Taoist help me live forever

Chapter 207 Daily Financial Crisis
Qiufeng County, where the undercurrent had just surged, calmed down quickly after the news of Master Xiu's death spread.

Li Liangyu, the newly promoted Patriarch of the Li family, chose the soft policy to everyone's surprise.

He who returned to power did not kill all the members of the Xiu family.

He just executed some of the family members who had bullied the master's family as an example to others. Most of the others abolished their cultivation, confiscated their property, and drove them away from Qiufeng Mountain.

He even let go of the direct bloodlines of Daoist cultivators, making them mortals.

Because cultivators are not attractive, they only married one wife in their life, and that is the youngest daughter of the Li family, Li Liangyu's great-grandmother,

The descendants of the two also have half of the blood of the Li family.

Outsiders saw that even the Xiu family could get a good death, and the other small families that were vassals under the Zu family did not worry about being liquidated, at most they could avoid disaster.

that's the truth.

Li Liangyu liquidated the Li family's property, and anyone who colluded with the Xiu family to occupy it returned the property within a time limit and paid sufficient compensation, and he will forget the past.

Except for a few diehards who couldn't see the situation clearly and were regarded as typical, most of the others were very cooperative.

Even County Magistrate Yan didn't say much about this.

For a newly promoted real person to regain the family business, a bloody massacre will inevitably be set off. Now that he can make this appearance, it is considered a face for him.

After all, the instability of the governance still has a slight impact on his personal achievements.

At the same time, County Magistrate Yan was very thankful that he did not move his soldiers, and there was no shadow of a snake, and he moved up to rescue soldiers when he saw something wrong.

Otherwise, there may be trouble if there is no trouble.

And as Li Liangyu took power back into his own hands, County Magistrate Yan also discovered his overtures to him—the Li family voluntarily paid taxes!

Although it is only a commercial tax, the most important agricultural tax remains the same, if you can pay as little as you can, it is a small step for the Li family, but it is a big step for his personal achievements.

God is so pitiful, even though he is a disciple of the Xuanyang Sect, a magistrate of a city, and a majestic Jindan real person, he has to fight wits and courage with everyone in order to collect taxes every year.

The main reason is that not all the spiritual lands of the families in these places are their own, and many of them are affiliated with the elders of the sect.

According to the rules of the sect, every elder of the Jindan realm has a certain standard of tax-free land under his name as the elder's welfare.

Therefore, in order to pay less tax, the local family will take the initiative to entrust the Lingtian under the name of the elder.

After all, you only need to pay [-]% to the elders, and [-]% to the city lord's mansion. Anyone can settle this account.

In this case, almost all the tax-free land under the name of the elders will always be exceeded.

But does he dare to check?
Today he dares to investigate an elder, in the eyes of others, tomorrow he dares to investigate the second, the third...

This kind of thing, whoever dares to do it, will have an accident.

Minutes will be transferred to remote areas to guard, and even transferred to the most dangerous frontline team, on the death list.

Of course, not to mention the second elder brother, as a Jindan real person, the Lingtian under his name is also exceeding the quota.

Therefore, the collection of agricultural tax is based on the field records in the city lord's mansion that have been passed down for nearly five or six hundred years.

In five or six hundred years, more than 600 mu of spiritual fields have been recultivated locally.

But if he wants political achievements and wants to climb up, he has to bite down on this hard bone.

After all, the Xuanyang Sect's strenuous efforts to rule the Xuanyang Realm were not simply to satisfy their desire for power.

They are a sect of cultivating immortals, and their ultimate goal is always to cultivate immortals and live forever, soaring to the Tao.

But practice resources cannot fall out of thin air.

There are hundreds of spiritual stone mines and countless resource mines in Xuanyang territory, but the main source of the sect's income is the hundreds of millions of acres of spiritual fields.

No matter how rich ore veins are, they will be exhausted by mining, only Lingtian will not.

Because as long as the aura of heaven and earth does not decline and the spiritual veins do not dry up, the spiritual field attached to the spiritual veins will never have to worry about bad harvests.

