I work as a veterinarian in the mountains, and at the beginning of the game, I find Daji (a legendar

Moreover, Chen Yuze had been planting the spiritual fruits and herbs he picked from the mountains in his vegetable garden, intercropping them with other produce. Taking this opportunity to cultivate another medicinal herb field was a good option.

"System, if I use the house expansion card in the future, will it cover up the vegetable garden and herb field outside after the house is expanded?"

[Informing the host that when using the Home Expansion Card to expand the property, this system will automatically identify all of the host's assets and include them in the expanded property. The host need not worry about them being overwritten.]

"That's good."

After confirming with the system that the herb field and vegetable garden would not be covered, Chen Yuze began to mentally calculate the location of the herb field.

He's a notoriously lazy person, but thankfully his procrastination isn't in its late stages yet. He needs to take advantage of this moment and get it done as soon as possible.

Otherwise, once the initial enthusiasm wears off, he might lose motivation.

About 15 minutes later, Daji and Ruyi, who had smelled the aroma of beef porridge, also woke up one after another.

Moreover, they all naturally transformed into human form and began washing up.

"My benefactor, what's for breakfast?"

After washing up, Daji rushed into the kitchen, her curiosity piqued as she looked into the pot.

"Why don't you try it and see what you're eating?"

Amusedly, they ladled the beef porridge from the pot into individual rice bowls, and once Ruyi arrived, the three of them officially began eating.

Clearly, the two girls enjoyed today's breakfast.

After Daji finished eating, she had two more bowls, and Ruyi also had an extra bowl.

On the contrary, Chen Yuze, a grown man, was already full after just one bowl of beef porridge.

"By the way, I'll do the dishes from now on."

At the dinner table, I saw Chen

Just as Yuze was about to get up and clean the dishes, Ruyi took the initiative and put away all the bowls and chopsticks first.

“It’s not really appropriate for me to keep eating and living here for free, but I guess you don’t really want what I have, so let me help you with some housework.”

Hearing Ruyi's words, Chen Yuze was slightly taken aback at first. But then, a look of relief and emotion flashed in his eyes.

"Daji should help too!"

Seeing that Ruyi had just won over her benefactor, Daji certainly couldn't just sit idly by any longer:

“My benefactor, let Daji wash our clothes from now on! You have been taking care of us all these days. Now it’s time for us to do something for this family.”

"Then I'll leave it to you."

Seeing his two sensible daughters, Chen Yuze didn't hesitate and immediately agreed.

Indeed, it's great to have two wives in the family!

Just as Chen Yuze was immersed in the joy of no longer having to wash dishes and clothes, a new guest arrived at the cabin.

He was an elderly man with white hair and a youthful face, leaning on a cane.

He first bowed respectfully to the small wooden house, then asked in a slightly weathered voice:

Is anyone home?

"Zong Que of Changqing Mountain has come to pay his respects to the senior who saved his life."

"Please, senior, give Zong Que a chance to repay your life-saving grace!"

033. Open a clinic

"So, sir, you are the old man Sparrow that Lao Bai was talking about?"

At the stone table in the courtyard, Chen Yuze was drinking hot tea and chatting with the old man who claimed to be Zong Que.

From the other person's self-introduction and brief chat, Chen Yuze already knew the other person's identity.

Chen Yuze was still not quite convinced that the white-haired, youthful-looking old man in front of him was the little sparrow he had saved back then.

After all, the contrast between the before and after is quite significant.

"I dare not accept such praise. If it weren't for your help, I would probably have lost my life back then. If you don't mind, please just call me Little Sparrow."

"..."

To be honest, if Zong Que still had the same image as the little sparrow, Chen Yuze wouldn't mind calling her Little Sparrow.

The problem is, after he transforms, he's actually a real old man!

Calling such an elderly person "Little Sparrow" still felt a little awkward to Chen Yuze.

"How about I just call you Old Sparrow like everyone else?"

"This……"

Seeing the unease on Chen Yuze's face, Zong Que knew it was a bit inappropriate for such a senior figure and savior to call a little sparrow like herself "Old Sparrow," but since the other person had already said so, she had no choice but to bite the bullet and agree.

"Since you think it sounds better to call me 'Old Sparrow,' then we'll do as you say."

Then came a long silence.

There was no other way; after all, this was Chen Yuze's first meeting with Master Que. The two simply couldn't find any topics to continue their conversation.

To prevent the situation from becoming too awkward, Old Sparrow went straight to the point and took out basket after basket of thank-you gifts from his storage ring.

"These are gifts that I have collected over the past few days to express my gratitude for saving my life. Please accept them, senior."

"Ok?"

Looking at the baskets that were stuffed full, Chen Yuze almost reflexively uttered one of the polite phrases he often used in his previous life.

"Hey, you're here, why did you bring anything!"

Unfortunately, these polite words, though intended as pleasantries, seem to have little effect in this world.

