Chapter 81 The Five Elders Taoist Yu was slightly stunned, and asked in surprise: "You are going to set up a top-grade spirit gathering array and a spirit locking array?" Ye Linyuan did not answer, but said calmly: "I don't know about this matter either, it was just that senior who asked us to do it." Taoist Yu nodded, and then said with emotion: "With that person's means, he is indeed worthy of the top-grade spirit gathering array and spirit locking array." Having said this, Taoist Yu still handed the materials for setting up the formation to Ye Linyuan, thus completing the transaction. At this moment, he had some doubts that the spiritual plant man might want to set up a training ground on Chixing Island, but he no longer had any intention of making any plans. Because with his current strength, he is not sure he can take down the spiritual plant husband, and if the foundation-building ancestor of the clan takes action, how can he be qualified to get a share of the pie. Even if the Foundation Establishment Ancestor "invited" that person to Qinghe Immortal Gate, he would most likely be an honored guest of Qinghe Ancestor, and even if he lost his freedom, he would still have a very honorable status. After all, a living first-grade, top-quality spiritual plant man is much more valuable than several Qi-refining masters combined. By that time, he would instead offend the spiritual plant husband and become a completely unpopular person both inside and outside.
Let's get back to the point. After completing the transaction, Taoist Yu said, "Don't worry about the Fifth Elder. I don't think he will completely fall out with a force that can wipe out the Lin family overnight. Besides, I will stand up to protect you." Ye Linyuan nodded, and immediately said, "Thank you very much." "We are all family, why should we be so polite?" Taoist Yu smiled, and then suddenly said, "By the way, from now on, you need to pay taxes according to your share of the Seven Star Lake Islands." Old Man Ye hesitated for a moment, then asked, "How much should I pay every year?" Taoist Yu stroked his long beard and said with a smile: "A low-grade spiritual eye can get 10 broken spiritual stones every year, a medium-grade spiritual eye can get 30 broken spiritual stones every year, and a high-grade spiritual eye can get one complete spiritual stone every year." Old Man Ye thought about it for a moment and nodded slightly. If you calculate it this way, the Ye family has four low-grade spirit eyes, two mid-grade spirit eyes, and one high-grade spirit eye, which means two spirit stones every year. Even though two spirit stones are not a lot, there are two hundred similar spirit veins in the Qinghe Islands, and the total annual tax revenue is no less than five hundred spirit stones. In addition, the second biggest money-maker of the Qinghe Islands is the Qinghe Xianfang. The stall fees in the Qinghe Xianfang and the rents of various major shops add up to hundreds of spirit stones every year. In addition, the spiritual mines and shell fields in the shallow sea of the Qinghe Islands basically belong to the Qinghe Immortal Sect's industries. There are also spiritual fields, alchemy, array formations, leasing of spiritual veins, etc., and the annual income from each item is no less than three to five hundred spirit stones. It can be said that the Qinghe Immortal Sect earns at least three to four thousand spirit stones every year, which is more than the major families and individual cultivators of the Qinghe Islands combined. It is also because of this that Qinghe Immortal Sect is able to supply a large number of powerful people. In the entire Qinghe Immortal Sect, there are only about a thousand Qi-cultivating cultivators, but there are more than fifty cultivators who have reached perfection in Qi-cultivation. The success rate is obviously more than ten times that of the outside world. Of course, the Qinghe Immortal Sect occupies the vast majority of the resources of the Qinghe Islands, but there are still some existences that they cannot offend. According to Ye Linyuan's estimation, the Tianxing Sword Sect, the ruler of the Tianxing Sea, has to ask the Qinghe Immortal Sect for at least a thousand spirit stones in tax every year. This is not a small amount. Although the Qinghe Immortal Sect is powerful, its expenses are also huge. They need to spend a lot of spirit stones every year to maintain the operation of the sect. After deducting expenses, most of the remaining profits will be divided up among several foundation-building ancestors. After the foundation-building ancestors have divided up the treasures, most of the remaining treasures will be taken away by the core disciples, elders, and seniors. After that, it will be the turn of the inner disciples in the late stage of Qi training to distribute it. As for the ordinary outer disciples and menial disciples, they are essentially cattle and horses that provide training resources to the core disciples and sect leaders, and they can only get a very meager portion.
Under such circumstances, paying thousands of spirit stones to Tianxing Sword Sect every year is a considerable burden for Qinghe Xianmen. Of course, don't think that Qinghe Xianmen is kind by only collecting 500 spirit stones as tax. It is really that these small Qi-cultivating tribes are too poor. In the entire Qinghe Islands, all the precious minerals are in the hands of the Qinghe Immortal Sect, and more than 90% of the spiritual fields are also in the Qinghe Immortal Sect. More than 80% of those who have mastered the hundred arts of cultivation are also in the Qinghe Immortal Sect. These small Qi-cultivating clans have no precious industries, nor do they have sophisticated cultivation skills. The spirit stones they can earn each year are not many. After deducting the needs for family operations and cultivation, they can only have a very small amount of spirit stones left at most. The taxes they set could basically take away more than half of this meager profit, which was much more severe than the one thousand spirit stones that the Jindan forces charged them. After all, the Foundation Establishment Sect is no longer considered the bottom of the cultivation world, and even the Golden Core Sect will not exploit it too harshly. The Ye family occupies the seven islands of Xinghu and has to pay two spirit stones in taxes every year. If it were an ordinary Qi-cultivating family, they would probably feel the pain. Even the Shui clan, which monopolized the letter delivery business in the Qinghe Islands with albatrosses, could only earn five or six spirit stones per year from this business. Fortunately, the Ye family has mastered hundreds of arts of cultivation, so they are not short of just two spirit stones. So Old Man Ye pondered for a moment, and then said, "In that case, then of course you won't be left out from the tax collection." As Old Man Ye spoke, he took out three spirit stones from his sleeve and handed them over. Taoist Yu took the spirit stone and couldn't help but smile. He put away the spirit stones and said, "In this case, I will tell the headmaster in a few days that I will be responsible for the spirit stones of your seven islands in Xinghu from now on." "With our relationship, even if the spiritual stones are delayed in the future, I can still delay it for you for a while." Ye Linyuan smiled, and then said, "Then please take care of me, Elder Yu." Taoist Yu waved his hand and politely made a cup of tea for the two of them. The three of them exchanged some pleasantries, and finally they stood up to say goodbye to Taoist Yu, and were escorted out of the mansion by Taoist Yu. After leaving the blessed land, Ye Linyuan strolled around the Qinghe Immortal House. He first looked for a matchmaker to discuss matchmaking, and then bought some materials for setting up the formation. Only then was he ready to leave the Qinghe Immortal House. However, just after leaving Qinghe Xianfang, Ye Linyuan suddenly frowned and paused slightly. Seeing this, Old Man Ye couldn't help but ask through voice transmission: "What's wrong?" "Someone is following us." Ye Linyuan replied via voice transmission, and then continued to walk forward. Old Man Ye also pretended not to notice, but still asked in a voice transmission: "Is it Taoist Yu's man?" "It's hard to say, let's go back first." As they spoke, they arrived at the dock and then drove the Lingfeng treasure ship into the depths of the ocean. At the same time, two figures arrived in front of the dock. One of them, a sturdy man in blue, looked at the Lingfeng that disappeared into the sea, and then looked at the leading man and asked, "Fifth Elder, should we chase after it?" (End of this chapter)