Chapter 40

After initially dealing with the man-eating vine, Su Jing continued to tinker with the Beast Card.

The ability to communicate with animals was just too interesting and fun, and if used well, it could create great value for him. The meat of magical beasts could make animals look better and smarter, while the Beast Card could gradually make animals more human-like.

"Ah Da, come here. I'll teach you to dance. First, stand up straight, cross your front paws, and dance as if you're riding a horse. Yes, just like that."

"Ah Hua, as a fat cat, exercise isn't your strong suit, so you should learn how to be cute. I'll teach you a few tricks."

"Ah Li, come here. I'll teach you to play the erhu."

In the backyard, the cats and dogs were almost driven crazy by Su Jing's lessons on dancing, being cute, and playing the erhu. Although the animals' intelligence was low, they learned very slowly and incompletely, they could clearly understand Su Jing's words and were really trying their best to learn. A cat or dog didn't need to dance perfectly or play a beautiful tune; just a few simple dance steps or a short tune was enough to shock people. If someone saw these cats and dogs learning to dance, be cute, and play the erhu with Su Jing, they would probably be stunned.

Su Jing thought, "I wonder how others will react when I teach them. The pets I had before already stunned Jianhua and Liu Yin. If they see these pets, will they be scared out of their wits? That's a problem. But the pets Jianhua took to the Perfect Pet Paradise are just starting to sell, so there's no rush. We'll take it one step at a time."

After playing enough, Su Jing started to clean up the garbage in the yard. Although the pile of garbage looked insignificant, since it came from the Eternal World, he couldn't help but take it seriously.

Su Jing soon noticed that the animals had already dug through the garbage, eating the leftover food. He wasn't concerned about this; although the leftover food from the Eternal World might be nutritious, Su Jing wouldn't eat it himself, and it was best to feed it to the pets.

"Hmm, why are there so many insects?" Su Jing, wearing gloves, started to sift through the garbage, intending to find valuable items, but he found many insects under the leaves—green caterpillars, hairy caterpillars, and silkworms, all eating the leaves. Most of the leaves were withered and yellow, but a few were still green or a mix of green and yellow.

"They all seem to be herbivorous insects. I didn't see any insects when I first flipped through this garbage, so they must have gathered from elsewhere. Could it be that these leaves are very tasty?" Su Jing's eyes suddenly lit up as he realized the value of these overlooked leaves. In the Eternal World, they were swept up as garbage, but here, they might have some value.

Su Jing made a simple pair of tweezers from bamboo, took a bottle, and collected a few caterpillars, green caterpillars, and silkworms to observe. He wanted to see if they would die or change after eating the leaves from the Eternal World. As for the remaining insects, he called the birds to eat them.

"Let's store the leaves first."

Su Jing took many plastic bags and started to pack the leaves. They were clearly of one type, but he divided them into three categories: green and tender, green and yellow, and withered and yellow. After packing one bag, Su Jing suddenly stopped. He noticed many eggs on a withered yellow leaf, left by some unknown insect. They seemed to have been there for some time, indicating they came from the Eternal World.

"I wonder what kind of insect they are."

Su Jing was interested and set the leaf aside, continuing to pack the leaves while paying special attention to any eggs. In the end, he packed a small bag of green and tender leaves, three large bags of green and yellow leaves, and twenty bags of withered and yellow leaves. Four leaves had eggs on them.

Su Jing stored the green and tender leaves and the green and yellow leaves in the refrigerator, piled the withered and yellow leaves in a room, and placed the leaves with eggs in a cage near a bird's nest. Since he didn't know what kind of insect eggs they were or how to hatch them artificially, he left them in nature but placed them near the bird's nest to protect them from other insects.

After clearing the leaves, the pile of garbage was reduced by more than three-quarters. The remaining garbage included dust, soil, rags, and waste paper.

Su Jing first collected all the paper. Although it was all waste paper, the writing on it might be worth studying. Regardless of the content, the calligraphy was impressive and worth collecting.

Su Jing swept up all the dust and soil and piled it under the plum and lychee trees by the wall. He then pulled at the rags to see if there were any treasures, like golden cicada shells or protective talismans, but was disappointed as each piece tore easily.

After flipping through the remaining garbage several times, he found nothing valuable and cleared it all, throwing it into the village's trash bin. The village didn't have a cleaner or public trash bins before, only garbage piles. But since it became a tourist spot, the village committee hired a cleaner.

Five days passed, and no new vortex or garbage appeared.

Su Jing's life was very leisurely. He didn't need to worry about the Perfect Pet Paradise, and the seafood farm was fully managed by Su Liang and others, with most of the construction already completed. At the Zhenhong Seafood Restaurant, he only occasionally cooked a few dishes when he was in a good mood.

Su Jing spent most of his time in the yard. The man-eating vine was almost tamed and wouldn't eat animals anymore. The injured orca came to the sea as agreed on the second day, and Su Jing fed it a piece of magical beast meat and played with it. The same happened for the next two days. The cats, dogs, birds, and golden eagles in the yard, trained with the Beast Card, were now much different.

Su Jing observed the insects that had eaten the leaves from the Eternal World for three days. He found that not only did they not die, but they grew extremely fast. In just three days, they had grown far beyond normal. For example, the green caterpillar was as thick as a toe, which was quite terrifying.

Su Jing boldly made tea from the washed leaves and took a sip. The first sip made his throat feel refreshed and his lungs clear, and he felt a sudden clarity. After drinking it for two days, he found that his entire body felt refreshed and clear. If the meat of magical beasts changed his constitution, then these leaves changed his spirit.

Su Jing also bought a tobacco slicer, cut some withered leaves into strips, and rolled them into cigarettes. After a few puffs, he felt a refreshing sensation in his lungs and lost interest in other cigarettes. Quitting smoking was that simple.

"These leaves are treasures."

Su Jing washed all the leaves and vacuum-packed them to preserve them better.

It would be a sin if these precious leaves were to mold or rot due to his negligence.

"In my arms, in your eyes, there's a place where the spring breeze is intoxicating, where the grass is lush. The moonlight spreads love over the lake, and the fire of two people illuminates the entire night..." The phone rang, and Su Jing saw it was Zhu Jianhua calling, so he answered.

Zhu Jianhua's excited voice immediately came through the phone, "Ah Jing, Ah Jing, I have some fantastic news for you..."

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