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

"∽"

Listening to her mother's furious and impassioned scolding of her father, Cui Ying suddenly felt like laughing.

What a turn of events.

"Shut up."

Cui Zhengming slammed the empty teacup down on the table, waved his hand to stop Wang Rong from speaking, and then continued:

“These things were all bought by Sanya. In front of the children, you still talk about these baseless things. You may not care about your reputation, but I do.”

"Did Sanya buy this?"

"Ah."

Seeing that Cui Zhengming didn't seem to be joking, Wang Rong had no choice but to look at Cui Ying with surprise, and said somewhat confusedly:

"Third girl, did you really buy all these things?"

Cui Ying nodded: "Mother, I sold all the spiritual herbs I collected, as well as the spirit deer hide and spirit deer whip, and got 350 spirit stones."

"So many spirit stones?"

Wang Rong was overjoyed and quickly continued to ask, "Third girl, don't try to amuse your mother. It's one thing that spirit deer hide and spirit deer whip can be exchanged for spirit stones, but are your so-called spirit herbs really that valuable?"

Cui Ying casually picked up the teacup and took a small sip before looking up at her composed father at the head of the table.

"It's true, the remaining spirit stones are all with Father."

"Here."

Cui Zhengming also took the opportunity to pull out a large handful of spirit stones from various parts of his body and threw them all on the table: "They're all here."

"Thanks to our ancestors, these are truly pure white spirit stones."

Wang Rong had been in charge of the family finances for many years and was extremely familiar with spirit stones, a common form of currency. She could tell at a glance that these spirit stones were full of spiritual energy and could not be more genuine.

She quickly gathered the spirit stones on the table into a pile and began counting them with her fingers flying:

"One hundred and thirty-eight, one hundred and thirty-nine... exactly one hundred and forty."

After counting the spirit stones, Wang Rong's joy deepened. She glanced at the contents of the bamboo basket, then her expression suddenly tightened, and she frowned, saying:

"If that's the case, Cui Zhengming, where are the spirit stones you used to sell the spirit rice? A hundred catties of spirit rice should be worth at least seven or eight spirit stones, right?"

"Cough cough∽ They're really obsessed with money."

"Boom" sound.

Cui Zhengming took a bulging purse from his waist, tossed it to his wife, and said somewhat irritably:

"A total of ninety-seven catties. The shopkeeper said that the quality of our spirit rice is quite good, and the price has increased by ten spirit stones per catty. We also happened to meet a senior who wanted to eat this year's new spirit rice, and he was so happy that he gave him a reward. There are one hundred low-grade spirit stones inside, and I'll keep them safe for you."

"Mother, Father and I have been traveling with fear and trepidation the whole way. Let Father rest first."

Reminded by Cui Ying, Wang Rong realized that the father and daughter probably hadn't eaten anything again in order to save spirit stones.

Fortunately, she had prepared the meal in advance, and it only needed to be stir-fried briefly using a heat control array before it was ready to eat.

Just as Wang Rong turned around, she noticed Ta Xue lying at Cui Ying's feet out of the corner of her eye and asked in surprise:

"This beast looks unfamiliar, unlike the spirit pets that roam freely in our village. How did it end up in our house?"

Cui Zhengming smiled and said, "Ying found it in the city. Although this beast's cultivation level is low, it is quite intelligent. Ying said she wanted to raise a spirit pet to go into the mountains with her, so I let it come back with her."

"this?"

Wang Rong hesitated for a moment, but seeing the black dog demon's unusually docile and composed demeanor, she went along with her daughter's wishes and headed straight for the kitchen.

"Please sit down for a while, I'll go get you some food. I already checked the spirit fields earlier, and the remaining spirit rice is all fine. I'll have the eldest son and his wife stay in the fields for now, so you can rest well and go back to work in the fields tomorrow."

Cui Zhengming hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

Cui Ying stood up and poured herself and her father another cup of tea: "Dad, have some water."

