I slept without any dreams.
The next morning, He Xie was still asleep.
Suddenly, a delicate, sweet voice came from the courtyard outside the house.
"Eek?"
"Eek!"
"Waaaaah!"
In the quiet of the early morning, the sound was clearly audible.
It was even a bit harsh.
He Xie was woken up by the noise.
He groggily opened his eyes, finding the sounds coming from the yard outside very annoying.
He wanted to open the window and start cursing.
Huh? Wait a minute!
That sound...
He Xie suddenly realized something and quickly got out of bed and ran out of the yard to find out what was going on.
Holy crap!
As soon as he stepped out of the house, he was stunned by the sight before him and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
Last night, the twisted tree spirit was only half a meter tall, but now it has grown into a towering tree several meters tall, completely covering a corner of the yard.
Is this the effect of Fairy Dew?
Is it that powerful?
Thinking it over, He Xie immediately used a "Know Yourself and Know Your Enemy" card on the Twisted Tree Spirit.
[Name]: Da Ji
[Race]: Demon Plant
[Level]: Advanced Tier 2
[Skills]: Binding, Whipping
[Weakness]: Fear of fire
Wow!
So this is a higher life form?
He Xie was shocked.
I only poured out a small portion of the Fairy Dew last night.
This twisted tree spirit actually evolved directly from an ordinary first-tier weakling into a high-level creature.
Is that really that incredible?
Was the fairy revealing too much?
Or is this twisted tree spirit inherently gifted?
Or perhaps humanity is just too incompetent?
He Xie felt somewhat unbalanced just thinking about it.
The humans in this modern world of the Classic of Mountains and Seas have such terrible evolutionary abilities.
I don't know what caused it.
Um?
Has it gained a biological skill?
He Xie suddenly noticed that the twisted tree spirit had acquired a biological skill called "Whip," and his expression immediately changed.
With being bound and whipped, this twisted tree spirit is clearly not a respectable plant.
"Eek?"
Suddenly, a voice filled with doubt rang out.
He Xie looked in the direction of the sound and saw a small grass about half a meter tall in an open space not far ahead.
The reason why it is called grass when it is only half a meter tall is because all the plants in this modern world of the Classic of Mountains and Seas have grown to be too huge.
A plant that's only half a meter tall is hardly small.
"Eek?"
At this moment, the little grass was tilting its branch slightly, looking at He Xie with a puzzled expression, wondering what kind of creature this two-legged beast was.
Compared to its confusion, He Xie was a little excited.
Good heavens, is this a whining grass?
Wasn't it just planted last night?
How come I grew half a meter taller after just one night's sleep?
Is it Fairy Dew?
Fairy Show is awesome!
He Xie gave Fairy Dew a thumbs up.
It happened overnight.
It can make a half-meter-tall twisted tree spirit grow into a towering tree, and make the newly buried Yingying grass seeds sprout and grow to half a meter tall.
Such efficacy would even make Jin Ke La, the king of fertilizers, feel ashamed.
He Xie was filled with curiosity about the Yingying Grass, and soon walked up to it to examine it closely.
The branches are very thin; it feels like they would break if the wind were to be strong enough.
The branches and leaves are thin and slender, with a bluish hue and clear, regular patterns.
At the tip of the branch, there is a small flower bud, delicate and quite cute.
This is a delicate little grass.
She exudes a delicate aura that makes one want to reach out and touch her.
After a brief look around.
He Xie used a "Know Yourself and Know Your Enemy" card on Yingyingcao to peer into its bio-information panel.
[Name]: Unnamed
[Race]: Demon Plant
[Level]: Common Tier 1
[Skill]: Intelligence
[Weakness]: Fear of fire
intelligent?
This biological skill is quite interesting.
He Xie smiled and then said to the whimpering grass in front of him, "Since you like to keep whimpering so much, then from today onwards, I will name you Xiao Ying."
"Eek!"
The Yingying Grass was very pleased with its name; its branches swayed back and forth, looking as if it were humming and dancing.
