Sun Fei was currently engulfed in despair, helplessly watching as his body was eroded by the eerie power within the white mist, gradually turning into a mummified corpse. Although he could still move, there was no way to escape, as the nearby carriages were also filled with this white mist. Leaving his seat would only lead to a quicker death.
He was filled with terror and anger inside.
If it wasn’t for that You Girl taking all his gold coins, he could have easily bought another ticket and wouldn’t have ended up in such a predicant.
But at this mont.
Thud!
A heavy cloth bag suddenly fell in front of him, landing accurately on the cart in front of the ticket inspector.
As the bag opened, a pile of shiny gold coins were revealed, numbering no less than two hundred.
With the appearance of the gold coins.
Instantly.
The white mist entwining Sun Fei began to rapidly fade away, and his surroundings returned to normal. His legs, which looked like those of a mummy, began to recover visibly.
The bizarre ticket inspector now reached over to the money bag on the cart, and the gold coins dwindled at a speed visible to the naked eye.
However, the inspector did not take just one hundred coins, but an entire two hundred gold coins.
Apparently, buying a replacent ticket here required double the fare.
After taking the two hundred gold coins, the ticket inspector spared Sun Fei and handed him a parchnt ticket.
Sun Fei, still shaken, looked at the train ticket before him, then at the almost emptied money bag on the cart, suddenly realizing that soone had paid the fare for him. Among everyone in the carriage, the only one capable of such an act was the fierce man who had killed demons with his bare hands.
Imdiately, his gaze turned to Li Yi.
"I have quite a fortune; consider this trip on , no need to be polite," Li Yi said.
"Th-thank you, sir," Sun Fei said instinctively.
The eerie ticket inspector, however, did not imdiately leave but continued pushing the cart forward to inspect the tickets of the other two passengers in the carriage.
One of the passengers was quite calm; he had bought a ticket when he boarded and handed his parchnt ticket to the inspector.
The inspector checked it and imdiately returned it to him.
However, the last passenger was unlucky; he did not have a ticket either and was traveling without one. But this was not shaful since many people evaded fares, and the chance of being caught by a ticket inspector wasn’t high. If luck wasn’t too bad, evading fares a few tis could save the money for a replacent ticket.
After all, a hundred gold coins for a train ticket was not affordable for everyone.
Although the You Girl had already taken his money, he gritted his teeth and pulled out a silver note from his shoe.
Indeed.
It was a silver note.
Similar to ancient silver notes, it had a line of black characters: One Hundred Gold Coins.
Followed by so incomprehensible ancient symbols.
After handing this silver note to the inspector, the bizarre ticket inspector surprisingly did not charge him a penalty but gave the passenger a parchnt ticket, a scene leaving people astonished.
Regardless, the passenger successfully got through a crisis.
If it weren’t for that silver note from his shoe, he would have been in danger this ti.
"That damn woman, I definitely won’t spare her next ti I see her, I’m going to skin her alive." The passenger was heartbroken over the silver note, but there was nothing he could do. His anger was all directed toward that You Girl.
"Don’t even think about it. The odds of us running into her again are less than one in ten thousand. That woman acts so recklessly because she knows it too well. That gentleman should have split her in two just now. Won like her end up harming many others. Killing her would have been a righteous act," another passenger said indignantly.
They all hoped Li Yi had acted; that way, they could have reclaid their belongings without suffering such losses.
Li Yi, however, calmly said, "How about this, let’s play a ga. Guess the side of this gold coin, and if you guess right, I’ll compensate you for your lost possessions. Conversely, if you guess wrong, I’ll smash your head with one punch, how about it?"
With that, he took out a gold coin, tossed it into the air, and it spun in mid-air.
When it landed, he casually caught it, clenching his fist, and extended it forward: "Not just you, anyone else who wants to play this ga can, but the stakes are the sa."
"This..."
The passenger who spoke earlier turned pale, not knowing how to respond.
It was quite a gamble, one that risked their life.
"Do you want to play?" Li Yi extended his fist towards another passenger.
The passenger hurriedly shook his head: "No, I don’t need it."
He certainly didn’t want to gamble his life for that lost money.
"What about you?" Li Yi extended his fist towards Sun Fei.
"I won’t play this ga either, thank you." Sun Fei hurriedly waved his hand as well; how could he dare to play this ga with Li Yi? Winning only ant getting so money, but losing ant risking one’s life.
