Fighting arena

Yusheng entered the underground with Zhang and walking through the long tunnel they reached a massive stadium where people were madly cheering for the fighters at the arena. They both had masks on their face which was common for people of nobility to hide their identities.

"Sister in law.. this place was created way back by a fighting maniac who lived to fight.. and now his generations are the owners of it... it is also funded by many noble families behind the shadow.. some fighters come of their own will to earn the betting money while some are brought from the slave auction house.. though way back killing was the end result back then now it is different.. after admiting defeat or left till unable to move the fight is ended.. it is also a place where one can vent their anger and revenge... the gate at the back is where the fighters prepare while on the top is the restaurant I told you about.. it belongs to a good friend of mine.."explains Pei Zhang while taking them to the top level which was prepared for nobles.

Yusheng could see many of the people wore similar masks as them dressed nicely. It had partitions to separate one party from another giving privacy and a attendant to serve. With Pei zhangs lead and token they arrived at the room situated at the end which was near to the restaurant.

Pei Zhang ordered for wine and light snacks to go with it without looking at the menu. The attendant later arrived with the order and numbered sticks and a bell. Looking at the confused Yusheng Pei Zhang explains "sister in law... these are the token sticks for us to use for the bet.. while the bell is to call for the attendant when we want..look right opposite to us are people working to record the bets... each time we raise the sticks the bet is increased.. here on one side is number and the other is plain..

The people fighting below one of them has number while other has not.. so we flip according to whom we place the bet on... if we raise with the number side that person is who we bet on... also the interesting thing is this stick is painted with luminous pearl powder making for the people opposite us to know what we bet on..."

Yusheng was clearly interested in this place after learning the process she asks "hmm... very interesting.. the mind behind is very intelligent.. do you know of the person behind?"

Pei Zhang with proud face replies "of course... the owner is Marquis Xia Yuanji also the current minister of trade... his ancestor once was a great warrior...who loved fighting so whenever he would return back from war he felt unhappy thus this place was created for him to fight... I heard that the late Marquis was the one who changed many things such as not killing... forced fighting, vip section and so on... he also made sure to pay heavy taxes to treasury for its legitimacy.. nowadays though the head is Marquis it is his son Guyi who handles everything.."

Yusheng listens to his explaination and became more curious "hmm... interesting... good head... so about the fighters are they random or raised by this place?"

"They indeed have some fighters who work and fight for arena but of their own will... while some are random who pay to fight here to earn more money or vent their anger to the person they challenge..I heard the pay is very good and also there are many facilities provided to the fighters...also there are some nobles who bring slaves to fight to flaunt their wealth and might here..also once in a while the fighter of their will present themselves for auction..." explains Pei Zhang.

As they were talking the fight below ended with lots of cheering and booing from the crowd. The judge came on stage to announce the next fight and challengers. The fight was between two slaves from noble families though the name was not mentioned with the subtle hint it was clear that this was a revenge fight. As only noble families would bring slaves to fight here.