C278

Chapter 278 - The City of Shameless

"Could it be that he is intentionally raising the price to see me being bullied?"

"Or was it just a slip of the tongue? Just ten taels of silver?"

Facing the 10 taels of gold that the guard blurted out as the city entrance fee, Wang Hao was immediately astonished. The city entrance fee was normal, most of the cities only charged 10 taels of silver, the maximum was 10 taels of silver, Wang Hao had never heard that the city entrance fee required gold.

10 taels of gold was equivalent to 1000 taels of silver. This was a huge sum that could support the basic expenses of an ordinary family for over 10 years. Even for martial artists below the Xiantian realm, 1000 taels of silver was not a small amount.

Of course, to Wang Hao, ten gold coins was nothing, but Wang Hao did not have the habit of wasting it easily.

"What are you looking at? Hurry up and pay up!"

The guard saw the suspicious look on Wang Hao's face as he stood there stunned.

Wang Hao frowned, he glanced at the guard and was unhappy. If not for the fact that he wanted to torture him the moment he arrived, as long as this fellow dared to scold him, even if he did not kill him, he would have at least sent him flying with a slap. As a law enforcer, his attitude was extremely important, he could not abuse his authority, and wanted to bully others.

"Did I hear it wrong, or did you say something wrong?" Ten taels of gold? "Are you sure?"

Wang Hao narrowed his eyes and asked coldly.

The guard sneered: "Of course I'm sure. Could it be that this captain can't even differentiate between gold and silver? Hurry up and hand over the money, otherwise, don't blame me for dealing with you according to the law. "

"Hehe, do you think I'm scared?" Wang Hao also let out a cold ridiculing laugh, "A fee of ten taels of gold to enter the city. To think that you would dare to say such words, you are a fool, don't take others as fools as well."

"How dare you!"

The guard shouted angrily, "Brat, you dare to question the rules of the Mayor's mansion?! Even if you are a disciple of a sect, don't think you can be merciful!"

As the guard's words fell, the few guards with Innate Realm cultivation released their Qi. Immediately, several waves of Innate Qi enveloped Wang Hao, although they were not very strong, but they contained a cold killing intent, the overall might was not to be underestimated, it was enough to frighten even warriors at the fifth or sixth level of the Innate Realm.

Wang Hao could naturally ignore them, his eyes narrowing slightly. Looking at the guard at the front, he sneered: "Hehe, the rules of the City Lord's Mansion? I'm afraid the rules of the County Palace s don't even have such a high fee to enter the city! No wonder no one is entering or leaving the city! "

Seeing that Wang Hao was actually able to resist their combined aura, the few guards were startled, and they could not help but restrain their auras.

The expression in the lead guard's eyes changed, and for a moment, he was also a little unsettled. He felt that he had probably underestimated Wang Hao, but it could also be that Wang Hao was pretending to be calm and collected.

As Wang Hao did not intentionally release his Qi, he restrained his true qi, making it difficult for others to sense Wang Hao's cultivation. Unless his cultivation was much higher than Wang Hao's, at least, within the Innate realm, no one would be able to see through his cultivation.

However, Wang Hao was young, and was only around twenty years of age. In their minds, even if it was the disciples of the sect, their cultivation would not be very high.

Moreover, they were doing things according to the City Lord's Mansion's rules, and not trying to make things difficult for Wang Hao.

In their Mingzhou City's territory, even sect disciples had to follow the rules.

Even if it was a sect genius, the sect wouldn't easily step out and support him. After all, they couldn't afford to lose face.

As such, they were not worried about Wang Hao's background. As long as Wang Hao was not Jindan cultivator, they would obediently pay.

As long as Wang Hao was not a particularly powerful Innate Ranker, they would not have to be nice to him.

With the City Lord's Mansion backing them up, they were extremely confident.

Other than the people from the City Lord's Mansion, even if it was an Innate Ranker from a few of Mingzhou City's families, they did not need to care too much about them.

But at this moment, they were a little unable to understand Wang Hao. The leader of the guards thought about it, and for safety's sake, he retracted his arrogant aura, and explained: "Ten taels of gold is only used against Upper Sky warrior, for those below the Innate Realm, it is only a tael of gold, for Jindan cultivator, there is no need to hand it over."

The guard thought that his attitude was right and explained, so Wang Hao should have paid the entrance fee obediently and entered the city. However, he did not expect that, when Wang Hao heard these words, he was not happy.

"All those below the Xiantian realm want gold, are you crazy to want gold?!" Wang Hao unrestrainedly ridiculed.

The guards' faces changed again, now it was their turn to think that Wang Hao's attitude was arrogant. This brat completely did not put the City Lord's Mansion in his eyes, and did not have any respect for it.

"10 taels of silver! If you don't want to enter, give me a quick answer!"

Without waiting for the guard to speak, Wang Hao continued, he did not want to waste time at the city gate.

"No way!" The leader of the guards immediately reacted and firmly rejected: "You can't go against the rules. Perhaps your strength is not bad and your background is not bad, but I advise you to follow it. After all, 10 taels of gold is not important to you, so there's no need to offend our City Lord Palace."

Wang Hao was helpless, if it was in normal times, or if he was just passing by Mingzhou City, then Wang Hao would be at ease, 10 gold taels meant 10 gold taels, and he would happily pay the money to enter the city.

However, Wang Hao's goal this trip was to investigate the problems in the Mingzhou City, so, Wang Hao wanted to probe around.

That's easy to say. I would rather give it to a beggar as I will not let you guys get away with it.

After he finished speaking, Wang Hao turned around and made a gesture to leave.

However, the guard then shouted, "Wait!"

Wang Hao turned to look at him, his eyes asking what he was doing, only to see that the few of them moved, and actually surrounded him.

"Hmm? What do you mean? Are you still not going to let me go? " Wang Hao raised his eyebrows and laughed.

The leader of the guards looked at Wang Hao and said solemnly: "It's fine if you don't want to enter the city, and you can leave if you want to, but, our Mingzhou City isn't a place that you can come to just because you want to, you can leave whenever you want to. You have already stepped into the Mingzhou City's territory, so you have to pay the fee to enter the city, and if you want to leave, you have to pay the fee to leave."

"Hahaha!"

Hearing that, Wang Hao could not help but laugh out loud, and taunted: "I have seen shameless, but I have really never seen such a shameless. A great city like the Wyrm County is actually making a big fuss over the fees to enter and leave the city, and even thinking of forcefully taking it. Isn't it also 10 taels of gold? "

The guards did not feel awkward at all, the leader of the guards replied: "That's right, the exit fee is the same as the entrance fee, it's also 10 gold taels, but, since you despise our Mingzhou City, your words are even more disrespectful, according to the rules, the exit fee will be increased by 10 times, I can make sure that you get rid of all of them, you can just pay 100 gold taels, and you can leave after that."