Chapter 239

"Give us two bottles of insect repellent, the most expensive kind."

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou arrived at the Demon-Suppressing Pass branch of the Landing Money Chamber of Commerce to purchase necessary supplies.

The Demon-Suppressing Pass was a major city of note on the frontier, where a massive volume of items related to demon beasts were sold every day, transported to all parts of the Central Continent to meet the needs of people at different realms, and the flow of spirit stones was astonishing.

Insect repellent was a specialty of the borderlands, a special spiritual liquid formulated specifically for the inescapable mosquitoes and insects of the dense forest. When applied to the body, it produced a special scent that only mosquitoes and insects could smell, causing them to avoid it and not dare to approach the cultivator.

In this way, the incident of leeches crawling on their bodies wouldn't happen again.

"Do you have a lot of insect repellent in stock?" Meng Jingzhou suddenly thought of a question.

The attendant was slightly stunned, not understanding what Meng Jingzhou meant, and asked politely: "May I ask how much insect repellent you want, sir?"

"Probably enough to drive all the mosquitoes and insects out of the dense forest."

Even the well-trained attendant couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth: "I'm sorry, sir, the amount of insect repellent you're talking about is too large. Even if we emptied the main warehouse, we couldn't meet your demand."

Everyone else applied insect repellent to their bodies, but you—you want to sprinkle it in the dense forest; no amount of insect repellent would be enough.

Meng Jingzhou curled his lip, somewhat dissatisfied with the chamber of commerce's public slogan: "And you call this 'as long as you have money, you can satisfy all the customer's needs'? Forget it, forget it, if you don't have it, you don't have it."

The dense forest environment was harsh; even the mosquitoes had the strength of the 1st layer of Qi Condensation. If a Qi Condensation stage cultivator entered the dense forest, there was almost no possibility of survival.

However, thinking about it from another angle, if a Qi Condensation stage cultivator could survive in the dense forest, they would surely achieve great things in the future.

In fact, there were many famous great cultivators in history who chose to come to the dense forest to temper themselves during the Qi Condensation stage, training themselves to have a full set of skills and laying a solid foundation for the future, when their bodies would be heavy with dampness and require long-term recuperation.

"Give us two more bottles of dehumidifying pills, the kind with the best effect." "And detox pills."

"I heard that some demon beasts carry aphrodisiac toxins, give us two bottles of aphrodisiac detox pills—no, wait, I'm not here to ask for the address of a brothel, I mean two bottles of pills to detoxify aphrodisiacs."

"Poison—the quality of your poison is no good. Fortunately, I was prepared; the paper has the quantity and weight of the herbs written on it, follow this, and we'll mix it ourselves."

Lu Yang felt worried about the quality of the poison from the Landing Money Chamber of Commerce; it was too inferior. Any random person from their Congwendao Sect could mix something better than this.

"Would the two of you like a copy of the latest edition of the 'Dense Forest Illustrated Guide'? It records most of the demon beasts that appear in the dense forest, as well as the dangers one might encounter there."

"Good stuff, give us one."

"Do you need a tent? You might need one for camping in the wild; this is a hot-selling item in our chamber of commerce. Buying a tent also comes with a gift of Golden Core stage demon beast urine; sprinkling it around while you sleep can effectively drive away low-level demon beasts."

"It might also attract higher-level demon beasts, it's not safe, we don't want it."

"Directional teleportation talisman? What is this used for?" Lu Yang noticed a talisman with a high price that made him secretly click his tongue.

By comparison, the Ten Ox Strength Pill was very cheap.

"Sir has a good eye, this is a great life-saving item. If you encounter a life-and-death crisis in the dense forest, you only need to activate this teleportation talisman to be teleported back to the pass. Even if a demon race member including those at the Nascent Soul stage takes action, they cannot interrupt the teleportation process!"

"Sounds good, give us five!" Meng Jingzhou was extravagant with his money; he always bought whatever caught his eye and never looked at the price.

Upon hearing this, the attendant beamed with joy, his attitude becoming even more enthusiastic. The commission from just these five directional teleportation talismans was enough to cover a month's wages.

