Chapter 263
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With a large number of merchants entering the trading area and the distribution of goods, the tax collectors in the free city began to rise rapidly, because the tax rate was very low, and it was very convenient, and to avoid fraud and forced buying and selling to the greatest extent, so merchants from all over the country quickly became accustomed to trading here. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Originally, many merchants transported goods from south to north, or from east to west, across the continent, but with the Free Cities, they didn't need to.
If you only ship to the target place, because there are many tax collectors in the target area, it is also very high, so the real profit is not much, and once you sell it in the free city, although you have to pay taxes, the tax is very low, and the profit margin is higher!
Therefore, after the goods are sold in the free city, and then some other goods are purchased, you can return to the trip, but in the same time, at least 20% more profit......! If you go on a trip, your own profit is about 20%, and now it is 20% more, which is equivalent to doubling your income!
As soon as one is sold and one is sold, the free city charges two more taxes, but for each merchant, only those who buy must pay taxes, and those who sell do not need to pay taxes, so between one purchase and one sale, in fact, everyone only pays taxes once, and they all feel that it is very cost-effective.
From the fourth month onwards, instead of losing money, the tax collectors in the free cities have increased by 50%, and judging from the current situation, this number will increase, and it will be a crazy increase!
Time flies by, and finally ...... Another half a year has passed, Lu Yi has performed the Qiankun Shift, the first main soul has been transferred to the body of the brain-eating worm, and now, those parasites have entered the maturity stage and can proceed to the next step.
Overnight, a fierce battle broke out between the forces of the two major demons, and in the course of the battle, more than six hundred seventh-order masters were killed, and even the bodies could not be recovered.
Of course, in fact...... These more than 600 seventh-order masters were actually not killed in battle, but the parasitic brain-eating worms in their bodies had entered the mature stage, and after breaking their brains, they had to die, the so-called battle was just an excuse given by Lu Yi, in fact, this battle was not fought at all.
After devouring more than 600 parasites, the rank of the brain-eating insect exploded again, reaching the eighth order! To Lu Yi's disappointment, the eighth-order brain-eating insect still hadn't comprehended the last beast skill!
Of course, the so-called last one, in fact, this statement is not very appropriate, it is likely to rise all the way to the tenth order, and there will be no more comprehension of beast skills, the beast skills of a demonic beast are not certain, although the maximum is seven, but at least, there may not be one.
After the strength reaches the eighth order, the brain-eating worm still has no attack surname combat skills, and there is no energy in the body, if you want to improve the rank again in a short period of time and break through to the ninth order, you must find nearly eight hundred eighth-order masters to parasitize!
The eighth-order master was already a high-end martial artist, and it was not so easy to find, Lu Yi tried his best to parasitize all the two demons and the high-level martial artists of the three major legions, and finally gathered enough seven hundred eighth-order martial artists to parasitize.
Parasites are very small and cannot be observed with the naked eye, and hundreds of them can be attached to a single piece of rice, so unless you consciously detect it, it is difficult to find no matter how strong you are.
After reaching the eighth order, he could have been able to parasitize eight hundred parasites at a time, but some of these high-level martial artists were not suitable for sacrifice, it was too wasteful.
Among the eight hundred parasites, there are nineteen of them of the tenth order, and there are seventeen of the three major legions combined, with an average of five tenth-order masters in each legion, and the two major demon forces each have a tenth-order peak master, that is, the two major demons.
Seventeen tenth-order martial artists, plus seventy-nine ninth-order martial artists, this is all something that cannot be wasted, once the brain-eating worm reaches the ninth and tenth orders, these are irreplaceable nutrients!
Since the summoned beasts and brain-eating bugs are not around, and the free city is now unusually prosperous, it ...... The two demons led the thirty-four ninth-order masters to the Free City, combined with the six ninth-order masters of the Senhong Principality, the peak power of the Free City reached two tenth-order masters, and forty ninth-order masters, ranking quite high among the major principalities!
Once the three major forces are wiped out, then the number of tenth-order masters will reach seventeen, and at that time, the high-end force of the free city will be comparable to the kingdom, or even surpassed.
Although the two demons are only of the tenth order, they do not seem to be different from others, but in fact, these two great martial artists are not ordinary tenth-order martial artists, although everyone is of the same level, but their strength is still high and low.
Taking Lu Yi and Manro as an example, although everyone is a tenth-order martial artist, if they really want to fight, ten Manluo together may not be Lu Yi's opponent!
Among the three major demons, Masha has died, and the remaining two demons have reached the peak of the tenth order, and they dare not say that one is a hundred, but unless it is besieged by more than ten tenth-order masters, even if they can't be defeated, they can run away.
With one against three, the three major demons can stubbornly defeat opponents of the same level, and their strength is by no means comparable to ordinary tenth-order martial artists, they are geniuses in the tenth order, while others are just ordinary tenth-order martial artists.
The reason why the three major demons are so strong, to put it bluntly, is actually the combat skills and exercises that they cultivate, such as Marsha's Blood Shadow Trace, if it is used at the tenth order, it can even burst out with the strength of the eleventh order, and even burst out with the power of the twelfth order in an instant, which is the power of the gods, but after it is cast, the result is like Martha, she can only wait for death, there is no way to save her, only to prolong her life a little.
