Chapter 373 : : Toll Tax

It hasn't even been properly two months and the news of Frozen Flame completely subduing Black Scorpion Sect and Cold Heaven Sect, turning them into subordinates, has spread like a wildfire.

Many couldn't believe their ears, whether it was a small sect in the boonies, a force of underworld, or a mercenary organization, they all sucked in a breath of cold air, after all, both of these two sects had a very long history.

Black Scorpion Sect was known as a principled assassination organization to all but the ones with enough connection channels knew that although their strength has fallen in recent years, it was still the strongest assassination organization in Golden Bird Continent.

Cold Heaven Sect was so prideful that it didn't even let any men step into its inner area, completely forbidding them from entering it, but now, they have willingly become the subordinate of a newly made organization without any bloodshed.

The news shook everyone who heard it, several small and large forces around the territory of Frozen Flame reacted, they knew that their turn will come sooner or later, so they took the lead to come and form connections. Normally, such people can only enter Corentis at most, but this time it was different.

Surprisingly, this time they were allowed to use transmission array and go to Frozen Flame city, it was the first time that the organization has let outsiders come in.

As a result, a big line of cultivators was formed in front of the transmission array platform.

It was becoming hard for the guards to maintain the line, thankfully some Combat Bots were sent here to help them, as to why Rex didn't send Working Bots? It was because some people only come here to get the ticket to hell and sometimes Working Bots can't give it to them.

Adel Meyer looked at this scene unfolding in front of him with a complicated expression. He had spent all the money, his family had collected for generations to try and restore the city but failed to do so, but now the city wasn't just growing at an astonishing pace, the force housing it was also stronger and capable enough to oppose Azure Empire.

"Haha… If it isn't Brother Adel, it has been quite a while since we met, how are you doing?" An old man came walking from the back of the line, two robust men were following him from behind.

Adel looked at the approaching old man and laughed coldly, he didn't reply and ignored him.

During the time of the decline of Corentis when he was lacking resources, these were the friends that abandoned him faster than anyone else.

"Brother I was busy before, and now when I finally came out of seclusion, my incompetent men told him how you tried to contact me and they didn't inform me, as an apology I brought you the Blue Sky Jade, it can increase the flying speed of a cultivator below Golden Core stage by at least 100%," He said with a flattering smile.

But Aden didn't even spare him a look. He turned to the nearest Combat Bot and spoke.

"Help them get in the line," Aden said in a cold tone

The bot moved towards the trio, one of the bodyguards frowned, he was about to step up but the old man immediately stopped him.

Although he hadn't seen it with his own eyes but he had heard what happened to the people who made trouble here in recent days.

He then looked at Adel again, seeing that he completely ignored him, the old man could only helplessly abandon his plans and join back the queue.

Two people wearing long green and black robes quietly watched this scene unfolding from the queue. Both of them were quite popular yet seclusive figures on the continent.

Due to their strength, they had received their own titled name.

If Sung Lee and Ji Biyu were here, they could have easily recognized them.

One of them was known by the alias Jade Mountain King and the other was One Sword Immortal.

Jade Mountain King was none other than the founder of the ‹Peerless & Majestic Sect Masters› chat group and One Sword Immortal was the admin.

Jade Mountain King was the Place Lord of True Jade Pavilion in Jade Mountain Range, it was a force that liked to lay low and secluded itself from the outer world for most of the time. On the other hand, One Sword Immortal was an alone cultivator who was considered one of the top three swordsmen on the whole continent.

{Do you think coming here like that was a good idea?} (One Sword Immortal)

{Of course, I won't leave today without getting my 5 Star card. Don't worry, if others don't recognize us then how would we lose face for joining the queue?} (Jade Mountain King)

{That too... I want to see it with my own eyes what made those two join a force like that,} (One Sword immortal)

Jade Mountain King nodded in agreement.

Soon it was their turn, and without any verification, they were able to use the transmission array.

Rex didn't set any inspection or verification center, it was his way to tell how confident he was in his forces, even if it was a Calamity Lord, they can't do anything inside here.

Because he had Leech!

He had the True Adult Leech with only 1/5 of its part suffering from poison.

True Leech was way stronger than a mere segment, it was simply undefeatable here in such a place.

Both of them activated the transmission array and appeared on the other side, when the bright light faded and they saw the sight in front of them, they reacted and almost attacked the people in front of them.

But seeing that the other party didn't react in any way and looked already used to it they calmed down.

The reason for their behaviour was that they were surrounded by beastman. They did hear that there were beastman in Frozen Flame city but when they saw robust beastman fully clad in spirit armour, carrying spirit weapons, and standing beside those giant Combat Bots, they couldn't help but be vigilant.

