Chapter 476

Yan Buji smiled and said: "If Mr. Xu enters the arena, we can first build momentum before the first official match."

"Build momentum?" Wu Qian, He'er Longzhou looked puzzled: "If we talk about building momentum, it means boosting Fellow Daoist Xu's reputation, but Fellow Daoist Xu is also new here, what deeds does he have to build momentum?"

"Just relying on Mr. Xu's Martial Dao Martial Immortal realm!"

"Ah?!"

"Martial Immortal?"

"What realm is this?"

"You two should also be able to tell, Mr. Xu is not a Magical Cultivator but a Martial Cultivator!" After saying that, Yan Buji circulated his profound skill, and in the blink of an eye a powerful aura burst forth from within him, as if waves of scorching hot magma-like breath rushed towards his face!

The powerful aura instantly caused the two people present to change their faces dramatically, looking at Yan Buji in shock.

"Above Martial Dao Golden Core?!"

"Fellow Daoist.... you actually broke the Martial Dao taboo?!"

The two were shocked beyond measure; from ancient times to the present, since the path of Martial Dao was cut off, who has ever seen a Martial Cultivator above Golden Core?

"No wonder my divine sense couldn't see Fellow Daoist's strength; it turns out Fellow Daoist is extraordinarily talented!" Longzhou exclaimed in shock.

"If that's the case, then we can indeed plan properly." Wu Qian suppressed his surprise and said with a smile.

Yan Buji retracted his power and smiled: "Exactly so; I imagine you two are well-versed in building momentum. Then leave the rest to you two; Mr. Xu will wait for the arena battle to begin."

"Although that's the case, Fellow Daoist's Martial Cultivator realm seems not to be the ancient martial artists' Martial Dao Nascent Soul, right?"

"That's right; the Martial Dao has been cut off, but Mr. Xu, after enduring countless hardships, finally broke through the limit, achieving unity of body and spirit, and became a Martial Immortal!" Yan Buji said.

"Martial Immortal.... so that's what it means."

Fellow Daoist, you truly have grand ambition! The Martial Dao's path is severed, yet to forcibly reopen the Martial Immortal's way already qualifies you to found a sect.

Yan Buji laughed a few times, and didn't say much more.

Since that's the case, I'll take care of this matter. Brother Wu, explain to Fellow Daoist Xu the affairs of the Martial Dao Association and the arena.

Okay.

Long Zhou bowed and left, Wu Qian continued speaking:

Our Martial Dao Association is essentially an organization attached to the arena. Because the arena's interests are significant, platforms like our Martial Dao Association were born to help the arena select fighters; the better one fights, the easier it is to gain the audience's approval, and naturally the greater the reward.

So you recruit only Martial Cultivators?

Correct, Magical Cultivators aren't popular in the arena, because their battles are either over quickly or turn into drawn-out struggles, which isn't good for spectators. After discovering this, the arena's manager thought of using Martial Cultivators' battles to arouse the audience's enthusiasm.

Like ordinary horse racing. Yan Buji said lightly.

That's right. Long Zhou laughed: "However, the arena schedules at most three fights per day for battles above Nascent Soul level, since Nascent Soul Cultivators' clashes create huge disturbances and high maintenance costs. Unless there are hostile parties coming to settle scores, they won't schedule many bouts."

Then there are organizations like our Martial Dao Association; although we're in East Star City, the arena is our livelihood, so if we want a share of the profits, we naturally need to stay in touch with them.

Yan Buji frowned: "Does that mean the arena's people will interfere in these organizations' fighter selection?"

Not exactly; sometimes the arena, to protect its interests, may demand that a certain stable's fighters act a certain way, but Fellow Daoist Xu plans to participate in death matches, so these issues don't arise. Of course, there may be advertising requests, and we hope Fellow Daoist Xu will cooperate a bit then.

Do Martial Cultivators have advertisements too?

Those who fight well will get ads. As for ad revenue, it mainly depends on which powers sponsor our Martial Dao Association or the arena's arrangements. Several major powers have stakes in the arena, so they also require fighters to wear their weapons and equipment as part of the battle.

Hmm.

This poses no problem for Yan Buji; everyone is here to make money, and normal commercial activity is permissible.

The Nine Heavens Five Domains Great Chamber of Commerce itself is a force with extremely prosperous commerce; they likely know more about making money than Yan Buji. Every profitable method they probably exploit to the fullest. For ordinary cultivators, being able to buy and sell goods here naturally greatly promotes commercial development.

Everything, under the premise of profit, Yan Buji can do more in such an environment.

Thus, some matters need to be settled in advance.

We must agree beforehand: any advertisements or other matters arranged by the arena imposed on me, I won't refuse considering future circumstances. But if outsiders want to invest, I have the right to choose and decide. Yan Buji said lightly.

Just let Fellow Daoist decide; we won't forcibly interfere with Fellow Daoist's choice. Of course, if there's a good project, could we also recommend it to Fellow Daoist?

Yan Buji nodded: "Yes."

Regarding remuneration, although our Martial Dao Association was founded by me and Brother Long, it's merely a small organization in East Star City. As for previous pay, I have a better proposal: for every three fights Fellow Daoist completes, we will pay a lump sum of one hundred thousand Spiritual Stones, with injury compensation calculated separately, and we will take none of the arena's prize money. Conversely, during Fellow Daoist's tenure in the arena, all commercial activities aside from ad revenue will belong to us; what do you think?

What other commercial activities?

Wu Qian laughed: "That refers to basic combat courses, invitations to banquets for some upper-class elites, plus a share of the arena's advertising, ticket sales, etc."

No problem.

Good, then welcome Fellow Daoist to join the Martial Dao Association. Wu Qian laughed.

Both sides obtained a fairly satisfactory share of interests; shortly after, Wu Qian explained the current situation of the arena.

The arena is an industry under the Nine Heavens Five Domains Great Chamber of Commerce, present in every major city. The arena in East Star City can hold a hundred thousand cultivators for viewing; with a ticket price of one hundred Spiritual Stones, a single anticipated match can earn them a pot full of gold.

Yan Buji's reason for having them first build momentum is the same; pure combat isn't impossible, but he hopes to gain more benefits from it, not merely cultivation gains.

Besides that, organizations like our Martial Dao Association that supply the arena with excellent fighters number no less than a hundred in the city, but truly large ones are only about ten.

In the arena, performance bouts number at least a hundred per day, while death matches are only twenty to thirty, and Nascent Soul-level death matches at most three.

Thus most cultivators come for Nascent Soul death matches; the arena naturally welcomes more Nascent Soul cultivators to fight to the death, so it won't reject Yan Buji's arrival.

And when he displayed unprecedented talent, it naturally caused a great stir in the city.