Xu Changge opened the door and saw five or six people standing at the door, all of whom were outer disciples of Changsheng Palace.
"What's up?"
Xu Changge asked in a calm tone.
"You are new here, don't you understand the rules?"
The leader is called Huang Yihai, and his uncle is an outer sect elder from Changsheng Palace with a small background. With this relationship, and Huang Yihai's own considerable talent and cultivation, he has become an elite among the outer sect disciples.
Relying on his identity and strength, Huang Yihai often suppressed his fellow disciples and collected protection fees regularly.
Regarding this kind of thing, Huang Yihai is not the only one in the Changsheng Palace to do it, but there are many people who do it. The higher-ups turn a blind eye. Where there are people, there will be disputes and oppression, which is inevitable. If you have enough strength, you can naturally resist.
"After three days, remember to hand over fifty pieces of medium-grade spiritual stones. If you don't hand it over, you will be responsible for the consequences."
Seeing that Xu Changge had not spoken, Huang Yihai said again.
Then, Huang Yihai pointed at a person standing stupidly not far away: "Xiao Niuzi, you will explain the rules of this place to this newcomer later."
"Okay." Xiao Niuzi was dressed simply and looked honest. He did not dare to look at Huang Yihai and lowered his head in fear.
After Huang Yihai left, Xiao Niuzi walked up to Xu Changge.
Xiao Niuzi's real name is Niu Quanfu. He was an ordinary villager at the foot of the mountain. He was fortunate enough to become an outer disciple of the Changsheng Palace. People in the village thought that Niu Quanfu was going to become a high-ranking ascetic. Little did they know that after he came to the Changsheng Palace, he did what he did every day.
Doing chores leaves little time for practice.
Because Niu Quanfu had no background or talent and was stupid, the outer disciples living here often bullied him. Some of them even asked Niu Quanfu to wash his clothes. If he was disobedient, he would be beaten severely.
Over time, Niu Quanfu got used to this kind of life and accepted his fate.
"Do you want to eat?"
Niu Quanfu took out a steamed bun. Ordinary practitioners have not yet reached the realm of inedia and need to use food to replenish energy.
"No, thank you."
Xu Changge shook his head and refused.
Niu Quanfu introduced himself: "My name is Niu Quanfu, you can call me Xiao Niuzi, everyone calls me that. You are a new disciple, right? What do you call me?"
"Xu An." Xu Changge concealed his cultivation, otherwise the outer disciples of Changsheng Palace would not dare to bully him.
"Brother Xu, the few people just now are the bosses of our area. The leader is called Huang Yihai. I heard that his uncle is an elder. You must not offend him."
Niu Quanfu warned kindly.
"What if I'm offended?"
Xu Changge disagreed.
"If you offend Senior Brother Huang, you will definitely not have a good life in the future. There used to be many people who refused to hand over protection fees and were often bullied by Senior Brother Huang."
Niu Quanfu told the consequences.
"Aren't there any elders in charge?" This was the first time Xu Changge understood the bottom level of the Changsheng Palace.
"How can I manage it?" Niu Quanfu laughed, with a hint of bitterness and helplessness towards reality in his smile.
"So you have to let them oppress you without any resistance."
Xu Changge said.
Niu Quanfu explained: "Many people tried to resist, but in the end they either disappeared unexpectedly or were kicked out of the sect. If you want not to be bullied, you can only endure it. When you survive until the end, you will become strong enough."
Yes, everything will be fine."
As long as the competition and oppression of the outer disciples are not excessive, the senior officials of Changsheng Palace will ignore it. Only those who survive can go further on the path of spiritual practice in the future.
"How long have you been in Changsheng Palace?" Xu Changge asked.
"Five years." Niu Quanfu counted the time.
"Have you always been bullied?" Xu Changge.
Niu Quanfu smiled and did not answer. But his helpless and miserable eyes had already explained the problem.
Niu Quanfu is an ordinary person who has no choice but to obey. As for resisting and finding his own way, only the proud ones can do it. Ordinary people who dare to violate the rules will only die.
"Remember to hand over the spirit stones after three days and endure the calm for a while. If you don't have enough spirit stones, you can borrow them from me."
Niu Quanfu still has a lot of things to do and has no time to chat with Xu Changge.
Back inside the house, Xu Changge could understand the Changsheng Palace's arrangement for the lower classes, but he did not agree with it. Although letting the outer disciples compete with each other would temper their character, over time it would definitely encourage some people's arrogance.
This caused dissatisfaction among the disciples at the bottom and no sense of belonging to the sect.
Soon, three days passed.
Huang Yihai led people to Xu Changge's residence and kicked open the bamboo door very roughly.
"Are you ready?"
Huang Yihai said arrogantly.
Xu Changge sat on the wooden chair and looked at Huang Yihai quietly without saying a word. At this moment, Xu Changge wanted to kill Huang Yihai, not for anything else but because he felt unhappy.
Cleaning the stone steps in the west courtyard was because Xu Changge wanted to experience life and do it independently. If someone dared to sit on Xu Changge's head and poop and pee, do you really think that Xu Changge, the former emperor, had no temper?
It is no exaggeration to say that even if Xu Changge's identity is exposed now, he will not be in any trouble.
Xu Changge knew everything about the sect-protecting formation in the Changsheng Palace, how to activate it, where the flaws were, how to exert the maximum terrifying power, etc.
In the previous life, Xu Changge was both a teacher and a friend of the Holy Lord, and had saved the Changsheng Palace from danger many times. Therefore, Xu Changge couldn't be more clear about the layout and methods inside the Changsheng Palace.
"What do you think I'm doing? Are you stupid?"
Huang Yihai was glanced at by Xu Changge and felt an inexplicable coldness in his back. His throat rolled up and he cursed loudly.
Xu Changge narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking about how to deal with the senior officials of Changsheng Palace if Huang Yihai was killed.
"Senior Brother Huang, I gave him his spiritual stone for this month."
At this moment, Niu Quanfu came over and painfully took out fifty pieces of spiritual stones. This was his family fortune that he had saved for a long time. Originally, he didn't want to meddle in other people's business, but he couldn't bear to see Xu Changge being beaten up.
Perhaps Niu Quanfu saw his past self. At that time, he had just entered the profession and was often beaten when he had no money to hand over to his fellow apprentices. However, many of his fellow apprentices saw Niu Quanfu's miserable condition, and no one was willing to help.
When Niu Quanfu helped Xu Changge, it was as if he had helped his past self and gained inner redemption.
"You are really a big fool."
Huang Yihai took the spiritual stone handed over by Niu Quanfu, and there was no reason not to accept it. After receiving the spiritual stone, Huang Yihai spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm on the floor and smiled wildly.
"Hahaha......"
The disciples who followed Huang Yihai laughed loudly, thinking that Niu Quanfu was a complete fool.