At the north gate of White Cloud City, the North Manor Army was already on alert. Thousands of soldiers were guarding the city walls.
At the same time, there were thousands of soldiers near the north gate.
Outside the city, there were also 30,000 cavalry of the Left Guards.
However, the north gate was not sealed.
Every morning, warriors and cultivators would leave the city in groups and head to the Pillar of Heavens Mountains.
He returned before the city gates closed in the evening.
These warriors and cultivators were naturally there to check out the phenomenon in the Pillar of Heavens Mountains.
The army was stationed here for only one purpose, and that was to collect the city entrance tax!
The citizens of White Cloud City did not need to collect city entrance taxes.
However, apart from the commoners, the martial artists and cultivators of the various sects and aristocratic families had to collect an entrance tax every time they entered and exited the city gate.
Not much, one tael of silver per person.
It didn't seem like much, but the more people came in and out, the more people there were. The income was also very considerable.
At the beginning, hundreds of people came in and out every day, but later on, thousands of people came in and out every day.
In just a few days, he had brought tens of thousands of taels of silver to the White Cloud City, making the new envoy of the White Cloud City jump three feet high in joy.
Every day, he would go to the tax collector's shop at the north gate to take a look. He asked the tax collectors to keep their eyes wide open and not miss a single person.
Now, the name of " Li Qingtian " was spreading among the various sects and aristocratic families.
Don't think that this is a good thing.
These were the sects and aristocratic families who had to hand over ten or even a hundred taels of snowflake silver every day. They said that Li Lin was desperate for money. They said that during this period of time, the sky in the northern region had become thirty feet higher and the ground had become five feet thinner.
Li Lin, who was overseeing King Jing's Mansion, did not care about such rumors at all. Instead, he enjoyed it.
The price of inns and food had risen, and the city entrance tax had to be collected handsomely.
If you have the ability, why don't you live outside White Cloud City?
As long as you dare to, I won't regret if I can't collect your taxes.
However, the White Cloud City had just experienced the beast tide. Would these warriors and cultivators dare to do so? Obviously, he didn't dare.
If the strange phenomenon caused another riot of the beasts in the Pillar of Heavens Mountains, wouldn't the martial artists and cultivators outside the city become the food of the beasts?
Money was important, but his life was definitely more important.
"Zhang Han, how's the phenomenon at the Pillar of Heavens Mountains?”Li Lin stood alone by the railing of the pavilion on the lake. He looked at the lake and asked Zhang Han, who was standing behind him.
"Young Master, some sects and aristocratic families have organized a group of people to try to get close.”
"In the end, this batch of martial artists and spiritual cultivators below the age of 40 with cultivation in the Bone-Forging Realm were all sent flying the moment they came into contact with the pillar of light. After they fell to the ground, they lost their breath and died.”
"Looks like the time for the phenomenon to activate hasn't come yet.”" Yes." Li Lin nodded and asked," Is there any other information that can indicate when the phenomenon will fully activate?"”
"Mr. Cai and Mr. Sima are investigating, but there is no news yet.”Zhang Han shook his head. After a pause, he continued,
"This kind of phenomenon hasn't been seen for more than a thousand years, and the commotion this time is quite big.”
"However, according to my subordinate's report, someone discovered a spirit beast waiting to the north of the light pillar.”
"Spirit beast?" Li Lin narrowed his eyes.
"Yes, I sent people to go around the light pillar to the north to check. They found that there were indeed movements of spirit beasts. However, because of the five senses of spirit beasts, they did not dare to get too close, so they did not know the exact number.”
"You did the right thing." "We can investigate this information, but we can't pay with the lives of the guards." However, they could send experts to observe from afar. Perhaps these spirit beasts would know when the phenomenon would really start.”
"Understood." Zhang Han bowed.
"Alright, go. Keep an eye on the various sects and families in the city.”
"Yes, this subordinate will take his leave."
……
Zhang Han had just left when an Iron Eagle Guard came to report.
"Your Highness, the Holy Land's Emei Saintess, Suqiu Xianzi, and Shu Mountain's Third Elder, Xu Yun, wish to see you.”
"They came together?"
"No, Suqiu Xianzi arrived first, but Elder Xu Yun arrived soon after.”The guard reported.
"Got it. Bring them to the front residence's reception hall to have tea. This king will go over later.”
"Here!"
After the guards retreated, Li Lin smiled playfully and turned around. Xu Chu and a few Iron Eagle Guards followed him as they headed towards the front manor.
In the guest hall, the steward left after the maid served him some tea.
There was no one in the hall, but there were more than a hundred Iron Eagle Warriors standing outside.
Neither Elder Xu Yun nor Suqiu Xianzi touched the teacup on the table.
However, compared to the empty-handed Elder Xu Yun, there was a palm-sized beast skin bag on the square table beside Suqiu Fairy.
He did not know what was inside.
"His Highness King Jing has arrived!"
Li Lin came in after a greeting.
Suqiu Xianzi immediately stood up. Elder Xuyun also stood up after a pause.
"Greetings, Your Highness King Jing." Suqiu bowed to Li Lin, who was sitting on the seat of honor. Her voice was as gentle as water and her voice was very pleasant to hear.
As for Elder Xuyun, he just cupped his hands and didn't say anything.
Li Lin glanced at the two people in the hall and the corner of his mouth curled up as he looked at the Emei Saintess, Suqiu.
"Suqiu Xianzi is indeed a beauty that can topple a country.”
"Thank you, Your Highness."
After Suqiu sat down, Li Lin did not look at Xu Yun. Instead, he continued to smile at Suqiu and asked,""May I know why Fairy has come to my Imperial Residence today?”
Saintess Suqiu didn't dare to accept his polite words.
After standing up and bowing again, he sat down and said,"Your Highness is too polite. I came here because I admire Your Highness and want to form a good relationship with him.”
"Secondly, before my master came, he said: In the past, Emei and His Highness had some misunderstandings, so they specially told this little girl to come to apologize.”
"Fairy's master is the Emei Sect Leader, New Moon Knight?”Li Lin asked with a smile.
"Yes, my master."
"Hahaha, good. Emei is indeed a holy land. I've received New Moon Knight's apology. Please take a seat.”
"Thank you, Your Highness." Suqiu Xianzi bowed again and sat on the chair, not moving.
At this moment, Li Lin turned to look at Elder Xu Yun, who was sitting beside him with a livid face.
The other party's attitude was arrogant and rude. Li Lin was extremely unhappy with him, so he deliberately ignored this old man.
When he looked over, the smile on his face disappeared.
Li Lin had always believed in the principle of " if you respect me one foot, I will respect you ten feet ". This old man had been taking advantage of his seniority from the beginning. He would not spoil him, so he naturally did not have a good expression.
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