Chapter 934: Chapter 934: Protection Fee
Among these three people, two were at the True Immortal Peak cultivation, while the other was at the Early Stage of Heavenly Immortal cultivation.
This burly man with Heavenly Immortal cultivation, face full of roughness, wearing a black tank top, and having a flat-top haircut, was crossing his arms ’across’ his chest, appearing to be the leader among the three.
After having the two True Immortals touch Zhu Fei’s array formation restriction, he didn’t forget to order them to continue touching the array formation restriction of Chen Tianxing’s room beside Zhu Fei.
In almost a mere blink of an eye, the array formation restriction outside Chen Tianxing’s room door started to tremble slightly.
Seeing this, Zhu Fei felt a sudden surge of anger rising in his heart.
Without further delay, he raised his hand casually, and in the next second, with a "crack" sound, the door to Zhu Fei’s room slowly opened!
"What do you mean by this, you three? Tampering with another person’s array formation restriction—are you not concerned about anyone here?"
As soon as the room was opened by Zhu Fei, he directly looked coldly at the three and spoke.
Suddenly hearing Zhu Fei’s words, the three men with flat-top haircuts were initially slightly stunned, then they exchanged glances and suddenly burst into unrestrained laughter.
Seeing this scene, Zhu Fei couldn’t help but frown once again.
"Kid, you must be new here, right? I must say, you’ve got quite a temper."
Just then, the flat-top man suddenly stopped laughing and, with an arrogant gaze, looked at Zhu Fei, speaking maliciously:
"You’re right. In this migrant workers’ carriage, I, Brother Biao, really don’t consider most people here, and you, kid, are among them!"
As he spoke, Brother Biao reached out, trying to push Zhu Fei.
A chill flashed in Zhu Fei’s eyes, and before Brother Biao’s hand could touch him, he skillfully evaded it.
"Oh! I didn’t realize it at first, but it seems you’ve got some skills, kid."
Brother Biao’s eyes flickered slightly. Although he said so, he showed no intention of stopping his actions.
Moreover, Brother Biao blatantly signaled to the other two men beside him, right in front of Zhu Fei.
The two men understood immediately and, with almost no hesitation, grinned maliciously and surrounded Zhu Fei!
Seeing this scene, Zhu Fei’s face darkened, and he coldly said, "If you have something to say, just say it. If you continue like this, don’t blame me for being impolite!"
With those words, Zhu Fei suddenly created several afterimages on the spot and instantly flashed out of the encirclement of the three.
To be honest, in the current situation, if it wasn’t necessary, he really didn’t want to cause too much trouble.
But unfortunately, ideals often clash with reality; the more Zhu Fei didn’t want to cause trouble, the more trouble came to find him.
"Eh?"
Seeing Zhu Fei suddenly flash out of the encirclement, Brother Biao was visibly slightly stunned.
Before the two beside him could act further, he suddenly raised his hand to stop them, then looked back at Zhu Fei, his face showing a slightly serious look.
"Kid, I seem to have underestimated you before. Fine, then. As long as you pay the required protection fee on time in the future, we won’t trouble you unnecessarily."
"Protection fee?"
Suddenly hearing this term from Brother Biao, Zhu Fei felt speechless for a moment.
This is truly insane; who knew that in a place like this, there would actually be something like a protection fee.
But thinking carefully, it doesn’t seem all that surprising, either.
Presently, in this migrant workers’ carriage, to put it nicely, they are workers on this train; to put it not so nicely, they are a bunch of poor souls, possibly even stowaways.
However, the stowaways here differ slightly from those on Earth, but the general idea isn’t fundamentally different.
In such a harsh environment, it’s not surprising that something like this so-called protection fee would emerge.
"That’s right, it is the protection fee, kid. You probably don’t know, but in this migrant workers’ carriage, except for a few people we can’t mess with, everyone else has to pay a protection fee."
Brother Biao suddenly spoke again: "Of course, you can choose not to pay, but the consequences, well, we can’t ensure anything."
"One day, when you are cultivating or doing something important, someone might suddenly knock on your door, or even pull you out forcefully."
Threats, this is blatantly a threat!
Zhu Fei’s gaze turned cold, but quickly, he reined in the glint in his eyes and instead asked coldly, "How much?"
"What?" Brother Biao and his two companions were obviously stunned.
"I’m asking how much protection fee you are asking for?" Zhu Fei coldly replied again.
This time, Brother Biao and the others finally understood, and a look of satisfaction appeared on their faces.
Originally, they thought that with Zhu Fei’s seemingly decent strength, he might resist them somewhat.
At worst, he might haggle with them a bit, but the fact that Zhu Fei agreed so readily caught them entirely by surprise.
This relieved the tension a little bit between Brother Biao and his companions, making them stand taller once again.
Brother Biao suddenly raised one finger, but then, as if thinking of something, he extended two more fingers, making a total of three, before coldly smiling at Zhu Fei and saying:
"Thirty thousand, a total of thirty thousand low-grade Immortal Crystals, paid every six months, not a single crystal less!"
Zhu Fei suddenly gave Brother Biao a deep look, waiting until he felt slightly uneasy, before suddenly nodding and saying, "Fine! I hope you keep to your word."
With that, Zhu Fei didn’t say another word and directly pulled out a storage bag containing thirty thousand low-grade Immortal Crystals from his belongings and tossed it to Brother Biao.
After receiving the storage bag that Zhu Fei threw, Brother Biao swiftly checked it with his Divine Sense and then immediately grinned, nodding at Zhu Fei:
"Not bad, it is indeed thirty thousand low-grade Immortal Crystals."
After saying that, Brother Biao didn’t pay further attention to Zhu Fei but instead glared at the two men beside him, shouting: "What are you two waiting for? Hurry up and go knock on door 1301!"
Brother Biao’s words immediately made Zhu Fei frown.
Because, at this moment, the person Brother Biao intended to ’bother’ was none other than Chen Tianxing, who was next to him!
Zhu Fei suddenly spoke again: "My friend, I think you shouldn’t disturb the person next to me. Thirty thousand low-grade Immortal Crystals, right? I’ll pay it for her!"