Xianlu

Chapter 399 Soul Tax
The wind and rain outside the boat were gentle, not restless, soft and greasy, and the whole black boat seemed to be stuck by the drizzle.

Xu Dao's heart moved, and he immediately gathered his mind and finished his practice. With a flash of his figure, he jumped to the bow of the ship with sword energy.

As soon as he came out, the footsteps of other people sounded behind him: "It's the Taoist priest!", "See the Taoist priest"

Wu Bixi, Liang Xia, and a group of boatmen ran to the deck, looking outside the black boat.Among them, the two of Wu Liang, after bowing to Xu Daoyao, hurriedly walked in small steps, ran to Xu Dao's side and stood respectfully.

During these days, although Xu Dao rested wholeheartedly, he occasionally paid attention to the affairs on board.He turned his back to the other two, and said flatly: "The arrangements on the ship have been good these few days, thank you for your hard work."

When Wu Bixi and Liang Xia heard this, they all showed joy on their faces. One of them smiled, and the other said calmly: "I will do my best to serve the Taoist priest!"

The two bowed their heads and cupped their hands, their faces even more respectful.

Xu Dao's spiritual sense fell on the two of them, and he chuckled lightly: "Okay, there is no need to be so respectful, someone will come over soon. The two of you will come forward for me first, so as not to cause a misunderstanding and it is difficult to turn around."

He looked up at the misty front, and in his perception, there was an island hidden in the mist.This water mist is not only created by the unique geography of Yuren Island, but also by people who have arranged formations according to the situation, which can reverse the four directions and confuse the perception of Taoists.

Even with the spread of Xu Daozhu's condensed evil spirit consciousness, there is still no way to reach the island.Maybe he tried to figure it out more, or he might forcibly open up a path.

But this is bound to startle and offend the forces on Shark Island, causing them to ambush.

Xu Dao thought to himself: "With such a formation, the scope is much larger than that of the Bone Temple and Shezhao, but I don't know the specific power."

Apart from being able to confuse the incoming people, the Water Dock Formation can also detect the surrounding area indistinctly and discern the size of the incoming people.

After a while, there was a rustling sound coming from the mist, and the sound was getting closer and closer, as if someone was shouting loudly.

After Xu Dao heard it, his consciousness immediately went out to the direction of the sound, and found that a group of living creatures were approaching the black ship, and they were arranged in two rows, seven in total.

Before the other party saw them, they yelled loudly: "Who is here, what are you doing here, register and report quickly!"

Xu Dao didn't hide his cultivation level. With a move of his consciousness, he directly landed on the seven living creatures, releasing coercion, but he didn't humiliate them.

Click!The noisy group of living creatures stopped abruptly, but the ears of Xu Dao and the others became quiet.

Immediately, the voice of the person calling changed, becoming more cautious and respectful: "Which Taoist priest is passing by? The little ones are here to lead the way for the Taoist priest!"

Crash!There was a sound of splashing water, and in Xu Dao's perception, the seven living creatures stepped on the water, accelerated their speed, and rushed towards the black boat in a hurry.

Xu Dao closed his eyes slightly at this time, and he directly sat up cross-legged in the air. Instead of meeting the other party, he said to the two people beside him, "Please trouble me."

At the same time, his consciousness was released, and some things were explained in the ears of Wu and Liang.

After Wu Bixi and Liang Xia heard what they said, they immediately knew something related to Yuren Island. Both of them showed surprise and nervousness on their faces, and quickly cupped their hands: "Obey!"

After finishing speaking, the two hurriedly jumped off the black boat, cast their spells, and stepped on the sea.

The sound of splashing water was even louder, and before the seven living creatures who shouted out came out of the mist, a gust of monster energy struck, causing the expressions of Wu Liang and the two of them to change slightly, "Aren't they human?"

But when they thought that Xu Dao was right behind them, they felt confident and did not show any timidity.

"Taoist, Taoist! The little ones are here!" A vulgar voice sounded, and an ugly fish head suddenly emerged from the mist, looked at the black boat with its head, and then followed the other six fish heads to sneak in. out.

These seven living creatures are half-human, half-fish. The upper half is a fish, shaped like a shark's head, and the lower half is more human-like, with limbs. Although their hands have webbed claws, they do not prevent them from grasping weapons. The concentration of monster energy on each body is at the level of refining energy.

