"This valley has been designated as private land by our Zhongzhou Shen family. If you want to continue digging for extreme fire crystals and red flame soil here, you must hand over two spiritual materials, otherwise you will be expelled immediately!"
One of the three men, a man with a garlic nose, said to Zhang Xiaozu, and after speaking, he spread his palm towards Zhang Xiaozu.
"Ah, disrespectful, it turns out he is the eldest son of the Shen family in Zhongzhou." Upon hearing this, Zhang Xiaozhu stood up suddenly and saluted respectfully to the three members of the Shen family.
He stood up too violently and brought up a piece of rock ash, which choked the three Shen family members and made them cough repeatedly.
"Boy, did you do this on purpose?! Cough -" one of them yelled at Zhang Xiaopou.
"Young man is frightened by the reputation of the three uncles. You never dare to deliberately tease the three uncles. Please be clear about it." Zhang Xiaozhu pretended to be panicked and said.
"Hmph!" The man snorted displeasedly and urged Zhang Xiaopou impatiently: "Stop being so nagging, pay your taxes as soon as possible!"
"this……"
"Why, you don't want to hand it over?" When the man heard Zhang Xiaopou hesitate, he immediately frowned and his tone became stern.
"The younger one is willing to pay, but the younger one has only been up the mountain for less than an hour, and so far he hasn't dug anything." Zhang Xiaozu explained.
"Oh, is it true that we didn't dig it up or did we pretend that we didn't? It was hidden secretly, right?" one person asked suspiciously.
He glanced up and down at Zhang Xiaopou, then turned around and glanced around again, wondering if Zhang Xiaopou had hidden something somewhere.
"I will never dare to lie or deceive. I ask the three uncles to be discerning. Please give me some time. I promise to hand it over immediately after digging up the spiritual materials." Zhang Xiaozhu said humbly.
As he spoke, he suddenly reached into his pocket, took out the Yanxin fruit that he had deliberately left behind, handed it over, and said, "Young man picked this when I went up the mountain. Take it out to honor the three uncles."
The garlic-nosed man grabbed the flaming heart fruit in his hand and said in surprise: "Haha, where did you pick the flaming heart fruit?"
"On the hillside over there." Zhang Xiaozu pointed in a random direction.
The garlic-nosed man put the Flame Heart Fruit into his arms, glanced in the direction of Zhang Xiaozu's finger, and said: "Yesterday, I heard someone said that there is Phoenix Blood Vine Flame Heart Fruit on the mountain. It seems to be true. Are there any more?
"
"No more, just this one." Zhang Xiaozhu patted the cloth pocket to show that there was nothing in it.
"Because you are so sensible, I will exempt you from the tax and give him half a leaf." The man with the garlic nose said to the man on the right.
Stab!
The man was holding a bunch of dry leaves strung together with thin vines. He tore off a piece of a complete leaf, handed it to Zhang Xiaozu and said, "Take it, this is your proof of paying taxes. If
If you lose it, you have to pay the tax again.
Yours is number 222. Remember it. When someone comes to inspect it tomorrow, all you need to do is report your number, and then take out half of the leaf and match it with the half of the leaf above."
"Thank you, uncle, thank you, uncle!" Zhang Xiaozu took half of the leaf and quickly expressed gratitude to the three of them.
"Keep digging for you." The garlic-nosed man stepped forward.
"Uncle, can I ask something?" Zhang Xiaozu followed him up, asking as he walked.
"What's the matter?"
"Yesterday, I was lucky enough to meet an uncle of the Shen family at the foot of the mountain. The uncle said that you are chasing a man named Zhang Xiaobing. If anyone can provide useful information, he will be rewarded with ten Yuanshi Golden Pills. Is it true?" Zhang
The pawn made it up at random.
"Which Mr. Shen? The idea he came up with is really smart." The man with the garlic nose said in surprise when he heard this.
"I don't dare to ask that uncle's title." Zhang Xiaozu replied.
"Okay, you don't have to worry about this anymore, that little soldier has been caught." The garlic-nosed man waved his hand.
Zhang Xiaozu felt as if he was struck by lightning when he heard this, and asked eagerly: "Have you killed me?!"
"Hmm -" The garlic-nosed man frowned, turned to stare at Zhang Xiaobing and asked, "Why do I think you care more about this Zhang Xiaobing? Do you know her?"
"I don't know her. I just asked out of curiosity. I deserve to die for talking too much." Zhang Xiaozu explained quickly.
The garlic-nosed man hummed, looked away from Zhang Xiaopou and said, "Originally, I was going to kill her, but now is the time to use people, so let's leave her alive for us to dig for treasures."
"Oh," Zhang Xiaozu nodded, then changed the subject and said, "Uncle, there were many people running ahead just now. They must be unwilling to pay taxes. You go and chase them."
"Huh, if you can run away, the monk can't run away from the temple!" The garlic-nosed man snorted coldly, "Today the gentlemen asked them to pay the tax, but tomorrow it won't be so easy to talk to. If we catch someone who hasn't paid the tax and is digging for treasure tomorrow,
Kill them all on the spot!"
"Uncle, can I dig in front? I see there are fewer people there, so I might be able to dig more." Zhang Xiaozu asked, pointing forward.
He wanted to go back and inform Niu Dawa and the others, because the Shen family was advancing like a carpet, and it wouldn't take long to find out where they were. If the Shen family saw so many Yanxin fruits, they would definitely snatch them away.
