Chapter 58 Dragon, she was like a sudden rain shower.

The Suanni was trying to evade the system's high-speed pursuit.

There was nothing he could do. Although he didn't do it on purpose, it was a fact that he had knocked Xiao Jiu's head off. He knew he had made a mistake, so he couldn't fight back when the system chased after him.

Suddenly, he sensed a very familiar aura and was immediately stunned.

The portal is about to open.

However, taking advantage of his distraction, the system slammed him hard into the buttocks with maximum force. The impact was so powerful that it even created a plume of white smoke at the point of impact.

"Bang!"

"ah!"

That hurts so much!

The Suanni bared its teeth and leaped several steps to stop the system, then glared fiercely at the golden sphere beneath its paws, saying, "I'm going to eat you!"

Just then, a surprised voice rang out behind him.

What are they doing?

The non-humans turned around and looked.

A woman wearing a black sports vest and matching slim-fit pants, with brown flat high boots on her feet, was standing there at some point.

She wore sunglasses, had something draped over her shoulder in one hand, her long black hair cascaded down her back, and two beautiful abs defined her abdomen, giving her a strong presence.

Fu Yu and Qian Chuan instantly blocked Xiao Jiu's path.

If you look closely, Fuyu's body is still trembling slightly.

That's so strange.

This woman clearly didn't exude any oppressive aura of a cultivator, yet for some reason, he couldn't even stand steadily. If it weren't for a surge of willpower supporting Fu Yu, he would have already collapsed to his knees.

Qianchuan wasn't much better off than him.

Even though his cultivation had already advanced to a new level, he had no idea how the woman had appeared.

Under their wary gazes, the woman pushed up her sunglasses, revealing a pair of golden eyes.

Her gaze seemed to penetrate Qianchuan and Fuyu's bodies, focusing solely on Xiaojiu's position.

The next instant, her voice rang out behind Qianchuan Fuyu.

She looked at Xiao Jiu's head drooping beside his neck: "Little guy, what are you?"

Qianchuan and Fuyu turned around in fright, just about to mobilize their spiritual power, only to find that their spiritual power had vanished into thin air!

Xiao Jiu, completely unsuspecting, replied, "Xiao Jiu is a zombie."

Upon hearing this, the woman reached out her hand to Xiao Jiu with curiosity in her eyes.

However, her hand was quickly blocked.

Fu Yu gripped her wrist, his hand trembling instinctively, but his grip was like a vise, holding her wrist tightly and refusing to let go.

Fu Yu stared intently at the woman: "You're not allowed to touch him!"

The woman seemed to want to say something, but the next second, a white figure rushed over and snatched Fuyu in its mouth.

The lion-like creature said angrily, "You are the one who shouldn't talk to my mother like that!"

Everyone was stunned for a moment.

Mother?

Mother!?

The system, which had just been shoved into the ground by the Suanni, popped out and exclaimed in surprise, "Is this your mother, Meow Meow!?"

The woman gave a friendly smile: "Well, let me introduce myself, I'm Huang Long."

Huanglong is a very special existence.

One view holds that Huanglong is merely a totem symbol, a constellation name, and not a specific deity.

However, some believe that the Yellow Dragon is actually the head of the Four Sacred Beasts and the ancestral divine dragon.

Regardless of the ideology, Huanglong's extraordinary status is beyond doubt.

Before everyone could recover from the huge shock, the woman said in a smiling tone, "Meow?"

The Suanni froze on the spot.

And when he froze, Fuyu was able to break free from his mouth.

Fu Yu was somewhat embarrassed and was about to apologize to Huang Long, but Huang Long seemed to know what he was thinking and just waved his hand: "Don't worry about that. Actually, it's my fault for not explaining my purpose clearly and scaring you. I'm sorry."

Everyone said it was okay.

Meanwhile, Qianchuan had already pulled Xiao Jiu out of the ground.

Huang Long casually squeezed the Suanni's mouth, then looked at the system: "What's wrong with that little guy's head?"

The system instantly reacted like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, shouting, "I...I...let's go talk over there!"