Seeing Wu Liang and Wu Liang standing in front of the boat, the seven-headed murlocs couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and the leader of them muttered in a low voice: "Fortunately, the Taoist priest has servants, we don't have to deal with the Taoist priest directly. .”

It looked up at the black boat, and couldn't see Xu Dao because of its angle of view, so it just pretended to bow to the black boat, and said respectfully: "Some of the guards of Yuren Island welcome the Taoist leader to the island." !"

When the murloc bowed to each other, Wu Bixi and Liang Xia were sizing each other up. Seeing the monster's fierce appearance, they were even more startled.

When I was still in Wu State, although there were monsters and Taoists with monster characteristics in Wu State, the former did not know etiquette and were more like beasts, while the latter were more human-like, at most two points like demons.

As for the seven-headed murlocs in front of them, five points are fish and five points are humans, which is very rare in Wu Guozhong, let alone can take the initiative to bow and salute with accents.

The seven-headed murloc was ugly, and even though it knew of Xu Dao's existence, its attitude was very respectful, but people still felt vicious at first glance.

Wu Bixi looked at the other party, fear suddenly appeared in his eyes, and his fingers trembled a little.Fortunately, there was Liang Xia beside her, and the other party walked out in time, without changing his face, he said: "I have met fellow Taoists, I was a little abrupt when I first came here, please forgive me, fellow Taoists."

With Liang Xia coming forward, Wu Bixi stood behind him, at least he didn't look ugly.

The two Taoists stood in front of the black boat with the people from Shark Island, chatting with each other.Although the two of Wu Liang were ignorant, they had what Xu Daofu heard, and they didn't have too much conflict with each other.

After some conversation, the two sides bowed to each other, and Qi Qi breathed a sigh of relief.

Among them, Wu Liang and two returned to the black boat to report to Xu Dao, while the seven-headed murloc held a weapon, dived into the sea water, and swam in the shape of a fish.

They circled the black boat and shouted from the air: "Fellow Taoists, please follow, I will take you to the island later!"

Brush brush!
Several white lines appeared in front of the black boat, forming arrow-like splashes.The black boat also almost moved when it heard the sound, moved away the things under the boat, and continued to sail slowly into the dense fog.

Not fast or slow, after about a hundred breaths, the fog in front of the black ship became even thicker, and then it seemed to pass through a layer of gray wall, the thick fog suddenly cut off, only fine raindrops fell down, papa hit on the deck of the ship.

A wide island appeared in the eyes of everyone. In the rain, it seemed like a silent giant lying on the sea.

Xu Dao also opened his eyes at this time, squinting and looking at the whole island.He has already entered the formation of Yuren Island, and suddenly found that the climate of this island has surpassed that of Baiguguan or Shezhao, and the atmosphere on the island is quite strong.

But fortunately, the weather on this island is not as good as that of the Erhai Dao Palace. Xu Dao is even more relieved that the shark island in front of him is quite large, but the entire island is not completely covered by a powerful formation. It can even be said that the island There is no formation that runs all the time.

He couldn't help turning his head to look behind him, and found that the dense fog behind him was more of a fascination effect. Now that he has passed through, it is not difficult to go out from the inside.

In this way, even if this Yuren Island is not a good place, Xu Dao is not a self-inflicted trap, and there is still a chance to escape directly.

The three people on the black boat looked at the Shaman Island, and other ships sailed in beside them from time to time, and a floating Taoist priest jumped out of the water mist and rushed straight to the top of the island.

During this period, many eyes fell on the black boat. When they found Xu Dao sitting cross-legged on the boat, they all looked away in time without being presumptuous.

At this time, a murloc was standing in front of the black boat, and he had already called his younger brothers to move the pontoon and put it beside the boat.It waved and shouted: "Two friends and priests, you can get off the boat. The boat is here, and you can pay the fee when you leave."

Shaman Island is an island occupied by humanoid monsters, but according to the memory of Taoist Lai, it is not a completely vicious place. Its trade is only a little worse than that of Hantie Island. There are rules.

Xu Dao looked at Wu Liang and the two beside him, and said: "Pin Dao wants to enter the island to see the situation, but there are hundreds of people alive on board, so in order to avoid accidents, people need to be guarded. Does anyone want to take the initiative to stay?"

Hearing this, Wu Bixi and Liang Xia looked at Yuren Island, one of them flinched and the other moved.

