Chapter 434 – The Island’s Dilemma
Chapter 434 – Island Dilemma
Xu Chuniang’s heart was certain, and she spoke of what she had seen when she came to Blackfish Island.
“When I came to Blackfish Island, I had taken a fishing boat, that fishing boat does not have array protection, the boat is mostly mundane people, occasionally there are two or three cultivators, but only one or two layers of qi cultivation.”
Lin Family Lord nodded slightly, “Although they are mortals, they are the islanders of my Black Fish Island, and the foundation of our cultivators.”
Xu Chuniang nodded with approval, cultivators embarked on the path of cultivation, but essentially, they were actually mortals as well.
Just a lot of cultivators got magical powers and techniques, they forget that they were once a mortal who ate grains and cereals, and have a superiority complex.
“I recognize what Master Lin said. But I see that half of the fishermen’s hard-earned income needs to be taxed. Earlier, I was on a small island in the Xuan Continent and hadn’t heard of such an expression as taxes.”
Lin Family Master let out a bitter smile at his words, Blackfish Island’s taxes being so heavy was actually not something he wanted to see.
“Fellow Daoist Xu only knows one thing but not the other ah. In order to prevent and resist the attacks of the Sea Demon Beasts, my Black Fish Island needs to spend a large amount of spirit stones to invest in formations and boundaries every year. This has resulted in my island’s spirit stones not being able to make ends meet and my treasury being in the red all year round.
Letting mortals pay taxes is actually a desperate move. Moreover, the island’s taxes are not only paid by mortals, but also by cultivators, who are also required to pay taxes or serve in the military, even more so by mortals.”
The Lin Family Lord slowly spoke, telling of the difficulties on the island.
Black Fish Island was remote and poor, but also needed to pay taxes and serve in the military, many cultivators at the higher levels of Foundation Establishment were very dissatisfied with this, feeling that their cultivation was being dragged down.
They were unwilling to stay on Blackfish Island and wanted to leave once they had saved up enough spirit stones.
Their departure further exacerbated the plight of the island, so most of the island’s cultivators and mortals became poorer and poorer, and the taxes became heavier and heavier, evolving into today’s situation.
Xu Chuniang instantly realized that the combination of river ice is not a day’s cold; the accumulation of soil into a mountain is not the work of Sshu.
But in the final analysis, the reason was that Blackfish Island’s aura was too barren, and there were no spirits produced around it.
The potential crisis of the Siren Beast Tide then pressurized the people on the island to kick their feet up.
Xu Chuniang was silent for a moment before slowly speaking.
“There are many demonic beasts in the sea, is it possible to go out to sea to kill demons to obtain resources? On the one hand, it eases the pressure of scarce resources, and on the other hand, it can purge the demonic beasts and reduce the harm of future beast tides.
I heard that there is a person in the mansion named Li Yuan, who has a cultivator of the sixth level of qi cultivation but has never gone out to sea, with his cultivation, he may be able to barely cope with the sea demonic beasts in the middle stage of qi cultivation.”
Lin Family Lord sighed inwardly, the method of going out to sea to kill the demons that the other party was talking about, over the years, he had already organized it a number of times.
“Demon beasts in the sea are mixed, and there are all kinds of cultivation levels. If you go out to the sea to kill demons, if you’re lucky, it’s just a matter of luck, if you’re not lucky, it’s possible for the whole army to be destroyed.
As for the junior named Li Yuan you mentioned, I have an impression of him. Ever since he went out to sea three years ago and was almost eaten by a Foundation Establishment stage sea snake, he has had a shadow over going out to sea.”
Xu Chuniang was dumbfounded, not knowing that Li Yuan had even suffered such an encounter.
She recalled the eagle killing a cat that she had spied just now, and her heart was enlightened.
Many times, what the eyes see is real, but these realities have causes and effects.
The eagle killed the cat is the eyes to see, but if the white cat did not abuse the eagle in the first, how could the eagle kill the cat for no reason.
