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"Cousin, what's wrong with you?"
Some doubtful voices reached his ears. Ji Yuenian opened his eyes, and what he saw were more than ten disciples in the realm of the Mysterious Realm. At this time, they were standing below with respectful expressions. The person who spoke had an expression on his face. The unruly young man is the closest to himself.
Countless unfamiliar memories poured into his mind. Ji Yuenian was silent for a while, but there was a hint of contemplation in his eyes.
Didn't this fourth level temporarily cover up his original memory?
Thinking of the Xingyuan Peak Master's inexplicable smile when he came down from Li Shixuan's carriage, Ji Yuenian figured out the reason in a moment.
Although the fourth level does not account for a large proportion in the overall ranking of the assessment, it can very clearly reflect the disciple's attitude towards the sect, which is extremely important in some aspects.
The leader of Xingyuan Peak, Li Shixuan, was probably afraid that something unexpected would happen to him in this last level and he would not be able to meet his expectations, so he did some unknown tricks to prevent his memory from being temporarily erased. In this fourth level, It’s no different from cheating within the level!
"I have nothing to do." Ji Yuenian raised his head and looked around at the dozen or so disciples who were in the Xuan realm. "Let's go, we should go to Lin'an Town."
In this illusion, he is an old man who has returned to the original state, named Zhao Yan. His position is the deacon of a mountain in the outer sect. At this time, he is leading his disciples to Lin'an Town to collect spiritual taxes.
"Yes, Lord Deacon."
Many disciples responded one after another, and their faces could not help showing some excitement.
The young man with an unruly expression took a step forward and whispered beside Ji Yuenian: "Cousin, Lin'an Town is so desolate. From a distance, there are no human beings. Is there something unexpected going on?"
Ji Yuenian glanced at him and knew that his name was Zhao Mu, and he was a descendant of Zhao Yan's clan.
"Don't worry, just go to town."
Because he has the memory in his body, he knows very clearly that the most critical aspect of this trip to Lin'an Town is the collection of spiritual taxes, and there will be no other variables.
"Yes, cousin."
Zhao Mu responded, and then ordered the disciples who were lagging behind: "Go faster! Do you want the deacon to wait for you?"
Lin'an Town is extremely desolate. Almost half of the spiritual fields and spiritual valleys planted outside the town have withered. Even after Ji Yuenian and his party entered the town, the streets were deserted and there were not a few people at all.
"Where is the guard of Lin'an Town!?"
Zhao Mu gathered his profound energy and jumped up, standing on the stone platform in the center of the town. His voice spread throughout Lin'an Town.
Rustling sounds came from all directions.
As Zhao Mu's voice fell, many dark insects emerged and crawled towards Ji Yuenian and others!
"Black-armored stoneworms like to eat spiritual grains and spiritual rice the most," Ji Yuenian's cultivation level surged out, and he condensed a solid blue light curtain, looking down at those who were rushing forward one after another. The dark bugs above the light curtain, "The decline of Lin'an Town seems to be closely related to these black-armored stone bugs."
"The guard of Lin'an Town has met Shang Zhen."
A feeble voice reached his ears. On a house dozens of feet away, an elderly man lifted up a tile, climbed out from the roof, and saluted Ji Yuenian and others from afar.
At the same time, countless sounds of lifting tiles were heard one after another. Soon, everyone in Lin'an Town was standing or sitting on the roof.
These people were sallow and thin, and some were even dying. The reason why some people were "sitting" on the roof was because they had no strength to stand up at all. Even climbing on the beams in the house to the roof took half of the journey. The power of life.
Zhao Mu's expression changed slightly and he scolded: "Are you the guard of Lin'an Town? Why did you conceal the black beetle disaster in the town? You deserve to die!"
The old man gave a bitter smile and said: "Shangzhen, please calm down. These pitch-black insects come and go without a trace. They have eaten most of the spiritual fields and spiritual valleys outside the town, and sometimes they even eat strangers! Fortunately, they It doesn't seem to be able to climb high, so you can save your life by hiding on the beams in the house when an insect infestation comes."
"I ask you why you didn't report it! All the spiritual grains and rice grains have been eaten away. What should I do with the spiritual tax of the Sect?" Zhao Mu's expression became even colder.
The guard of Lin'an Town looked bitter, shook his head and said: "Although the previous Shangzhen left a jade talisman for communication, I accidentally lost the method of using the jade talisman, and I can't activate it at all."
He is just an ordinary mortal, and he needs extremely special methods to barely activate the jade talisman.
"That's all," Ji Yueliang said in a loud voice, "Guardian, we are here to collect spiritual taxes. According to the laws of Taiyu Shengzong, insect plague can be regarded as a disaster. Let's exclude this factor for the time being. All we need is you. Just hand over 80% of all the spiritual valleys and spiritual fields in La'an Town in the past ten years."
Every ten years, Taiyu Shengzong will collect 80% of the spiritual tax from the countless territories under its rule. It has been for tens of thousands of years. This is also one of the many sources of the sect's cultivation resources.
The Lin'an Town guard's face became even more ugly. He knelt down on the roof tremblingly and said, "Your Majesty, I am guilty!"
Before Ji Yuenian could speak, Zhao Mu beside him said, "What's wrong with you?"
The guard of Lin'an Town actually shed tears in his eyes, and he sobbed: "There was an insect plague some time ago. These pitch-black insects swarmed into the town. They not only devoured most of the spiritual taxes that had been stored in the past few years, but also harmed many people. life!"
Ji Yuenian frowned slightly and said, "Didn't I just say that the insect plague can be regarded as an unexpected disaster? The Lord only wants 80% of Lin'an Town's remaining spiritual tax at this time."
"Shangzhen, please," the guard shook his gray hair and kept kowtowing on the roof, blood dripping from his forehead, "if before the insect disaster, Lin'an Town had to remove 80% of the souls that had been handed over in full. In addition to taxes, the remaining spiritual rice and spiritual grains are enough for us to survive, but now it is a problem for us to even survive. If Shangzhen takes away 80% of the few remaining spiritual rice, I'm afraid... I'm afraid Our entire town will starve to death!"
On the other rooftops, the townspeople also knelt down and kowtowed to Ji Yuenian and others.
"Go immediately and collect the remaining spiritual rice, spiritual grains, and spiritual grasses in the town and take inventory."
Ji Yuenian shook his head, turned around and gave instructions to Zhao Mu and others.
"Yes, Lord Deacon!"
Zhao Mu and several disciples all had profound energy or profound energy around them, and they rushed out of the light barrier and stepped into the dense sea of pitch-black insects.
These insects can eat ordinary people, but they can't do anything to the creatures who are ignited in their hearts. They are just a little disgusting.
Among the remaining disciples, a beautiful girl in red had a look of unbearable expression on her face. Instead of moving forward, she stepped forward and said to Ji Yuenian: "Master Deacon, it seems they don't have much left. Linggu, why don't we take less this time, help them eliminate the insect plague, and then make up for it in the next ten years."
Ji Yuenian glanced sideways at her, thoughts swirling in his mind.
By disobeying orders, this woman has violated the sect's rules. This is obviously a trap.
If you follow his advice, your evaluation in this fourth level will definitely drop sharply!
"presumptuous!"
The profound energy of the Return to True Realm around Ji Yuenian came violently and pressed directly on the girl in red!
boom!
