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"If you touch me, the Queen will kill your entire family."

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Chapter 500 Entering the Mountain

"You cannot touch me! I am here on the orders of the Prideous Insect Queen to collect spirit stones in front of the gate. If you touch me, you will surely suffer severe retribution from the Prideous Insect Queen!"

Although it had been swatted down by its aunt with a book, the patrolling mosquito did not show any fear. As it had said before, the patrolling mosquito was a group that depended on the arrogant insect clan for survival, and its clan was ordered to guide those without connections into the clan.

Simply put, it's about guiding and explaining the rules to cultivators who want to do business in the demon realm but lack connections and knowledge of the rules. Without the patrolling mosquito clan organizing cultivators here, a large number of cultivators would definitely be reckless and try to cross Pingfeng Mountain.

"Come here!"

My aunt didn't say anything unnecessary. She just raised her hand and beckoned the patrol mosquitoes over. Then she reached into her storage ring and pulled out a roll of cloth containing a lot of bamboo-like things.

The mosquito, which had just crawled out of the pool, looked horrified when it saw the item its aunt had taken out. It slipped and fell back into the pool, completely lacking the composure of a Golden Core cultivator, and screamed in terror:

"My lord, you sir! Spare me!" The patrolling mosquito scrambled out of the pool and ran to his aunt, his face full of bitterness. "My eyes are too dim to recognize you, my lord! Please spare me! There are dozens of baby mosquitoes in my pool that I'm raising."

"Open your mouth."

The aunt pulled a writing brush from the cloth and gestured for the patrolling mosquito to open its mouthparts. Under the curious gazes of Su Yan, Princess Wuxi, and Jiao Nanwu, the aunt dipped the brush tip into the four-lobed mouthparts of the patrolling mosquito, smeared some saliva on it, and then pulled out a bamboo stick to write something on it.

The mosquito patrolling the mountain looked uneasy, especially when it saw its aunt's pen moving across the paper; its legs were trembling.

After writing on the bamboo strip, my aunt shook off all the saliva from the tip of the pen, pulled out the long bamboo strip, and handed it to the patrolling mosquito to show it the pictographs on it.

"what?"

After the patrolling mosquito took the document and examined it, it slumped to the side and collapsed to the ground, unconscious.

"Auntie, what's going on here?"

Su Yan came out of the pool, looked at the mountain patrol mosquito lying unconscious on the ground, and asked with a face full of curiosity.

"Earning spirit stones is hard work for us proud insect race members. It's a business dependent on the weather; some areas experience droughts, while others suffer from floods. Therefore, the proud insect race values ​​rules very much. Without rules, the race would have long been in chaos."

My aunt waved the cloth in her hand and said, "The tribes that are subordinate to us also need to distinguish between superiors and inferiors. In this way, if we all share the same boat and each does our own job, everyone can have enough to eat!"

"And we have the authority to issue tickets to those who do not follow the rules."

The tribes that live under the protection of the arrogant insects find it very easy to earn spirit stones. In fact, they can simply lie down on the ground in front of Pingfeng Mountain and ask passersby for spirit stones.

Therefore, the fine issued by the aunt was not aimed at a single individual, but at the entire group of mosquitoes patrolling the mountain.

Once a fine is issued, it can range from three to five hundred thousand spirit stones to three to five million. If the fine cannot be paid by the end of the year, the clan will directly expel the person from Pingfeng Mountain and send them wherever they want. Pingfeng Mountain has never needed anyone who breaks the rules.

This ticket is for breaking the rules, not for the verbal abuse that landed in the pool.

Faced with the luxurious and bizarre immortal ship, the introductory guide distributed by the arrogant insect stated that one should ask for it, and not resort to kidnapping or threats.

Those who can afford to operate such bizarrely shaped magical ships generally have powerful backgrounds or are backed by powerful figures. A direct confrontation could easily result in casualties among their comrades; everyone who ventures into the world is seeking wealth, and nobody wants to die.

If you can extort, don't rob. If you don't even understand the rules, it only proves that the patrol mosquitoes have neglected internal education. Therefore, my aunt issued a fine of 500,000 yuan to the patrol mosquitoes and wrote down why she was fined 500,000 yuan. If anyone is not satisfied, they can confront the proud insect ancestor.

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"Good heavens, a fine of 500,000!" Su Yan was stunned when he saw the number on the bamboo slip. 500,000 catties of spirit stones was no small amount. The patrolling mosquito was fined 500,000 for just talking back to his aunt.

Without using the name of the Nine-Tailed Fox and revealing his status as the grand prize winner of the Fox Appraisal Conference, it would probably take him seven or eight years to raise 500,000 spirit stones, and even outside of the Xia Yu Dynasty, it would probably take him ten or twenty years.

