Tushan Immortal City
Jiang Ding's divine sense swept across the area.
More than thirty Golden Core cultivators, over seven hundred thousand Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining cultivators!
The Immortal City had expanded and expanded again, already spreading beyond the eighth ring. The Third-grade High-rank Spirit Vein had long been unable to sustain such demand. Every year, more than twenty million Low-grade Spirit Stones had to be invested into the spirit vein to maintain cultivation for so many cultivators, with medicinal pills required as supplementary support. Otherwise, it simply would not be enough.
The Immortal City's industry and commerce had reached unprecedented prosperity!
Cultivators from every faction constantly compared magic artifacts, treasures, talismans, pills, and other goods here, haggling and bargaining. Once they reached an agreement, they would summon a Green Skirt Maid and, under her witness, sign a commercial contract and pay a tax of three to five percent.
This was compulsory. Without such a commercial contract, an airship laden with goods could not leave Tushan Immortal City.
Do not even think about tax evasion, or buyers and sellers colluding to sign double contracts.
A small amount was fine.
But if it was too much, Tushan Maid Squad outposts were stationed all along the route.
While protecting the safety of trade routes, they also handled tax inspections. Once they discovered that taxes had been underpaid, the fines would make any proprietor's heart ache. Years of labor would have been entirely in vain.
If it was a major tax evasion case, countless heads would roll.
"Xue Liuyun and the Tushan Maid Squad probably did not fail."
Jiang Ding judged.
In the Cultivation World, there was no such thing as a market economy. If the blade in one's hand was not hard enough and one lost on the battlefield, even a commercial