Chapter 1403: Prosperous Chamber of Commerce Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios In less than five minutes, Lin Yuan silently appeared in Oak City. Oak City lived up to being one of the major cities in the Divine Wood Federation. Its roads were three times wider than those in Phoebe Zhennan City. The treehouses in Phoebe Zhennan City were only around 12 meters tall, while the treehouses in Oak City were more like tree castles around 20 meters tall. Currently, there was a giant tree castle almost 100 meters tall near Lin Yuan. There was a sign hanging at the front of it that read, ‘Prosperous Chamber of Commerce’. Many people were entering and exiting the tree castle. There were basically two types of people who visited the Prosperous Chamber of Commerce. One of them was ordinary merchants of the Great Lush Federation, while the other type was the elite of Oak City, who were dressed in expensive attire from head to toe. Lin Yuan was very interested in a chamber of commerce controlled by one of the Great Lush Federation’s secret elite families. He planned on trying to find a way to buy plant-type feys that could produce weather from this chamber of commerce. Lin Yuan released Liu Jie and Ji Feng from the Jeweled Cave Golden Toad and led them to the entrance of the Prosperous Chamber of Commerce. There were two attendants dressed in blue standing at the entrance of the Prosperous Chamber of Commerce. They carefully eyed every person who walked in and out of the Prosperous Chamber of Commerce. They stopped numerous people who tried to enter the Prosperous Chamber of Commerce. Lin Yuan immediately knew that those men were guarding the Prosperous Chamber of Commerce’s entrance. Besides the members of merchant groups from the Great Lush Federation, ordinary people had to wear clothes or accessories of a certain quality to enter the Prosperous Chamber of Commerce. Lin Yuan found it strange to have guards assessing possible entrants based on their dressing. However, it could not be denied that this behavior fit right into the Divine Wood Federation’s style. Before Lin Yuan could even arrive at the Prosperous Chamber of Commerce entrance, a commotion broke out there. The two guards blocked a short person wearing accessories made of leaves. Accessories made of leaves were a common sight in the Divine Wood Federation. However, they were never worn by the elite. Usually, only the common folk wore them. Clearly, people wearing them did not meet the cut to be allowed into the Prosperous Chamber of Commerce. When Lin Yuan walked nearer, he heard one of the guards say gruffly, “You don’t meet the requirement to enter the Prosperous Chamber of Commerce. Please leave now. Don’t prevent us from accepting guests.” Just as Lin Yuan was about to pass by the short person, a childish yet stubborn voice said, “I’m begging you, please let me go in! I brought money so I can trade for five days’ worth of Reducing Heat Grass.” The small person seemed to be trying to prove something. She carefully pulled out a pouch that jangled when she shook it. She opened it and showed it to the guard with a hopeful expression. The bag was full of dirty metal coins. Great Lush dollars were used during trading in the Great Lush Federation, Divine Wood Federation, and Iron Hammer Federation. Great Lush dollars were made from crystal. However, the metal coins in the bag were native coins made in the Divine Wood Federation that were not recognized by the Great Lush Federation. This was similar to Radiance and Federation dollars. The metal currency could be exchanged for Great Lush dollars, but they could not be used to pay chambers of commerce. Lin Yuan turned and saw that the short person wearing accessories made of leaves was a young girl around 13 years old. The young girl’s stubborn gaze reminded Lin Yuan of Chu Ci back when she was trying to buy medicine for him. Lin Yuan unconsciously slowed down his pace. The guard looked conflicted when he saw the bag the young girl was holding out. He seemed to be hesitating over whether he should allow the young girl to enter. At that moment, the other older guard said, “If something goes wrong because you let her in, I will tell the Vice President that you’re the one who decided to let her in. The Young Lady is coming here today to check the accounts. Will you be able to take responsibility if this kid bumps into the Young Lady?” The younger guard’s conflicted expression turned cold. He stretched out his arm and pushed the young girl backward. The young girl clutched her bag with a desperate look in her eyes. She pursed her lips and looked around furtively. Once she confirmed that no one was paying attention to her, she closed the bag and tucked it away. Just as she was preparing to leave, she felt a warm pair of hands rest on top of her head. Before she could raise her head, a voice above her said, “If there’s something you want to buy, come with me.” From the moment the young girl took out the bag, Lin Yuan noticed that there were thick calluses all over her hand. Despite her young age, her hands were rough and lacked any beauty to speak of. There was also dirt caked under her fingernails. Such dirt resulted from dirt staining the fingernails after the hand had spent a lot of time in the dirt. This meant that she did a lot of laborious and dirty work. The young girl’s fingers were also covered with injuries, and two of her fingers were swollen. The accessories she wore were made of hemp leaves. The exterior of the hemp leaves appeared dark green and thick. However, they were also covered with small and sharp thorns. It would be impossible to create accessories made of hemp leaves without leaving injuries all over one’s hand. The Reducing Heat Grass was a Bronze spiritual ingredient that could reduce inflammation and remove rotting flesh. It was also very effective against parasitic insect-species feys. A young girl had to have a reason to spend her days doing hard labor and her nights creating accessories made of hemp leaves. It was apparent that she was trying to save someone! The Reducing Heat Grass was a very common spiritual ingredient. But the young girl’s lack of courage to trade for it from merchant groups meant that she was on her own. Malicious people could target a girl of her age if she went to a merchant group to trade for the Reducing Heat Grass. Lin Yuan’s heart ached when he saw how the girl carefully checked her surroundings before tucking away her bag of metal coins. He decided to help her out. When the young girl raised her head to look at Lin Yuan, she froze. At that moment, she felt as though she was looking at a celestial being. However, wariness soon appeared in her eyes. She resembled an injured deer licking its wounds in the forest. A thought seemed to strike her. Instead of running, she mustered some bravery.