Hybrid Spiritual Plant Cultivation

Chapter 14 Reasons for Speaking

"Brother, what should we do? If we can't enter the city, we won't be able to find a job to earn money. Can Dad's illness be cured?"

After Chen Jing and his son entered the inner city.

Among the disappointed crowd, a pair of brothers looked unwilling.

The younger brother hesitated and said, "Why don't we go to the mountain gang? They have food, meat, and medicine..."

"No, the Shan Gang has recruited hundreds of people recently, but not one of them has come back. My father is seriously ill now. If anything happens to you again, how will I deal with it?" The brother refused immediately.

"Yes..." the younger brother responded in a low voice.

……

Anning Prefecture, inner city.

"Dad, why don't we buy a house in the inner city? Is it because we are poor?"

Chen Jing asked a question, but his father just walked with his head down and seemed not to want to answer, so he immediately asked a new question.

"Dad, it doesn't matter if you don't have money. Aren't we rich now? What are the conditions for buying a house in the inner city? I heard that Jiuzhou has a divine dynasty and an emperor, but the emperor doesn't seem to be able to control our An Ning Mansion. Who is in charge of An Ning Mansion?"

He had been curious about these common sense questions before, but he had traveled through time not long ago and was too young to ask these questions. When he was old enough, he had been assimilated into this world and no longer had the energy to inquire.

Now that I have stepped into the city, I have regained my interest.

"An Ning Prefecture is naturally the An Ning Prefecture of four families and one alliance. The four families are the Duan Family, the Ying Family, the Lai Family, and the Mi Family. The one alliance is the Merchant Alliance. The four families are in charge of elixir, talisman, weapon, and beast, four kinds of immortal arts. The Merchant Alliance trades both inside and outside the country, and has a different background, so it can be considered a half-local force."

"As for the Divine Dynasty, I seem to have heard of it, but it should be very far away."

Chen Ding explained a few words, then asked: "Why do you want to build a house in the city?"

Chen Jing said mysteriously: "I want to be the master."

"..."Chen Ding was speechless.

If he were to describe his mood at that moment, it would probably be like his son saying that he wants to be an astronaut and an inventor in the future. Well, it was his eighteen-year-old son who said that he wanted to be an astronaut and an inventor.

"I think you are really drifting."

"Dad, stop imitating my tone of voice. It doesn't match your style."

"Humph, ridiculous, how can a father be like his son?"

"Yes, that's the tune!"

They chatted occasionally along the way and talked a lot of nonsense. Chen Jing didn't ask clearly what the rules were for living in the inner city, but he just asked casually and let the topic go off track.

Soon, the father and son arrived at the location of the Chamber of Commerce.

The Chamber of Commerce is a public business place in the inner city, but it is completely different from what Chen Jing imagined. In short, it is not a store but a large business district.

Restaurants, music halls, brothels, racecourses and other entertainment venues are all located here.

There are magnificent buildings everywhere, and everything is golden and magnificent.

From time to time, there would be young men and ladies, some handsome with fluttering clothes, some young and beautiful with elegant looks, riding rare and exotic animals passing through the streets.

If the outer city area still meets his conception of "ancient urban building complex", then this place undoubtedly truly embodies the prosperity of the immortal world.

Chen Jing fell silent after he walked in.

The soul of modern man has always been his subconscious pride, but this kind of luxury and extravagance, all beyond his expectations, actually makes him feel humble.

"No wonder we rarely see the children of wealthy families coming out of the inner city. We can only see some managers occasionally." Chen Jing felt complicated and sighed, "If it were me, I wouldn't leave the city either..."

Father Chen Ding didn't say anything either, he just walked slowly in front.

Finally, he stopped in front of a tower with glazed eaves and jewels.

【Treasure Appraisal Pavilion】

Chen Jing followed his father into the room, and a waiter came over. He seemed to be familiar with Chen Ding and asked, "Brother Chen, what do you want to change this time?"

"One hundred and twenty condensed essences, exchange for a storage bag."

"Ok?"

The waiter was surprised, "I never thought that Brother Chen made a fortune recently."

“It’s just accumulated over the years.”

The transaction was completed quickly. Although more than a hundred bottles of Ninghua was a huge sum of money for the Chen family, except that the waiter was slightly surprised, there was no other commotion.

Soon, the waiter brought a small white cloth bag with a gold-rimmed edge and said, "The rest of the things are also in the bag. Brother Chen, it's a rare trip for you, why don't you take a look at other talismans? I have a good way. There is a young master in the Ying family who is making some private money. This opportunity is rare."

"Tell me next time."

"All right."……

"Jing'er, this storage bag belongs to you. The Chen family has three storage bags in total. Including this one, it is the fourth one." Chen Ding handed the white cloth bag to Chen Jing.

"Is this my gift?"

"how?"

"No big deal, I just like it a little bit."

"Stinky boy!"

The father and son returned the same way.

Chen Ding asked if he wanted to go shopping here. Chen Jing hesitated for a while and shook his head to refuse.

He said that such a luxurious and prosperous place would disturb his spiritual mind.

It is important for people to know themselves. Chen Jing knew that he was not a man of strong will. Although he had some special qualities, he was far from being able to resist worldly temptations.

Suffering is not a blessing, and loving to enjoy is not wrong. If you escape when you should suffer, and pursue pleasure when you shouldn't enjoy, reality will teach you a lesson.

“The best time to resist temptation is to avoid it in the first place.”

For a long time.

Chen Jing seemed to have made some important decision, and said these words with great insight.

Chen Ding couldn't help but laugh, and said, "It's okay to take a look. Those brothels don't even need more than a hundred bottles of condensed essence every month."

"Well... since you've said that, it wouldn't hurt to broaden your horizons?"

"We've already walked out of town. Maybe next time."

"Hey!"

Chen Jing was filled with regret.

……

Next, Chen Jing returned to Qingniu Mountain. Since his father had to stay in the city to take care of household affairs, he walked the rest of the way alone.

As soon as I arrived outside the outer city area, I heard shouting.

"The Mountain Gang is recruiting young men. Give them a piece of meat, a pound of grain, and a can of medicine!"

A large number of disaster victims immediately gathered around.

"Give me medicine, give me medicine!"

“Really control the meat?”

"Hush, here they come again. The last group of people are still not knowing whether to live or die."

"Don't worry about it. We came to the city to survive. If we wait any longer, we will die. We might as well see what the mountain gang is doing."

Many of the victims immediately followed the mountain gang and left.

It was obvious that something was wrong, but life didn't give them any other choice.

Chen Jing stopped and observed for a long time, recalling the paradise atmosphere of the inner city of the city, and felt a sense of empathy for a moment.

The same rope of life.

Those who hang themselves hang themselves, and those who swing on a swing swing on it.

"Can I really stay out of this?"

This thought suddenly occurred to Chen Jing.

Then he remembered a guy named Martin Niemöller, who had a famous poem.

“When they first came after the Jews, I didn’t say anything—because I wasn’t a Jew;
Later, when they came after the union members, I didn’t speak out—because I wasn’t a union member;

After that, when they came after the Catholics, I didn't say anything—because I wasn't a Protestant;

At last they came to me,

There was no one left to speak for me.”

"Should I keep silent?"

Chen Jing fell into deep thought.

(End of this chapter)