Chapter 1292: Join the Feather Guard

"It's not that I want to be a rogue," Zhang Xuan said, "but the taxes collected by Saint Daoist are really too high. Can you give me some time to pay the taxes in installments?"

"Pay it in installments?"

"It means paying a batch of Yuanshi-level top-grade spirit stones every year until all 10,000 Yuanshi-level top-grade spirit stones have been paid."

"How many years do you plan to spend to pay this tax?"

"All the cultivators in our Xianhu world will tighten their belts and pay the tax. As for how long it will take, it will take at least a thousand years."

"A thousand years?" Saint Wuyuan waved his sleeves and said, "Impossible, I can't give you that much time. If you pay me ten top-grade spirit stones every year, I will have to come to your house every time to collect the tax. Your ten Yuanshi-level top-grade spirit stones are not enough for my travel expenses."

"Can't you give me some leniency?"

"I told you, you either take out 10,000 Yuanshi-level top-grade spirit stones, or give up your small world and let me, the Great Dao Chijin Division, handle it."

"Fellow Daoist, aren't you forcing me? This small world is the product of my hard work and is connected to my life. How can I possibly hand it over? Regarding the 10,000 Yuanshi-level top-grade spirit stones that Fellow Daoist Wuyuan proposed, such a huge amount of tax is too heavy to impose on a small world like mine."

Zhang Xuan naturally knew that even among the thirty-three heavenly rivers, ten thousand Yuanshi-level top-grade spirit stones were not a small number.

This saint from the Red Gold Division of the Dragon Ridge Palace asked for 10,000 Yuanshi-level top-grade spirit stones right out of the box. This was too much.

"You have two paths to choose from. If you refuse, I can only go back and report to my master. My master is not as easy to talk to as me. I'm afraid that your small world will be blown up by his punch, and all the living things in this small world will be reduced to ashes." Saint Wuyuan said directly.

"If this is the result, then I can only accept it." Zhang Xuan said with a gloomy expression.

"Huh?" Saint Wuyuan was stunned. He didn't expect that the other party was not frightened.

It is true that Master once blew up a small world, but that was because that small world went too far and kept draining the Dao rhyme of the Origin Divine Tree, so Master couldn't bear it anymore and took action.

But now the Dragon Ridge Palace is far away from here, and this small world is so inconspicuous, so the master will naturally not come here to take action for this barren land.

Moreover, if he went back empty-handed, his master would not only not help him, but would also blame him for his poor performance, which would not be a good thing.

"No, I'm telling you to think about it carefully. This matter is very serious." Saint Wuyuan further advised.

"If you were me, Friend Wuyuan, what would you choose?"

"If I were you, I would have to mortgage this small world if I couldn't come up with the spirit stones."

"If you want me to give up this small world, I would rather perish together with the world." Zhang Xuan said resolutely.

Saint Wuyuan glanced at Zhang Xuan and said, "Why are you so stubborn? Haven't you heard of the old saying that a man who knows the times is a hero?"

"We cultivators would rather die in glory than live in disgrace." Zhang Xuan said stubbornly.

Saint Wuyuan looked at Zhang Xuan's dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water and felt a little helpless.

I had already told my master that it would be difficult to collect taxes in such a remote place, but my master insisted on letting me come here to collect taxes.

The other party couldn't pay the tax, so he acted tough with me, and I couldn't directly penetrate the boundary membrane and take him down.

Because if a Void Refinement cultivator penetrates the boundary membrane, his realm will be suppressed. Even if he is in the middle stage of Void Refinement, he may fall into the hands of the master of this small world if he is not careful.

Saint Wuyuan sighed and said, "My fellow Daoist, I can see that these ten thousand Yuanshi-level top-grade spirit stones may not be available immediately in your small world. But you said that you want to pay them in installments for a thousand years, which is impossible. I can't come here to collect taxes every year. I have a suggestion. Do you want to hear it?"

At this time, Zhang Xuan tilted his ears upwards and immediately said, "Fellow Daoist Wuyuan, please speak."

"It's like this. I see that you are only about 200 years old, and you have already reached the realm of Refining Void Body Cultivation. According to the recruitment standards of the Dragon Spine Palace, any cultivator who advances to the Refining Void Body within a thousand years can join the Feather God Guard. How about you join the Dragon Spine Palace's Feather God Guard and hand over your salary directly to my Great Dao Chijin Division every year?"

Zhang Xuan was stunned. He didn't expect that the other party was so smart that he actually asked him to join the Yu Shen Wei to repay the taxes owed.

He naturally knew that anyone who was a Void Refinement Cultivator under a thousand years old could join the Feather God Guard.

But he himself was not willing to be bound. After all, in this small world, he was the leader of the Zhang family and the master of the world of the Immortal Gourd. He could concentrate on practicing and cultivate immortality at ease.

Once he joins the Yushen Guards, he will be restricted in every way. As the saying goes, it is better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of an ox. This really makes Zhang Xuan a little embarrassed.

Seeing Zhang Xuan's hesitation, Saint Wuyuan's face darkened and he said, "This is the biggest compromise I can make. If you still refuse to change your mind, I will have no choice but to report to Master and destroy your little world. Then you will probably die. This is a lose-lose situation. Why bother?"

Zhang Xuan explained: "It's not that I don't want to join the Feather Guard, but I have been growing up in a small world and don't know much about the Dragon Spine Palace. If I rashly join the Feather Guard, I am afraid that I will not be able to do the job of the Dragon Spine Palace well and violate some taboos, which will be bad."

Saint Wuyuan laughed and said, "So you are worried about this. You don't have to worry about this. The Feather God Guard is responsible for some daily chores in the Dragon Spine Palace. It's not that difficult. You are now a Void Refining Body Cultivator, which is enough for you to serve as a small captain in the Feather God Guard and receive a high salary every year."

Hearing the high salary, Zhang Xuan was tempted. He hurriedly asked, "How many spirit stones can you earn as a team leader in Yu Shen Wei in a year?"

At this time, Saint Wuyuan slowly stretched out two fingers.

Henry Zhang was also surprised when he saw it: "Can I actually get 2,000 Yuanshi-level top-grade spirit stones in a year?"

Saint Wuyuan shook his head slightly and said, "No."

"That's two hundred dollars?"

Saint Wuyuan shook his head again and said, "No, it's twenty dollars."

"I only harvest 20 Yuanshi-level top-grade spirit stones a year. How long will it take me to pay off the 10,000 yuan tax?"

"Five hundred years!"

"Just now I said that I would pay it back in installments over a thousand years, but Fellow Daoist Wu Yuan disagreed. Then why did Fellow Daoist Wu Yuan agree to pay it back over five hundred years this time?"

"There are many reasons. First, you will go to Longji Temple to serve as a Feather Guard. The Feather Guard and my Dao Chijin Division belong to the same Dragon Spine Temple, so it is convenient to collect taxes every year. Another reason is that after you serve as a Feather Guard, your career will be stable, and your income will naturally be stable. I am not afraid that you will run away, and I am even less afraid that you will not be able to pay the annual fixed tax. Your salary, that is, these Yuanshi-level top-grade spirit stones, will be directly distributed to our Dao Chijin Division to offset part of your debt."