"I want expropriation fees," Wang Yanyan looked at Yun Zhonglong strangely, "Didn't you say... I can beat you?"
"The requisition fee...the storage bag of the pine forest bandit you killed is yours," Yun Zhonglong waved his hand and spoke with a frown.
"Don't you understand that you are bullying my master?" Wang Yanyan frowned, took out four or five more talismans, and said coldly, "The storage bag of the bandits I killed should have been mine."
This is also the practice in the Fenghuang world. When recruiting others to fight, you cannot give them no benefits at all. The capture of the opponent by beheading the opponent belongs to the one who kills him.
Seriously, if you recruit some strong men to take action, you have to pay an appearance fee. Otherwise, they will not work hard and only focus on maintaining their own safety. Others can't say anything - they really go to war.
When encountering a master who is unable to do his job, the other side of the battlefield can also see clearly. Usually, they will not kill them all, but just send two people to contain them.
Anyway, the appearance fee is very flexible. Most people don't want to have it, but if you really feel that you are extraordinary, you can still negotiate - as long as you are good enough.
However, in this small Peach Branch Town, under the effective control of Giant Pine City, how can there be any appearance fee?
Even if there is, it is not something that a master like Yun Zhonglong can decide.
In this situation, Yun Zhonglong completely lost his arrogance and could only reply with a wry smile, "Sister, I don't have the budget. If you really want it, I can only post it myself."
"One moment I was a servant, you didn't even bother to look at me, and the next moment I turned into a eldest sister?" Wang Yanyan laughed. Since her face was obscured by the veil, all she could hear was an unusually clear voice, "Naughty at the front and respectful at the back.
, how ridiculous?”
"You have many spiritual talismans. You have this strength," Yun Zhonglong replied sarcastically, "I didn't know you had this strength before, but now I know."
"Then I'll make an offer." Wang Yanyan spoke slowly, "No matter who pays, there can't be any debt, otherwise... you will regret your debt."
"I really don't have many spiritual stones," Yun Zhonglong replied in a low voice. He also knew that he had hit an iron plate, so what else could he say? "You can give me a price."
"My master and I are guarding a big intersection. We get ten souls a day, and it can't be any lower," Wang Yanyan replied simply, "The harvest must be ours. It's up to you. Let me know if you can."
There are only two main intersections in Taozhi Town. This is either a county town or a small town. There are mainly two intersections, one south and one north. If you want to enter the town through other ways, the residents of the town will try their best to resist.
For example, if you want to enter the town through the Jiang Family Courtyard, let’s not say whether the people in the courtyard will agree. I will just say that the Jiang Family Courtyard itself also has defensive formations and phantom formations.
Breaking through the intersection is the fastest and most efficient.
Wang Yanyan asked to guard a major intersection, basically shouldering half of the attack firepower. A ninth-level immortal and an eighth-level immortal dared to agree to it. I had to be convinced by this arrogance.
Yun Zhonglong was very precise, "What if the intersection is breached?"
"Then we also have to charge an appearance fee," Wang Yanyan replied calmly, "If you can carry it for a day, it will be worth ten yuan. My master and servant don't care about this little money. But if you have money to earn, why not earn it?"
There is nothing to resist desperately, but it is more true - if you have money to make, why not make it?
"Okay. I'll pay you ten talismans a day," Yun Zhonglong finally realized. The more money he paid, the more fierce the other party's resistance was. At this time, it was obviously not the time to talk about money. How much does a talisman cost?
?Why are there dozens of spirits?
So he said, "If you can carry it to the second day, you will have twenty more souls, and forty more souls on the third day. I will keep my word."
"Master Yun is indeed a smart man," Wang Yanyan smiled and stopped talking.
At this moment, a voice came, "If you don't want the spirit stone, you should also hand over most of the contents in the storage bag. We want merit."
When everyone heard this, they turned around and saw that the person speaking was none other than the owner of the masked nun. He was leaning against the door and speaking calmly.
There are already too many storage bags in Chen Taizhong's hands. He really doesn't care about them. The bandit's storage bag... well, the bandit's storage bag is a little fatter than the average person, but so what?
He was really not short of spiritual stones, so he thought that if he could get some meritorious service, Scar... wouldn't he be able to become an official?
He didn't know what the benefits of being an official were, but he had a wish - if he could get a new status card, he would never be called Chen Fenghuang.
"Merits?" Yun Zhonglong narrowed his eyes, and he was finally sure that this second-generation ancestor of the eighth-level Immortal Realm really had a great background - if he was not a member of the Cuo family, who would care about merits?
Merit, if you say it is useful, it is really useful, if you say it is useless, it is really useless - no one will support you, no matter how many merits you have, you can only endure it slowly.
But it's different if someone supports you. The merit reward and punishment system is strictly enforced. As long as you have enough merit, you will be promoted very quickly.
Being recruited in a small town to repel a gang of bandits will not bring you much merit, but as long as you are willing to apply, you can always get some.
