Chapter 122: Conquering the Evil Way
Fang Yun frowned slightly, he didn't want to be disturbed.
But before he walked out of the house, he looked out through the eaves and saw that there were five cultivators following him.
Two of them were his subordinates, Fang Yun had seen them before, they were old acquaintances.
The remaining three, judging from their clothes, seemed to be fish farmers nearby, but their cultivation was not high, one each at the third to fifth level of Qi Refining.
"What are you doing?"
Fang Yun put down the pots and bowls in his hands helplessly, looked at Li Mingze, and muttered in his heart: "Why is this guy here again?"
"He extorted my spirit stones last time, this time he won't come to plunder again!"
Thinking this in his heart, he no longer hesitated, he pushed open the door and saw several people in person. Li Mingze and the other two stood in the front, smiling warmly, but their eyes revealed a little domineering, while the three behind them were a little timid, with a little confusion and uncertainty on their faces.
He was about to ask them what they were here for?
However, before he could speak, Li Mingze walked into the yard and said loudly: "Fang Daoyou, how are you? I came here today to tell you a piece of news."
Li Mingze smiled and said in a low voice: "The Li family is recruiting experts to go out to sea to eliminate a group of evil cultivators. Now is the time to work together. Young and promising cultivators like Fang Daoyou can't miss this opportunity!"
Fang Yun frowned when he heard this, and couldn't help thinking: "The Li family is going out to sea to eliminate evil cultivators? What evil cultivators, could it be the Ghost Face Bandits? Don't you even want to act?"
Are they going to take action directly and have already started recruiting cannon fodder?
Because from Li Dongchen's dream, he already knew part of the Li family and Yulong Sect's plan, but he didn't expect them to dare to expose this matter to the surface!
You know, there are many spies of the Ghost Face Bandits on the island. Now the Ghost Face Bandits can't make a sneak attack, but have to fight a decisive battle.
Fang Yun's face revealed a look of shock, and then turned into pain. He said: "Sir, I am a weak fish farmer who can't even tie a chicken. How can I participate in such things? Isn't it a waste of my life?"
Not to mention, Fang Yun's acting skills are bursting at this time. A sense of pity came up, and the three fish farmers behind Li Mingze felt the same way. They couldn't help crying and wailing.
"Yes, Sir, we are weak! Let us go"
"Let us go!"
Li Mingze ignored him and said tyrannically: "Why, you don't want the spirit stones anymore? Don't you want to see the fish farm? You just said that you still want to regret it? You can regret it, but each of you pay 200 spirit stones."
The three people stopped immediately and stood aside anxiously.
"Fellow Daoist Fang, this is the order of the family. All cultivators under the rule of the Li family must participate in this expedition against evil cultivators, either by paying money or by working hard!"
"This is also to protect the safety of the island and you all. Fellow Daoist Fang, you won't want to refuse, right?"
At this time, Li Mingze's words were very tough, revealing a sense of coercion.
As the inspector of the East and West Quarters and the North and South Fishing Grounds, and a high-level cultivator of Qi Refining, who dares not to listen to his orders except for the main line of the Li family.
Although Fang Yun didn't care, he was moved in his heart and asked calmly: "I don't know what I am going to do specifically?"
Li Mingze nodded with satisfaction and said: "I have already said that you have to choose one of the two, money and effort! Either collect 100 spirit stones, or go to sea with the ship to fight."
"If Fellow Daoist Fang chooses to go to sea with the ship to fight against the evil cultivators, not only will your spirit stones be exempted, but if you make contributions, you will also be rewarded."
"Like Fellow Daoist Ge, Fellow Daoist Wu and Fellow Daoist Tong, the three of you are very righteous and willing to go to sea to fight against the evil cultivators."
Li Mingze pointed at the three fish farmers, and the three of them nodded quickly.
Fang Yun was stunned. So much? 100 spirit stones are not something that ordinary fish farmers can afford.
Those three unlucky guys, how can they be very righteous? It is clear that they can't pay the spirit stones, so they are voluntarily conscripted as cannon fodder.
Is the Li family crazy? They actually dug their own foundation and even stopped the fish farm business, and reached out to the fish farmers.
But he changed his mind and thought that fish farmers were not the real core force of the Li family. They were just working cattle and horses. If a batch was lost, they could find another one. The most urgent task was to alleviate the crisis of the Li family.
