There was a moment of calm in the main hall.
Fang Tiankui, Ouyang Bing, and Shi Yan looked at each other. Although their expressions became increasingly grim, they did not speak any more.
Because they knew very well about this matter, there was no room for relaxation. With the method of the Ten Thousand Captors, they had no other choice but to accept it.
The last three people had no choice but to nod in agreement.
Feeling aggrieved, the three of them had no intention of staying any longer, so they stood up to say goodbye and left one after another.
Watching the three people go away, a faint smile appeared on Wei Bo's face.
"It would be difficult for Mr. Wei to come up with 2 million taels of silver given the size of these three families. Will they cooperate obediently?"
A confidant in the main hall asked hesitantly.
"Do they dare not to cooperate?"
Wei Bo sneered.
Based on his understanding of these three people, Ouyang Bing, the strongest among the three, has lost all his energy. He will not and dare not play tricks. He will definitely be the first to cooperate, even if it is already quite difficult for the Seven Forms Sect.
As for Fang Tiankui, although he is tough on the surface, but he is dragging Fang Family into such a big mess, even if he feels extremely depressed, what dare he do? So what?
As for the last White Dragon Gang.
He didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly asked.
"How are the recent robberies in the city?"
"Sir, the strength of those robbers is not weak. There are even traces of Bone Transformation realm warriors among them, and they are well-trained. Even if they catch some alive, they will commit suicide immediately by taking poison. It is difficult to find any useful clues. Of course, according to your wishes, we have not interfered too much in this matter, so the robberies are still frequent, causing heavy losses to many merchants and wealthy households in the city. During this period, the amount of property looted by these robbers has been astronomical."
The confidant immediately answered. At this point, his face showed confusion again, and he couldn't help but ask.
"Sir, if we leave these robbers alone like this, wouldn't we let them take away a lot of property in the city in vain? This will be a big loss for us."
"Haha... I'm dozing off, but someone happened to give me a pillow. Now it's time to close the net."
Wei Bo A sneer appeared on his face.
"Originally, I planned to boil the frog in warm water and gradually empty out these forces. Now maybe I don't have to go to such trouble..."
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Wanhua City, three hundred miles west of the city, in a gravel woodland.
Lin Sheng stands on the ground, standing straight like a javelin, with his feet like hooks, giving people an indescribable feeling of solidity.
It seems to be a whole with this land.
"Earth Vein Resonance's talent brings the defensive characteristics of Crimson Iron Rock Rhino to its limit. Spirit Beast, which is already extremely defensive, is even more difficult to shake."
Lin Sheng carefully felt the kind response coming from the earth.
After activating the Earth Vein Resonance talent, he felt that the ground beneath his feet instantly turned into his own barrier, giving him a sense of solidity as if he was standing tall like a mountain.
The talent effect of Earth Vein Resonance is very simple. In his opinion, it is the plus version of Earth Affinity.
Earth Power can be mobilized to a certain extent, causing small-scale ground movement, causing an earthquake-like effect.
Of course, he let it go and tested it, and the approximate range was within a radius of ten feet around him.
The effect of the earthquake is pretty good, but unfortunately the warrior's response is extremely fast. It can have a good effect on Blood Circulation Practitioner, but it is quite limited on Bone Tempering warrior.
Although the power of this earthquake is not bad, it is too easy to be avoided and cannot be used as a regular method. It can only be used as an auxiliary to achieve unexpected effects.
Of course, the effect of this earthquake has an extremely powerful restraint effect on warriors like Earth-Drilling Rat Pei Er who are talented in burrowing into the ground.
Enemies who encounter this method in the future will have a natural advantage.
In addition to causing small-scale earthquakes, the second effect of Earth Vein Resonance is the core of it in his opinion.
As long as your feet are connected to the earth, you can transfer part of the damage received to the earth, and you will bear the remaining impact.
He had tested it just now, and the transferred impact was about 30%.
30% may not seem high, but when it actually lands on you, you have a very real sense of it. An attack that could have killed you in one hit may result in serious injury at most after being transferred by 30%.
Under the condition of high physical growth, as long as he is not killed by one blow, he can quickly recover from his injuries, which shows the tenacity of Crimson Iron Rock Rhino's vitality.
At the same time, he was also shocked. If the Red Flame Iron Rhinoceros could kill him with one blow even though he was so powerful, then the strength of the person who took action might not just be as simple as Bone Tempering, but most likely Divine Form Martial Artist.
