Hearing the rapid sound of gongs and drums, the originally peaceful village suddenly turned into chaos.
The men took out harpoons, hatchets, iron rods and other weapons from their houses and rushed out. They all rushed towards the entrance of the village with panic steps.
The woman hurriedly took her child and hid in the house, closing the door tightly, with frightened faces full of panic.
Li Feng's father also rushed out of the house holding a spear and headed straight for the entrance of the village.
Faced with the threat of external forces, the men in the village have always been united and united.
Li Yunfeng, who was training the teenagers, also changed his face when he saw this scene, and then shouted to the teenagers next to him: "Everyone hide in the house, and don't come out if you have nothing to do!"
He himself grabbed the sword stuck on the ground and quickly rushed towards the village gate.
The teenagers were stunned for a moment, looking around, looking confused and confused, not knowing what was going on.
"A Feng, it seems that pirates are coming!" Li Tao, a simple-looking man, approached Li Feng and said with an extremely nervous expression.
Li Feng nodded and said, "Well, seeing how panicked the adults are, I'm afraid those pirates will be difficult to deal with!"
"What should we do?" Li Tao was a little unsure about paying attention, so he asked Li Feng.
Li Feng and Li Tao are cousins. They have a very good relationship and are inseparable on weekdays.
Whenever something happens, Li Tao always asks Li Feng to make his decision.
Li Feng is famous for being smart and witty among the teenagers in the village!
"Let's go and see what those pirates look like. No matter what, it's good to gain some knowledge!" Li Feng thought for a moment and then said.
Li Tao nodded and said in a thick voice: "I listen to you!"
After the two of them reached an agreement, they left the panicked teenagers beside them and headed straight for the entrance of the village.
When we arrived at the entrance of the village, we immediately saw many villagers holding various weapons and gathering at the entrance. It was a dark place, with hundreds of people crowded in, blocking the entrance to the village.
"It's too short, we can't see it, what should we do?" Li Tao stood behind the crowd, looking around on tiptoe.
But they were too short, and there were many strong villagers in front of them. They were so crowded that they couldn't see what was going on outside.
"Let's go up to the roof next to us!" Li Feng rolled his eyes, and immediately pulled Li Tao into a stilted building next to him, and climbed up to the high roof in a few moments.
Standing at their height, they could see clearly what was happening at the entrance to the village.
The entrance of the village faces the sea!
There are several fishing boats moored near the crescent-shaped bay, which is where villagers usually go fishing.
But when the group of huge black shadows slowly approached, the true appearance of these black shadows was clearly seen.
If you look closely, you will see that they are huge black warships!
Each of these warships is more than fifteen meters long. They are all black and covered with a layer of blue-black iron. They are tightly wrapped. There are huge blood-colored flags hanging on the masts.
Embroidered with a ferocious Hydra logo, it flutters in the wind and looks particularly domineering.
The spacious deck was full of figures, some with exposed breasts, some with tattoos of dragons and tigers, and some wearing turbans shouting. They held various weapons in their hands, and looked at them with ferocious faces.
The cold eyes of this group of weak villagers were filled with evil intentions.
At a rough glance, there were at least more than 500 pirates rushing towards the sea.
Seeing this scene, the villagers of Yueya Village felt heavy in their hearts, and the depressing atmosphere made them breathless.
The threat posed by these five hundred pirates is simply more terrifying than an extraordinary monster.
There are countless dangers and terrors in the sea of stars.
Among them, pirates are a very terrible threat to the civilians living on the islands.
What is a pirate?
They were a group of warriors who had been abandoned by human forces. They had fallen into disgrace and became bandits on the sea.
They lurk on the sea all year round, rob passing ships, run rampant on countless islands, oppress the people, and do all kinds of evil.
All of them are ruthless characters with blood on their hands.
When talking about these notorious pirates, people living on this sea all talk about it and become fearful.
And this Hydra is one of the three most powerful pirate forces within a radius of 500 miles of Qinggan Island.
They came to Qinggan Island today with nothing else but to collect the offering money!
This so-called offering money is a kind of protection fee!
The battleships were like prehistoric beasts crawling on the sea, advancing slowly and faster and faster, looking extremely shocking.
Almost in the blink of an eye, we arrived at the bay.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
There were more than twenty boats lined up in a row, and the majestic display alone was enough to frighten a group of weak villagers!
