"Do they want to join?"

Lin Qi was quite surprised when he heard this, completely unexpected that Fluo and the others would even abandon the Cyan Sparrow Gang and think of joining the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.

Is the treatment at Cyan Sparrow Gang that bad?

A position as Deputy Gang Leader, just giving it up like that?

"They applied to join yesterday, but since you weren't around, the matter was put on hold for now." Zhang Qingwei explained, "Currently, they are helping to manage the housing issues for the vagabonds and also assisting with maintaining order in the trade district. Right now, there are too many vagabonds setting up stalls, just yesterday there were up to two thousand stalls set up, today it's increased to three thousand and it's still not enough. We are understaffed and can't manage it all, so we have Fluo, the Deputy Gang Leader, helping with the management."

"Even three thousand stalls aren't enough?" Meng Wei couldn't help but gasp.

The Iron Heart Gang risked everything to seize the management fees for over a thousand shops on Nanxing Street, even to the point of gambling the gang's survival against the Two-Headed Gang.

Three thousand stalls, that scale already rivals some small towns in the wilderness.

Yet the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall doesn't have to do anything, just collecting the stall fees from three thousand stalls every day, they can make money hand over fist.

Even if one stall fee is relatively low, at two hundred bits a day, three thousand stall fees would be sixty thousand bits a day, totaling 1.8 million bits a month, which is equivalent to an entire Nanxing Street.

And these are just the stall fees. The main profit from a transfer market always comes from the resale of goods in the shops, the amounts are generally five to six times that of the stalls, as most vagabonds coming over want to sell their items to the managing forces to exchange for some living supplies, the ones willing to set up stalls are actually a minority.

That means the monthly revenue for the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall could reach one hundred million bits, which is several times higher than the entire Iron Heart Gang.

"Alright, let them join." Lin Qi thought for a moment and found that Fluo was indeed a management talent, especially since the players only understood the Human Race language, unlike Fluo, who understood several languages, managing the stalls at Red Moon Mountain would indeed be much more convenient, "From now on, let them manage the stalls in the trade district, as for their treatment, just keep it the same as it was in the Cyan Sparrow Gang for now."

"Understood." Zhang Qingwei nodded, then pointed to an open-air stall not far away, "The Hall Master is also up, want to go over there for a meal? That stall is run by our restaurant and is currently popular among passing trade caravans."

"Sure, I'll try your cooking too." Lin Qi glanced at the stall, surprised that the players were engaging in such business, and seeing the stall filled with people, even spotting several prospective martial artists eating there, the food must be good.

In the high-martial world, although the technology was advanced, ordinary people mostly ate synthetic food, those with money had some fast food, and those who were more lavish ate blood essence rice and outrageously expensive organic vegetables.

Even though he had quite a bit of bits at the moment, he mostly ate some instant noodles at the martial arts hall to change his taste, and more for energy replenishment.

Then Zhang Qingwei led Lin Qi and the other four to find a table at the stall.

"Excuse me, what does this points mean? How much is it worth in bits?" Qiao Hanlan looked at the menu's food and found it simple, just roast meat with blood essence rice, common even in wilderness camps, but the points on the menu puzzled him.

A serving of roast meat rice, priced at 100 points, what kind of pricing is that?

"This is the currency used at our Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall." Zhang Qingwei explained, "You could consider one point equals one bit."

"One hundred bits? For a serving of roast meat rice?" Qiao Hanlan was astonished.

He had eaten roast meat rice before, with many restaurants in the suburbs offering it, but even then it cost about thirty bits, which was already quite expensive.

A hundred-bit roast meat rice, he hadn't seen that even in city restaurants.

As Meng Wei's disciple, his status in the Iron Heart Gang wasn't low, receiving twenty thousand bits a month, making him quite wealthy in the suburbs, whereas most ordinary people earned only three to four thousand bits a month.

If he really had roast meat rice at a hundred bits a day, life wouldn't be livable.

"One point equals one bit?" Lin Qi was also puzzled upon hearing this.

Initially, he had set it up so that ten points equaled one bit for convenience, primarily because he didn't have much material to exchange for players at the time, so he used points as a promissory note to motivate players.

But he didn't expect that upon reaching Red Moon Mountain, the players could elevate one point to one bit, and none of the vagabonds coming for meals had any objections?

"Then let's each have one." Meng Wei glared at Qiao Hanlan, feeling he was making a fuss over nothing, even though it was a bit more expensive, it wasn't unaffordable.

"Alright, five servings of roast meat rice!" Zhang Qingwei then greeted the Celestial Might members cooking.

In less than ten minutes, five servings of roast meat rice were placed in front of Lin Qi and the others.

Lin Qi, not particular about it, started eating. After all, wild game tasted the same to him, just sampling the meat flavor, but after Meng Wei and the others took a bite of the roast meat, they were stunned on the spot, exchanging glances, their eyes full of astonishment.

"Is this roast meat made from monster meat?" Qiao Hanlan couldn't help but ask Zhang Qingwei.

Just one bite, yet the energy from the meat was very rich, exactly like the monster meat he had at the Iron Heart Gang's celebratory feast, if not better.

And just by eating this monster meat, Qiao Hanlan could feel his body's cells becoming more active. If he could eat this daily, his physical attributes and qi and blood enhancement speed would significantly improve.

However, most monster meat was obtained through the hunting by martial artists and was almost entirely acquired by various major forces in the city, rarely circulating in the market, genuinely making it hard to purchase even with money.

The Iron Heart Gang's monster meat had been acquired through collective force from the gang's high-ups by hunting, inevitably losing many in the process, and even then, the gang's top hierarchy didn't receive much.

Though he was the deputy gang leader's disciple, getting to eat it three to four times a month was fortunate, and other members considered eating it once a month a blessing.

"Yes, our Celestial Power Restaurant's food has always been worth its price, 100 points is definitely worth it." Zhang Qingwei introduced.

"Hall Master Lin, can outsiders just freely eat your monster meat?" Meng Wei surveyed the full stall, looking at Lin Qi, astonished.

Monster meat for suburban gangs essentially represented the foundation, enabling them to nurture more experts.

So, a gang with monster meat would never sell it externally.

It's unimaginable that the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall publicly sells monster meat in the wilderness, even letting vagabonds eat freely, it's absolutely insane.

Although Meng Wei knew acquiring monster meat wasn't difficult for Black Obsidian, given the two Crocodile-toothed Rhinoceroses at their gate, he still found it hard to comprehend Lin Qi's generosity.

With so much monster meat, honing their own power alone could raise numerous aspiring martial artists. Over time, all suburban gangs would be a joke.

"Buying and selling are free at Red Moon Mountain, as long as someone can afford it, naturally, we'll sell it." Lin Qi replied to Meng Wei's shocked and astonished expression, realizing that selling monster meat at Red Moon Mountain could also establish a good reputation and attract more vagabonds.

And with that income, he could quickly complete the expansion of the martial arts hall, increasing the number of players. The current first-level managerial authority, with just five hundred people, was indeed inadequate.

"Hall Master Lin, with your words, I can represent the gang leader to accept the previous partnership." Listening to this, Meng Wei took a deep breath, looking at Lin Qi with utmost seriousness, "Moreover, I would also want the Iron Heart Gang to merge into the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, hoping Hall Master Lin will agree."

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