Cui Zhengming took the teacup, took a big gulp, and said, "Daughter, tell your father honestly, what kind of spiritual herbs are you selling? How come you sold so many spirit stones?"

It wasn't appropriate to ask too many questions outside, so Cui Zhengming kept this question to himself. But now that he was on his turf, he couldn't hold back any longer.

"Jade Lingzhi is a precious material for refining spiritual medicines that nourish the body and strengthen the foundation. I was lucky enough to find one in the mountains. I never expected that a Jade Lingzhi with only ten years of medicinal age could be sold for three hundred spirit stones."

"Three hundred spirit stones for one plant? That price is outrageous."

Cui Zhengming gasped, then asked, "So, next time you go into the mountains to gather herbs, will you be able to find that jade lingzhi again?"

"It should work."

Rare and precious materials are almost always guarded by spirit beasts and monsters; finding the jade lingzhi by chance this time could only be considered a coincidence. Cui Ying thought this to herself, but only said:

"But even without the Jade Lingzhi, other spiritual herbs and plants can still sell for dozens of spirit stones at a time."

"That's not a small amount."

Cui Zhengming exclaimed in surprise, finally making up his mind to temporarily abandon the idea of ​​continuing to have Cui Ying follow him as a spiritual plant caretaker.

Back in her room, Cui Ying finally took out the filthy Hurricane Array.

These array flags are engraved with extremely complex array patterns. Once activated, the four array flags will start moving, creating gusts of wind.

Through her control, Gangfeng can create sandstorms to confuse enemies or generate wind blades to attack them, which is a pretty good way to fight.

Of course, she needs to refine it a little before using it.

The refining process is very simple. Most cultivators are self-taught. They only need to inject their own magic power into the array flags and fill them with spiritual energy along the array patterns. The entire hurricane array then comes to life and flies in the air.

"Phew~ It actually drained all my spiritual energy."

Cui Ying let out a slight pant and continued to adjust her breathing, absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the air while continuing to inject magical power into the array flags.

Before long, she felt a clear connection with the banners, and at that moment, she officially became the owner of this set of hurricane banners.

She could sense a familiar energy array within each of the hurricane flags. With a soft shout, the five palm-sized flags flew towards the four corners of the courtyard and disappeared in a flash of blue light.

"Although its rank is not high, it is enough to protect our courtyard for the time being."

Cui Ying withdrew her magic and looked at the hazy blue light that enveloped the courtyard. Her heart, which had been pounding, finally settled down.

With a thought, the hurricane flags hidden in all directions would stir up sand and shoot out wind blades, their power no less than that of a Qi Refining stage cultivator at full strength, and even stronger.

Because this wind blade has a longer duration and a wider range of power.

Cui Ying was very satisfied. After resting for a while, she took out the Heavenly Star Grass Seeds, Blood Spirit Grass Seeds, and two Spirit Fruit Trees, and lowered her eyes to ponder them.

She originally planned to plant these things in the spiritual field at home and irrigate them with the spiritual liquid from the magic gourd from time to time, but there were too many people and too many eyes on the spiritual field, which was somewhat inconvenient.

In the end, Cui Ying decided to plant them in the empty space in the backyard first. She gestured the location, then activated the spirit plant spell to plant the two spirit fruit trees first, and then picked up a hoe to simply turn over the empty space.

Fortunately, the soil in the backyard was all ordinary soil, which was very easy to turn over. It wasn't until it was completely dark that the seeds of the Heavenly Star Grass and Blood Spirit Grass were scattered in batches.

Finally, the spiritual energy transformed into fine rain and sprinkled it three times until every grain of soil became moist, before Cui Ying stopped.

"Okay, I'll come back to experiment on you tomorrow."

"Third Sister∽Third Sister".

Just after she finished doing all that, Cui Ying faintly heard a familiar voice.

She calmly withdrew the Spring Breeze and Rain spell. Just as she turned around, she looked up and saw her fourth sister standing timidly about three zhang away, staring at Ta Xue lying at her feet, not daring to approach.

