novelraw Chapter 799 - 432: Flourishing Prosperity
Chapter 799 - 432: Flourishing Prosperity
In the distant Cliff City, the Tong family called...
Your goods have arrived, when will you come to pick them up?
The final piece of Chun Jun's puzzle—[Embrace Simplicity], is now in hand!
Excited, Ji Jue couldn't sleep all night, and at the break of dawn, he went over with two chickens... For some reason, he didn't see the old grandpa; it was Tong Ting who received him again.
Tong Ting looked at the two chickens in his hand, and his expression turned even more numb.
A constant sense of PTSD-like tension.
The last time you came here with chickens, you did so much while eating and taking things; now you're back with chickens again—are you really going to kill Xu Chaoxian this time?
"We're all so familiar with each other, next time you come just... don't be so formal."
Tong Ting looked down at the chickens in his hands, sighed softly, "Chickens have it hard too."
Such small bodies, how could they handle such big affairs?
This time there was no pretense of making tea, no idle chatting; Ji Jue hadn't even settled into his seat when the blessing was shoved into his hand, and money wasn't even mentioned.
We're so familiar, why act like strangers?
Embrace Simplicity, though rare, is not a troublesome thing for the Tong family; relationships are built on these give-and-takes.
Besides, the old grandpa seems to have high hopes for Messenger Logistics; the shares Ji Jue brought over were directly accepted by Tong Shengnian, and besides the Tong family's own channels, an extra investment was made.
The Lou Family did the same, even helping Ji Jue clean up plenty of loose ends.
After all, these days, talented people aren't uncommon, potential isn't rare, but someone talented and with potential, willing to step up and sort out a mess, and even create a market from the garbage dump, is indeed rare.
The more stable Hai Province is, the more at ease everyone is, the more relaxed, the more money is made.
Who doesn't like clean money?
When Ji Jue finally returned to his studio from the Tong family, he glanced at the blessing in his hand.
Within the amber-like crystal, a simple streak resembling ink continually meandered and shifted, ever-changing, yet always exuding an indescribable sense of simple beauty.
At first glance, one can only feel purity.
[Embrace Simplicity], its effect is to remove all false embellishment, erase all interference and distortion, and return things to their essence as much as possible.
Used on external objects, one can perceive their original appearance and state,
Used on oneself, it can correct deviations, erase distracting thoughts, and easily find traces of curses or Heart Core interferences, even the most minute symptoms cannot escape its power.
Unfortunately, whether the effect is negative or positive, it will clean it thoroughly, without any discrimination or bias.
This is what makes it so precious.
As long as it's present, the Chosen One will not lose sight of their true self, always objectively grasping their changes.
One must understand, the Ether Path is complex and varied; the more one sees, hears, and perceives, the easier it is to lose oneself.
It's like how ordinary people, once accustomed to luxury and indulgence, naturally become extravagant; after seeing large transactions in a bank, hundreds or thousands seem like pocket change; after indulging in fruit platters in a KTV, seeing a queue makes one want to switch; after playing a game too much, even gold seems poor...
Human thoughts and ideas change unconsciously.
Often influenced by the external environment without realizing it.
For other Chosen Ones, it's just a change of mentality, but for Ether, such gradual, unperceived changes can be fatal, even leading to demonic possession, losing oneself, experiencing delirium and illusions.
We've seen it too often.
Whether it's doctrine, perception, or interpretation, it all requires starting from the Chosen One's perspective; if one's position shifts or contradicts, even seeing illusions is comforting—seeing chaotic things would be irreversible.
Filth is formless and silent.
Like foreshadowing.
This Ether-related Great Evil hides in every tiny change over time, and when you realize distortion and conflict arise within your heart, it's already too late.
Low rank Ether discerns truth, high-level Ether can weave reality.
Over a hundred years ago, an Empire's Ether Heavenly Person Mutated for seven years without anyone noticing.
The entire city's people fell into the 'book', becoming characters, yet passing travelers didn't find anything amiss.
For seven years, everyone in the city, no matter their age or gender, even cats and dogs, lived as if in a novel, movie, or animation.
Love, workplace, school, murder, mystery, horror, even fantasy; they carried different supporting or leading roles in various genres, evolving in cycles until countless contradictions overlapped in hysteria, reaching the final climax.
Countless corpses covered every inch of the city, only the final protagonist walked out of the city gates, recalling past events like an endless nightmare.
And when he turned back, he could no longer see any trace of the past.
Even now, this booker disaster continues to appear in the world, rewriting disability, disappearing without a trace after a night, leaving ongoing stories behind.
The details alone give Ji Jue chills.
If it weren't for each booker disaster inevitably leaving behind a protagonist to witness it all, perhaps even now, no one would be aware of its existence.
What's scarier is that even the Heavenly Person who Mutated back then had the blessing of Embrace Simplicity...
If Superior's blessing were truly universal, how could the Great Evil exist?
Expecting the blessing to solve all problems is the real fantasy.
However, this effect is indeed real.
With Embrace Simplicity in hand, even without spiritual communication, Ji Jue felt a wave of clarity and peace at heart; all the things he'd done in recent days suddenly flashed through his mind like a stream.
It felt like returning to the original and true heart.
Looking at everything from the most objective perspective, one realizes... unknowingly, so many resources have been wasted?!
Never mind other small aspects, clearly the Fungus Group and Scar Innovation's Inheritance Burnt Offering were in hand, so many dead Water Ghosts and junk—why not sacrifice them to get materials?
Such a misstep!
Ji Jue pounded his chest, utterly heartbroken.
He had decided, before Chun Jun was fully realized, he'd better ponder over this more.
Daily self-examination thrice!
Luckily, before his second reflection, he received a message from Ye Chun.
The teacher has finally finished work!
Upon receiving the message, Ji Jue got up without a second thought, heading straight for Tide Sound, racing against time.
These days, he was almost driven insane with anxiety.
Too many questions with no answers.
Finally, with time on the teacher's hands, how could he not seize the moment?!
So, five minutes later, it was Ye Xian's turn, who had just finished from the workshop and barely rested, to be silent.
In the deathly silence, Ye Xian held a teacup, quietly watching the bashful Ji Jue across the table.
Suddenly, a strong urge to pry open the head of this dog came to mind...
"—How did you manage to create such a mess in just a month since I shut the door to study?!"