359: Chapter 359 The Orange Cat's Beast Fight

Tang Ping finally understood. It turned out that ordinary money also had 'jiao' and 'fen'. Only Talent Users basically used xingyao coins, which represented 'yuan', where one yuan was one xingyao coin. So, xingyao coins were actually that valuable—hiss! Didn't that mean Jiang Yaya was asking him for tens of thousands of yuan every time!

What a spendthrift!

"Boss, give me fifty skewers!"

He took the little fatty for a stroll down the entire food street. In the end, before they had even visited a few stalls, the little fatty started shouting that he couldn't eat anymore. Tang Ping simply pulled out a Heavenly Mansion Bone-Marrow Cleansing Pill from his inheritance and gave it to the little fatty as a digestive tablet. For the rest of the day, Tang Ping ate his way through every snack on the food street.

"Big brother, I really can't eat anymore, I truly can't eat another bite!" The little fatty was visibly a circle rounder than he had been in the morning. At this moment, he was doing his best to block the meatball Tang Ping was shoving toward him.

"Alright then, no more eating today. Do you know of anything fun to do in Baiyang City?"

"Something fun!" The little fatty's eyes lit up. "Does the Beast Fighting Arena count? I heard they have all sorts of Pollution Beasts captured by Talent Users. They put them together to fight to the death, and it's super fun. Lots of people like going there. But I'm too young, my parents haven't taken me yet. Several of my classmates have gone, though, and they brag about it every day. I want to go see it too!"

"Beast Fighting Arena." Tang Ping thought it sounded pretty good. "Alright, let's go check it out."

A Beast Fighting Arena was an entertainment venue found in almost every major city. Talent Users who had been suppressed for a long time while hunting outside would capture some Pollution Beasts or Aberrations and gamble on their fights in the arena. It was actually quite similar to cockfighting or cricket fighting.

The Beast Fighting Arena in Baiyang City was considered one of its landmark buildings. It was said that someone had once gambled on a fight against a Level Five Contaminated Beast there.

"It's right here! Big brother, let's go inside and look!" The little fatty bounced around in excitement.

Tang Ping entered the main gate and asked at the front desk, "How much are the entry tickets?"

"Handsome, are you buying tickets for the Primary Beast Fighting Arena, or the Intermediate, Advanced, or perhaps something even higher?"

"The higher the level of the arena, the higher the level of the Pollution Beasts, right?"

"Yes, sir. Primary is usually Level One Pollution Beasts, Intermediate is second level, and Advanced is Level Three. The Silver Beast Fighting Arena is level four, and the Gold Beast Fighting Arena is Level Five. However, there are no Gold arenas open at the moment. We do have three Silver arena matches today, sir. Would you like to buy an entry ticket? The nearest match is an hour away, but the Primary, Intermediate, and Advanced ones are available right now."

At that moment, a young man in a black robe walked over and cut directly to the front of the line. "Applying for a Silver Beast Fighting Arena match. Beast: level four mid-stage Ghost-Faced Flying Tiger."

Tang Ping frowned as he looked at the black-robed youth standing in front of him. "Do you not know the meaning of 'first come, first served'?"

The black-robed youth turned his head and saw the unremarkable aura on Tang Ping's body. "Heh, 'first come, first served'? You think you're worthy?"

The little fatty was so scared that he hurriedly pulled at Tang Ping. Although he liked to brag, it wasn't as if he knew nothing at all. "Big brother, forget it. Let's buy the tickets later."

Tang Ping patted the little fatty's head to comfort him. "Beautiful lady, I also want to open a Silver Beast Fighting Arena match. Against him. My beast... this Big Orange Cat."

As he spoke, he placed the Big Orange Cat from his arms onto the counter. The Big Orange Cat lazily flicked its tail and even opened its mouth to yawn.

The beauty at the front desk also frowned slightly. "Sir, the Silver Arena isn't something that just any beast can open. I'm sorry, but your Big Orange Cat does not have the qualifications to enter the Silver Beast Fighting Arena."

