As the actual ruler of the Jianghu martial arts in Chongxian County, the Songtao faction is not very difficult to find, and Zhang Ran has been worshipping it for almost half a year, so there are not many times to come here.

It was with him that he arrived at the Songtao faction located in a barren mountain in the northwest of the county......

Zhang Ran was not too guarded by Songtao Party, and after he expressed his intention to visit, it was easy to meet Li Congdao.

"I've seen Daochang Li."

Zhang Ran bowed his hand to Li Daoren very politely, and Li Daoren sat cross-legged on the futon in the quiet room.

I have to say that although the physical recovery power of the Qi Refiner is not as good as that of the Qi and Blood Cultivator, it is far beyond the recovery speed of ordinary people, and Li Daoren, who had just been seriously injured for a few days, now has an even breath, a healthy and ruddy complexion, and there is no sign of injury at all.

Zhang Ran couldn't help but ask curiously:

"Didn't Daochang Li get injured the day before yesterday? How did he heal so quickly? ”

Li Daoren smiled and shook his head:

"If someone else asks me, Poor Dao will definitely not say it, but Doctor Zhang is different, there is no reason in the world for the injured to hide their illness from the doctor!"

As he spoke, he opened his mouth and sprayed into the sky, and a five-colored pill with flashing brilliance rose straight up, suspended in mid-air and dripping and spinning.

Li Daoren's spiritual power was transported, and this pill melted as soon as it saw the wind, and when it reappeared, it expanded into a small sword!

Zhang Ran observed carefully, although the flying sword was generally intact, the crack on the sword body that was hit by the demon beast in the tomb still existed, and there was no sign of repair.

Li Daoren sighed:

"I said that day that the injury to the poor Dao's body is only a minor injury, and it will heal in three or five days, and the real serious injury is still this flying sword."

"The cultivation of the poor Dao is innate with the help of the magic of raising the sword with qi, and the outer Dan flying sword cuts the bridge between heaven and earth in the body, so as to attract the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into the body."

"When the acquired realm, the flying sword and I are inextricably linked, after the congenital, it is the integration of the human sword, the flying sword is equivalent to another poor road, which can be called the intersection of life, one is prosperous, and one is lost!"

When Zhang Ran heard this, he almost completely understood, the injury of Li Daoren was mainly on the flying sword, the flying sword was damaged, and the body was naturally in a state of serious injury, and it was still an injury that was difficult to heal.

"To repair the crack, at least you need to carefully conceive and nurture it with spiritual power for three or five years, and it's really not a joke to say that you are seriously injured......

After speaking, Li Daoren opened his mouth, and the flying sword turned into a Dan shape and fell straight into his mouth.

"Doctor Zhang is here, I'm afraid I don't just want to see Poor Dao's injury, right?"

Li Daoren said with a smile.

"That's right."

Zhang Ran didn't want to hide, and said bluntly:

"It was the county that ordered me to come and ask me to collect the spirit tax, I don't know ......"

"Eitrein tax?!"

Li Daoren's eyes widened when he heard this, and his mind changed, but he first deliberately praised him:

"Even the spirit tax is handed over to Doctor Zhang to collect, it seems that the county is really going to reuse the Divine Doctor......"

Li Daoren had something to say, but Zhang Ran only smiled:

Joke, if I tell you that I have been designated by the imperial court as the next county magistrate, you are afraid that your jaw will fall!

Li Daoren said this, so he sighed leisurely:

"It's a pity that the poor Dao cultivation is not good, and he is not the kind of person with ulterior motives who work hard to extract spiritual essence, he only produces five or six catties of spiritual essence every month, and he only pays five catties and eight taels of taxes last month, which is really ......."

"Five catties and eight taels is five catties and eight taels, Li Daochang, please."

Zhang Ran smiled slightly.

Li Daoren's face fell, but he didn't dare not pay it, so he was unwilling to say:

"The divine doctor has no evidence for collecting taxes, but he can have a certificate written by the county?"

"Nope."

Zhang Ran shook his head, took out the black stone token again, and shook it in front of Li Daoren:

"If you don't have a county handwriting, can you do it with this?"

Li Daoren's face turned pale suddenly, and he hurriedly got up and rummaged through the cabinets in the quiet room, and finally scraped together five catties of multi-spirit essence to offer.

Li Daoren was right before, he really had no surplus food......

After putting away the spirit essence, the curiosity and doubts in Zhang Ran's heart finally reached its peak, and he couldn't help asking:

"Why is Daochang Li so afraid of this token?"