Zhang Xiaobing is being guarded by the Shen family while digging for treasure. His life is not likely to be in danger for the time being, and he may not be able to save it on his own. He needs to discuss strategies with Niu Dawa.
"Take your half leaf. It's your travel ID. You can dig it wherever you go." The man with the garlic nose said.
"Thank you, uncle. If I dig up the best Extreme Fire Crystal, I will definitely use it to honor the uncle." Zhang Xiaozu thanked him and ran forward.
The garlic-nosed man quickly found his next target and stopped paying attention to Zhang Xiaozu's movements.
Zhang Xiaozu ran quickly and found Niu Dawa and three others. The three of them were baking flaky hearts in a basket made of rattan in a hot place near the magma at the bottom of the valley.
Not far away lay two corpses. They were killed by Niu Dawa who wanted to snatch the Flame Heart Fruit.
Zhang Xiaozu briefly explained the matter.
The four of them put away the heart fruits, climbed up the valley, and hid in the forest below.
"The bastard Shen family is so overbearing. They even talk about land and claim such a huge valley as their own, and then collect damn taxes. What a good calculation." Niu Dawa sat on a stone.
He cursed angrily.
"Ignore these for now." Zhang Xiaopou waved his hand, "The first priority is to rescue Xiaobing, and then have fun with the Shen family.
In such a big valley, they can only support a hundred or ten people to death, so if we kill ten or eight of them in one day, we will ensure that they will be honest within three days."
Butcher Zhang frowned and said: "I feel that the Shen family's behavior of occupying the entire valley is a bit strange."
"What's weird?" Zhang Xiaozu asked.
"Occupying the entire valley will undoubtedly offend the public. Trying to fight tens of thousands of people with just a hundred people, including many from other sects and families, is simply seeking death.
But the Shen family just did this. Could it be that their decision-maker was kicked in the head by a donkey?
I think it shouldn't be the case.
I feel like they are anxiously looking for the Extreme Fire Crystals and Red Flame Earth. Perhaps they have discovered something that requires the use of Extreme Fire Crystals and Red Flame Earth, so in order to obtain a large amount of Extreme Fire Crystals and Red Flame Earth in a short period of time, they are even willing to take risks.
There is a risk of offending public anger." Zhang Butcher guessed.
"What did they find?" Niu Dawa frowned and thought, following Butcher Zhang's train of thought.
Jin Zhihui responded: "There are only two possibilities, either the Extreme Fire Crystal and Red Flame Earth can help them quickly improve their cultivation, or they can help them cross the magma and land on the Red Earth Island."
Snapped!
Niu Dawa slapped her thigh fiercely and shouted: "It must be so! Mother, you are so smart!"
Jin Zhihui glared at Niu Dawa angrily.
Zhang Xiaozu pinched his brows and said: "It's a headache to guess and guess. Why don't we catch two Shen family members and ask them. At the same time, we can also ask Xiaobing's situation clearly and formulate a rescue plan."
"Hey, it's simple and direct, I like it." Niu Dawa said with a grin.
Zhang Xiaopou said: "Eat a flaming heart fruit to improve your combat power. I'll bring three people over to beat you."
So the four of them chose a good ambush location, ate the Flame Heart Fruit to increase their combat power, and then Zhang Xiaozu took three Flame Heart Fruit to seduce the target.
"Uncle, uncle, I found the Flame Heart Fruit again." Zhang Xiaozu found the man with the garlic nose and rushed to the three of them and shouted excitedly.
The garlic-nosed man was overjoyed when he heard this and asked: "Where is it?"
Zhang Xiaozu immediately took out three Flame Heart Fruits from his pocket.
"So many?!" The garlic-nosed man was shocked. He took one himself, and then motioned to the other two people to take one each.
Zhang Xiaozu lowered his voice and said: "Uncle, there are a lot of flaming heart fruits over there, but they are guarded by a rock-backed monitor lizard as big as a buffalo. The small one can't fight that beast, so I only picked three, otherwise thirty."
You can pick them all.”
"Is this true?!" The man with the garlic nose's eyes glowed golden when he heard this.
"How dare you deceive your uncle?" Zhang Xiaopou said.
"Well, you can take us there now. If it is true, I will reward you greatly." said the man with a garlic nose.
Zhang Xiaozu said: "That rock-backed monitor lizard is very ferocious. Would you like me to call some more helpers?"
"No need. It's just a rock-backed monitor lizard. The three of us can easily take care of it in a few seconds." The garlic-nosed man refused.
One more person means more sharing, so naturally he doesn't want to call in more helpers.
If you can't fight the rock-backed monitor lizard, then let's try again.
The three of them were very impatient and kept urging Zhang Xiaopou to move faster, so it took less than a stick of incense to bring the three of them to the ambush location.
"Uncle, we're here." Zhang Xiaozu suddenly stopped, turned around and looked at the three people following him and said.
"Where is it?" The garlic-nosed man looked around, but did not see the flaming heart fruit.
Zhang Xiaozu stretched out his right index finger and pointed above his head under the gazes of the three people.
The three of them looked up in confusion, and saw three people suddenly falling from the sky, holding sticks in their hands.
Boom, boom, boom!
By the time they realized they were being ambushed, the sticks had already hit them on the head.
Niu Dawa and the others knew that the Shen family was physically strong and could withstand beatings, so they struck very hard. Jin Zhihui gritted her teeth and broke the stick.
The three members of the Shen family didn't even have a chance to struggle, before their eyes blacked out and they passed out.