These two were indeed wealthy big spenders; it seemed he would be able to earn quite a bit of commission today.

He didn't know where these two young masters had popped up from; they were likely disciples of some great family or great sect here for a trial, having come here for the first time.

Thinking of this, the attendant kindly reminded them: "Two sirs, the frontier is not like your home turf; it emphasizes not showing off your wealth. Not only are the demon beasts dangerous here, but people are dangerous too. Every day, people go missing in the dense forest, especially recently—"

"—more people have gone missing. It's said to be the work of demon beasts, but everyone knows that not all of it is done by demon beasts."

He estimated that these two guests would be training here for a period of time and would have plenty of dealings in the future; naturally, he had to try every way to please such big clients.

"Although the Commandant has set rules in this city that no one is allowed to steal, rob, or plunder, this rule can only be limited to the Demon-Suppressing Pass. Once you leave the Demon-Suppressing Pass and enter the dense forest, there's no such thing as rules or no rules."

This was the benefit of having an Integration stage cultivator; they could set rules that everyone must obey in the city they were responsible for, ensuring order to the greatest extent.

If it weren't for the fact that Integration stage cultivators were rare, the Great Xia Dynasty would wish for every city to have one.

"Please, two sirs, move to the VIP room."

The attendant bowed slightly, striking a "please" pose, but was refused by Lu Yang. "No need, the two of us brothers are dignified mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators, and the world is peaceful now, who would dare to rob us?"

Seeing this, the attendant couldn't persuade them further and could only continue to serve them.

"What kind of healing elixirs do you have?"

"Golden Wound Pill, take one, and injuries will heal quickly; Hemostasis Pill, if you encounter heavy bleeding, take this pill to stop the bleeding quickly; Qi-Returning Pill, which can maximize the speed of recovering spiritual power; the Buddha Land Merit Creation series Bai Gu Pill, which can bring the dead back to life and regrow flesh on bones..."

"Give us two bottles of each."

"Do you have any body-protecting magic treasures? Give us two of each."

After the two finished their purchases, they took stock and found nothing missing: "Check out."

"The two of you are VIPs of our chamber of commerce; all future consumption will be ten percent off."

Meng Jingzhou didn't say anything, just faintly took out a black token with the character "Meng" written on it.

Seeing this token, the attendant's pupils shrank sharply, and his hands were trembling.

The first lesson he received during training before working was to identify the special tokens of the chamber of commerce. These tokens represented different identities, such as the Imperial Family or the Meng family, all of which had to be treated with great respect and must never be offended.

He had worked here for over ten years and had seen members of the Meng family, but those were all from collateral branches, and their tokens only had the character "Meng" written on them. This meant the other party was a direct descendant of the Meng family, qualified to hold some of the Meng family's power in the future.

A big background, absolutely a big background.

How ridiculous that he had even mentioned a ten percent discount; the other party probably didn't even look down on such a small discount.

"Don't make a scene," Meng Jingzhou said, his tone flat, though he was inwardly overjoyed.

Yes, yes, yes, this was exactly the expression he wanted.

Lu Yang looked at Meng Jingzhou sideways, full of disdain.

What are you putting on an act for?

The Congwendao Sect also had such tokens, but only Senior Sister and the elders were qualified to use them.

The attendant took the token, verified its authenticity, and quickly checked out the payment, attaching a whole bunch of small gifts.

"Do the two of you have storage rings? I'll put them in for you directly."

Lu Yang faintly took out his Congwendao Sect identity jade plate, with the characters "Lu Yang" written on it.

Seeing the jade plate, the attendant's heart tightened again.

A disciple of the Congwendao Sect—this was an identity sufficient to summon wind and rain in the Cultivation Realm.

He had guessed that these two came from great families or great sects, but he truly hadn't thought they were this big.

"Don't make a scene," Lu Yang said, his tone flat, though he was inwardly overjoyed.

It's finally my turn.

Meng Jingzhou looked at Lu Yang sideways—what are you putting on an act for? The two took their things and headed to the dense forest.

However, what the two didn't notice was that as soon as they left the chamber of commerce, five figures secretly followed them, their eyes fierce and definitely not kind.