107: stealing

But these two are different; Silver Vine Tiger is incredibly strong, and Stone Crystal Spirit Monkey is extremely agile.

Working together, that seventh-tier fierce beast might not necessarily be able to defeat them.

"Alright, a bet's a bet.

We'll scheme a bit and then go snatch the spirit herbs."

"Then I'll be waiting."

On the train.

"Welcome aboard this train.

Please sit tight and hold on.

Please purchase a ticket upon boarding; the fare is one hundred and fifty low-grade spirit stones."

This wasn't Xiao Shen's first time on a green train after the tin train was replaced, but he still couldn't help but marvel at how spacious the green train was.

"Here are four hundred and fifty low-grade spirit stones in total, for the three of us."

Xiao Shen took out the spirit stone vouchers and exchanged them with Lin Feng for tickets.

The numbers on them had already reached 145, 146, 147.

"Welcome aboard this train.

Please sit tight and hold on."

Lin Feng explored the core zone for a bit, and after coming out, he felt refreshed.

The core zone wasn't that scary after all; he could take down a ninth-tier fierce beast with a single hit.

Liu Ling'er noticed there was no water on the table next to the train door and wondered, "Huh, why is there nothing on this table?

I remember there were a few bottles of water here when I came before."

"I remember there were too.

They must have sold out," Xiao Shen said.

"Sold out?

No way.

That water is so expensive; which sucker would actually buy it?" Liu Ling'er said, her eyes wide.

Wang Yi, Tong Changshan, Ximen Chuifeng: "..."

"If it really sold out, then that water must have something special about it, otherwise no one would be so foolish as to spend seven hundred spirit stones on a bottle of ordinary mineral water," Xiao Shen was quite perceptive in this regard.

"That's true," Liu Ling'er nodded, but now that the water was sold out, she had no way of knowing its actual effects.

Zheng Jinfeng didn't participate in their conversation; she sat down alone to cultivate.

Having taken the Martial Enhancement Pill, she was now a genuine Level Three Martial Artist.

However, because her Qi Cavity was only an ordinary Qi Cavity, her cultivation progress remained slow.

But her talent in combat was truly high; Xiao Shen only had to teach her each move once, and she would learn it, even being able to extrapolate from it.

Even Xiao Shen himself couldn't do this, but Zheng Jinfeng could.

It could only be said that her talent in actual combat was too formidable.

Xiao Shen even felt that under certain conditions, she could challenge those above her level.

For example, if she cultivated to seven Qi Vortexes, she could easily fight, and even win against, ordinary Qi Cavity Martial Artists who had just entered the fourth level.

Liu Ling'er and Xiao Shen also each chose a spot and began to cultivate diligently... Outside the Bastion, at the guild.

Tong Changshan shook his hands, ready to start working.

He had only recently finished drinking the train exclusive water, and his mind was exceptionally clear.

He even felt that his spiritual world had expanded by a circle.

Now, no matter who was in front of him, he could—

Instantly snatch that person's storage bag!

Hmm, it perfectly matched his professional characteristics.

So, after observing for a while, Tong Changshan decided to make a move on a woman wearing luxurious clothes—ah no, he decided to make a move on the storage bag hanging from this woman's waist.

Compared to money, what was a woman to him?

Moreover, he engaged in this profession not just for money, but more so out of interest.

He just liked to steal things, had liked to steal since he was a child, and couldn't change.

If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't steal anything on the train, Lin Feng would probably be emptied out every time he boarded.

With a stretch of his hand, his perception, having been enhanced after drinking the water, became even stronger.

He didn't even need to lock on beforehand; he simply took her storage bag into his hand.

Tong Changshan quickly threw the storage bag into his embrace, pretending nothing had happened.

The woman didn't even notice that her storage bag was already in Tong Changshan's embrace, because Tong Changshan hadn't touched her at all, only her storage bag.

"How amazing!" Tong Changshan couldn't help but exclaim.

In the past, he wouldn't dare to act in crowded places, fearing that other passersby would see him.

But this time, he could guarantee that no one around him would see his movements.

This hand speed, this eyesight, it was simply too perfect for his profession as a thief!

That water must be bought; he would buy it again next time.

Tong Changshan walked away leisurely, while the woman whose storage bag had been stolen only realized she had been robbed when she went to pay for her purchases.

"This, and this, and this, wrap them all up for me."

"Coming right up!" The stall owner was delighted, thinking he had encountered a rich person, and quickly wrapped up everything she had pointed out.

However, when the woman went to take spirit stones from her storage bag, she found that there was nothing at her waist.

"Ah, my storage bag is gone!

Who stole my storage bag?"

The stall owner, who had been quite happy, immediately frowned upon seeing this.

"Miss, I stopped playing that trick hundreds of years ago.

If you don't have money, don't pretend to be a big spender."

"I'm not pretending, oh dear, my storage bag really was stolen.

I'm not without money; why would I need your paltry sum?

Is it worth it?"

The woman searched all her pockets but found nothing, so anxious that she stomped her feet.

"Alright, alright, you can go.

I'm not selling you these things," the stall owner said, somewhat impatiently.

He had been running this stall for so many years and had seen many such people who would claim not to have money when it was time to pay.

"I say, why are you like this?

I really did lose my storage bag."

The woman didn't stay there either; she quickly walked back along the way, to see if her storage bag had been dropped on the ground.

But she knew it was impossible to get it back; with people coming and going here, if it were dropped on the ground, it would quickly be picked up by someone.

In the end, the woman still didn't find her storage bag and had to return to her residence in a huff.

"I'm so mad!

If I find out which scoundrel stole my storage bag, I'll make him pay!"

The woman cursed as she walked, clearly very annoyed by the loss of her storage bag.

Coincidentally, her home was near Su Duo's home; the two families were neighbors.

And Su Duo's mother had some animosity towards her; they didn't get along at all.

At this moment, Su Duo's mother was at home and saw her return in a fit of pique, so she made a sarcastic remark: "Oh my, isn't this Qi Feifei, who's hooked up with a rich man?

What, didn't meet your rich man today, so you're crying in frustration?"

"Are you here to kick me while I'm down?" Qi Feifei was just looking for someone to vent her anger on, and with Su Duo's mother's arrival, she could finally retort.

"Why can't I kick you while you're down?

Some people are truly shameless, not caring for their own child at all, running off to be a mistress to a minion of the Axe Gang."

Not a single word from Su Duo's mother was wasted; every sentence pierced Qi Feifei's heart, making her so angry that she put her hands on her hips.