"Doctor Zhang doesn't know?"

The frightened Li Daoren frowned helplessly and said:

"In fact, the poor road is not clear, I only know that the inscription on this token represents a tough attitude of the imperial court, and if you do not pay the spirit tax, it is tantamount to rebellion, and the imperial court will immediately collect ......"

It's true?

Zhang Ran was a little unconvinced, this Li Daoren obviously had something to hide from himself, and the true meaning of the token was definitely not just what he said.

……

After collecting the spirit essence tax of Bai and Li, Zhang Ran returned to the county government with a large jar of spirit essence.

"The county honors, the tax is here."

Zhang Ran held the spirit spirit in front of the county order.

The county magistrate shook his head, frowned, and said:

"How do you feel like you've received a few taels?"

Zhang Ran replied:

"Bai Zhongshan has a lot of spiritual essence in his hand, which is enough to hand over the full amount, but Li Cong ...... It's too poor. ”

Poor Li Daoren didn't get enough five catties and eight taels of spirit essence to rummage through the cabinets, and in the end, Zhang Ran barely received a few taels, but he was strictly ordered to make up for it twice next month......

Zhang Ran felt that he was really becoming more and more like a dog official who forced taxes!

However, it is really cool to squeeze the qi refiners, especially after knowing that the qi refiners are all half anti-thieves, Zhang Ran, as an official family, has no psychological burden.

This official is called all-round suppression of anti-thieves, how can there be a psychological burden!

Zhang Ran, who was immersed in this, completely forgot that he was a true immortal with a full level of qi refining system......

"Li Cong, heh!"

The county magistrate snorted coldly:

"These qi refiners have never intended to live in peace, and they just encourage the martial artists of the rivers and lakes to oppose the imperial court on weekdays, and the most worrying thing for the imperial court is that the qi refiners were born to rebel!"

"In order to prevent them from rebelling, the imperial court has formulated a high amount of spirit tax, so as not to accumulate power in their hands, judging from the current situation, this strategy is very successful, as long as they don't want to die, they must pay ninety percent of the spirit tax ......"

Listening to the words of the county order, Zhang Ran's curiosity about this matter rose again, and asked:

"County Venerable, why is the Qi Refiner so afraid and hostile to the imperial court?"

There is no love for no reason, and there is no hatred for no reason, there is a fundamental reason why the Qi Refiners are hostile to the imperial court, just like why the imperial court imposes a terrifying heavy tax on the Qi Refiners, if there is this effect, there must be this reason.

"This is the history of my dynasty, if you don't understand, go to the county and ask him to find a history book for you to read, and you will understand after reading it, this official can only tell you simply, this matter is related to this person......"

In Zhang Ran's puzzled gaze, the county order pointed to the golden inscription on the blackstone token with one hand:

[Xuanyuan]!

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After completing the task of collecting taxes, and helping the county order to deal with a lot of official documents in the name of "internship", seeing that the sun was about to set, Zhang Ran planned to go to the county tomorrow to ask for the county Cheng and ask him for the history books of the Yue Dynasty.

All the way back to the small courtyard, the tiger had eaten too much spiritual essence, and at this time he was still digesting spiritual energy from a sound sleep, while the green snake was also swallowing a large amount of spiritual energy in the cage with the help of celestial star fragments.

Zhang Ran didn't think about disturbing them, so he sat lightly on the soft couch.

"According to my previous habits, this is the time for me to refine my qi and blood, but it's a pity that ......"

Zhang Ran felt a little heavy, it was not that he was lazy, but that if the problem of cultivating both spiritual systems was not solved, he would not dare to cultivate qi and blood for a day, and could only use all the previous cultivation time to cultivate the Yuan Shen.

It's just that the immortal qi of immortality does not have any effect on the cultivation of the primordial gods, Zhang Ran's cultivation speed finally normalized once, and after several days of penance, the growth of the power of the primordial gods is almost invisible......

"It turns out that this is what ordinary people feel?"

Zhang Ran was a little sad and happened to be depressed, so he opened the chat group, wanting to soothe his mind by chatting with his group friends.

As soon as he opened it, before Zhang Ran could type, he saw a group friend message that had just been sent out for about ten minutes:

"Peach Blossom Island Lord Huang Yaoshi: @全体成员, are you there? Squeak! Who has a spirit spirit in hand, Huang urgently needs it! Wait online, it's in a hurry! ”

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