Chapter 37 Appetizer
"Hehehe," Taoist Master Wang Guan’s wrinkled old face bloomed like a chrysanthemum as he looked towards Li Ang and the others in the corner. "Who might these be..."
Li Ang stood up and deftly recounted his fabricated origin story while stepping forward, clasping his hands in greeting and presenting a wooden box.
Inside the wooden box were sticks of exquisitely luxurious Marlboro Cigarettes.
"What’s this?" Wang Guan frowned.
A Wolf Demon who had just bought a pack of cigarettes approached, lit one, and explained, "These are cigarettes, a special product Priest Li intentionally brought back from the Ayitobie Archipelago. They need to be lit and inhaled."
The Wolf Demon took a harsh drag, puffing smoke and coughing as he said, "This stuff, unlike Ah Furong, doesn’t befuddle the mind and damage the body. Instead, these cigarettes are refreshing and invigorating. They aid in meditation and concentration, enhancing one’s cultivation. Look, it even says ’Smoking is beneficial to health’ on the packaging."
What the Wolf Demon didn’t know was that Li Ang had added something extra to the tobacco. Smoking it was far more potent than regular cigarettes. The pack gifted to Wang Guan contained an even larger dose of drugs, significantly increasing its addictiveness while also enhancing its ability to ravage the body.
Forget humans; even an elephant would collapse after a single puff.
"Then I thank you, Priest Li," Wang Guan accepted the wooden box of cigarettes, but he didn’t pick one out to smoke. He casually handed the wooden box to the ghost in white standing deferentially behind him.
"Now that everyone has arrived, I’ll go to the cellar to get the wine," Wang Guan bid farewell to the group of demons with clasped hands and headed straight for the Pagoda.