He had never fought against Divine Form Martial Artist, and had very little contact with him. He had only seen Qi Ning take action, playing with Bone Transformation Sixth Layer's Shi Gu in the palm of his hand.
The gap between Martial Way and Martial Way is getting bigger and bigger. Divine Form realm is definitely not on the same level as Bone Tempering.
And he is still extremely far away from this First Realm world.
However, he believes that one day he will step into this First Realm world and go further.
"15 points of physical fitness have been achieved, and the only thing left is the Clear Mind realm."
After continuously carving wood carvings during this period, he became more and more able to concentrate his spirit, but he still had not reached the level of Clear Mind.
"Sure enough, spiritual practice is much more difficult than Martial Way practice."
Sighing softly in his heart, he had a vague feeling that with the outbreak of war between the two countries, Wanhua City's apparent calm might be completely disrupted at any time.
Especially in the past two days, Yang Niu sent him another letter, saying that Myriad Beasts Hall had decided to withdraw from Wanhua City and return to Prefecture City.
Spirit Beast, who originally promised him, was completely ruined.
Standing behind the Myriad Beasts Hall is Yuanyang Beast Sect, one of the three major forces of Linjiang Prefecture.
In the current situation of Wanhua City, forces with backgrounds like Myriad Beasts Hall have been minimally affected, but even so, they have decided to evacuate, so this move can't help but make people daydream.
Seven Forms Sect, Qingniao Institute.
Lin Sheng steps into it.
But not long after entering, I found that the number of disciples in the courtyard was much less than before.
Originally, there were nearly a hundred people in Qingniao Institute, but nearly half of them were usually stationed outside. On weekdays, he could see forty or fifty people every time he came here, which was pretty good.
But when I came here this time, I found that it was quite lively along the way. There were an unusual number of seventy or eighty people all the way to Qingya Villa.
And these people all looked slumped, sighing from time to time.
This situation is obviously what happened again.
And it is very likely that it has something to do with Xie Qingyun calling him over this time.
As thoughts flashed in his mind, he had already reached the other courtyard.
At this moment, in the other courtyard, except for Zhao Kongfang, all the direct descendants of the courtyard were present.
Seeing this scene, he was a little surprised. He must know that Wei Yun and Bai Qing should be stationed at Chunfeng Lake and Shui Guang Town, and they should not leave easily.
Xie Qingyun stroked his forehead, his face full of exhaustion.
"Master."
Lin Sheng bowed and saluted.
"Sheng'er, you're here."
Seeing Lin Sheng arriving, Xie Qingyun squeezed out a smile on his face, nodded to him, and glanced at Wei Yun and Bai Qing. With a final sigh, he spoke.
"Okay, everyone is here, so I believe you have all heard some rumors. This time the wartime levy in the city requires a huge sum of money from the sect. The sect's finances are already extremely tight, and a lot of money has been spent to purchase properties. Therefore, in the future, the benefits of each house will be reduced again. I hope you can understand..."
Lin Sheng listened quietly and had already prepared this in his heart.
Even Zhao family needs to pay three hundred thousand taels of silver. As a giant crocodile in the city, Seven Forms Sect is undoubtedly an astronomical figure.
Seven Forms Sect's financial situation was already in crisis. He originally wanted to rely on Great Cui Peak's animal mine to turn the situation around, but he didn't expect it to end up in vain. Faced with Prefectural Office's strong intervention, many industries in the city were greatly affected. Now such a wartime expropriation has undoubtedly added fuel to the fire.
After leaving Qingya Courtyard, Lin Sheng learned from Bai Qing that the situation was more difficult than he imagined. In order to collect the temporarily collected taxes, properties such as Shui Guang Town and Chunfeng Lake, which had just been purchased recently, had already been sold.
Because time is very tight, they can only sell Prefectural Office.
Therefore, the prices of these properties have been pushed to an extremely low level, even 30 to 40% lower than when they bought them.
This is undoubtedly another huge loss for the Seven Forms Sect.
Not only was the original salary reduced to a pitifully low level, but even the rewards for garrisoning could not be honored. This was an almost unimaginable blow to the morale of a sect.
The fatal thing is that in the face of Imperial Court's successive methods, Seven Forms Sect's choice can only be silently accepted.
This made many disciples in the sect feel depressed and at the same time, they also had some small thoughts. After all, if this continues, everyone can see what the final result of the Seven Forms Sect will be.
Joining a Wanhua City big force like Seven Forms Sect was undoubtedly a matter of honoring one's ancestors in the past, which meant that one's Martial Way cultivation path could go further, but that is not necessarily the case now.
