An Opportunity for Heaven-Sent Riches!
Zhang Bahu knew that for cultivators of their level, even if they encountered the most powerful trapping formations in the ruins they could explore, they would only be trapped for four, five, seven, or eight months at most before they would die!
Zhang Bahu calculated that breaking through this trap would take about two or three months...
If you're lucky, two Fasting Pills will be enough; if you're unlucky, it'll only take three... Everyone, you can handle it!
But when the first Fasting Pill that everyone took only lasted for five days before it became ineffective, Zhang Bahu's eyes turned red!
Rogue Cultivators encounter this kind of thing far too often... After all, with things like pills... you can't be sure of their effectiveness until you take them...
After all, the difference doesn't seem that big, right...?
However, after actually taking the medicine, the effects that were supposed to last a month only lasted for five days, which immediately put the entire team in a desperate situation!
This is a case of encountering an unscrupulous businessman...
Zhang Bahu had heard of this kind of thing before; some unscrupulous chambers of commerce would sell inferior goods as superior ones!
What the heck? You said you'd go find it afterward?
Forget about what happens afterward; the moment you pay, they can't even acknowledge it!
What? You think you're so Rogue Cultivator and mighty just because you're a nobody? Never experienced the harsh realities of life before?
This time, Zhang Bahu was truly in despair... The team consumed one Fasting Pill every five days, and the Fasting Pills that could originally last for ten months could now only last for fifty days.
However, if we can just tough it out for fifty days, there's still a chance.
But Zhang Bahu soon realized that he was too optimistic... He thought that five days of the drug's effects were already insane, but he soon realized that five days was not the lower limit but the upper limit!
The least effective of all the pills could only sustain the effects of fasting for three days!
In just one month, the team's entire supply of Fasting Pills was exhausted...
In this situation, teammates start eating anything they can find nearby, but while food can solve the problem, what about water?
They were just a group of minor cultivators at the third or fourth rank. They couldn't possibly use their Spirit Power to go without food or water for a period of time like those powerful cultivators!
Without water, their team was on the verge of collapse in a short time. Under these circumstances, they had no choice but to charge forward!
The trapping formation is the kind that won't move if you don't move it, but if you do move it, it might turn into a killing formation before it's broken!
Zhang Bahu finally broke through, but at the cost of his left eye...
Zhang Bahu's teammates, due to their lack of strength, were forever left in the ruins!
Even today, watching his teammates, who could have survived, fall one by one still breaks Zhang Bahu's heart!
Zhang Bahu, emerging from the ruins, didn't seek justice, because he knew this was reality...
Although that chamber of commerce wasn't a major one, it was still not something a nobody like Zhang Bahu could afford to offend.
It's not that no one has been scammed and gone to demand an explanation... but the ultimate fate of these people seeking justice may be that they disappear forever.
The law of the jungle prevails over the weak... Those unscrupulous merchants never care about the lives of Rogue Cultivators. In their eyes, what does it matter to them Rogue Cultivator dies? It's just bad luck for the Rogue Cultivator!
Zhang Bahu regretted it too late... He had heard that the chamber of commerce had problems, but Zhang Bahu still went there in order to save time...
Ultimately, this caused Zhang Bahu to regret it for the rest of his life!
Zhang Bahu was despondent for a long time, but he eventually stood up again. However, from that day on, Zhang Bahu set a rule for his team.
All buying and selling must be conducted only through the Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce.
Because Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce's prices are never cheap, but Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce get what you pay for!
You won't lose out or be cheated by this purchase!
Zhang Bahu had heard that a team had bought pills from the Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce, but later, because the pills did not achieve the expected effects, something happened and people died. Instead of the other team seeking an explanation from the Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce, the Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce took the initiative to come to the other team!
In response to this incident, Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce offered compensation and provided support to the families of all the deceased Rogue Cultivators for three generations. Furthermore, the most talented members of the second generation of their families could be selected to join any department under Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce!
Although the dead cannot be brought back to life, the Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce has done its best!
So from that day on, Zhang Bahu only sold his goods to the Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce, without worrying about being cheated, as the Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce was honest and trustworthy.
I only buy from Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce. I don't have to worry about any problems with the products. Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce guarantees genuine products at fair prices!
It was precisely because of Zhang Bahu's choice that the team was able to turn the tide countless times when they faced difficulties, thanks to the items they purchased from the Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce!
When faced with a predicament, the probability of breaking through using items from the Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce is much higher than buying from other chambers of commerce!
You said that the goods from Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce are probably not as cheap as those from smaller chambers of commerce.
But do you know what it means to get something for nothing?
Last time, Zhang Bahu was trapped in the formation again, but guess what? One Fasting Pill from the Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce was enough to sustain him for a month and a half!
A fasting pill that lasts for a month is considered a qualified Fasting Pill, and the one from the Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce can even have 1.5 times the effect!
With ten other Fasting Pills, you can last for ten months. With ten Fasting Pills from the Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce, you might be able to last for two years if you're lucky!
Because some powerful Fasting Pills can even provide the effects of fasting for two months!
No matter how expensive something is, can it be more valuable than a human life?
Therefore, Zhang Bahu only trusts Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce. He only has one life and one chance, and Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce deserves everyone's trust!
Today, Zhang Bahu brought his teammates to Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce to make purchases!
This is the Northwest Great Desert. To be honest, although it's only the beginning of summer, the weather in the Northwest Great Desert is already unbearably hot!
