Chapter 600: Island Tribute

This day, Zhou Shu was practicing, when suddenly there was a scolding from outside the island.

"The Lord of Aruo Island has a false meeting, come out quickly!"

Zhou Shu stared intently, and saw three Jindan cultivators hanging in the air, staring down proudly, their big thorns were very rude.

Who are these people and what are they doing here?

After thinking about it for a while, Zhou Shu was a little puzzled, but the yelling kept repeating, so he only responded via voice transmission, "Amitabha, I am in seclusion, so it is inconvenient to see guests."

"Presumptuous! Retreat, what kind of bird pass!"

"Today is the day for you to pay the island tribute to Master Ma Ku. Don't pretend to be dead. Even if you are from Linyun Temple, if you offend Master Ma Ku here, you will still die!"

"Do you think it's okay to hide in the formation? We all have the divine sense talisman specially bestowed by Master Ma Ku on our bodies. Once the talisman is activated, we can send a message to Master Ma Ku immediately, come out quickly!"

The complexions of the three cultivators changed slightly, showing a bit of anger, and their reprimands became louder.

"It turns out that the three are envoys of Master Ma Ku, and this old man is here to send the island tribute."

Zhou Shu understood the reason, changed his mind, opened the formation and flew out.

At this moment, he deliberately used escapism to cover up his body shape, his whole body was covered in mist, only a corner of the monk's robe was exposed, if it wasn't for a cultivator whose spiritual consciousness was higher than his, he would definitely not be able to see his true shape.

He clasped his hands together, and said in a deep voice, "I'm late to greet you, so I ask the three envoys to forgive me."

The three cultivators stared at Zhou Shu a few times with disdain, but they didn't ask any more questions, and shouted directly, "Stop rambling, let's make a fuss! How much property you have acquired in the past two years, hand over 70% quickly. If there is less, we will take back this island!"

Zhou Shu nodded, took out some Naxu rings and handed them over, "Don't worry, old man, there are very few merchants in the East China Sea recently, and the plundered property is really not much, so I only have these seventeen Naxu rings."

Na Xujie, he has at least fifty of them on him, although he can't open them now, they are all packed in bags for later.

"Seventeen?"

The three envoys showed some joy on their faces. After receiving the Naxu Commandment, they looked at it carefully. There were more smiles on their faces, and their speech changed, from being condescending to respectful.

"That's right, Master Xuhui really has the means. He has gained such a harvest in two years, which is much better than other islands. After reporting it to Lord Ma Ku, he will definitely be happy."

"Don't worry, since you have paid the island tribute, this island still belongs to you, Master Xuhui."

"Master continues to retreat, we will not bother you, leave."

The three envoys put away the empty precepts, nodded to Zhou Shu, turned around and were about to leave.

Zhou Shu clasped his hands together, pretending to be puzzled, "The three envoys have been working so hard, why don't you go to the island and have a cup of tea?"

The envoy shook his head and said, "Don't drink anymore, there are still seven or eight islands to go, and we can't afford to delay Master Ma Ku's affairs."

"That's all right, I won't give away more, goodbye."

Zhou Shu nodded and saluted, then turned and landed back on the island.

Not long after, he tidied up a bit, took all the things that should be taken away with him, and then left.

Unfolding his consciousness, the three envoys were not far away, they were still within the range, and were hurrying on their way. Zhou Shu unfolded the secret formula, quietly fell behind them, and followed them all the way.

Dao Dao Sha Kuang Sha, he and Ma Ku have formed an indissoluble feud, since these three envoys are Ma Ku's subordinates, and they are also bandits, there is no reason to let them go, but from what they said , They still have to go to seven or eight islands, wouldn't it be better to follow them, take over those islands along the way, and then deal with these envoys?

The current him is probably not Ma Ku's opponent. It is also very good to attack Ma Ku from other aspects, or to eliminate harm for the people.

Moreover, counting the time, it was time for him to leave the East China Sea and set off for Mount Liuming, but before he left, Ma Ku would not have a good time.

The huge advantage of spiritual consciousness was clearly revealed. The range of spiritual consciousness of the three envoys was only fifty li, and Zhou Shu could see everything they said and did, but they knew nothing about Zhou Shu.

"Have you sent the message to Lord Maku?"

"Of course, I didn't expect that bald donkey Xu Hui to pay seventeen Naxu rings, more than double the amount. My lord is very happy."

"Well, it seems that we collected the island tribute this time. It seems that we have the most rewards along the way."

"Haha... The other roads are pitiful, and they will be punished again, but fortunately, the mad shark is gone, otherwise, a few people will have to die to let the adults calm down."

"The mad shark's death is really a good thing for us. It's scary to think about it. Poor Master Duoxu, the master took his anger out on him and beat him severely. More than half of his tentacles fell off. It won't come back for years."

"He's not a human, what's so pitiful, killing it will do a lot of good for adults, but it's a pity that he didn't kill it."

"The guy who killed the mad shark didn't know where he was hiding, and he didn't find it for so long."

"I don't even have a face. Where can I find it? I only know that he has a top-grade magic weapon. It's hard..."

...

Listening all the way, Zhou Shu got a lot of useful information.

Every two years, Ma Ku will send ten envoys to collect island tribute. The island owners in the territory must pay 70% of the income to Ma Ku. Ma Ku's methods are extremely cruel, at least eight, and those who pay less will be Being punished, or even being taken back to the island, those who disobeyed and refused to surrender would surely die.

Therefore, the island owner under his command must constantly plunder and kill others in order to keep his status and life. In a place where there is no way, if he wants to survive, he has to trade his life for his life.

These days, Ma Ku has been looking for Zhou Shu's whereabouts, but he never imagined that Zhou Shu took advantage of his identity as a virtual society to hide on the island under his jurisdiction, and the Master Duoxu was beaten up by Ma Ku. He barely escaped with his life, but it will take more than ten years to recover.

"Master Duoxu has escaped, so is Lin Zhu safe?"

Such a thought suddenly flashed in Zhou Shu's mind, but soon he shook his head, "Whatever you do, I don't know if I will meet you again. If I do, I will settle the score with her."

After following for two days, the three messengers stopped in front of an island.

After a lot of yelling, a middle-aged cultivator flew out and respectfully handed over five Naxu precepts.

The emissary accepted the precept of accepting falsehood, and then he scolded severely. The mature man's face was flushed, but he didn't dare to retaliate at all, he just shook his head and begged for mercy.

"It's useless to say more! Such a small amount of money, you just wait for Master Ma Ku to punish you!"

The middle-aged cultivator repeatedly begged for forgiveness, and finally sent up the portion he had kept, "If you ask the messenger for forgiveness, there is only one, but these two are really gone."

"You still want to be the owner of the island? If you go around the island within two months, you will have to make up double the difference, or hand over the island!"

The messenger scolded a few words mercilessly, then turned and left.

The middle-aged cultivator begged for nothing, so he had to fall back to the island resentfully, looking around, with nowhere to vent his frustration, he couldn't help but yelled at the disciples on the left and right, "Go grab it! If you can't grab it within a month! If you have enough property, give it to me to die!"

The left and right disciples nodded repeatedly, but they couldn't hide the fear on their faces.

Keep the change, please.

A plain and unfamiliar voice came, and the middle-aged cultivator couldn't help but look shocked, turned around quickly, and shouted, "Who, who are you, how did you come up?"

No one answered.

A sword light flashed silently, and the strong man's head fell to the ground, his eyes were full of panic, he didn't know how he died.