The spiritual field can be reused, and the spiritual rice produced can also replace the currency function of spiritual stones in a certain sense.

Therefore, whoever can collect more agricultural taxes for the sect is the great hero of the sect.

Now that the Li family took the initiative to pay the taxes, magistrate Yan saw the difference between Li Liangyu and Xiuzhen.

This new real person who seized power halfway has a temperament that does not feel sorry for his father, and seems to be a possible partner for cooperation.

As a result, County Magistrate Yan and Li Liangyu got to know each other more deeply, vowing to explore a bright future for the cooperation between the government and the people.

And leisure, which has no sense of existence, is naturally ignored.

……

In the blink of an eye, it was already half a year later.

this day.

On Qiufeng Mountain, the Li Family Manor.

A deluxe room.

Yu Xian wakes up with the sun on his pillow, and there is still a faint scent of flowers in the air.

He squinted his eyes and looked at the sun outside the window for a long time before recovering from the absurdity of last night.

Yesterday, Yulan successfully broke through the middle stage of foundation establishment without taking any elixir.

This really surprised him.

After getting Chen Yi's reborn Xuan Dan, Yulan's physique has indeed been greatly improved, and she has the potential of Jin Dan.

In the past, even if Yulan had all kinds of elixir as jelly beans, it would be like a donkey pulling a mill to increase her mana. She didn't dare to think that she could break through the realm with her own ability.

In order to help her stabilize her cultivation, he naturally did his part, resolutely offered his strong body to anyone else.

He practiced the Pink Peach Blossom Sutra diligently all the time, and dared not relax in the slightest.

However, in the middle of his practice, Luo Han was fooled by someone, and "unintentionally" broke into him, just like a little white rabbit entering a wolf's den, unable to escape from the tiger's mouth.

In order to have a better practice effect, the three of them had to huddle together.

During the fierce battle, Yu Xian, who was not enjoying himself enough, even called out the head of Liu to help the battle.

Head Liu, as his spiritual contract ghost, is nourished by his powerful spiritual power day and night, and he is no longer what he used to be.

As Master Wanshou said, even if there is no ghost cultivation method, the cultivation base can naturally increase.

Not long ago, Sect Master Liu had broken through the realm of ghost generals, equivalent to a foundation-builder monk of the human race.

However, it is only limited to low realms.

If you can't practice on your own, after Yu Xian breaks through the Nascent Soul Realm, Master Liu will have a few chances to break through the Ghost King Realm.

The foundation-building realm that she had been seeking so hard for had broken through now while lying down.

The monks of the human race broke through the foundation building, their bodies were reborn, and they initially stepped into the extraordinary and inhuman realm, and the same is true for ghosts.

The most intuitive manifestation is that the head of Liu has the ability to change the virtual and the real, that is, the physical body.

then……

Yu Xian sat up from the bed, walked out of the door with his back supported, but secretly thought about it.

"Occasionally, it's absurd, and it's really something new, especially the new body of Master Liu, which is even more false and real, with endless changes.

It's just that ordinary people can't bear it, and it's no joke to inhale Yang Qi once. "

in the courtyard.

With a radiant face, Magnolia, who looked radiant, was brushing a white tiger. She was half-bowed, her round buttocks were tense, and she looked very elastic.

It made Yu Xian feel the urge to take pictures.

The white tiger is the size of a normal adult tiger, with snow-white hair, a stripe with the word king on its forehead, bright and intelligent eyes, and lies obediently at the feet of Magnolia.

The clear water fell out of thin air, rinsing its hair, and occasionally flicking the water mischievously, which would attract a burst of laughter from Magnolia.

"Meow, you are going to die!"

Yulan grabbed Ah Miao's head and shook it vigorously, but the smile on her face never stopped.

No matter how you say it, Ah Miao is her partner who has been raised since she was a child. They have been with each other for decades and have a deep relationship.

Moreover, Ah Miao is as intelligent as a human being, and the relationship between the two is not only the relationship between pets and owners, but also companions and friends.

Looking at this warm scene, Yu Xian couldn't help but draw an arc at the corner of his mouth.

He had seen too many coquettish women outside, but in the end it was the good wife and loving mother like Yulan who caught his aftertaste.