The black-robed youth sneered, "A Big Orange Cat? You might as well bring an Earth Worm; at least that's a Pollution Beast."

A small jade bottle appeared in Tang Ping's hand. "The wager: a Heavenly Mansion Grade Four Bone-Marrow Cleansing Pill. Do you dare?"

The expression of the previously mocking black-robed youth changed instantly. His gaze fixed intently on the jade bottle. Barrier Jade—to be able to use a bottle carved from this kind of jade as a pill container meant that the contents were certainly no ordinary medicine.

Although the beauty at the front desk was young, her discernment was even better than the black-robed youth's. There was a ring of insect-like patterns carved around the mouth of the bottle. She recognized it at a glance. "This... this is a top-grade pill from the Holy Heaven Mansion's Temple of Witchcraft and Poison!"

The Temple of Witchcraft and Poison. The black-robed youth's entire body trembled. This was a place that inspired terror, yet one that countless people flocked to.

"Is this really a Grade Four Bone-Marrow Cleansing Pill from the Holy Heaven Mansion?"

Tang Ping placed the jade bottle in front of the beauty at the front desk and said indifferently, "You look like you know your stuff. Check it however you like. Then, I just want to know if this pill gives my Big Orange Cat the qualifications to enter the Silver Beast Fighting Arena."

The beauty at the front desk opened the jade bottle, looking somewhat excited. Who didn't know of the pills from the Holy Heaven Mansion's Temple of Witchcraft and Poison? The Holy Heaven Mansion produced immortal grass, but the pills from the Temple of Witchcraft and Poison were even more famous than the grass.

"Three of them!" The beauty's gaze suddenly became fervent. "Sir, are you sure you want to use these Bone-Marrow Cleansing Pills—three of them, no less—as the wager for a Silver Arena match between a Big Orange Cat and... a level four Ghost-Faced Flying Tiger!"

"Is it enough to qualify?"

"It's enough!"

The beauty's eyes were burning with excitement, but the way she looked at Tang Ping always carried a hint of concern one might have for the mentally challenged.

"Sir, the arena also needs some spectators. How about we schedule it for three hours from now?"

"Whatever."

"Then let's sign the gambling combat contract." The black-robed youth's expression was urgent, as if he were deathly afraid the other party would back out.

"Fine. However, I've put up three Grade Four Bone-Marrow Cleansing Pills. What can you bring out? If it's not something decent, then heh."

The black-robed youth grit his teeth and actually took out a gold ring that emitted a faint white light. "A shelter item, C-rank Shelter Trait! Is that enough!"

The beauty at the front desk's expression became even more spectacular, her gaze toward the black-robed youth shifting repeatedly.

"It'll do."

With the signing of the contract, the news that a special Silver-level beast fight was about to begin spread rapidly across the Baiyang City Star Network.

"What? A Silver-level beast fight between a Big Orange Cat and a level four mid-stage Ghost-Faced Flying Tiger! The wager on both sides is Grade Four Bone-Marrow Cleansing Pills! And a shelter item!"

"Crazy, this is insane. What kind of madman is this? This isn't false advertising, is it!"

"It was posted by the Baiyang City official account personally. The start time is in three hours. What, you think someone can hack the Star Network?"

"Three hours? If I speed up now, I can still make it back. I really want to see what breed of Big Orange Cat can fight a level four Ghost-Faced Flying Tiger!"

"Hahaha, then you'd better hurry. After all, if you're late, that Big Orange Cat might have already been digested."

Inside the Beast Fighting Arena, the little fatty sat in the audience of the Advanced Arena, staring blankly at the beast fight below. He still hadn't processed everything yet.

"So, that... big brother, so that digestive tablet was... a Bone-Marrow Cleansing Pill? Grade Four?"

Tang Ping nodded. "Yeah. I didn't have any lower-grade ones."

"Big brother! My dear brother!"