Ye Tao was just a small Kaiyuan Realm cultivator, how could he know these information.

"This is not very clear to the younger generation. Sure enough, Ye Tao opened his mouth a little unexpectedly when he heard this.

"Hehe, it's okay, I'll just ask. By the way, do you know how many merchants and how many residents there are on this street?" Zhou Yang changed the topic.

"There are about seventy or eighty shops, dozens of stalls. Households, the younger generations can't say clearly, there are hundreds of households. ”

"Oh, then what is the highest level of cultivation on this street?"

"It seems to be the Tianyuan Realm, and the younger generation also listens to what their parents say. However, these seniors can't cultivate all year round, and I haven't seen them. ”

"Tian Yuan cultivator!" Zhou Yang was stunned when he heard this, there were actually Tian Yuan masters in this small boundary street, and he really couldn't underestimate the people of the world.

Ordinary casual cultivation, its own cultivation resources are extremely limited, it is not bad to break through to the Lingtai realm, if you want to reach the Tianyuan realm, you must have excellent qualifications.

The shopkeeper of the tavern here is an example, he is still wandering in the Kaiyuan Realm when he is over fifty years old, and he is afraid that it will be difficult to break through in his life.

"When will the Chunyu family collect the protection fee?" Zhou Yang asked again.

"The first day of every month. ”

"How much does it cost?"

"Medium-sized businesses have 100 first-grade spirit stones per month, and residents have 10 spirit stones per person per month. ”

"Oh. Although Zhou Yang's face remained unchanged, he was a little surprised in his heart.

In the six or seven miles of boundary street under the jurisdiction of the Great Cause Sect, there are at least dozens of shops and hundreds of households, and the protection fee for this month is tens of thousands of spirit stones, and hundreds of thousands of spirit stones in a year, and this is just one street.

This matter is much stronger than doing business, no capital, no need to pay anything, it is really the best business.

Of course, the Chunyu family still has to hand over a part of the spirit stones of the Great Cause Sect, or even a large part, after all, this is the territory of the Great Cause Sect.

"Does this kind of tavern also accept a hundred spirit stones?"

"That's not it, this kind of small shop has to be charged by half. ”

"Oh. ”

Hu Zhiran once told him that the amount of protection money collected by Song Dahu was only six or seven percent of that of the Chunyu family. Therefore, the small Liberty Square City finally settled in the area controlled by the Celestial Star Sect, not the northern part of Boundary Street.

"The Chunyu family has collected protection fees, can it ensure the safety of businesses and residents?"

"Yes, it should be. Ye Tao said uncertainly.

"Really?" Zhou raised his eyebrows.

"Yes, yes. Seeing this, Ye Tao's speech became even more difficult.

"Then Ye Daoyou has never heard of the disappearance of cultivators?"

"Yes, I've heard of it. Ye Tao's face turned a little pale, and it seemed that he was also very afraid of this.

"Did the Chunyu family find out the whole story of this incident?"

"The younger generation doesn't know this. ”

"I'll answer the seniors. At this time, a small young man at the table next to him spoke.

"Oh, fellow Daoist, please speak. ”

"What are you looking for, the Chunyu family let it go and ignore it at all. Charging such a high fee, but it can't guarantee the safety of our waiting, and I want them to have a fart!" the more the man talked, the more angry he became, and finally he scolded.

"You don't want to die, don't say a word!" The faces of the people at the table changed, and they hurriedly dissuaded. They are just casual cultivators, and they will never dare to offend the Chunyu family.

"What are you afraid of, are you allowed to do it and let me wait to complain! Besides, this senior is a member of the Heavenly Star Sect, so what's the harm in talking about it?" said the little young man with a stiff neck.

This person seems to be upright, but there is a hint in his words, and if he were someone else, he might immediately interface.

"Huh. Zhou Yang was noncommittal.

He is not a junior brother in the cultivation world, and when it comes to matters between the two factions, it is naturally not good to express his position on such an occasion, but he already understands seven or eight points in his heart, and this Chunyu family has also adopted an attitude of calming things down, and he does not dare to investigate this matter.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yang couldn't help but sigh, it's really better to ask for someone than to ask for it!

It is very unwise to entrust your life and safety to others, and the Chunyu family has received your spirit stones, but they can't guarantee your safety, so what can you do? In the end, it's not whose fists are hard and who has the final say.

Only when you are strong can you have the ability to protect yourself and your family, otherwise everything is empty talk.

"Ye Daoyou, please go back, we will talk again when we have a chance. ”

"The juniors obeyed. Ye Tao bowed and returned to his table.

And the little young man is very depressed, the little senior in front of him is not very old, but he is scheming, he should be an old man, not a disciple of a monastic sect or a family.

"Shopkeeper, checkout. Zhou called the tavern keeper, and settled the account along with the table.

"Thank you seniors for giving me food!" Seeing this, Ye Tao hurriedly got up and thanked him, and the other people at the table also stood up and thanked him.

Zhou Yang waved his hand and took the lead out of the tavern, followed by Bai Meng and Wu Changan.

"Ye Tao, have you seen that little senior?" the little young man turned his head and asked.

