Chapter 1: This is not a shady shop

In the Journey to the West World, deep within a mountain range of lush greenery and clear waters, stood a tall building.

On the building were three characters: "General Store."

In the backyard of this store, Wu Feng sat on a rocking chair and sighed.

"This store has been open for a month now; when will I finally get a customer?" Wu Feng looked at the white clouds drifting in the sky and couldn't help but sigh.

Wu Feng.

He was not a native of the Journey to the West World. Like the seniors seen in many novels, he was a genuine transmigrator.

And transmigrators always come with a system; he had one too.

The general store before him was provided by the system.

As long as Wu Feng stayed inside the store, he was in an invincible state.

Even the legendary Sages would be no match for Wu Feng.

Well, that was the system bragging; whether it was actually true, Wu Feng had never tested it.

Never mind Sages, just give me a single person, anyone at all.

What made Wu Feng want to cough up blood even more was that, currently, he could not leave his store; he had to stay inside.

Fortunately, the building's grounds were quite large, with a backyard and places to sleep and eat, otherwise, Wu Feng felt he would truly starve to death here.

"Creak, creak..."

The rocking chair produced a mechanical sound in the empty courtyard.

Wu Feng's eyes slowly narrowed; he was going to sleep.

Anyway, there were no customers, and this wasn't something that would change in a moment; Wu Feng was used to it.

It was just that being alone all the time was truly a bit boring.

"Knock, knock, knock..."

A knocking sound suddenly rang in Wu Feng's ears.

"What's that noise, disturbing my sleep?" Wu Feng muttered, opening his slightly dazed eyes.

Suddenly, Wu Feng's gaze sharpened, flashing with brilliance.

"Wait, someone is knocking." Wu Feng revealed an excited expression.

Having arrived in this world for so long without seeing a single shadow, now someone had finally come.

Regardless, Wu Feng was very happy about the first customer to arrive.

After all, if there's a first, there will be a second.

"Ahem, no, I'm invincible here, I must act like a high-level expert." Wu Feng coughed dryly.

Truth be told, since arriving in this world, he only had the store, and he himself was just a mortal with no cultivation method.

All of this relied on the store.

When people entered the store and obtained items, Wu Feng, as the owner, could also obtain those items, and in an amplified state at that.

Because of this, Wu Feng was naturally very expectant of the first customer.

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"Since when has Mount Huaguo had a place like this?" Sun Wukong touched his head, looking at the massive building, puzzled.

One must know that Sun Wukong had stayed on Mount Huaguo for hundreds of years.

It could be said that he was intimately familiar with every flower and blade of grass on the mountain.

Even if this place was a remote part of Mount Huaguo, he had been here before, and there clearly hadn't been such a building.

How did it suddenly appear now?

"Could it be that some immortal is here?" Sun Wukong's expression turned cold.

At this time, Sun Wukong had just returned from his studies with Patriarch Bodhi, having previously gone to the Long Gong to seize the Ruyi Jingu Bang.

It could be said that Mount Huaguo was Sun Wukong's territory.

Someone building a cave dwelling here without greeting him was a bit of a slap in the face.

"Bang, bang, bang..." Sun Wukong placed his palm on the door and knocked.

This surprised Sun Wukong; his strength was immense, yet this door wasn't blasted open.

It seemed this building was not simple.

In reality, Sun Wukong didn't know that even if he attacked with all his might, he couldn't destroy this general store.

"No one home."

A moment later, Sun Wukong frowned; there was no response to his knocking.

This made Sun Wukong hesitate: should he force his way in to look, or leave first and come back later?

"Hoo..." Sun Wukong took a deep breath, reached into his ear, and a golden iron rod appeared in his hand—the Ruyi Jingu Bang.

Legend had it that this was the needle used by Great Yu to calm the seas.

It was a treasure imbued with merit.

"Creak..."

Just as Sun Wukong was about to strike, the door slowly opened before his stunned gaze.

What came into view was a young man who looked refined.

Most importantly.

The other party had no cultivation base?

How could this be?

How could a mortal appear on his Mount Huaguo?

"This is..." Wu Feng narrowed his eyes, sizing up the monkey before him.

Wearing golden chainmail, with golden fur on his body, and holding a glowing rod in his hand.

If he wasn't mistaken, this monkey before him should be the famous Sun Wukong.

Had his general store opened on Mount Huaguo?

And at this time, Sun Wukong should have already returned from his studies with Patriarch Bodhi and obtained the Ruyi Jingu Bang from the East Sea Long Gong.

As a customer, this was excellent.

Thinking of this, Wu Feng's eyes narrowed, looking full of a strange expression.

"Welcome, guest. I am the shopkeeper of this general store. Welcome; you are my very first customer." Wu Feng welcomed him enthusiastically.

Sun Wukong, under Wu Feng's greeting, walked into the general store in a daze.

"General store, what is that?" Sun Wukong asked, puzzled.

"A general store," Wu Feng explained. "Here, whatever you want, we have it—cultivation methods, heavenly treasures, and so on. That is why it is called a general store."

"Oh, then I am very interested." Sun Wukong was curious, then walked to the cabinets in the room, seeing all sorts of strange and rare items on them.

Swords, towers, axes... and so on, and there were elixirs and books in other cabinets.

With a hint of interest, Sun Wukong casually grabbed a sword.

"Hmm..." Sun Wukong was stunned.

Because he couldn't actually pick up the sword on the cabinet.

"I don't believe it." Sun Wukong used all his strength, his face turning red.