Urban's Fury: The War Dragon God-Chapter 1606: The Lion’s Den

The old man looked at the contract in Li Feng's hand: "It's easy to change the name, but first pay the tax."

Huh.

Do we still need to pay taxes?

"How much?"

Li Feng frowned and asked, the old man smiled faintly: "This plot of land has a good location, right on Zhengyang Street, so I won't charge you too much."

Li Feng looked at the old man raising one finger: "One hundred?"

The old man squinted his eyes, cunningly looking at Li Feng: "Ten thousand, and it has to be golden spirit stones."

Li Feng's eyes widened as he stared at the old man, within Ancestor Dragon City, golden spirit stones can be exchanged, one piece of golden spirit stone can be exchanged for a thousand white spirit stones, ten thousand golden spirit stones is an astronomical price.

Previously, when Li Feng defeated Qin Hu's hunting group and captured the Silver Moon Wolf King's cub, along with other pelts and spirit cores, he managed to sell them for only five to six thousand golden spirit stones, which were all ultimately converted into equipment for the three girls.

"You're robbing us, ten thousand pieces."

Xiao Luobing spoke up from the side, considering their current situation, they're not entirely penniless, but definitely can't come up with that many spirit stones, let alone golden spirit stones, they can't even provide the most common white spirit stones.

Earlier, when they stayed at the Tongfu Inn in the Ninth Ring, they didn't have money to continue renting.

"Then we won't change it, let's go."

Xiao Luobing pulled the person and abruptly turned around, Li Feng frowned, ten thousand golden spirit stones, he definitely can't come up with it, especially according to Ran Yue, this land deed is only worth about eight hundred, and now he's being asked to pay ten times the amount for tax, isn't this absurd?

"Let's go, let's go, but once you leave this gate, it won't be solved with just ten thousand golden spirit stones." The old man said with a cheerful smile.

Li Feng raised his eyes to look at this old man, earlier he felt the old man was quite reasonable, now he realized the other party had specifically dug a pit for him.

"Sir, you're asking for a lion's share, this plot is only worth about eight hundred, yet you're asking for ten thousand, isn't this making things difficult for us?"

The old man looked at Li Feng with a smiling gaze. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

"Listen to your words, wanting to live in the Sixth Ring, if you don't even have this bit of foundation, how do you expect to stand here?"

"Those golden cores in the Lower Three Rings, do you really think they don't want to come up, but coming up is one thing, staying up is another."

Li Feng frowned.

"I know it will be troublesome, but soldiers come to block, water comes to cover, I hope you can show some mercy."

The old man stroked his graying beard: "Haha, you still know to respect the elderly, unlike your arrogant manner at the city gate."

Li Feng was surprised and looked up at the old man, but the old man suddenly turned around, walked out of the courtyard back to the previous large courtyard, sat back on the rocking chair, and picked up the Purple Sand Pot to sip from it.

"How does this old man know about the city gate incident?"

Xiao Luobing said in a low voice.

"This old man is not simple." Zi Yan pondered for a moment and said, after they entered from the city gate, they came straight to the City Lord Mansion's office, and there was hardly anyone inside and outside this office, only this old man, but he was well aware of the incident at the city gate.

Unless this old man has some divine skills.

"What do we do now, this old man is asking for ten thousand golden spirit stones, where can we get them?" Xiao Luobing said with a headache, thinking of her dignified status as the Xiao Family's eldest daughter, and yet one day she would be troubled by a lack of money.

"I think the old man doesn't have any malicious intent, let's ask and see."

If he really wanted to make things difficult, he could have directly blocked their household registry, without it, they naturally couldn't stay long in the Sixth Ring.

The fact that he gave them registration, yet made things a bit difficult, shows a familiar tactic, and he mentioned the city gate incident unprompted, clearly the old man wouldn't do so without reason.

Thinking of this, Li Feng walked out of the courtyard and returned to the previous large courtyard, watching the old man lying under the tree.

"Since you know about the incident at the city gate but still gave us registration, yet intentionally made things difficult with the land deed, you must have something unsaid, I hope you can guide us." Li Feng stepped forward with clasped hands, speaking directly and plainly.

The old man rocked the chair, squinting at Li Feng: "If you want guidance, give me that wolf cub."

"Ah, this is my Little White."

Xiao Luobing immediately clutched the Silver Moon Wolf King's cub to her chest.

Li Feng looked up at the old man.

"Sir, Little White isn't just a pet beast to us, but family, you can offer another condition, as long as I can manage it, I won't refuse."

A glint flashed in the old man's eyes, but he still spoke calmly: "A gentleman's word is a promise hard to break."

"If broken, let me be struck by thunder." Li Feng nodded.

The old man chuckled: "Okay, since you're so sincere in asking, I'll take the trouble to explain."

"What do you think of Ancestor Dragon City?"

The old man's question indeed stumped Li Feng, he pondered for a moment before saying: "This city is both prosperous and decayed."

Upon hearing this, the old man slapped the armrest of the rocking chair and laughed heartily: "Such a candid answer, I thought you'd give a bunch of fancy, rubbish comments."

"Your description is quite profound, prosperous yet decayed."

The old man sat up smiling.

"Ancestor Dragon City is indeed as you said, outwardly prosperous but internally decayed, with people ranked in hierarchy across the Nine Rings, though you have been given a chance to climb, how many can truly make it up?"

"The Lower Three Rings is a place where the Nine Streams converge, but when you reach the Middle Three Rings, it's a step into the aristocracy."

"But once you've climbed up, integrating into this circle is not so simple, I'm outright telling you, the Middle Three Rings only allows ten thousand families, no more no less."

"Huh?"

Li Feng looked at the old man in surprise: "Ten thousand families?"

This was something Ran Yue had not mentioned before, and seeing Li Feng glance over, Ran Yue was shaking her head, indicating she didn't know this.

"The Fourth Ring has twelve hundred second-ranked families, the Fifth Ring thirty-three hundred third-ranked families, the Sixth Ring has six thousand small families, if you want to occupy a place, one family has to be swept out."

"Don't the Lower Three Rings have powerful families? Yes, and many, there are also golden cores sitting in these families, but why do they remain in the Lower Three Rings?"

"Because they understand the rules, you obtaining registration is fine, but having both registration and buying the land is equivalent to starting a household, establishing a family."

"Once you establish a family without backing, what awaits you is ruthless suppression, then your family's assets will be robbed empty, if you're killed, these women of yours will end up as servants."

"So before everything is ready, no one rashly rushes up, but you are simply fearless calves, having nothing yet daring to rush into the Sixth Ring."

"No wonder the city gate guard treated you like soft persimmons."