Two Realms: Don't call me evil!

"According to the request of the Lord Sect Leader, we will reform the major families in Qingzhou, Qingzhou and Chongzhou!"

Wu Xin's voice was calm, and he seemed not to notice Du Ming's pale face.

"The major families need to pay a wonder tax based on the amount of their wealth. According to the rules, the Du family needs to pay 300,000 spirit stones, which can be offset with various spirit materials, spirit rice, and spirit land.

In addition, the Du family has more than 2,000 acres of spiritual fields. According to the tiered tax system of the New Covenant, the more spiritual fields they have, the more taxes they pay, and the taxes can be offset with spiritual rice or spiritual stones.

The same applies to minerals in various places. Different levels of taxation are applied according to the grade of the spiritual mines.

There is also the Ding tax, which is levied based on the population of the aristocratic families. Every family's bloodline population needs to pay taxes on time and in quantity. The tax is not much, just twenty spirit stones per person per year.

The children of noble families also need to obey the corvée labor of Guiling Palace and participate in activities such as building wonders, taking care of spiritual fields, dredging spiritual veins, and eliminating hidden dangers of monsters.

At the same time, all businesses run by the Du family must pay taxes to Guiling Palace according to their income. This is called value-added tax, additional tax, and corporate income tax."

With every word Wu Xin said, Du Ming's face turned paler and his body began to tremble. It was unclear whether he was shaking out of fear or excitement.

Behind him, the disciples of the Du family were all in an uproar when they heard Wu Xin's words, and were filled with shock and anger.

"What a mess. They actually asked us to pay so much tax. Guiling Palace is going too far."

"You, the Guiling Palace, want to build a wonder on your own. Why should we, the Du family, pay for it?"

"If we don't pay, the Dali Dynasty doesn't collect taxes from us, so you, the Guiling Palace, are even less qualified."

These Du family members were filled with righteous indignation and were furious.

Their Du family is the largest family in Linquan City. In the past, no one dared to collect taxes from them, and even the taxes levied by the Dali Dynasty were ignored.

As a result, the Dali Dynasty was unable to collect taxes, but the Guiling Palace came to exploit them and collect taxes from them, and the taxes were so harsh, which was truly an unforgivable crime.

Yes, in the eyes of these Du family children, Guiling Palace is oppressing their aristocratic families. They have never been bullied like this since they were young.

Not to mention the Du family members, even Chu Qingchen felt his scalp tingling and was stunned when he heard about these taxes. They were going to slaughter a fat sheep!
"Master Du, this is the new contract of our Guiling Palace. If you have no objection, please put your fingerprints on it."

Wu Xin's expression never changed because he had already been shocked.

This plan was actually devised by Liu Yingying. It combined the ancient head tax, land tax, corvee and various modern tax rates to exploit these powerful families in all aspects.

When he first saw this plan, he was astonished. He didn't know how Liu Yingying could come up with so many cruel tricks to exploit the powerful families.

If it were the demon cultivators, most of them would just want to kill and rob everyone, and would not bother to study so many different tax measures.

Du Ming finally came back to his senses. His face was like a dye vat. His face changed again and again. Finally, he could no longer bear it and said, "Elder Wu, our Du family has always respected the various measures of Guiling Palace, but this tax is too harsh. Even if we pay the full amount of taxes according to the Dali Dynasty, it can't be this high."

Du Ming was not like other disciples. He knew clearly what Guiling Palace represented. Even though he was furious, he did not dare to scold Wu Xin.

"Is it high? Not really! Isn't this tax very reasonable?"

Wu Xin shook his head. According to the usual thinking of the demon cultivators, not killing and robbing everyone was already very merciful.

He remembered that he had also raised this idea when he participated in the training organized by Liu Yingying. Later, after hearing what Liu Yingying said, he suddenly realized what sustainable fishing meant.

It's like cutting leeks. If we kill all these powerful families, there will be no tax revenue in the future.

If we keep these powerful families, they will continue to run their businesses, look for spiritual mines, reclaim spiritual fields, and train disciples who practice cultivation. This way, they can be harvested every year, just like leeks, which will grow again after being cut. This is how to maximize profits.

