"Hey! You! Hello! Im lost and ended up here, can you tell me where this place is?" Li You Ran thought of a ridiculous reason, normally no one would believe it, but the person in front of her did.

  "Lost? Youre a traveling merchant, arent you! Why are you alone? Where are your goods and mercenaries? Were you robbed?"

  Thats great! In an instant, he gave Li You Ran an identity. Li You Ran almost hugged him and kissed him, this gentleman is really considerate of others.

  "Thats right! I am indeed a merchant, but how did you figure it out? As for my goods and mercenaries, you know that all sorts of troubles can arise. " Li You Ran said it vaguely on purpose, letting him fill in the blanks himself, and sure enough, he thought of many possibilities in an instant, bandits? Betrayal? Getting lost?"

  "I knew it, its easy to see! You dont have any calluses on your hands, and you cant carry anything on your shoulders or lift with your hands. One look and I know youre from a rich family, but nobles wouldnt come to the deep mountains alone. However, youre alone, so Im guessing youre a traveling merchant." He said with a smug expression of being very clever.

  "This big brother is really wise! My little brothers name is You Ran! I dont know how to address you, big brother? Thank you so much for saving me, or else I would have fallen into the beasts mouth." Li You Ran lowered his posture and then skillfully pulled out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it over.

  "My name is Morton, Im a hunter from Xiaoshan Town..." The hunter named Morton looked at the cigarette handed over by Li You Ran and was somewhat at a loss, he didnt know what this thing was, although he took it, but didnt know what to do with it.

  Li You Ran looked at it and secretly patted her own head, she was really too stupid, didnt think that this place was a different realm, maybe they dont have this kind of tobacco here.

  "Big brother! Blame me! Blame me! Look! Its like this." Then Li You Ran also took out a cigarette, put it in his mouth, took out a lighter from his pocket, lit it up, took a deep drag, and then exhaled thick smoke.

  Morton was stunned, he saw something, the sudden appearance of flames made him think of a certain kind of person, that is, a magician. Then the smoke coming out of Li You Rans mouth made him even more convinced that Li You Ran was not an ordinary person.

  "Whats wrong! Big brother is here, Ill light it for you." Li You Ran didnt notice the change on Mortons face, and instead used a lighter to light up his cigarette in front of him.

  Morton hesitated and took a puff, feeling quite curious, and this old master seemed not to be as difficult to get along with as others had said. Then he took another fierce puff, which made him choke, Morton wanted to cough, but Li You Ran was here, so he was a little afraid, and held back, his face turned purple.

  Li You Ran looked amused and said: "Big brother dont be nervous! Just spit it out and youll be fine."

  Upon hearing the old masters words, Mo Dun finally spat it out and felt much more comfortable. What is this stuff? It feels very uncomfortable, but it also seems to be refreshing. Originally feeling somewhat fatigued, after taking a puff of this, he seemed to have improved a lot.

  "Whats this? Master Lawyer! I dont know what this is?" Morton asked.

  As a result, Li You Ran was confused by his title: "What? What sorcerer?"

  Mo Dun listened, hesitated for a moment, then pointed to Li You Rans hand holding the lighter. Li You Ran followed his pointing and saw her own lighter, immediately understanding that she had been misunderstood. Although this misunderstanding was beautiful, she couldnt pretend anymore - she didnt know any magic at all.

  "Is that what youre talking about! Im not a magician, look! This is a very convenient tool called a lighter, used to ignite fire." Li You Ran handed the lighter to Morton and taught him how to use it. After teaching him several times, Morton mastered this skill!

  One person was having a great time playing there, and Li You Ran didnt disturb him. After a while, Mo Dun suddenly remembered that he still had someone by his side, so he returned the lighter with embarrassment and said: "Since youre lost! Im going down the mountain now, why dont you come with me?"

  The simple mountain people, if someone gave him a cigarette, he would feel that he had taken advantage of the other persons kindness, and then felt obligated to take the other person out.

  Li You Ran immediately nodded and said: "Okay! Okay, Im really lost, cant find the way out."

  Morton smiled after hearing that, then carried the beast he had just killed and said: "Follow me! This place is not far from the town. Since you are a merchant, you can come here to do business in the future. We rarely have merchants coming here."

  "Alright! To be honest, this time I came to find sales channels and see what those places need. Then Ill prepare the goods and do business. Thats how it works - if they need something, we sell them that." Li You Ran readily agreed, originally she was here to investigate.

