Discounts

Several hours later, Chen Lu changed into the usual attire of the black market and arrived outside the black market in Fenglinfang.

This place was established by the law enforcement department.

The previous head of the enforcement department, upon taking office, consolidated the black markets scattered throughout the city.

After collecting a protection fee each month, they stopped interfering.

This move brought unprecedented profits to the law enforcement department, and countless law enforcement cultivators ate their fill as a result.

Furthermore, the black market is the safest place in Maple Forest.

Because this is the only place in the entire market where law enforcement monks patrol continuously throughout the day.

Each pass is guarded by a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and any cultivator who dares to cause trouble will be apprehended immediately.

Once the facts are clear, the offenders will be sent to the mine at best, and killed on the spot at worst.

Strict law enforcement kept the black market peaceful, with only the constant sound of heavenly music.

As usual, he paid the two cultivators at the entrance five spirit stones as an admission fee.

Upon entering the black market, the honest merchants and refined monks engaged in friendly conversation.

"Fuck your mother! You dared to lie to me! This is a fake! You owe me money!"

"Fuck you, you filthy idiot! I sold myself, so what? Go ahead and hit me if you dare! Hit me here!"

In fact, the two stood with their hands behind their backs, neither of them taking a single step toward the other, for fear of being mistaken for causing trouble.

Chen Lu picked at his ear and walked deeper into the street.

He checked each of the patrol locations that Amo had mentioned to them.

But to their astonishment, they discovered that the number of law enforcement monks on patrol had increased by nearly 50%.

Those foundation-building masters who only occasionally take charge, or even when they are all present, sit atop the pavilion, their eyes coldly looking down at the street.

Chen Lu quickly avoided eye contact, lowered his head, and continued to examine the various stalls.

Recalling the change of leadership, he seemed to have guessed something.

When Cheng Wangshenglong said that after the new leader was appointed, everything had to be changed.

Those forces that originally belonged to the old rulers naturally had to be wiped out.

The last time I consulted the oracle about the black market, the enforcement department was also cracking down on the black market.

He was puzzled at the time, but now that he sees it, he immediately understands.

After walking for a while, he stopped and observed the shop that was about to be besieged from a distance.

Perhaps it is the recent turmoil that has led to fewer cultivators coming here.

The once bustling street now only had a few scattered cultivators.

Just as the pharmacy clerk was dozing off out of boredom, a passing cultivator suddenly sprang into action.

With a pat on his waist, a large sword suddenly appeared. He gripped it in his hand, roared angrily, and slashed down hard at the man's head.

With a crisp "ding," a layer of golden light appeared on the waiter's body.

But this was just a Vajra Talisman, not a defensive magic weapon, and it couldn't stop this powerful and heavy strike at all.

puff!

A flash of light, and a head fell to the ground.

The man's face still held a trace of drowsiness, as if he had not yet fully woken up from his dream.

"Leave no one alive! Kill them!"

On the street, the many cultivators who had been strolling around responded loudly and surged out in a pre-rehearsed formation.

A moment later, heart-wrenching screams rang out, but they stopped abruptly after only two cries.

A thick, pungent smell of blood wafted out, mixed with a slight stench, making the surrounding cultivators feel nauseous.

Subsequently, the cultivators were dressed in ordinary close-fitting clothes, not in the uniform of the law enforcement department, but everyone around them knew their identities.

Noticing the probing gazes of the surrounding cultivators, the leading enforcement squad leader paused, then spoke loudly:

"This pharmacy is involved in tax evasion, tax avoidance, counterfeiting pills, and selling counterfeit pills."

He harmed dozens of cultivators, leaving them with lifelong disabilities and preventing them from ever breaking through to higher levels again.

The villains here have been wiped out, but in other places, there are still stubborn, conservative, and inflexible monks.

We urge those people to return to the right path as soon as possible, so that they may live a peaceful and stable life!

The onlookers dared not speak, fearing that if they were in a bad mood, it would affect them.

After most of the people had left, the squad leader returned to the pharmacy.

The law enforcement monks also collected all the medicinal herbs from the apothecary.

"Report to the captain, we found a total of... um... Qing... what kind of flower, three hundred."

There are also 500 ginseng roots.

The law enforcement officer stared at the medicinal herbs on the ground, scratched his head, and couldn't come up with their correct names for a long time.

"Alright, alright, as long as none were left behind." The squad leader kicked the medicinal herbs on the ground helplessly.

"With so many, we could sell them ourselves in a million years."

Looks like we'll have to sell it all to Red Bamboo Immortal City. Once the money comes in, all the brothers will get a share!

At this moment, Chen Lu knew that the time indicated by the divination had arrived.

He pulled up his straw hat, leaned closer, and said in a low voice:

"Senior, may I purchase some of these medicinal herbs?"

"Buy elixirs?" The enforcement squad leader narrowed his eyes, carefully examining Chen Lu.

Without his noticing, his fingers twitched, and the resting law enforcement monks around him received the order and slowly surrounded him.

"Sure, pick whatever you like, I'll sell it to you at half price."

Chen Lu was not alarmed. He simply squatted down and rummaged through the boxes one by one.

The medicinal herbs here are of average quality. According to Master Li Dan, the fasting pills made from them are at most of medium grade, with a market price of 3 spirit fragments per pill.

The normal grade is the superior grade, which is one pill of 4 Broken Spirits.

As for the elixir poisoning, there is no detailed classification; it depends on which pharmacy's alchemist is skilled enough to remove the elixir poisoning completely.

Although the price of pills without erysipelas will not change, they can attract a large number of stable customers and bring long-term benefits.

Chen Lu searched through the pharmacy, and the enforcement team leader gradually concluded that he was not an employee of the pharmacy, which led him to order his team members to retreat.

Then, they were asked to bring out the same kind of medicinal herbs from the storeroom.

In the end, Chen Lu gathered enough medicinal herbs to refine a 30-day fasting pill.

"Senior, these are all I need."

"Hmm... Let me count, these have three lower spirits, and those have ten lower spirits."

"That one seems to have a 30% tax on rare spiritual plants, and this one has a 20% tax..."

The enforcement team leader frowned, looking troubled as he silently calculated in his mind.

The law enforcement officers watching from the sidelines smirked with tension.

The enforcement team leader's face gradually darkened, and then, unable to contain himself any longer, he slammed his hand on the counter and roared:

"All of you, get over here! Calculate these numbers! If you can't, nobody's leaving!"

"It's all set, we're going drinking tonight! Everyone's getting a hostess!"

After waiting for a few quarters of an hour, the law enforcement officers announced a few numbers.

"Boss! 1302 lower spirit stones!"

"That's not right, I calculated 1523 lower spirits!"

"Ah, how did I calculate 1280 lower spirits then!"

"Then I..."

Each law enforcement officer reported a different number.

The enforcement team leader shook his head helplessly.

There are many rules governing the sale of these elixirs, and each type of elixir has a different tax, with varying amounts payable.

Although these medicinal herbs were obtained by plunder, taxes still had to be paid.