in the marketplace.

Since some slum orphans possessed small amounts of money, they were not instantly kicked out but shopkeepers would keep a keen eye on them in case of theft.

An orphan that only browsed market items would indeed be suspicious.

Thanks to that, Ling Tian could not even freely browse the market.

At the current rate, he had no other choice than to find another way to earn money.

As he currently had no food on him, he could only scavenge for scraps of food.

Ling Tian was urged to find himself anything edible to fill his stomach...

Ling Tian decided to make full use of his "Great Heaven Devouring Technique". He erased his presence and blended in with his surroundings.

Because Ling Tian's existence faded in an instant, the shopkeeper who was only half-heartedly keeping an eye on him stopped looking out for him.

(Alright…!)

With his presence erased, Ling Tian could look over the commodities displayed at the store.

What to sell? Where to sell?

Ling Tian leisurely walked while wondering about that.

Ling Tian just walked amidst the stores understanding he could not touch the various commodities on display.

He was especially interested in the medicinal herbs, plants, and vegetables.

As politely as he could, he asked the store's salesperson about the goods.

While the salesperson was wary of Ling Tian, he answered all the questions presented to him once he was stubbornly pressed by Ling Tian.

Various plants were successfully cultivated on Spirit farmlands with rich Spirit qi surrounding the Ziyou city but some could only grow in the wild.

For such plants, they needed to be grown outside of the City's boundaries.

When required, Hunters were usually employed to harvest them.

Some Hunters would buy the plants they harvested with money from their own pockets.

However for a child like Ling Tian to try and harvest these plants alone would be tantamount to suicide.

The salesperson could only give Ling Tian a sympathetic look along with some advice.

Accepting the salesperson's advice, Ling Tian could only show a bitter smile and thanked him.

It was certainly a dangerous endeavor but it was still better than sitting on a hungry stomach.

He could perform body Strengthening.

But the day was almost over.

Before the end of the day, he needed to find something to suppress his hunger so he abandoned the thought for the time being.

Ling Tian headed back towards the slums.

To distract himself from the hunger, he recalled the various shocking events that transpired that day.

The first event was after his awakening in the slum and those 2 men trying to use him as the bait for magical beast hunting.

After that, he thought about the ancient voice in his head and that mystical cultivation technique.

and lastly the conversation with the salesperson.

Ling Tian mourned with a frown.

He shook his head clearing the thought and hastened his pace.

Ling Tian walked along the winding street before turning into a hidden path. The path led directly to the red light district.

Following the main road in the red light district, he saw many Guards looking awfully busy.

The red light district's main street was located closer to the slums than the market and commoner district's main street.

When the day turned into night, the streets became overflowing with prostitutes and men trying to buy their bodies.

Sweet voices calling out and negotiations being made could be heard along the street.

Public order in the red light district was surprisingly good due to nobles being among the many customers soliciting the area's services.

Only upstanding brothels were permitted to operate in most of the Kingdom.

The few doing operating illegally situated their business near the slums.

Ling Tian was heading to that part of town.

Upon arriving, the sounds of competition between legal brothels immediately ceased, replaced by an eerie silence. Not a single person could be seen.

It was in such a place that Ling Tian was passing through.

There were no good feelings associated with that place.

It took him less than a minute to arrive in the slums.

"Get lost!"

Then, Ling Tian bumped into trouble.

A little distance from him were four rough-looking men wearing leather armor with cheap swords strapped to their waists.

The four men gave off the feeling of hoodlums.

An awful lot of noise was coming from the direction of the thugs. Two of the men were carrying large sacks on their shoulders.

One sack moved as if a large animal was inside.

"What're you doing!? Where're we going!? Who are you!? Let me out! Don't think things will end like this! Father won't forgive you! I'll send all of you flying!"

Glancing at the noisy bag and the appearance of the shady men, suspicion arose in Ling Tian's mind.

The voice of a young girl could be heard from the noisy sack.

"Che— she regained consciousness. Shut up! Quit fussing around!"

Loud voices could be heard from the dubious quartet.

The bag instantly slightly shook and shriveled.

"Idiot! Watch your voice!"

"Ye-Yes. Sorry, Brother."

The way the loud man was apologizing suggested that Brother's position was quite high.

It seemed that the brother was also the group's leader.

"Che— for 10 gold coins this bag is awfully suspicious but this job is really profitable."

The one referred to as Brother frowned while clicking his tongue. Judging from his expression, the baggage was proving to be very troublesome.

"Hehe, but 10 gold coins is really an unbelievable reward. With just this, we can spend 10 months drinking and playing around with women."

All the underlings were smiling, their faces full of lust.

The leader was not disturbed at all.

In this Ziyou City, one gold coin was enough to feed a common family for two months.

Mortal Currency

1 Copper Coin

1 Silver = 100 Copper Coins

1 Gold = 100 Silver Coins

1 Black Gold = 100 Gold Coins