"You two, are you going to the city?" The leader of the three strange monks who came towards Chen Fan stepped forward and said.
Chen Fan did not expect that a monk would come to talk to him outside Wanling City.
He couldn't help but look at Jiang Yu, but saw Jiang Yu looking gloating at his misfortune.
When Chen Fan saw the person coming, the first person was at the early stage of the Transfiguration Realm, and the other two were all at the peak stage of the Ranxuan Realm. So he saluted and said, "The two of us were planning to enter the city. I wonder why my friend stopped us?"
Seeing Chen Fan's words, the leader smiled and said: "Since we are going into the city, things will be easy to handle. I see that you two are in a hurry, so I guess you have important things to do, so I won't talk nonsense with you two. Yes. Just pay the passing tax, and you two can go straight into the city."
Chen Fan was stunned. He knew that he had to pay taxes when entering the city, which he also handed over to the guard at the city gate when entering the city. How could someone come specifically to ask for tax money from me?
So he frowned and asked, "I wonder if the tax your friend mentioned is the same as the one you have to pay at the city gate when you enter the city?"
The leader snorted coldly: "Is this your first time coming to Wanling City?"
Chen Fan nodded.
The leader said again: "Then let me make it clear to you. The tax paid when entering the city is given to Wanling City, and the tax paid before entering the city is given to us, Tianlang Ce. To tell you the truth , inside the city is the territory of Wanling City. But outside the city is the territory of our Tianlangce. You passed by our territory of Tianlangce, do you want to pay?"
Chen Fan looked at Jiang Yu and saw that Jiang Yu was still gloating about his misfortune. So he said: "In other words, we have to pay tolls for you, Tianlang Ce?"
When the leader saw Chen Fan coming up the road, he chuckled and said, "That's right. According to the rules of our Tianlang Ce, each person must hand over two black stones. Seeing that this is your first time coming to Wanling City, I will be the second master. The two of you can hand over two black stones in total."
Chen Fan was very angry and laughed back: "Then what if I don't hand over?"
The leader raised his brows and said, "Fellow Taoist, please don't toast me or eat the fine wine. If you don't, our brothers won't agree."
Chen Fan had long heard of organizations like Tianlangce.
It's said to be an organization, but it's actually a group of casual cultivators. They usually stay outside the city, and when they see unfamiliar faces who have never seen the world, they will go in groups to trick Xuan Shi.
Generally, the targets of these people are also casual cultivators who have never seen the world, because such cultivators are easily intimidated by them.
Come to think of it, when Chen Fan saw the walls of Tianling City just now, his face was shocked, which made these people think that Chen Fan and others were also casual cultivators who had never seen the world, so they attracted Chen Fan's attention.
Seeing that the three strange monks were about to surround him, Chen Fan's black sword appeared in his hand and he slashed out with one strike.
The leader was shocked. He thought Chen Fan was an old hater, but he didn't expect Chen Fan to act so decisively.
Seeing the black sword turning into a black shadow and attacking him, the leader did not dare to be careless and hurriedly used magic to resist. But he didn't expect that his technique would be broken by Chen Fan's sword.
When he woke up again, Chen Fan's black sword was already lying in front of him.
But even then, the leader was still pretending to be calm. He said: "I advise fellow Taoist to calm down. If you hurt me, our forces in Tianlangce City will not let you go. Why don't you pay your taxes with peace of mind and I will take you into the city." "
Chen Fan looked at the leader with interest. Unexpectedly, even in this situation, he still wanted to scare himself. So Chen Fan handed the black sword forward again and said: "Anyway, your Tianlang Ce's territory is outside the city. If I enter the city, can your Tianlang Ce people attack and kill me in the city?"
But the leader said: "But fellow Taoist will always leave Wanling City one day."
Chen Fan's face turned cold, and a sword energy shot out from the black sword. This sword energy did not hit the vital part of the leader, but flew past his neck, leaving a medium-deep gash on his neck and bringing up a mist of blood.
Chen Fan said: "Do you think I'm too easy to talk to?"
The leader's face turned pale, and he finally became afraid. At first he thought that Chen Fan didn't dare to take action, but he didn't expect that he did it without any hesitation.
Chen Fan had a good grasp of the sword energy just now. Anything shallower will only scratch the surface and have no deterrent effect at all. If it goes any deeper, it will damage the artery of the leader and kill him on the spot.
"Fellow Taoist, please spare your life. Friend Taoist, please spare your life."
The leader's attitude immediately softened, and he knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.
Chen Fan sheathed his sword and said, "Do you know how much tax it costs to enter the city?"
The leader said hurriedly: "A mysterious stone for each person."
Chen Fan narrowed his eyes slightly: "You Tianlang Ce are really greedy. Wanling City only asks for tax money of one profound stone per person, but you Tianlang Ce dare to ask for two profound stones per person. I don't care about this either. I’ve argued too much with you. Just pay the taxes for us and get out. Don’t let me see you again.”
The leader was relieved and immediately dropped the two black stones and fled away. However, when the three people left, the vicious look in their eyes was still clearly caught by Chen Fan.
Seeing the three people leaving, Jiang Yu asked: "Just let the three of them leave like this? There may be trouble in the future."
Chen Fan nodded, agreeing with what Jiang Yu said. However, he said: "I just came to a place and I don't like killing people. Although if you let them go, there may be trouble in the future, but if you kill them, there may be trouble now. Not to mention your special status, I don't want to be too high-profile. .”
Jiang Yu pondered for a moment and agreed with Chen Fan's words. Then there was no more words.
After Chen Fan and Jiang Yu successfully entered Wanling City, they went straight to the place with the teleportation array.
What Chen Fan didn't expect was that the person managing the teleportation array told Chen Fan that the teleportation array was temporarily unavailable. The current teleportation array is only allowed to go out, not to enter.
Chen Fan looked at Jiang Yu and saw that Jiang Yu didn't look surprised at all.
Then he asked: "You have already thought that the teleportation array is not allowed to be used?"
Jiang Yu said with a proud look on his face: "That's natural. When they found me near Wanling City, they were naturally worried that I would escape with the teleportation array in Wanling City. It is reasonable to block the teleportation array."
Chen Fan was speechless for a while: "Since you have already guessed it, why do you still want me to come to Wanling City?"
Seeing Chen Fan asking such questions, Jiang Yu was even more proud. She said: "Blocking the teleportation array is only temporary. Sooner or later they will open it up. And their minds will never imagine that I will kill them and return to Wanling City. So the safest place at the moment is, right here."
Jiang Yu chuckled while gesturing to draw back his carbine.
Chen Fan felt his head ache. Although Ginger Fish has a mysterious origin, his brain doesn't seem to work very well.
However, this also made Chen Fan curious about what kind of force was chasing Jiang Yu, and it could actually affect Wanling City.
