Chapter 1043
Seeing that, he shook his head and said, "This kid really lets his emotions take over his actions."
Henry leisurely ced his hands behind his head and walked to the side, his eyes wandering.
"They had organised such a huge gathering. Couldn''t they put up some stalls or something to make
things a little livelier? Seriously." Henry curled his lips while he mocked the city.
In the Holy City, the seven forces, and powerful members of the Recluse Association that came
from all over the world gathered. This time, Henry had finally witnessed the real background of the
Recluse Association. There were too many Qi-concentrating Realm masters that he lost count.
Within the Holy City, there were also a few auras that made Henry''s heart palpitate.
Henry stood in front of the prestigious church in the Holy City and looked at it. The church covered
an area of 23,000 square meters. In the eyes of believers, it was a ce full of holiness and
brilliance, but at that moment, it made Henry feel extremely depressed, so much so that it caused
Henry to gasp a little for air.
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"D*mn it, looks like it''ll be better for me to visit ces like this less." Henry turned his head and
staggered over to another spot.
The number of people who came to the Holy City increased as time went by, Henry could clearly
feel that the crowds in the streets were getting more concentrated, and every one of them had an
excited expression across their faces.
To those bishops, this selection was heavily rted to their lives in the future, but to those who had
nothing to do with the selection or the results of it, it felt like nothing more than a party.
Even when night had fallen, crowds were still to be seen. How events were held at night there was
completely different to that of Yan Xia.
In Yan Xia, the streets of areas that attractedrge crowds were filled with food stalls. One could tell
if an area was popr simply by observing the amount of people drinking at the stalls.
However, in this city, people were seen doing things of sorts, including street performances,
bragging, gathering in the pub, some were even conducting sacrificial ceremonies, the only thing
that wascking were the barbecue stalls by the street, which made Henry feel like the atmosphere
wascking.
"Buddy, a ss of rum please." Henry sat at the bar of a small tavern and waved his hand.
The bartender skilfully handed a ss of rum to Henry.
Henry picked up the ss and shook it a little, then took a sip.
"Kinda sweet, aromatic too, not bad." Henrymended.
A figure took a seat next to Henry and too, ordered a ss of rum.
"So? What have you obtained today?" Henry picked up his ss and took another sip out of it.
"I''ve picked up quite a lot of news." The person who sat next to Henry turned out to be Flynn. "Now
the entire city has been divided into seven forces. Besides the Asian Continent, the disciples of the
other six archbishops have recruited a good amount of men and are ready to give their all in
tomorrow''s selection."
Henry licked at the residue of alcohol left on his lower lip and continued, "What about the rules of
the selection?"
"There are currently three versions that are circting around the city. The most credible version is
that the bishop''s sessors will lead their followers to battle, the maximum number of followers
they are allowed to have is 10 men. The second version is that the bishop''s sessors engage in
battle without any followers, this set of rules had once been used, but back then it was the
archbishops who battled it out, the battle turned out to be horribly fearsome, plus they weren''t
exactly all battling on equal grounds, so the chances of this happening again are pretty low. The
third version is that there would be three events, and would also be point-based, the first event
would be one-on-onebat, the second would be a battle royale, and the third would be against
experimental bodies. These have been moremonly seen in the past," Flynn replied.
Henry nodded and said, "Looks like what we both have heard of is basically the same, but, I have
one question."
"I''m listening." Flynn raised his ss. "Do you have any followers?"
The ss that he was about to put to his mouth stopped suddenly. He managed to blurt out his
reply after a short pause, "No..."
"Then how are you going to join the battle?" Henry curled his lips. "Based on my observation, the
disciples of those bishops are all aged below thirty, and the strongest I''ve observed should be at the
early stage of Qi- concentrating Realm. Even the weakest amongst them should be at the early
stage of Qi Transformation. With you only at the stage of Qi-controlling Realm, you''re probably still
not even up to the level of their followers."
Flynn''s face also filled with embarrassment, he said, "Well, you know, I never paid attention to
these."
"Let''s go." Henry downed the rum in his ss and patted Flynn on the shoulder. "I''ll find you some
followers."
"Find some followers?" Flynn stood up with a puzzled expression and followed behind Henry.
The Holy City was not a big city, otherwise, it would not be deserving of the title "The nation within a
nation".
Flynn followed behind Henry with a confused expression and said, "Brother, where are you going to
find me followers? My father is the European Archbishop, anyone you can find now would definitely
have been targeting me for a long time. Are you looking for followers or enemies?"
"Your change of personality has been very sessful, but your adaptability is still too poor." Henry
shook his head. "Well, since your father asked me to protect you, I''ll give you another lesson to
remember. Remember this, the enemy is not solely to be fought against, in fact they can also be
manipted."
"Manipted?" The more Flynn thought about it, the more confused he became.
Henry brought Flynn all the way out of the Holy City, then came to a ce simr to the market.
Taverns filled both sides of the street. In front of the taverns were many street stalls, strange goods
of all sorts were spread out on the ground for sale.
Henry asked, "Do you know where we are?" Flynn nodded and answered, "Ghost Market." The
Ghost Market was originally a spot for schr''s objects. The things that were sold there were
strange and random, some had strange origins, but some were rare and exotic, some were even
fakes. Once a deal was made, there would be no refunds or returning of goods. Thus, the culture
within it earned it the name "Ghost Market".
As time went by, ghost markets grew more popr across thends. Ghost markets had already
popped up in coordination for arge-scale gathering like the selections of the Recluse Association.
Those who visited the ghost market believed that they owned a pair of discerning eyes that would
be able to find the treasures that hid within the trash.
All kinds of things were sold in the ghost market. Henry even sensed the aura of the Spiritual Stone
in the ghost market.
No matter the faction, Spiritual Stone was absolutely regarded as hard currency. Barry, the
Punishment Messager of the Recluse Association back then, threw Henry into the City of Hell just
because of a Spiritual Stone. It could be seen how important Spiritual Stone was.
In the eyes of Qi Refining practitioners, Spiritual Stone was the foundation of power.
Of course, not all Qi Refining practitioners desired unlimited power. Some would secretly sell
Spiritual Stones after realising that they had a limited potential.
After all, if a powerful being desired the Spiritual Stones, they would be easy to deal with if they
were reasonable, but if it were the other way around, it was amon sight for people to be
murdered and have their goods snatched in the underground world, let alone the Qi Refining world,
forced deals were an everyday sight.
Therefore, the ghost market was a good option if one wanted to sell it at a good price.
Of course, there were genuine Spiritual Stones, and there were fakes. Henry and Flynn saw a man
fight desperately after realising that he had purchased a fake. Everyone around just watched the
racket, no one did anything about it. If you encountered bad luck in the ghost market, you would
only have yourself to me.