226: Waiting for the steamed buns to work

Outside the 155 Fortress, inside a small thatched hut.

Tong Changshan had been sitting there quietly for three hours.

Ever since he got off the green train, walked here, opened the door, and sat by the window, three hours had passed without him doing anything.

He was waiting.

Waiting for the mantou in his stomach to take effect.

But whether he moved or not, he didn't feel the slightest change within his body.

Qi Cavity? Qi Vortex? Not even his stamina; there was truly no change at all!

He couldn't take it anymore!

"Ah ah ah ah!" Tong Changshan shouted, trying to stand up, but his legs were numb.

He really was a big fool, wasn't he!

He actually spent two thousand spirit stones to buy a mantou that only filled him up.

Oh no, it didn't even fill him up; he'd need two to feel full.

He could have bought almost three bottles of train exclusive water for that price!

Two thousand spirit stones!

Although Tong Changshan wasn't that concerned about spirit stones, such an obvious scam... he still felt terrible!

No wonder no one else bought the mantou on the train; it turned out he was the only sucker.

Next time, he definitely wouldn't buy it again.

Tong Changshan sighed as he stood up. His legs were finally less numb. More than three hours had passed since he got off the train, and normally by now his pockets would be full, but today he hadn't even touched a single storage bag.

A failure, an utter failure.

However, he then thought, fortunately, it only cost two thousand low-grade spirit stones. If he ate the mantou, he ate it. Just consider it spending money to enjoy himself for once.

Thinking this, Tong Changshan's mood improved significantly... On the green train.

[Destination reached. Passengers, please disembark.]

Opening her eyes, Su Duo felt refreshed in body and mind.

It had been a long time since she had cultivated, and this experience truly made her feel relaxed and happy.

The feeling of abundant spiritual energy surging into her body was simply wonderful. After staying at home for so long, she had almost forgotten what it felt like to rapidly increase her cultivation.

Perhaps the abundant spiritual energy stimulated her Qi Cavity, or perhaps it was simply time for her to condense the next Qi Vortex, but after hearing a "ding" sound in her mind, Su Duo found that a Qi Vortex had naturally appeared within her body.

She was one step closer to leveling up!

Su Duo's heart was filled with joy. She was about to share the good news with Ximen Chuifeng, but when she looked up, she found that Ximen Chuifeng was no longer in his seat but standing by the train door.

"Oh, Uncle Ximen, what are you looking at?"

Su Duo walked over and saw Ximen Chuifeng staring at a strangely shaped microwave oven next to the table.

Ximen Chuifeng said to her, "Look at this. The last time I came, I thought it was very strange. It looks like a microwave oven but is much taller than a regular one, and the buttons on it aren't labeled. It seems to be just an on/off switch."

"Let me see." Su Duo had never seen such a microwave oven before and was also very curious.

She walked around the microwave oven, frowning tightly: "There's no usage written, and I don't know what the buttons are for. How do you use this?"

The changes to the green train this time were indeed quite significant. Not only was there an extra carriage, but also a strange microwave oven.

Ximen Chuifeng wanted to research how to use this microwave oven, but he didn't have any materials at hand. He couldn't just buy a mantou and put it in, could he?

He didn't have the spare money to buy mantou anyway.

"Let's go, let's get off the train first. We'll talk about it next time." Ximen Chuifeng didn't dwell on it and jumped off the train first.

"Hey, Uncle Ximen, wait for me." Su Duo also quickly followed.

She had rushed over because Ximen Chuifeng sent her a message yesterday saying that Zhuang Sanming was in trouble. However, Ximen Chuifeng then told her that they couldn't act rashly yet, as he had already contacted Xiong Mao and the others. Zhuang Sanming had successfully joined the Axe Gang and was currently not in mortal danger.

Upon hearing this, Su Duo breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to go home, but Ximen Chuifeng stopped her, saying that he would still need her for the upcoming operation and asked her to go with him to the forest to take the train tomorrow to improve her strength as quickly as possible.

Hearing that she could take the train, Su Duo naturally wouldn't refuse. She had been dying to take the train for ages!

Sure enough, when she saw it today, the green train had transformed!

It was a pity she hadn't brought that many spirit stones; otherwise, she would really want to sit in the VIP carriage for a while... The next day.

It was still dark, with only a few rooster crows audible, when Xiao Shen and the other two set off for the Guild early.

"Do we really have to go so early to queue? I'm not even fully awake yet, ha..." Liu Ling'er rubbed her sleepy eyes, yawning before she could finish her sentence.

It was barely four in the morning.

"I'm not fully awake either, but we can always come back to sleep later. If we go too late and can't buy rare ores, we'll have to wait until next weekend." Xiao Shen was also very tired, but to buy rare ores, he was willing to get up early.

"Let's go quickly, rare ores don't wait for people."

Zheng Jinfeng walked in the lead. She had inquired yesterday and learned that only a small amount of rare ores were sold every weekend, and people would be waiting there very early. If they really waited until dawn to go, there probably wouldn't even be any scraps of rare ores left.

Liu Ling'er understood the seriousness of the situation, so she quickly jogged a few steps to wake herself up: "For rare ores!"

They finally arrived at the Guild. The sun showed no sign of rising yet. Xiao Shen checked the time; it was exactly four-thirty.

"The Mall is over there. Let's go check it out," he said.

At this time, the Guild was quiet. The mission hall was not open, and the market only had stalls but no people. Only the Mall was lit up early.

"It's lit up so early?" Liu Ling'er's eyes widened, thinking how lucky she was not to have overslept. So the Mall opened this early!

When they arrived at the Mall entrance, the main door was still locked, but several people were already waiting at the entrance. The lights were on both sides of the Mall entrance, and it seemed they had been on since last night.

"Are you three also here to buy rare ores?" A middle-aged man in front, leaning against a pillar and feigning sleep, opened his eyes and asked lazily when he saw Xiao Shen and the other two approach.

Xiao Shen frowned, unsure what this person wanted by asking them.

Before Xiao Shen could speak, a man queuing behind the middle-aged man snorted and said, "What else could they be here for at this hour if not for rare ores? You only ask useless questions."

"I didn't ask you, so why are you answering?" The middle-aged man looked very displeased.

"What, if they admit they're here to buy rare ores, are you going to chase them away?"

"You!"

The two bickered for a few sentences, and finally, the middle-aged man conceded defeat and leaned against the pillar to continue feigning sleep.

There were more than just the two of them queuing here. Xiao Shen silently counted in his mind; including the three of them, there were a total of eight people.