Crimson Cloud Immortal City is only a medium-sized immortal city, with approximately three million human cultivators.
Meanwhile, there are also three Nascent Soul level cultivation families within the city.
On this day, the City Lord's Mansion issued a notice: all cultivators in the city must go to the City Lord's Mansion to register and obtain an identity token. Those without an identity token will be treated as spies if they are caught by the city guards.
At the same time, different poll taxes must be paid based on cultivation level!
A Qi Refining cultivator earns 100 spirit stones per year, a Foundation Establishment cultivator earns 1000 spirit stones per year, a Golden Core cultivator earns 100,000 spirit stones per year, and a Nascent Soul cultivator earns 100,000 spirit stones per year.
Faced with this exorbitant poll tax.
Those who owned property in the city had no choice but to go to the city lord's mansion to register and pay the head tax.
Those who do not own property in the city decide to leave Crimson Cloud City.
After all, it's not easy for low-level cultivators to earn spirit stones. The spirit stones they earn in a year aren't even enough for their cultivation. Paying a head tax of 100 spirit stones is like cutting flesh from their bodies.
However, as soon as they arrived at the city gate, they found that cultivators from the Eternal Sect were already stationed there.
To leave the city, you need to produce your identity token.
The cultivators of the Eternal Sect are all Golden Core cultivators. Ordinary Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators have no courage to resist and can only return to the City Lord's Mansion to obtain their identity tokens.
There are three reasons why cultivators live in immortal cities. First, for safety reasons, although it is possible to open a cave dwelling outside, it is easy to be attacked by demonic beasts or other rogue cultivators. Second, immortal cities are built in places with abundant spiritual energy, and cultivating in the city is better than in the wild. Third, various resources are available for sale in the city, and it is convenient to buy them if you live in the city!
Gao Yan also lay dormant in Chixia City.
He also disguised himself as a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
After registering at the City Lord's Mansion and paying a head tax of 1,000 low-grade spirit stones, he gained a legal identity in Crimson Cloud City!
Several days passed in the blink of an eye.
All the cultivators in Crimson Cloud City received their identity tokens and paid the head tax.
That night.
Gao Yan arrived near the city lord's mansion.
The entire mansion was shrouded in an array, but the array was not of a high level. With his mastery of arrays, he could easily sneak into it without anyone noticing.
He was just about to make a move when he noticed two auras approaching!
A sweep of divine sense revealed two Nascent Soul cultivators, both female, and both women had reached the eighth level of the Nascent Soul stage.
Both women had talismans affixed to their bodies to conceal their presence and become invisible.
The two women arrived at the wall outside the backyard of the city lord's mansion.
Then one of them took out an array plate, cast a few array spells, and a small array appeared, which merged with the array of the city lord's mansion!
Immediately afterwards, the two stepped into the formation and slipped into the city lord's mansion!
With a thought in mind, Gao Yan quietly followed.
Upon entering the city lord's mansion, Gao Yan scanned the entire residence with his divine sense and immediately gained a thorough understanding of it.
There are three Nascent Soul cultivators in the City Lord's Mansion, two of whom are visible in the open, and one is hidden in the shadows.
The two cultivators who were openly in the Nascent Soul stage were not as powerful as these two women. The one from the Crimson Phoenix Clan was equivalent to the fifth level of the Nascent Soul stage, while the one from the Eternal Sect was only at the first level of the Nascent Soul stage.
But the hidden Crimson Phoenix Clan member is equivalent to the ninth level of the Nascent Soul stage!
At this moment, a banquet is being held inside the city lord's mansion.
The one sitting in the first seat was naturally the fifth-level Nascent Soul cultivator from the Crimson Phoenix Clan, and those sitting below him were cultivators from the Eternal Sect!
Inside the main hall, several scantily clad female cultivators were dancing gracefully.
Meanwhile, the Crimson Phoenix Clan's Nascent Soul cultivators were also embracing two beautiful female Nascent Soul cultivators!
Soon, the two female cultivators who had infiltrated the city lord's mansion reached the vicinity of the banquet hall and simultaneously unleashed their spiritual treasures to attack the Crimson Phoenix Clan!
The Crimson Phoenix Clan member reacted quickly, pushing the two Nascent Soul female cultivators in his arms out and sending them crashing into the two spiritual treasures. He then seized the opportunity to soar into the sky, transforming into a streak of crimson light and rushing towards the two Nascent Soul female cultivators, throwing a punch!
Unlike humans, the Hundred Races are more adept at fighting using their physical bodies and supernatural powers, making their physical bodies exceptionally strong.
"Boom boom boom!"
Although this Crimson Phoenix was only at the fifth level of the Nascent Soul stage, it showed no fear in the face of two human beings at the eighth level of the Nascent Soul stage.
He unleashed a powerful set of fist techniques, managing to fight the two female deities who were controlling spiritual treasures to a standstill.
"Hundred Flowers Sword Formation!"
Suddenly, the two female deities uttered soft shouts, and the two magical flying swords quickly split apart, forming a magnificent sword formation.
Gao Yan, with his high level of cultivation and mastery of formations, naturally saw through the mystery of this sword formation at a glance.
This sword formation is not only extremely powerful in attack, but also has the characteristics of an illusion formation.
If there wasn't a second Crimson Phoenix Clan member in the city lord's mansion, their assassination attempt would definitely have succeeded.
But it's hard to say if a member of the Crimson Phoenix Clan is hidden there.
However, considering that the Hundred Flowers Sect had not sided with the Hundred Clans, Gao Yan decided to lend them a hand.
He flashed to the side of another Crimson Phoenix Clan member, pierced the other's brow with a finger, shattering his soul, and then casually collected his corpse.
The Crimson Phoenix Clan member who had fallen into the Hundred Flowers Sword Formation gradually became panicked. Seeing that the wounds on his body caused by the sword energy were increasing, he couldn't help but shout, "Chi Zhong, hurry up and make a move! I can't hold on any longer!"
His shouts went unanswered. The two female deities, after a moment of vigilance, realized that no one was coming to their aid and assumed that the other side was bluffing. They then intensified their attack in anger.
After a quarter of an hour, the Crimson Phoenix Clan members within the sword formation finally couldn't hold on any longer and were annihilated into dust by their combined efforts.
Upon seeing this, the Nascent Soul cultivator from the Eternal Sect decisively fled.
But the two female deities would not let him go. With their combined efforts, he was killed in just ten breaths.
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