My aunt fined him 500,000 yuan in one go, no wonder the mountain patrol mosquito fainted after seeing the ticket.

"Get up, carry my little nephew into the mountains!" Auntie woke up the patrolling mosquito and told her to get up and carry the little fox and the princess into Pingfeng Mountain.

Although there were no mountain roads ahead, Auntie thought that Su Yan had just arrived in the Eastern State, so she let them enjoy the mountain entry service provided by the paid cultivators.

"buzz"

The mountain-patrolling mosquito responded with a pained expression, then bent down to let Su Yan and the princess sit on its shoulders.

The female official accompanied the princess, while the obstructive Xia Yu guards and maids were all sent to the Ministry of War and the Inner Court, where the three immortals were brought in to hide in corners where the princess could not see them.

With a fine notice in its mouth, the patrolling mosquito flew ahead with Su Yan and the princess aboard the retrieved fairy boat, while the aunt and Jiao Nanwu followed behind and landed on the ground.

The patrolling mosquitoes, who had been lying in wait on the mountain path, were speechless when they saw the mosquito with a bamboo stick in its mouth.

Did you get another ticket?

The leader of the patrolling mosquitoes, a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, leaped out of the forest and stood by the roadside. He bowed deeply to his aunt and said respectfully, "Lord Proud Insect, this is the second time we've received a ticket this month. Please enlighten us."

As the leader of the raiding party spoke, he took out a storage ring from his belt and handed it to his aunt.

My aunt accepted the ticket without hesitation, saying, "I don't know why you got tickets before, but the reason you got a ticket this time is for neglecting safety education and the rules for on-duty safety. You really don't take it seriously at all!"

"The adults are right."

The leader of the mountain-patrolling mosquito raiding gang, although older and more experienced than his aunt, listened obediently to his aunt's reprimand without trying to argue.

The arrogant insect tribe held considerable power here and was considered the savior of all the vassal tribes. The patrolling mosquito leader, though not particularly gentle or kind, spoke with respectful language when addressing his aunt.

As one of the bandit groups, it's better to hope that the three-legged golden crows' unruly children will stop setting fires than to expect the bandits to speak politely.

After scolding the patrolling mosquito leader, Auntie looked at the storage ring in her hand, then at Su Yan and Princess Wuxi, shrugged slightly, and put the storage ring into her purse.

Well, it's clear that Princess Wuxi doesn't care about the unexpected dividends, and the little fox is now the second richest woman in the Xia Yu Dynasty, so she's not short of money.

I happened to be short of money, so I pocketed it first.

"From here on, we have already reached the territory under the actual control of the demon race."

My aunt raised her hand and pointed forward to the inn in front of the forest, which was also the only supply point within a hundred miles. She said, "Take a look and decide whether to take the tree cart to Pingfeng Mountain or the vine plank."

The area around Pingfeng Mountain is covered with nets, and there are only eight entrances in the entire arc-shaped mountain range. All creatures that want to go to the territory of the demon race must pass through the area controlled by the proud insect race.

Those who have been robbed and begged by the patrolling mosquitoes are now due to pay their tolls.

The toll for entering the mountain is not much; the real expense lies in the various taxes, tea fees, and transportation costs that need to be paid to the arrogant insect tribe when taking goods out of the mountain.

“Let’s try the tree cart,” Princess Wuxi said with great interest.

"Then let's go to the inn."

My aunt nodded and led everyone to the third floor of the inn, where they boarded a cable car resembling one from a cultivation world, directly entering the mountain.

A tree branch extends from the third floor of the inn, its verdant tip tipped with barbs, hooking a van body that stretches along a predetermined route into Pingfeng Mountain.

The so-called vine planks, which can be vaguely seen when sitting on the tree cart, are some vines with barbs that are laid out in the forest, carrying freight wagons or fairy boats up the mountain along some sloping slopes.

The freight truck and the celestial boat were parked on the large board, which was hooked onto vines. The vines grew out from the edges of the board to tie the items being carried, preventing them from falling when traversing the mountain slope with a maximum incline of 45 degrees.

"They can say we charge high prices and rip you off, but they can never say our service is bad." The auntie said with a hint of smugness, seeing the little foxes perched on the car window sill watching the bustling merchant procession below.

"Our proud insects are famous for accepting spirit stones to do favors."

"By the way, I need to go home for a while. If you want to come with me, everyone else, including the guards, will have to wait in the city at the foot of the mountain."

Pingfeng Mountain has never been considered for opening up to cultivators who are not allied or friendly. To this end, a conveyor belt elevator and cable car were built for cultivators passing through the area. The underlying intention is to allow cultivators to come and go directly and not wander around Pingfeng Mountain aimlessly.

