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Then, he ordered the cavalry:

"Put away your weapons and stay alert!"

The cavalry, who were ready to go, put their spears back on their horses in unison and scanned the field with vigilant eyes.

A bloody conflict was thus eliminated.

Next, the surrender work continued.

The villagers surrendered all their food and property with a dead heart. These soldiers would not let go of even a piece of expired black bread hidden on them.

Soon, the soldiers cleaned up everything, and the village was in a mess, with villagers crying and holding their heads everywhere.

Suddenly, at the stone where the essence was confiscated.

A fierce dispute broke out again, and a childish voice shouted angrily:

"Damn it~!"

"How can you be so shameless?"

The man in the goose down hat noticed the commotion and strode over to ask:

"What's wrong again?"

A soldier stepped on Higginson's face on the ground, holding Higginson's waist bag in his hand.

"Report to the commander."

"This kid didn't turn in any muscle essence, but he said that the supplies in his waist bag were enough to exchange for muscle essence."

The man in the goose down hat took the waist bag curiously and looked at it:

"Wow?"

"There are quite a lot of things."

Look at Higginson, who was lying on the ground with his head stepped on by the soldiers, his face flushed with anger, but he couldn't move.

The man in the goose down hat smiled:

"Little guy, if it was last year, there would be no problem doing this."

"Unfortunately, the rules have been changed this year. Now no matter how much food and property you turn in, you must pay the full amount of essence."

"If there is no essence, use yourself to pay off the debt!"

"It happens to be in the capital, and children of your age can usually be sold at a good price."

"Come on, tie him up for me, throw him into the car and take him away together!"

At this time, a middle-aged woman rushed out of the crowd and was pressed down by the soldiers.

She grabbed Higginson's clothes tightly and kept begging for mercy:

"Sorry, sir."

"We have more things to turn in, and the child's father has gone to get them."

"The child is still young and ignorant, please let the child go!"

The man in the goose down hat was a little surprised when he heard this:

"Oh?"

"There's more?"

"Okay, then I'll wait for you."

Soon, a middle-aged man with a simple and honest look came running from outside the village with a leather bag in his arms.

He knelt on one knee, panting, raised the leather bag in his hand to the man in the goose down hat, and bowed his head to beg:

"Sir, this is all our property."

"All tribute to you, sir, please let the child go."

The man in the goose down hat took the leather bag, took a look at the things inside, and was shocked.

"Tsk tsk, not bad!"

"Your family's things are almost richer than the whole village."

Speaking of this,

The man in the goose down hat suddenly changed his expression and slapped the middle-aged man to the ground:

"Asshole!"

"How dare you hide the tax money?"

"These are all the wealth of the king!?"

"How dare you say that you are paying tribute to me?"

"Are you implying that I have bad behavior and accept bribes?"

"I always seek truth from facts, but I can't stand you scoundrels."

"Come here, arrest these two guys who dared to evade taxes and send them to the capital to serve as laborers to atone for their sins!"

The old village chief hurried over to plead for mercy, but this time he didn't even have time to say anything before he was kicked in the stomach by the man in the goose down hat and fell to the ground, holding his stomach.

After the goose down hat man kicked, facing the villagers who were glaring at him, he curled up his mouth and sneered:

"Huh? What are you looking at?"

"If you are unhappy, go and revolt, come and beat me as a traitor?"

"Bah! A bunch of cowards, I don't think you will have the guts to do that in your life!"

"Hahaha~"

Just like that, amid the howling of the Higginson family and the arrogant laughter of the goose down hat man.

A group of villagers remained silent.

Even though the anger in their eyes was almost burning with fire, no one stood up and said a word.

Seeing this, the goose down hat man stopped talking on the spot.

After sneering again, he flew on his horse and ordered:

"Let's go to the next village to collect taxes!"

A group of cavalry and soldiers left in a mighty manner.

After the tax collectors left, a group of villagers gathered and helped the old village chief up from the ground.

"Village chief, what should we do now?"

