Seven Demons

Chapter 522 Hachiba

The days of Muxiang and stability in Wuzhen passed day by day, and Mu Xiao's originally restless heart gradually integrated into the life here. Like everyone, he was busy during the day and rested at night.Because Mu Xiao's identity is a little different from everyone else's, he is the grandson of the old head shepherd, so he does a lot of things, whenever there is need for help, he will go there.At the same time, he also practiced archery often, and his physical strength has recovered a little. Although Mu Xiao feels that his strength is relatively strong, he doesn't know why. He thinks that he is just a weak person, and the object of his worship is number one. Archer Mu She.

On a cold morning, everyone in Wuzhen Mu got up one after another. As usual, the busy day started again, and everyone was busy.But a unicorn horse team in the distance broke the tranquility here.

A group of children ran to the exit of Wuzhen Mu, watching the unicorn horse team galloping in the distance.

The people on the unicorn horse are all men, with a big man with a scar on his face at the front.The big man is the leader of the team, and this group of teams did not dress uniformly, but each wore different animal skin sweaters.

The big man with the scars on his face pointed at the children at the Wuzhen Mu exit and cursed loudly: "Get out of the way, a bunch of kids, if you don't get out of the way, I'll kill you with my unicorn."

Seeing that the unicorn team had rushed over, in the end there was no other way, Mu Pang could only disperse with a group of children, and then the unicorn team rushed into Wuzhen Mu.

Everyone in the team stopped inside Wuzhen Mu, and the man with the scar on his face shouted loudly: "Master Mu, come out to meet me quickly, damn it, you Wuzhen Mu is really remote enough, you can't come here easy."

After a while, a person came out from a house. This person was the old head shepherd. Mu She followed behind the old head shepherd. Other people in Wuzhen Mu also surrounded him.

The old head shepherd walked up to the unicorn and cupped his hands: "This old man has seen Hachiba."

Ha Chiba looked at his subordinates left and right, and then shouted loudly: "Get off my horse."

The old head shepherd asked all these people to enter a house hall, where the old head shepherd usually lives, accompanied by Mu She and Mu Xiao.

Wuzhenmu is not a big city, but a remote small place called Wuzhenmu, which is actually similar to a village. At this time, there is a special training place for archers, so Wuzhenmu still has some strength compared to a village.

The house where the old head shepherd lives is also average, the hall is not very big, so it is very crowded with so many people standing together, and the other people in Wuzhen shepherd can only go outside.

The old shepherd held a teapot in his own hands and filled everyone's cups. He said with a kind smile, "It's windy and cold outside. You must be tired after running for so long. Let's have a cup of hot tea!"

Hachiba was the leader. Hachiba drank a cup of hot tea in one gulp, then put down the cup and said loudly, "I don't have so much time to talk nonsense with you, elder Mu, you should pay the protection fee for Wuzhen Mu this year, and you need a total of Sixty high-grade spirit stones."

Mushe next to him responded immediately: "What's the matter? Didn't you pay fifty renminbi a few years ago? Why do you have to pay [-] renminbi this year? Hachiba, you always raise it once every few years, and then again every few years. Once, how can we live in Wuzhen Mu?"

Hachiba slapped the table: "Crack" "I don't care how you live, anyway, if you don't pay, then you will die."

Mu She: "You."

The old head shepherd gave up and signaled Mushe not to speak. The old head shepherd said: "Hachiba, why is the price increase this time? You must give us a convincing reason!"

Hachiba explained: "It's very simple. There are occasional robbers and robbers around here recently. Those robbers and robbers are all dealt with by us, and we want to expand our power and recruit more brothers. In addition, the old shepherd Since you are old, you are already dying, and your heirs seem to have died long ago, so we have to charge more while you are still alive."

The old shepherd smiled slightly: "You are wrong about this. Now the old man already has an heir, and my long-lost grandson has been found."

Hachiba looked around, and finally his eyes fell on Mu Xiao, because this is the place where the old shepherd lived, and ordinary people are not allowed to enter, but this young man also followed in, so Hachiba naturally thought of some kind of connection .

He nodded: "Oh, could it be this kid! Well, it's not bad, but it's somewhat similar to his dead father, old shepherd, congratulations on finding an heir, it's such a great thing, how can you I'm missing one, so this year you have to pay seventy top-grade spirit stones."

Mu Xiao was actually very angry in his heart. This reason for collecting protection fees was really ridiculous, but Mu Xiao himself didn't know why he restrained his mentality so much and was able to be so calm. Mu She beside him couldn't bear it anymore. Living.

So Mushe said loudly: "Hachiba, don't deceive others too much."