Only when Yulan was by his side could she let go of all defenses and feel indifferent and peaceful.

He sat aside, watching quietly, letting the warm spring sunshine fall on him.

"Master."

Yulan and Ah Miao played around for a while, then walked towards Yu Xian.

"I have something to ask of you."

Yu Xian said lazily: "What's the matter?"

Yulan pointed to Ah Miao, who had a flattering look in her eyes, and said:
"I want you, Mr. Meow, to help Ah Miao see why it can't break through, I've already fed it several Tier [-] Demon Pills.

It stands to reason that it should have broken through long ago. "

He used to have to work hard to get one of the second-order demon pills, but now he can take out seven or eight of them in the Yulan storage bag.

When crossing the Jinpeng demon vein before, even if they didn't collect it intentionally, they still saved a lot in their hands.

Yu Xian beckoned, and Ah Miao moved her head affectionately. It had just been washed for nothing, and there was no peculiar smell on it, but a faint floral scent.

Yu Xian is very familiar with it, it is the fragrance carried by the wonderful body of flowers cultivated by Yulan.

Now that Magnolia has achieved some success in cultivating the Hundred Flowers Wonderful Body, when the two of them practice, they will naturally exude a rich fragrance of flowers, which can not only increase each other's mana during the practice, but also add to the fun, worthy of the name of the Wonderful Body.

Ah Miao and Yulan are often in close contact, and it is normal to leave behind the body fragrance of Yulan.

"Let me see what's going on?"

Yu Xian rubbed Ah Miao's tiger head, the hair was soft and soft, with a little warmth, his spiritual consciousness scanned Ah Miao's body like the most precise instrument.

After a while.

Yu Xian frowned slightly, and said:

"Amiao is getting old."

Yulan was puzzled and said, "But Ah Miao is obviously very healthy?"

Yu Xian said: "It doesn't conflict with being old and healthy, don't forget, when Ah Miao was brought back by me, it had already been imprisoned by Ghost Tiger Sect's father and son with secret methods for 20 years.

Its physical body has barely grown in 20 years, and it has also consumed its most potential golden period.

Even though you secretly fed it a lot of pills over the years, you even gave it a second-order demon pill to make up for it later.

But these things can only make it look full of energy and blood on the surface. In fact, I just sensed that Ah Miao's energy and blood have been losing state.

In this case, it is as if our human monks' qi and blood decline after the age of 60 to break through the foundation establishment realm, and nine out of ten will die on the spot. "

The light in Ah Miao's eyes dimmed suddenly, she lowered her head dejectedly, and tears flowed from her tiger eyes.

Yulan felt distressed for a while, and turned her head to see the half-serious appearance of the husband, and couldn't help but let the sadness disappear on her face, and she said coquettishly:

"I know Xiang Gongding has a solution, so don't scare meow."

Ah Miao raised her head in bewilderment, with half a teardrop rolling in her eyes, which looked extremely funny.

Yu Xian is like a child who has succeeded in playing a prank, with a very nasty smile.

"You shouldn't come to me for this matter, what can I do as a second-level alchemist, you have to go to your sister Han'er.

She studied demon pills as medicine before, and I remember researching a lot of pills to replenish qi and blood along the way.

One of the pills was so violent that the monks could not bear it physically, but the monsters were different.

You go and ask her to help refine it for a furnace, and let Ah Miao swallow it when she breaks through, and it will be able to temporarily make up for its lack of energy and blood.

By the way, just in case, I have to prepare a miraculous pill similar to the life extension pill for Ah Miao, and it will be foolproof if it breaks through.

After breaking through the second level, the monster will stimulate the blood in its body and reborn again, and the impact of Ah Meow's childhood deficit can be almost ignored. "

Yu Xian touched Ah Miao's head, and asked with a smile:
"But Ah Miao, your sister Yulan has helped you so much, how can you repay her?"

Ah Meow whimpered and looked at Yulan eagerly.

Yulan hurriedly said: "Master, don't scare Ah Miao."