"The Higginson family has been captured by the tax collector. We have to find a way to save them!"

The old village chief shook his head and sighed.

At this time, Xuanyuan, who had been watching from the sidelines in the crowd, suddenly came over and said:

"I can help you save the Higginson family."

"I can even help you overthrow this greedy and cruel king."

"In return, you must obey my command completely in the next three days, and after the end, give me all the muscle essence of the kingdom this year as a reward, how about it?"

The village chief looked at Xuanyuan with a confused face:

"Stranger, do you understand what you are saying?"

At the same time, other villagers in the village also questioned:

"A skinny stranger with no muscles on his body, how can you save the Higginson family?"

"That's right, who doesn't know how to brag?"

"I dare say I can fly into the royal capital tonight and kill the king on the spot!"

………

Facing the doubts of the villagers.

Xuan Yuan patted Xiao Paji's head, and then threw Xiao Paji far away.

After the little Paji was thrown out, it soared in the wind, and finally turned into a behemoth a hundred meters high.

In Xuanyuan's previous life, the height of one floor was about three meters, and one hundred meters was about the same as a 33-story building.

When standing at the foot of Xiao Paji, you have to look up to see the top.

Little Paji put his tentacles on his hips and said "Paji~" proudly.

Many villagers were so frightened that they sat down on the ground, and others were too frightened to say anything.

Xuan Yuan slowly turned around and faced everyone:

"This is my confidence."

The old village chief, who was the first to come back to his senses, looked at the huge thing behind Xuan Yuan in amazement and frowned:

"What do you want? A stranger?"

Xuan Yuan smiled:

"I said, what I want is very simple - the muscle essence of everyone in the kingdom."

"And just this once this year."

"You won't need anything from now on."

The old village chief was stunned when he heard this:

"But how can we trust you, a foreigner?"

Xuan Yuan waved.

Little Paji immediately raised his little tentacle high with understanding and cut off a hill next to the village.

Xuan Yuan said calmly:

"You have no choice."

The old village chief glanced at Xiao Paji, still a little unbelievable:

"You really don't need anything?"

"You don't want food, property, status, or women?"

Xuan Yuan shook his head and said:

"unnecessary."

"In three days, you will choose a new king. I only want your muscle essence, and only this year's one is enough."

The old village chief was still a little hesitant.

At this time, the bearded beggar, who had been silent among the crowd, walked up to the old village chief and whispered:

"Do as he says."

After hearing these words, the old village chief immediately made a decision:

"Okay! I promise you!"

"Tell me, what are we going to do next?"

Xuan Yuan asked:

"Can the muscle essence that has been confiscated from you still return to the body from that stone?"

The old village chief shook his head:

"It can't be done. Only one of the legendary artifacts [Giving Stone] can have this magical effect."

Hearing this, Xuan Yuan exposed the ruby ​​on his wrist, showed it to the old village chief, and asked:

"Could this gem be the [Giving Stone] in your mouth?"

The old village chief shook his head:

"You can tell it's not by looking at the color."

"The [Giving Stone] is a pure white round shape."

"There is another legendary artifact in the kingdom. It is a pure black circle, but no one knows its specific effect."

"Except for these two artifacts, no red artifacts have appeared."

Xuan Yuan nodded to express understanding and told the other party:

"Then, let's start now."

"Everyone go back inside and put on dark clothes and make a hijab to cover your face."

The old village chief assumed his identity very quickly and immediately began to arrange manpower and organize the villagers to act in a unified manner.

Soon, all the villagers were dressed and stood neatly at the entrance of the village.

The villagers held shabby weapons such as bricks and pointed sticks in their hands, because the soldiers who searched the houses, not to mention kitchen knives, also looted all daily necessities such as pots, pans, and even farm tools. It was simply more exaggerated than bandits crossing the border. .

Xuan Yuan didn't care about this.

After briefly explaining the action plan to the old village chief, the old village chief’s eyes lit up and he nodded repeatedly:

"Wonderful, really wonderful!"