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

Although Fengxi Ridge is not a famous mountain, it is still a branch of the Phoenix Mountain Range. With the magic array isolating the flow of spiritual energy between the inside and outside, the spiritual energy of the earth veins is revitalized, and the spiritual energy in the ridge gradually rises until it is a level higher than the outside world before slowly stopping.

This drew repeated exclamations of wonder from Gu Qinghong and the others who were attending the banquet at the Cui family's residence.

That evening, the Cui family in Fengxi Ridge set up three tables of fine food and wine to entertain their close relatives and friends.

Although the banquet was hastily prepared, the vegetables, fruits, fish, and minced meat on the table were all full of spiritual energy. After eating them, everyone felt that their cultivation had improved slightly.

"My dear wife, you must be exhausted after working so hard all day. Please eat quickly."

Cui Cong picked up a piece of fresh and delicious fish and placed it into Yang Qimei's bowl with a pained expression.

"Husband, you should eat too!"

With a smile on her lips, Yang Qimei quickly served Cui Cong a bowl of hot soup.

The couples at the same table, including Cui Ying, looked loving and had smiles on their faces. Just as she was about to reach for some food, she suddenly noticed that her wine glass was being slowly filled.

Gu Shiyin, his ears red, leaned closer and whispered, "Sister Aying, this is a spirit fruit wine that Auntie gave us. It's sweet and won't make you drunk. You should try some."

"Brother Shi Yin".

Cui Ying smiled and was about to speak when she saw her sister-in-law next to her take a bite of food and then cover her mouth and gag.

"What's wrong, my wife!"

Seeing his wife's pale and distressed appearance, Cui Cong quickly dropped the bowl and chopsticks in his hands, anxiously helped her up, and hurriedly asked her what was wrong.

"Brother Cong."

Yang Qimei had a dignified and elegant appearance, with a hint of joy in her eyes. She quickly pulled the flustered Cui Cong aside and said somewhat embarrassedly in a low voice:

"Brother Cong, don't shout, it's me who's pregnant."

"what?"

Cui Cong was quite startled. The panic in his mind immediately receded like a tide. His face flushed slightly, and he excitedly asked in return:

"It's really happening!?"

"Would I lie to you? Mother-in-law checked in the kitchen just now, and it's true."

In front of all the guests, Yang Qimei wished she could cover Cui Cong's mouth. She lowered her voice, nodded shyly, and scolded him.

"Haha! Father, Mother, Second Sister, Third Sister, did you all hear that? I'm going to be a father! You're going to be aunts!"

Cui Cong laughed heartily, overjoyed, and immediately stood up and shouted.

"Clang!"

Then came another series of scraping and clattering sounds from tables and chairs hitting the floor. Cui Zhengming, at the next table, immediately abandoned his toasts with Gu Qinghong and the others, hurriedly stood up, and walked over to Cui Cong and his group, asking excitedly:

"What did you say?"

"Seven plums have been found!"

The usually composed Cui Cong grinned like a child, excitedly saying...

"Good! Good! Good! Today, the Cui family is blessed with double good fortune!"

Cui Zhengming laughed heartily, patted Yang Qimei, whose face was flushed, and loudly instructed Cui Cong, "I'll go and fetch the spirit doctor. You keep a close eye on her."

After saying that, he turned to the group of people who were also beaming with joy and apologized, "I apologize for the poor hospitality. Please continue eating. I will be right back!"

"congratulations!"

Cui Cong nodded repeatedly. He picked up the spilled bowl and chopsticks, laughed heartily a few times, then put them down again. He turned around and carefully helped Yang Qimei, who was standing next to him, to comfort her.

The next morning, just as dawn was breaking, Cui Ying and her mother set off for Songlin Market.

The shopkeeper of the rosin and dentistry shop was all smiles today. He had just opened for business and had already encountered a big customer who bought fifteen servants in one go. Two of them were low-level cultivators, who must be newly emerging Qi Refining families from nearby villages.

