75: Feed the little ice fox

Someone was following him!

Xiong Mao snorted. He didn't even need to think to know it must be someone Bao Hui sent.

Bao Hui must have noticed that he often went out and didn't return for a while, so he had someone follow him, wanting to see what he was really doing.

Would he let Bao Hui succeed? Of course not!

So Xiong Mao used the speed of a Level 5 Martial Artist, and in a few 'swish swish swish' movements, he ran far away.

When he looked back, there was no longer any movement behind him.

Petty tricks, and they still wanted to follow him? Hmph!

After shaking off those people, Xiong Mao went to look for the tin train.

By the time he finally found the tin train, Zhuang Sanming and Su Duo were already on board.

“Welcome to this train. Please sit down and hold on tight. Please purchase a ticket upon boarding. The fare is one hundred and twenty low-grade spirit stones.”

Zhuang Sanming and Su Duo were about to buy tickets when Xiong Mao boarded.

Xiong Mao knew them; it was Su Duo who had told him last time that cultivating on the tin train was beneficial.

So when he saw Su Duo, he grinned, but his face was full of coarse flesh and a knife scar, making him look even more terrifying when he smiled.

Su Duo was so scared that she quickly took a step back and screamed, “Ah!”

Xiong Mao seemed to understand why she had retreated, so he closed his mouth and stopped smiling.

Sure enough, Su Duo was not as scared as before. She reached out and touched her chest, saying, “You scared me to death. So it’s you, big guy.”

Xiong Mao didn't seem to mind this nickname; on the contrary, if Su Duo hadn't told him the benefits of cultivating on the tin train, he might have just sat there idly every time.

No, he might not have come back after the second ride.

Zhuang Sanming ignored Xiong Mao, paid for his and Su Duo's tickets, and then pulled Su Duo, “Let's go, go cultivate, don't be lazy.”

“Oh.” Su Duo originally wanted to say a few more words to Xiong Mao, but Zhuang Sanming didn't give her the chance.

Xiong Mao didn't mind either, quickly paid his money, and then honestly went to his seat to cultivate.

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

Lin Feng had traveled all over the outer perimeter. Since Ah Hu failed to challenge the tin train last time, no fierce beasts in the outer perimeter dared to confront him head-on; they all hid and avoided him.

So Lin Feng had a smooth journey, and the ride was not even as bumpy as before.

Zhuang Sanming only began to cultivate with peace of mind after seeing Xiong Mao close his eyes and enter a meditative state first.

After all, Xiong Mao's appearance was truly fierce and intimidating; what if he suddenly went crazy?

His younger sister was scatterbrained; if she couldn't dodge in time, she would definitely suffer.

It was impossible to rely on Su Duo to be cautious, so he, her cousin, had to take more care of her.

At this moment, Su Duo had already begun to rapidly absorb spiritual energy, completely unaware of what her cousin was planning for her.

Xiong Mao was even more focused on cultivation; he only wanted to quickly improve his strength to defeat Bao Hui and make that guy less arrogant.

The three of them got along peacefully, got off the tin train when it was time, and then went their separate ways.

At this time, they did not yet know that for a long time afterward, they would actually become teammates fighting side by side...

On the other side, Feng Zhi arrived at Ge Yunying's doorstep alone and gently knocked on the door.

“Coming.”

Before Ge Yunying opened the door, she specifically tucked the ten spirit stone vouchers into her embrace, intending to return them to Wang Yi when she saw him, but when she opened the door, she found only Feng Zhi outside.

“Where’s Wang Yi? Why didn’t he come?”

Ge Yunying asked.

Feng Zhi spread his hands and said, “His master detained him again. Yesterday he took leave to come out.”

So that's how it was.

Ge Yunying took out the spirit stone vouchers and said to Feng Zhi, “Did you two leave these at my house yesterday?”

Feng Zhi was a bit embarrassed: “Wang Yi left them; it has nothing to do with me. You know I don’t have much money.”

Confirming her guess, Ge Yunying nodded and said, “Then please help me return them to him.”

Normally, she could accept Wang Yi helping her, such as giving her beast crystals after defeating monsters, but those were all gestures of friendship.

These spirit stones, however, he had placed in her home, which carried a different meaning.

“Ah, but even if I take them back, he definitely won't want them. Why don’t you wait until he comes next time to return them to him?” Feng Zhi said.

He didn't want to do such a thankless task; why did their love story need him in the middle?

He just wanted to cultivate, ah ah ah!!

Could he please not encounter such things? He just wanted to grow old alone and achieve the strongest!

Of course, being the strongest was unlikely, but at least he could be a small official in the Beast Taming Bureau, then he could live in a bigger house.

“Alright then.” Ge Yunying didn't make things difficult for him. “Are you here to do a quest with me, or to take the tin train?”

“To take the tin train.” Feng Zhi breathed a sigh of relief and said.

“Then let's go.”

Ge Yunying, as usual, prepared to close the door and leave, but then she had a thought: since they already knew about her elderly Mother, she went back to say goodbye to Mother Ge before leaving home.

When they found the tin train, Ge Yunying immediately saw the Little Ice Fox sitting inside, wagging its fluffy tail.

The Little Ice Fox had just arrived as well. Lin Feng had originally intended to perform maintenance while no one was around, but then he saw the Little Ice Fox dart out from the nearby grass. The Little Ice Fox came from who knows where, hopping onto the tin train one step at a time.

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

The Little Ice Fox's deposited spirit stones in the tin train had not yet been used up, so it didn't need to buy a ticket, and Lin Feng didn't urge it.

Following behind the Little Ice Fox, Ge Yunying and Feng Zhi also boarded the tin train.

Ge Yunying's face lit up with a smile as soon as she saw the Little Ice Fox. After not seeing it for so long, she especially missed this fluffy little fellow.

The Little Ice Fox recognized Ge Yunying, so it ran to her side step by step.

Ge Yunying squatted down, and the Little Ice Fox rubbed against her hand.

Ge Yunying then took the opportunity to pick it up into her arms and said, “Long time no see. What have you been up to lately?”

She rarely spoke so gently when talking to Wang Yi and the others; it was only when facing the Little Ice Fox that she would be like this.

Feng Zhi knew that the Little Ice Fox would definitely not let him hug it, so he sadly went straight to cultivate.

The Little Ice Fox whimpered twice, meaning it needed to hunt and forage for itself, which was why it hadn't come to the tin train much.

Ge Yunying stroked its fur and said, “Coincidentally, I brought some food. See if it suits your taste.”

Her storage bag contained freshly baked flatbread from the morning, as well as some canned meat and ham, meant as lunch in case she got hungry at noon but couldn't return home for a while.

Ge Yunying took out all these foods, and the Little Ice Fox's eyes instantly lit up.

“Woof woof! (I want to eat this!)”