She waved with a smile: "Come on over, I don't eat people."

"Really? Third Sister!?"

Cui Yue cautiously took a few steps towards Cui Ying. Seeing that the dog demon didn't move, she became much bolder and quickly reached Cui Ying's side, excitedly asking:

"Third sister, I heard from Mother that you were busy planting in the backyard, so I came here."

Cui Ying pointed to a corner and replied with a faint smile, "I bought two fruit tree saplings. Xiao Yue, remember to come and help your third sister weed in the future."

Following the direction Cui Ying pointed, Cui Yue immediately spotted the two fruit saplings, each about the thickness of a chopstick, in the corner, and nodded innocently, saying:

"Even if Third Sister didn't say anything, I would still help her. By the way, I heard from Mother that you raised a spirit pet, Third Sister?"

Cui Ying turned her head to look at Ta Xue lying on the ground, and nodded with a smile.

"real!?"

Cui Yue was thrilled and eagerly asked, "Third Sister, can I touch it?"

Cui Ying wiped her hands, came to Ta Xue's side, and rubbed the fluffy dog's head, saying, "Ta Xue, be good. This is my fourth sister, Cui Yue. Don't scare her."

Ta Xue stuck out her tongue and lay quietly in place.

After Cui Ying finished eating, she went into the backyard to work, and the dog followed her, lying down and guarding her from a short distance away.

"Don't be afraid."

Hearing Cui Ying's words, Cui Yue carefully squatted down next to her sister.

While continuing to rub the dog's head, Cui Ying slowly approached Cui Yue by holding her little hand.

The black dog demon that followed her home was indeed extremely intelligent; no, it should be said that it was extremely intelligent.

Cui Ying squinted her eyes and watched with a faint smile as Ta Xue quietly enjoyed Xiao Yue's caresses, without the slightest hint of irritation.

"Hehe, Third Sister, it feels so nice to touch."

Cui Ying's smile grew even gentler as she continued, "Its name is Ta Xue, but you can also call it Xiao Xue from now on."

"Xiaoxue?"

Cui Yue examined Ta Xue two or three times from beginning to end, and asked in confusion, "Third Sister, isn't snow white? It doesn't have a single stray hair on it, it's all black, so how can it be called Ta Xue?"

"I just grabbed it. Did you eat the snow lotus cake when you got back?"

"Snow Lotus Cake!?"

Cui Yue's eyes lit up, and she quickly looked up to ask, "Third Sister, did you buy the snow lotus cake?"

They're still just kids, and they always have an unusual fondness for these soft and chewy sweet cakes.

Cui Ying led her back to the main room, and sure enough, they found that the snow lotus cake they had bought that day was missing, along with several other items.

Most likely, the mother was afraid that the younger children would squander it all when they came back, so she put it away.

She wandered around the house, then came to the kitchen and asked, "Mother, where's the snow lotus cake I bought today?"

Wang Rong rolled her eyes at her, annoyed, and muttered, "They haven't even had dinner yet, what are they going to eat? Let's talk about it after they eat."

"alright."

Cui Yue listened and kept it in mind. She was absent-minded and kept muttering about Xuehe cake before dinner.

In order to eat the snow lotus cake as soon as possible, she even ate half a bowl less at dinner and just looked longingly at her mother.

After gazing at it for a long time, Wang Rong finally put down her chopsticks and stood up with a helpless look in her eyes. She then took out a snow lotus cake wrapped in kraft paper from the inner room.

As soon as the snow lotus cake was served, an enticing fragrance filled the room. Not only were Cui Cong and his wife instantly drawn to it, but even the second son, Cui Lin, and the fifth son, Cui Yan, put down their chopsticks at the same time.

"Here, one piece for each of you, take them and eat them."

The children took the sweet cakes and happily left the table.

"Third daughter, your father and I have discussed it, and in a couple of days we will ask a matchmaker to visit the Gu family to sound out the Gu family head's opinion, and try to finalize your marriage with the Gu family boy as soon as possible."