Hybrid Spiritual Plant Cultivation

Chapter 363: Island Dilemma
After being intercepted by Cao Lan and others, the second half of the journey was smooth.

Chen Jingxin lifted a total of six flying boats, and his back straightened a little.

"No wonder there is a pirate profession called Flying Boat Hunter. To get six flying boats through normal means, you have to worship the leader, work diligently, spend money and effort, and only then can you get a flying boat... If you just rob, there won't be so many twists and turns."

Of course, the risks are also great.

For example, Prince Long clearly owed Chen Jing a debt, but he didn't want to repay it properly, so he used crooked means to try to get something for free. So while others used small knives to let blood flow, he used a big knife to cut the artery.

Cao Lan, who fought the most seriously, was outnumbered two at once, so the price he paid for his defeat was the smallest.

The only one who can be said to have made a profit is probably Master Wuxin. Others came to rob, but she came to treat illnesses.

In general, flying boat hunters are still not considered a serious profession. They get rich quickly but also die quickly. If they were in the normal fifth realm, with a stable foundation and power, they could live to the end of their lives.

"With Jiu Niang's strength, why does she still want to be a flying boat hunter..."

Chen Jing was confused, so he went to ask Jiu Niang.

Without the external enemy, Jiu Niang returned to her daily life of drunkenness and sleepiness. After being pushed several times, she finally got up, yawning.

"Why do you want to be a flying boat hunter... You kid, you specially come to ask me for such a small matter, why don't you just ask the three Sunset Dogs?"

Jiu Niang stretched lazily, her eyes half open, and turned over to continue sleeping.

Only a few mumblings could be heard vaguely.

"Without those three 'rivers', even if you have acquired extraordinary abilities, you can only ferry yourself to shore."

……

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As early as in ancient times, when life was first born, there were three mother rivers between heaven and earth.

The mother river, born from pure air and located high in the sky, is called the Milky Way, also known as the River of Stars. It is the birthplace of the gods, who are not bound by flesh, are immortal and live in pure happiness.

The water of the Milky Way pours down and flows to the human world, where it is divided by the mountains and turns into countless large and small tributaries.

The largest tributary is called the Ancestral River, and all the dragon, phoenix and other tribes prospered because of it.

Further down, the river water passed through the human world and reached the eighteen levels of hell, where it was contaminated by the turbid air of the earth and became the Styx. The creatures in all the underground worlds drank the water of the Styx and were born with intelligence and began to create civilization.

Although these three rivers are essentially one, as the saying goes, oranges grown in the south of the Huai River are oranges, while oranges grown in the north of the Huai River are tangerines; their leaves are similar, but their tastes are different.

It is not wrong to say that they are three mother rivers.

Chen Jing didn't know much about the Ancestral River of Shenzhou, let alone the Styx in the lower world. In fact, the news was not uncommon, but he didn't know the special nature of the Styx at the beginning, and he didn't deliberately try to learn about it.

But after Jiu Niang specifically said this, he learned more about it and couldn't help but sigh that the development environment of hell is really hell.

From the end of the Age of Gods and Demons to the beginning of the Age of All Races, through the Age of Ancient Immortals, the Age of the Great Yan Divine Dynasty, and up to today's New Immortal Age, millions of years of development and the rise and fall of countless forces are inseparable from the three mother rivers.

Let’s talk about the River Styx first.

Because the lower realm is close to the turbid air of the creation of the world, it is enveloped by the boundless sea of ​​chaos, and it is almost impossible for the realms to communicate with each other.

This resulted in the fact that, even though everyone started to develop at the same time, both the Thirty-three Heavens and Shenzhou had formed huge civilizations, leaving the Eighteen Levels of Hell in the lower world far behind.

Actually, there is only one reason: inconvenient transportation.

China has the most convenient transportation, or in other words, the difficulty in overcoming transportation problems is the least, so it has formed the most powerful civilization and is far ahead of the human race.

Thirty-three Heavens Secondly, the environment of the Thirty-three Heavens is a sky full of stars and endless void. Some "gods" live for tens of thousands of years after they are born and have never seen other gods in their entire lives.

Because it’s too damn far!
But most gods have no physical bodies, so it’s okay to communicate over long distances using spiritual consciousness and thoughts.

The worst underworld...

If a person at the fourth realm enters the Chaos Sea, he won’t be able to go far.

Only those at the fifth realm level have the permit to step into the Chaos Sea, but in reality they do not have the ability to go very far.

Only those who have reached the sixth realm can freely travel through the Chaos Sea.

