Chapter 1291: Tax Collection

The more Zhang Xuan thought about it, the more scared he became. He broke out in a cold sweat. He felt that there was a huge conspiracy here, and it was a struggle at the Mahayana level. He didn't want to be involved in such a big cause and effect.

He immediately said to the scabbard, "From now on, you are not allowed to come out without my order."

The scabbard immediately said, "Don't worry, sir. I will be obedient."

Zhang Xuan immediately put away the scabbard.

This is the scabbard of the Eternal Night Sword of the Eternal Night True Lord. If someone recognizes him and takes the opportunity to deal with him, his current strength at the early stage of the Refinement Void Refinement will not be able to cope with such a big cause and effect.

At this moment, outside the boundary membrane of the Immortal Gourd.

A huge voice reached Zhang Xuan's ears:

"Please come and see the Lord of this world!"

Zhang Xuan was stunned. His small world in the Immortal Gourd Realm had just been created, and a powerful cultivator came to visit.

He didn't know whether the other party was an enemy or a friend, and he thought of the advice given to him by the Lord of the World that if nothing was necessary, he should not leave this small world. It was safest to stay in this small world.

What's more, his cultivation level is at best just the refining void stage of the physical cultivation realm, which is still a certain distance away from the real refining void stage.

Zhang Xuan naturally cherished his life. He flew into the air, hid behind the boundary membrane and asked, "I wonder what brings this senior to the Immortal Gourd Realm?"

Zhang Xuan activated his Tianshu Dharma Eyes and saw a young Void Refining cultivator outside the boundary membrane.

"So this is the Immortal Gourd Realm. But the name does fit this realm. It's a small world that looks like a gourd. This is the first time I've seen one. Are you the master of this world?" asked the young Lianxu cultivator.

Henry Zhang nodded and said, “Yes, senior.”

"Don't call me senior. Aren't you also a Void Body cultivator? We are equals. Just call me fellow Taoist."

Zhang Xuan was stunned again. Generally speaking, it was difficult to tell a cultivator's physical cultivation level. He appeared to be at the level of a cultivator who was half a step into the realm of refining emptiness. He did not expect that the other party could tell at a glance that he was a cultivator of the refining emptiness body.

"The purpose of my visit this time is to collect some taxes."

"Collecting taxes?" Zhang Xuan was stunned and confused for a moment. His small world had just been created and the other party came to collect taxes. He had never heard of a rule of collecting taxes in the Dragon Ridge Divine Realm before.

The young Void Refining cultivator said, "Don't feel wronged. This newly created small world absorbed the Dao rhyme of the origin tree of my Dragon Spine Palace when it was synthesizing the Heavenly Dao. Naturally, I have to collect taxes from your newly created small world."

Zhang Xuan finally remembered at this moment that during the process of the creation of this small world, he did absorb a ray of Taoism from the original sacred tree on which his destiny star was parasitic, and merged it with the Tao of heaven and earth in this world to jointly create the Tao of Heaven. He did not expect that people from the Dragon Ridge Palace would come to his door.

Zhang Xuan said hurriedly, "Daoyou, my Immortal Gourd World has just been created. I am penniless and have no extra resources for cultivation. Moreover, when this small world was created, I only accidentally collected a trace of the Dao rhyme scattered by the Origin God Tree. I don't think this is enough for you to come to my newly created small world to collect taxes, right?"

"What do you mean by the Dao rhyme that is released from the Origin Divine Tree? The Dao rhyme in the Origin Divine Tree is limited, and if you use a little, it will be less. Since your newly generated small world has absorbed the Dao rhyme of the Origin Divine Tree, then as the steward of the Origin Divine Tree, we naturally have to collect taxes from your small world. If every newly generated small world does not pay us taxes after absorbing the Dao rhyme, then the Dao rhyme of the Origin Divine Tree would have been absorbed completely long ago."

"Then I wonder how much tax you will collect?"

"It's not much, I'll just take 1 spirit stones from you."

"1 spiritual stones?" Zhang Xuan gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I am willing to take out 1 ancient stone-level top-grade spiritual stones."

"What? Ancient stone-level top-grade spirit stones? Are you kidding? Not to mention ancient stone-level top-grade spirit stones, even crystal-level spirit stones cannot be circulated in the Thirty-three Heavenly Rivers or the Dragon Spine Palace. We only recognize Yuanshi-level top-grade spirit stones here."

At this time, the person who was surprised was Zhang Xuan.

"Our newly created small world has only absorbed a trace of the Dao rhyme of the Origin Divine Tree, and we are asking for 1 Yuanshi-level top-grade spirit stones?"

"Yes, this is already a preferential price. There was once a small world near the Dragon Ridge Palace that absorbed more Dao rhyme from the Origin Divine Tree. It directly took 10 Yuanshi-level top-grade spirit stones from the world master of that small world. The world master of that small world was also arrogant and hid in the small world and refused to pay taxes. Do you know what the result was?"

Henry Zhang widened his eyes and asked, “What’s the result?”

"The result was naturally that the small world was directly blown up by our director."

"Director? Who is the Director in the Dragon Spine Temple?"

"Oh, I forgot to tell you, I am the Saint Wuyuan from the Red Gold Division of the Dragon Ridge Palace. Our director is also my master, known as the Daozun Du'e."

Zhang Xuan was shocked again. He didn't expect the other party to be so powerful.

The Saint Wuyuan in front of him has already reached the middle stage of the Refining Void realm, so his master, Daozun Du'e, must have reached the stage of the Great Dao Integration. Only a cultivator in the stage of the Great Dao Integration can blow up a small world.

He didn't expect that his Immortal Gourd Realm would be targeted by the fusion cultivators, and they sent their disciples to collect taxes.

Ten thousand Yuanshi-level top-grade spirit stones is not a small amount.

When he advanced to the Refining Void stage, he had already used up all of the Yuanshi-level top-grade spirit stones. Even with the Taiqing Creation Diagram, he could only refine ten Yuanshi-level top-grade spirit stones every day.

Even if you search the entire Xianhu world now, you probably can't find a hundred Yuanshi-level top-grade spirit stones, let alone pay ten thousand Yuanshi-level top-grade spirit stones as taxes.

"Fellow Saint Daoist, it's not that I don't want to pay the tax, but my small world has just been created, and I'm short of money. I really don't have any extra spirit stones to hand over." Zhang Xuan said with an embarrassed look on his face.

"If you can't pay the spirit stones, I'll use your little world to pay off the debt."

Zhang Xuan was shocked again at this time. He didn't expect that he had just become the master of this world, and before he could even sit down, he had to use this small world to pay off his debts.

How can I use this little world that I have obtained with great difficulty to pay off my debts?

If he took out this small world to pay off his debts, the fate of the cultivators who followed him would be uncertain, and he himself would have no choice but to wander in the boundless void. With his current level of cultivation, it could be said that he would be in great danger if he wandered in the boundless void.

Zhang Xuan gritted his teeth and said, "Fellow Daoist Wuyuan, this small world is the result of my hard work. I really can't use it as collateral."

"So you mean to pay taxes obediently?"

Henry Zhang shook his head and said, “I don’t have any money.”

"So since you are unwilling to use your small world as collateral to pay off your debts and you are also unwilling to pay taxes, then you are just being arrogant?"