Hey, this strange plant is interesting.
He Xie was very interested in the Yingying grass in front of him and reached out to touch the flower buds on its branches.
To everyone's surprise, the little grass that had just been happily whining like a fool suddenly became unhappy when touched.
It spread its branches out with great arrogance.
He wouldn't let He Xie touch her.
It was unhappy, and He Xie was unhappy too.
Why can't I touch the demonic plant I cultivated?
I just want to touch it!
Thinking it over, He Xie used both hands to touch the flower buds of the Yingying Grass.
Yingyingcao couldn't stand being touched so much.
It was uprooted and quickly ran behind the twisted tree spirit's trunk to hide.
Is this the rebellious phase?
You won't let me touch you, huh?
Brother Xie, I'm going to get my hands on you today!
He Xie was no longer human; he chased after Yingyingcao and started groping her relentlessly.
He was having a great time touching it.
He kept chuckling.
The whining grass was furious, its branches trembling with rage.
However, it was no use.
He Xie didn't care about its opinion at all; he just wanted to touch it.
The grass is numb from crying.
They gave up the struggle.
Leaning against the twisted tree spirit, trembling.
He let Xie stroke her.
As He Xie touched it, he suddenly remembered the biological skill he had obtained from opening a blind box last night.
It was a skill called Language Granting, which could be used on ancient alien races to allow them to learn the spellcaster's language.
Thinking it over, He Xie immediately used language to describe Yingyingcao without any instruction.
Immediately afterwards, a blue stream of light shot out from between his eyebrows and instantly disappeared into the flower bud of the Yingying Grass.
Then, the whimpering grass completely stopped moving.
It stopped shaking altogether.
It's like it's turned into an ordinary plant.
He Xie looked on in confusion, wondering why the Yingying Grass had suddenly stopped moving.
Is it still processing the language?
He hesitated for a moment, then reached out and poked the flower buds of the euphorbia.
The next moment!
The Silly Grass, which had been leaning motionless against the twisted tree trunk, suddenly burst out with a curse:
"You idiot, you moron!"
"???"
He Xie was dumbfounded. How could this grass be cursing people?
Soon, he recalled the description of the Yingying Grass seeds in the system store.
[Spiritual Plant Seed]: Yingying Grass (Legend has it that this innate spiritual plant grows in the ancient witch clan. It is gentle and mild-mannered by nature, likes to speak fragrant words, and will make a strange "yingyingying" sound when touched. It can flower and bear fruit.)
Naturally refined and easy-going?
Do you enjoy using foul language?
Wow, that's quite a personality!
Thinking it over, He Xie immediately reclaimed the Yingyingcao's human language ability.
To avoid the grass from grumbling and cursing incessantly.
It can only be given the ability to speak human language again after it has been trained and tamed.
Soon, He Xie turned his gaze to the twisted tree spirit beside him.
He vaguely remembered that the description of the Twisted Treant Seed in the system store was as follows.
[Spirit Plant Seed]: Twisted Tree Spirit (Legend has it that this ancient tree spirit, which grew in the Twisted Forest, loved teaching and nurturing people. It had ninety-one outstanding students and was respectfully called Mr. Nine-One Tree by the world. It can flower and bear fruit.)
I enjoy teaching and nurturing students.
He is respectfully known as Mr. Jiu Yi Shu.
Judging from this personality alone, it should be able to be endowed with the language ability of humans.
After thinking it over, He Xie used his biological skills to grant the Twisted Treant the ability to speak human language.
Once he gained the ability to speak human language, the twisted tree spirit, who had been silent just moments before, immediately began to fawn over He Xie with a respectful expression.
"Thank you, Master, for bestowing upon me the ability to speak!"
"On an auspicious day, I am willing to go through fire and water for my master, even risking my life!"
"Daji was born to his master, and he will die to be his master's soul!"
"If the master tells Daji to go west, Daji will never go east; if the master tells Daji to..."
"Stop, stop, stop! That's enough, stop talking!"