What does this mean? It means that many civilizations in the realms have developed desperately, avoided most of the pitfalls in civilization, experienced the reincarnation of history time and time again, and made breakthroughs many times... but in the end they found that they were not even qualified to leave their homes.

The fact that communication in the lower world is so difficult means that the development platform is very small, and naturally it becomes the worst place.

But the civilization in the lower world has also made efforts.

This brings us back to the River Styx.

The creatures that drank the water from the River Styx were the first to develop intelligence and a spiritual civilization. They were pioneers and also pioneers, pioneers in every sense of the word, such as building roads.

They basically repaired the main stream of the River Styx.

This allows the forces near the mainstream domain to grow steadily and gradually expand outward.

Among them, a hegemonic force of holy land level was born.

——The Netherworld Sect.

The Netherworld Sect paved coffin roads everywhere, trying to open up the entire underworld and completely rule the entire underworld.

Chen Jing's evaluation of the Netherworld Sect is that it is the underworld version of Qin Shi Huang.

But unfortunately, they started too late.

At this time, Jiuzhou has already experienced two major versions: the ancient immortal era and the divine dynasty era!
The Netherworld Sect was just about to enter its new version 1.0, but it ran head-on into the 3.0 version of Shenzhou.

——My little brother, it’s so late now, what are you still doing?

The Netherworld Sect said who dares to stop me!
The ending is no surprise.

Even though the three holy places were not yet complete at that time, they were still able to deal with the Netherworld Sect, which was two major versions behind.

The Netherworld Sect was unable to withstand the combined attack of the three major holy places in China, and its great cause collapsed halfway, disintegrating from then on.

After this battle, the lower world could no longer unite, and the remaining few relatively powerful "dominant forces" each occupied a part of the "ancient road" and circled their own territory.

The dominant forces are easier to deal with; they enjoy the legacy of the pioneers and lead a fulfilling life.

But what about the real majority of the lower world, those regional forces trapped in various parts of the Chaos Sea?

There is no way!

They could only be trapped in their small hometown, looking at the endless sea of ​​chaos, and died without hope.

And the ruling power of the underworld is happy to see this happen.

Because the dominant forces have mastered the flying boat technology, they want to go out, want to communicate, and want to move forward?

Row.

But—get down on your knees and beg me.

What’s the use of Jiu Niang being powerful?
The three dogs also have special skills, so what?
"Without those three 'rivers', even if you have acquired extraordinary abilities, you can only ferry yourself to shore."

They were unwilling to work for those masters, yet they could not go ashore with their hometown that gave birth to them.

Then you can only drift in the sea of ​​chaos, becoming a flying boat hunter with no future, and will never be able to escape from the sea of ​​suffering.

……

Chen Jing understood it and felt like he was also shot. Although he was on a pirate ship, he never really considered himself a thief. He almost forgot that he was also a pirate, and he also left the An Ning Society, which had just stabilized, in order to get out.

only.

I left because I was pursuing hope, but many flying boat hunters were left wandering.

"It seems that roads are more important than flying boats... Having a flying boat only gives you a certain degree of autonomy, but it does not mean you are truly powerful. To be truly powerful, you need to master roads, so that you can bind a group of forces that have to rely on roads to your side, and continuously obtain a large number of talents and resources from them."

Chen Jing understood.

The Holy Land caravan opened up a trade route in the lower world, which caused so much trouble. We can also get a glimpse of clues from it.

"I have actually already mastered the technology to build flying boats. If I can master the technology to build roads, I can truly create my own order."

Chen Jing was silently planning for the future.

He didn't dare to reveal his method of manufacturing a flying boat openly for the time being, but as long as he continued to promote cooperation with Mo Yige and Master Wei, he would be able to build a flying boat openly.

There may be some problems during this period.

After carefully understanding the past and origins of the major forces, he once again realized what the flying boat meant.

The entire underworld is a cake, and the flying boat is the fork for sharing the cake.

Without this fork, you can't eat the cake. One more fork means one less piece of cake.

Therefore, those who hold forks all tacitly huddle together, competing with each other for food while also limiting the appearance of new people holding forks.

The Southeast Faction was just a small faction, and its influence in the lower world was not very strong. Even if the fork of manufacturing the flying boat was announced in the name of the Southeast Faction, there would certainly be twists and turns.

"fighting……"

Chen Jing understood.

When that time really comes, it will depend on who has the bigger fist, and how much food the bigger the fist is, the more food they can eat.

"In this way, the next development goal is very clear. On the one hand, we will improve the construction method of the Chaos Route, and on the other hand, we will start to build a navy."

For pure defense, there is no need for a navy.

