Chapter 1677 Taicheng(1/2)
In Taicheng, Shandong Province, night falls.
Xia Rufei found a remote place outside Taicheng and landed the flying boat.
After he packed his flying boat, he walked to the nearby road and waved to stop a taxi.
"Master, go to Tianfeng Hotel." Xia Ruofei said after getting in the car.
"Okay! Please fasten your seat belt!" said the taxi driver, then skillfully pressed the meter and started the car.
The taxi driver was chatting with Xia Rufei while driving: "Sir, this is your first time in Taicheng, right?"
Xia Ruofei was sitting in the back seat, closing his eyes to rest, and nodding slightly when he heard this, saying, "Yes!"
"Come to climb Mount Tai?" the taxi driver asked with a smile.
Xia Rufei smiled and said, "I have this idea."
"It seems you are here to travel freely." The taxi driver said with a smile, "I want me to say it is more comfortable to travel freely. I follow the tour group every day and I can't see any good scenery!"
Xia Rufei smiled and said nothing.
The taxi driver looked at Xia Rufei through the rearview mirror in the car. Perhaps because he felt that the passenger was not good at speaking, he stopped talking.
But at this moment, Xia Rufei suddenly opened his eyes and said, "Master, it's time to change lanes. The traffic lights in front should turn left. If you don't change lanes, you will enter the solid line area..."
The taxi driver was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but look back at Xia Rufei.
He originally thought Xia Rufei was talking about it when he looked at the navigation on his phone, but he found that Xia Rufei had empty hands and had even closed his eyes.
In fact, after Xia Rufei landed in Taicheng, he first used his mobile phone to see where he was and how he was to Tianfeng Hotel.
With the memory of a Jindan stage monk, this simple route plan will naturally be remembered after reading it.
The taxi driver saw that Xia Rufei was the first time traveling to Taicheng. After some indirect attacks, he thought about taking a walk, but he didn't expect that Xia Rufei could see through it all at once.
Before entering the solid line area, the taxi driver barely changed lanes and entered the left turn lane. Then he smiled awkwardly and said, "This road is quite traffic jam. In fact, although it is a little further away, it saves time."
When Xia Rufei just looked at the navigation, he found that the route planned by the navigation was green along the way and there was no congestion at all.
But he didn't say it out loud, just said lightly: "It doesn't matter, just follow the normal route!"
The taxi driver could only say in disappointment: "Okay!"
Along the way, the taxi driver secretly observed Xia Rufei through the rearview mirror in the car from time to time. Although Xia Rufei kept closing his eyes and resting, he felt a sense of silence in his heart for no reason. He felt that the passenger seemed a little evil. He no longer dared to detour deliberately, so he drove honestly according to the normal route.
More than half an hour later, the taxi drove to the entrance of Tianfeng Hotel and slowly stopped.
"Sir, we're here!" said the taxi driver.
At this time, Xia Rufei opened his eyes, nodded slightly, and said, "Oh! Thank you for your hard work, how much does it cost?"
The taxi driver glanced at the meter and said, "It's 65 yuan in total. Are you cash or scanning the code?"
Xia Rufei glanced at the meter and said, "This price is not right! It's only about 35 kilometers in total, and it's only about forty yuan at most!"
Although Xia Rufei kept his eyes closed all the way, he naturally had accurate perceptions as a Jindan cultivator and his mental power reached the late stage of the Spirit Gathering Realm.
In addition, the local taxi prices in Taicheng are just posted in the car.
The charges are charged within two kilometers at the starting price of 6 yuan. After more than two kilometers, the fee will be charged once every 500 meters, which is 0.5 yuan.
There was almost no traffic jam along the way, and there was no additional cost.
If you calculate it a little bit, you will know that the price is about forty yuan.
Moreover, the price of taxi is estimated on the navigation. When Xia Rufei checked the navigation before getting on the car, the estimated price displayed was 40 yuan. Although he only glanced at it, he still remembered it very clearly.
The taxi driver didn't expect that a foreign tourist would be so skillful. In fact, his meter has been tampered with. There is a hidden button under the steering wheel. After pressing it, it will jump much faster than normal.
He also sent a foreign tourist on the previous order, so he pressed the button and had not yet recovered from his original state when he received Xia Rufei.
Although the taxi driver on the road felt that Xia Rufei seemed a little evil, he felt that even if a foreigner understood the route through navigation, he would not be so sensitive to the price, so he simply ignored it.
Unexpectedly, when the price was sold, Xia Rufei directly questioned it.
The taxi driver's face changed slightly and said, "Sir, this is how the meter is displayed. I also follow the route you said. I often run this road, but it's more than 35 kilometers! There is no problem with this price!"
Xia Rufei is naturally not short of money, but this does not mean that he is willing to be fooled by a taxi driver.
He said lightly: "How far is this road? Just open the navigation and look at it. Is it 35 kilometers? Don't you know what it is?"
"How did you say this?" The taxi driver naturally would not admit it. "Sir, I am a regular taxi and I'm billing. You're a little confused!"
"I'm just messing around?" Xia Rufei couldn't help laughing, "Master, if your meter is faulty, go and repair it as soon as possible! I can pay you at the normal price, but don't think about slaughtering customers just because I'm an outsider. Taicheng is a famous tourist city, and taxis are equivalent to the city's window and business card. Don't slander Taicheng!"
In fact, Taicheng is very small. The taxi just now happened to take customers to the remote suburbs. If he hadn't met Xia Rufei, he would have probably returned to the city empty car.
But he was thinking of detours and tampering with the meter again, and he was really a little insatiable.
Xia Rufei was quite tactful, but in fact he also realized that it was mostly because of the passive meter. Many news reports on taxi drivers changing the meter.
