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"That Immortal Lord sure has some nerve." I furrowed my brows.
Sealing the city and raising funds—it was practically gutting people for their kidneys. Whose money had been blown in by the wind? To avoid having the whole city slaughtered, they had tied up all the immortals in the city. Weren't they afraid of a rebellion?
Han Ji let out a bitter sigh. "Sigh. Does the High Immortal think everyone is like our Green Deer Immortal City, where people can leave whenever they want and stay if they wish, without being forced to scrape together enough tribute?"
"Immortal Lords Han Ji and Yu Shu both founded their own Immortal Cities. Naturally, other households can't compare." I had no choice but to lavish them with praise.
"Forget that. To be honest, I don't know what will happen from here on out either. Ten times the tribute—we couldn't scrape that much together even if we emptied our entire stockpile. We've already prepared for the worst. Instead, it will only benefit the marauders from those five great immortal domains." Han Ji shook his head with a laugh.
"You're right. They demanded ten times the tribute, yet deliberately gave you time to let the other immortals leave. Most likely, they accepted benefits from the various households and are merely taking the opportunity to purge the forces in the immortal domain again." I actually understood the ins and outs of this matter perfectly.
To them, an entire city couldn't possibly gather ten times the tribute. As for slaughtering the city, that was certainly going to happen. Every so often, they had to kill a chicken to frighten the monkeys and stabilize the current system.
In any case, the tribute that was supposed to come would all