Ye Mo suddenly understood when he heard City Master Zou wanted to buy all the slaves.
There was a smuggler at the dock who bought hundreds of "captured slaves" on pirate ships from him before. Could it be that the smuggler's backend was City Lord Zou of Donglai Fairy City!
"Lord City Lord, these people captured by Feng Xiongchang are all registered civilians from various countries in the Kyushu Continent. They are not prisoners of war or slaves such as criminals. According to the laws of various continental countries, civilians are not allowed to be sold as slaves."
Ye Mo said.
"What? You don't want gold and silver? Or the coral trees on the bottom of the sea, clam pearls, these rare treasures from the East China Sea, they are all priceless treasures when they are brought to the mainland. After completing this transaction, you will be rich."
When Zou Ruhai saw that Ye Mo didn't agree and didn't even offer the asking price, he frowned and said again.
"Lord City Lord, I'm sorry, those civilians are not my prisoners and will not be sold!"
Ye Mo was silent for a while and then said. Not long ago, he himself was a commoner in the Wu Kingdom. There was no way he could do such a thing as human trafficking.
"Oh! I forgot that you are already an immortal cultivator, so naturally you don't like these worldly treasures. You don't want to trade these slaves for spiritual stones, or elixirs, magic weapons, etc.? This appetite is too big!"
Zou Ruhai's expression suddenly turned ugly, and he couldn't help but sneered, "You have just stepped into the ranks of immortal cultivators, and maybe you are not clear about the rules of the immortal cultivator world. Slaves and other worldly things can only be exchanged for worldly gold, silver, treasures and the like.
The spiritual things used by monks cannot be exchanged for secular things. This is the rule of the world of immortality, the common practice of all fairy villages, not the rules of my Donglai Fairy Village. Even if you find the chamber of commerce and mine owners of other fairy villages
, they are willing to take over these slaves, and the price they offer is only gold, silver and jewelry, not spiritual stones!"
"I'm sorry, Lord City Lord! I can't trade with you. I have released those civilians. They are all free persons. They can stay as they please. I have no control over them!"
Ye Mo knew that answering like this would offend the city lord, but he still said it.
"What, you freed all the slaves on the ship?"
Zou Ruhai's expression suddenly changed slightly.
Many pirates pretended to be sea merchants, and swindled around various countries under the guise of selling warriors to the fairy villages on the island to work as mining slaves. He had seen many pirate ships that sold slaves, and he also bought many warrior slaves to mine in the mines on Lingdao.
But it was unheard of for Ye Mo to free all the hundreds of slaves in a ship.
If Ye Mo just thinks the price is too low and doesn't want to sell it, he can negotiate the price and everything can be settled easily.
But Ye Mo's answer was completely beyond his expectation.
Zou Ruhai's face suddenly darkened.
"Hmph! Since you don't want to sell slaves, why are you coming to see the Lord of this city? There's nothing more to say, and I won't embarrass you. Okay, let's see you off!"
Zou Ruhai glanced at Ye Mo displeased and waved to the boy in green next to him.
Ye Mo is an immortal cultivator, and he is a casual cultivator passing through this fairy village. He can come and go freely and is not subject to the orders of the city lord. Ye Mo is not willing to trade slaves, and he, the lord of Donglai City, cannot forcefully order Ye Mo.
What about the nautical charts for ships entering and exiting the foggy area of East Laing Island?
Ye Mo was stunned, and just as he was about to ask, Zou Ruhai had already stood up, tossed his sleeves, and left the study.
"Let's go, don't disturb the city lord's rest!"
The boy in Tsing Yi reminded in a low voice beside him.
Ye Mo was originally a person with a strong sense of self-esteem, and he could tell that the Lord Zou Ruhai didn't intend to give him the foggy navigation map for entering and exiting the Spirit Island.
Once his ship leaves Donglailing Island, it will be extremely difficult to re-enter.
It's just that he can't do what he asks for.
What's more, even if he opens his mouth, he may not get good results. His refusal to trade slaves just now has offended the city lord.