Yu Xian said unhappily: "You are the only one who still treats it like a kitten, it is almost sixty! It is the age of a grandma.

I don't want you to work so hard to raise it for so long, and finally raise a white-eyed wolf and run away. "

"Amiao, it's time for you to show your sincerity. Otherwise, without my permission, your sister Yulan can't help you."

Ah Meow looked at Yu Xian, then at Yulan, her eyes showed a look of struggle, and finally sighed humanely, stretched out a tiger claw, and wrote on the ground:
"I can sign a blood contract with Sister Yulan and become her spiritual pet."

Only then did Yu Xian nod in satisfaction.

"Very good, but don't worry about the blood contract for now, wait until the time comes to see what your bloodline talent is.

If it's too bad, you'll spend the rest of your life working to pay off your debts. "

But he had a hunch that Ah Miao's blood talent would never be too bad.

After all, Guihu's talent is extremely high, but these years have been too long, and he has a tendency to become useless, but Ah Miao is ambitious. If he cultivates well, he will be a great laborer in the future.

Yulan was dissatisfied and said, "Master, Meow and I are good friends."

Yu Xian knocked on Yulan's head and said: "Do you think her mother was wronged by working under me? She still complained for her, and she won't know when she is sold."

Yulan rubbed her aching head, thinking of Ah Miao's mother Guihu's chubby appearance now, it seemed to be like this.

She stuck out her tongue involuntarily, and said coquettishly:

"Sanggong, I blamed you wrongly. I went to find Sister Han'er. Meow, let's go. Don't disturb Xianggong to bask in the sun."

After all, one person and one tiger ran away like a tiger.

Yu Xian didn't pay attention, and with a flick of his hand, a deck chair appeared in the courtyard.

Then he took out a wine gourd, which contained the spiritual honey brewed by the queen bee for many years, mixed with the Baihua wine he brewed, which has a great say in nourishing.

After Gulu Gulu took two sips, Yu Xian squinted his eyes, lay down and enjoyed the leisure time.

I don't know how long it took.

When Yu Xian opened his eyes again, there was one more person under the setting sun.

"Shiwen, when did you come back?"

Not long after arriving in Qiufeng County, Zhao Shiwen set up a small caravan under Yu Xian's instruction, not seeking to make money, but mainly to find out the channels.

And since Li Liangyu recaptured the Li family, the caravan specialized in the Li family's business, and has grown rapidly. Now it has even recruited several Foundation Establishment monks to act as caravan guards.

In the past six months, under the protection of Wan Tianchou, Zhao Shiwen went to Fucheng specially and brought back a lot of news.

Zhao Shiwen smiled sweetly: "It's been a while since I came back, and I saw the master sleeping, so I didn't bother you."

Yu Xian rubbed his brows, and the last bit of fatigue on his body dissipated.

After all, he didn't practice normally last night, but acted as a cauldron by himself. If it wasn't for the fault, he could make up for it. He really didn't dare to play like this.

"I kept you waiting, what's the matter?"

Zhao Shiwen gave Yu Xian a blank look: "You and I are still so polite. I came back to tell you good news. This time I went to Fucheng, and the demon pill you wanted has been found."

Yu Xian's spirit immediately lifted.

"what price?"

He is now ready for everything, only the third-order demon pill is missing.

If you want to refine the Five Elements Yuan Pill, the other auxiliary materials are good, mainly some five elements spirits, it doesn’t matter at all for low-level, large quantities can also be replaced, otherwise, with the strength of the ancestor Wu back then, he would not be able to collect alchemy materials.

Only this main material makes people feel troubled.

When he could choose, he naturally used the demon core as his main choice, and the golden core as a backup choice.

However, it was impossible for him to rush to the Ten Thousand Monster Mountains and kill them all by himself.

The lessons learned by Master Wanshou are still in front of us. Once the Demon Emperor is provoked, he may not have the same luck as Master Wanshou.

Another most important reason is that he is lazy.

He practiced so hard and took in so many younger brothers, isn't it just to squeeze them and make himself happy.

He has to do everything he wants, so what is the point of him doing all this.