After all, the flying boat is invincible near the hometown, but if you want to open up trade routes and go out, you need a navy that can go out and fight.

Chen Jing felt embarrassed about this.

Because An Ning will lack strong people from the fourth to fifth realms. Although a person from the fourth realm can set foot in the Chaos Sea, he can only be a sailor at most.

You have to be at least level five to be a captain.

There is no need to reach the fifth level of true dragon transformation like him. The fifth level of dragon transformation is enough.

"I still have to find a way to make use of Sanquan and the others. I will help them develop their hometown and give them hope of going out, and they also have to help me."

Thinking of this, Chen Jing went to visit Sanquan and Xiang Lin again.

These four guys have become very familiar with each other recently. They exchange their experiences in magic in a corner of the boat, calling each other fellow Taoists, and get along very harmoniously.

This period was indeed an unexpectedly peaceful one for them.

I was captured and had no choice but to let go of the responsibilities that were on my shoulders for a short while, and I even felt a little relieved.

Of course, I still feel depressed sometimes when I think of my unfinished mission.

"Master Chen."

Seeing Chen Jing coming, the four of them bowed and saluted.

"We will arrive at the Demon Shadow Club soon. I heard that the White Jade Dog was hit by some kind of spell. We can find a medical expert to cure it then."

"Master Chen!" Sunset Dog's eyes lit up, "Master, your kindness is so great, I will never forget it!"

"That's good of you." Chen Jing nodded and continued, "What have you thought about the things I mentioned before?"

The four of them had already thought about it, and they nodded in agreement.

"I am willing to serve you, Master Chen, but..." The Nether Dog scratched his head and said, "Master Chen, even if your Taoism can alleviate some of the difficulties of our clan, I am afraid it will not help."

"I think so too." Xiang Lin agreed.

"Well, what do you mean?" Chen Jing was not surprised.

"There are many talented people in my Spirit Dog Clan. During the most glorious period, we were not only completely unaffected by the tributaries of the Styx, but we were even able to use the power of the tributaries of the Styx for our own benefit... But, after reaching our peak, we finally declined."

The Nether Dog said bitterly.

There is a saying that the lesson people learn from history is that they will never learn.

In fact, this statement is very one-sided.

The reason for this one-sided summary is precisely because the pioneers have tried all the roads, only to find that they are all dead ends, and finally they can only pick a less wrong road and walk on it.

To later generations, this was naturally the consequence of not learning lessons.

As the Nether Dog spoke, he also sent over a detailed history, the endless cycle of glory and decline of the Spirit Dog clan.

What he meant, in plain words, was - we really don't lack your hybrid spiritual plants. Even if we develop them, the final result may not satisfy you, so you have to be mentally prepared.

If it were a while ago, Chen Jing might have still thought about it, but now he knows that what the spirit dog clan really lacks is not a bottom line, but a breakthrough in the upper limit.

He sighed inwardly; this situation reminded him of the Qingnang Sect.

When the Qingnang Sect was at its peak, it also had dozens of caves and heavens, but they were blocked by the teleportation magic and could not expand outward, nor break through the upper limit.

In the end, it can only decline after reaching its peak and remain in a half-dead state.

Chen Jing once created a highly efficient thing called an assembly line in Anning Mansion, but after his master saw it, he just praised it calmly.

When the senior brother said that this thing could be widely used, the master also said that the senior brother was uneducated.

Because Master had seen things like assembly lines when he traveled in the Central Plains. It wasn't something that required a lot of intelligence to think of.

The reason why the Qing Nang Sect did not use it was because using it would be suicide. The aristocratic landlord system was very backward, but it was more suitable for the Qing Nang Sect's physique.

When the Qingnang Sect really began to break through the upper limit, the production capacity exploded all at once, which proved that the foundation had always been there.

"Take good care of your injuries. I won't say more. I just want to tell you that the future of the Spirit Dog Clan is now on your shoulders."

Chen Jing first drew a pie in the sky and threw it over.

As a leader, no matter whether you can make a cake or not, you must be able to draw it. This is a basic skill.

He then said to Xiang Lin: "You were able to fight your way out of the Purgatory Island, which proves that your master's vision is not bad. Now that you understand that your master was not harmed by Jiu Niang, but was an equal transaction, then pick up your master's wish for you again."

"The sect has already..."

"If it's destroyed, rebuild it. If it's lost, take it back."

Chen Jing then said, "I will help build the realm you are in, but right now, we are still short of a lot of things. I happen to have a few flying boats on hand, so I will give them to you to get used to. Soon, I will take you to find prey."

The navy was first established, starting out as a flying boat hunter.

(End of this chapter)