Xu Dao's eyes fell on Wu Bixi, and he said, "Then please trouble fellow Daoist Wu. Although there are rules here, it is not a good place, so don't leave the boat easily. If there is something wrong, wait until Poor Dao comes back." "

Wu Bixi lowered his head, heaved a sigh of relief, and responded in a low voice: "Yes, Daoist."

Xu Dao turned around and was about to get off the boat, but Liang Xia didn't follow. He gritted his teeth and suddenly said to Xu Dao, "Master Wu, she hasn't fully recovered from her injuries. There are mixed fish and dragons here. If something unexpected happens ..."

Liang Xia bowed and said, "I don't know if the disciple can stay."

Xu Dao raised his eyebrows slightly. There was nothing wrong with him, so he replied directly: "Yes."

After finishing speaking, he looked at the other party, shook his head and smiled lightly, "Pindao just asked if anyone would like to stay, and he didn't ask for company."

Liang Xia's face was first surprised, and then relieved. With gratitude in his eyes, he cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Daoist, for your fulfillment."

Xu Dao didn't pay any attention to the other party, and walked directly in the air. He just paused in mid-air, briefly explained to the murlocs beside the boat, and then flew to Shaman Island alone.

Seeing that Xu Dao ignored them, the murlocs under the boat felt a little embarrassed on the leader's face, but they just muttered and didn't dare to say anything. They quickly led their men into the sea, and ran back to report that a strange Taoist priest was coming.

Xu Dao flew towards Shaman Island, and in a few blinks he came to a lively place where many practitioners were coming and going, it should be a place for trading on the island.

Most of the Taoist priests who came and went were in human form, but the other half had strange appearances, full of monster aura, just better than the murlocs just now.

Xu Dao looked carefully, and found that the aura of these weird-looking Taoists was not pure monster aura, but a mixture of human and monster aura. It should be different from the murlocs. appearance.

This situation is like Su Jiu and Swordsman Lao Sha under Xu Dao's command.

His scrutiny also caused a few fierce lights, but the other party was only in the realm of refining Qi, and when he saw Xu Dao walking in the air, he immediately stopped and walked away quickly.

Xu Dao was surprised by this square market in front of him. After he walked into it, formations appeared on the street, but there was still no trace of spiritual energy in the air. As a decent city of practice workshops.

However, Fang City on the island is bustling, and it is more down-to-earth than the Fang Market and Ghost Market that Xu Dao has seen. Many Taoists sit cross-legged directly, placing a pile of bloody things, and from time to time they open their mouths to sell:
"Don't miss it, the freshly peeled ghost-eyed three-finned fish tastes the most delicious!"

Another Taoist placed bottles and jars, and a wooden sign in front of him read: "All kinds of medicinal materials are available for inspection."

There are all kinds of stalls, but there are not many shops, and there is not much order. It is no different from ordinary vegetable markets.

Xu Dao looked at it with great interest, and compared the things bought and sold in the market with those in the mind of Taoist Lai, so that he could familiarize himself with the practice environment of Xihai as soon as possible.

After passing by a few shops in the style of stone houses, Xu Dao stopped, his brows were slightly frowned, and his eyes were fixed on a fence.

The fence was quite large, covering several acres of land, and there were murlocs standing around the fence, like shepherds guarding cattle and sheep.

The fence was filled with darkness, and the heads were shaking. They were all mortals in ragged clothes sitting on the ground with their knees hugged.

It is estimated that there are tens of thousands of people in this fence alone.There is a wooden sign hanging outside the fence, with four big characters written on it with distorted blood: "Vegetable People's Market"

Just behind the fence, there were piles of white corpses, and the blood flowed down, staining the ground around the fence blood red and muddy.

Xu Dao looked down at his feet, and found that even though he was still a hundred steps away from the mountain of blood and blood, the ground was still dark red, and even the soil below a foot deep was also red.

Taoists one after another, passed by Xu Dao's side, or walked towards the fence, or walked out of the fence, all with normal expressions.

Xu Dao also heard some people talking about it: "I heard that this Shaman Island is not going to raise vegetables in captivity, but plans to free them?"

"Exactly, the mermen on the island are recruiting human species everywhere, and the price for the purchase is good!"

"That's right. Captive breeding is too troublesome. The vegetable people raised are sluggish, and the quality of the soul is not good. It is better to stock them. After the vegetable people are self-sufficient and form several tribes or cities, they can directly collect soul tax. , it’s convenient.”

Xu Dao listened silently, and the word "soul tax" popped out of his mind.

(End of this chapter)