"Hard-working and fortunate children, congratulations on receiving the blessings of the Heavenly Dao and the gift of the Holy Light to become extraordinary awakened beings!"

"Your talents, your abilities, and everything you have are endowed by the great Heavenly Dao. The light of Heaven will always shine on you, care for you, and bestow upon you the most powerful power! ”

"Drink water and think of the source, and knot the grass ring. You should be grateful to the Heavenly Dao, dedicate to the Heavenly Dao, carry out the will of the Heavenly Dao, and complete the tasks given to you by the Heavenly Dao......"

Chen Mu stood in the not too crowded crowd, listening to the generous speech of the white-clothed cardinal on the round platform in front of him, and looking at the men and women around him who listened devoutly, his handsome face was full of astonishment.

Didn't he just go to work and take a nap to fish for a while, why did he open his eyes and the familiar screw factory became this weird scene?

What the hell is this? What about the factory where I screwed?!

"What the hell...... The Awoken? Heaven? Task? It can't be that I've read too many novels and am dreaming, right? ”

Gradually calming down, pondering the words of the white cardinal, Chen Mu muttered to himself.

It is said that he thinks about it every day and dreams at night, and it would be reasonable if he had such a dream.

His eyes rolled and he glanced left and right, and he was about to pinch the thigh of the person next to him to try to see if he could hear the screams like killing pigs, but the next moment his body froze violently.

Memories blended together like water and milk, and Chen Mu gradually understood everything.

This is not Earth, but a parallel world called Blue Star, where he is located is called the Land of Kyushu.

"Blue Star, I actually crossed over to Blue Star!"

Chen Mu immediately gasped and secretly said in horror.

Blue Star was all too familiar to him, it was the place where the legendary traversers gathered, and it was famous among the heavens and all the worlds.

And of course, this blue star is also very different from the Earth.

It's a bit like the world of supernatural abilities in the novel, where there have been source awakeners with extraordinary powers since ancient times.

And there are no other ordinary cultivators, and they can only practice after awakening.

These settings didn't seem to be surprising, and Chen Mu, who had a wide range of knowledge, easily accepted it, but the information that followed in his mind made him breathless.

"Cultivation talent will be taxed? What the hell is this? ”

Chen Mu was suddenly a little dumbfounded.

According to memory, the talents of all the awakened people in this world are not spontaneously generated, but given by the Heavenly Dao.

If the Awakened wants to continue to use their talents, they must regularly pay the "taxes" prescribed by the Heavenly Dao!

The higher the talent, the higher the tax.

And this tax does not simply refer to money, it is expressed in a variety of ways:

or enter the secret realm to do coolie mining, digging enough to have a certain amount of value; or use its own source energy as fertilizer to cultivate natural materials and earth treasures, and cultivate them to a certain extent;

Or complete some exciting and unspeakable task......

In short, no matter what tax is imposed, the owner must do it within the prescribed time limit.

Otherwise, he will be punished by the Heavenly Dao, directly withdraw his talent, and send him back from the Awakened to an ordinary person!

"It's... It's incredible......"

After digesting this vital information, Chen Mu didn't know what to say for a while.

His first reaction was: This seems to be very fake, could it be someone in the name of Heavenly Dao to enslave the awakened as a means to enslave the awakened as cattle and horses?

But as soon as the idea was generated, it was completely rejected by the memory in the head.

Memory told him that everyone's "taxes" for each issue were told in the individual's mind at a specific time, just like the announcement of Heaven himself;

And those who didn't pay their taxes on time were also deprived of their talents all of a sudden, and the source mansion that stored source energy in their bodies was shattered, and their cultivation disappeared out of thin air.

In the two processes of the beginning and the end, it seems that all of them are done by the Heavenly Dao, without any traces of man-made.

Over time, everyone slowly came to believe it.

"It's... Really...... It's interesting. ”

In fact, Chen Mu couldn't think too much about it in a short period of time, and slowly received this information.

Raising his eyes to look at the white-clothed bishop who was still concentrating on teaching at the round platform, Chen Mu also understood where he was now.

"This is the temple, and I'm going to be baptized in the temple soon."

The temple is the embodiment of the will of heaven in the world, with supreme and absolute authority;

Temple baptism, on the other hand, is a ritual that each awakened person needs to come to the temple in time after awakening.

After the baptism is completed, it means that the awakened person is fully recognized by the Heavenly Dao, and the Heavenly Dao will give him the initial practice breathing method to guide his practice;

At the same time, the Awakened's talents will be graded, and they will officially start paying taxes on the talents granted by the Heavenly Dao.

