The Demon Train sped along. Because it was passing through the Phantom Rain Realm, the scenery outside the windows was a riot of colors. In Beni's words, it looked a little like what she saw after eating poisonous mushrooms—which she repeatedly reminded Su Xiao never to do with mushrooms he did not recognize.
Across from him, Sephilia rested with her eyes closed. She seemed calm, but the aura of someone ready to strike Su Xiao a fatal blow at any moment showed just how deep her hatred ran. When the train left the Phantom Rain Realm and entered a forest filled with withered yellow leaves, it arrived at a station and stopped. Sephilia took Green Gillian off the train.
When the train started again, Su Xiao rose and moved toward the front rows. Studying the route map fixed to the train door, he saw that his current location was in the middle-to-late section. Five stations remained. He had already ruled out the station where Sephilia had gotten off. That certainly was not her true destination.
Of the remaining five stations, one was the venue of the Empty Seat Banquet. It was a desolate, chaotic scavenger zone where several great scavenger tribes had made their nests. Because the area was so barren and chaotic, the Starry Sky Seat had temporarily projected itself there.
Of the other four stations, one was mainly a gathering place for intelligence dealers. The Arcane Eternal Star had its own intelligence channels and looked down on such a chaotic information hub.
Through elimination, only three possible destinations remained for Sephilia: the Hurricane Wilderness, the slave market, and the Verdant Great Wetland.
Su Xiao glanced at the train's calendar. It was the first half of the month in the Void, while the slave market only opened continuously during