Huang Long nodded, turned around and bent down towards the Suanni, who was still hanging its head, and said, "Baby, I'm coming over for a bit. You talk to your friend properly, and don't pick your friend up like that again."

The Suanni said weakly, "I understand..."

Huang Long rubbed the Suanni's head, put on the coat that had been draped over his shoulder, and then followed the system.

Meanwhile, Fuyu and Qianchuan were tending to Xiao Jiu's neck.

Fu Yu is now the most skilled at piecing together zombie necks, and he put Xiao Jiu's neck back together in no time.

Actually, they don't really understand Xiao Jiu's body structure. Anyway, every time they put Xiao Jiu's broken bones back in place, the blood vessels and muscles around her cervical spine will automatically arrange and connect, and then her skin will automatically stick together.

Once Xiao Jiu's head is in place, apart from a new scar appearing on his neck, there will be no other indication that his head has ever been severed.

Only then did Xiao Jiu's mind return to normal. He acted as if nothing had happened and continued to use the ingredients the system had found to make special food for Taotie.

Xiao Xue, who had been scared and hid in Qian Chuan's collar, also crawled out and jumped onto Xiao Jiu's shoulder, where she lay still.

[Materials collected: 100%, production has begun]

While waiting for the grain blocks to be made, a voice rang out.

"This spirit also signed a contract with Xiao Jiu?"

Xiao Jiu and the others turned around at the sound and saw that it was Suanni.

Suanni was squatting on the ground, his head tilted to one side and held high. After saying this, he turned his eyes to look at them. When he found that Xiao Jiufuyu and Qianchuan were also looking at him, Suanni immediately looked away.

Fuyu and Qianchuan exchanged a glance and tentatively asked, "Meow Meow, are you apologizing?"

The Suanni immediately straightened its tail: "W-what apology? I didn't do anything wrong, I won't apologize!"

Fu Yu immediately understood.

He smiled and said, "Meow Meow, you really love your mother."

This time, Suanni didn't deny it. He flicked his tail and said, "Mother is the best."

A hint of envy flashed in Fu Yu's eyes. Just then, Taotie's food was ready. Xiao Jiu fed Taotie the food while asking curiously, "Mother, what is it?"

All the non-humans present froze.

They had heard about Xiao Jiu's story from the system, but none of it could be associated with the word "wonderful." Explaining the concept of "mother" would definitely make Xiao Jiu curious about his own birth.

Just when everyone was wondering how to respond, Huanglong and the system returned.

Huang Long walked directly to Xiao Jiu, squatted down, and said, "Little guy, I'll call you Xiao Jiu just like everyone else. Xiao Jiu, I'm going to disassemble your body completely now. Can you accept me doing this?"

Take the body apart.

These words were terrifying just to hear; an ordinary human would have been terrified. Even Fu Yu and the others, who were not human, were incredibly astonished: "Open it!?"

Huang Long only said, "Well, Xiao Jiu has some health problems. Right now, her body refinement level is not high, so the reaction is not obvious, but it may change after a while."

The system continued her explanation: "That is to say, according to the energy situation of this world, one day in the future, the host may very well become like those mutated flowers."

Everyone: !?

They then remembered that Xiao Jiu was bound to the system and to this world.

And those mutated flowers have started to run around on their own two feet, so Xiao Jiu could very well get infected and become like that.

The thought of mutated flower roots sprouting from under Xiao Jiu's head, and those things moving around like giant fat worms supporting her head...

The non-humans all shuddered.

Just as they were trying their best to persuade Xiao Jiu to accept the "surgery", Xiao Jiu herself agreed: "Okay".

Seeing this, Huang Long smiled and comforted her, "Don't be afraid, it won't hurt."

No one could see exactly how she did it; all they saw was a layer of golden light covering her hands as she drew golden lines in the air, like painting. The lines then swiftly disappeared into Xiao Jiu's body.

She occasionally moved her fingers, but Xiao Jiu's body did not react at all, and there was no scene of "something bulging and rotating under the skin" that everyone had imagined.

A few minutes later, Huang Long said, "That's enough."

