8: There's not even a seat, and you want a hundred spirit stones?

Xiao Shen's current storage bag, all the spirit stones combined, wouldn't even amount to two thousand low-grade spirit stones, let alone ten thousand.

Just then, Xiao Shen noticed a very ancient-looking cultivation technique placed horizontally between the second and third shelves of the bookshelf, so he asked, "What grade is this cultivation technique?"

The shopkeeper glanced at it, waved his hand, and said, "This cultivation technique is originally a third-grade, but because it's only a partial scroll, we're selling it as a second-grade for six thousand low-grade spirit stones."

Xiao Shen understood. "Alright, thank you, boss."

He couldn't even afford a second-grade cultivation technique now, so there was no point in looking further. He might as well check out other things.

"How was it? Did you find any cultivation techniques you liked?"

Not long after Xiao Shen left the shop, he ran into Old He again.

Xiao Shen shook his head and said, "There were some, but they were really too expensive. I couldn't afford them."

He was truly short on money right now.

"Want to earn money? There's a way!" Old He laughed. "Have you forgotten what this place is?"

Xiao Shen's eyes lit up. "The Guild! That's right, how could I forget? I can take on missions at the Guild to earn spirit stones!"

"Little friend, since you can hunt two Blood Winged Bats on your own, those solo missions shouldn't be too difficult for you. Go take a look, and if you find any more beast crystals of that quality, remember to come back and sell them to me." Old He was still thinking about the beast crystals.

"Don't worry, old man, thanks for the advice."

Xiao Shen clasped his hands.

Old He raised an eyebrow, watching Xiao Shen leave, a strange glint in his eyes... "Entering the forest without even taking a mission, this is a first for me."

On the outskirts of the forest, Chu Feiyue, who was searching for the train, couldn't help but sigh.

"If we don't complete the mission, we'll have to pay a fine, but if we find that train, we can cultivate quickly. Not only will we not lose out, we'll make a huge profit!" Wang Dapeng pushed aside the grass in front, also looking for traces of the train.

"That's true. If I could ride the train every day, wouldn't it be long before I could take on Level 4 missions by myself? Hahaha."

"Alright, hurry up and find it. If we can't find the train, everything is just talk."

"Oh, right."

Lin Feng was elusive, and the maintenance time was long. By the time the two of them found him, it was already four in the afternoon.

At this point, Chu Feiyue and Wang Dapeng were both injured. There was no other way; they were too eager to find the train and disturbed a Level 3 ferocious beast.

Fortunately, it was only a Level 3; if it had been a Level 4, they might have had to use two more Jade Talismans.

Like Xiao Shen early this morning, the two of them boarded the train without a word, then consciously took out one hundred low-grade spirit stones, exchanged them for tickets, and immediately sat down to wildly absorb spiritual energy.

Lin Feng didn't bother them. He drove slowly. His train had no fixed stops; he could stop wherever and whenever he pleased.

After collecting the spirit stones from these two, Lin Feng had already sold six tickets in total. Once they disembarked, the train could upgrade.

He wondered what new functions would appear after the upgrade.

The dilapidated covered wagon rumbled along, making quite a noise and attracting the attention of many ferocious beasts.

Some ferocious beasts had already tested the train and, after being injured, dared not confront it again. Others, however, had not yet experienced the train's terror, so these ferocious beasts came one by one to attack, and one by one they were repelled.

Just as a Level 3 Blazing Tiger was repelled by the train, someone by the train happened to see it.

"Holy cow, what kind of train is that? It's so powerful!"

Zhuang Sanming exclaimed.

"What train?" The girl beside him was named Su Duo, with a pure and lovely appearance, two pigtails, and rosy cheeks, probably from the cold.

"Right there, look." Zhuang Sanming pointed at the train and walked directly towards it.

"Hey, wait for me." Su Duo hadn't even seen what the train looked like. Seeing Zhuang Sanming run so fast, she quickly chased after him.

The ferocious beast had just been repelled. After this display of killing the chicken to scare the monkeys, no other ferocious beasts dared to approach this area. After Zhuang Sanming and Su Duo caught up to the train, they saw the line of text on the train body:

"Need a ride?"

"When did the Ferocious Beast Forest get such a train? Isn't this a trap?!" Su Duo said.

This was the Ferocious Beast Forest; if something really went wrong, no one could save them.

"We'll know if we go up and look, won't we? Even those ferocious beasts couldn't do anything to this train, so there must be a secret on board."

Zhuang Sanming's idea was simple; he wasn't getting on the train because he was in life-threatening danger, but purely out of curiosity.

He had hunted in this Ferocious Beast Forest several times and had never seen any train, let alone one that could repel ferocious beasts.

How could he not go up and take a ride?!

Normally, he was the cautious one and Su Duo was the naive one, but this time it was the other way around.

Su Duo was Zhuang Sanming's cousin, and they often hunted together. Both of their levels had reached Level 3, and on the outskirts, as long as they didn't encounter a Level 4 ferocious beast, they could handle it together.

Su Duo was still hesitating, but Zhuang Sanming directly jumped onto the train.

Seeing this, Su Duo quickly followed. "Why are you so fast? What if there's really a problem?"

"Oh, it's fine. Huh, there are two other people on the train."

As soon as Zhuang Sanming got on, he saw Chu Feiyue and Wang Dapeng, but they were both sitting, so they couldn't be seen from outside the train.

Even with two strangers boarding, Chu Feiyue and Wang Dapeng showed no intention of standing up. Are you kidding? With such abundant spiritual energy, shouldn't they quickly absorb it instead of being disturbed by other things?

"Hello, friends." Zhuang Sanming really wanted to get to know them. He had no other strengths, just loved making friends.

A complete social butterfly.

However, after he finished speaking, the two people sitting there remained motionless, completely ignoring him.

"They don't want to talk to you, why are you being so eager?" Su Duo rolled her eyes. "This train is too crude, there aren't even any seats. It's not as good as the trains in the Wall that cost ten spirit stones per ride."

"The trains in the Wall are good, but which one have you seen that can drive into this forest?" Zhuang Sanming said.

Su Duo pouted and stopped talking.

If a train from the Wall were to drive into the Ferocious Beast Forest, even the outskirts, it would have long been smashed to bits by those ferocious beasts.

As the two were bickering, this line of text appeared before their eyes:

"Welcome aboard this train. Please purchase a ticket. The fare is one hundred low-grade spirit stones per ticket."

"What?! A train without even a seat dares to charge one hundred spirit stones? Cousin, let's go, let's not ride it. It's expensive and terrible; only a fool would be willing to ride it!"

As soon as Su Duo saw the price, she immediately jumped up and down.

After all, no one's money came from thin air!

Normally, in the Wall, she was reluctant to spend ten spirit stones on a train, and this broken train actually wanted to charge one hundred!