My ancestors were spiritual plant growers, so it's not surprising that I hunt demons every day,

The next morning, Cui Ying got up early.

After having breakfast with her family, she prepared to go to work in her family's spiritual fields.

Half of her family's three mu of spiritual rice has already been harvested. The remaining two mu of spiritual rice is fully ripe and needs to be harvested within five days, otherwise the spiritual energy inside will be lost and it will lose its nutritional value.

Just as Cui Ying was about to leave with her parents, she saw a cloud heading straight for their house.

Three figures were standing on the cloud.

Two of them were the mother and daughter that Cui Ying had rescued in the Phoenix Mountains.

"Oh, isn't that Zhao Lan and her daughter, Miss Lin?"

Wang Rong put down the bamboo basket on her back and was about to go out to greet them when Cui Ying stopped her: "Mother, how do you know them?"

“Oh dear, you child, you came back from saving people and doing good deeds without telling your mother. The day after you went to Qingyang Lake, Zhao Lan came to our house with big bags and small packages to thank you. If it weren’t for Chao Yun’s presence at our house, I would still be confused about what happened that day.”

After saying that, she hurriedly went out to greet them, saying, "Sister Zhao Lan, what brings you here?"

Zhao Lan nudged the middle-aged man standing next to her and then laughed:

"Last time I came in a hurry, and my friend Cui wasn't home, so I didn't have a chance to thank him for saving my life. It just so happens that my husband is home today, so I brought some things to come and express my gratitude again."

The middle-aged man beside her was a cultivator at the sixth level of Qi Refining. Hearing Zhao Lan speak, he quickly picked up the two spirit chickens and the basket of spirit eggs he was carrying, and said with a grateful expression:

“I’ve been away on missions all this time, and if it weren’t for your help, young friend Cui, I would probably be all alone by now. I, Lin Xiao, will always remember this kindness. Here are some things we brought from home; please accept them.”

Wang Rong waved her hand with a smile and said, "Oh dear, I already said no, why did you bring so much stuff?"

Zhao Lan shook her head and quickly said, "Two mere spirit chickens are no match for the life-saving grace. Besides, we don't have anything good at home, so please don't look down on them."

After saying that, Zhao Lan urged Lin Xiao again, "What are you standing there for? Hurry up and give the things to them."

"I don't mind, I don't mind."

Wang Rong waved her hand with a smile, then turned to Cui Ying and said, "Third girl, quickly take your Uncle Lin and Aunt Zhao inside to sit down."

"it is good."

Cui Ying nodded, then reached out and took the things Lin Xiao handed over, leading them into the courtyard.

After the two families sat down in the courtyard, Wang Rong first had her daughter-in-law, Yang Qimei, prepare three bowls of wildflower honey. Then, she took out some spiritual fruits and shortbread that Cui Ying had bought earlier and handed them to Lin Jinru.

"Come on, Jinru, try some. Your sister Cui Ying bought it, it's very sweet."

"Thank you, Auntie."

Lin Jinru had just finished speaking when she noticed someone staring at her. She smiled slightly and beckoned to Cui Yue beside her:

"Little Yue, come and eat with us."

Cui Yue glanced at Wang Rong, who was busy talking, and ran over with a smile to take the peach shortbread from Lin Jinru's hand. She broke it in half, stuffed one half into Cui Yan's hand, and kept the other half for herself to eat happily.

Noticing this, Wang Rong waved to Cui Lin:

"Second daughter, you take your fourth sister and fifth brother to the spirit field to get busy. We'll be there in a bit."

After the two little ones left with Cui Lin, Wang Rong pulled Zhao Lan aside and chatted intimately.

After exchanging pleasantries, Cui Zhengming and Lin Xiao, who were standing nearby, also started casually discussing cultivation issues while smoking glass cigarettes.

