Chapter 1255 Eye Tax
Looking at the shivering girl on the bed, Bai Yu was speechless.
In this evil world, the behavior of Taoist priests is almost the same as that of the devil, and they exploit the people at will.
The problem is that if there are no Taoist priests, there is no way to fight against evil spirits.
He sighed softly and said:
"I don't want anyone to serve me, you can go back."
A little head slowly poked out from the quilt. It was not very beautiful, but full of youthful breath.
A slender jade neck was exposed under the quilt, and it seemed that she was naked.
Her eyes were misty:
"Master Dao, don't drive Lian'er away. Lian'er will definitely serve you well."
Bai Yu had no choice but to say:
"If you want to stay, stay here. I will practice and you just don't make a sound."
As he said that, he took out an evil eyeball and began to chant and refine it, and sacrificed the sword in the pupil.
The power in the eyeball was absorbed by the sword in the pupil bit by bit, and the sword in the pupil grew at a speed visible to the naked eye.
On the side, the girl in the quilt gradually stopped trembling and found that Bai Yu really had no intention of touching her.
She slowly calmed down, and curiously widened her eyes, looking at Bai Yu who was meditating on the side.
However, no matter how wide her eyes widened, she could not see clearly.
"It's amazing, it would be great if Lian'er could also become a Taoist priest."
Gradually, the girl could not hold on and fell asleep with fantasy.
Here, Bai Yu sacrificed several evil eyeballs in a row.
It was not until midnight that he stopped.
At this moment, the pupil sword technique was improved again and reached the third level.
Bai Yu touched his chin and thought to himself:
"The power of the third-level pupil sword technique is roughly equivalent to the magic of the golden elixir level."
"Of course, the real combat power is definitely not as comprehensive as the immortal golden elixir, and the life span is not increased by more than a hundred years."
"But this is already amazing. A mortal, in two months, has been promoted from no magic power to the golden elixir level."
"Even if the eyes are sharp enough, the improvement speed can be several times faster."
Bai Yu had to sigh that the left-handed method is indeed desirable.
This cultivation speed must be beyond the reach of many immortal cultivators.
Bai Yu calculated again in his heart:
"I have quietly absorbed spiritual energy these days, and my cultivation has recovered a little. Although I can't recover to my full strength, it is always okay to attack once or twice."
"However, in order to avoid being targeted by the Heavenly Dao, it is better to attack less. The stronger the pupil sword technique, the more it can conceal the aura of the immortal way."
Unconsciously, the sky was already bright.
Bai Yu left the house and heard the strange long chants from the yard next door.
It looked like it hadn't stopped all night.
He couldn't help but shook his head.
The practice of the left way was too intense, and most of the Taoists in Zhenjun Temple had some psychological problems.
For example, Chen Zhu was lustful.
A Taoist comparable to the Yuanying and the God, he was played to the point of being emaciated and skinny like a bamboo pole.
Bai Yu faced the two suns that lit up in the east and chanted the Spirit Eye Mantra.
After half an hour, Chen Zhu also came out with clothes on.
"Junior brother, are you chanting the mantra to practice?"
Bai Yu finished reciting the Spirit Eye Mantra and then replied:
"The rules of the temple are that no matter what time it is, you must chant the mantra at least nine times a day and you cannot relax."
Chen Zhu chuckled:
"You are really a blockhead, but only you can master the pupil sword so quickly."
"It's strange, all those with high cultivation are like the eldest brother, almost like wood."
Bai Yu asked curiously:
"Eldest brother?"
Chen Zhu said:
"Yes, eldest brother Yang Luhai's cultivation has improved very quickly, and he should have reached the ninth level of pupil skills long ago."
"The Nightmare Dragon Eye he practiced is also one of the three major pupil skills."
Bai Yu asked curiously:
"Why haven't I seen him?"
Chen Zhu didn't care and smiled:
"Eldest brother and several seventh and eighth level brothers are either staying in the town or going out to practice."
"In our temple, only Senior Brother Wen and Senior Sister Chen have higher cultivation."
Bai Yu's heart moved slightly, and he didn't ask any more questions.
Instead, he changed the subject and advised:
"Brother Chen, it is said that too much lust is harmful to the body, you should be more moderate."
"Otherwise, you will be trapped in lust and cannot quit even if you want to."
Chen Zhu disagreed:
"It's just quitting lust, is it a big deal for cultivators like us? I quit every day."
Bai Yu:
"Okay, just ignore what I said."
Eighty percent of the left-handed cultivators have some problems with their brains, but they are treated as normal people just because they can take care of themselves.
Chen Zhu said quietly:
"Little brother, if you are interested, you might as well sleep with more girls."
"Let's go, collect the eye tax."
Without waiting for Bai Yu to ask, he took Bai Yu to find the village chief.
"According to convention, it's time to collect the eye tax."
The village chief had been waiting outside the house for a long time, and nodded hurriedly:
"Please rest assured, Taoist priests, everyone has been waiting in the threshing ground for a long time."
A long queue formed in the threshing ground.
The village doctor used a spoon-shaped tool to dig out an old man's eyes.
He skillfully stopped the bleeding and applied medicine to the man, soaking the eyeballs in special medicine.
This set of moves was smooth and completed in just a dozen breaths, as if it had been practiced countless times.
Bai Yu was stunned:
"Brother Chen, is this the eye tax?"
Chen Zhu nodded:
"In the Shenmu Palace, everyone practices the spiritual eye method, so naturally they have to collect eye taxes for practice."
"I heard that the White Bone Dao Palace collects the bone tax, and the Zhuanlun Palace collects the Wheel of Life."
Bai Yu couldn't help but feel weird in his heart.
This world of leftism is indeed very different from the world of cultivating immortals.
"Senior brother, how often do you collect them?"
Chen Zhu didn't have any emotion and didn't speak.
The village chief on the side spoke:
"The time to report to the Taoist Master can be as long as twenty years, or as short as ten years. Generally, it happens every ten years."
"Except for those who are found to have spiritual eyes, or the family members of women who are Taoist priests, everyone over the age of fifteen must pay the eye tax."
Bai Yu suddenly understood.
No wonder Chen Zhu said he would sleep with more women.
Looking at this situation, it is actually a kind of protection.
He looked at the village chief and asked:
"According to this, by the age of thirty-five, wouldn't everyone be blind?"
"Village Chief, aren't you worried?"
The village chief smiled and said:
"What the Taoist said is weird. Why worry about the impossible?"
"No one in the village will live to be thirty."
Bai Yu was stunned.
Good guy, the hardships at the bottom of this world are simply rare in the world.
Even those famous tyrants from the Xuanhuang Realm would be considered good people if they were placed here.
His thoughts changed quickly and he said:
"What about that, Lian'er, I'm very satisfied."
After hearing this, the village chief smiled and bowed humbly:
"As long as Master Dao is satisfied, let Lian'er serve Master Dao these days."
Bai Yu's mood was waning as he looked at the cruel scene.
But everyone is used to it, and there is only numbness on their faces.
In the next few days, Bai Yu and his wife tested the spiritual eyes of children in the village.
However, several suitable Taoist candidates were discovered, including Lian'er.
A few days later, the two of them returned to Zhenjun Temple with a few Taoist boys.