Chapter 425: Bribe
Bai Yu rushed back to Zhenhai City, entered the hall, and bowed to everyone.
"Bai Yu greets all the teachers. I have already decided on the location for the city."
Everyone was a little surprised. They didn't expect Bai Yu to be able to choose a location so quickly.
Jia Ren secretly muttered, did this guy choose an island in a hurry?
But the general manager Qian Yankai showed a kind smile:
"Fellow Daoist Bai, I don't know which island you chose. Please mark it on this boundless sea map."
Bai Yu raised his hand and sent out a spiritual power, lighting up an island on the sea map:
"It is the poisonous fire island at the easternmost end."
Qian Yankai said:
"So it is this island, fellow Daoist Bai has good eyesight."
"This island is vast and located at the easternmost end. There is not much competition. It is a good place to go."
But he thought in his heart:
"Sure enough, he is a nerd. He actually chose such a broken island."
Jia Ren sneered again and again, feeling secretly happy.
He knew the Poison Fire Island very well, as it was the island he and several fellow Taoists explored and demarcated.
There were three evils on the island: poisonous insects, volcanoes, and evil spirits, so it was privately designated as a Class C island.
"You are so stingy that you don't even want to buy a precise sea chart worth one million, and you ended up choosing a Class C island."
"You are reluctant to spend a mere one million, and you chose a dead end, and you will lose more in the future."
Of course, these were all complaints in their minds, and both Qian Yankai and Jia Yi had a friendly look on their faces.
Bai Yu naturally didn't know what they were thinking, but just said:
"Teachers, I have already selected the address for the city. Can I receive the materials for the city construction?"
Qian Yankai smiled and shook his head, and handed Bai Yu a jade slip:
"Don't worry, fellow Taoist Bai. Becoming the Lord of the Immortal City represents new rights and responsibilities. Please swear the Heart Demon Oath in the presence of fellow Taoists."
Bai Yu glanced at it briefly, and it introduced many rights and obligations of the Lord of the Immortal City, as well as many taboos.
The first rule is that the first ten years are tax-free, and after ten years, 10% of the taxes must be paid to the Lixian League.
This is reasonable, after all, the Lixian League provides guidance and prepares materials for city construction.
Investments must be rewarded, and a 10% tax is not too heavy.
The second rule is that all immortal city lords are regarded as allies of the Great Li Kingdom.
They are not allowed to attack each other within three years, and they are not allowed to attack the main city within a hundred years.
If there are powerful enemies such as the demon race invading, they need to work together to fight the enemy to ensure that the human race has a foothold here.
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There are hundreds of oaths in total.
And even the words of the oath are fixed. The price of violating the rules includes being regarded as a traitor by all immortal city lords and the Great Li Xiuxian world, being struck by lightning, and having a relapse of the inner demon, etc.
Bai Yu thought about it and confirmed that there was no trap and no loophole.
So he made the inner demon oath.
Seeing that he had finished his oath, Qian Yankai said:
"Very good, very good, Jia Ren, take Bai Daoyou to collect the cloud ship supplies."
Jia Ren smiled and led Bai Yu to a square in the city.
In the square, there were dozens of giant ships taller than mountains.
"Bai Daoyou, this is the cloud ship of the Immortal Alliance, which can transport a large number of supplies and personnel over long distances."
"On this cloud ship, there are 100,000 pioneering monks, as well as food, elixir, magic tools and other pioneering supplies, enough to start a fairy city."
"Each fairy city lord can be allocated a cloud ship."
Bai Yu nodded slightly.
Pioneering and building a city is not an easy task, and a lot of resources must be invested in the early stage.
"Jia Daoyou, is this cloud ship selected at random?"
Jia Ren smiled:
"Of course not, do you see the absolute spirit turntable over there? Turn to whichever number, and choose which one."
After hearing this, Bai Yu didn't want to delay, and was ready to go forward and turn the turntable directly.
However, Jia Ren stopped him and rubbed two fingers together.
"It's not easy for the Immortal Alliance to collect materials. Shouldn't Brother Bai show some human touch?"
Bai Yu suddenly realized that this guy was asking for bribes.
Bribery is something that cannot be stopped at all, even the Buddha Tathagata can't control it!
Tang Monk went through 81 difficulties to reach the West Heaven, and at the end he had to bribe Ananda and Kasyapa to get the true scriptures.
The Immortal Alliance is naturally not very clean, and there are countless shady operations such as asking for bribes and reselling information.
If you don't want to bribe, you might do something small and ruin things.
Bai Yu is not a pedantic person. If it's just a small bribe, he will let him do it.
At most, he will go to their ancestral graves to talk about it in the future.
So he asked:
"Brother Jia, how much human touch is considered to show your sincerity?"
Seeing Bai Yu come up, Jia Ren laughed and said:
"Two thousand will be enough."
Bai Yu's heart suddenly cooled.
Jia Ren said two thousand, not one, but twenty million.
His total wealth is only about thirty million, and he has been running Xiaolei Temple for many years and has a lot of wealth.
Jia Ren asked for twenty million right away, and Bai Yu could never agree.
He asked tentatively:
"Fellow Daoist Jia, I am short of money, I am afraid I can't afford it, I wonder if you can reduce it a little."
Jia Ren's face turned cold, and he said:
"The teachers of the Lixian League, big and small, and the chief elders, have all contributed a lot. It's just two thousand, and there is not much left for everyone."
"Twenty million, not a single dollar less."
Bai Yu sighed, knowing that there was no room for negotiation.
He said helplessly:
"It has been too short for me to be promoted to Yuanying, let alone twenty million, I can't even take out ten million."
Jia Ren snorted coldly:
"If you are reluctant to spend a small amount of money, be careful of suffering a big loss in the future."
"The Immortal Alliance is your future supporter, and we will be of use in the future."
"If you are unwilling to spend even this little money, I am afraid you can't drive this cloud ship away."
Bai Yu was annoyed and said:
"The previous Immortal Alliance oath did not say that you have to spend money to select the cloud ship."
"Besides, the materials of this cloud ship are not given for free. In the future, we, the Immortal City, will have to pay one-tenth of the taxes in return."
"If Fellow Daoist Jia insists on making things difficult, I will ask other teachers to judge. I don't believe that there is no place for reason in the Immortal Alliance."
Jia Ren was a little scared by Bai Yu's anger.
Bribery is an unspoken rule, which is something that cannot be brought to the table.
Some things are not two taels if they are not weighed, and they are weighed. If they are weighed, they will weigh thousands of pounds.
If it really gets out of hand, Jia Ren will have to bear the consequences.
He was also angry in his heart, but a smile appeared on his face:
"Fellow Daoist Bai, I was just joking with you just now."
As he said that, he walked to the central turntable and slapped it, using a trick.
"Come on, Fellow Daoist Bai, please choose your cloud ship."
Bai Yu stepped forward and found that this turntable could block spiritual power and consciousness, so he could only choose by luck.
But at this time, there was no time to check too much.
He stretched out his hand to turn the turntable and turned out number 35.
Jia Ren pointed at the cloud ship number 35 and laughed:
"Fellow Daoist Bai, this cloud ship belongs to you, I wish you the prosperity of the fairy city."
Bai Yu got on the cloud ship and checked it out, and immediately felt that something was wrong.
"Damn, I was tricked."