Not only the princess's guards and female officials, but even Jiao Nanwu was not allowed to go to the territory of the Jiaochong tribe.

Because Su Yan and the princess are nine-tailed foxes and allies of the proud insect clan, they are allowed to travel freely.

I'm taking a break to organize my thoughts for today's update, and I'll add an extra chapter tomorrow.

(PS: Actually, my friend caught a fish weighing over ten pounds and asked me to eat boiled fish. After eating it, I had a stomachache because of the chili peppers and Sichuan peppercorns.)

See you tomorrow, and by the way, please vote!

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Chapter 501 Immortals are Hot Pot! Come and have a taste.

"Then let's go!"

Upon seeing the two little foxes, both perched on the tree-carriage seats staring intently at him, he prepared to first go home to visit the aunt of the proud insect ancestor, and beckoned Su Yan and the princess to come to his side.

The female official accompanying her was about to raise her hand to stop the princess's adventurous behavior, but as if she had thought of something, she silently lowered her arm.

Those who have spent a long time in the imperial city know that the Xia Yu royal family, the North Sea Dragon Clan, and the You Su Clan Nine-Tailed Fox all have some secret connections, and the fact that the Pride Insect Clan and the Nine-Tailed Fox are allies has always been an open secret.

Upon seeing Princess Wuxi leave alone without any guards accompanying her, the first thing the female official thought of was what to do if the princess encountered danger.

Then the female official came to her senses. Wasn't the greatest danger in Pingfeng Mountain the strange beasts and arrogant insects, as well as the various heroes of Pingfeng Mountain who lived under the patronage of the arrogant insect tribe?

Being by Fellow Daoist Jiaochong's side in Pingfeng Mountain, wouldn't you be able to command a large following? What danger could there be?

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"Shouldn't the ground and the bricks used for building walls in the Pride Insect Clan be paved with spirit stones and jade crystals?"

The princess, who had come out of the Xia Yu Dynasty for a visit, was particularly excited and asked her aunt about the incredibly mysterious territory of the Pride Insect Clan in the cultivation world.

The known large-scale industries of the Pride Insect Clan include monopolizing the entrance to the border between the human and demon races, nearly half of the body-refining medicinal materials in the cultivation world, and every plant and tree on Pingfeng Spirit Mountain being property actually controlled by the Pride Insect Clan.

Moreover, according to Princess Wuxi, the arrogant insect once plundered all the wealth of the Heavenly Man behind the Treasure Pavilion, almost causing the Treasure Pavilion to go bankrupt more than a thousand years ago.

These are all legitimate businesses, but as for those shady, risk-free, high-profit businesses, even the arrogant insect himself probably doesn't know how many spirit stones he's earned.

Therefore, in Princess Wuxi's imagination, the Pride Insect Clan should be so wealthy that spirit stones should be used as building materials, either cut into large slabs to pave the ground as durable floor tiles, or used to build flower beds and other structures to nourish the flowers and plants with spiritual energy.

"What kind family would use spirit stones to pave the ground?"

Auntie had a look of disapproval on Princess Wuxi's whimsical ideas, but for a moment she didn't know how to start criticizing them.

Because Auntie really knew that every floor tile on the ground of the Xia Yu Imperial Palace and the cultivation hall of the Xia Yu Xia Clan was a giant spirit stone, each nine meters and ninety-nine meters long, wide, and high.

The foundations of the two cultivation halls are made of massive spirit stones, forming a solid and incredibly valuable foundation. The domes are carved from spirit crystals that accompany the spirit stones, which can completely prevent the leakage of spiritual energy and also gather mist-like spiritual energy.

Perhaps in Princess Wuxi's mind, wealthy families all had such cultivation rooms.

"The territory of the Pride Insect Clan is not as rich as the princess imagines. The territory is just a series of villages. Moreover, the living space is rather cramped."

The aunt turned her head to look at the princess on her shoulder and began to complain.

As they spoke, the three of them had already left the public area and arrived at the gathering place of the proud insect race of Pingfeng Mountain. In the distance, they could see a green lake, and in the center of the crescent-shaped lake was a small island with a large tree growing on it.

At the gap in Crescent Lake, there is a cylindrical village resembling a walled village. My aunt led two little foxes to the front of the village gate. As soon as they saw it, they could see small white balls, like hedgehogs, rolling around on the evergreen lawn.

"..." Upon seeing this, her aunt's eyes and brows twitched slightly, and she was completely speechless.

"Auntie, those wouldn't be...?" Su Yan looked at the small, round balls on the ground, pure white with various patterns on their surfaces, and said, "Little worms?"