Entry requires 1,000 Divine Sources, which isn't expensive, similar to how Chen Xuan paid 9.9 yuan to see a concert in his previous life.
Although the number is small, it will still filter out quite a few people.
In Nangong City, the largest proportion of people are actually ordinary people at the Physical Body Realm.
This part accounts for more than 90%.
Then there's the Void God Realm, which accounts for nearly half of the total.
The remaining less than half a percent are the Divine Realm, Quasi-God Kings, and God Kings.
To put it bluntly, out of a hundred people, there might not be even one who is a god-level expert.
This is still Nangong City, a city that gathers the elites of the entire Southern Barbarian lands.
In those remote small towns, a single expert at the Divine Realm level could dominate the region and become a local tyrant.
In this world, most people are just ordinary, unremarkable individuals.
After paying two thousand divine sources, Chen Xuan and the Black Ox entered the Mysterious Stone Gambling Shop together.
"Hehe, Master, actually, the names of each stone gambling shop are quite interesting. I won't talk about the smaller stone gambling shops, let's just talk about these four major stone gambling shops."
"The names of these four jade gambling houses are Xuanji, Shenji, Tianji, and Mengji, respectively."
“Every jade gambling shop has the character ‘机’ in its name, which means opportunity.”
"Actually, gambling in stone workshops is just like gambling in casinos outside. Nine out of ten people lose, but as long as there is one winner, people will keep jumping into this pit!"
As Big Black Ox spoke, he chuckled.
Seeing his somewhat cunning smile, Chen Xuan asked in surprise, "Why are you smiling so lewdly?"
The Black Ox transmitted his voice, "Actually, there are also stone gambling shops and casinos in Wan Yao City. As far as I know, the younger generation of the Eagle King family buys stones from stone gambling shops that are half real and half fake."
"Half of them are genuine stones transported from the jade mines, while the other half are fake stones that we made ourselves."
"As for the casinos they run, nine out of ten are fraudulent."
"Why do gamblers always lose? Because the people in the casinos cheat, and their methods are so sophisticated that you won't even notice."
"Even if you find out, it doesn't matter. Do you dare to expose me? If you do, I'll make you disappear from the face of the earth the next day."
"Oh, right, the Eagle King's lineage also runs pawnshops and pharmacies. The medicinal herbs in their pharmacies are also a mixture of genuine and fake ones."
"In the entire City of Ten Thousand Demons, the most profitable industries are basically all run by the Eagle King's faction."
Big Black Ox complained about the situation in the City of Ten Thousand Demons.
After hearing this, Chen Xuan's expression turned strange.
"If I remember correctly, the horse clan is in the rickshaw business, right? Because flying is not allowed in the City of Ten Thousand Demons, every young talent of the horse clan waits on the streets for people or demons who want to enter the City of Ten Thousand Demons to hire them for a fee."
"They're both city lords, so why is the Eagle King's lineage doing so well, while the Horse Clan is doing so poorly?"
The big black ox waved his hand and said, "The horse tribe pulling the cart is just a small group of the horse tribe's descendants, and they are all weak and insignificant juniors."
"In fact, the horse clan has almost monopolized the restaurant industry in the entire Wanyao City, as well as the brothel sector."
Although it is a demon, it still has emotions and desires.
Therefore, brothels were also very common in the demon realm.
"And what about your Bull Clan? What do you do?" Chen Xuan asked with a strange expression.
The most profitable industries—jade gambling, casinos, pawnshops, pharmacies, restaurants, and brothels—are monopolized by the Eagle Clan and the Horse Clan.
So what does the Bull Clan, one of the three great noble clans of the City of Ten Thousand Demons, do?
"Hehe, my Bull Clan is the government of Ten Thousand Demon City, controlling the tax revenue of the entire Ten Thousand Demon City. The young talents of my Bull Clan are basically contributing to the construction of Ten Thousand Demon City."
Big Black Bull chuckled.
"Good heavens, so you three city lords really have connections in both the legitimate and underworld circles, and have the entire Ten Thousand Demon City completely under your thumb."
Chen Xuan couldn't help but give a thumbs up.
The big black ox sighed, "Master, you don't know this, but controlling a huge city and managing a large herd of oxen is no easy task."
Chen Xuan quickly raised his hand to interrupt him, shaking his head and saying, "Alright, there's no need to complain to me."
The big black ox quickly said, "Master, I'm not telling you this to complain, but to tell you that the Nangong family in Nangong City has done what all three races have done."
"The Nangong family has absolute control in Nangong City. Of the four major gambling stone shops, apart from Xuanji and Shenji gambling stone shops which are not owned by the Nangong family, the other two, Tianji and Mengji, are controlled by Nangong Wentian's two sons respectively."
"Besides that, the Nangong family basically controls the majority of the pharmacies, casinos, and various shady businesses."
"Not to mention the government in Nangong City, it's basically all about nepotism, with only a very few outsiders among the Nangong family members."
Upon hearing this, Chen Xuan asked in surprise, "The Nangong family also sells fake medicine?"
As far as he knew, the Nangong family had a good reputation. Why would a big shot like Nangong Wentian, who wasn't short of money, sell fake medicine?
Isn't this ruining his own reputation?
The big black ox sneered: "The Nangong family is too big, with hundreds of thousands or even millions of members. Nangong Wentian only cares about the major affairs of Nangong City. Those messy little things are definitely handled by his subordinates."
"Whether it's humans or demons, if there are too many of them, it will be chaotic and all sorts of people may appear."
“Nangong Wentian himself does not sell fake medicine or fake stones, but his subordinates will do anything to make money.”
"To put it bluntly, it's because the people below often play dirty tricks and cheat people."
"Even Nangong Wentian's son sometimes sells counterfeit goods. Even if Nangong Wentian finds out, he won't do anything to him. At most, he'll just give him a warning. After all, he can't possibly kill his own son, can he?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Xuan nodded, finding it to be true.
To put it bluntly, Nangong Wentian is essentially an emperor, and his sons control various industries.
Those with a conscience sell genuine goods; those without a conscience sell counterfeit goods.
Even if they get caught selling counterfeit goods, it doesn't matter. They can just find a scapegoat and say the scapegoat switched the goods.
After all, you can't keep pursuing this, can you?
If you pursue a counterfeit product on someone else's turf, and they offer you a way out but you refuse, then you're being unreasonable.
"Are there many fakes in those mysterious jade gambling shops?"
Chen Xuan asked.
He guessed that this old black ox had visited Nangong City quite often, and that many of the operating models of Wanyao City were actually learned from Nangong City.
"It's not that there are none, but rather that there are very few. After all, the owner of this gambling stone shop is from Zhongzhou, not a local from Nanman."
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