Chapter 161: Choice

Entering the city, passing through the bustling streets, you came to a slum.

It is said to be a slum because the houses here are the most dilapidated, and it should be the oldest group of buildings in Qingyan City, but in any case, the quality of this Qingyan is very good, and there is no sign of damage.

The slums in Qingyan City are fundamentally different from the slums in other cities in the outside world, not that all the people living here are poor, but because the people who live here are all cultivators and ordinary people who live here for various reasons. In the slums. There are no absolute poor, only the strong and the weak.

Because of the invasion of the original beast, a large number of residents of Qingyan City will die every year, so Qingyan City is very concerned about the people, and the daily life guarantee can be completed, but it is limited to this, this is a world of cultivation, if you want to become strong and become a human being, you can only cultivate, and the resources required for cultivation are very huge, and the resources of Qingyan City are very scarce.

This also led to the fact that Qingyan City has a large number of ordinary people, which is also the origin of the slums.

But these ordinary people are not waiting for death, all the non-dangerous but tiring work in Qingyan City is done by them, and they maintain the basic operation of Qingyan City.

Moreover, these ordinary people can't become cultivators themselves, so they focus on their offspring and work hard to cultivate their offspring, it is said that the parents of a certain elder in the city are ordinary people, and they don't know if it's true or not.

But in recent years, due to various reasons, there are a large number of cultivators in the slums, Zhang Yiming came here because of the death of his parents, and the cultivation of the spirit realm is already at the peak here, most of the cultivators in the slums are martial artists in the body refining realm, after all, the high-level in the spirit realm can live extremely nourishing in Qingyan City, and it is extremely rare to live like Zhang Yiming.

Listening to Zhang Yiming's self-deprecating words, Qin Chen suddenly felt that something was wrong here.

I found out after asking. If the people of Qingyan City want to obtain resources, they must go out to obtain them by themselves and perform tasks, often several people form a team to complete it, this Zhang Yiming doesn't know what's going on, there will be all kinds of problems every time, just like the last time, if it wasn't for a coincidence, he was eaten by the fire rock beast.

Zhang Yiming smiled self-deprecatingly: "Maybe I'm a naturally unlucky person, and I will never be able to get ahead." Otherwise, how could such a coincidence happen to you?"

"There are never coincidences in the world, and behind every coincidence, there is a big hand pushing behind it. After saying this, Qin Chen stopped talking, everything depended on Zhang Yiming's own comprehension.

After a while, they came to the streets of the slum where Zhang Yiming was.

Along the way, most people greeted Zhang Yiming with a smile, and Zhang Yiming also returned the salute one by one, and some people ran away when they saw Zhang Yiming. I'm afraid that something terrible will happen if I run late.

Zhang Yiming scratched his head, "When I first arrived in the slums, in order to gain a foothold, sometimes I was more radical. I guess these people are scared of me, but after a long time, they will forget all this, and the people in the slums are still very good to us brother and sister. ”

Zhang Lulu next to her snorted coldly. "If they hadn't bullied us a lot, my brother wouldn't have beaten them, it's all their fault. ”

Zhang Yiming touched his nose. Right or wrong, it's long over.

And in the alley next to a street that Zhang Yiming walked through, there stood a few things that looked like ruffians and hooligans.

One of the hooligans looked at Zhang Yiming who walked over coldly, spat on the ground, and said to one of the people next to him: "Go and report to Brother Biao, just say that Zhang Yiming is back, it's time to do it." ”

The man next to him answered, turned and ran outside, and several skillfully climbed over several walls and disappeared into the depths of the house.

The remaining two hooligans watched Zhang Yiming return to his house with cold eyes, although they were a little curious about the person next to Zhang Yiming, but since they were Zhang Yiming's friends, their cultivation was not high, so they didn't have to care about anything.

After turning around, Qin Chen finally saw the home of Zhang Yiming's brothers and sisters, a house with an independent courtyard, to be honest, it was quite good in the slums, but thinking of the life Zhang Yiming had lived before, this kind of small courtyard is indeed no different from the slums, from thrift to luxury, from luxury to thrift, Zhang Yiming thinks about revenge is also reasonable.

Entering the courtyard, what caught his eye was a behemoth similar to a lizard, at least two meters long, and a huge body, but his eyes were indeed squinted into a slit, his whole body was fleshy, spitting out a fishy tongue, lying on the ground, and he didn't know if he was basking in the sun, Qin Chen looked up at the sky and gave up this idea.

As soon as Zhang Lulu went back, she happily pounced on the big lizard, hugging her fat neck, and the big lizard did not resist, lazily enjoying Zhang Lulu's touch, and licking her tongue on Zhang Lulu's face.