Li Yi lowered his hand and then said, "You all dare not play this ga with because you know your life isn’t worth that much money. That You Girl also dared not bet with , so she didn’t ransack my belongings. If that’s the case, why should I kill soone just because they smoked a few cigarettes here?"
"I’m just a passing passenger, not a bloodthirsty demon. Your money can’t be kept because your hearts are impure and filled with desire. That woman earlier, the fragrance was fine, the cigarette was fine too, but if desire moves, then there’s a problem."
"You actually believed her nonsense, thinking it’s because of her perfu? Who would willingly reveal their ans of living to you? The fragrance and smoke are re disguises. If you et her again, you’ll still suffer losses."
Having said that, he flicked his fingers.
The Gold Coin he held flew out, instantly embedding itself into the wall beside the earlier passenger.
Even the train walls which the demon couldn’t tear through were now deeply punctured by the gold coin, revealing inside the pulsating scarlet flesh that the coin was now deeply lodged within, impossible to retrieve.
Seeing this, everyone felt a chill in their hearts.
As expected.
To a person like him, killing soone was simple; a re raise of the hand could end a life.
"So that’s it, it’s not poison in the perfu or smoke; it’s desire that is the poison..."
At this mont, Sun Fei seed thoughtful, suddenly saying: "This makes think of a creature called the Enchanting Demon; it’s said that Enchanting Demons can immobilize people, making them easy prey. Such skills have never been cracked. So say that Enchanting Demons carry Magic on them; rely encountering them results in falling ill, but adventurers who went to hunt them clearly didn’t touch them yet fell ill."
"There’s also talk of not hearing the Enchanting Demon’s voice, or not seeing their face... Various sayings exist, but no one has cracked it, so Enchanting Demons have beco one of the most dangerous creatures. But hearing the gentleman today, I’ve realized that maybe the Enchanting Demon’s skill cos from human internal desire; adventurers fell to the poison of desire, unable to defeat the Enchanting Demon."
"Wait, are you saying the You Girl from earlier might be an Enchanting Demon?" Suddenly, a middle-aged passenger exclaid in surprise.
Sun Fei said: "I only feel that woman’s thods resemble those of the rumored Enchanting Demon. As to whether she is one, I can’t be certain; she didn’t show characteristics of a demon, but it doesn’t rule out her deliberately hiding her true identity. Initially, I didn’t think much, only thinking it was poisoning. Later, I recalled the skills attributed to Enchanting Demons."
"If she really is an Enchanting Demon, then it’s not unjust to have been fooled." The middle-aged passenger said: "Enchanting Demons possess strange abilities with formidable strength. They’re truly high-level demons with demon bloodlines, not sothing common adventurers can contend with."
Enchanting Demon?
Is there such a thing in this world?
That’s indeed interesting.
Next chance might be worth capturing one for study; such creatures only exist in mythological tales and would surely be rare on Earth.
Li Yi was quite intrigued at this mont.
"By the way, I’ve also heard that Enchanting Demons favor robust, handso n. That You Girl kept staring at this gentleman earlier; now I also believe she might truly be an Enchanting Demon disguised as a human." Sun Fei suddenly remarked.
He glanced at Li Yi.
Li Yi indeed had a tall, strong build with rugged yet handso features, fitting well with the Enchanting Demon’s taste.
"So, it seems the Enchanting Demon has quite discerning taste." Li Yi nodded in agreent.
Though he said so, he didn’t sense any evil presence from that woman earlier, so her real identity couldn’t be confird—only speculated.
As this matter passed.
The unlucky person was only the one who tried to flee without a ticket, now hung as a mummy on the train wall.
Li Yi soon heard Sun Fei say that the mummified person wasn’t dead but alive, rely working on the train to repay their ticket debt. Once their service was done, the mummy would be released and revert, but escaping a single ticket ant working ten full years on the train, a severe punishnt.
Moreover, during this period, mummies had no power to resist; if their limbs were destroyed or killed by the train’s monsters, they had only bad luck to bla.
Due to the high-risk nature of such work, few mummies could safely wait until their release.
Yet, despite such severe punishnt, there remained countless people attempting to evade tickets.
Li Yi noted down these various train rules to avoid taboo-breaking next ti. He now understood why Yang Wei advised buying tickets instead of evading, imagining being hung for ten years—who could endure that?
If you don’t want to be hung on the wall, you must stand against this bizarre train.
Make a move, and who knows what terrifying entity this train of flesh would unleash.
Hence, following rules and avoiding taboos is the way to survive in this world.
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