jdhmnovel Chapter 169
Chapter 169
After the little snake demon said the word "toll", several demon cultivators who were working nearby immediately glared at him subtly.
As they looked over, they also took a look at Yu Xi, trying to guess her identity in their hearts.
The snake demon clan and other demon cultivators only had a cooperative relationship. Now that most of the snake demons were dead, the little snake demon had lost his protection and dared not resist others. He quickly shut his mouth and said nothing more.
And for some reason, ever since Yu Xi came over to talk, the little snake demon could feel that Zhong Xian's gaze never left him, staring at him hungrily as if he was ready to crush him at any time.
Why are you glaring at him? He really didn't do anything!
Yu Xi looked at the little snake demon thoughtfully, then quickly turned around and said:
"Brother, is there such a thing as tolls in the Demon Realm?"
elder brother? !
Including the little snake demon, the eyes of all the demon cultivators widened. Someone who was moving a stone loosened his grip and the stone hit his foot, but he didn't dare to scream.
They all looked over and looked at Yu Xi as if he were a monster.
The murderer Zhong Xian actually has a living sister?
Zhong Xian was also embarrassed at this moment.
Of course there are no tolls in the demon world.
When he first took over the Demon Realm, it was a mess with all kinds of people.
Some died of starvation, some died in fights, some died of freezing, some were beaten to death by Luo Chunxi...
Therefore, in order to stabilize the Demon Realm, he attached great importance to transportation routes. Each road was managed by the city lord, and it was impossible to set any tolls.
But later, when he saw that the Demon Realm could operate stably, he no longer paid attention to it, so as not to inject emotional trouble. He only focused on preventing internal strife and preventing the invasion of the Immortal Sect.
So he really had no idea that someone had started collecting tolls.
Seeing Yu Xi still looking at him, he sighed, walked closer and said:
"No, these people broke the rules I set."
As soon as he opened his mouth, the demons who were moving things all knelt down and begged for mercy.
Just now, the snake demon deceived Jizhi and was directly crushed into meat paste. Now they are blatantly offending the bell, and they will probably be killed without a complete body!
At this moment, they hated Xi and the little snake demon so much. If they hadn't talked about the toll issue, they wouldn't have lost their lives!
Yu Xi could hear their resentful voices, but compared to the vicious curse the immortal sect had cast upon her, this resentment was really nothing to mention.
She just squatted down, hugged her knees and looked at the little snake demon and said:
“Why do you charge tolls?”
The little snake demon was also kneeling on the ground. He was thin and had been bullied by his own kind for many years. He was timid to begin with, and now that he saw his life was in danger, he was so scared that he couldn't utter a word.
But he didn't say anything. Seeing that Yu Xi had no intention of asking further questions or getting up, he couldn't help but look up with confusion.
Yu Xi was looking at him intently. There was no murderous intent or contempt in her dark eyes, only a calm darkness, as if she was quietly waiting for his answer.
Somehow, the fear in my heart was grasped by an invisible hand, and replaced by a heavy yet uneasy desire to confide:
“I’ll be hungry.”
After he blurted out the first sentence, he gradually gained courage and continued:
"We don't have any land to farm, no business licenses, and no ability to capture ferocious beasts. Food has become very expensive, and collecting tolls has become a tacit permission. It makes money quickly. We just need to pay the filial piety money to the adults, and we can still take some..."
Zhong Xian was puzzled. "Doesn't every demon have his own residence and farmland?"
The Demon Realm covers a large area. Although the environment is harsh, there are not many residents. Some demon cultivators and monsters do not want to continue practicing and want to settle down so that they don't have to worry about food.
"There's no more land to farm..." the little snake demon whispered, "All the land that can be farmed has been taken away by the tribe leaders and deputy city lords."
"So the toll was also tacitly approved by the deputy city lord and the department heads?"
The little snake demon nodded.
Zhong Xian has a headache.
This is a big problem.
Unlike the human world, although the demon world only has four cities, one city is comparable to a continent in the human world and a gate in the fairy world.