Zhang Yiming on the side is already accustomed to this situation, although this lizard is huge, but there is not the slightest demonic aura on its body, it is just an ordinary beast, with Zhang Lulu's strength, there is no need to be afraid of this lizard's sneak attack.

Looking at Qin Chen, who showed an interested expression, Zhang Yiming explained on the side.

This lizard is called a rock lizard, and it is a lizard that lives in the crevices of underground rocks and relies on small creatures such as bats and geckos.

When the dwarves exploited vigorously, this kind of rock formation lizard because of the delicious meat, became the dwarven tribe's exclusive favorite food, almost extinct because of this, after the dwarf migration, the remaining rock formation lizard returned here again, because there are no natural enemies, the environment here is suitable, so it has become a large number of people in a short period of time.

Later, the ancestors of Qingyan Castle discovered this underground cave and built a castle there, and these rock lizards were turned into food again.

Compared with the dwarves, the approach of the human race is obviously more reasonable, after years of unremitting efforts, they have turned the rock lizard into a domestic animal, this underground environment is extremely suitable for the survival of the rock lizard, and there are no natural enemies, food is sufficient, so it can become a human domestic animal.

In the heart of Blue Rock City. On the top of the building of the House of Elders, there is a crystal that emits a gentle white light suspended by countless iron chains, this white light is not dazzling, but it does not have the slightest heat, but it seems to have an accelerated growth effect on the rock lizard, which is also because the rock lizard is preserved.

In this way, the rock lizard has become one of the few meats in Qingyan City, and of course, not every household can afford to raise it.

Speaking of this, Zhang Yiming sighed: "When my father and mother were still alive, there were hundreds of rock lizards in my backyard. Every Chinese New Year, Daddy would slaughter one of the fattest rock lizards, which was the happiest time for the family, and life now is naturally not as good as then, but we still have a rock lizard, which is extremely rare in the whole slum. ”

Qin Chen heard a hint of pride in his words, and also understood where his pride came from.

In this Qingyan City, generally only those families who live in the middle of life can afford to raise a rock lizard, in the case of these two brothers and sisters. It is extremely rare, this rock lizard was found by Zhang Yiming in an abandoned cave, usually Zhang Lulu catches some small animals to feed the rock lizard, and Zhang Yiming goes out to work. The division of labor between the brother and sister is very clear, which is also because Zhang Lulu is very close to the lizard.

Not much to say, other than that, the whole small courtyard was empty. Directly in front of it is a one-story hut made of heavy rocks, and the whole house is not very large, but it is very clean. On the roof, there were some green things similar to moss drying on the roof, and after Zhang Yiming's explanation, Qin Chen knew that this was the vegetable of the people of Qingyan City.

Regarding the barrenness of Qingyan City's resources, Qin Chen was no stranger.

There were only three rooms, two bedrooms, a kitchen, and a very simple thatched hut outside.

Zhang Yiming scratched his head in embarrassment, "Brother Qin, you see, I don't have any room here, why don't you live in my room, and I'll squeeze in Lulu?"

Qin Chen shook his head, "No need to do this, I can meditate in the courtyard, now Qin Chen is used to using meditation instead of sleeping." ”

Zhang Yiming sighed, which was considered to be a response to the matter.

"I told you that if you told me where the fire quartz vein is, I would give you some reward, and I would get a lot of money from the fire quartz vein, so I will give you two choices now. As soon as he sat down, Qin Chen said the right thing.

Zhang Yiming's brother and sister immediately perked up, Zhang Yiming knew very well that if he wanted to take revenge with his own strength, he was afraid that it would be very few, but Qin Chen's strength he had seen before, if Brother Qin was willing to help, or would he shoot directly?

Qin Chen opened his mouth and said: "First, I will help you take action, capture all the people you want to take revenge, and it is all up to you to kill or scrape; ”

If it was in the past, Zhang Yiming would definitely choose the first one, as long as he could take revenge, even if it was his own life, he would be willing.

But since he saw Qin Chen's strength, Zhang Yiming began to hide a wish in his heart, that is, to keep getting stronger, to become a strong man like Qin Chen, to be happy and revenge, and of course to avenge hatred.

But if you choose the second one, but you don't cultivate to become a strong person, and you fail to take revenge, wouldn't that be a lifetime of regret?

For a while, Zhang Yiming fell into confusion.

Qin Chen didn't let Zhang Yiming answer immediately, but gave him time to think, and for a while, the entire hut fell into silence.

No matter which one Zhang Yiming chooses, Qin Chen will do his best to complete it.