"Damn it, it's not your turn to talk here." Hachiba slapped the table after he finished speaking, and immediately clenched his fists and rushed towards Mu She. Closer, it can be said that Hachiba is already close to Mushe at this moment.

Suddenly, Hachiba reached out to grab Mushe's bow, and then swung his fist towards Mushe.

Obviously, Mu She was not his opponent, because the two were too close to each other, and Ha Chiba shot first, so Mu She was easily subdued. When Hachiba was about to hit him with his fist.

The old shepherd suddenly said, "Seventy commodity spirit stones, I will hand them over."

Hearing this sentence, Hachiba immediately stopped his fist in front of Mushe. Hachiba is also a grumpy person.

At this time, a subordinate of Ha Chiba said: "We are here to collect protection fees, and we don't want to beat people. The old shepherd is willing to pay seventy high-grade spirit stones, so we don't want to teach him a lesson."

Hachiba thought that what his subordinates said was very reasonable. He didn't come to fight. He originally planned to charge [-] coins, but now he can charge [-] coins. It is reasonable to take advantage of it. Hachiba calmed down when he thought about it. , Ha Chiba put down his hand: "You'd better not provoke me in the future, Mushe."

Although there are quite a few people in Wuzhen Mu, it is easy to judge the forces of both sides. Hachiba has scars on his face, and all his subordinates are good-hearted fighters, so their fighting power is very strong, while those of Wuzhen Mu People like to live a peaceful life, so if there is a fight, it must be the Wuzhen Mu people who suffer.

The old head shepherd took out fifty top-grade spirit stones and put them on the table: "Ha Chiba, since our Wuzhen Mu has paid fifty for several years, we only prepared fifty this year, and the remaining twenty will be prepared first. I owe it, when we have all the money, we will send it to you within a month."

"You Wuzhen herdsmen have lived here for many years, I believe you will not run away, and you will not be able to run away from the temple." While talking, Hachiba counted the spirit stones carefully, and after confirming the number Then he accepted all of them, and finally Ha Chiba said: "It's not your Wuzhen Muyang, the villages and towns around this ebony forest have to pay me protection fees, and they will all increase this year, some of which are higher than your Wuzhen Muyang If there are more, you should be content, you are limited to send me twenty high-grade spirit stones within one month, or you will destroy Wuzhen Mu."

The old shepherd: "Definitely, definitely."

After some negotiations between the two parties, Ha Chiba finally left Wuzhen Mu with a group of people.

In the end, there were only three people left in the hall, the old chief shepherd, Mu She and Mu Xiao.

The old head shepherd came over and patted Mu She on the shoulder lightly: "Are you okay!"

Mu She shook his head: "It's nothing, but this year I have to pay [-], [-]! This is the old head shepherd."

The old head shepherd stopped: "Don't say too much, Hachiba is greedy. By the way, you fought with Hachiba just now. Do you think Hachiba's cultivation level has been promoted?"

When it comes to cultivation strength, Mu Xiao originally thought that Mu She was very powerful, but after watching him and Ha Chiba fight just now, Mu Xiao was disappointed. It turned out that Mu She also suffered losses, and he had just fought against Ha Chiba Just at the disadvantage, Mu Xiao realized at this moment that bows and arrows are not the most powerful magical weapons, and even inferior to other people's bare hands.

Mu She pondered for a while, and finally said: "Probably not, his cultivation base is the same as mine in the middle stage of Nascent Soul, but his actual combat experience and skills are stronger than mine. So even if I have the same cultivation base as him, I will Not his opponent."

The old head shepherd nodded: "Yes! I know, the archery practiced by our Wuzhen herdsmen for generations has a natural disadvantage. It is normal that you are not his opponent when they are very close to each other just now."

At this time, Mu Xiao suddenly asked: "Grandpa, why do we have to pay protection fees to Hachiba? Is it true that there are often robbers and robbers around here?"

Mu Shexian explained: "Bandits and robbers? Hmph! There will be robbers and robbers in such a remote place. If there are, then Hachiba and the others are robbers. They just don't like to work, and they don't like to cut ebony for such hard work. So they can only survive by collecting protection fees from other villages and towns.”

Mu Xiao: "It turned out to be like this. We Wuzhen Mu don't necessarily have them, so why don't we fight them to the death?"

The old shepherd let out a long sigh: "Oh! I have had this kind of thought before! But that Hachiba is not simple. In addition to his relatively strong cultivation base, his background is also extraordinary. There is a lively place called Black Market Valley, and it is said that a distant relative of Hachiba is one of the powerful forces in Black Market Valley, so we dare not offend Hachiba."

"Black Market Valley?" Hearing this name, a sense of familiarity suddenly appeared in Mu Xiao's heart, but he still couldn't think of it.

(End of this chapter)