The beastman in the city had long gotten used to this behaviour, they simply told them the way they need to move on to get to the castle.

Jade Mountain King and One Sword Immortal looked at each other in the eyes then nodded, with slight hesitation, they followed behind people walking on the road while observing the tall equisetic buildings in the distance.

They increased their pace, whether it was the tallest Spirit Tower or the shining crystal lamps on the street, everything was new and amusing to them.

After entering the city, they realized that the city didn't have a few beastman but almost everyone here was beastman, although many of them looked at them with hidden resentment in their eyes but not a single one had any fear towards them.

They couldn't help but wonder about the strength of Shadow Lord that gave these beastman such confidence.

The biggest human groups that caught them were from Cold Heaven Sect and Black Scorpion Sect because they were now allowed to enter the city once their sect master chooses to agree to Rex's conditions.

It wasn't hard to guess that there was a Long Distance Teleportation Platform in the vicinity of both these sects that could be used to come to Corentis or directly to Frozen Flame city if they have enough currency and at least 2 Star ID cards.

"Eh... What is that?" One Sword Immortal abruptly stopped and said.

Jade Mountain King stopped and turned to look.

He saw that there was another line of people here on the road to the castle.

They both were curious to see what was happening so they moved to the side and saw the reason for the queue.

A big five-headed creature was comfortably sitting on a sofa, on the left side of the road.

Little Aru was leisurely sitting on the sofa as he took the spirit fruit from the man in front of him and placed it in the Space Box filled with various kinds of spirit fruits beside the sofa. He wasn't alone, sitting on his left was Little Coco and on his right was the Little Elf named Elvie, followed by three solemn-faced Golden Core stage experts standing behind him.

The story starts about an hour earlier...

Little Aru was casually strolling around in the city accompanied by the two little lass and the three old men as he had nothing much to do.

Just at that time, one of the rich merchants approached him, he was a friend of Jiang Shuang and knew more about this place than others. He knew that the rumored Calamity Lord Lerna had a child with Miraculous Alchemist Ye Tian, and it was named Little Aru.

As a successful rich merchant, how could he leave the opportunity to entice the kid before his parents?

He quickly came to him and introduced himself, to which Little Aru paid no heed and continued on his way.

The merchant reacted, he switched from verbal techniques to gifting techniques, he took out fashionable clothes, spirit tools, toys, and even spirit weapons but it didn't catch Little Aru's attention.

When the merchant almost accepted defeat, he took out Earth Voice Spirit Fruit, he was saving to ask a capable Alchemist to concoct a pill for him, he was about to put it back when he noticed the five pair of eyes locked on to it. The merchant was reluctant but he still tried and gave the fruit to him.

Little Aru modestly took the fruit and gulped it down in two bites, he then nodded in satisfaction and burned the image of the man in his eyes to remember him when he brings more fruit next time.

The merchant's heart was in pain but seeing him nodding in satisfaction, he sighed in relief and left. He had already made the plan to slowly get on his good side, the investment was expensive but was highly beneficial for a long-term plan. What he didn't know was many geniuses had already tried it long ago.

The thing was because of the crowd today, many incoming people noticed this scene unfolding in front of their eyes. They didn't saw the whole thing but noticed that giving fruits meant receiving the favour.

Someone from the crowd followed the suit and offered another spirit fruit to him, Little Aru happily took it.

What was left after that? Others also followed the suit.

When new people came in, they didn't know what was going on but seeing that everyone was making offers to this five-headed deity they considered it as an unspoken rule and made an offering before proceeding on the road.

Little Aru was now acting like a toll tax on the road to the castle.

At present...

Jade Mountain King had a strange look on his face as he saw the situation unfolding in front of his eyes. He pulled out a man from the queue to inquire about the situation.

"Brother, what is happening around here?" Jade Mountain King asked in a polite tone.

"Humph, who is your brother? Stop pulling people from the queue you fool," The thin man scolded him in a bad tone.

Jade Mountain King was silent, he was wondering if he should smash his head with a fist or slice it with a sword.

One Sword Immortal knew that the situation can get out of hand so he interfered. He was a lone cultivator so he was already aware of what such people would want, he took out a few Mid-Grade Spirit Stones and stuffed them into his hands.

"Brother, we were just curious, tell us what is going on here?" One Sword Immortal asked.

The man looked at the spirit stones in his hands and his eyes shined, the dissatisfaction from earlier disappeared without a trace and was replaced by a fawning smile.

"Hahaha... you seem smarter brother, I will tell you, the situation is simple, we just need to make an offering of a spirit fruit before advancing on the road to show our respect to Shadow Lord here," The man said then hurriedly left to join the queue.

This time, One Sword Immortal had the urge to cut his head down but Jade Mountain King stopped him in time.