It's just that if Zhang Yiming chooses the first option, Qin Chen will be extremely disappointed and will completely abandon Zhang Yiming; if he chooses the second option, although Qin Chen will not help him take revenge, he will solve Zhang Yiming's current problem.

Qin Chen has always felt that Zhang Yiming's current life should not be so hard, there must be some problems in it.

Zhang Yiming frowned and hesitated.

And Qin Chen was expressionless, Zhang Yiming looked up every time, wanting to see some clues from Qin Chen's face, but he was disappointed again and again, Qin Chen found that his ruthless face was still somewhat useful for the first time.

Zhang Lulu also stayed quietly aside, but she was very keenly aware that her brother seemed to be making an extremely important choice in life, and she didn't want to let herself influence her brother's choice.

The room was unusually quiet, as if there was no pressure floating in the house, and Zhang Yiming, as the protagonist at this time, felt the most pressure. A large amount of beads of sweat appeared on the face.

Whether to choose to fulfill his long-held wish and take revenge, so that those who bullied him that day will receive due retribution, or choose to embark on a path full of thorns and strong men, although it is difficult, but when he reaches the end, then revenge will be a hundred times faster than now.

Daddy, if you have a spirit in heaven, please tell your child how to choose.

Zhang Yiming's thoughts gradually left the room, drifting higher and higher, through Qingyan City. Passing through huge mountains, floating high into the air, through the clouds, came to an unknown being.

Here, he saw his parents, his father was still as chic and strong as ever, and his mother was still so gentle and beautiful. Father and mother looked at herself with a smile, Zhang Yiming's brows gradually relaxed, and a knowing smile appeared on his face.

It's as if I've returned to my childhood.

There were a few rough but hard black stones underneath. The large black stone paved a huge square, and on the square, all kinds of weapons were placed, and some huge stone locks were placed.

The young Zhang Yiming lifted the smallest stone lock. Slowly walking around the whole square, feeling my sore shoulders, I wanted to put it down several times. But looking at the majestic father in the center of the square, he didn't give up in the end, his father was the object of his worship, and his dream was to become a powerful existence like his father, so Zhang Yiming didn't want to give up.

Finally finished walking a circle, Zhang Yiming slammed the stone lock on the ground, and on the side, a young and presumptuous woman with a bun put down the sleeping baby in her arms, stepped forward, took out a handkerchief affectionately, and wiped the sweat beads on Zhang Yiming's head.

While wiping, he hugged Zhang Yiming distressedly.

He looked at the middle-aged man angrily, "Brother Chong, Ming'er is only five years old, and he has just succeeded in building a foundation, and it is still too early to cultivate from time to time, and this stone lock is also about fifty catties, which is too heavy for Ming'er." ”

Zhang Yiming's father stepped forward with a wry smile, "You are too doting on Ming'er, Ming'er is my child, and in the future, we will be the head of our Zhang family, how to do it if you are weak, Ming'er, tell Daddy, do you want to become a strong man who stands up to the sky?"

The young Zhang Yiming nodded heavily, and a crisp voice came out of his mouth, "Yes." ”

Zhang Chong smiled, picked up Zhang Yiming, and rubbed his little face from his beard, "This is my Zhang Chong's good son, a boy was born in the world, so he naturally has to work hard to cultivate, become a man who stands up to the sky and the earth, do those majestic things on all sides, be happy and revenge, and go to the end of the world with a sword, isn't it happy?"

Zhang Yiming's mother looked at Zhang Chong with a wry smile, smiled helplessly, stepped back, and took care of the sleeping Zhang Lulu.

Zhang Chong hugged Zhang Yiming, "Okay, today my dad taught you a few powerful martial arts, this is the martial arts that our Zhang family has passed down from generation to generation, the power is huge, you have to see it clearly, I think back then, our Zhang family can also be regarded as "

The memory gradually blurred, and what my father said after that year, because he was really young at the time, so he couldn't remember it anymore.

But that's no longer a problem, because I've already made my choice.

Looking at Zhang Yiming with a smile on his face, Qin Chen knew that he had made a choice, and Qin Chen dared to guarantee that it would be the most correct choice in his life.

Zhang Yiming opened his eyes, revealing several bright pairs of eyes, and the transparent eyes seemed to be able to see through people's hearts, making Zhang Yiming's entire essence, qi, and spirit look extremely different.

Opening his mouth, Zhang Yiming looked at Qin Chen with great confidence, "Brother Qin, I choose"

Before he could finish speaking, a loud noise came from outside the house, and then a few rough voices came into the house.

"Zhang Yiming, you little rabbit cub is finally back, come out and meet your grandfather, let Biao master teach you the principles of being a man. ”

Zhang Yiming clenched his fists, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes. (To be continued......)