At that time, seeing Li Dongchen's dream, he knew that Li Honghuang was already in trouble. He was probably desperate.
Not to mention the fish farmers, even if all the monks on the island were buried with him, as long as there was a slight chance to increase the possibility of the Li family's survival, Li Honghuang would do it without hesitation.
I just don't know how much of what Li Mingze said is true or false!
Fang Yun felt that this seemed to be an opportunity to leave Donghu Island directly?
But the next second, he thought of it again.
"No, I haven't got the red-eyed carp and the spirit-gathering crucian carp yet. And if I really get on the boat with them, there might be Li family masters watching me, or even the two high-ranking dragon masters, and they will be there, which will make it even more difficult to escape."
"Do I really have to pay a hundred spirit stones? Isn't that showing off my wealth in front of others? Why don't I just kill these people and escape to the surrounding islands and wait?"
"Anyway, I have the Tianjixing Hidden Art of water adaptation and mastery level, they will definitely not find me!"
Fang Yun's thoughts turned very quickly, and a bold idea emerged in his mind. Li Mingze was still at the seventh level of Qi Refining, the highest among the few people. He was sure that he could kill him with one blow, and the others were even easier to deal with.
After a short silence, Li Mingze's voice sounded, but it was a secret message. He said: "But Fellow Daoist Fang is the person who was specially asked by Steward Li Lingfu to take care of me. I didn't know that Fellow Daoist Fang actually fell into Steward Li's eyes, but it was Li. How disrespectful! Fellow Taoist, you don’t need to pay a hundred spirit stones this time. You only need to hand over fifty spirit stones. You can’t break the rules of the Li family, right?”
"In this case, I choose to hand over the spirit stone, and the inspector will wait for a moment!" Fang Yun pondered for a moment, with a trace of determination flashing in his eyes, and returned to the house.
The next second, he came out with a storage bag and handed it to Li Mingze's hand.
Li Mingze looked into the storage bag and saw that there was no problem, so he put it away calmly.
At this moment, another team came here with three or four people.
Two of them were the most eye-catching. One was a woman who looked a little rough but had a pretty figure and appearance. Next to her stood a seven or eight-year-old boy.
"It's Widow Li and her son. They are orphans and widowed, and they can't escape? Are the Li family crazy?"
Widow Li also saw Fang Yun, and her mouth suddenly opened, wanting to say something.
The monk in front of him was named Li Tian, but he had already greeted Li Mingze, "Sir Inspector, the few here can't afford the spirit stones. Are they all willing to contribute to the crusade against evil cultivators?"
When Li Mingze saw Widow Li and the other two, his eyes suddenly lit up and he nodded casually.
Widow Li couldn't bear it anymore and shouted to Fang Yun: "Little Taoist friend Fang, considering that your father and I are old friends, can you save Hu'er? He is only eight years old, how can he go to the battlefield? Please help Taoist Xiaofang save Hu'er, I have a generous gift for you."
When Li Tian led the team to her house, he asked for two hundred spiritual stones. How could Widow Li get two hundred spiritual stones? She couldn't even get one hundred spiritual stones, so she was forcibly taken away to Li's house. warship.
Fang Yun was stunned when he heard this and was very confused.
Fang Yun sighed secretly in his heart. He naturally understood what Widow Li meant, but he couldn't protect himself.
And if he helps, it will definitely attract the attention of others, and then it may be difficult to escape.
"Sister-in-law Li, I am just a small fish farmer. How can I save you." Fang Yun shook his head helplessly.
At this time, Li Mingze spoke: "Okay, everyone, be quiet. This recruitment is the family's decision, and no one can defy it. You can either pay or get on the ship to kill the enemy. There is no other choice."
Fang Yun lowered his head and said nothing. He was thinking quickly, should he kill everyone in the Li family and take the opportunity to run away?
But looking at the desperate expressions of the two of them.
The next second, he said: "My Lord Inspector, please forgive me, but I will hand over the spiritual stones of these two people on their behalf!"
Widow Li was his only acquaintance besides Ran Zhi and Wang Ming, not to mention that his father had a good relationship with her. If he didn't save someone today, he would really feel uneasy.
As for spiritual stones, exposure is exposure. It is better to expose one's wealth than to expose one's strength.