58: Do you have to be so dedicated?

There were five mercenaries in total. Hao Xing had already bought one ticket, and now he took out 480 low-grade spirit stones to buy tickets for the remaining four people.

“Welcome aboard this train. Please sit tight and hold on.”

At the same time, Su Duo and Zhuang Sanming's travel time was up.

Subtitles appeared before their eyes:

“Destination reached. Passengers, please disembark.”

Su Duo eagerly got up from her seat and, before Zhuang Sanming could stop her, ran to the mercenaries, smiling and saying, “Hello everyone, is this your first time on the train? This train…”

Just as Su Duo was about to continue, Zhuang Sanming covered her mouth: “Sorry, my sister has a bit of a problem with her head. Please continue, continue.”

Thankfully, he stopped her. Zhuang Sanming let out a slight sigh of relief.

Su Duo: “Mmm, mmm!” Her head was perfectly fine!

However, Su Duo's words inspired Tong Changshan, who then loudly declared, “Don't be in such a hurry to drag me off the train; this train is very special!”

“Since you’ve all bought tickets, why not experience it first? It’ll be the same if you catch me when the time is up,” Tong Changshan said eagerly.

Hao Xing was a little surprised, but he was also very curious about what was so special about this train that it charged so many spirit stones to board.

So he told his men to release Tong Changshan, saying, “Then tell me, what are the benefits of riding this train?”

Seeing that his method was effective, Tong Changshan shook his head and said, “Cultivating on this train can achieve twice the results with half the effort. If you don't believe me, ask them. They all started cultivating as soon as they got on. If the benefits weren't high, who would spend so many spirit stones to ride a broken tin train?”

Lin Feng: ???

Just talk, why are you dissing me?

Just then, Su Duo broke free from Zhuang Sanming's hand, pouting and saying, “Mmm… Oh, cousin, why did you cover my mouth? There's nothing that can't be said. We're all on the same train; maybe we can become friends later.”

Zhuang Sanming twitched his mouth. Young and naive, that's exactly what people like Su Duo were.

She truly couldn't be stopped.

Tong Changshan's eyes lit up: “Little girl, you know too, right? I saw you cultivating when I got on. Quickly tell him that everything I said is true.”

Tong Changshan could tell that Su Duo couldn't keep a secret; she would blurt out anything, and words spoken impulsively were often the truth.

Hao Xing and the mercenaries behind him all looked at Su Duo.

Su Duo seemed to enjoy being valued like this.

She loved excitement, and even more, she loved being the center of it.

So she took two steps forward, blinked, and said, “He's right. Anyway, the first thing my cousin and I do after getting on the train is cultivate. The ticket is expensive, but compared to the abundant spiritual energy inside the train, it's not worth mentioning.”

Zhuang Sanming: “…” She spoke so convincingly, as if she wasn't the one who agonized over money every day.

If it was just Tong Changshan saying it, Hao Xing would most likely not believe him, as Tong Changshan was a professional thief and probably a smooth liar. But with Su Duo added to the mix, it was different.

Moreover, they could all see that Ximen Chuifeng had been sitting in his seat cultivating. If there were no benefits to cultivating on the train, why would Ximen Chuifeng spend money to cultivate on the train?

So Hao Xing said to his subordinates behind him, “You guys watch him. I'll try cultivating for a bit.”

“But boss, what if it's a trick?”

“I really didn't lie to you; you'll know if you try,” Tong Changshan quickly said.

Hao Xing shook his head and said, “It's fine, I know what I'm doing.”

Ximen Chuifeng was right there as an example.

Just as Su Duo and their seats became empty, Hao Xing casually found one and sat down, then closed his eyes to feel the spiritual energy and began to cultivate.

Then… he suddenly opened his eyes wide.

“Boss!”

“Boss, are you alright?!”

“I knew what this guy said wasn't credible; I'll beat him up right now!”

Tong Changshan's eyes widened in horror; he didn't want to be beaten. But before he could open his mouth to defend himself, Hao Xing spoke.

“I'm fine, I'm just too excited. Release him, and you all sit down and cultivate, feel it for yourselves.”

The reason Hao Xing suddenly opened his eyes was that as soon as he entered a state of cultivation, he felt abundant spiritual energy. If it was just a little more spiritual energy than outside, he wouldn't be so surprised, but the spiritual energy here was ten times, no, dozens of times more than outside!

These mercenaries also had their own organization, but they usually lived by risking their lives, constantly on the move, so there was no Spirit Gathering Tower in their organization. They would just find a random place to sit and slowly absorb the spiritual energy in the air to cultivate.

Of course, this method of cultivation meant their progress was extremely, extremely slow, just like ordinary martial artists Outside the Wall.

Now that he had discovered such a place with abundant spiritual energy, how could Hao Xing not be excited?

After his excitement, he quickly told the other mercenaries to try it too.

“Boss, is it really okay?”

“Nonsense, would I lie to you?” Hao Xing patted the shoulder of the subordinate who asked the question, and gave him a sidelong glance, “You'll know if you sit down and try it.”

“Boss, there are no more seats. Where do we sit?” another mercenary asked.

Before Hao Xing could think, Su Duo said, “Sit on the floor! When I first came, there were no seats on the train, so I sat on the floor—”

“Cousin, why are you pulling me?”

“Our train time is up. If we don't get off now, I'm afraid we'll be thrown off.”

Zhuang Sanming casually made up an excuse. In truth, he couldn't stand it anymore. If he let her say a few more words, all their secrets would be exposed.

Inside the train, the mercenaries all found places to sit down. As soon as they entered a state of cultivation, they immediately understood why Hao Xing had been so surprised just now.

There was too much spiritual energy here!!!

One hundred and twenty low-grade spirit stones wasn't expensive at all!

No, not just not expensive, it was incredibly cheap!

Once they started cultivating, they completely lost themselves. However, Hao Xing was afraid Tong Changshan would slip away, so he specifically left people to guard him. They took turns watching Tong Changshan, which neither delayed their mission nor prevented them from absorbing sufficient spiritual energy.

Tong Changshan: “…” Do you really need to be this dedicated?

This was truly the most troublesome team of mercenaries he had ever encountered.

Now he was in a bind; he couldn't run, and there was nowhere to sit. So, Tong Changshan, unwilling to forgo the spiritual energy, sat directly on the floor under the mercenaries' watchful eyes and honestly continued to cultivate.

“Destination reached. Passengers, please disembark.”

Ximen Chuifeng's travel time was up. He opened his eyes. Although he had been cultivating, he had already understood what had happened from the sounds.