Chapter 2 Seven Islands in Star Lake
Everyone looked up and saw a flag hanging on the boat, with one word written on it - Lin.
"Xinghu Lin Family."
Ye Linyuan's eyes moved slightly, and he quickly remembered the situation in the Xinghu Islands.
In the nearby sea area, there are seven continuous islands, which are called the Seven Islands of Star Lake.
The seven islands in the Star Lake gather the spiritual energy of the mountains and rivers, giving birth to a first-order high-grade spiritual vein.
The spiritual energy of the spiritual veins gathered together to form seven spiritual eyes among the seven islands, and therefore they were occupied by the major cultivating families.
The Yejia Island where the Ye family is located is one of the seven islands in Xinghu, occupying one of the spiritual eyes.
Of course, the Ye Clan's immortal clan has little foundation and only occupies the smallest low-grade spiritual eye. It is not enough to use this spiritual energy to impact the middle stage of Qi refining. It can only ensure that the clan members break through the Qi refining period.
On the other hand, the Lin family occupies the largest "Red Star Island" among the seven islands in Xinghu. There is a high-grade spiritual eye that continuously produces and breeds spiritual energy. It is said that the spiritual energy produced is ten times the spiritual energy of the Ye family. More than twice as much.
According to Ye Linyuan's memory, there are more than thirty monks in the Lin family, three monks in the middle stage of Qi training, and even an ancestor in the late stage of Qi training.
Furthermore, there are several people in the Lin Immortal Clan who are good at cultivating various arts. They even have a first-order mid-grade sea ship that can enter the sea to hunt monsters and obtain resources.
It can be said that the comprehensive strength and foundation of the Lin Clan's Immortal Clan is many times greater than that of the Ye Clan.
At this time, Ye Linyuan was a little confused and couldn't help but ask: "People from the Lin family, why are they here?"
"Counting the time, they should be here to collect taxes."< br>
Old man Ye said with a somewhat embarrassed expression, and then sighed: "That's all, let's meet them."
Hearing this, Ye Linyuan's heart sank slightly.
The world of immortality respects strength, and it is natural for powerful forces to seek tax from weak forces.
As long as they remain established on Ye Family Island, the Ye Clan will still have to pay taxes.
In fact, the one who really rules this territory is the Qinghe Xianmen, a foundation-building force outside the Seven Islands of Star Lake, and the Lin family is just a pawn on their behalf.
Of course, after paying taxes, the Ye family is at least nominally affiliated with the Qinghe Immortal Sect. Generally, low-level casual cultivators and local cultivators cannot attack without reason.
After all, for the Qinghe Immortal Sect, the forces under its command can have a relatively stable practice environment, and it can also allow these low-level monks below to continuously generate tax revenue.
"Foundation-Building Immortal Sect."
Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart, and his eyebrows could not help but frown slightly.
In his previous life, he was also the ancestor of the foundation-building and even golden elixir forces, and he received tribute and taxes from a large number of forces under his command every year.
His ability to break through the realm of pill formation in his previous life had a lot to do with the taxes his family had accumulated over the years.
But in this life, Ye still has to pay taxes, which is not good news for him.
After all, the Ye Clan's Immortal Clan is weak. If they encounter a more ruthless and exploitative Foundation Establishment Force, they may not have much financial resources to support his cultivation.
“I hope you won’t squeeze it too hard.”
Ye Linyuan frowned slightly, then followed a few people and walked down the mountain.
All the way to the pier, the boat there just docked, and a few figures walked out of it.
There were five people in total, four of whom were in the early stage of Qi refining. The leader was a tall middle-aged man whose cultivation had reached the middle stage of Qi refining.
"This person's name is Lin Shengyang, he is at the fifth level of Qi training, and he is the second elder of the Lin family."
Second uncle Ye Qinyang on the side quietly transmitted the message and introduced a few people to Ye Linyuan The origin of. Ye Linyuan's eyes moved slightly, and he couldn't help but nodded slightly, remembering all the identity information of these people in his heart.
At this time, Lin Shengyang came over and said with a smile: "Brother Ye, long time no see."
"It turns out to be Brother Lin. What kind of wind brought you here today?"< br>
The old man Ye spoke calmly, his face maintaining a trace of peace.
Hearing this, Ye Linyuan's eyes couldn't help but move slightly.
The way to practice is to respect strength.
Old Man Ye's lifespan has passed eighty, and Lin Shengyang is only in his forties. However, they are both in the middle stage of Qi refining, and Old Man Ye does not dare to exaggerate in the slightest.
“Alas, it’s not about taxation.”
Lin Shengyang opened his mouth and handed a bill to Old Man Ye, saying: “Your tax this year is ten spirit stones. Plus three hundred kilograms of spiritual rice, I wonder how the preparations are going?"
"Ten broken spiritual stones, and three hundred kilograms of spiritual rice?"
Everyone in the Ye family heard this? After saying that, his expression suddenly changed.
Third uncle Ye Qinchu couldn't help but look gloomy, and immediately asked: "Last year it was only three hundred kilograms of spirit rice, why do we need to add ten pieces of broken spirit stones now?"
Ye Linyuan on the side heard this. , my heart couldn't help but sink slightly.
Ten broken spiritual stones and three hundred kilograms of spiritual rice are not a small amount for Ye.
Generally speaking, the aura of a hundred broken spirit stones is roughly equivalent to one complete spirit stone.
The value of spiritual stones in this world is extremely high. The market price of low-grade first-class magical weapons is only about one spiritual stone. Those high-grade first-class magical weapons mastered in the later stages of Qi training are only worth about ten spiritual stones. .
Putting aside the low-grade spiritual eyes, the total annual income of the Ye Clan's Immortal Clan is actually only more than thirty pieces of broken spiritual stones.
No matter how much you save, after deducting daily consumption and purchasing various materials, you can save at most a dozen pieces of broken spirit stones every year.
Lingsui rice is also a kind of miscellaneous spirit rice with extremely low value. The spiritual energy contained in this rice is extremely thin, and the quality is not even considered as low-grade spiritual rice, so it is called miscellaneous spirit rice.
Fortunately, Lingsui Rice is easy to feed and can absorb the thin spiritual energy between heaven and earth to grow. It can be planted without a spiritual field. Eating it can slightly increase the cultivation level of Qi Practitioners.
Because of its low price, Lingsuimi is the favorite of the handyman disciples of the Foundation Establishment Immortal Sect, and is also the training material for many low-level monks and small Qi-training clans.
After all, for most of the small Qi-training tribes, cheap spiritual rice like Lingsuimi is probably the only cultivation material they can afford.
But even so, these three hundred kilograms of spiritual rice are not a small amount, and the market price will not be less than ten broken spiritual stones.
“Ten broken spiritual stones, and three hundred kilograms of spiritual rice.”
“In this way, Lin Shengyang doubled the tax revenue of the Ye family with just one mouthful. "
Ye Linyuan thought slightly in his heart, with a hint of solemnity.
At this time, Lin Shengyang suddenly sneered and said: "This is not a tax that has been set, but one handed down by the Qinghe Xianmen." If you are causing trouble, the Qinghe Xianmen will protect your safety, and it is appropriate to increase the tax."
"Of course, if you are not willing to pay, then wait for the seniors of the Qinghe Xianmen to come, and then do it yourself. Explain to them”
(End of Chapter)