In addition to the four city lords, each city will have three to five deputy city lords, and under the deputy city lords there are various department heads, each with their own duties.
The emergence of tolls can now be accepted. Either there is a problem with the city lord, or the people below have been unified and the news is kept secret so that it cannot be passed on.
Moreover, if tolls appear, the fee will not be collected only once on a road, transportation efficiency and revenue will decrease, and prices will soar.
When the situation gets more serious, the starving demons will gather together.
How to manage?
Should we simply and easily publicly deal with the city lord who is responsible? Or should we go through the trouble of investigating where the problem occurred?
The former violent deterrence has a lot of troubles but is convenient, while the latter is time-consuming and labor-intensive.
He didn't want to develop feelings for the people in the Demon Realm, otherwise if something happened in the Demon Realm, he—
Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly realized that Yu Xi had climbed him as if he were a tree, hanging around his waist like a koala, with her tail drooping to the ground and the tip of her tail hooked.
"Brother, take care of me." She called Zhong Xian several times.
Everyone broke out in cold sweat when they saw Yu Xi's boldness.
Zhong Xian hasn't appeared for many years and has never cared about their lives.
They are already doomed. If Yu Xi angers Zhong Xian again, they will probably have to play the Nine Clans Candy Crush game.
Zhong Xian picked up Yu Xi with amusement and was about to speak when Yu Xi spoke first: "I know brother wants to help them!"
Zhong Xian:?
"Nonsense." He glanced at Yu Xi.
Yu Xi pointed at her own eyes and said, "Look into my eyes and speak."
Zhong Xian didn't want to care about it at first, but after realizing the seriousness of the matter, he kept worrying about it.
But he was so conflicted that he never thought of the option of "ignoring it".
Seeing that Zhong Xian still didn't want to admit it, Yu Xi directly pressed Zhong Xian's face and said to him eye to eye: "It's no use avoiding my sight!"
Zhong Xian pursed her lips and met Yu Xi's gaze in a rare childish manner.
The two looked at each other for a while, and even Jizhi came over to watch the fun. Zhong Xian finally couldn't help laughing out loud.
"Am I so obvious?" he said helplessly.
Yu Xi didn't reply, but said seriously: "Didn't my brother say that the Demon Realm is our home? So I also hope that the Demon Realm can be more stable."
If there is internal strife in the Demon Realm, it will be easier for the Immortal Sect to invade the Demon Realm, not to mention that there are spies planted in the Demon Realm by a mysterious organization.
It would be great if we could take this opportunity to eliminate the spy.
If Zhong Xian was originally still hesitant and didn't want to take it seriously, then after hearing Yu Xi's words, all his resentment disappeared.
Xiao Xi'er wants him to take good care of the Demon Realm, so what is he still hesitating about? Listen to Xiao Xi'er!
He looked back at the people who were kneeling and said:
"I demand that you not tell anyone a word about what you saw me."
Everyone was confused and nodded quickly.
Zhong Xian then looked at Ji Zhi and asked, "Did you get the money?"
Ji Zhi took out the spirit stone in his palm.
A ferocious beast can be sold for a lot of money after processing. The money given to Jizhi is equivalent to the original price for buying the ferocious beast, which is very appropriate.
Zhong Xian then carried Yu Xi away, and Ji Zhi hurriedly followed him.
Seeing Zhong Xian leave like this, the people kneeling on the ground looked at each other, and then pinched each other's faces tacitly.
It hurts, are they still alive? Not dead?
"That little girl said something very fierce to the young master, and it seems that the young master will not kill us..."
"She saved us?"
"She wasn't killed by Zhong Xian? A demon like Zhong Xian actually listened to a little girl... Who is that little girl? I heard her calling Zhong Xian brother?"
"She seems to be half-demon... Isn't the Fourth Young Master a fox half-demon?"
"She is the Fourth Young Master?!"
"The rumors outside are actually true that the Fourth Young Master can control the Young Master and the others?!"