Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 30 Finding New Disciples

The slave market on Taiyue Star was even larger than the one Qi Yuan had seen on Dongyu Star.

The entire slave market was packed with people.

Each slave trading group would set up a large number of distinctive slave 'exhibits' at their doorsteps to attract attention.

A beautiful female slave with adorable cat ears and a face that could topple kingdoms; a 'Tuoluo' tribe warrior who is nearly ten meters tall and extremely powerful in combat; and a 'Luoluo' tribe beast tamer who is naturally skilled at taming beasts.
There was an abundance of slaves of almost every kind.

Moreover, apart from 'rare' items of stellar level or above, the prices of other slaves, such as planetary level and apprentice level slaves, are outrageously low.

For example, a level 5 or 6 planetary-level mentalist only costs a few thousand Eternal Coins.

And those whose strength is below planetary level can be bought with just a dozen or so Eternal Coins!

Everywhere you look, you can see tourists visiting Taiyue Star, casually buying a few slaves.

Qi Yuan walked through the streets of the slave market once again, his heart filled with mixed feelings.

His status was now completely different from before, but when he saw those slaves who had no choice but to cooperate with the slave trader's staff in performing various demonstrations, he couldn't help but feel a little empathetic.

But he also understood that this was the law of survival for the entire universe—

The law of the jungle prevails; the victor takes all.

If you don't want to become that 'shrimp' that gets swallowed by the big fish, then you have no choice but to do everything you can to keep getting stronger!

Qi Yuan wandered around the slave market, but eventually arrived at the headquarters of a slave merchant group that was arguably the largest in the entire slave market.

Nearly three months have passed since I traveled to the World of Eclipse.

In other words, he has wasted three system refund opportunities!
Now that everything is settled, he naturally needs to find a suitable disciple as soon as possible so that he can make good use of the system's return function to quickly improve his strength.

However, he didn't know where to find a suitable target for the time being.

You can't just see someone on the street with decent potential and drag them down to become your apprentice!
Not to mention that he himself was only at the seventh level of the Stellar Realm, and he simply didn't have the face to persuade any real genius to become his disciple.

After much deliberation, he had no choice but to turn his attention to the slave market.

Last time, Hu Ge casually bought an "excellent" Mist Clan Spirit Master with a return rate of 29 times on Dongyu Star.

With my own return system, I can clearly see everyone's 'aptitude'. Surely I can find one or two that are even better than that Mist Clan member?
"Sir, what kind of slave do you require? We have beautiful Mengbei female slaves and powerful Tiegao warriors. All kinds of slaves are available to meet your needs!"

A middle-aged manager, dressed in a well-tailored black suit, with pointed ears and a slicked-back hairstyle, saw Qi Yuan enter and quickly stepped forward to guide him inside.

Qi Yuan followed him into the shop, and after a moment's thought, he smiled and said, "I need to buy stellar-level slaves."

His current strength has reached the seventh level of the Stellar level, and his domain has reached the fifth level.

If you bind a disciple at the planetary level, the benefits are not very high.

It is best to choose those that have just broken through to the stellar level, or those that are at the first or second stellar level.

This way, it's within Qi Yuan's ability to teach, and it also provides him with a greater return on his investment.

"Stellar-level slaves!"

Upon hearing this, the person in charge immediately beamed with joy. This customer was clearly a big spender, wanting to buy stellar-level slaves right off the bat!
He even guided Qi Yuan:

"Sir, please come this way. In our reception room, you can view virtual images of all the slaves. You can choose any one of them."

However, after hearing his words, Qi Yuan shook his head slightly.

"I'd like to pick some out here, is that possible?"

"Select on-site?"

The middle-aged manager seemed somewhat surprised. "Guest, our virtual images can fully display all information about slaves, including their appearance, strength, and habits. We can absolutely guarantee accuracy. Why would you want to come into contact with those smelly slaves?"

Seeing that he seemed somewhat troubled, Qi Yuan smiled and said:

"I won't let you show me around for nothing. Here's the deal: if I find something I like later, I'll pay you an extra 10% 'commission' after the deal is made." "10%!"

The person in charge was taken aback at first, but then his smile became extremely warm.

If he could successfully sell a ninth-tier stellar-level slave with a 10% commission, wouldn't he be able to earn hundreds of millions of Eternal Coins just from the commission alone?
This is equivalent to several months' worth of his usual income!

"Sir, you're too kind. But since you have a need, we will do our best to meet it! Please wait a moment while I contact the logistics department."

The middle-aged manager then contacted the logistics department staff via the auxiliary computer.

Just a few minutes later, he smiled and said to Qi Yuan:

"Sir, everything has been arranged. Please follow me."

As he spoke, he headed towards the elevator shaft inside the merchant guild's residence.

“Our base, the ‘warehouse,’ basically contains all kinds of slaves belonging to the merchant group.”

As the person in charge walked, he introduced the goods, "Please take a look and see if there's anything you like. If you need a large quantity, we can arrange to transfer the goods from the port warehouse, and they will arrive very quickly!"

"Ah."

Qi Yuan followed the middle-aged person in charge up the internal elevator of the compound and arrived directly at a 'slave warehouse' located on the 31st basement floor.

Calling it a 'slave warehouse' is no exaggeration.

It was just a bare underground space. Apart from the elevator shaft, there were no rooms, passages, or other facilities. There wasn't even basic lighting. The entire underground space was pitch black.

Fortunately, both Qi Yuan and the middle-aged person in charge possessed strength above the stellar level, and their mental power allowed them to easily 'see' the scene in this space.

In this dark and sunless space, slaves of all shapes and sizes from different races were like 'goods', crowded together, making even basic movements like turning around difficult.

A pungent, fishy smell wafted over, causing Qi Yuan to frown slightly.

"Guest, the stellar-level slaves are on floors 31 to 40 underground. Let me show you how to choose quickly so we can go up. The smell in here is really not pleasant."

The middle-aged manager smiled and explained from the side.

"Ah."

Qi Yuan responded calmly, but his consciousness had already communicated with the system to explore the individual star-level slaves in this space.

"13 times, 15 times, 12 times, 16 times, 19 times."

The system detection was completed almost instantly. Basically, the base return multiplier for all slaves was between 10 and 19 times, and there wasn't even one that exceeded 20 times.

Qi Yuan shook his head in disappointment: "Let's go, take me to the next floor."

"You... you've finished reading it already? You just glanced at it?"

The middle-aged manager looked suspicious, but he quickly replied, "Okay, please follow me, sir!"

In the following days, Qi Yuan, accompanied by the middle-aged manager, began to visit each floor.

Moreover, Qi Yuan would glance at almost every floor and leave without lingering at all.

The middle-aged manager who witnessed this scene couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"Just one look and you're gone? Not a single one appealing? Is this some kind of sabotage attempt by a competitor?"

Fortunately, when they reached the 40th floor, the final level where stellar-level slaves were imprisoned, the picky guest finally spoke for the first time.

"I'll take that one!"

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