He Xie was stunned and hurriedly stopped the twisted tree spirit's act of showing loyalty.
Where is the gentleman I was promised?
How did you become such a sycophant?
That's outrageous!
......
As time goes by.
Before long, the foster mothers and sisters in the house woke up.
Upon seeing the changes in the outer courtyard, they were all shocked and exclaimed in surprise.
Liu Yan: "My God!"
Zhao Keying: "Oh, this!"
Song Yuxin: "!!!"
Gu Xinyao: "Holy crap!"
Li Muke: "Holy crap!"
Seeing He Xie in the courtyard, Zhao Keying quickly went up to him and asked, "Brother, what's going on?"
He Xie looked at Zhao Keying, whose pajamas were loose and revealed large expanses of her fair skin, and said calmly, "As you can see, the twisted tree spirit I planted some time ago has grown taller."
Zhao Keying rolled her eyes at him and said in an annoyed tone, "I'm not blind. I'm asking why it suddenly grew so big."
He Xie answered as always:
"I haven't thought of a reason yet. I'll tell you when I do in a few days."
Zhao Keying: "......"
[Contrast value from Zhao Keying +250.]
Everyone remained silent.
Suddenly, the twisted tree spirit in the corner of the yard spoke up, greeting the female members of the household:
"Greetings, Madam! Eldest Miss, Second Miss, Third Miss, Fourth Miss, hello!"
"Let me introduce myself. I am Daji, a twisted tree spirit, and a high-level demonic plant."
"By order of the master, Daji will henceforth be the guardian tree of the house, responsible for protecting your lives."
Upon hearing this, everyone in the courtyard was so shocked that they were speechless.
What the heck?
This strange plant can actually talk?
Wasn't it only planted a few days ago?
How did it do that?
"Brother, this plant is so beautiful! Is it one of the demonic plants you planted?"
Song Yuxin noticed the Yingying Grass under the Twisted Tree Spirit and came over curiously to ask.
"Yes, we just planted them last night."
After saying that, He Xie flicked the flower bud of the euphorbia and said, "Xiao Ying, quickly greet the Second Miss."
Yingyingcao, now under someone else's roof, had no choice but to bow her head and could only reluctantly whimper, "Ying~"
"Brother, its call is so beautiful!"
Song Yuxin loved it and went over to examine the Yingyingcao with a loving expression.
"Brother Crab, can we eat this herb?" Li Muke asked as she walked up, drooling.
"You can't eat it."
He Xie looked speechless, then added, "But this plant can flower and bear fruit. When that happens, Brother Xie will pick the flowers and fruit for you to eat."
"Yay!" Li Muke was extremely excited.
Seeing this, Gu Xinyao quickly said, "Thank you, I want to eat too!"
“Everyone gets a share,” He Xie said.
The two younger sisters were overjoyed when they heard this.
At this moment, her foster mother, Liu Yan, stepped forward with a worried expression and asked, "He Xie, are these demonic plants you planted safe?"
"Very safe."
He Xie looked at his adoptive mother, whose face was full of worry, and smiled at her with relief.
Although Liu Yan was still somewhat worried after hearing this, she was clearly much more relaxed and said, "That's good."
After spending these days together, she now trusts He Xie much more.
Even the term "bad seed" is rarely used anymore.
She had already come to regard He Xie as the pillar of the family.
He is the man I can rely on in the future.
Not only her, but even Zhao Keying, who was originally the sole breadwinner of the family, had unknowingly come to regard He Xie as her support.
Finally, life isn't so tiring anymore.
The three younger sisters were no exception; subconsciously, they began to regard He Xie as a safe haven for their growth over the next few years or even a decade.
The sickly He Xie who used to be weak and helpless, only good at sucking the blood of his family, has completely disappeared from their hearts starting today.
Instead, there is a man who can provide a strong support for the female members of the family.
[The contrast value from the adoptive mother's sisters is +3276 + 2452 + 1528 + 2456 + 1754.]
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