In the early morning of the next day, Xia Yufei came out of Xiao Yang's room with a shy face.

There is spring in the corners of his eyes, but the look of looking around is quite a bit of a thief.

Thinking about what happened last night, Xia Yufei's face was sweet.

I finally determined the final relationship with Xiao Yang. This day she really has been looking forward to for a long time.

I tiptoed all the way to the back garden. Xia Yufei found a spot and sat down. Then I thought back to what happened last night, and I had a sweet face.

"Yufei, what's wrong with you?"

Lin Xiaoqian, who was next to her, saw Xia Yufei, couldn't help but walk up to her, and asked suspiciously.

"Huh? no...... All right. ”

Xia Yufei hurriedly said, "It's okay." I just thought that now I am already in the seventh rank of the Taichong Realm, and if I work hard, I may be in the Taiyuan Realm, so I am happy. ”

"Oh, you said you, your current cultivation is so much more than mine. At the beginning, you were not as good as mine. I can't imagine that you, a woman, are not worse than me in shape, but also have better luck than me!"

After finishing speaking, Lin Xiaoqian couldn't help but pat Xia Yufei's buttocks.

As a result, Xia Yufei frowned, and couldn't help but exhale bitterly: "Ah." ”

"Hmm, what's wrong, does it hurt?" Lin Xiaoqian looked at her hand strangely, didn't you use it just now?

"It's okay, it's just scared......" Xia Yufei said with a blushing face.

Then he said to Lin Xiaoqian: "I'm a little tired, go back and sleep for a while." Yourself are here. ”

After speaking, Xia Yufei flew away in a hurry.

"Weird, what are you flying in the yard?"

Looking at Xia Yufei's appearance, Lin Xiaoqian was a little inexplicable, and always felt as if Xia Yufei had something to hide from herself.

Xiao Yang had just woken up at this time. Stretching his waist, and then feeling the residual warmth in the futon beside him, Xiao Yang also smiled at the corner of his mouth.

This Xia Yufei is really a good companion in life.

"Door master, someone wants to see you. ”

A disciple outside the door shouted.

"Who wants to see me so early?" Xiao Yang asked strangely.

"It is said that he is the head of the Ma family in the city, and there are a few elders. ”

When Xiao Yang heard this, his brows furrowed, and then he said, "You call the deputy master of the white sect and let's go and have a look." ”

After Bai Zhen came over, he looked at Xiao Yang and said with a strange expression: "What are these people from the Ma family doing here? We don't seem to have dealt with them before, right?"

Xiao Yang smiled and said, "Let's go and have a look." ”

Then he instructed the disciple just now to welcome people in.

After a while, a rich-looking middle-aged man came in with three or four people around him.

After the man came in, he arched his hand at Bai Zhen with a smile, and then said: "Contemptible Ma Tianyou, with a few elders in the clan came uninvited, rashly visited, and asked the master to forgive me." ”

After speaking, Ma Tianyou made a long gesture at Bai Zhen and Xiao Yang.

"I don't know what your sect calls it?"

After listening to Xiao's words, Bai Zhen said with a smile: "Mr. Ma is polite, we call ourselves Yanhuangmen, but we are just a small sect that does not enter the stream. I can't afford such a big gift from Mr. Ma. My surname is Bai Mingzhen, you can call me by my first name. ”

"Oh, Lord Baimen!" Ma Tianyou hurriedly said politely.

Bai Zhen hurriedly smiled and said, "The master of the Ma family has recognized the wrong person, I am not the master of the door." I'm just the deputy master. The Mr. Xiao next to him is our door master. ”

After finishing speaking, Bai Zhen pointed to Xiao Yang next to her and said to everyone.

When the people of the Ma family next to them heard it, they were all taken aback. I can't think of it. Yesterday, this white girl who was so powerful killed the evil star of the head of the Gao family as soon as she made a move, and she was not the master of the door?

Doesn't that mean that this sect master's cultivation is still a level higher?

In other words, they didn't make a move at all yesterday. I think it's because Xiao's strength is too weak and he doesn't bother to make a move?

Thinking of this, the head of the Ma family hurriedly bowed to Xiao Yang and said, "I've seen the master of the Xiao family." ”

Xiao Yang said with a smile: "Master Ma, you don't have to be polite. ”

After Ma Tianyou straightened up again, Xiao Yang asked with a smile: "Master Ma, I came here early this morning, is there something wrong with you?"

The head of the Ma family smiled and said, "Mr. Xiao doesn't know anything. On our side, there is an unspoken rule that has been recognized by everyone. That is, the small local families have to pay tribute to the biggest forces. ”

"No, there were still two days to go, and I was thinking of handing over this offering to the martial family, but the strength you showed yesterday has obviously surpassed that of the martial family. "The end of the world

"So, we thought, let's just come over to you and leave the offering to you. ”

After Xiao Yang heard this, his face was uncertain: "Offering?"

