Chapter 75 : Chapter 75
Chapter 75: Hostility on the High-Speed Train
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“Attention, passengers. Train G***** bound for Jiang City is about to arrive. Please carry your personal belongings and proceed to the designated platform to await boarding...”
Inside the high-speed rail station, Lu Zhan had just been about to take the dedicated passage.
On the way there, a square-faced middle-aged man carrying a suitcase in his left hand rushed frantically toward the train, bumping into quite a few passengers along the way.
“Hey, what the hell is wrong with you? Are you in such a hurry to reincarnate?”
“Are you blind? The train won’t leave first just because you board first!”
“Damn, you’re acting like you’re racing for your life. Is it really that serious?!”
...
His behavior immediately drew complaints from all around.
Yet the middle-aged man ignored them all and kept charging forward.
Suddenly— Bang!
The middle-aged man slammed into Lu Zhan.
“Sorry, sorry. Little brother, are you alright?”
He had completely ignored the people he bumped into before, but after crashing into Lu Zhan, he began apologizing again and again.
“I’m fine.”
Lu Zhan glanced at him indifferently.
Hm?
This was... Baleful Yin Qi? A tomb raider?
People in that line of work would more or less be tainted by certain things.
Before he could take a closer look, the middle-aged man vanished into the crowd.
Suddenly, Lu Zhan sensed a trace of hostility.
Who?!!
His gaze turned sharp as blades as he swept his eyes across the surroundings, but he found nothing unusual.
Could it have been that middle-aged man just now?
No. A moment ago, Lu Zhan had not sensed the slightest malice from him.
He did not know why, but this time it had not attracted the system’s attention either.
“Forget it. If he really has a death wish and comes looking for me, it’ll only take a moment to deal with him.”
Unable to find his enemy, Lu Zhan could only board the train first.
He believed that since the other party dared to direct hostility at him, they would not appear only once.
If the other party wanted to play, Lu Zhan would play along.
Business class.
Lu Zhan had an access token, so there was no need for him to buy a ticket or anything of the sort.
This was a privilege enjoyed by all Jurisdiction Heads.
While waiting for departure, another dozen or so passengers gradually took their seats.
There were both men and women, all impeccably dressed. At a glance, it was obvious they were social elites and successful people.
Would the person harboring hostility toward him appear?
He would know after the train departed.
There were too many people at the moment. It was not easy to find them.
Lu Zhan casually picked up a magazine from the table to pass the time, but after flipping through two pages, he was already bored. He closed it and tossed it back onto the table.
It was clear that he was not someone who particularly enjoyed reading.
About five minutes later, the train’s announcement sounded.
“Dear passengers, hello. This train is about to depart...”
The high-speed train sped rapidly along the tracks.
Suddenly, a train attendant with sweet features and a professional smile placed a cup of hot tea lightly on the table in front of Lu Zhan.
“Sir, your tea.”
Lu Zhan gave a slight nod, without even lifting his eyelids.
His attention passed over the attendant and landed on a man seated ahead of him across a single aisle.
The man wore gold-rimmed glasses and a well-tailored suit.
At that moment, he was flipping through a magazine.
In another direction, there was a woman with exquisite makeup, her fingers tapping continuously across the keyboard of her laptop.
Perhaps noticing Lu Zhan’s gaze, the two of them raised their eyes slightly. After meeting Lu Zhan’s gaze, they offered him friendly smiles.
Lu Zhan nodded to them in greeting, then let his eyes sweep over the entire carriage without changing expression.
At last, he withdrew his gaze.
Nothing.
After looking all around, he still did not sense any malice coming from anyone in the carriage.
His brows furrowed tightly. The system had not given any prompt either. Had he really been overthinking things?
No!
Lu Zhan trusted his instincts. Even if the system gave no prompt, that did not mean there was nothing there.
Just as Lu Zhan was mulling it over, a disturbance came from the carriage ahead.
The voice sounded somewhat familiar as well.
“Why the hell not? I’ve got money! The regular seats are too damn cramped. I want an upgrade to business class! Right now! Immediately!”
“Sir, I’m terribly sorry, but business class must either be reserved in advance or upgraded into when there are vacant seats available. There are no free seats at the moment, so please return to your own seat...”
The train attendant’s voice remained polite, but there was a trace of helplessness in it.
“Bullshit. I clearly saw empty seats. You’re just looking down on me because I’m dressed plainly.”
“Get the hell out of my way! If you don’t, don’t blame me for getting rough!”
As he spoke, that voice broke into angry curses, growing increasingly irritable and impatient.
In the next instant, the aura unique to an Aperture Opening Realm cultivator spread out abruptly.
The attendant’s face turned pale.
At once, a train security officer stepped in front of her and blocked the aura entirely.
“Please calm down, sir. How about this? I’ll submit a request to the conductor.”
The security officer handled the matter on the principle that fewer complications meant fewer problems.
As he spoke, he called the conductor.
In the end, after learning the situation and weighing it carefully, the conductor signaled for the attendant to process Wang Qihua’s upgrade in order to avoid a larger conflict that might affect train safety.
Then the door to the business-class carriage was opened.
A square-faced middle-aged man carrying a black suitcase in his left hand entered.
After sweeping his gaze across the carriage, he muttered, “Hmph. I told you there were still seats here. That woman just now was clearly no good.”
Yet when his eyes landed on Lu Zhan, his pupils contracted violently.
Then he casually looked away as though nothing had happened, finally choosing a seat somewhere in the middle.
It happened to be diagonally not far from Lu Zhan, with the black suitcase placed by his feet and partially shielded by his body.
The moment the middle-aged man sat down, a voice rang out in the carriage.
“Can you shut your mouth? Every other word out of your mouth is ‘women are no good.’ Wasn’t your mother a woman?”
“That attendant didn’t do anything wrong. High-speed trains have a seat reservation system. If you don’t understand that, then stop making a fool of yourself.”
The woman typing on her laptop did not even lift her eyelids.
The high-speed train seat reservation system existed to reserve seats for important passengers. Even if no one used them before departure, they would not be sold.
For example, the seat Lu Zhan was sitting in right now was one specifically reserved by the train.
Clearly, this woman wanted to stand up for the attendant from earlier.
“You stinking woman, say that again if you’ve got the guts! Do you think I, Wang Qihua, am afraid of you?”
the middle-aged man roared.
“So what if I said it? You’re only capable of bullying ordinary people. If you’ve got the guts, then let’s trade a few moves.”
At some point, the exquisitely made-up woman had already closed her laptop. She crooked a finger at Wang Qihua, then took a stance in open provocation.
“Zhang Xiaolian of the Ancient Martial Arts Association. Please instruct me!”
The aura from Zhang Xiaolian’s body spread out without the slightest restraint, and it was in no way weaker than Wang Qihua’s.
Wang Qihua cast a wary glance at Lu Zhan.
Only after seeing that Lu Zhan had no intention of interfering did he face Zhang Xiaolian properly.
“Someone from the Ancient Martial Arts Association? Do you think I’m afraid of you people?!”
As he spoke, he threw a vicious punch. Zhang Xiaolian was equally unwilling to back down.
At that very instant, the suited man wearing gold-rimmed glasses, who was sitting behind Wang Qihua, put down his newspaper and instantly caught both of their fists.
“You’re both Martial Artists, so don’t be so hot-tempered. There are still ordinary people on the train. Besides, if the conductor is attracted over here, it won’t end well for any of us.”
“How about the two of you do me, Li Chang, the favor of letting this go?”