Chapter 414 - Loan (2/2)
Seeing that the matter was settled, one of the students that had been watching walked over. “Junior sisters, are you still borrowing money?” This uppercla.s.sman smiled courteously.
“No. We have enough now.” Ye Xinglan didn't even look at him as she left with Gu Yue.
When the two girls pa.s.sed by Xu Lizhi, Ye Xinglan turned to him. “You only managed to sell your buns because of us, so you're responsible for one third of the debt.”
“Fine, fine.” Xu Lizhi beamed. Although he had a big appet.i.te, forty thousand credits would be more than enough for the entire trip if he dieted. He had asked the teachers beforehand if he could team up with another student since he was a support-type soul master, and they had agreed. He had originally been eyeing Tang Wulin, but after some thought, he chose Ye Xinglan. However, the number of opponents they had to defeat together doubled to twenty.
“So they were actually working together!” The spectating students were dumbstruck as they watched the trio leave. There really are all sorts of people in this world!
“Those juniors are really creative! How come we never thought of this back then?”
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Tang Wulin stood outside of the Blacksmith's a.s.sociation of Shrek City. However, Mu Xi stood in his way.
“Hm?” Tang Wulin looked at her curiously. “What are you doing here, Senior Sister?”
Mu Xi smiled. “I heard you had an exam, so I'm here to see you off!”
A hint of anxiety crept into Tang Wulin's heart. “Why are you seeing me off? I don't have much time. I want to go take some forging missions to earn some money.”
“Forget about it,” she replied. “The Academy has already contacted us and every other a.s.sociation in the city. None of us will lend any of you help. You're all forbidden from earning money at the a.s.sociations, so you'll have to think of another way to make money. You can still make money by forging, just not in this city. By the way, the Tang Sect is also cooperating with this. Hehe.”
Tang Wulin's jaw dropped. “I can't believe this!”
Mu Xi shrugged. “There's nothing I can do about it. If you don't want to waste anymore of your time, then quickly think of some other way to make money.”
Tang Wulin couldn't retort. He really was wasting his time here. What else can I do?
A moment later, his eyes lit up. I got it!
Tang Wulin waved goodbye to Mu Xi then ran straight for Shrek City's train station. When he arrived, Tang Wulin looked around and was certain that he was the first of his cla.s.s to come. Everyone else was still busy with earning money.
Tickets were checked before the train could be boarded. Tang Wulin casually walked over to the departure schedule and examined it. He soon found what he was looking for. According to his plan, the first city Tang Wulin would visit was Heaven Dou City, which lay north-west of Shrek City. It was a major city, so he wouldn't have any problems finding a suitable opponent. There were also many trains from Heaven Dou City to Bright City.
Tang Wulin quickly found his way to the right platform. There were still five minutes left before ticket checking would commence, yet there was already a long line at the ticket checking window.
This time, truly everything had been confiscated from him. Even his student ID and blacksmith's badge had been taken. He was completely empty-handed.
He walked over to the back of the line and took his place.
The ticket checking soon began and the line started moving forward. One by one, people had their tickets checked then pa.s.sed into the next area. His turn soon arrived.
“Please show me your ticket,” said the clerk.
Tang Wulin moved his hand to his pocket, reached in, and rummaged around for a moment. Then he looked off to the side and suddenly pointed.
“Snake! There's a snake!”
His shout frightened the people around him and they all where he was pointing. Sure enough, there was a golden snake about one meter long sitting on the wall. It swiftly slithered over to the crowd. Several frightened shouts rang out and a portion of the crowd went into a panic. A moment later, a golden flash of light filled the area, and the snake disappeared.
“Huh? Where'd the snake go?” The panicked pa.s.sengers and staff members searched everywhere for the snake, but it was nowhere to be found.
Tang Wulin had also long since disappeared. He had taken advantage of the distraction to leap past the ticket checking window. He then ran off to find a corner to hide in and retrieve Goldsong. He had succeeded in getting past the train station's checkpoint.
Tang Wulin boarded his train and went to find some seats that weren't tied to a ticket.
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