Chu Tian stood under the ancient pine tree, looking at the nest of the Mingjiao clan which was getting lower and lower above his head.

A total of thirty-six huge nests of the Dark Horn clan slowly descended, and the location where they landed was just above Canglan Mountain. When the nests were less than a thousand miles from the ground, the thirty-six nests spread out in all directions, and countless Dark Horn clan warriors also flew away with the nests.

A dark-horned warrior emitting a powerful aura, wearing black keratin armor all over his body and with sharp black horns growing on important joints of his body, fell straight down from the sky with a low, grim smile.

Chu Tian's heart moved slightly, and with a wave of his hand, hundreds of star lord flags on the four flag gates in the southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest that guarded the valley flashed and disappeared at the same time. He took the initiative to withdraw the valley's defense formation, leaving only four archways used to declare their identity in the air.

The Dark Horn Warrior punched out, and an archway was shattered to pieces. Countless gems and jades inlaid on the archway turned into colorful lights and flew far away.

With a loud thump, the three-meter-tall Darkhorn warrior landed heavily in front of Chu Tian and the others. He lowered his head slightly and looked down at Chu Tian and the others, muttering in a low voice: "Who is the master here? How big is your territory?"

Chu Tian and the others felt a little depressed. Chu Tian took two steps forward and said in a deep voice, "I am Bagua Zhenren, the master of this Bagua Valley. This valley stretches for three thousand miles and is under the jurisdiction of my mountain gate."

“Three thousand miles?” The Mingjiao warrior nodded and rudely slapped a piece of thin paper on Chu Tian’s face. “Three thousand miles can only be considered a fraction, let’s call it ten thousand miles. Bagua Zhenren, your Bagua Valley has ten thousand miles of mountains. From now on, every hundred years, you must pay tribute to my Mingjiao clan according to the above number!”

Chu Tian tore off the thin paper with a gloomy face and quickly glanced at the words on it.

Wisps of black flames flickered on the thin paper, clearly outlining the words 'The Bagua Zhenren governs the Bagua Valley and covers a vast area of ​​thousands of miles'. In addition, Chu Tian's true image also appeared clearly on the paper.

Below the true image, there is a large area of ​​densely packed text, which includes tens of thousands of top-grade spirit crystals, tens of thousands of high-grade spirit crystals, hundreds of millions of kilograms of ordinary gold, silver, copper and iron, hundreds of millions of kilograms of precious black iron and wind copper, hundreds of millions of kilograms of rare black gold and fire copper, and hundreds of millions of kilograms of various rare mineral deposits that can be called treasures of heaven and earth, etc.

It is specifically noted that if the number of rare minerals is not enough, one kilogram of rare minerals can be converted into a certain amount of top-grade and high-quality spirit crystals for payment, etc.

The last line of the thin paper was written in blood - tribute is paid once every hundred years. If the best-grade spirit crystals and high-grade spirit crystals cannot be collected, the blood and flesh essence of monks and common people can be used to pay.

On the back of the newspaper was a record of an evil secret method of condensing the blood and flesh essence of monks and common people into blood and flesh crystal beads.

"Pay tribute?" Chu Tian looked at the Mingjiao warrior in front of him a little confused.

"The Western Heaven Emperor has transferred the jurisdiction of Wuliang Mountain to our Mingjiao clan for 10,000 years! In the next 10,000 years, you will all be slaves of our Mingjiao clan. You will mine ore for us and we will keep you safe!" The Mingjiao warrior grinned and pointed at Chu Tian and said, "Of course, the lifespan of you casual cultivators is not that long. 10,000 years... Hehe, you can ascend. Anyway, you can only ascend to the territory of the Western Heaven Emperor."

He suddenly leaned forward, stared at Chu Tian and said viciously: "According to the agreement between the Great Venerable and the Western Heaven Emperor, even if you ascended to the Western Heaven, you have to come back and mine for us obediently!"

The Dark Horned Warrior fiercely poked Chu Tian's chest with his fingers a few times and shouted, "Any objections? Hmm? You can try to resist... Hehe, I haven't tasted the flesh and blood of a cultivator for many years."

With a slanting look, the Dark Horned Warrior pointed at Lan Lengyan and sneered, "Especially the flesh and blood of female monks, which is particularly sweet and fragrant... Are you dissatisfied? Do you want to resist? Hey, hey hey... Are you from Bagua Valley?"

Huang Ye Weng, Bai Zhuozi and Lan Lengyan shook their heads subconsciously.

The Dark Horn warrior immediately laughed. He took out another three pieces of thin paper and said to Huang Ye Weng and the other two with a smile, "Well, tell us your names, register one by one, and pay tribute to my tribe obediently after a hundred years."

Huang Ye Weng and the others hesitated for a moment. Then, tens of thousands of miles away, a red light flashed on the surface of a slowly flying Mingjiao nest. A red light column as thick as a hundred miles roared down, and a mountain range of tens of thousands of miles in radius disappeared without a trace with a loud earth-shaking noise. Waves of horrible and scorching breath kept rolling in, causing Chu Tian's three archways floating above the valley to shake wildly.

"That's... the Golden Wing Gate... the Golden Wing Gate, it's over!" Huang Ye Weng and the others shuddered violently and groaned subconsciously.

Chu Tian's expression also changed slightly. The Golden Wing Sect was considered an extremely powerful sect within a million miles of Canglan Mountain, with tens of thousands of disciples, and many of them were seniors who had ascended to heaven and were serving in the Western Heaven.

However, the Golden Wing Sect was instantly wiped out by the Dark Horn Clan.

It is obvious that the Mingjiao clan is killing the chicken to scare the monkeys. The Jinyi clan is the chicken, and Chu Tian and the others have become the monkeys!

Huang Ye Weng and a few others obediently reported their names and the area controlled by the mountain gate. The people of the Mingjiao tribe were quite professional and let Huang Ye Weng and the others lead the way. They rushed to their mountain gates and identified the locations of their mountain gates one by one.

As expected, the mountain gate of Huang Ye Weng and his people was only a few thousand miles in size, but it was registered as a ten-thousand-mile mountain gate by the Mingjiao people.

Looking at the backs of Huang Ye Weng and others who left in a hurry, Chu Tian couldn't help shaking his head while holding the thin paper in his hand. The number of various minerals recorded on it was extremely huge and astonishing. If the requirements of these Mingjiao people were followed, a master like Chu Tian would have to mine continuously day and night to pay tribute on time and in quantity after a hundred years.

But who would go mining when Chu Tian is a master of this level?

Even in the Heavenly Palace, most of the miners were ordinary people, with some low-level monks occasionally mixed in. In order to meet the tribute list drawn up by the Dark Horns, God knows how many miners would have to work overtime day and night!

"You ran far enough, and you actually found such a good place to hide." A voice that could not be distinguished between male and female suddenly came from behind Chu Tian.

Chu Tian suddenly woke up and looked back, and saw the green shadow who saved him from the general that day standing behind him. A hazy green mist surrounded his figure, and no matter how hard Chu Tian tried, he couldn't see his appearance and figure clearly.

"Senior!" Chu Tian hurriedly and respectfully clasped his fists and bowed to the green figure.

"Forget it!" The green figure said in a low voice, "You can call me Qingyi. I'm not a senior, so don't call me that old monster. I came to you this time to ask for the favor you owed me for saving my life last time. Are you willing to return this favor?"