Time flew like an arrow, and the sun and moon sped by like a shuttle. Before anyone knew it, another ten years had passed.
On Northsky Island, two travel-worn grassroots rogue cultivators walked along a corner of the market streets. Suddenly, they noticed that every shop along an entire street was selling all manner of goods related to the Incense Path.
Without realizing it, they had wandered into the Incense Market.
As its name suggested, the Incense Market was a market devoted to selling incense products and related implements.
Over the years, incense markets had appeared at the major market gatherings and market wards, taking their places alongside pills, magic treasures, talismans, and other wares. Though their growth was still gathering momentum, they had indeed made the transition from nothing to something.
Moreover, these incense markets were spreading outward at an astonishing rate.
"Honored customer, would you care for some Beast-Repelling Incense? This is another new spirit incense produced by the Incense Accumulation Sect. It can drive away all kinds of wild beasts and demons—even some Great Demons with Foundation Establishment cultivation!"
One of the two rogue cultivators paused in surprise and could not help asking, "It can drive away Great Demons too? Is this Beast-Repelling Incense really that effective?"
"Of course!" Having struck up a conversation with a prospective customer, the shop assistant immediately grew enthusiastic and pitched his wares with vigor. "Sect Master Li of the Incense Accumulation Sect personally makes this from scent compounds extracted from the scent sacs of powerful demonic beasts. It specifically counters those beasts with little intelligence.
"Of course, it won't work on those that have awakened their intelligence. Even if you fool them briefly, it won't do any good and may only enrage them. In that case, you should use Face Tree