"Senior, please speak frankly if you have any complaints! Whatever you desire, this old man will go through fire and water to get it for you!"

Clearly, Master Que misunderstood.

In his view, Chen Yuze's words just now seemed more like dissatisfaction with these gifts than mere politeness.

"No, no, no, that's not what I meant."

Looking at the old man in front of him who seemed ready to fight to the death for him at the slightest provocation, Chen Yuze quickly explained, "What I meant was that a large portion of your treasures, Elder Que, are useless to me. Giving them to me would be a waste. Instead of giving them to me, Elder Que, you should keep them for your own use or give them to someone who truly needs them."

"!"

The bird trembled, and when the old sparrow looked at Chen Yuze again, his gaze was filled with boundless admiration and respect!

What do you call that? That's called having a broad perspective!

Unlike those powerful demons who bully men and women, always declaring "I want them all," this senior's unwavering spirit, unmoved by external gains or losses, is the true model for us cultivators!

"Senior, you just said that most of the things here are useless, but there must be a small portion that is valuable to you, right? Please accept this valuable part as a token of my gratitude, otherwise Zong Que really doesn't know how to repay your life-saving grace!"

"Alright."

Chen Yuze was not a particularly pedantic person; rather, his thoughts were actually quite similar to those of Master Que.

Keep what's useful, remove what's useless—it's that simple and straightforward.

Finally, Chen Yuze accepted all the spiritual plants, but returned the other items, such as magical treasures and pills, to Elder Que.

It's not that magic weapons and elixirs are useless, but rather that Chen Yuze...

They already have their alternatives.

For example, Chen Yuze could simply wait to draw magic items from the system. Since the house hasn't been expanded yet, there's no danger in hiding in the safe zone, so there's no need to specifically go and steal those magic items from Sparrow Elder, which will definitely be phased out by the system's items in the future.

As for the pills, needless to say. The system can draw them, but their effects are even less potent than a massage or acupuncture from Chen Yuze. It would be better to return them to Elder Que, so that he can have more self-protection capabilities in the future when facing crises.

On the contrary, the spiritual plants that Elder Que considered to be of the lowest value were of greater help to Chen Yuze.

Firstly, he can use the knowledge from the "Classic of Materia Medica" to transplant some of the spiritual plants to the new medicinal fields he plans to cultivate.

Secondly, he can also use these spiritual plants to concoct different medicines.

Isn't this far superior to magic weapons and elixirs?

"Senior, is this all the spiritual plants you want?" Looking at the returned gifts, Elder Que felt a warmth in his heart for no reason.

He realized that his senior had deliberately returned all the valuable items to him!

Having lived for so long, whether among human cultivators or demon cultivators, Elder Sparrow has witnessed far too much ugliness and greed in them.

These people are even capable of fighting each other for petty gains, and even killing entire families.

Compared to the seniors before them, these people are so insignificant that they are not even as small as dust!

"Yes, I was just about to cultivate a medicinal herb field, and these spiritual herbs will come in handy."

"To cultivate medicinal herb fields?"

Old Sparrow raised an eyebrow, put away the returned gift, threw away his cane, and patted his biceps: "Senior, this old man still has some strength. Why don't I do this kind of rough work?"

"No, no need for that..."

Although he didn't want to spoil Elder Que's mood, Chen Yuze still pointed to the Mountain and Sea Divine Hoe that was working diligently on its own: "My hoe is quite intelligent. As long as I give it a command, it can start cultivating new medicinal fields on its own."

"???"

Looking at the mountain and sea hoe that was loosening the soil, Old Sparrow almost popped his eyes out.

You should know that in this world, magical treasures are also divided into different grades.

From weakest to strongest, they are categorized as magical artifacts, treasure artifacts, spiritual artifacts, immortal artifacts, and divine artifacts. In addition, there is a special type of innate spiritual treasure. These treasures generally possess a weak sense of self and can increase their rank by absorbing various rare and precious materials. Given enough resources, it's not entirely impossible for them to evolve into divine artifacts!

(The concept of a spirit weapon is not present in the setting of this book.)

Clearly, the senior's hoe is a primordial spiritual treasure, and its grade shouldn't be too low. According to Elder Que's estimation, it should at least be at the level of a starting immortal artifact.

No wonder the senior looked down on the pile of magical treasures he brought. After all, the strongest among those trash items was only a low-grade spiritual artifact, which was really not enough.

"I am ashamed, I never expected that when I said I would come to repay your kindness, I would be unable to help you at all."

With a wry smile, Old Sparrow shook his head, as if he had lost his purpose in life, and even the light in his eyes seemed to have dimmed.

Upon seeing this, Chen Yuze quickly said:

"Elder Sparrow, there's no need to belittle yourself. Actually, there is something I'd like to ask you for help with."

"Hmm?" Upon hearing that there was a way he could be of use, Old Sparrow immediately perked up again: "Senior, please give your orders, and this old man will go through fire and water without hesitation!"