  All the way, Li You Ran was inquiring about some things in this world, but how much can a mountain folk know? Naturally, there wasnt much gain, only knowing that the small town they were heading to belonged to the Imperial Maple Leaf Territory, under the jurisdiction of Lord Pang Bo, and that the small town was the fiefdom of one of his subordinates, Knight Sere.

  After several hours of rushing, a flag with lightning painted on it was finally seen fluttering in the air on a small hill. Morton said that this is the territory of Thunder Knights. Li You Ran was excited and finally entered the human world. Whether or not to make a fortune depends on this gamble.

  The two men lifted their spirits and entered the town, which was unguarded, with only a short earthen wall, and it was said that even the knight couldnt afford to keep many guards, his subordinates were mostly serfs, and there were hardly any free men like Morton.

  Following Morton into the town, I found that it was indeed very barren. Everyone looked pale and thin, seemingly unable to eat their fill. I had no idea what kind of business could be done here.

  Morton invited Li You Ran to his home, then put the beast on the cutting board outside the house, took out a sharp skinning knife, carefully skinned it, and immediately started salting. By the time he finished all this, it was already evening. Morton very hospitably invited Li You Ran to have dinner with him, and Li You Ran didnt decline, immediately agreeing.

  Then the two of them cut off several large pieces of meat from the fierce beast, and began to roast them over the fire. When they looked like they were cooked, they immediately took them down and started eating. Morton gave Li You Ran a piece, and when she took her first bite, she almost spat it out.

  "Whats wrong! Cant get used to the food? Ah, no choice. In this town, nobody has extra grain to spare. Otherwise, I can go borrow some. All I can offer is game meat, which is an insult." Morton sighed and said.

  "Its nothing! I just cant get used to eating it. By the way, do you have salt here? The meat is a bit bland, thats why I couldnt eat it."

  "Salt? We dont have much salt here, were far from the sea, so no salt, most people rely on animal blood to make up for it, try this." Morton handed Li You Ran a leather pouch containing beast blood.

  This made Li You Ran feel very disgusted and looked at Morton with suspicion.

  "We mostly get our salt from animal blood, dont look at this skin, outside it can be exchanged for at least twenty black bread." Mortons words left Li You Ran speechless, then brightened up and said "If I could get a lot of salt to sell here, how about that?"

  "Not so good! The people here are too poor to afford it, but perhaps the knight may be able to buy it." Mr. Mortons eyes lit up and then dimmed again, for the people here were poor, and even if there was something good, they couldnt afford it.

  "So thats how it is! It seems I still have to go find that knight, but I dont know how to look for him?" Li You Ran said.

  "Its too late today, lets do it tomorrow! Tomorrow you go find him, that stone-built fortress is the knights home, hes the lord here, almost all resources are his, I even pay taxes to him when I hunt." Morton saw Li You Ran didnt need blood so took it back, then applied it to the already cooked meat and ate it.

  After finishing, he even licked his fingers stained with blood, making Li You Ran almost vomit. Mo Dun patted his belly and said: "Im full, now go to sleep, are you resting here or going to the inn?"

  "Is there still an inn here? Forget it! Ill just go back!" Li You Ran thought it was unbelievable, such a broken place actually had something like an inn.

  "Here! This is for you! Consider it a reward for bringing me out." Li You Ran handed over a pack of cigarettes and a lighter, placing them in Mo Duns hands.

  "This is too expensive, I dont want it." But his eyes kept staring at the cigarettes and lighter, especially the lighter, which was a treasure in Mortons eyes. With it, he could have fire to cook food whenever he wanted when he was in the mountains, otherwise he would be helpless on rainy days.

  "Dont be polite to me! Im a businessman! I have plenty of such things, take it!" Li You Ran couldnt see that? Of course, he wouldnt return it. He had seen that Mo Dun was skilled and strong. Not to mention the arrow, just carrying several hundred catties of goods on the mountain road for several hours wasnt ordinary strength either.

  Morton indeed wanted it, so after declining several times, he finally accepted it. However, after taking it back to his room, he didnt know what to do with it and just threw it aside. Li You Ran heard the sound of something falling inside, then saw Morton come out holding a roll of unknown things.

  After coming out, Mo Dun handed the thing to Li You Ran and said: "I know this thing is not enough to buy that thing called a lighter, but this is the best thing I can take out. Its rare and precious. By the way, you just said youre going back, where are you going? Why dont you rest here for a night?"