"Black rain?"
Banxia turned to look at the camellia tree. Apart from the third round of black rain, she really couldn't think of anything else that could cause such a dramatic change in the world.
"Yes!" Camellia Tree paused for a few seconds, then suddenly realized, "I knew this feeling of unease was vaguely familiar. It's exactly the same as the two times the black rain fell before."
"Thank you," Banxia said, condensing a ball of the purest wood-elemental energy at her fingertips and injecting it into the camellia tree trunk. "I will pass on the message to Yinzi."
"Mmm~ So comfortable~" The camellia tree felt as if it were soaking in nutrient solution, so comfortable that its roots almost curled up. "Human, what did you do to me?"
"I have given you wood-type energy to accelerate your growth. I think you need to strengthen your self-defense capabilities to face the world that is about to undergo tremendous changes."
"Human, I've heard you really like flowers?"
Banxia paused for a moment: "It's alright."
She liked the flowers Nanxing gave her, she liked the flowers Yinzi gave her, but in the end, what she liked was the love that the flowers carried.
I don't have any special feelings for the flowers themselves.
The camellia tree, oblivious to the complex thoughts of humans, excitedly plucked its best bloom and handed it to Banxia: "Human, may I exchange this flower for wood, wood-type energy?"
"I'll agree to this exchange for the sake of the money, but not in the future."
Banxia wanted to refuse, because it was a completely unprofitable business, but since the flowers had already been picked, she couldn't just put them back.
"Human, I can trade you flowers later, ten at a time, okay?" The camellia tree was stunned, grabbing Banxia's hand and pleading softly, "Please~ If not, twenty will do~"
Banxia: ...
Why is a camellia tree growing deep in the mountains so good at being affectionate?
She ignored the soft pleas in her ear and said coldly, "No, flowers are of little use to me."
"And what about me?" the camellia flower asked thoughtfully. "Am I of any great use?"
Banxia: "...Yes."
The tea leaves, flowers, and fruits of an unmutated camellia tree are all treasures, let alone a mutated camellia tree, which has even more uses.
“I heard from the kitten that you’ve made contracts with two mutated tree henchmen,” the camellia tree said with satisfaction. “Then can I make a contract with you too and become your henchman?”
Banxia pinched Yinzi's big tail. What strange things did her little cat and the camellia tree communicate?
"Thugs"? That sounds like something out of a criminal gang!
Silver, who was sniffing the camellia, looked at Banxia with an innocent expression: "Brother is sister's companion, and it is sister's favorite kitten. Other animals and plants are sister's henchmen. It is not wrong!"
Banxia helplessly crumpled the silver in her hands, then turned to the camellia tree and said seriously, "If you make a contract with me, you won't be able to live freely in the wild anymore, and you have to help me with work when I need you. I can't support you for nothing."
"Kill zombies?" Camellia smiled gently. "Don't let my pretty face fool you, I'm actually quite a fighter~"
Although it had never seen a zombie, it had killed many mutated animals that wanted to eat it, and even a zombie that it could defeat was no match for a kitten.
"It's not just about killing zombies, but also killing humans, mutated animals, and mutated plants, etc. You never know when you might encounter danger and lose your life."
Banxia added solemnly, "Furthermore, you must obey my orders in important matters. If you betray me, I will personally take your life. Can you do that?"
"I can~" the camellia tree said softly with a smile, "Shall we make a contract now?"
Having lived deep in the mountains for hundreds of years, it's time to come down and witness the prosperity of humankind.
Banxia grasped the branch that the camellia tree offered to her: "From now on, we are family."
A flash of green light appeared in his hand, and the contract was established.
"Human~ My name is Camellia, what's your name?"
"Pinellia ternata".
"Oh, what a coincidence, your name is also related to plants!"
...
After meeting up with Jinzi, Tuanzi, Xingzi, and others, Banxia introduced them to each other, then put the big black guy Heizi and Tuanzi into her space, and rode Yinzi home.
"Wow~" Camellia Tree exclaimed in amazement, linking her arm with Banxia's. "Banxia, you can actually make cows and bears disappear! That's amazing~"
Banxia awkwardly pulled her arm away. The camellia tree, perhaps because it had been in the deep mountains for too long, was a real chatterbox, and it especially loved physical contact. It clung to her arm the whole way, talking non-stop!
This was torture for Banxia, who wasn't used to being close to people.
"I'm a girl~" Camellia Tree said coquettishly, still clinging to Banxia's arm. "Why doesn't Banxia want to be close to me?"
"...I'll introduce you to a friend when I have time."
Camellia and Sister Yunyun must have a lot to talk about!
When they were still dozens of meters away from home, Banxia jumped off Yinzi, covered her mouth and nose, and ran away.
Gold and Silver stayed behind, skillfully shaking their fur until most of the dust was off, before running home. Camellia followed the cat and dog, completely bewildered.
Banxia knocked on the door, and Nanxing quickly came to open it: "Wife, I cooked a pot of mung bean soup. Have some to cool you down."
He had dozens of rabbit skins saved up at home, and it would be a waste to leave them lying around, so he didn't go up the mountain with them. Instead, he stayed home and learned how to tan rabbit skins by watching videos.
Banxia smiled and took his hand: "I recently acquired a mutated plant..."
She recounted everything she had seen and heard on the mountain to Nanxing in great detail.
Nanxing listened with a smile in her eyes, occasionally chiming in with a few soft words, without the slightest impatience.
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