The old man in his sixties did not open the door of Chai's house, but stuck his head out and asked.
"Junior Liu Wuxie, a disciple of Baguio Palace, came to the Chai family to collect rent."
Liu Wuxie showed the disciple token of Baguio Palace. It had his name engraved on it and it couldn't be fake.
When he heard that Liu Wuxie was a disciple of Baguio Palace and was here to collect rent, the sixty-year-old man showed a hint of pain.
The Chai family has not developed smoothly in the past ten years and has already owed the Baguio Palace ten years of annual tribute. In the past few years, the Baguio Palace also sent people to collect it. Naturally, there was no result because the Chai family simply could not come up with the extra immortal rice to pay back the debt.
There is a fairy stone.
In recent years, Baguio Palace has never sent anyone here. Liu Wuxie suddenly came. No wonder the sixty-year-old old man had this expression.
"It turns out to be Mr. Liu, please come in quickly."
The old man in his 60s opened the door, only allowing Liu Wuxie to enter, but did not open all the doors to the Chai family.
Stepping into the yard, the desolation became even more serious, and even the plants planted in the Chai family's yard were lifeless.
The Chai family is only a third-rate family, covering an area of about 5,000 square meters. There are 300 disciples in the family, and the main industry is spiritual fields.
Walking through a long corridor, I occasionally met other Chai family disciples on the road. I saw no smiles on their faces, and the entire Chai family was very quiet. Whether they were men or women, they walked very lightly for fear of disturbing other people.
As for what happened in the Chai family, Elder Kong did not say anything because Elder Kong had already guessed that the sect leader was testing Liu Wuxie.
"Mr. Liu, please wait here for a moment, I will invite the master of the family to come over."
The sixty-year-old man led Liu Wuxie to a side hall, bowed and retreated.
Liu Wuxie did not sit down, but looked towards both sides of the side hall.
The side hall is not big, and there are several portraits hanging on the stone walls on both sides. On the left are spring orchids and autumn chrysanthemums, and on the right are summer lotus and winter plums. They depict the four seasons of the year vividly.
After waiting for about a minute to drink tea, Liu Wuxie heard footsteps coming from behind, and slowly turned around. A middle-aged man in his forties appeared in front of Liu Wuxie.
Chai Gan quickly hugged Liu Wuxie's fists. When he saw Liu Wuxie's cultivation level, there was a strange look in the depths of his eyes.
He really couldn't understand why Baguio Palace sent Xuanxianjing to collect rent.
Not long ago, when the housekeeper informed him that disciples from the Baguio Palace had come to collect rent, Chai Qian felt a thump in his heart, fearing that if the Chai family could not pay the rent, the Baguio Palace would directly destroy them.
After all, the Chai family has been in arrears with annual tribute for ten years.
"Junior Liu Wuxie, I have met Senior Chai."
Liu Wuxie quickly saluted.
When he saw Chai Gan for the first time, four words automatically popped into Liu Wuxie's mind: lonely and helpless.
When a person is helpless, this expression will show in his eyes. No matter how you hide it, it will be difficult to hide it unless you can reach the Immortal Emperor Realm.
"Master Liu, please sit down."
Chai Gan made an invitation gesture and invited Liu Wuxie to sit down. He sat on the Chunlan Qiuju side, and Liu Wuxie sat on the Xiahe and Dongmei side.
The old man in his 60s quickly brought two cups of fragrant tea, placed them in front of the two of them, and bowed down to exit the hall, leaving only Liu Wuxie and Chai Gan.
"Master Chai, will my sudden visit cause trouble to the Chai family?"
From the moment he stepped into Chai's house, Liu Wuxie was in a heavy mood. On the way, no matter how helpless those people were, they would nod and force out a smile when they saw him.
From this, we can see that the Chai family is absolutely aboveboard in doing things.
Because of this, Baguio Palace never sends anyone to urge
debt.
"It's not troublesome, but it makes Young Master Liu laugh."
Chai Gan picked up the tea in front of him to hide the embarrassment in his eyes. Although he was Daluo Jinxian, for some reason, he felt a little pressure when facing Liu Wuxie.
Liu Wuxie refined the Shura Sword fragments, and a trace of the Immortal Emperor's will was stored in his body. The higher the cultivation level, the more obvious the feeling.
That kind of oppression is indescribable and unexplained, but it really exists.
"Master Chai, let's not talk secretly. You must also know the purpose of my coming today. The Chai family owes Baguio Palace ten years of annual tribute. When will the Chai family plan to pay back these annual tributes."
Liu Wuxie said bluntly, because he knew very well that he must not be soft-hearted. If he is soft-hearted at this time, the rest of the conversation will not be able to continue.
In the past few years, many disciples from the Baguio Palace came to see the Chai family. Before the Chai family took the initiative to speak, they began to give up collecting rent, mainly because they couldn't bear it and stabbed the Chai family's wounds again.
Chai Gan glanced at Liu Wuxie meaningfully, he still underestimated Liu Wuxie.
"Young Master Liu should be aware of the situation of our Chai family. It's not that our Chai family is unwilling to pay, but that our Chai family really can't afford it. Now, except for this big house, most of the family's properties have been sold off, and we really can't get a rent. "
Chai Gan smiled bitterly, with a look of helplessness on his face.
This answer was already expected by Liu Wuxie.
"This does not seem to be the reason why the Chai family owes Baguio Palace. If you are unwilling to pay the rent, you should choose to leave the protection of Baguio Palace."
Liu Wuxie's words were sharp, and one sentence directly hit Chai Gan's pain point.