What she saw in Uncle Li’s house was that Li Yuan, a cultivator at the sixth level of qi cultivation, demanded for Uncle Li’s hard-earned income as a matter of course.
If not for the indulgence of Uncle Li’s indulgence, coupled with the Li Yuan out to sea to kill the demon, nearly fell into the mouth of the snake and thus fear, things would not have evolved to this point today.
Just as the Blackfish Island has been poor for many years, if we are unable to make changes, in the long run, it will only become poorer and poorer.
Xu Chunniang said, “Blackfish Island is now peaceful, but people do not have far-flung worries will be near. For the long term, Master Lin needs to make changes as soon as possible.”
“I don’t know what Fellow Daoist said, why don’t I know? It’s just that my heart is more than enough. Although I have Jindan cultivation, it’s too difficult for me to make changes on my own.” The Lin family head sighed lightly, he had exhausted himself for the development of the island all these years.
But in the face of the status quo, there really wasn’t any good solution.
“The spiritual qi around Blackfish Island is too barren, if you want to gather spirit and transform it, it’s not something that can be done overnight. Unless we can move a spirit vein or rely on numerous high-level spirit gathering arrays, we can improve the situation.”
Xu Chuniang’s heart moved slightly, there was nothing she could do about a spirit vein, but high-level Spirit Gathering Array, she could try.
Although learning and setting up the formations might delay things a bit.
But learning an advanced Spirit Gathering Formation would be equally useful to her.
“Truth be told, I am actually a third grade formation master, but I just don’t have the method of laying out a third grade Spirit Gathering Formation on hand, so if the Lin Family Master is willing to provide a specific method of laying out a formation and a bunch of materials, I may be able to give it a try with reluctance.”
Before her words fell, the Lin Family Master’s eyes, which were originally slightly dull, erupted with surprise.
“Fellow Daoist Xu is serious about this? Are you really a Level 3 Formation Master?”
After asking the question he realized that it was inappropriate and hastily added.
“Of course, it’s not that I don’t believe in your words, it’s just that Fellow Daoist Xu doesn’t look very old, and being able to become a Jindan real person is already very rare. I don’t want you to be so accomplished in the path of formations.”
The Jindan cultivators on Blackfish Island could be counted on the palm of one’s hand, and among them, there was even less than one Level 3 Formation Master.
The island’s third level array, have survived for many years, more or less some problems.
If she really had the formation attainments, and was willing to make a move, it would simply be Blackfish Island’s good fortune!
Xu Chuniang nodded slightly, not minding the questioning she received.
“Setting up a formation is not a trivial matter, and it’s only natural that the Lin Family Master wouldn’t dare to be gullible, but I am indeed a formation master who broke through to the third level not too long ago.”
With a wave of her hand, a tiny formation disk and eight formation flags appeared in her palm.
Xu Chuniang held the array disk and controlled the eight array flags, shooting them towards the directions of the eight gates of the array.
The moment the array flags returned to their positions, the Lin family head sensed that an additional invisible shield had been added to the hall, enveloping the entire hall.
“This is the …… Level 3 Five Elements Defense Formation!”
Essence shot out of the Lin Family Lord’s eyes, and a look of excitement was hidden on his face.
“Fellow Daoist Xu honestly doesn’t deceive me, he really is a high-level formation master! Please wait here for a moment, and allow me to have someone go to the mansion treasury to fetch the formation dao bone book and a bunch of materials!”
After saying that, he took out the Sea Walking Order and issued the command, then waited.
While the two were conferring in the hall, Lin Qi in the side hall was waiting a bit impatiently.
The pastries and spirit tea on the small table were eaten up by him, and there was really nothing to do, so he had no choice but to find a topic.
“Sister, what is the origin of that …… female senior, is it someone grandpa used to know?”
“Don’t know. But it shouldn’t be.”
Fourth Miss Lin held up a volume in her left hand and was reading it carefully, not even moving her gaze the slightest bit when she heard this.
(End of chapter)