Ch 696: The City Tavern
“However, it’s still not entirely certain.”
The next moment, the joyful expression in Li Hanzhou’s eyes disappeared.
He had just tested a Two-Star Demon, only at the Golden Core stage of cultivation; he had to find a higher-star Demon to experiment on.
In the following time, Li Hanzhou separately experimented with two Two-Star Demons and one Three-Star Demon, trying different methods to contact them.
The conclusion was that they were completely unaware that he was of the Human Race, instead taking him for a kindred being.
“Then it’s time to enter the city.”
Li Hanzhou let out a breath, looked towards the City Gate, and then swaggered over.
Looking at the Gate Guard Demon above the City Gate, he said, “I want to enter the city.”
The words fell.
The Gate Guard Demon immediately looked at Li Hanzhou. After seeing his appearance, he paused slightly. However, after a moment’s gaze, he waved his hand and said, “Go in.”
As the City Gate slowly opened, Li Hanzhou slowed his speed slightly before entering.
Although he had already experimented with several Demons, he knew that within this City there was a City Lord Demon comparable to the Tribulation Crossing Stage.
Perhaps other Demons couldn’t see through his disguise, but what if the City Lord Demon could?
If he just went in and was discovered, it might be difficult to escape then.
Fortunately, however, as Li Hanzhou entered the City.
The City Lord Demon’s figure did not appear.
This meant that even a Tribulation Crossing Stage being hadn’t discovered his disguise.
Li Hanzhou’s pace immediately became much lighter, strolling along a Street in front of him.
Behind the Street, many towering Buildings stood.
However, these Buildings were built crookedly and weirdly, giving a particularly twisted feeling.
It was completely different from the Buildings on the Boundless Continent.
At this time, many people on the Street were either strolling or stopping in one place to chat.
When they saw Li Hanzhou, they only glanced at him briefly before ignoring him.
“Fresh three-eyed deer legs!”
“Come and see! I have freshly baked meat patties!”
“……”
Li Hanzhou walked while looking around, his ears filled with the shouts of many Demons.
“Although Demons live here, their living habits are almost the same as those of us of the Human Race.”
Li Hanzhou saw many Street Vendors selling things on the Street, from food to various strange and unusual things.
“Boss, two meat patties.”
In front of a stall, a Demon looked at the sizzling meat patties and said.
“One Demon Coin will do.”
The boss selling the meat patties wrapped up two meat patties and reached out his hand.
“Here you go.”
Upon hearing this, the Demon took a dark coin from his bosom, handed it to the boss, and turned to leave.
“So this thing is called a Demon Coin.”
A flash of understanding crossed Li Hanzhou’s eyes. The coin the Demon had just used to buy things was exactly the same as the thing that had fallen from the Demon he had caught earlier.
It was clearly the special currency used for transactions by Demons in this world.
“Let’s find a place to inquire about some information first.”
Li Hanzhou walked around the Street and finally stopped in front of a Restaurant.
This world was extremely unfamiliar to him, but it should be very familiar to the Demons.
If he wanted to find a way to live, he had to try to understand the situation in this world first.
And the Restaurant was undoubtedly the best place to inquire about information.
After Li Hanzhou entered the Restaurant, a slightly thin Waiter Demon without a shirt immediately noticed him, greeted him, and spoke with a smile.
“Guest, please come with me.”
Li Hanzhou nodded and followed the Waiter Demon to a table on the first floor.
After sitting down, the Waiter pulled out a menu and placed it in front of Li Hanzhou, asking, “What would you like to order, Guest?”
Li Hanzhou looked at the menu.
Seeing the dense, twisted characters on it, he paused slightly.
He couldn’t understand it at all.
“Just these two.”
Li Hanzhou randomly chose two items and said.
“Okay.”
The Waiter Demon first poured Li Hanzhou a cup of reddish tea, then turned and left.
While waiting, Li Hanzhou quietly listened to the conversations of other diners in the Restaurant.
“I really never get tired of this pan-fried demon fish eye, you guys should try it!”
“Hey, I knew I should have ordered one less dish yesterday, otherwise I wouldn’t be unable to even afford a cup of wine today.”
“……”
After patiently listening for a while.
What Li Hanzhou heard were only some daily matters between these Demons, and almost no useful information at all.
“Guest, your Five Intestine Powder and Nine Crisp Soup are here.”
At this time, the Waiter Demon brought two dishes to the table in front of Li Hanzhou.
Li Hanzhou looked at them with interest.
The dishes were clean, but the so-called Five Intestine Powder and Nine Crisp Soup were dark.
It looked like it was burnt, dark in color.
Originally, Li Hanzhou wanted to taste the delicacies eaten by the Demons, but after seeing these two dishes, his appetite disappeared instantly, and he silently put down his chopsticks.
“It’s not something a human would eat.”
Li Hanzhou sighed helplessly and stood up to leave.
But at this time, two Demons sat down beside him, finished their tea in one gulp, and excitedly said.
“Hey, did you hear that? Under Lord City Lord’s orders, our Moluo City captured many Human Cultivators a few days ago. They’ve been sent to the Asura Arena, and there will be a spectacular duel soon.”
“Oh? Human Cultivators? I’m interested in this. After I finish eating, I’ll definitely go and see it for myself.”
“……”
The two’s conversation was loud, immediately attracting the attention of other Demons.
After hearing this, the other Demons showed curious gazes and joined the discussion.
“It seems that our Moluo City hasn’t caught any Humans for a long time. I almost forgot what Humans look like.”
A Demon sighed.
“I heard that this batch of Humans are very powerful. I wonder how many matches they can last in the Asura Arena before being killed? Shall we bet?”
Another Demon said excitedly.
This immediately aroused the interest of many Demons, who started to place bets.
“Okay, I bet they won’t last more than three matches before they die.”
“Then I’ll bet four matches!”
“……”
Li Hanzhou remained motionless, silently digesting this information.
“So they were sent to the Asura Arena.”
From what the surrounding Demons were saying, this Asura Arena was an extremely cruel place, essentially a gladiatorial arena.
There was no chance for the Humans there to survive.
Either they were killed in the first match or exhausted after several matches and then killed.
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