The system and Qian Chuanfuyu rushed over to ask Xiao Jiu how she was doing, while Taotie just sat quietly to the side watching.

Seeing this, Huanglong crossed her arms and asked the Suanni beside her, "What's wrong with Taotie?"

Suanni: "I don't know either. I asked him before, but he wouldn't tell me."

After saying that, he quickly leaned his head close to his mother and asked, "Mother, Mother, what are you doing here?"

Huanglong sat down, cradled the Suanni's massive head in his arms, and gently stroked its long, icy-blue mane with his fingers, saying, "I originally intended to check if you were in any danger, but then I sensed the candle—"

"Whoa!" Suanni quickly jumped up to stop his mother from continuing: "Grandma is asleep. She said she would wake up if you called her name."

Huang Long nodded to indicate that he understood, and then continued what he had been interrupted about, briefly explaining how he had found this place by following the divine power of Granny Tai Li.

After saying that, Huang Long asked again, "Is Grandma's condition very bad?"

The Suanni's tail drooped down: "Hmm... her body has been gnawed to pieces, it hurts so much."

Huang Long sighed deeply: "After all these years, my mother-in-law hasn't changed at all."

"But it's good that she's alright," Huang Long touched Suanni's face, "Tell me what happened here?"

The Suanni tilted its head back and responded in a clear voice, "Mmm!"

He slowly recounted how he chased the Taotie to this spatial rift, met Xiao Jiu, and then got to know Fu Yu and Qian Chuan.

Huang Long listened attentively, occasionally letting out exclamations of surprise or admiration, or laughing out loud at the Suanni's humorous descriptions.

After learning how Suanni and the others met Granny Taili, how Xiao Jiu signed a contract with Granny Taili, and how things got to where they are today, Huanglong's golden eyes became like twinkling starlight.

A gentle smile bloomed on her face as she looked at the Suanni and said softly, "My darling has grown up. Not only has he made new friends, but he can also help his grandmother."

The Suanni didn't speak, but rested its big head on Huanglong's knee and gently rubbed its cheek against her palm.

Huanglong was like a sudden rain shower.

She appeared before them in an instant, and only stayed for a short while before preparing to leave.

The lion wrapped its long tail around her wrist: "Mother, when will you come again?"

Huanglong tilted his head back slightly and thought for a moment before looking at Suanni: "According to the timeline here, it will be about ten years from now, right?"

The Suanni drew out its voice: "Ah? It's been so long..."

Huang Long chuckled and gently poked the tip of his nose with his index finger: "Have you forgotten that you used to sleep for forty or fifty years at a stretch? Ten years is just the time it takes to take a nap."

The Suanni reluctantly and slowly released its tail: "Alright then."

After greeting everyone, Huang Long vanished from their sight in an instant.

All they saw was a golden light appear in the darkness. Like a shooting star, it streaked across the sky in the blink of an eye, plunged into the dark chasm, and left this world.

Although everyone knew Huanglong's identity as the Dragon God, they had already seen Granny Taili, and Granny Taili's appearance was so shocking that they didn't react much to Huanglong's appearance this time.

The Suanni simply wagged its tail in displeasure: Humph!

After humming, he walked up to Taotie, grabbed Taotie's head, and threw the silent gray ball of fur next to Xiao Jiu.

Suanni immediately turned to ask, "System, how is Xiao Jiu's health?"

The system was extremely excited: "Completely different from before, the host's body is alive!"

They didn't know exactly what Huanglong had done or how he had done it, but—

Xiao Jiu is starting to feel it now!

However, Xiao Jiu was clearly not used to this state. Huang Long had been back for almost half an hour, but Xiao Jiu was still sitting on the ground without moving.

His eyes were filled with terror as he raised his legs and hands, like a human in some world exercising their core.

The system continued to try to reassure, "Host, it's alright, it's alright. Humans are all like this. Didn't you always want to be human? Now is the best opportunity."

Fu Yu also helped: "Xiao Jiu, look at me."

He poured the water from the bamboo tube onto his hand and exclaimed dramatically, "Wow, the water is so cold!"