The remaining two demons are not dead, the reason why Marsha is dead, but they are not dead, is because these two demons are brothers, and they are twins! Not to mention, they are full of potential, and they are proficient in the secret art of the demon gate, and they can greatly improve their strength through self-harm!
If it is an ordinary form, it is better to say, although their strength is very strong, but the strength is limited, but once they are injured, the result is very different, the more serious the injury, the more their strength increases, when they are covered with wounds, their strength can even leap the level! With the strength of the tenth order, the power of the eleventh order bursts out!
Not only that, the two brothers are also proficient in the art of combined attacks, not only the combination of attack and defense, but also the combination of energy, in the state of combined attack, once the two are seriously injured, they will be able to remain in the peak state of the eleventh order and fight for a long time!
The two eleventh-order peak masters, although they can only hold out for a short period of time, are still terrifying enough, and it is precisely because of their horror that even the Holy See has nothing to do with them, even if they know that they are doing evil, but they can only let it go.
When Lu Yi saw the two Western European functions for the first time, he couldn't speak for a long time, these two demons were more than two meters tall, extremely stout, full of muscles, and the muscles were covered with criss-crossing wounds, and at a glance, they looked like two puppets sewn from patches.
Both brothers use torture knives, assisted by two torture knives, and the masters of the same level are really not opponents, although the torture knives are now handed over to the three Amy sisters, but even so, they are already strong enough.
Although the torture knife can no longer be used, the two demons turned around and used the imitation torture knife of the three Amy sisters, and the effect was still good, especially the special surname that the imitation torture knife could release the knife qi, which brought the strength of the two demons to the limit.
The biggest feature of the torture knife is that it is actually a veto energy, no matter how big the difference in strength is, it can hurt the other party, but now, the strength of the two demons is strong enough, and under such a premise, the use of imitation torture knives is not much inferior, but when it is against opponents above the eleventh order, it will appear weaker.
In the training ground, when the two demons frantically brandished imitation torture knives and cut out thousands of knives with paralyzing special surnames, within a radius of 100 meters, it was simply difficult to splash water, and its strength was unimaginable unless you saw it.
Whether the two devils are brothers or twins, it is like pouring out of a mold, one is named Dahu and the other is called Erhu, just in terms of name, it is really full of local flavor.
With the big tiger and the second tiger in charge, Lu Yi can finally put his mind at ease, but the image of these two brothers is too special to be placed outside, otherwise, just with the wounds full of scars, you can scare a few people.
Arrange the two demons to cultivate in the underground cultivation ground, unless it is absolutely necessary, these two brothers will not be dispatched, this is the trump card at the critical moment, and it is usually hidden.
The two demons are immersed in hard cultivation, although they have reached the peak of the tenth order, but there is no limit to cultivation, although it is said that those who are full of potential can hardly break through the barrier of the eleventh order, but there is no absolute in everything!
Not to mention the genius earth treasure, in terms of penance alone, it is enough, as long as you work hard enough, those who are full of potential can actually break through to the eleventh order, but it takes too long, and it is too difficult to break through.
If it is said that the cultivation of those with unlimited potential is slow, then this slowness means that it is difficult to improve at every level! And although those with full potential improve quickly in the early stage, they can hardly be improved when they reach the tenth order, and only a few lucky people may break through to the eleventh order by luck after cultivating for hundreds of years, but this proportion is really too small, so small that it is negligible.
However, hope is hope after all, and since there is hope, there is the motivation to cultivate, and it is ...... Even if you can't break through to the eleventh order, as long as you continue to cultivate, your energy will increase, your spiritual power will get higher and higher, and your strength will become stronger and stronger, which is beyond doubt.
Taking the two major demons as an example, they have been cultivating for more than a hundred years, and it has been a hundred years just to reach the tenth order, and after a hundred years of cultivation, their energy is extremely huge, although the quality cannot be comparable to the eleventh order, but in terms of quantity, there is almost no difference.
While the two demons were in retreat and training, the forty ninth-order masters who came with them were scattered to various areas of the free city, responsible for the rectification of law and order, and forty ninth-order masters gathered in one city, this ratio was really too exaggerated, even the royal city could not reach such a level.
With the arrival of forty ninth-order masters, the business environment of the free city is completely new, the bullying and domination of the market have completely disappeared, the forced buyers and sellers have all been slaughtered, and the entire free city has become a forbidden area, if anyone dares to use force here, then within a few seconds, they will be chased and killed by the ninth-order masters, even if they can resist it temporarily, but it won't be long before a large number of ninth-order masters will come around, and if the time drags on long enough, they will even be able to gather forty ninth-order masters in the end!
What is the concept of forty ninth-order masters? That's right...... Even if there are four tenth-order masters, then you have to flee from the wind, don't underestimate the ninth-order masters, the strength of the ninth-order masters is indeed inferior to the tenth-order, but the difference is not as far as imagined!
(To be continued)