Ye Mo endured his anger and exited the study.
"I'll send you out to prevent you from wandering into the house!"
The boy in green looked at Ye Mo with a strange look, led Ye Mo outside the city lord's mansion, and said, "I don't know what you think, but you made me angry! If you can please the city lord, maybe you can also
There are many benefits to becoming an official resident of Donglaixian Village.
But now it seems there is no hope. Although casual cultivators can freely enter and leave the fairy village, they lose many benefits. You can think about it after you go back. If you change your mind, you can come to me and report to the city lord."
Ye Mo was also helpless. He didn't mean to offend the city lord.
However, if he had to do it all over again, I'm afraid his answer would still be the same: he couldn't do anything like trafficking civilians.
After leaving the gate, Ye Mo looked back at the majestic City Lord's Mansion and clenched his fists tightly.
You must find a way to become the city lord and the immortal cultivator. The city lord has overwhelming power on this spiritual island, and you can tell the truth. If you cannot become the city lord, you will be suppressed by others everywhere.
After taking a deep breath, Ye Mo regained his composure.
He was about to go to Donglaixian Village to look around, but when he turned around, he saw Mo Ling, Gao Jian and a group of warriors looking at him from a distance.
Ye Mo immediately walked towards them.
"Brother Ye, after meeting the city lord, can the city lord give you the navigation map of the foggy area?"
Mo Ling asked with concern.
Ye Mo went to the City Lord's Mansion, and everyone else also entered the Fairy Village. However, Mo Ling insisted on waiting outside the City Lord's Mansion.
Gao Jian, Huang Yi, Li Ruofeng, Wang Hu, Yang You and others also followed.
"City Master Zou asked me to sell him all the 'captured slaves' on the ship, but I didn't agree. He didn't give us the navigation chart, so it seems he doesn't welcome us very much!"
Ye Mo shook his head and said.
"In this case, once our ship leaves Ling Island, it will not be able to enter. There are many reefs in the foggy area of Ling Island. The fog is unpredictable. Without a fog navigation chart, it is impossible to enter."
Vice-captain Chang suddenly said bitterly.
Everyone was speechless. They were also warriors and had been captured slaves of Captain Feng. Although Ye Mo was unlikely to sell his slaves even if he planned to sell them, they still felt frightened.
"The status of warriors in Donglaixian Village is so low?"
Lin Zhi's eyes were extremely complicated. She had some respect for Ye Mo, but also felt pity for him.
The Lord of Donglai City is the most powerful monk in this fairy village. Ye Mo actually gave up the opportunity to make friends with the Lord of Donglai City because of an unrelated prisoner.
"Stop thinking about these troublesome things! At least we have arrived at Donglaixian Village, which is countless times better than wandering aimlessly on the sea before. The city lord has not driven us away, so we will stay here in Donglaixian Village for now.
Come on, let’s go take a look. There are many shops and spiritual objects on the street over there!”
Mo Ling suddenly smiled and said.
"That's right, let's go to Fairy Village and look around first. We still don't know what's going on in Fairy Village!"
"Finally we have arrived at the legendary fairy village. This time we are going to have an eye-opening experience."
Everyone laughed.
Vice Captain Chang was hesitant to speak beside him. It was not easy for a civilian warrior to stay in this fairy village. But he didn't want to get into trouble with Ye Mo again at this time, so he had to follow behind.
After walking a few dozen feet outside the city lord's palace, everyone came to a quite bustling street. There were a large number of Lingge shops on both sides of the street, one next to the other.
"Zhang's spiritual elixir shop, Yang's spiritual weapon shop, magic shop, grocery store, spiritual valley shop, spiritual beast pavilion... there are so many, these are all things used by the immortals."
Wang Hu stretched his neck, looked around at the signboards of these shops, and was amazed.
"Well, this street, which is dozens of feet long, is full of shops like this. Let's go and take a look."
"Look, this shop is full of vitality pills! With just one vitality pill, I can break through the ninth level of body refining, cultivate the soul, transcend the ordinary world in one fell swoop, and become an immortal cultivator!"