After saying that, he put his hand in front of Xiao Jiu and said, "Xiao Jiu, look, water won't bite."

Previously, Xiao Jiu was frightened by the water.

The moment the icy spring water splashed onto his hand, Xiao Jiu threw down the bamboo tube and started running. But as soon as he started running, he felt sensations in his feet and joints, which scared him so much that he curled up into a ball on the ground.

Looking at Xiao Jiu's appearance, Suanni felt a little strange: "Before, it seemed like Xiao Jiu could feel her toes."

Back then, it was Xiao Jiu's second time experiencing the lightning tribulation. After being struck, she was able to feel her toes again. Why is she acting so terrified now?

The system sighed loudly, "Oh, it's all my fault, I wasn't paying attention."

The issue Huanglong mentioned earlier about "Xiao Jiu's head being off" refers to this.

Logically speaking, having experienced so many tribulations, even a transformed spiritual plant should have developed consciousness. Moreover, judging from the nature of the heavenly lightning, Xiao Jiu was classified as a "demonic beast," so it should have recovered long ago.

But Xiao Jiu didn't react at all.

The system always assumed this was a special physiology of zombies, so it didn't pay much attention to it.

After carefully examining the data as Huang Long had instructed, it suddenly felt like the sky had fallen.

According to the calculations, Xiao Jiu's head and body are not well integrated. If this continues, the crystal core in Xiao Jiu's head may reject his body, and then only his head will be able to move.

Fortunately, the problem has now been fixed.

Just as they were patiently explaining to Xiao Jiu what "touch" was, the announcement came on again.

The portal is about to open.

Soon, that familiar figure reappeared before them.

This time, however, she was holding up a pile of things that were almost two meters high.

The lion pounced forward: "Mother!"

Huanglong ruffled the Suanni's head, then put the large pile of things he was holding in one hand on the ground.

She said, "I'll leave these things here and go."

A flash of golden light, and the yellow dragon vanished like a sudden shower.

Fu Yu pulled out a short-sleeved white children's shirt from the pile of things, and was extremely surprised: "System, didn't you say that physical items can't be taken out or brought into different worlds at will?"

When Xiao Jiu and the others rescued Fu Yu from that world, the clothes Xiao Jiu was wearing simply disappeared.

But among this pile of things were clothes of all sizes and styles, as well as seasonings, and even tableware, kitchen utensils, and two tents!

They only learned what these things were for after Suanni explained them to them.

Therefore, this is not only something from another dimension, but the energy systems of that world are also very different from ours, which means that it is much more difficult to cross over with the item!

But Huang Long looked extremely relaxed.

The Suanni proudly raised its head: "I told you, Mother is the best!"

The system could only sigh, "Alas, when will I evolve to possess such powerful spatial abilities..."

As the system was sighing and storing the items in the warehouse, Fu Yu, with his sharp eyes, suddenly noticed something.

"etc!"

He jogged over, grabbed a fish-shaped plush toy, and excitedly ran to Xiao Jiu: "Xiao Jiu, Xiao Jiu! Look!"

The plush toy had a very special feel to it, and Xiao Jiu's eyes widened the moment she touched it.

He took it carefully.

Xiao Jiu leaned against the Taotie's soft fur, with the snowball-like spirit Xiao Xue nestled against her chest and the plush toy in her arms. She relaxed in no time.

In the following days, everyone helped Xiao Jiu adapt to his new body.

They soon discovered that Xiao Jiu not only had consciousness, but also taste and smell!

Compared to his hearing and sight, his sense of taste and smell is relatively dull, but everyone is still very happy for him.

It has to be said that the items brought by Huanglong directly opened up a new path for Xiao Jiu to try.

--Have a meal.

As soon as this switch was turned on, the system immediately detected a problem.

Its host has an enormous appetite.

It was practically as soon as a carrot was placed in his hand, and he devoured it in just a few bites, like a hamster chewing at an accelerated pace.

Moreover, his digestive ability is also outrageous; he digests almost everything he eats as soon as it's in his mouth, so he can keep eating like this.

This appetite is huge, almost like a glutton!