"No, but the other two are familiar, they should be from the Heavenly Star Sect. ”

"That person is about the same age as you and me, but it seems that his cultivation has reached the late stage of the Lingtai, this person is really angry compared to people!"

"Maybe it's the son of a big man in the Heavenly Star Sect, with a large amount of cultivation materials and the guidance of the sect's masters, it's normal to have this kind of cultivation. The other said.

This is unlikely, because he knows little about Dingbei, and seems to be a foreigner. Ye Tao stared at the door, unwilling to retract his gaze for a long time.

When will I be able to reach the realm of that senior!

Zhou Yang and the three of them left the tavern and continued to patrol the side of the Heavenly Star Sect on Boundary Street.

The boundary street here is not big, and it doesn't take tea time to go back and forth. However, there are a lot of alleys behind Jiejiejie, and it will take some effort to turn them all.

Zhou Yang wandered around the alley while digesting the information told by Ye Tao.

The Chunyu family turned a blind eye to the disappearance of the cultivator, apparently because of the approval of the Great Cause Sect. It is not difficult for the Great Cause Sect to guess which force did it, and it is estimated that they will also have to see the face of Tai Qingmen.

Judging from the fact that Taiqingmen and Dashun Commercial Bank rushed to Anping together and fought with Tongzhou Commercial Bank, the relationship between the two factions should be good. It stands to reason that no matter how good the relationship is, the other party cannot be allowed to kidnap cultivators on their own territory, which is a naked slap in the face.

But Taiqingmen also ignored this, which is puzzling.

Could it be that there is a tacit understanding between the two factions? Or is the Dashun Commercial Bank reciprocating the favor and correspondingly providing female cultivators for the Taiqing Sect?

Why did the Star Sect also acquiesce to this matter? Could it be that the Zhou Tianzong behind it was also afraid of the Dashun Trading Company, or did there was some kind of tacit understanding between them?

A series of questions appeared in Zhou Yang's mind, which was very puzzling to him.

"Forget it, if you can't figure it out, you don't want to, the sky is falling and there is a tall one. Zhou Yang shook his head and continued to take the two of them around.

There are not many pedestrians in the streets and alleys, and many residents have obviously strengthened the courtyard walls, and some of them have arranged protective formations.

Of course, they are all simple protective formations, and you only need to buy the arranged array flags. Although it is a simple formation, it needs a large number of spirit stones to maintain after activation, and ordinary people can't afford to use it even if they buy it.

Therefore, the formation is rarely used during the day, and it is only urged in the middle of the night when it is most dangerous, and the formation is closed after dawn.

Cultivators who can't afford to buy protective formations, in addition to reinforcing their houses, can only live together as much as possible as a family and take care of each other.

In the past month or so, there have been three disappearances of cultivators in Jiejiejie, which has caused panic and anxiety in every family.

Zhou Yang and the three returned to the station from noon to midnight, and then Pu Zheng led the team to continue patrolling.

More than half a month has passed, but there has been no disappearance of cultivators.

According to the previous pattern of cases, there were no more than two cases per month. This month has already happened once, and there will still be a situation if the security is not even, so the people of the 36th squad have not relaxed their vigilance, and the patrol density is still not small.

For more than half a month, Zhou Yang has lived a simple and repetitive life, patrolling, meditating, boundary streets, stationing, and living at two points and one line, but he is also very comfortable.

His Innate Returning Yuan Qi Technique had finally reached the first level, and the effect of the void effect was not obvious during the day, but it was effective at night. If it is hidden in one place and does not move, coupled with the assistance of the Wood Breath Technique, it is difficult for even a mid-Tianyuan cultivator to trace it.

And Mu Xijue also faintly showed signs of breaking through the second layer, which made Zhou Yang very surprised. Once the Wood Breath Technique breaks through the second level, it will be difficult for a cultivator who is two or three levels higher than himself to detect his own breath with his divine sense.

If it is combined with the Innate Returning Yuan Qi Technique, the effect will be even better.

There is also some progress in chasing the wind for thousands of miles, if you condense your spiritual power and run it at full strength, you can step out of sixteen or seventeen zhang in one step. However, this technique cannot be used for a long time, because it consumes spiritual power, but it shows the advantage of speed when fighting.

Due to the increase in the number of people in the station, there is no need to worry about safety, so Zhou Yang once tried to exhaust the spiritual power of his whole body one night, and then only relied on absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to replenish it.

Except for the initial feeling of dizziness caused by the emptiness of spiritual power, the rest was the comfortable feeling of being nourished by the spiritual energy of the pure weather. However, this feeling can only last until dawn, because it is his turn to patrol again in the morning, and the deficiency can only be supplemented with Huang Lingdan.

If time permitted, he really wanted to stick to it for a long time, because this kind of cultivation would be of great help to strengthen the foundation and purify the spiritual power.

There is another thing that Zhou Yang is also working on, and that is the key to memorizing the Danshu.

The previous search of storage bags in Anping Dongcheng gave him a great sense of crisis. In the face of an object that he can't provoke, everything about himself is someone else's, including everything in the storage bag, and even his own life.

So before he had better storage, he had to keep everything he could in his head as much as he could, so that no one could snatch it.

Of course, this move was also based on his extraordinary confidence in his divine sense.