After hearing this, the head of the Ma family glanced at the elders and felt clear. It seems that this force is really a stranger who doesn't know where he came from. I've been here for so long, and I don't know about the offerings.

So Ma Tianyou explained to Xiao Yang with a smile: "In fact, this offering, to say that it sounds good, is a respect for the strong, to put it bluntly, it is actually a protection fee." ”

"This thing, not much, every small force has to pay once a year. The things are basically some high-grade spirit grasses. ”

"Of course, after this thing is handed over to the largest force, for those of us who have already paid for the worship, naturally we can no longer be suppressed by the big forces. ”

"Moreover, when we encounter a crisis in Pucheng, the big forces also need to take on the responsibility of protecting Pucheng. ”

The elder of the Ma family next to him stepped forward and continued: "That's right. It is said that it is to protect Puseong, but in fact, it is mainly to protect the people of Puseong. Because next to Buseong, there are many dense forests. In that dense forest, there are also many fierce demon beasts. ”

"There are quite a few demon beasts whose cultivation has surpassed the strength of the eight and nine grades of the Taichong Realm. This kind of demon beast is comparable to the Taiyuan Realm of human monks.

"Therefore, sometimes these demon beasts come out of their territory and come to Puseong to do evil...... The greatest force is needed to lead everyone to defend against demon beasts. ”

Xiao Yang and Bai Zhen glanced at each other, and then understood. That's what happened.

It seems that this offering is quite good. Although the hand is not too much for the small family master, there are many small families that can't stand it.

What about so many small families, ten families, hundreds of families?

That's a huge number. Moreover, this offering is still handed over once a year......

Of course, this kind of behavior of collecting protection money is spurned on the earth. After all, for those who are weak, this is an act of hegemonism. What's the difference with blackmail?

As for leading everyone to defend against demon beasts, it's even more nonsense. When that demon beast came to wreak havoc, did it only target the small family, not your big forces?

Just as Xiao Yang wanted to say something, a disciple from outside came in again, and said to Xiao Yang: "Door master, there are people outside who come to place it, saying that it is from the Li family." ”

When Xiao Yang heard this, he was a little speechless. It seems that this rumor is spreading quite quickly, and I think that there should be many families coming over soon.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yang nodded and said, "Please come in, by the way, if someone from the family comes to visit, just welcome it in." ”

"Yes!" the disciple nodded, and then went out to hire someone.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for a few more people to come outside. It seems that these people are what the disciple said just now, the head of the Li family and a few elders.

There was another round of greetings, and everyone in the Li family also knew that the man in front of them was the master of this Yanhuang Gate.

Then Xiao Yang asked with a straight smile: "Family Master Li, you came here early in the morning, shouldn't you be the same as this Ma family master, and you are also here to pay offerings?"

The head of the Li family next to him nodded, agreeing with this statement.

But to be honest, the head of the Li family didn't want to pay this offering in his heart. Because these resources are all found by the children of the family, who risked their lives and found them from the depths of the dense forest.

It's not an exaggeration to say that he risked his life. Their family is a relatively small one. There aren't many masters in it.

So on weekdays, as long as you say that you go to the depths of the jungle to hunt for treasure and collect medicine, it is really an adventurous journey.

Don't talk about encountering demon beasts, sometimes you meet some disciples of other forces who are higher than your own cultivation, maybe you will be killed and overlooked.

But if you don't pay it, there's no way. The Wu family said, whoever dares not to pay, can try. I'm afraid that you don't have to wait for you to die in the depths of the dense forest, and his martial arts family will destroy you first.

Now it's said that it can not be handed over to the samurai family, but if it is handed over to another family, isn't it the same?

"That's right. But I didn't expect that the movements of this Ma family master were even faster than ours. ”

The head of the Li family next to him said with a smile: "Speaking of which, our Li family is relatively positive in the matter of handing over offerings. ”

Xiao Yang was a little speechless. This kind of thing is clearly a helpless behavior, and now people are still laughing at themselves and saying that they are more positive.

Speaking of which, it is estimated that Xiao just can't figure out his attitude on his side, for fear that he will find trouble with Xiao.

It seems that these people's lives are also quite difficult.

"Master Xiao, don't worry, in the future, our Ma family will pay for the offering, not the first, but also the second. From now on, on this day every year, we all come to hand. ”

The head of the Ma family next to him said with a smile.

At this time, the person who was in charge of guarding the gate outside came to the hall with a group of people.

Xiao Yang looked at these newcomers, and it was estimated that they were coming to pay for the offerings.

Xiao Yang thought for a moment, and then said, "Let me ask, which force did you pay for before?"

This is something to ask about. Otherwise, wouldn't you offend others for no reason?

After hearing this, the master of the Ma family next to him nodded and said, "I used to pay for the martial arts family. Before, they were the biggest family force on our side. There were about 4,000 of them. ”

"Among them, there are about forty or fifty people in the Taichong Realm alone. There are already two or three of the nine grades in the Taichong realm. ”