After hearing this, the taxi driver couldn't help but become angry and embarrassed. His tone became much colder: "Young man, be careful of the trouble coming from your mouth! You are a foreigner in Taicheng. It's better to pretend to be confused when you should be confused. There is not much money in total, so why bother to make yourself feel uncomfortable! Don't you just want to have fun when you travel?"
"Are you threatening me?" Xia Ruofei couldn't help but be happy when he heard this, "Master, I won't tell you so much. Finally, I asked you how much do you plan to charge for this trip? If it really doesn't work, I called the transportation manager to complain."
The taxi driver seemed to feel that the dignity of a local person was trampled on. He stubbornly said viciously: "You are going to smash my job! Young man, if you have the ability, complain! Cutting off people's wealth is like killing parents! If my job is smashed, it will be difficult for you to get out of our Taicheng!"
At this time, the security guard at the hotel door saw that the taxi stopped and did not get off the passengers, but he had not driven away for a long time. He couldn't help but come over to check and knock on the window.
Xia Rufei didn't want to get involved with a taxi driver, so he pressed the window and said to the security guard: "Come your Manager Sun Xiao, and tell him I am Mr. Chen's friend, and he will know."
This Tianfeng Hotel is an industry in Tianyimen in the secular world and the closest industry to Tianyimen.
Therefore, Tianfeng Hotel is actually a contact point for Tianyimen. Some monks who are not familiar with Tianyimen come to visit, and the first stop is here.
And that Sun Xiao is an outer disciple of Tianyi Sect, who is specifically responsible for receiving cultivators.
Of course, Chen Xuan told Xia Rufei all this in advance.
He warmly invited Xia Rufei to visit Tianyi Sect, so he naturally had to inform Xia Rufei in detail of the method he could contact him at any time.
Manager Sun Xiao naturally has a special status in Tianfeng Hotel and is not responsible for any specific business. But many times he often says something that even the general manager of the hotel has to listen, and the employees below also know Sun Xiao’s status in the hotel.
So, when the security guard heard this, he immediately became much more polite and said quickly: "Okay, wait..."
After saying that, he immediately said on the walkie-talkie: "Manager Sun, someone is looking for you at the door, and he said he is Mr. Chen's friend..."
The walkie-talkie sounded and a voice came: "I'll be here soon!"
The taxi driver took a photo of the steering wheel and said angrily: "Do you give it to me? I tell you, you have delayed my work, and by then it will be not as simple as 65..."
"Shut up!" Xia Ruofei said coldly.
Although he only exuded a hint of momentum, the taxi driver felt like he fell into an ice cave, and the blood on his body was frozen.
He was so fierce just now that he was so scared by Xia Rufei's simple words that he didn't even dare to say anything.
At this time, the taxi driver also regretted it. He obviously felt that the foreign tourist whom he was recruiting today was not a good person!
After a while, Xia Rufei saw a man in a suit and tie, trotting about 35 or thirty-six years old trotting out of the hotel.
The security guard was still standing next to the taxi. Seeing this, he hurriedly waved and shouted loudly: "Manager Sun, here!"
The middle-aged man in a suit and tie followed the reputation and then quickly walked towards the taxi.
Xia Rufei also opened the car door and got out of the car. The taxi driver opened his mouth, but in the end he still didn't dare to speak.
Sun Xiao quickly walked here, looked at Xia Rufei, and asked cautiously: "Which Mr. Chen's friend are you?"
Xia Rufei smiled slightly and looked at the security guard.
Sun Xiao quickly said to the security guard: "I'll handle it here, you can go there first!"
"Yes! Manager Sun!" the security guard said quickly.
Xia Rufei then took a few steps away from the taxi, then flipped his hand and took out a business card from the Lingtu space and handed it to Sun Xiao.
Xia Rufei didn't say anything, just looked at Sun Xiao with a smile.
This business card was left to Xia Rufei by Chen Xuan. The practitioner used it to keep pace with the times.
However, this business card is very exquisitely made and a special metal wire is embedded inside, so it is impossible to forge it.
When Sun Xiao saw the business card, he was shocked.
He took the business card with both hands and looked carefully, then immediately returned the business card with both hands, and shouted respectfully: "I have seen senior!"
Xia Rufei didn't know that there were actually three types of business cards for Chen Xuan, and the business card he gave Xia Rufei was the rarest. It was usually very important guests or extremely good friends to get it.
Therefore, when Sun Xiao saw this business card, he immediately realized the dignity of the identity of the guest in front of him.
In fact, within Tianyi Sect, Sun Xiao is just an outer disciple, and his cultivation is even more insignificant.
In terms of seniority, he and Chen Xuan are two generations apart. Xia Ruofei can get such a business card, so he naturally has a relationship with Chen Xuan and his peers.
Therefore, although Xia Rufei was still much younger than Sun Xiao after she changed into Xia Tian's appearance, Sun Xiao still respectfully called Xia Rufei "senior" and did not dare to neglect at all.
Xia Rufei took the business card and put it into the Lingtu space casually.
This time Sun Xiao also saw it clearly. He immediately understood that this young "senior" must have a storage magic weapon, and he couldn't help but pay more attention to it in his heart. In the current cultivation world, storage magic weapons are rare, and some poorer Golden Elixir monks may not necessarily have one. As for the Qi Refining Cultivator, there are very few people with storage magic weapons.
"Please inform Brother Chen Xuan as soon as possible and say Xia Tian is here to visit." Xia Ruofei said lightly.
"Yes! Disciple will report immediately!" Sun Xiao said quickly, "Please stay at Tianfeng Hotel first. When there is any news, I will report to you immediately!"
To be continued...