157: It's time to visit the head of the Liu family.

“If that’s the case, he shouldn’t have gone far, but why haven’t we found any trace of him yet?”

The Director of the Beast Taming Bureau raised the question.

Chu Yun frowned: “You mean, he might have already escaped to other Walls?”

“That’s possible.”

“The Wang Family Head and the Hua Family Head both came to see us. They looked quite haggard. To see the hopes of two families ruined like this is truly painful.”

None of the three could help but empathize, because no matter how powerful a force becomes, it still relies on the younger generation to carry on its legacy.

Therefore, they all placed great importance on cultivating the younger generation.

“The youngest genius of the Xiao Family wasn’t abducted, though,” Principal Liu narrowed his eyes and said, “but this Liu Family… all the slightly higher-ranking juniors in the family were captured, yet the Liu Family Head isn’t worried at all. Don’t you think there’s something fishy going on?”

“Old Liu, you mean…”

The Director of the Beast Taming Bureau’s eyes widened, seemingly having come to the same conclusion as Principal Liu.

Chu Yun stood up: “Perhaps it’s time to pay a visit to this Liu Family Head.”

...Outside the 155 Fortress, Guild, Su Duo’s home.

Su Duo almost walked on tiptoes the whole way. As soon as she finally got home, she quickly took off her shoes and put on soft, comfortable slippers.

“Ah, it’s still so much more comfortable in slippers!”

Su Duo walked over to the sofa and sat down, then closed her eyes, ready to rest.

However, before she could rest for a few seconds, Su Mother’s voice rang out.

“Xiaoduo? You’re back? When did you get back? Quick, quick, I have something to tell you.”

Su Mother had been busy in the kitchen just now, but when she turned around, she found Su Duo already on the sofa in the living room.

So she quickly called her over.

“Ah? What is it? What’s the matter?” Su Duo opened her eyes and saw Su Mother in front of her, thinking she was seeing things.

“You child, why are you just standing there? Come over here!”

Su Mother couldn’t wait; this was a huge piece of good news.

Su Duo finally reacted, quickly got off the sofa, and followed Su Mother to her bedroom: “Mom, what’s so urgent?”

“Look what this is?”

Su Mother didn’t waste words and directly took out the letter to show Su Duo.

“An envelope?” Su Duo was very puzzled. The envelope hadn’t been opened yet, so why was Mom so excited?

“Oh, you’re holding it upside down, it should be viewed like this.” Su Mother noticed that Su Duo was looking at the blank side, so she helped her flip it over.

Only after flipping it over did Su Duo realize what was written on it…!!!

“Mom, is this real? Cousin was hired by the Alchemy Hall?!”

Su Duo was so surprised she almost jumped. She knew how dedicated her cousin was to the Alchemy Hall, and how much he hoped to become an employee there, then slowly rise to become the Alchemy Hall Manager’s secretary.

So when she saw “Offer of Employment” and “For Zhuang Sanming” written on the envelope, she was both surprised and delighted.

Her cousin had even taken her with him for his second interview! She just waited outside, though.

She never expected him to actually be hired.

That’s great!

Cousin would be so happy if he knew.

But… after her initial joy, Su Duo suddenly began to worry.

Because Zhuang Sanming was currently undercover in the Axe Gang selection area, and he had said that it was best for them not to meet privately during this period, so she couldn’t go find Zhuang Sanming now.

What about this offer of employment then?

“No, no…” Su Duo was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

Wait, ants?

Su Duo’s eyes suddenly lit up. That’s right! She couldn’t see Zhuang Sanming, but the little ants could!

She would go find Ximen Chuifeng now and have Ximen Chuifeng use his army of ants to convey this message to Zhuang Sanming.

Su Duo returned the envelope to Su Mother and immediately rushed out of the house.

“Hey, where are you going?”

Su Mother quickly chased after her and asked.

Su Duo said as she ran: “I’m going to find my cousin and tell him this good news!”

Su Mother nodded, about to return to the living room, when she suddenly noticed that the shoes Su Duo had worn out this morning were now lying haphazardly on the ground, and she said helplessly: “This child, how could she run out wearing slippers?”

Su Duo, who was sprinting, was completely unaware of her foot pain or the fact that she was wearing slippers. The only thing on her mind right now was finding Ximen Chuifeng quickly and having him deliver the message to Zhuang Sanming… Inner Circle of the forest.

In the afternoon, Lin Feng thought no more passengers would come to ride the train, but 0827, who had come yesterday, appeared near him again today.

0827 seemed to be specifically waiting for him here, so as soon as he appeared, 0827 immediately got on the train through the door.

【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.】

“Still need to buy a ticket… hehe…”

0827 seemed not to have expected to need to buy a ticket for his second ride, and his laughter carried a strange implication, because he had already taken out all his spirit stones yesterday.

Now he didn’t have a single spirit stone on him.

This train was a bit of a profiteer. It had taken so many spirit stones from him yesterday, and now it was still asking for more.

What if he insisted on not paying?

Lin Feng seemed to have read 0827’s thoughts, and text appeared on 0827’s screen:

【If you don’t buy a ticket, you can try.】

“Interesting… hehe…”

This train could even read his inner thoughts; it was indeed not to be underestimated.

Money that entered Lin Feng’s pocket would not come out again. 0827 had said yesterday that no change was needed, so a ticket still had to be bought for the second ride.

Outside, 0827 might be able to rob and kill based on his cultivation and ruthless methods, but as long as he was on this train, no matter who he was, he would be ejected if he didn’t buy a ticket.

However, Lin Feng had no intention of falling out with 0827 just like that. After all, he was a big customer, and how could making money be considered shameful?

【If you don’t have spirit stones, equivalent items can be used instead.】

“Oh? So it can be like this… hehe…”

0827 didn’t fall out with Lin Feng because he still wanted to collect the train fare. Instead, he took out a fifth-grade beast crystal from his storage bag. He had obtained this by hunting in the Inner Circle before leaving this forest yesterday.

Although he was very arrogant and disliked being threatened, sometimes he had to bow when necessary.

That’s right, he left here soon after getting off the train yesterday, taking the captured geniuses back to the base for proper placement, and then returned to this forest today.

For no other reason than this strange green train.

He had been to many Walls and many forests Outside the Bastion, but he had only encountered a green train here.