As Zhang Bahu walked, he called out to his teammates, "Hurry, hurry... we're almost at Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce. Their formation should be activated by now. Let's go in and cool off!"
Following Zhang Bahu, his teammates entered the Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce. As soon as they entered, Zhang Bahu felt a chill rush towards him!
"Holy crap! That feels good! The Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce really has the money to burn. This formation... no other place would dare to keep it running indefinitely..." Zhang Bahu was about to marvel at the Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce's formation, but Zhang Bahu quickly realized something was wrong!
Logically, after the Cooling Array is set up, various array patterns should appear, but at this moment, there don't seem to be any array patterns around!
What's going on? A hidden cool and refreshing style?
Just as Zhang Bahu was completely bewildered, the sales assistant next to him came over!
"Hello sir... How can I help you?"
"Hey... hello, hello... um... why can't I see the array patterns in your Cooling Array?"
"A cooling array? Sir, you're joking. We haven't set up a cooling array here!"
"How could it be this cool without a cooling array? Are you kidding me!"
"Sir, you may not know this, but this is our latest Vast Heaven Air Conditioner, it's that one!" The saleswoman then explained in detail to Zhang Bahu what the air conditioner was!
Zhang Bahu was dumbfounded as he listened to the saleswoman's introduction!
What the heck? You can buy something even better than the Eternal Ice for just one and a half spirit stones?
It might not even take a whole spirit stone to consume in a year?
Losing money on two units for every one sold?
Has the Vast Heaven Holy Land gone mad?
In an instant, Zhang Bahu thought that he had to buy one for his parents... His parents were from the desert, and the hardest times for them were winter and summer!
The desert's weather is icy cold in winter and unbearably hot in summer; even cultivators might struggle to endure it, let alone ordinary people like parents.
Every summer, my elderly father and mother would get heat rash all over their bodies!
Now, it only takes two spirit stones a year to solve the problem?
"Sir, your calculation is incorrect. It's not two coins a year... You only need two coins in the first year because you'll be purchasing the air conditioner itself. From the second year onwards, you'll only need to purchase energy spirit stones from our Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce, which will only cost about one spirit stone... Our air conditioners have a lifespan of twenty years. If any problems arise before that lifespan, we'll replace them free of charge!"
Zhang Bahu: "!!"
Is one spirit stone a lot? To be honest, it's not a small amount for an ordinary family...
With the merger of the Four Continents, Spiritual Qi has revived, and there are more spirit stones now, but an average family still can't earn much in a year!
Therefore, one spirit stone is not a small amount!
But is one spirit stone really that much?
The merger of the Four Continents led to a revival of Spiritual Qi. Now, many people who couldn't cultivate in the past can now do so, and it's not uncommon for ordinary families to produce Rogue Cultivators.
In the past, a small town might not have a single cultivator, and even Rogue Cultivator might not appear.
But nowadays, even if we don't talk about every household, it's not too difficult for a small-time Rogue Cultivator to appear in a hutong (alleyway).
Even the lowest-level Rogue Cultivators of the first or second rank, as long as they work hard, shouldn't have a hard time earning a few spirit stones a year!
Is spending one spirit stone a year considered a lot?
This spirit stone, aside from being a huge sum for the Duped Erlüzi, doesn't seem entirely unacceptable even for an ordinary family!
So in an instant, Zhang Bahu decided he had to buy it... for his parents, and for the families of his deceased teammates as well!
Anything made by Vast Heaven is guaranteed to be of the highest quality. This thing is based on Lord Xinghe's ideas and was created by Divine Master Ouyang Ming. What problems could possibly arise from this?
So Zhang Bahu's first thought was to buy it for his family...
But Zhang Bahu quickly realized something was wrong! This seemed to be a tremendous opportunity for him!
It seems like I, Zhang Bahu, am about to strike it rich!
"Um... um... miss... I have a question, how many air conditioners do you have around here?"
"Oh? Well... let me ask for you..."
The young woman returned a moment later and said, "Sir, I've asked for you. Because our area is quite remote, the first batch only has a quota of 8,000 units!"
When will the second batch arrive?
"From what they've said, it seems like it'll have to be next month!" The young woman didn't try to hide anything.
Is there a purchase limit?
"Huh? There's no purchase limit..."
"Alright... I'll take all eight thousand units!"
Zhang Bahu immediately found all his teammates and told them his plan...
Eight thousand air conditioners, one and a half spirit stones each, that's twelve thousand spirit stones. Now that Zhang Bahu's team is an elite squad, they can scrape together the money even if they have to sell everything they own!
However, twelve thousand spirit stones is still too extravagant for Rogue Cultivator.
So some teammates still had questions!
"Captain... isn't this too risky?"
"Brother! Risk and opportunity go hand in hand! Do you trust the captain's judgment?"
"Well... alright then... I'll team up with the captain!"
"Me too, with the captain..."
"I... my spirit stones are too hard to come by, I won't go..." Only one Rogue Cultivator in the group, named Zhao Chao, refused to go. After all, he was usually stingy, and he thought the captain's plan was too risky!
This air conditioner is good, but is the plan to buy it from Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce and resell it really feasible?
Can air conditioners really sell out? What if they don't sell? Won't we lose a fortune?
Zhang Bahu didn't say anything more about Zhao Chao's stubborn refusal to agree.
A person's fate is predetermined!
Lord Xinghe is said to bring immense wealth and prosperity wherever he goes. Although Lord Xinghe did not appear this time, we can still ride the wave of Xinghe power!
This incredible wealth and fortune is about to fall into my hands, Zhang Bahu!