Du Ming's face was full of bitterness. If other forces made such unreasonable demands, even if it was the Dali Dynasty, he would have told them to get as far away from him as possible.

But in front of Guiling Palace, even though their Du family is already the largest family in Linquan City, it is still like a small shrimp compared to Guiling Palace.

boom!
Just as Du Ming was thinking, a loud noise suddenly came from the distance.

Then he saw the mansion belonging to the Chen family, flames rising into the sky, and shouts of killing suddenly came.

"Guiling Palace, my Chen family has been passed down for hundreds of years and I have never heard of such unreasonable demands. No one can collect these exorbitant taxes."

As this roar was heard, a figure rose into the air, holding a top-grade magical weapon, with his hair standing on end with anger.

"It's the Patriarch of the Chen family."

Du Ming recognized the figure at a glance. He was the current patriarch of the Chen family, who had reached the Secret Treasure Realm. He was shocked that the other party dared to resist the Guiling Palace.

Wu Xin's eyes were cold. He also witnessed the scene and ordered without saying a word: "The Chen family is disobedient and must be suppressed immediately."

"Yes!"

A group of Guiling Palace monks responded in unison, the barrel of the Spider Main Battle Mecha turned, a flash of fire appeared, and it roared and fired towards the Chen family residence.

A large number of Guiling Palace monks formed a battle array and surrounded the Chen family mansion.

The two elders of Guiling Palace standing behind Wu Xin took off at the same time and attacked the head of the Chen family, with poisonous insects flying all over the sky.

All the disciples of Guiling Palace looked as if they had expected this and killed him without any hesitation.

Any reform will not be smooth sailing and will be full of difficulties. The essence of this taxation is to let the vested interests such as the wealthy and powerful families take the initiative to take out their interests and redistribute them, so that the interests will be concentrated in the higher-level Guiling Palace.

Such redistribution of wealth and heavy taxes like those imposed on Guiling Palace would naturally provoke resistance, especially from the wealthy and powerful families who were accustomed to enjoying preferential treatment.

As the saying goes, where there is oppression, there is resistance.

The sudden battle shook the entire Linquan City. In addition to some panicked and ignorant people, there were also several powerful families who were paying attention. They wanted to see what the attitude of Guiling Palace was. "Bodyworm!"

An elder of Guiling Palace released a massive cloud of insects. The densely packed poisonous insects covered the sky and surrounded the head of the Chen family, biting him madly.

Another elder of Guiling Palace had a deformed body and an elongated neck, like some kind of mollusk, with a circle of thorns on his neck and eyeballs growing on both sides of his cheeks. He tightly wrapped around the head of the Chen family, piercing his flesh, sucking his blood, and injecting poison, causing him to cough violently and spit out wriggling maggots.

However, as soon as the battle started, the head of the Chen family, who was also a cultivator in the Secret Treasure Realm, fell into the vicinity of death.

Generally speaking, the secret realms that the powerful families come out of are more like flowers in a greenhouse and have experienced fewer battles.

The competition within the sect is even more brutal. From outer disciples to inner disciples to elders, the allocation of resources drives everyone to climb up desperately.

Especially in a demonic sect like Guiling Palace, those who can become elders of the Secret Treasure Realm can be said to have fought their way up, and their fighting power is not comparable to those of the children of the aristocratic families.

In a two-on-one situation, the head of the Chen family was quickly at a disadvantage.

In the end, even if the head of the Chen family had a top-grade magic weapon, it was of no use. The poison had entered his body, and his skin and flesh were festered. He staggered and tried to escape.

"Where can you run to?"

Wu Xin snapped his fingers, and the two jade-bone golden beetles in his hands flew out silently, instantly drilling into the abdomen of the head of the Chen family, madly devouring his internal organs, causing him to fall from the sky in pain and curl up into a ball.

"Gui Ling Palace, you will not die well. Even if I become a ghost, I will not let you go."

Watching his flesh and blood being eaten alive bit by bit, the feeling was more terrifying than death itself, and the head of the Chen family let out a sad roar.

A minute later, all his flesh and blood was eaten up by the two jade bones and golden armors, and only messy white bones were left scattered on the ground, his body was torn into pieces.