The situation deteriorated much faster than he imagined, but that night the Yamen released news to recruit Blood Circulation and Muscle Forging realm world warriors.
As long as you are Blood Circulation Practitioner, you can directly join Prefectural Office to become a catcher. Not only can you practice real skills directly, but you will also receive a monthly reward of up to a thousand taels, and you will also get the Vital Blood treasure pill to assist in your practice.
Muscle Forging realm world warriors can also join Prefectural Office as long as they can pass the assessment.
Moreover, the difficulty of the assessment is much lower than before. Basically, as long as you pass the average level and show the potential to enter Blood Circulation, you can join.
As soon as this news was released, it immediately caused an uproar in the city. You must know that Imperial Court's treatment has always been the best among all the forces. Although there are more restrictions, whether it is status or various resources, it exceeds that of many sects and families.
It's not easy to just enter, but now it has been relaxed to such an extent. It was absolutely unimaginable before.
As long as you can enter Prefectural Office, it is also possible to enter Dragon Demon Army in the future, which is a real step to the sky.
Of course, everyone knows that the reason for being so lax is definitely related to the war between the two countries. If you join Prefectural Office now, you will probably be used as cannon fodder in the future. However, wealth is in danger, and people know better about missing this opportunity. It will definitely not be so easy to join Prefectural Office in the future.
Therefore, many Blood Circulation masters and forging geniuses in the entire Linjiang Prefecture rushed into Prefectural Office crazily.
Of course, the top forces in Prefecture City such as Tianxiang Sword Sect, Yuanyang Beast Sect and Situ Family were not affected at all.
Those who are really affected are the small and medium-sized forces, and the one who is most seriously affected is undoubtedly Wanhua City.
The various forces in Wanhua City were already in extremely difficult situations due to the strong intervention of Prefectural Office.
Now that this news has come out, many Blood Circulation forging disciples from various factions have the intention of leaving the original faction and joining the Yamen.
Abandoning one's sect would be a treasonous act, and one would definitely not be able to escape being hunted down by the sect in normal times, but joining Prefectural Office does not have such worries. After all, even a powerful force like Tianxiang Sword Sect would not dare to openly attack and kill Imperial Court's people.
As soon as this news came out, Lin Sheng received the summons the next day and came to Qingniao Institute again.
But this time, the situation in the hospital has changed greatly compared to the previous day.
Compared with the previous day, he only saw a dozen Qingniao Institute disciples on his way to Qingya Courtyard.
Most of them are elderly people in some hospitals.
By the time he saw Xie Qingyun, in addition to Zhao Kongfang, Xiao Yan had also disappeared.
Seeing this scene Lin Sheng was moved.
At this time, Xie Qingyun's cheeks were flushed, and his slender white palms were squeezing loudly. It was obvious that he was suppressing the anger in his heart. After seeing Lin Sheng appear, his complexion softened slightly.
"Master, I'm sorry, I was late because of something."
"It doesn't matter, as long as you come."
Xie Qingyun shook his head and spoke softly.
"Yun'er, go and call all the remaining disciples in the courtyard."
"Yes, Master." Senior Disciple Sister Wei Yun's face was also flushed, and anger was obviously rising in his heart. He responded with a heavy voice and turned around to leave.
Not long after, the dozen or so Qingniao Institute disciples they saw along the way gathered in the Qingya Courtyard.
Xie Qingyun glanced across the crowd, his flushed complexion gradually returned to its original whiteness, his clenched fists parted, and a wry smile appeared on his face.
"I didn't expect that such a big Qingniao Institute would only have so many people left in one day. But that's fine. At least you are my true disciples, Seven Forms Sect. If you are all just people who are unjust and unjust, no matter how many people you have, what's the use?"
"From now on, there is no distinction between inner and outer sects. You are all my Qingniao Institute disciples. If you have any confusion about your practice in the future, just come to me first."
Xie Qingyun gave a few words of encouragement, and finally waved his hands a little tiredly before letting everyone disperse.
She was soft on the outside and strong on the inside, but when she thought of many of her disciples, she couldn't help but feel sad when they left her. Especially when even her direct disciples chose to leave, it made her feel depressed.
As the legitimate son of Zhao family, Zhao Kongfang is her direct disciple, but he knows very well that his Main Association will return to Zhao family in the future.
But Xiao Yan is different. He has been with her for many years. Although he has a weak temper, she has always regarded him as both a disciple and a daughter. She did not expect that he would leave her so decisively.
However, Lin Sheng, who had only been in the club for half a year, still chose to stay, which made her feel somewhat relieved.