Hybrid Spiritual Plant Cultivation

Chapter 41 The Wind Rises
"This is too much! This is too much! The head of my Duan family was beaten by outsiders and couldn't get out of bed. He was bullied by others, and my sons didn't say a word and were indifferent!"

"Oh, Heaven, oh, ancestors, you unworthy descendants have brought shame to our ancestors!"

"Where is Duan De? Where is Duan De? I want to see the head of the family! I want to attack the Ying family!"

Duan Mansion, above the lobby.

A middle-aged man, wearing golden armor, shouted loudly in front of everyone in the Duan family. His expression and tone were so sad that it was moving.

In front of the man in golden armor, a slightly immature young man had a flushed face.

"Uncle, my father's injury has not healed yet..."

"Are you too injured to get out of bed? Are you unconscious? If you are unable to handle household affairs, the young master should take on this responsibility, and all of us uncles will do our best to assist you!"

The man in golden armor stared at the young man.

The young man angrily said: "Father will make the decision..."

"Ding Jue is a coward? How could my Duan family have such a head? He has destroyed the spirit of the clan members and brought disgrace to the reputation of our ancestors!"

The golden-armored uncle from the Duan family started shouting again.

"If you don't give me an explanation, don't blame me for disregarding the family head's dignity and barging in to ask for clarification today!"

There was really no other way, so the young man could only reply angrily and ask his father for help.

Come to the backyard.

Duan De, the current patriarch of the Duan family, is practicing calligraphy. He is calm and composed, and each stroke is very profound. What he writes on the white paper is the word "kill" one after another.

"Father, I am incompetent and cannot stop that old bastard Duan Zheng."

The young man said aggrievedly.

"Humph." Duan De's face was gloomy, and he said, "See clearly, these are our Duan family, your good uncles, my good brothers, and my good arms. But now that disaster has come, they are only thinking about fighting for power and profit, not caring about right and wrong, and not considering the overall situation."

"Father, what should we do?"

"Now that I think about it, there are many strange things about the Ying family's sneak attack on my father. Unfortunately, I was frightened at the time and did not investigate in detail. Now that things have come to this, it is useless. Lin'er, do you know where the enemies of my Duan family come from?"

Duan De said.

"The mastermind behind the scenes in Jiuchong Mountain is the enemy. The Ying family and the Lai family are the enemy. My uncle is the enemy."

Duan Lin replied.

"Do you know which of these three enemies are slow, which are urgent, which are light, and which are heavy?"

Duan De asked again.

Duan Lin said, "The enemies in the Nine-Layered Mountain cannot break through the city guarded by the spiritual treasure, so they are the easiest and slowest to deal with. The Ying and Lai families are like wolves and tigers lurking around us, so we should be the most urgent... and although my uncle covets power, he is one of our family, so he should be the second... Dad, do you mean that I should not be hostile to my uncle, and now we should put unity first and the overall situation first?"

He looked at his father happily, but was met with his father's gaze as if he was a fool.

Duan Lin: “Eh?”

Duan De shook his head, sighed, and said: "Once the enemy from Jiuchong Mountain enters the city, the city will be destroyed in a matter of days. This enemy is the most serious... But! The city is protected by spiritual treasures, and it is difficult to break the city easily. Therefore, although the enemy from Jiuchong Mountain is serious, it is the slowest.

The Ying and Lai families may seem like tigers and wolves, but my Duan family is also a strong dragon. We form a triangle, restraining each other and maintaining balance. As long as we don't act rashly, there will be no flaws and we can live in peace... Therefore, this enemy is powerful, but also slower.

The real enemy of our Duan family is not an external enemy, but your uncle Duan Zheng. Your uncle is a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh. Although he cannot destroy the city or the Duan family...but he can destroy you and me, father and son. This enemy is the lightest, but the most urgent.

Think about what happened in the Ying family twenty years ago.

Do you understand the priorities?"

Duan Lin suddenly understood and said, "Father, I understand!"

Duan De said, "Your uncle Duan Zheng talks about the honor of the family and the shame of our ancestors. What he wants is soldiers and money from us. With these two things, he has the final say on whether to attack the Ying family and how to attack them. Is this the head of this family, Duan Zheng's, or mine, Duan De's?"

"Father, what should I do?"

Duan Lin shuddered. "Since your uncle dared to do these things, he must have other tricks up his sleeve and is sure to take some of the clan soldiers and treasures from me."

Speaking of this, Duan De's eyes were cold.

He dipped his pen into thick ink and wrote the word "kill" on the paper.

"Then let's do as he wishes and fight the Ying family."

……

A small courtyard somewhere in the inner city.

Ying Chendao listened to his men's reports with a smile in his eyes.

"Hahahahahahaha, just as I expected, everything is just as I expected. As expected, that old bastard Duan De finally reacted. But unfortunately, what a pity, he fell into my trap in the end."

Ying Huiyin, who was drawing talismans nearby, shook his aching wrist and asked, "Dad? Why are you so happy?"

“I told you a few days ago that the Ying family was once divided into two factions, fighting each other.

In fact, everyone in the big family is like this.

I set an ambush and severely injured Duan De. Duan De initially mistakenly thought that it was the Ying family who took action, but at this time he must have realized that someone else set the ambush. Unfortunately, it was useless, because the other branch of the Duan family would not miss this opportunity.

If there is no chaos, if there is no fighting, wouldn't the opportunity come in vain? There will definitely be faction representatives in the Duan family who are dissatisfied with the status quo and intend to fight for power.

Duan De’s next step was also within my expectations.

Twenty years ago, this fellow took advantage of the fierce infighting within the Ying family and colluded with other members of the Ying family to harm my father, leaving me homeless.

Duan De thus became the head of the family, and the traitor of the Ying family now also holds a high position.

Outsiders thought that the Duan and Ying families were on the verge of a war, but in fact, the two had probably already talked it out and resolved the misunderstanding.

In this case, the Duan family member who keeps saying that he wants to attack the Ying family will most likely follow in my father's footsteps. No, my father will only be exiled, but that person will surely die."

After listening to my father's description.

Ying Huiyin showed a trace of disgust, "In order to fight for power and profit, they harm their relatives and send them to death. Is this the power of the noble families that people are so obsessed with?"

"..." Ying Chendao remained silent.

Ying Huiyin sighed and continued, "Father caused the two families to fight each other, but only one person from the Duan family died. It is far from enough to destroy an entire powerful family."

"Of course it's not enough, so I will take action and send the Duan family and the Ying family away together... My dear daughter, guess which of these three families will be destroyed first?"

"..." Ying Huiyin thought for a moment.

The Duan family lost one person.

The Ying family also lost one person.

and so.

Whoever just sits there and watches the show is doomed.

"The ones father really wants to attack are the Lai family?" Ying Huiyin asked in surprise.

"Of course." Ying Chen said proudly, "The Duan family and the Ying family have been friends secretly, and they have suffered the same loss. Who should be held responsible for this? We can't just let it go, right?"

This is not a very clever strategy.

But there is no doubt that I encountered a suitable environment.

When Ying Chendao thought of the scene of his plan coming to fruition, he became so excited that he wanted to roar to vent his anger.

The young man who was forced to leave his family because of the power struggle has struggled back from the alien border where he survived a near-death experience. The hatred and desire for revenge that he has carried with him day and night are about to be realized.

(End of this chapter)