"If you want to be a ghost, you have to have this opportunity."

Wu Xin sneered, and a soul-calling flag appeared in his hand. As he stretched out his hand, the soul flag waved, and the soul of the head of the Chen family flew into the flag.

As Guiling Palace integrated the righteous and evil forces, it also learned a lot from other sects, such as the Tianhun Sect's soul-summoning flag, which was cheap and easy to use, and Guiling Palace also learned a lot from it.

The head of the Chen family in the Secret Treasure Realm died on the spot, and even his soul was not spared and entered the soul-summoning flag.

The Chen family mansion was also experiencing an even more tragic scene.

The Spider's main battle mecha's bombardment was continuous, and the explosions blew the Chen family members to pieces. Even those with the fifth level of Soul Condensation Realm cultivation could not withstand the frontal bombardment of the 203mm main gun with their physical bodies.

More than a dozen Spider main battle mechas opened fire at full power, and the machine guns were like a violent storm, sweeping in all directions and shooting the bodies of the Chen family members into pieces.

The disciples of Guiling Palace, wearing biological armor and holding various weapons, also joined the massacre.

There were also inner disciples of Guiling Palace, who controlled a large number of poisonous insects. Looking around, there were members of the Chen family being surrounded and eaten by the poisonous insects everywhere.

The battle was completely one-sided, and the Chen family members were quickly defeated. They knelt down crying and begging for mercy, or fled in all directions.

In a short while, the battle was completely over. All the members of the Chen family, regardless of gender, age or status, were dragged to the street and made to kneel on the ground.

"Anyone who disobeys our Guiling Palace will be beheaded, and all the Chen family's assets will be confiscated and returned to the public."

Wu Xin waved his hand, and upon hearing these words, all the surrendered and captured members of the Chen family looked as pale as death.

The disciples of Guiling Palace were nimble and quick, and they were best at confiscating property and exterminating families. They wielded beheading swords, and in front of countless people, they beheaded all the more than a thousand members of the Chen family one by one, to make an example of them.

"Elder Wu Wu, those children's crimes do not deserve death."

The Chen family had always had a good relationship with the Du family. Now seeing the old, weak, women and children in the Chen family turned into corpses, Du Ming couldn't help but say something.

Wu Xin slowly turned around and glanced at everyone in the Du family.

The disciples of the Du family who had previously clamored not to pay taxes now became like quails, lowering their heads and not daring to look Wu Xin in the eye.

Finally, Wu Xin looked at Du Ming and said coldly, "Master Du, this is how we do things. Do you have any problem with our Guiling Palace?"

"No, no!"

Du Ming felt his blood freeze and his body felt like it was electrified. After he came to his senses, he hurriedly said:
"What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and prepare the spirit stones for the wonder tax for Elder Wu. You should also pay all other taxes to Guiling Palace. Not a cent less.

By the way, Elder Wu, my son just came of age this year. Since Guiling Palace is recruiting corvée labor to build a wonder, the Du family is willing to donate an additional 100,000 spirit stones and send my son to build the wonder. I wish Sect Master Su can complete the wonder as soon as possible and shock the world."

Wu Xin smiled and said with satisfaction: "You are very sensible. If you follow us in Guiling Palace, we will not treat you unfairly."

"Yes Yes Yes!"

Du Ming nodded like a chick pecking at rice, sweat pouring down his face, not daring to say no.

Even the Du family disciples who had just voiced their opposition were speechless after seeing the brutal methods of Guiling Palace. After all, Guiling Palace really dared to exterminate an entire family and had the strength to do so.

"The world is going to be in chaos again."

When Chu Qingchen saw this scene, he felt a sense of sorrow. After Guiling Palace took over Qingzhou, their sects had long been required to pay tribute to Guiling Palace with large amounts of spiritual materials every year. Now it was the turn of the aristocratic families.

As the Du family, the largest family in Linquan City, surrendered, and with the example set by the Chen family, other powerful families dared not oppose and could only reluctantly and helplessly accept the oppression of the Guiling Palace.

Who made it so that in this world, Guiling Palace has a bigger fist than them? (End of this chapter)