Chapter 2510

Zhuang Ya and the others indeed used force to make the slaves submit and increase their obedience, but the premise was that the slaves caused trouble and had to be suppressed.

Moreover, most of the slaves were enemies; letting them serve as slave laborers instead of killing them all was already very merciful.

Besides, the conditions Zhao Chi provided were already extremely good.

No worries about food or drink, plus rewards of the Carefree Spring and Experience Fruit.

As long as they were willing to work, Zhao Chi's territory was simply a paradise.

Zhao Chi had never actively oppressed anyone, including captives and slaves.

Nor had he ever abused them.

I have not changed!

As for those who converted into slave soldiers, Zhao Chi also had a clear conscience.

To protect oneself, one must surely fight for it with blood and sweat.

Let alone this world, even the "civilized world" where Zhao Chi previously resided also required taking up arms to protect oneself and one's home.

There was nothing more to say about this.

And in Zhao Chi's faction, the win rate of slave soldiers was already very high.

Zhao Chi truly had a clear conscience.

The only thing that had changed slightly... was perhaps the number of women had increased a bit.

But...

This was a matter of mutual consent.

Moreover, this world originally did not care about such things.

This did not count as anything significant.

Furthermore, Zhao Chi had never casually played with any woman, nor had he ever casually abandoned any woman.

He had not even touched a single female slave; among those tens of thousands of female slaves, there were not just dozens who were beautiful, and if he had been willing, he could have done anything.

But he had never done so.

Such behavior in this world was practically saintly.

As for the matter of seeing all the female subordinates and female residents in his territory naked, that was even less worth mentioning...

Hadn't he also been seen naked by all of them?

It was very fair.

Thinking of this, Zhao Chi felt refreshed and invigorated.

People need to affirm themselves.

Being able to affirm oneself is a tremendous source of confidence.

Zhao Chi's eyes became clear and bright once again.

He drank another cup of tea.

He still needed to wait a bit longer, gather more money before leaving, and then go to the Exchange to sweep the shelves.

The line was still very long now.

It was much shorter than at the very beginning, but each line still had over forty people queuing, and many new lords who had heard the news were constantly joining the back of the line.

Zhao Chi joined the back of the line at Trading Point No. 4 again; there were over forty lords ahead of him in total.

Roughly, he would have to queue for another half an hour.

Perfect; in half an hour, over two million more should come in.

Moreover, new lords were constantly submitting inventory, so Zhao Chi could buy once more.

The quantity would definitely be less than the first time, but he would buy however much there was.

He queued for about twenty minutes.

Shangguan Ting sent another message.

Shangguan Ting: 【Zhao Chi, I'm sorry, I was delayed by an urgent matter, I'm here now, where are you?】

Zhao Chi turned his head.

Shangguan Ting was looking around for him, while Zhao Chi was in the middle of the line, blocked by the lords, making it hard for her to spot him.

Zhao Chi: 【I'm in the middle of the line at Trading Point 4, don't come over.】

Shangguan Ting lowered her head for a moment.

She was probably checking system information.

Then she suddenly tilted her head and spotted Zhao Chi immediately.

Their eyes met; Shangguan Ting raised her eyebrows and then smiled slightly.

Immediately after, she walked to the side of the line, bypassed the crowd, and headed toward the rear of the Trading Point.

She indeed did not come over.

Zhao Chi felt slightly relieved.

Shangguan Ting went to the rear of the Trading Point and started talking with Ren Yunchuan and the others.

However, the position she stood in was directly facing Trading Point No. 4.

As long as her gaze shifted slightly, she could see Zhao Chi.

Zhao Chi always felt she was staring at him.

But when he looked closely, she seemed to be talking to Ren Yunchuan and the others.

Yet the smiles that occasionally appeared on her face made Zhao Chi feel she was looking at him.

It was not just Zhao Chi who felt something was off; Ren Yunchuan and the others also noticed the situation was strange.

Their conversation with Shangguan Ting was very routine, but Shangguan Ting, who was usually expressionless, kept revealing eerie smiles?

Ren Yunchuan felt a chill of unease in his heart.

The two deputy captains beside him also exchanged glances from time to time, each seeing the confusion in the other's eyes.

No matter how Ren Yunchuan thought about it, something felt wrong; he couldn't help but ask, "Captain Shangguan... have you, have you encountered any trouble recently?"

"Ah?" Shangguan Ting asked in surprise, "Me? Trouble? What trouble could I possibly encounter? I haven't encountered any."

"Then... why do you have such a chilling smile?"

"Ah??" Shangguan Ting asked even more strangely, "Do I? Me? Is my smile really that chilling?"

The two deputy captains both nodded.