The system had long suspected that the Taotie would devour all its points, and now with the addition of Xiao Jiu, who can also eat, the points suddenly became insufficient.

The system quickly said, "Upgrade, upgrade! We have no choice but to upgrade."

While the Suanni and Taotie are back to help, the farmland can be upgraded to level 6.

The level 6 farmland buff effect remains unchanged, but the area has expanded again, with each field now measuring approximately 15 square meters. Compared to before, the change is not particularly significant.

Now that the farmland quantity is already at level 17, the system suggests: "When the farmland quantity is upgraded to level 15, the exchange price will be fixed. Why don't we upgrade the quantity first and max it out?"

The Suanni asked, "Is there an upper limit to the number of farmlands?"

System: "Yes, the maximum level is 20 for a single farmland, and the maximum level is 9 for a single farmland."

That means they can exchange for a maximum of three more plots of farmland.

Suanni sighed, "I was thinking of just covering this place with fields."

The system sighed, "I wish I could too."

If it were possible, it would have been done long ago. Why wait until the two worlds merged before creating some kind of spiritual energy system or transplanting spiritual flowers?

After Xiao Jiu upgrades the farmland to level 20, she will still have 350,000 points.

Before the system could even speak, everyone tacitly agreed: "Plant level 6 flowers, right?"

The system chuckled: "That's right."

There are three flower options for level 6: lavender, columbine, and bleeding heart.

After looking at the projected image, Fu Yu, who was already quite experienced, asked Xiao Jiu, "Xiao Jiu, can we plant lavender?"

If the shapes of columbine and bleeding heart were to become distorted, it would be absolutely terrifying!

Xiao Jiu thought either way was fine: "Okay."

Fu Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and then the system said, "No rush, you'll have to plant them all anyway. The special food recipes for Xiao Xue and Miao Miao haven't been unlocked yet."

Fu Yu: "......"

Suanni was very happy: "Yay, yay! Get my special food recipe out. I want to try what the 'ultimate deliciousness' that Taotie mentioned tastes like."

In any case, this time we've decided to plant lavender.

Lavender seeds are very small, only about one or two millimeters in size. According to the planting process, they must be soaked for twenty-four or twenty-five hours before sowing.

But when Qianchuan went to the old spot to look for the golden pot, he found that the pot was gone.

System: "Ah, I forgot to tell you guys."

It explained, "Huanglong took a liking to the pot's special ability to drink without limit, so I gave it to her."

No one seemed to have any objections to this, except...

What should we do with these seeds?

Although Qianchuan could hold the water in place, theoretically he could just make a water ball and soak the seeds in it, but Qianchuan isn't a machine and would definitely get tired.

Moreover, his ability wasn't meant to control water, so doing so would definitely require more effort, and everyone felt it was unnecessary.

The reason they used to ask Qianchuan to help convert Moon Spring every day was because Moon Spring was out of control and they lacked points, so there was nothing they could do.

Since I still have points, I'll just use them to get it done.

The system first exchanged the lavender seeds, then, as usual, set aside 3,000 points for emergencies, and then said to Xiao Jiu, "Host, take a look at what containers you can exchange in your shop."

Xiao Jiu remembered the system's instructions. After entering the store, she didn't redeem the item immediately. Instead, she wrote down the appearance and description of the item and then drew it on the ground for everyone to see.

In particular, Xiao Jiu's vocabulary is limited, and he can't recognize many characters. He can only go to the mall to memorize them one by one, and then squat on the ground to slowly draw them on the picture with his finger.

After going back and forth a few times, Suanni spoke up: "Alright, alright, Xiao Jiu, just choose whichever one you think is better. At worst, we can just help each other earn more points in the future. Why bother with all this?"

Xiao Jiu understood what he was saying for a moment and nodded.

Once Xiao Jiu entered the mall, Suanni launched into another tirade against the system, which listened obediently without arguing back.

A little while later, Xiao Jiu came out.

Everyone was a little confused when they saw what he was holding.

"This is......?"

It was indeed a container, made of crystal-clear material, with delicate patterns carved around it.

The problem is, it's a coffin.