These mortal servants mostly came from similar backgrounds; they were all family members of low-level cultivators. Some were sent by their own cultivators to serve as servants and supplement their family income. Others were servants whose own cultivators had perished elsewhere, and if they wanted to survive in this world, they had no choice but to become servants.

After Cui Ying and her mother finished purchasing all the necessary supplies, she took them back to Fengxi Ridge.

These servants had long been trained to be very disciplined. After arriving at the Cui family's residence, they quickly took on tasks such as sweeping, cooking, and cleaning the courtyard, without Wang Rong and the others having to say much.

Seeing that the Cui family members were diligent in their cultivation, he would not say much or disturb them.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye. The Cui family gradually went from being unaccustomed to it to taking it for granted, while Cui Ying was busy taking care of the three acres of medicinal herb fields behind the courtyard.

The place is surrounded by walls on all sides. After moving in, in addition to the Four Seas Overturning Heaven Formation used to ward off evil spirits, Cui Ying also set up two other layers of magic formations here.

They are a mid-grade first-rank Fiery Array and a high-grade first-rank defensive array, respectively.

After all, these three acres of medicinal fields are planted with precious medicinal herbs such as purple salvia miltiorrhiza, jade lingzhi, nine-cattail grass, and lotus grass, as well as the Creation Soil Essence that she buried deep underground in advance.

That day, Cui Ying pushed open the door and went out. The morning mist had not yet dissipated. Cui Ying lived in a secluded path with a clear spring on a slightly elevated site, surrounded by lush and beautiful grasses and trees.

The courtyard was spotless, and two red-crowned cranes, imbued with spiritual energy, were chasing each other. In the sunlight, two ordinary servants were sweeping and watering the flowers.

Originally, Wang Rong wanted to assign two more servants to Cui Ying's courtyard, but Cui Ying didn't have much to do, so in the end she only chose to keep the mother and daughter by her side to handle some trivial matters.

Her mother's surname was Xue, and she was a beautiful woman in her early forties, whom Cui Ying called Aunt Xue. But perhaps because she had suffered some hardships in life, she always had a stern and unsmiling demeanor when she met anyone.

"The immortal master has emerged from seclusion!"

Her daughter, Xue Yanyan, was a carefree young woman of similar age. When she saw Xue Yanyan approaching from the lakeside corridor, she quickly hugged the water jug ​​to her chest and bowed to her.

Cui Ying nodded slightly in greeting. She had only been busy tending to the medicinal herb garden in the backyard for two days, and had even come out to have dinner with her family in between; it hardly counted as her returning from seclusion. She took Xue Yanyan's gesture as flattery and smiled faintly, not taking it to heart.

"I'm going out for a while. Make sure the doors are locked. If the head of the family and his wife are looking for me, tell them I'm going to the nearby mountains to kill some demons and gather some medicinal herbs. I'll be back by tomorrow at the latest."

This master and his wife are certainly worthy of Cui Zhengming and his wife Wang Rong.

"Respectfully bidding farewell to the Immortal Master!"

Xue Yanyan and her mother quickly responded, watching Cui Ying condense into a pure white cloud and fly away into the air.

This journey is to the Phoenix Mountains. Her elder sister-in-law is pregnant, and the child in her womb is of the Cui family bloodline. After much thought, she decides to use the jade spirit mushroom she possesses to concoct a medicinal liquid suitable for mortals as a gift.

Several hours passed as the brilliant golden light rose from the east, the mountain mists slowly dissipated, and the cool moonlight condensed on the treetops, forming drops of crystal-clear morning dew.

Cui Ying then descended from the sky, her clothes neat and tidy, and slowly landed in the courtyard on clouds filled with golden light.

"Start the furnace and refine the medicine!"

She smiled faintly, slipped into the alchemy room, took out the alchemy furnace from the bag outside, lit the furnace's own fire with a magic incantation, and then threw a jade spirit mushroom that had been nurtured with spiritual liquid into the furnace.