Meanwhile, Lin Jinru found Cui Ying and handed her the package she had been carrying:

“Sister Cui Ying, thank you for saving my mother. My family doesn’t have much to offer. This contains some spiritual plants, most of which I collected in the Phoenix Mountain Range. However, some of them have withered due to improper storage. I don’t know if they will still be of any use to you.”

Cui Ying took the package and looked at it. She found that there were seven or eight kinds of spiritual plants inside, most of which were low-level spiritual plants, but one of them, a Stone Leaf Orchid, was extremely precious.

Although they are just seedlings, they can be sold for a few spirit stones.

She looked at Lin Jinru, who was full of anticipation, and then a hint of inquiry appeared in her eyes.

Before she could speak, Lin Jinru hurriedly explained:

“Sister Cui Ying, please don’t misunderstand. I only thought of collecting spiritual herbs as a thank you gift because I saw that you only took the root of the nine-jointed cattail that day.”

"I know."

Cui Ying accepted the spiritual herbs and said to Lin Jinru:

"I just feel that these things are too valuable, and I don't know whether I should accept them or not."

"Hehe, these are all things my mother and I dug up while hunting demons in the Phoenix Mountains. We tried to sell them before, but the shopkeepers said they were the lowest grade and not worth much spirit stones. Since you can use them, I'll bring them to you whenever I find them in the future."

Seeing this, Lin Jinru smiled happily. Then, she glanced around the yard and asked curiously:

"Sister Cui Ying, where is Brother Chao Yun today?"

"Brother Chaoyun?"

Cui Ying paused for a moment, then suddenly remembered how Zhu Chaoyun had protected Lin Jinru in every way in the Phoenix Mountains that day, and then smiled knowingly:

"Wait a minute, I'll send a telepathic message to Brother Chaoyun right away and have him come over."

After saying that, Cui Ying immediately used telepathy to call Zhu Chaoyun over, and specifically emphasized that he should hurry up.

"What's wrong, Cui Ying? What happened? Why are you in such a hurry?"

A moment later, Zhu Chaoyun rushed to the Cui family.

But as soon as he called out, he saw the graceful young girl next to Cui Ying blush instantly.

"Yo~ Chaoyun's here?"

"You're here, Aunt."

Zhu Chaoyun first greeted Wang Rong, then immediately said to Zhao Lan, "Aunt Zhao, you've come too?"

"Yes, I've been here for a while."

Zhao Lan chuckled and replied, then saw Zhu Chaoyun look shyly at her daughter Lin Jinru, stammering:

“Ru~ Ru’er, you~ you.”

Seeing Zhu Chaoyun, he hesitated for a long time before finally managing to say "you," but he was still too nervous to speak.

"Pfft"

Lin Jinru smiled and offered her the cup of wildflower honey she hadn't drunk yet: "Brother Chaoyun, come and have some water."

Seeing this, Zhao Lan immediately understood her daughter's intentions. She exchanged a glance with Wang Rong, who clearly understood and immediately said with a smile:

“Oh dear, you little ones probably don’t like listening to what we elders are saying. Why don’t you take Jinru out for a walk and come back for lunch later?”

"Oh dear, Sister Wang Rong, how can we possibly eat at your house?"

"Why not? You've come all this way, you should at least have lunch before you go back."

After the two finished their back-and-forth conversation, Wang Rong waved to Cui Ying and the others, urging them to leave the courtyard.

"Go away, go away! You're so young, what are you doing staying at home all the time? Go out for a walk."

"Okay, mother."

Cui Ying smiled and nodded, then led the way out.

Zhu Chaoyun and Lin Jinru, who were behind them, also walked out of the courtyard gate side by side.

But they had only taken a few steps when they realized that Cui Ying had disappeared.

Where is my sister Cui Ying?

"Don't worry about her, she's very formidable, and there aren't many people in our village who can do anything to her."

"Hehe, Brother Chaoyun is also very impressive. He has already reached the third level of Qi Refining at such a young age."

"Haha, Sister Ru'er, you flatter me."

"By the way, Ru'er, how about I take you for a stroll along the Xiushui River?"

"Okay."