A moment later, Wang Wu assumed human form, holding a treasure cauldron with two Demon Emperor command banners behind him, and began collecting taxes.
The families of all sizes along the way no longer made a single sound, including the clans that had shouted the loudest before.
By the time Wang Wu finished collecting the taxes and returned to Xuanwu King City, all the demon tax officials who had once been absent from the empty King City Tax Department had reported in, save for those who could not come because they were dead.
A full five thousand of them.
"From now on, taxes will be collected as usual, but apart from the mountain forest fief tax, all other taxes may be waived!"
"Other than that, everything will follow the old rules. Once every month, deliver the spiritual energy inside the treasure cauldron to Dragon Snake City! Order the many kings along the route to assist in escorting it. If anyone dares rob the tax convoy, kill without mercy!"
Wang Wu gave a few simple orders, then tossed out the two Demon Emperor command banners and the treasure cauldron used to collect taxes. Damn it, hadn't he made such a huge fuss precisely to leave himself enough time to cultivate?
Wasn't that also why he had vigorously supported Princess Lark and Dragon Snake City, holding down the rear? To race against time?
Time truly was running out.
Thus, this disturbance came to an end.
Wang Wu returned directly to his fief. First, he ordered Ape Bupuo to take over the Crane Tribe's Death Seekers Camp. There were more than a hundred thousand high-quality demon soldiers—why would he turn them down?
As for the Crane Tribe's confiscated fief, after giving it some thought, Wang Wu brought Bear Sixteen over and tossed it