Chapter 79

After dealing with the old man's body, Su Jing finally began to clean up the yard.

First, he took the old man's backpack, which contained some animal claws, teeth, and fur, all likely taken from the monsters he had killed. In the world of Devouring the Stars, hunting monsters was a common way to make money, as their bodies contained many valuable materials, which were used to craft many human weapons.

However, Su Jing naturally couldn't sell these items, or he might be caught and dissected. He picked up a claw and ran it across a broken car door, which split as if it were tofu, demonstrating its incredible sharpness. Su Jing put the old man's armor into his backpack and hid it in the storage room.

Next, he sorted the other trash. He piled the abandoned luxury car and metal pieces together, the wooden blocks in another pile, the bricks and soil in another, and the other plastic and miscellaneous non-recyclable items in another pile, similar to how he would handle trash on Earth.

"Hmm? What's this?"

Su Jing noticed a twig the size of a chopstick with a sprout, which looked full of life and not at all like it had been broken. He picked up the twig and examined it carefully, then looked it up on his phone, confirming it was a willow branch. The sprout likely grew because the base of the twig was wrapped in some moist soil. As everyone knows, willow branches don't need roots; they can grow into a willow tree just by being planted in soil. The saying "flowers don't bloom when you plant them with care, but willows grow when you stick them in the ground without thought" comes from this.

"Wait, the old man visited the places where Luo Feng trained, and he was ambushed near Fog Island. Isn't Fog Island the place where countless treasures and willow tree spirits are found?"

Thinking of this, Su Jing couldn't help but get excited. A single willow branch wasn't much, but the willow branches from Fog Island were special. In the past, Fog Island was full of plant spirits, including many willow tree spirits, even those that were a thousand or ten thousand years old.

So, if these were branches from those willow trees, they would be significant. Although they might not grow into plant spirits, as that requires a unique environment, the saying "a lean camel is still bigger than a horse" still applies. With good genes, they shouldn't be too far off.

Su Jing continued to search through the trash and found thirteen willow branches.

"Vine, Vine." Su Jing called out.

"Ah, ah, ah." The leaves of the carnivorous vine, which had been hanging down, suddenly stood up, as if it had lifted its head.

"Would you like to plant a few willow branches?" Su Jing approached, speaking in a coaxing tone. Although willow branches are easy to grow, Su Jing still wanted to increase their survival rate. The soil at the base of the carnivorous vine was the most fertile, as it not only wrapped animal corpses to turn them into fertilizer but also occasionally swept fallen leaves down. The gray soil from the Eternal World, which Su Jing originally poured under the loquat and plum trees, made them grow more lush, though it didn't have any magical effects. The carnivorous vine seemed to notice this and swept all the soil to its territory.

So, the soil at the base of the carnivorous vine was undoubtedly a paradise for plants.

"Ah, ah, ah." The carnivorous vine's tone clearly indicated its unwillingness, and its vines drooped to cover its base.

"Be a good boy, once they sprout, I'll move them to another place and feed you more fish, okay?" Su Jing said.

"Ah, ah, ah." The carnivorous vine reluctantly raised its vines, exposing the soil at its base.

"I'll give you two pieces of monster meat as a reward." Su Jing smiled.

"Ah, ah, ah." The carnivorous vine's voice became cheerful, and it quickly wrapped the willow branches and planted them in its base.

"Take good care of them." Su Jing said.

"Ah, ah, ah." The carnivorous vine seemed to understand, protecting the thirteen willow branches like a hen protecting her eggs.

Su Jing carefully checked the other trash to ensure he hadn't missed any potentially valuable items. He then began to handle the wood and boards, which he would use as firewood, and the bricks and soil, which he would give to Old Zhang and his team, who were still building the front yard wall. Some of the soil could even be used directly for the wall. The miscellaneous non-recyclable trash he moved to the garbage pile. The scrap metal and the abandoned luxury car he took to sell. Su Jing was disappointed that the Porsche 918 was too broken to salvage any important parts, such as the engine, to upgrade his own Porsche 911. However, some of the materials were valuable, and he sold them for about 20,000 to 30,000.

"Ding, ding..." The horn sounded at the gate. Su Jing thought it was Old Zhang's car and didn't pay attention, but then Zhu Jianhua called, "Jing, what are you doing? Your front yard is expanded too much. There's a tractor blocking the entrance, and I can't get in."

"Then I'll come out to meet you." Su Jing walked out and saw Zhu Jianhua's pet park car blocked by Su Zhenying's tractor. Su Zhenying was nowhere to be seen.

"Jing, your Uncle Ying is away. Should I move the tractor?" Old Zhang, who was building the wall, shouted. Unlike cars, tractors have large "keys" that are usually left in a box under the seat, especially in the village where the box isn't even locked. Moreover, tractors of the same type can share keys. So, tractors can generally be easily started by outsiders, but they are loud, slow, and not very valuable, so theft is rare.

"Uncle Zhang, no need." Su Jing waved his hand.

"Jing, are you trying to be a tycoon and a landlord?" Zhu Jianhua got out of the car and walked into the yard, which was so spacious it looked like a small island, leaving him speechless.

"Is this what a tycoon looks like?" Su Jing smiled, thinking that he would surprise him more once his building was complete. "Don't just stand there. Quickly move the cats and dogs out of the car. Do you want to suffocate them?"

Zhu Jianhua then opened the car door and moved the stray cats and dogs out, including two lame parrots. Su Jing had a plan: he would feed these cats and dogs some monster meat and keep them in a pen without using the Ten Thousand Beast Cards, then sell them. He didn't want to develop feelings for them like he did with the previous ones and be reluctant to sell them.

"Is the pet exhibition about to start? Let's go?" After moving all the stray cats and dogs to the front yard, Zhu Jianhua said.

"Wait a moment." Su Jing went to the back yard, took the tabby cat and the crickets, and looked into the plastic box, only to be surprised. Four of the ten cocoons had broken open, and four large, beautiful butterflies had emerged.

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