"It is equivalent to identity authentication, and after the authentication is successful, it is necessary to make a cow and a horse for Tiandao......"

Chen Mu complained in his heart, he suddenly didn't want to accept the baptism of this temple, but the voice of the white-clothed bishop rang in his ears at the right time:

"Okay, children, Heavenly Dao feels your sincerity, and He wants to baptize and bless you!"

"Come up to this altar and be baptized in the temple!"

The voice fell, and the white cardinal slowly walked out of the altar.

And all the boys and girls beside Chen Mu rushed towards the Shentai with blazing eyes.

Chen Mu was stunned and didn't move, but he was immediately pulled down by a friend who happened to awaken together next to him:

"Let's go, why are you stunned?"

There was no way, Chen Mu could only bite the bullet and follow the crowd to the altar.

Because, if you don't accept temple baptism, there is only one result: being stripped of your talents and beaten back to ordinary people.

……

I don't know how long it took, Chen Mu opened his eyes again.

When I raised my eyes and looked around, I saw that on the already golden altar, there was a layer of holy hazy golden light.

The boys and girls who had been baptized like him also gradually opened their eyes and sat up in turn.

"Baptism done?"

Chen Mu only remembered that not long after he stepped onto the altar, the golden light that came down from the temple covered him, and the golden light was sacred and warm.

He then gradually lost consciousness and woke up like this.

At this moment, a voice sounded out of thin air in Chen Mu's mind:

[Congratulations, your talent is graded: B.] 】

The voice is mechanical without any emotion, as if it is a merciless notice from heaven.

"B-class?"

Chen Mu muttered lightly, his expression not changing much.

There are six levels of talent in SABCDE, from highest to lowest.

His B-level talent is decent, not good or bad, at most... It's barely a shame.

"Chen Mu, what level of talent is yours?"

At this time, his friend Guo Cong also woke up and asked excitedly.

“B。” Chen Mu was concise and to the point.

"Huh? So high! ”

Guo Cong was shocked for a moment, and then his eyes showed a strong envy, and he sighed dejectedly:

"Well, I'm only C-grade...... You're better than me? ”

"It's okay, we all have a bright future." Chen Mu patted him on the shoulder as a sign of comfort.

Then the two got up and walked out of the temple.

Guo Cong obviously didn't really get hit, so he didn't care about it immediately, and continued to ask:

"What about taxes? What I want to pay is 40,000 Huoyun ore, and I have to go to the No. 072 Source Energy Secret Realm to mine. ”

"I'm also mining, 50,000 worth of wind spirit ore, in the No. 088 Source Energy Secret Realm."

Chen Mu replied that it was informed by Fang Cai Tiandao.

"It's 10,000 more than the value I want to pay, and your talent is higher than mine, which is reasonable."

Guo Cong nodded, thought for a while, and said, "I heard that the tax fee for mining like ours needs to dig for 16 hours a day and continue to dig for half a month to barely complete the task?" ”

"Indeed." Chen Mu shook his head.

As soon as he finished speaking, it suddenly occurred to him that this meant that in that half a month, except for eating and sleeping, he spent the rest of his time mining, and he couldn't rest for a moment.

This is even more ruthless than the screw factory where he worked in his previous life, and capitalists will shed tears when they see it......

Suddenly, I couldn't help but feel sad, and said depressedly: "This tax ...... It feels so heavy! ”

Guo Cong didn't think so, and said disapprovingly: "Is it heavy?" No way? I think it's okay! ”

"If you think about it, that's the equivalent of us mining for eight hours a day for a month. It's the same as the normal eight-hour workday, so it's not heavy, right? ”

"Huh...... Are you stupid? ”

Chen Mu glanced at him, and said Mu Ran: "Even if you use your algorithm, this eight-hour daily mining is also free of charge." ”

"For the rest of the time, we still have to study, work, cultivate, rest, and so on, and all of this must be completed in sixteen hours? Where is the time? ”

"Now you're thinking about it, isn't that a big tax?" Chen Mu finally asked rhetorically.

"Shhh

Guo Cong listened and listened, suddenly pinched his chin with one hand, and suddenly realized: "What you said... It seems to make a lot of sense......"

"Really?"

Chen Mu was a little relieved at this time, but his face still had a strong melancholy:

"In this situation, I suddenly thought of a sentence."

"What?" Guo Cong turned his head to look at him.

Outside the temple, Chen Mu turned his head to look at the magnificent temple, then turned his gaze to the sky, sighed softly, and his voice was faint:

"The world has been decided, you and I are both cows and horses......"

Guo Cong: "......"