49: New family rules

Chu Qinhui first nodded, then asked, "Father, does the Golden Armored Jade Pupil Beast need any resources purchased for it?"

Chu Jingyu smiled with relief, "It is good that you have this heart, but it is not necessary. For the time being, it is very difficult for the Golden Armored Jade Pupil Beast to have a Breakthrough. What is important now is for you all to focus on raising your Realm.

Once these three snake eggs hatch, Xiao Yuan and the others will also be able to become Contract Masters."

Imagining this, how could Chu Jingyu not feel relieved?

Seeing that his father was in a good mood, Chu Qinhui asked, "Father, what is Beyond the Border like? Is it really that dangerous?"

The smile on Chu Jingyu's face faded, and his expression became somewhat serious,

"Dangerous? It is far more dangerous than you imagine. If it were not for the Golden Armored Jade Pupil Beast's race evolving this time and birthing a useful and targeted skill, I fear I might not have been able to retreat unscathed during this trip Beyond the Border."

[Phantom Water White Lotus], the two giant pythons—one gray-green and one pink-white—as well as the meteor shower brought later by the [Three-Flame Star Domain Bird]; Chu Jingyu recounted his experiences one by one to Chu Qinhui.

Thinking back now, in just two short days Beyond the Border, he had encountered so many dangers.

Finally, Chu Jingyu very decisively established a new Family rule,

"Descendants of the Chu Family, if your Realm has not reached the Uncommon Rank, you are not allowed to step one foot Beyond the Border. Write this into the Family rules for me later."

Facing the old man's autocracy, Chu Qinhui could only helplessly comply. He had originally wanted to say that when he reached the Mortal Rank Middle Tier, perhaps the old man would let him go to the wild together with him.

Now that the old man had set such a Family rule, that idea was effectively dashed.

Chu Jingyu cast a sidelong glance at him, as if knowing what he was thinking. He snorted, clasped his hands behind his back, and sauntered off to his own room to rest.

Chu Qinhui sighed quietly. A fair, miniature doll jumped onto the tabletop and then happily ran over to the Spirit Medicine that had not yet been sorted, patting and tapping it with its little hands,

Specks of glowing green light fell from the air onto the medicinal herbs. The herbs became visibly crisper, and some of the withered leaves also became vibrant and upright.

Seeing this trick of the [Ginseng Baby], Chu Qinhui felt that even if he kept all these Spirit Medicines, it wouldn't be impossible to plant and have them all survive.

Though he thought this, in the end, Chu Qinhui still selected those with tattered leaves or slightly damaged roots and picked them out.

Even so, there were still more than thirty plants left.

The planting conditions for these Spirit Medicine herbs were quite harsh. Beyond the Border, they could grow wantonly in the wild, but once inside the Border, without the real essence of the sun and moon to bathe in, and with the energy level in the air having dropped significantly,

to let them grow normally, one could only purchase specially prepared spirit liquid to allow them to absorb enough energy. Therefore, planting Spirit Medicine was not as simple as imagined, and for the Family, it was also a huge expense.

Even when the Liu Family was as strong as it once was, most of the medicinal materials they needed were picked from Beyond the Border or purchased; they never truly managed to cultivate a real spirit field in Heyu Town.

But Chu Jingyu's thinking was different. He believed that opening up a Spirit Medicine field was a matter that would benefit future generations, and with two Medicine Beasts in the Family, it was perfectly suited for cultivating Spirit Medicine.

Not long after Chu Qinhui had finished counting the medicinal materials, the [Golden Armored Jade Pupil Beast] appeared at the doorway. It rapped on the door frame with a clatter, attracting Chu Qinhui's attention.

Chu Qinhui raised his eyes to look at the doorway and asked gently, "Golden Jade, is something the matter?"

The [Golden Armored Jade Pupil Beast] raised its pincer, pointed at the medicinal materials on the table, then pointed at Chu Qinhui, and finally pointed to the back of the courtyard.

Chu Qinhui paused for a moment, then guessed, "Are you asking me to take these medicinal materials and go to the backyard with you?"

A look of approval flashed in the eyes of the [Golden Armored Jade Pupil Beast], and it turned its head and crawled toward the outside of the courtyard.

Chu Qinhui hurriedly placed the selected medicinal materials carefully into a basket and followed behind the [Golden Armored Jade Pupil Beast] as it walked outside.

Just as he stepped out of the Main Hall door, he ran into Jiang Nian, who had come looking for him.

Seeing him carrying a basket and looking like he was about to go out, Jiang Nian asked in surprise, "It's so late, where are you going?"

Chu Qinhui pointed to the [Golden Armored Jade Pupil Beast] on the ground, "Golden Jade seems to want me to go with it to plant these Spirit Medicines. There aren't many, I'll be back soon."

Only then did Jiang Nian see the [Golden Armored Jade Pupil Beast] on the ground. She offered an apologetic smile to the [Golden Armored Jade Pupil Beast] on the ground, "I'll go with you both. Where are we planting them?"

"That works too." Chu Qinhui agreed, "It seems to be the backyard."

Jiang Nian was stunned, "The land in the backyard hasn't been reclaimed yet. These Spirit Medicines are precious; can they be planted there?"

The two people and one beast went out the courtyard gate by the moonlight, then walked along the east courtyard wall toward the back of the courtyard.

"It's fine. With Golden Jade here, we just need to use its skill to tidy it up a bit."

Sure enough, when the two arrived at the backyard, they found that the land, which had originally been covered in gravel, had now become a patch of level, fertile soil.

Under the cold, bright moonlight, they could even smell the moist fragrance of the soil.

"It's only thirty medicinal herbs, Golden Jade, you didn't really need to clear such a large piece of land." Chu Qinhui placed the bamboo-woven basket on the ground.

Then he took out a medicinal herb that had five leaves and faint blue patterns around the root, easily dug a shallow pit in the ground with his hand, and placed the root of the herb into the shallow pit.

Jiang Nian also crouched down, then piled the loose soil from the side onto the roots of the herb and pressed it firm with her hands.

The [Golden Armored Jade Pupil Beast] exaggeratedly traced a large circle outward with its pincer. Chu Qinhui didn't quite understand what it meant and could only guess, saying:

"Are you saying these medicinal herbs should be planted further apart, or are you saying that we will have more medicinal herbs to plant in the future, so we should prepare the field well now?"

The [Golden Armored Jade Pupil Beast] shook its head, turned around, and stopped paying attention to Chu Qinhui, as if it were very disappointed in him.

Clearly, Chu Qinhui understood the [Golden Armored Jade Pupil Beast]'s little temper very well, so he smiled and continued planting the medicinal herbs without minding it.

Relatively speaking, these thirty medicinal herbs were all of the Mortal Rank and there were no particularly Advanced varieties, so the requirements for the environment were not harsh, and there was no problem with planting them mixed together.

There weren't many medicinal materials, and with the cooperation of the couple, they were all quickly planted.

Seeing that the couple had finished planting, the [Golden Armored Jade Pupil Beast] raised its hands, and some golden gravel was sprinkled over the field,

This gravel carried the aura of the [Golden Armored Jade Pupil Beast], and it was very effective for repelling insects or driving away other wild beasts and birds, which could prevent the medicinal herbs in the field from being destroyed.

The [Ginseng Baby] appeared on Chu Qinhui's shoulder, then leaped down and happily shuttled between the many planted medicinal herbs.

The aura of Wood Spirit radiated from its body, and those Spirit Medicines became visibly more vibrant with Mental Energy, as if they had been growing here for many years, without showing any signs of being unsuited to the soil and climate at all.