So his original plan was to let Wan Tianchou take Yang Hou and the queen bee, set up his reinforced Fog Prison Formation, and enter the Wanyao Mountain Range to hunt the Demon King.

Anyway, even if they were discovered, they would be the ones who died.

At most, I will help them keep a small notebook afterwards, and avenge them when I have a chance.

Fortunately, he accidentally read the county annals of Autumn Wind City and discovered that Autumn Wind City would encounter beast hordes every once in a while.

After looking through the information in this area, it was found that every boundary bordering the Wanyao Mountains would have a beast tide every once in a while.

Not only the demon clan of the demon king level appeared, but even the demon emperor fell.

So Yu Xian's clever head turned around.

Since the beast tide would happen every once in a while, and the demon king and demon emperor would also fall from time to time, there must be a lot of demon cores left behind.

As long as he pays a certain price, he might be able to buy the demon pill.

Don't sacrifice your life for things that can cost money.

Zhao Shiwen went to Fucheng this time for this purpose, and she didn't expect it to go so smoothly.

Seeing Yu Xian was so excited, Zhao Shiwen had no choice but to pour cold water:

"One low-grade third-grade demon pill and one hundred high-grade spirit stones, the higher the grade, the more expensive the price."

This time, Yu Xian's excited heart stopped moving, his trembling hands stopped shaking, and there was only a gasp of cold air.

"How many?"

"One hundred high-grade spirit stones, and only high-grade spirit stones are accepted. If you use low-grade spirit stones, at least one-tenth of the increase."

Zhao Shiwen repeated helplessly.

Yu Xian almost moaned, "Why is it so expensive?"

Thinking that he has been the toubob in Shangyang City for more than 20 years, replacing the power of guarding Daoist, after searching for so long, he has gathered a little more than 100 million spirit stones, and then added some miscellaneous magic weapon materials.

It's like 30 million.

Coupled with his harvest in the Wanyao Mountains, he could only buy two lowest-level third-order demon pills after clearing all his belongings.

Of course, the Li family is now under his control. Although the distribution of the account has not yet been released this year, it is estimated that it will only be divided into 20 million Lingshi.

He wanted to stay afloat in doing things, and he didn't empty out Li Liangyu's family just because he was holding onto Li Liangyu's life, just like the Zhao family back then.

In other words, his seven or eight years of dividends are only enough for one demon pill, not counting the auxiliary materials for alchemy.

It took him seven or eight years to refine a five-element elixir, even if he didn't stop in the middle, it would take at least five or six hundred years to collect enough heavenly aura for him to advance to a first-grade supernatural power.

At that time, his ashes became compost.

Zhao Shiwen explained: "The third-order demon pill can not only be used as a material for heretic golden pills, but also as a great medicine for alchemy and consumables for refining equipment, which has many uses.

But what I'm asking are all big commercial houses in Fucheng. If you can go to the black market to trade, the price should be cheaper. "

Yu Xian tapped the armrest of the reclining chair with his fingers, feeling like he was back when he first arrived in Shangyang City and was embarrassed because of the Lingshi.

"You don't need to go to the black market. There are a lot of good and bad people there. We are new here, and we are being targeted by people, which will be troublesome."

He really wanted to fish, but he was so insignificant that if a great white shark came up, he would be swallowed up.

"I'll figure out a solution for the Lingshi matter, you just need to buy a demon pill first."

Yu Xian touched his body, and with some pain, he took out a storage bag full of spirit stones and handed it to Zhao Shiwen.

In addition to the one given to him by Immortal Wanshou before, now he has two demon pills in his hand, which can be used for a while.

Ma De, train two more fake Dan monks, and send them to hunt beasts in the Wanyao Mountains.

"it is good."

Zhao Shiwen took the storage bag, but did not leave immediately, but looked at Yu Xian expectantly, her eyes shaking like water.

"Master, I miss you."

Yu Xian couldn't help but twitch his waist after he had just rested, but he still grinned affectionately.

"I miss you too."

As he said that, he took Zhao Shiwen's hand and walked to the bedroom.

This is my good concubine, but I can't pay the wages for the time being, so I can only pay with flesh.

(End of this chapter)