This small town does not look wealthy. At first glance, it is full of low brick houses. The roads are narrow and can only accommodate two cars driving side by side. There are some small vendors on both sides of the road. Whenever someone passes by, you can hear the hawking sounds, but there are not many people coming and going on the streets.
In addition to small vendors, there are also some shops on the street. The decoration of the shops is very old and simple. There is a blacksmith shop on the left, a bakery on the right, and a grocery store on the right again. There are all kinds of shops, which is quite complete.
The entrances of almost all the shops here are piled with goods, leaving only space at the main door for customers to enter and exit.
Lan Ziye walked into a grocery store and asked, "Excuse me, do you have any maps of Phoenix Mountain for sale?"
"Are you going into Phoenix Mountain?" The grocery store owner who was packing up reacted instantly, ran to Lan Ziye hurriedly, looked him up and down and asked in surprise.
Lan Ziye nodded generously.
The grocery store owner immediately spoke in a serious tone, saying, "You look so fair and clean, you don't look like someone who would go to a place like Phoenix Mountain! Looking at your small stature, you haven't even graduated from junior high school yet, right?"
"What does this have to do with you? Our young lady asked you if you have a map. If you do, sell it to us. If you don't, just say you don't have it. Why are you wasting so much time talking?" Zeng Li was very unhappy when she saw the grocer staring at Lan Ziye. She took two steps at a time and stood in front of Lan Ziye and said rudely.
The grocer smiled awkwardly and said, "My dear little kid, I think you misunderstood me. I just wanted to tell you that Phoenix Mountain is not a place you can just hang out in. It's extremely dangerous, and the scenery isn't great. I advise you to go somewhere else!"
"Do you have any maps for sale here?" Zeng Li asked unhappily, "If not, let's go buy some somewhere else!"
Seeing Zeng Li's complete disapproval and negative tone, the grocery store owner immediately became unhappy and said unhappily, "Of course I have a map. By the way, I'd like to recommend a coffin shop to you. It's owned by my brother. If you mention my name, I can give you a 20% discount!"
Zeng Li instantly became furious and snapped, "When did we ever ask you to introduce a coffin shop? Besides, who still uses coffins these days? Are you deliberately cursing us to death?"
The grocery store owner sneered, "Do you think you'll be able to return alive after going up Phoenix Mountain?" He paused before adding, "A coffin shop doesn't just sell coffins; they're also responsible for collecting your bodies. You wouldn't want to be left exposed in the wilderness after death, would you?"
Lan Ziye got the point. She asked, "What did you just say? Your brother's coffin shop can help people collect corpses? How do they collect corpses? Do they know anything about Phoenix Mountain?"
The grocery store owner's expression was clearly somewhat uneasy, his eyes flickering as he said, "Anyway, my brother has his own way!" He paused before adding, "Don't get your hopes up. I've been running this shop here for fifteen years, and I've never seen anyone come back alive from Phoenix Mountain."
Zeng Li was furious and wanted to say something else, but was stopped by Lan Ziye. Lan Ziye politely asked, "Could you please get me a map of Phoenix Mountain and a compass? How much?"
"Do you want a good compass or an ordinary one?" asked the shop owner.
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