Becoming a God by Searching Mountains and Subduing Demons

Chapter 45 Tax Payment Troubles
After dinner, Jiang Yue returned home and lay on the bed, covering himself with a brand new quilt.

So much happened today that he only had the time and opportunity to summarize it all now.

"First, you can temporarily consume time to improve your strength during a battle. When you are performing a deduction, real time is suspended."

"However, if the real person is injured, even after many years of deduction, the injury will not change, nor will it recover. However, it will not affect the results of the deduction."

Jiang Yue secretly thought it was a pity.

This means that he cannot heal his injuries by consuming time.

“Perhaps I can find a martial art that can heal injuries in the future, and then I can deduce how to heal them.”

Jiang Yue thought so and continued to review what he had gained today.

In addition to the information about the usage of the divine seal, Jiang Yue’s biggest gain was breaking through the skin barrier.

Jiang Yue plans to think carefully about Pi Guan's cultivation experience.

"The principle of tempering the membrane is very simple."

"Limit, recovery, and improvement."

"When the membrane is being tempered, both the quantity and quality will increase. When the quantity reaches the limit, that is, when all the tempering is completed, the quality will see a big increase."

When Jiang Yue's skin was 90% hardened, he could not withstand the lame man's knife. But when his skin was 100% hardened and the skin was broken, the lame man's knife could not cut Jiang Yue anymore.

This means that after the entire membrane is tempered, the membrane's defense will be greatly enhanced.

"Perhaps it is because the Qi and blood stimulated by the membranes throughout the body have merged into one, forming a whole, which is why there has been a qualitative leap."

Jiang Yue felt that his speculation was correct.

In addition to things related to cultivation, there is another thing that Jiang Yue is very concerned about.

That is, Shiro was almost kidnapped by a kidnapper.

The world is too chaotic. He can save Silang once, but he cannot save Silang for a lifetime.

This made Jiang Yue more determined to send Silang to the county to find a good job and learn some skills.

Jiang Yue's thoughts were flying. He thought of the ignorant Si Lang, the mysterious Fourth Uncle, the hard-working Grandfather, the old one-armed man, and the Sichuan Lord Emperor worshipped in his hometown in his previous life.
Jiang Yue didn't know when he fell asleep. He slept until the next morning, when he woke up when he heard the crowing of roosters in the village.

This sleep made up for the mental fatigue from staying up all night.

"Get up and feed the dog first, then the eagle."

Jiang Yue said self-deprecatingly: "I was the last one to eat."

After a few naps, Xuntian felt much better. His feathers regained their color, sparkling with black light in the sunlight, and the white feathers around his neck were even more eye-catching.

Xiaotian has undergone an evolution and has become much bigger. It seems that his brain has also become smarter and he is no longer making stupid noises like before.

Occasionally, it barks, and it seems to contain a deep philosophy.

Of course, this was actually because Xiaotian was embraced by all the dogs in the village yesterday and became the Dog King of Funiu Village. He felt like he was a dog of status now and could no longer be the same as before.

After breakfast, Jiang Yue spoke to the dog and the eagle: "I'm going to rest today. Xiaotian has no mission. Xuntian, you go to the Funiushan Mountains to patrol and look for traces of the big insect, but be careful."

"Wang-"

Xiaotian barked, and Xuntian jumped onto Jiang Yue's arm and rubbed his head against Jiang Yue's chest.

woohoo-

Xuntian's wings stirred up a strong wind, and it flew into the air in a few flashes, turning into a black dot, circling over the Funiu Mountains.

Having nothing to do today, Jiang Yue went to the street to buy eight stone of rice and ten catties of lard, spending a total of two taels and two cents of silver.

After counting the money, Jiang Yue still had 19 taels and 8 cents of silver in his hand.

This rice was mainly used to pay taxes, so Jiang Yue bought cheaper and lower quality rice.

After buying the things for paying taxes, Jiang Yue helped his grandfather chop wood and taught Si Lang how to identify medicinal herbs. The day passed quickly. The sun gradually set.

Xiaotian circled in the sky for a few times and landed on Jiang Yue's arm. Its eagle claws hooked the deerskin around his wrist. Its eagle eyes stared at Jiang Yue, making a very cute whimpering sound.

This kind of chirping sound is the sound used by skywatchers to communicate on a daily basis. It is very contrasting. As for the loud eagle cry, it is only made when the eagle is in a good mood.

Jiang Yue listened to Xuntian's voice and instinctively understood what Xuntian meant. Jiang Yue gradually became shocked.

"You mean, there is a temple in the mountains, and there is a village around the temple, and the big tiger is worshipped there?"

Jiang Yue listened to Xuntian's whimpering sound and gradually widened his eyes.

According to Xuntian's meaning, he saw an ancient temple in the mountains. Surrounding the ancient temple were villages, and the people in the villages were dressed similarly to Jiang Yue.

In the ancient temple, there was a big tiger being worshipped, and hunters sent living people to the tiger for it to eat.

"I'm afraid this village is not a hunter village, but a bandit village."

Jiang Yue was secretly shocked.

The bandit camp worshipped a big tiger and fed it to eat living people. What does this mean?

The big tiger can speak and rule over these bandits?
Or is it the big insect raised by these bandits?

Jiang Yue didn’t know. He rubbed his eyebrows and felt that Fifteen’s trip to the bandit camp would not be easy.

“The sky survey is awesome.”

Jiang Yue stroked Xuntian's wings and personally fed him a few pieces of deer meat as a reward.

"Xuntian, from now on, just go there and take a few turns every day. Tell me if you find anything."

Jiang Yue warned: "But remember to be careful, don't keep hovering over the village, pretend to be passing by, understand?"

"Whoa-"

Xuntian nodded.
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Silent all night.

The next morning, Jiang Yue carried a stone of rice and brought ten kilograms of pickled meat, and went to the mountain temple with Jiang Cong.

Barren mountains and dilapidated temples.

The autumn wind was bleak, and yamen runners stood in front of the temple with whips in their hands, followed by a line of tax-paying hunters.

Everything in front of me is so familiar, and the scene I just came from seems to be vivid in my mind.

Jiang Yue and Jiang Cong lined up at the back of the team and tightened the sacks of rice on their shoulders. The heavy weight made Jiang Yue feel emotional.

At this time last month, he had just traveled through time and could not even pay the hunting tax. If it weren't for Old Man Jiang Cong borrowing a wild ginseng from his seventh brother, he would have been sent to repair the Huai Canal long ago.

At that time, he had no martial arts skills and his hunting skills were unfamiliar. He could only rely on traps and luck to capture prey. He relied on Jiang Cong for help to survive.

Now, a month has passed.

He has passed the skin test and has superb hunting skills. His archery skills are even more amazing. He can use a two-stone bow and shoot an arrow through a target from a hundred paces away!

According to Jiang Cong, Jiang Yue's current abilities have made him a well-known figure in Qingyang Town.

"next."

Just like last month, Yayi Sun had an arrogant and disdainful look on his face, followed by a few yamen clerks.

When they met people delivering grain, they would kick and squeeze the meat and medicinal herbs, and when they met people delivering meat and medicinal herbs, they would suppress the market price and make lies.

Ordinary hunters suffered terribly, and the big families found it unbearable as well. They felt the pain very much, but there was nothing they could do.

Soon, the team arrived at Jiang Yue.

Yayi Sun glanced at Jiang Yue and sneered, "Jiang Lao Er, I have a question for you. Young Master Lin came to you for a bow, but why did he slander me?"

(End of this chapter)