The City of Gluttony was like a sect, and didn't have any rules or regulations. It was a very suitable place for him to hide. Furthermore, Wang Baole could tell that there was no one in the City of Gluttony that could be considered an enemy.
In theory, anyone from the outside world could enter the city after obtaining the right to do so. That was why the City of Gluttony was filled with all sorts of people.
What they needed was openness. They needed more and more people to pour into the city. Gourmet food was just a means and a way to cultivate. The more people contributed to the desire to eat, the more the cultivators of the Law of Appetite in the city would benefit.
Perhaps it was because of those demands that the City of Gluttony seemed to be chaotic, but actually contained some sort of law.
Human lives didn't have much meaning in this place.
What was truly meaningful was to have the ability to protect oneself.
"Interesting." After thinking it through, a smile appeared on Wang Baole's face. He realized that he was starting to like this City of Gluttony. Most importantly, he had a business here.
Wang Baole narrowed his eyes at the female shopkeeper, who had been enchanting and beautiful at the beginning, but was now beyond recognition. "So, where is the primer for this shop?"
How could the female shopkeeper dare to refuse? Immediately, she slapped her chest, causing a red light to emanate from her body. It slowly converged in front of her, forming an illusory command medallion.
The command medallion was covered with a large number of magical symbols, which were woven together. Anyone who saw it would feel as if they had just seen the finest delicacies in the world, and would be unable to control their appetite.
Even Fatty, the dwarf, and the chef were all in a miserable state. However, when they saw the command medallion, their breathing quickened, as if they were doing their best to restrain themselves.
However, it was obvious that they couldn't keep it in check for too long. If the command medallion was exposed for too long, the three of them wouldn't be able to control themselves and would rush up to snatch it.
Looking at the expressions of the crowd, Wang Baole seemed to be lost in thought. He waved his right hand, and the illusory command medallion flew over to Wang Baole. As soon as he grabbed it, everyone's gazes were instinctively drawn to it.
Wang Baole examined the command medallion, and his eyes glittered brightly. As far as he was concerned, this primer … was actually just a Dao seed that had shrunk down a lot.
However, compared to the true Dao Seed, this thing could only be considered an extremely small branch. It did not even possess one ten-thousandth of the true Dao Seed. Perhaps it would be more appropriate to describe it as a Dao Thread.
But even so, it could still allow one to gain the ability to connect with the Law of Appetite after comprehending it, thus obtaining the qualifications to cultivate and comprehend it. If the Law of Appetite was compared to a large river, then this strand was like a small sapling, its roots connected to the river.
However, due to the weakness and limitations of the sapling itself, the absorption rate was not high.
As for the female owner, she had become much weaker after giving out the primer. However, Wang Baole could clearly sense that even though she no longer had the primer in her body, she was still capable of comprehending the Dharmic Laws of Gluttony, perhaps because she had spent many years comprehending the Dharmic Laws.
It was just that the speed and efficiency were much slower.
"It seems that the cultivation in this world uses the Dao Seed as the foundation. The way to comprehend the laws is also the same." Wang Baole thought of the Law of Pleasure and the Law of Desire. They were similar to the Law of Appetite in front of him.
After a moment of silence, Wang Baole clenched his right fist. Instantly, the Rule of Appetite token in his palm seemed to have melted and seeped into his palm. After circulating within his body, it transformed into a fingernail-sized vortex in his dantian.
As the vortex appeared, an intense feeling of hunger immediately appeared in his body. It was as if even if a mountain of food was placed in front of him, he would be able to swallow it all.
And if there was no food to dispel this feeling of hunger, it would be restrained and instead absorb the life force of a cultivator.
This feeling was very difficult to suppress, and it was enough to drive an ordinary person crazy. But for Wang Baole, it was still within the limits of what he could endure. Thus, he rubbed his stomach and suppressed the feeling. Then he looked up at the female innkeeper with a faint smile.
With this look, the female innkeeper trembled even more violently. Her eyes were filled with disbelief. She quickly knelt down and kowtowed continuously. Due to excessive fear and nervousness, she could not even speak.
The reason for this was because she had a trace of fantasy in her heart when she gave out the primer. She purposely did not mention the side effects of fusing the primer. She thought that she could use this to reverse the situation.
After all, because others had not fused with the primer before, they did not know what would happen at the moment of fusion. This was a secret to a certain extent in Appetite City.
When she fused with the primer, although she was warned, she was not fully prepared and was almost devoured by the primer. Therefore, in her opinion, no matter how strong the person in front of her was, it would be difficult for him to be safe. Once the primer devoured him, it would be the best time for her to strike back.
However, she had never expected that the backlash, which she thought was extremely frightening, didn't appear on Wang Baole at all. That destroyed the last ray of hope in her heart. Now that Wang Baole glanced at her, her will to live was at its strongest.
"Clean this place up. Tomorrow, we'll open as usual." Wang Baole retracted his gaze and stood up. With a wave of his hand, four restrictive spells flew out and entered the bodies of the four people. After completely locking down their souls, he stretched lazily and walked up to the second floor.
The first floor of the shop was the restaurant, and the second floor was the living room. As he walked up the stairs and pushed open the door to the master bedroom, Wang Baole suddenly spoke up.
"I like to listen to music. Tonight, you'll sing until dawn." With that, Wang Baole pushed open the door and walked in.
When he disappeared, the four people downstairs trembled and exchanged glances. They could see the helplessness in each other's eyes. Then the dwarf leaped up and went directly in front of Fatty, slapping him viciously across the face.
Fatty's body was sent flying and slammed into the wall. That wasn't the end of it. The chef did the same. He went up and gave Fatty a vicious kick, causing Fatty to spurt out blood and fall to the other side.
"Are you blind? I can't believe you sent a jinx like that into the shop!"
Fatty was in a miserable state. His heart was filled with grievances, but he had no way to retort. After all … he really was the one who had taken the initiative to force Wang Baole into the shop.
"The chef was right," said Fatty. "You really are blind." As Fatty struggled to rise to his feet, a faint voice echoed out from in front of him. Fatty's face flickered, and he had no time to dodge. The female shopkeeper appeared in front of him. She lifted her right hand, then stabbed her finger into Fatty's right eye and pulled it out.
Fatty was about to scream when the dwarf appeared behind him and clamped his hand over his mouth, making it impossible for him to make a sound. His body trembled violently as the female manager dug his eye out and shoved it into the dwarf's mouth.
"Take him away and teach him a lesson," said the female manager softly. Then, amidst the savagery of the dwarf and the cook, the female manager spoke softly. She no longer looked at them. Instead, she sat off to the side, sighed, and began to sing.
Her voice was filled with bitterness, helplessness, and trembling. It echoed out for a long time.
Inside the room, Wang Baole sat there cross-legged, his face cold and expressionless.
In this morbid, lust-filled world, you need to be more ferocious than anyone else.
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