Chapter 139: Snake Collection

The Dianshi asked for 50 spiritual stones.

You should know that many Qigong practitioners have practiced for decades and have never seen what spiritual stones look like.

Those who can take out one or two spiritual stones are considered to have some wealth.

Although the Dianshi asked for a lot, in fact, his entire wealth, including the flying sword, is only a few dozen spiritual stones.

Er Gouzi looked at the Dianshi who was playing the role of peacemaker with a smile, and then looked at the aggressive Xia Mafu.

It seems that they think they can defeat him today.

50 spiritual stones can make most small families bankrupt.

Yang Tie had just left, and these people couldn't wait. It seems that Brother Ji's face is still not very useful.

It is the most difficult to deal with people in the government. They beat you, scold you, and blackmail you, all of which are justified and in line with the laws of the Great Zhou.

If you talk back or resist, it is a great rebellion, and there is a strong pressure from the entire dynasty behind it.

But let alone that he doesn't have 50 spiritual stones in his pocket now, even if he has them, he can't hand them over easily.

The people in the government are simply hard to please. They can find an excuse to extort some money today.

As long as they get a taste of the sweetness, they can find another excuse tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow...

They come every three or five days and suck your blood dry.

For ordinary people facing this situation, there is no way out except to go bankrupt.

"Have you guys agreed? I'm going to arrest him now."

Seeing that Er Gouzi was still not moving, Xia Mafu began to wave the government's big stick and threatened.

"Mr. Zhang, money is just something outside of your body. I advise you not to ruin your life for a mere money."

The Dianshi here also began to put pressure on Er Gouzi, asking him to quickly pay the money to avoid disaster.

But he obviously underestimated Er Gouzi's nature of sacrificing his life but not money.

"I don't have any spirit stones, but I have a very valuable IOU in my hand. Can I use it to pay off the debt?"

"It's an IOU for 100 Peiyuan Pills."

When the Dianshi heard that it was an IOU for 100 Peiyuan Pills, his eyes lit up.

As long as the IOU is real, there is really no debt that the government cannot collect.

Guaranteed profit.

"As long as the IOU is real, of course there is no problem."

Er Gouzi immediately took out an IOU and handed it to the Dianshi.

The Dianshi took it and unfolded it for inspection.

"I owe you one Peiyuan Pill today, and I must pay it back a hundred times... Ji Cang"

There is also Ji Cang's signature at the bottom.

Ji Cang...

The Dianshi muttered this name in his heart, and soon realized that it was the current His Royal Highness the King of Qi.

Ever since the last time the county magistrate failed to recognize the great man and kicked the iron plate.

Almost all the officials in Qingzhou have memorized the names of those members of the royal family.

How dare he, a small county magistrate, go to the King of Qi to ask for the debt.

"I don't dare to take your IOU, keep it for yourself."

The Dianshi returned the IOU to Er Gouzi and walked away, deciding not to get involved in this matter.

He could at most get a spiritual stone if he got involved in this matter, but if he really angered the King of Qi, he couldn't afford it.

The county magistrate has Xia Mingyuan behind him, and there is a whole interest group formed by the Xia family, who support each other and help each other.

If he goes in, others will only beat him up, and no one will save him.

The benefits are not too great, but the harm can endanger life, which is not worth it.

Xia Mafu was far away and scanned the IOU with his spiritual sense, and naturally saw that it was written by the current King of Qi.

The Dianshi is afraid, but his Xia family is not afraid. The territory of Qingzhou is still under the control of the Xia family.

"Do you want to save your life with an IOU from His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi?"

"You have violated the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty. According to the law, you should be beheaded. Princes who break the law are guilty of the same crime as common people."

"Go! Take him and chop him off tomorrow!"

Several officials hesitated and were about to start.

The farmer under Er Gouzi swung the hoe and shoulder pole in front of him, showing no sign of weakness.

"Wait a minute!"

"You just want my life, and someone happens to owe me a life."

"Today, I will use his life to die for me. It should be okay."

Er Gouzi said, taking out the IOU written in blood by Ji Cang.

"I believe he must be happy to die for me."

"You don't want my life today, but I have an IOU. If you want it, go to the capital and take Ji Cang away and chop him off. I respect you as a man."

Er Gouzi knew that what he did was somewhat unreasonable and unreasonable.

But the saints made principles and rules for herdsmen.

As a farmer, he would never win if he tried to reason with the people in the government.

The reason and the law were in their hands, and he could not resist, so he could only bring Ji Cang out to make trouble.

Er Gouzi said, and he had already asked his men to prepare for battle.

If there is any guilt in the future, at worst, it will be pushed onto Ji Cang, anyway, even these farmers were trained by Ji Cang.

Xia Mafu saw Er Gouzi's formation, and saw the IOU that was obviously written by the King of Qi.

He finally gave in, waved his hand, and left with his officers and soldiers.

Unexpectedly, His Royal Highness the King of Qi actually owed this kid a life and wrote the IOU in blood.

If this kid is really killed, the King of Qi will definitely take revenge.

At that time, you can guess with your toes that the Xia family will definitely not offend the King of Qi for him, a horseman.

Looking at the figure of Xia Mafu leading the team away, Er Gouzi turned back to the snake cave.

"Chang Ling'er, is there any way to make the big snake leave Shekou Mountain temporarily?"

"No, unless you improve your cultivation and further refine the magic weapon, you can unlock the restriction."

Chang Linger said firmly.

"You might as well have just let the snake swallow them up in one bite."

"You kid doesn't understand. If you kill someone here, you will be held accountable by the government. If you want to devour someone, you have to stay away."

Although Chang Linger said no, Ergouzi still refused to give up. He wanted to try it with a gourd.

The gourd can replenish spiritual energy and completely isolate it from the outside world. It may be able to isolate the Shekou Mountain Restriction.

Thinking of this, he caught a little snake demon and put it in the gourd, and then walked out of the mountain.

At the same time, his consciousness entered the gourd for observation.

The little snake demon fell into coma the moment he was put into the gourd.

But he walked a long way out of Shekou Mountain, and the aura of the little snake demon still did not weaken.

It seems that the gourd still has some effect.

When he walked a few miles away, he took the snake demon out of the gourd.

The little snake demon quickly regained consciousness, but its aura was also rapidly fading.

After only a few breaths, the snake demon was as weak as a big earthworm and lay limply on the ground.

He felt that if a few more breaths passed, the snake demon would die.

He quickly put the snake demon into the gourd and took it back to the cave before taking it out.

When the snake demon returned to the cave, its aura no longer dropped and began to slowly recover.

Seeing this, Er Gouzi probably knew what was going on.

He walked to the foundation-building snake and stroked the snake's body. His consciousness gradually covered the snake.

The next moment, the bucket-sized snake disappeared out of thin air.

Ergouzi felt dizzy for a while and almost fell over. The big snake was too big and moved again when he was holding it back, almost exhausting his consciousness.

He has long discovered that when using a gourd to collect items, the larger the volume, the more spiritual consciousness is consumed.

And it can only be collected if the other party cooperates and does not resist. If they resist, it will consume a lot of spiritual energy and it will easily fail.

"Eh!"

"Where's my baby snake?"

"Where did you take him?"

Chang Ling'er's surprised voice sounded in Er Gouzi's mind.

"I'll take the snake demon to eat a few people and then come back."

Ergouzi said, and tried to put Chang Ling'er into the gourd, but found that Chang Ling'er, who was invisible and traceless, could not be collected at all.