Chapter 239: What Are You Pretending To Be?

“Give me two bottles of insect repellent, the most expensive ones.”

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou arrived at the Land of Gold Commerce Association’s Demon Suppression Pass branch to purchase the necessary supplies.

Demon Suppression Pass is one of the major cities on the frontier, where a massive amount of items related to demon beasts are sold daily and transported to various parts of the central continent, meeting the needs of people of different cultivation levels, with a staggering flow of spirit stones.FiNd updates on n(o)/velbin(.)com

Insect repellent is a local specialty of the borderland, a specially formulated spirit liquid designed to fend off the relentless mosquitoes of the dense forests. When applied to the body, it emits a special scent that only mosquitoes can detect, causing them to stay away from cultivators.

This way, you won’t have to worry about leeches crawling on you.

“Do you have a large stock of insect repellent?” Meng Jingzhou suddenly thought of a question.

The attendant was slightly taken aback, not understanding what Meng Jingzhou meant, and politely asked, “How much insect repellent would you like, sir?”

“Enough to drive all the mosquitoes out of the dense forest, probably.”

Even the well-trained attendant couldn’t help but twitch his mouth: “I’m sorry, sir, the quantity of insect repellent you’re asking for is too large. Even if we emptied the main warehouse, it might not be enough to meet your needs.”

Everyone applies insect repellent to their bodies, but you want to sprinkle it in the forest; no amount of insect repellent would be sufficient.

Meng Jingzhou pursed his lips, somewhat dissatisfied with the commerce association’s slogan: “And you say as long as we have money, you can meet all the customer’s needs? Forget it, if you don’t have it, you don’t have it.”

The environment of the dense forest is harsh, with even mosquitoes having the strength of the first level of Qi Refining. It is almost impossible for Qi Refining stage cultivators to survive in the dense forest.

However, on the other hand, if a Qi Refining stage cultivator can survive in the dense forest, they are destined to achieve great things in the future.

In fact, many famous great cultivators in history chose to train themselves in the dense forest during their Qi Refining stage, honing their skills and laying a solid foundation for the long-term conditioning of their bodies due to heavy moisture.

“Also, give me two bottles of the best dehumidifying pills.”

“And antidote pills.”

“I heard that some demonic beasts have aphrodisiac properties. I’d like to get a solution for aphrodisiacs... No, no, I’m not asking for directions to a brothel! I mean two bottles of the antidote for the aphrodisiac” (TL Note: A cliche trope in cultivation novels is a cold, jade beauty type accidentally gets bitten by a poisonous snake which has aphrodisiac properties and she will die if she doesn’t have sex with a man causing the main character to be forced to do it with her. It’s a really disgusting trope in my opinion and the author is making fun of it by preparing in advance and having an antidote in case this kind of situation happens to our main characters.)

“Poison... your poison quality here is not good. Fortunately, I came prepared, here’s a list of herbs with quantities and weights. Follow this, we’ll make it ourselves.”

Lu Yang was worried about the quality of the poisons from the Land of Gold Commerce Association; they were too subpar. Even the people from Dao Seeking Sect could make better quality ones casually.

“Would you like the latest edition of the ‘Dense Forest Guide’? It records most of the demon beasts found in the dense forest and the dangers you might encounter.”

“Good stuff, give me one.”

“Do you need a tent? It might be necessary for camping in the wild. It’s a hot-selling item in our association. Buying a tent comes with a free bottle of Golden Core stage demon beast urine. Sprinkling it around while sleeping can effectively drive away low-level demon beasts.”

Meng Jingzhou didn’t say anything, he just took out a black token with the word “Meng” written on it.

The attendant saw the token, his pupils shrank suddenly, and his hands began to tremble.

In the first lesson of his training before starting work, he learned to identify the special tokens of the association, which represented different identities, such as the royal family or the Meng family, all of which required utmost respect and could not be offended.

He had been working here for over ten years and had seen members of the Meng family before, but those were from the collateral branches. This token had the word “Meng” on it. This meant the holder was from the main branch, potentially having the right to control part of the Meng family’s power in the future.

This was a major background, an absolutely significant background.

It was laughable that he even mentioned a 10% discount; they probably didn’t even care about such a small discount.

“Keep it quiet,” Meng Jingzhou said, his tone flat, but he was secretly overjoyed.

Yes, yes, this was the reaction he wanted.

Lu Yang glanced at Meng Jingzhou disdainfully.

What are you pretending to be?

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

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

“Do you have a storage ring? I can put everything in for you.”

Lu Yang casually took out the identity jade token of the Dao Seeking Sect, with the words “Lu Yang” written on it.

Seeing the jade token, the attendant’s heart tightened again.

A disciple of the Dao Seeking Sect, this was an identity that could make waves in the cultivation world.

He had guessed that these two were from a big family or a major sect, but he hadn’t imagined it would be this big.

“Keep it quiet,” Lu Yang said, his tone flat, but he was secretly overjoyed.

Finally, it’s my turn.

Meng Jingzhou glanced at Lu Yang disdainfully. What are you pretending to be? The two took their items and headed to the dense forest.

(End of the chapter)