The owner of the hotel, a couple in their fifties, quickly greeted us when they saw a few of us walk in.

"Guest, please take a seat!"

There are more than a dozen seats scattered in the lobby of the hotel, and although it has already arrived at the meal, not a single customer can see it, and everyone seems deserted.

After a day of traveling, our stomachs were already growling with hunger, so we ordered a few special snacks from the farmhouse and prepared to eat them before going up the mountain.

The food and drinks were quickly served, and we ate and drank, while the boss and the hostess stood aside and served at any time.

"Boss, I don't see that there are many tourists here, so it shouldn't be easy to run such a hotel, right?"

I didn't have anything to say, so I casually asked the boss.

"Hey, it's not, this year, let alone making money, we can't afford it just by paying tribute."

The proprietress stood aside and said with a sad face.

"Tribute, to whom?"

I keenly caught a key phrase and asked my boss.

"This is a place of refuge for the Shangqing faction, is there any other bandit who can't do it?"

"Who else can there be, it's ......"

The proprietress was about to blurt out, but the man next to her covered her mouth and glared at her fiercely.

"A few guest officers, my wife just said nonsense, we don't need to pay tribute to anyone, you misunderstood......"

The proprietress also reacted, and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, I mean to play, with the protection of the Shangqing faction, our life is good......"

The change in the attitude of these two people naturally couldn't escape our eyes, but seeing the silent expressions of the two of them, I didn't ask any questions, just glanced at Lonnie, and continued to eat and drink.

At this moment, with a chaotic sound of footsteps, more than a dozen people in Taoist robes broke in.

Although these people are wearing Taoist robes, they are all fierce and vicious, holding long swords, and they don't look like good people.

The first middle-aged Taoist priest, with a full face and beard, walked in, he hugged his hands and put on a swaggering posture.

After the shopkeeper and the proprietress saw this group of people, their faces suddenly turned pale, and they hurriedly put on a smiling face and greeted them.

"Oh, Sandao Chief, why do you have time to come to my little shop?"

The middle-aged Taoist priest said coldly: "We came this time, of course we are here to collect grain, Boss Gao, are you ready?" ”

The shopkeeper suddenly looked embarrassed: "Sandao chief, this year's business is difficult, and the harvest is not good, we have been scraping together for the past few days, and there is still a hundred catties of flour missing......"

"Look, can you just collect a little less food this time?"

When the middle-aged Taoist priest heard this, his face suddenly turned cold.

"Take less, who do you think you are?"

"If I charge a little less for you, the others will also charge a little less when they see it, and if this continues, you will let us drink the northwest wind?"

"Don't forget, if it weren't for the protection of our Shangqing faction, you wouldn't even have a chance to stay in the village!"

When the boss heard this, he was so frightened that he hurriedly said: "Sandao Chief, what you said is very true, for so many years, if it weren't for the protection of the Shangqing faction, we would have been killed by those powerful ghosts a long time ago, and it is impossible to have today's ......."

"It's just that this time, we're really having some difficulties, so you can bear with it......"

The middle-aged Taoist priest waved his hand impatiently and said, "Boss Gao, it's not that I don't want to give you tolerance, it's because there are rules above, and we just do things according to the rules, so you can't blame others." ”

"Brothers, since Boss Gao can't get food, then let's do it ourselves and have enough food and clothing!"

"Big guys, take a look, if there is anything valuable in this store that can be worth the hundred catties of grain, just take it away for me!"

"Yes!"

When the other Taoist priests heard this, they stepped forward one after another and rummaged through the halls.

"You can't do this, stop it!"

Seeing this, the proprietress hurriedly stepped forward to stop her, but was pushed to the ground by one of the Taoist priests, and she couldn't get up for a long time.

The husband and wife were helpless, so they could only hug their heads and cry.

At the same time, Lonnie, Bai Ze, and I sat quietly in the corner of the hall and witnessed the whole process.

The barbaric behavior of these Taoist priests made my teeth itch, and Bai Ze and the others also clenched their fists one by one, and their eyes were almost spewing fire.

It's just that at my signal, a few people also hid and didn't make a move immediately.

At this time, a Taoist priest had just found a large piece of bacon from the kitchen and passed by us with his arms in his arms.

I quietly stretched out a leg and straddled in front of him.

The Taoist priest didn't pay attention at all, and immediately stumbled and planted a dog to gnaw mud.

"Oops!"

The Taoist priest screamed in pain, and the bacon in his hand also rolled to the ground, instantly attracting the attention of everyone around.

"Boy, you're looking for death!"

The Taoist priest lost face, got up from the ground, shouted, raised his sword, and rushed at me angrily.

My figure flashed, avoided the attack of the Taoist priest, picked up the Mao Xuewang on the table, and buckled it directly on the Taoist priest's head.

"Ahh

The Taoist priest let out a wail and fell to the ground and rolled back and forth.

What I want is very spicy, the soup is full of chili peppers, just buckle it on my head, it's not a joke!

In an instant, all the Taoist priests drew their swords and gathered around our dining table.

"Boy, who are you?"

The middle-aged Taoist priest raised his eyebrows coldly, pointed at me and asked sharply.

"I'm just an ordinary diner, are you blind?"

I said coldly: "The Shangqing faction is originally orthodox, as a disciple of the Shangqing, you don't want to protect the people in the area, but openly rob, what is the difference between this kind of behavior and banditry?" ”

The middle-aged Taoist priest was furious: "Boy, we are in the Shangqing faction, and it is not your turn to point fingers!" ”

"Now you guys, kneel down and apologize, I can still consider letting you out alive, otherwise...... Don't blame Ben Dao for being unkind! ”

"Oh, really?"

I raised my eyebrows and said with a hint of playfulness, "What can you do if I don't say yes?" ”

The middle-aged Taoist priest's pupils shrank: "Since you are so bad and dare to offend my Shangqing Sect Tianwei, then I will send you on your way!" ”

Swish!

As soon as the words fell, the dozen or so Taoist priests swung their long swords at the same time and stabbed at us.

I slammed the table and gave the order to strike.

Langnie, Bai Ze, and Jing Jing had already been blown up by these bandit-like Taoist morale, and after hearing my instructions, they immediately jumped up and shot instantly.

Bang, bang, bang!

With a burst of miserable howls, but in a moment, the dozen or so Shangqing Sect disciples fell to the ground one after another, and they couldn't even stand up.

Although these Taoist priests have good strength, it can be seen that they are just introductory disciples of the Shangqing Sect, how can they be our opponents?