The pirates cheered and jumped off the warship one by one, holding various strange weapons in their hands, and rushed towards Crescent Village on the beach, their eyes full of bloodthirsty.
Almost in the blink of an eye, the entire Crescent Village was surrounded. The weapons in their hands were banging on the fence, making loud noises, and they kept making all kinds of unpleasant insults and taunts.
"Old man Li, pay the tribute!" A bald man with a black scorpion tattooed on his left eye walked over with a swagger and laughed loudly, holding a large beheading knife.
Wherever they went, the surrounding pirates automatically moved out of the way, looking at the burly figure from behind, their eyes filled with awe.
Li Longshan stood inside the fence, looked at the other person through the fence, and said respectfully: "It turns out to be Qiu Qianjun, the head of the Qiu family. I'm glad to meet you! I haven't seen you for a long time, but my style remains the same."
"Okay, Old Man Li, let's stop being polite!" Qiu Qianjun said with a grin on his shoulder.
"Our old rule is to pay the offering money once a year!"
"It's been exactly one year since the last time!"
"Have you prepared the money for this year's offerings?"
Li Longshan was silent for a moment after hearing this, and then said with a sad face: "Master Qiu, this year's rainy season has been variable, the climate has become colder, and the number of fish in the sea area with a radius of hundreds of miles has decreased sharply, resulting in a poor harvest for the villagers in my village!"
"Can this offering be lowered a little to give us a chance to recuperate?"
When the pirate leader Qiu Qianjun heard this, his face turned cold: "Old man Li, what did you say?"
"The offerings have been reduced, what does this mean?"
"You've gone through all the trouble to come here, are you planning to let us brothers come back empty-handed!"
"Dare to bargain, don't do this with me. The old rules are to collect money per person, one hundred coppers per person, and give out the exact amount of the offering money, even if it's less than a copper!"
"Otherwise, don't blame me, Qiu Qianjun, for being cruel and ruthless. I will attack your village today to scare other villages!"
When the villagers in the village saw that something was wrong in the atmosphere, their expressions suddenly changed slightly, and they involuntarily tightened their grip on their weapons, each of them looking uneasy.
The pirates from Jiulang Island came to collect the villagers' offering money in order to destroy their wealth and eliminate disasters.
This rule has been followed for decades, and the two sides have lived in peace and harmony for so many years.
However, this year's harvest was not good. Many villagers went out to fish just to make ends meet and had no money left to support these ruthless pirates.
The lowest currency on the sea of stars is copper coins!
One thousand coppers is equal to one silver coin!
One hundred silver coins equal one gold coin.
There are about a thousand villagers on Qinggan Island, which means that the offering money that needs to be paid is one hundred silver coins.
Li Longshan is also in a dilemma. All the money is handed over to this group of pirates who eat people without spitting out bones. What will happen to the village's future livelihood?
On the roof not far away, Li Feng and Li Tao stared at this scene from a distance.
"That bald man has such a big air of arrogance. He dares to show off his power in front of the patriarch. It's so abominable!" Li Tao pointed at Qiu Qianjun and shouted angrily.
"If these pirates hadn't been outnumbered, I would have been the first to run out and fight with the pirate leader!"
Li Feng made a gesture of silence and whispered: "Keep your voice down, these people are pirates, and they are all ruthless. Do we, the common people, dare to offend them?"
"Grandpa Longshan must understand this truth. Killing the pirate leader is quick and easy!"
"That will only cause more trouble!"
"Grandpa Patriarch is mediating and bargaining with the pirate leader, just to reduce everyone's pressure!"
"We can only blame us for being too weak!"
"If there is an extraordinary strong person here, do you think these pirates dare to be so rampant?"
When Li Tao heard this, he immediately sneered and said: "Haha, if there is a super strong person here, just destroy these pirates, there will be no chance for them to be arrogant!"
"So, we have to endure it!"
"Only by forbearing can you have a chance of becoming stronger!" Li Feng clenched his palms and said with a cold face.
Yueya Village was oppressed by pirates because it was weak. If there was a powerful warrior guarding the village, who would dare to cause trouble?
For the first time, Li Feng was so eager for strength, eager to become stronger, and to protect his loved ones around him from any threats.