74: It turns out that the price of this car has increased

Ximen Chuifeng: ???

So this train had even increased its price!

He was even more of a shrewd businessman than him.

However, according to what Wang Dapeng said, it was originally a covered wagon with no seats, but now it was a tin train with four seats, so an increase of twenty spirit stones seemed justifiable.

“Is there anything else special?” Ximen Chuifeng asked.

“No, that’s all,” Wang Dapeng said.

“Alright, then I won’t bother you, you can get back to work.” Ximen Chuifeng put away his small notebook, turned, and left.

Wang Dapeng did not call out to him but instead walked out of the forest.

If it had been Zhuang Sanming, he would have definitely demanded some intelligence fees from Ximen Chuifeng, but Wang Dapeng was different; he hadn't even considered that aspect.

Having obtained crucial information, Ximen Chuifeng quickly returned to organize all the data and discovered some discrepancies in his initial conjectures.

For example, he initially surmised that the driver in the train was an Esper, and very likely possessed two or more Espers.

However, according to what Wang Dapeng had just said, the train at the beginning was a small covered wagon, but now it had been replaced with a tin train.

The act of changing trains could be explained by the driver disliking the previous one and getting a new one, but there were many details that were still difficult to explain.

For instance, after the train was changed, where did the old covered wagon go?

Since the driver thought the covered wagon was too poor, why didn't he simply switch to a better train? Why did he switch to a tin train instead?

If it really was a train change, the Crimson Flame Ant should have been able to find out, but the fact was that the Crimson Flame Ant had never heard of this matter from any fierce beast.

Ximen Chuifeng learned about this train too late, which resulted in much of the previous information being incomplete.

Even with some crucial information from Su Duo and Wang Dapeng, he still couldn't explain how the train appeared, or who was in the driver's seat.

And why this train appeared in this forest, and if there was a similar train in other forests.

These were all questions he needed to investigate.

If Lin Feng knew how many questions Ximen Chuifeng had in his mind, he would definitely say, “Young man, you’re overthinking it...” In Ge Yunying’s home, Ge Yunying and Mother Ge had just finished breakfast and were clearing the table when Mother Ge suddenly felt something under the cushion of her chair.

“Yunying, come here and see what’s under here?”

Mother Ge’s eyes couldn’t see clearly, so she took it out for Ge Yunying to look at.

“Oh, I’m coming.”

Ge Yunying finished washing the dishes and walked out, shaking her hands, which were covered in water.

“Take a look.” Mother Ge handed her the item.

Ge Yunying hadn't thought much of it initially, but when she saw what Mother Ge gave her, her eyes widened in surprise.

Because those items were clearly fifty-denomination spirit stone vouchers!

Ten in total, amounting to five hundred low-grade spirit stones!

“Mother, where did all these come from?” Ge Yunying asked hurriedly.

“It was just under the cushion of my chair. I felt something wasn’t right just now, so I felt it. What is it?” Mother Ge looked innocent.

Ge Yunying frowned, not answering Mother Ge’s question, but instead asked, “Did someone come to our house yesterday?”

At the mention of this, Mother Ge smiled, “Yes, two young men came yesterday. They said they were your friends and were looking for you. But you weren’t home, so I let them come in and rest their feet.”

“Was one about this tall, and the other about this tall?” Ge Yunying knew Mother Ge’s vision was blurry, but she could still make out the general height.

“Hmm, yes, about that,” Mother Ge nodded.

Ge Yunying knew what was going on in her heart.

It must have been that boy Wang Yi.

Feng Zhi himself didn’t have much money, so he wouldn’t be generous enough to leave her five hundred. Besides Wang Yi, there was no one else.

“What is it exactly? Why aren’t you saying?” Mother Ge grew anxious, fearing it might be something bad, and asked again.

Ge Yunying said, “They are ten fifty-denomination spirit stone vouchers, a total of five hundred low-grade spirit stones.”

Upon hearing this, Mother Ge exclaimed in surprise, “Then those must have been left by your two friends yesterday. Quickly return them.”

Ge Yunying thought the same: “Yes, I’ll return the money to them when they come to find me later.”

“Good. It’s best to return such a large amount of money to them. We can’t just take things for free.”

Mother Ge nodded and said.

After putting away the spirit stone vouchers, Ge Yunying chatted with Mother Ge for a while longer before returning to her own room.

She closed the door and then sighed deeply.

She actually didn't want her two companions, Wang Yi and Feng Zhi, to know about her family's situation, otherwise, she wouldn't have avoided inviting them in every time they arrived at her doorstep.

She was a very strong-willed person and never revealed her embarrassing side in front of others.

Simply put, she was afraid that others would look at her with tinted glasses.

Wang Yi and Feng Zhi were both from the Beast Taming Bureau within the Wall. Among them, Wang Yi was even the disciple of the Director of the Beast Taming Bureau, not only a Beast Tamer but also holding an extraordinary status.

At first glance, a favored son of heaven like Wang Yi shouldn’t have any connection with her.

But perhaps fate was just that strange; they not only met, but Wang Yi even had a slight fondness for her.

Ge Yunying could actually see this; Wang Yi’s behavior was quite obvious.

However, Ge Yunying did not believe that Wang Yi would be a suitable match for her. Throughout history, marriage between men and women has always emphasized matching social status. In her opinion, the gap between her and Wang Yi was simply too vast to be bridged by mere effort.

Therefore, she always remained very calm in front of Wang Yi, never accepting favors she shouldn’t, precisely because she worried about getting entangled with Wang Yi in the future.

After all, she didn’t want the Director of the Beast Taming Bureau to come to her and say, “Here are five thousand spirit stones, leave my disciple.”

These funds should be returned to Wang Yi quickly... Outside the Bastion, Axe Gang.

Xiong Mao finished dealing with the matters in the gang that required his attention and then prepared to go to the forest to take the train.

A few days ago, Bao Hui was normal, but for some reason, these past two days, he had been acting arrogant and constantly causing him trouble.

To say that causing trouble was nothing new was true, as they were considered enemies. However, in the past, they only secretly tripped each other up, and because the Old Gang Leader was still around, they hadn’t completely fallen out.

But recently, Bao Hui had openly caused him trouble, catching him off guard.

And in front of the Old Gang Leader, he couldn't actually fight back, which was miserable.

So Xiong Mao made up his mind to improve his strength as quickly as possible.

Arriving at the forest, Xiong Mao was walking along the periphery when he noticed something was off.

He turned his head to look back; the leaves rustled, seemingly no different, but there was no wind today!

Without wind, how could the leaves move?