"Three days!?" My expression darkened. Liu Bin and He Dou were both startled, and He Dou's tongue nearly tangled as he asked me, "B-Boss, don't tell me... you don't have any spare money left to pay the taxes?"
I glanced at Yin Ge, who had already turned to stone beneath the stage, then chuckled. "Yin Ge, where do you think we should go to get the money for the taxes?"
"I... How would I know...? Anyway, all the money's been spent and exchanged for goods. I didn't embezzle a single bit of it." Yin Ge sprang to his feet and hurriedly waved his hands, saying he didn't know.
"Let's rob them. Since everyone else is preparing to attack us, we'll attack first. We'll use whatever we've strengthened. A force of over a thousand still has to eat, right?" I said coldly, then stood before the map. "He Dou, tell me where we should go to get immortal crystals."
"Nowhere would be suitable... Everyone has their own sources of information. The moment we break the mutual agreement between the autonomous regions, every autonomous-region city will besiege us. By then, we'll be utterly alone!" He Dou hurriedly explained. Surrounded on all sides.
It seemed that the autonomous regions had their own rules as well. No wonder no one built city walls. It turned out that no one would occupy another city. Even if they did seize one, they would still have to pay taxes. The benefits simply weren't high enough to make it worthwhile, so naturally, no one fought here.
"Fine, then we won't rob cities. We'll rob the tax officials. Immortal Official Zhao, tell everyone—can these tax officials defeat our thousand-man army?" I asked Immortal Official Zhao, who was standing beside me.
Immortal Official Zhao thought for a moment before saying,