Yun Zhonglong originally wanted to earn merit points on his own. He was the captain of the town's guard. If he could repel this attack by the Pine Forest Bandits, he would definitely add a lot of merit points.
So he even paid for the spiritual stones himself to complete this task.
When the other party asked for meritorious service, he was really confused, so he narrowed his eyes and said, "You must want meritorious service?"
"That's right, what I want is merit," Wang Yanyan said proactively without waiting for her master to say anything. Although she is a money-lover, the word merit has a great impact on her - this is not an issue that casual cultivators should consider at all.
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"What we talked about before was all about spiritual stones," Yun Zhonglong said helplessly, "Now that you want meritorious service, this... I'm really sorry, I can't satisfy you."
Wang Yanyan was a little annoyed, but she couldn't make the decision herself, so she could only look back at her master.
"You want to gain meritorious service yourself, right?" Chen Taizhong looked at Yun Zhonglong indifferently.
"Yes," Yun Zhonglong nodded, not denying this, "I am a native of Jusong, and it is easy to get meritorious service. You are from other places. If you want meritorious service, you have to go through a lot of procedures, and you may not get much.
...I have spent my own money to provide spiritual stones and invite your master and servant to come forward, isn’t it?”
Chen Taizhong was speechless. What the other party said was very utilitarian and "chiluo", but it was also realistic. He could only raise his chin and said, "Then let's use the spirit stone."
He hasn't seen this bit of spiritual stone yet, but it doesn't reflect his difference.
As for him resisting being expropriated, after all, the town where he lives is facing fall, so it is appropriate to do something.
In fact, since he ascended, he has never seen any bandits attack him, but he has been attacked by many guest bandits. He is also somewhat curious about this.
When Yun Zhonglong saw that his master and servant agreed, he assigned the north intersection to the two of them, leaving a seventh-level Youxian to cooperate.
This Youxian was originally a guard member, guarding the entrance of the town for a fee. He knew that his captain did not want to fight with these two people, so he was quite polite to them and told them everything.
Both of them were from out of town and knew nothing about the Pine Forest Bandits, so the guard introduced them to them.
The Pine Forest Bandits have existed in Giant Pine City for a long time. They make a living by robbing merchants and are notorious. Their number is not very large, only a few dozen, but they are ruthless. If merchants dare to fight back, they will usually be killed to death.
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Those who do not resist may not necessarily have good results. If there is a beautiful female cultivator among them, they will inevitably be kidnapped.
This group of people committed murder and arson. In addition to robbing merchants, they also destroyed two villages, killing all the chickens and dogs in the village. They also burned down the village before leaving.
Giant Pine City deeply hates these bandits. Many families have joined forces with the city lord's palace to launch large-scale counterattacks within the jurisdiction. However, the whereabouts of these bandits are erratic, and few people know where their lair is.
Several immortals went out together, but they couldn't find the bandit's nest. This is a bit intriguing, but this is the reason why the Pine Forest Bandit became famous.
The reason why Giant Pine City got its name is that it is said that in ancient times, there was a huge pine tree here, covering a radius of 100 kilometers. The pine tree has become a demon cultivator and once protected the human race, but finally disappeared.
This rumor is too old to be verified, but in any case, the territory of Giant Pine City is full of lush plants, especially various kinds of pine trees, which grow lush and green.
And these pine forest thieves are very good at surviving in the pine forest. If they really want to hide in the pine forest, the immortals will do nothing.
If a bandit doesn't build a stronghold, it's really not easy for others to clear out the holes.
In the past few decades, the Pine Forest Bandits have fought more than a dozen large and small battles with the government and families, resulting in casualties for each other. However, most of the time, the Pine Forest Bandits have not fought tough battles if they could.
Of course, after suffering a loss, they would also take revenge. One village was wiped out because Giant Pine City once set up an ambush not far away and killed a spirit fairy in the Pine Forest Bandits. The Pine Forest Bandits destroyed this village to vent their anger.
Not sure whether what he said was true or not, Chen Taizhong slandered with disdain. He was not afraid to speculate on people's hearts with the greatest malice.
Wang Yanyan was a little curious when she heard this, "Is there an immortal among the Pine Forest Bandits?"
"This...it's hard to say," the guard shook his head worriedly. In a town where only Youxian was defending, it would really be a disaster if Lingxian appeared. "It's true that Pine Forest has killed Lingxian, but generally speaking
He said that they came out to rob, mostly high-level wandering immortals, and I don’t know if they still have spiritual immortals.”
As soon as he finished speaking, seven or eight people appeared in the distance, running over at extremely fast speeds. As they ran, they turned around to look, as if they were being chased by something behind them.
This group of people included men and women, old and young, and there were only two high-level immortals. The guard did not yell until they ran about 200 meters, "Slow down, don't rush into the checkpoint!"
"Sir, help me, someone is trying to rob me," the middle-aged man in the lead said breathlessly, but his steps slowed down - there were still two high-level immortals standing next to the guards, so it was best not to cause any misunderstanding.