It is unethical for the Chai family to enjoy the blessing of the Baguio Palace but refuse to pay the rent. Although the Baguio Palace does not care, Liu Wuxie must speak clearly.
If the Chai family loses the protection of Baguio Palace, they will be eaten by other families within a few days.
Chai Gan's eyes changed again. He not only underestimated Liu Wuxie, but also underestimated Liu Wuxie's adaptability.
Liu Wuxie made it very clear. If the Chai family cannot pay the rent, from now on, they will be separated from the protection of Baguio Palace, and their life or death will all depend on their own destiny.
At this time, a little bird flew to the side hall of the Chai family, landed on the beam, and was combing its feathers. The bird could hear everything in the side hall clearly.
Liu Wuxie knew very well that he had to take the initiative. If he waited until Chai Gan cried, he would lose the initiative.
Chai Gan also didn't expect that Liu Wuxie would evade all the words he had prepared in a few words, making the situation a bit embarrassing.
Liu Wuxie is a disciple of Baguio Palace, so the Chai family cannot kill him.
Baguio Palace is a top-notch sect. Their methods are monstrous. Every disciple has a soul mark left in the sect. If a disciple dies, the mark can be used to trace where the disciple died.
If Liu Wuxie died in the Chai family, the Chai family would be wiped out by the Baguio Palace in less than a day.
Baguio Palace does not deal with them now because the Chai family has not done anything to regret Baguio Palace. If they kill the disciples of Baguio Palace, the nature will change.
Countless disciples fight over their heads to join the super first-class large sects. This is the treatment enjoyed by the disciples of the large sects.
"It's our fault, the Chai family, to default on the rent. Please give us some more time, Mr. Liu."
After being silent for about ten breaths, Chai Qian finally spoke.
"The disciples who came to collect rent before, Master Chai must have used these words to persuade them to go back."
Liu Wuxie sneered twice. It's not that he has no sympathy. As a disciple of Baguio Palace, he naturally
If you stand from the standpoint of the Baguio Palace, if you stand from the standpoint of the Chai family, then this debt will never be recovered.
There was a hint of anger on Chai Gan's face, and Liu Wuxie was heart-wrenching with every word, not giving the Chai family any chance to refute, as if he would never give up until he handed over today.
"It's really not that our Chai family doesn't have friendship. If you don't believe me, Mr. Liu, you can come with me to the Chai family's granary to have a look. There isn't even a grain of immortal rice here."
Chai Qiannai, a powerful Luo Jinxian, became helpless in the face of Liu Wuxie's intimidation. After speaking, he stood up and took Liu Wuxie to the Chai family granary.
Liu Wuxie did not stand up, but picked up the fragrant tea on the table with a smile, took a sip, then slowly put down the cup, raised his head and said to Chai Gan:
"Of course I believe what Mr. Chai said. It was the junior who spoke too radically just now. Please don't mind Mr. Chai."
The sudden flip left Chai Gan a little confused.
Liu Wuxie first acted hard and then softly. This combination of soft and hard tactics was used vividly.
He put pressure on himself first, and then suddenly slowed down his tone to figure out what he wanted to do.
Chai Gan had no choice but to sit back and his face looked much better.
"well……"
After sitting down, Chai Gan sighed.
"Master Chai, I just joined the Baguio Palace yesterday, and today I received a mission to come to the Chai family to collect rent. There are many things and the connections are not very clear. If the Chai family has any difficulties, you might as well talk to me."
Liu Wuxie changed his tone, saying that he could not push the Chai family too hard. If they pushed him too hard, they would directly say, "If you lose the fairy rice, you will lose your life, and Liu Wuxie will not be able to return the rent."
When he heard that Liu Wuxie had just joined Baguio Palace yesterday, Chai Gan showed a look of disbelief on his face.
Chai Qian knew the rules of Baguio Palace very well. New disciples would not accept assignments within three months. So what happened to Liu Wuxie?
"To be honest, our Chai family's spiritual field has not produced a harvest for ten years."
Chai Gan calmed down his emotions and told the Chai family's current difficulties.
The Chai family has a hundred acres of spiritual land outside the city, and can harvest more than 100,000 kilograms of fairy rice every year. The Chai family has a very high status in Songhai City, and many small families are rushing to purchase the Chai family's fairy rice.
In those few years, the Chai family was extremely prosperous, rising from a small family at the bottom to a third-rate family in one fell swoop.
"There has been no harvest for ten years. Could it be that there is something wrong with the Chai family's spiritual field?"
Liu Wuxie heard it. The Chai family relied on the spiritual field for survival. Without the spiritual field, no wonder the Chai family could not move forward.
Back then, they spent all their money to buy this hundred acres of spiritual land.
"There is indeed a problem in our Chai family's Lingtian. Whenever the harvest is about to be harvested, the fairy rice in the Lingtian will slowly turn black and emit a faint stench."
It’s soon the season for harvesting rice, so no wonder everyone in the Chai family is looking sad.
For ten years, they thought of various ways and invited the elders who planted fairy rice in Baguio Palace. After they came, they were at a loss as they had never seen such a situation before.
"Can you take me to see it?"
The harvest is coming soon. If the Chai family's rice turns black again this year, they will have to wait until next year to collect rent.
Liu Wuxie wanted to go over and see what was wrong with the Chai family's spiritual field.
"good!"
Chai Qian originally planned to go to the Lingtian to have a look, but since Liu Wuxie asked, he would take him along to have a look.
As long as the reason why the fairy rice turns black is found, the Chai family can pay back five thousand kilograms of fairy rice in one year.
Without taking anyone else with him, Chai Gan left the Chai family with Liu Wuxie and headed straight out of the city.