Chapter 28 Flood Control and Farming: Pet Skills Upgraded
Although the topic is the water control skills of the Whirlwind Turtle, Xiao Jiu's needs are always the top priority in the system.
The system is suffering.
Its host wanted clothes, but it didn't have enough points to exchange for them directly from Xiao Jiu's shop. It couldn't leave the shop, and it couldn't smuggle them out.
Seeing Xiao Jiu's expectant look, the system couldn't bear to admit it couldn't make clothes, so it changed the subject: [Host, how about we see how the Whirlwind Turtle treats the water first?]
Xiao Jiu nodded obediently: "Okay."
The system was overwhelmed with guilt in an instant.
Although the system didn't write anything, the tortoise seemed to have activated its radar and quickly realized what was happening.
He thought for a moment and tried to say, "If you don't mind, would you like to try on the clothes I made?"
Xiao Jiu's eyes widened: "Clothes! Put them on!"
Xuan Gui knelt on the sand, his posture respectful: "Please wait a moment."
Hearing what the spinning turtle said, the horizontal fish, which had been lying still, quietly got up and moved forward a little to watch.
No one knew how Xuan Gui did it; all they saw was him stretch out his hand, flip his wrist, and countless black fragments the size of fingernails fell from his palm.
The Suanni opened its eyes wide in an instant.
After a few seconds of hesitation, it narrowed its eyes, making it impossible to discern its emotions.
The black fragments that the Whirlwind Turtle produced were wet and immediately became dirty when they fell onto the sand. However, water was exactly what they had in abundance right now, so the Whirlwind Turtle got up and casually reached out its hand towards the nearest stream of water.
The moment the spinning turtle touched it, the water that had been raging and surging in the air immediately lost its levitation power.
The water flowed smoothly like ordinary water, and in no time it washed away all the black fragments that were covered with white sand.
The Whirlwind Turtle gathered all the fragments in its palm, examined Xiao Jiu carefully for a moment, and then its fingers began to fly across the paper.
His movements weren't fast, but in just two or three minutes, the scattered fragments were pieced together into a large pullover.
The dress has no sleeves and looks somewhat like a sleeveless dress worn by humans in some other dimension.
Xuan Gui gently helped Xiao Jiu put on the clothes and asked softly, "How do you feel?"
The clothes fit perfectly. Xiao Jiu moved her only left arm, lifted her leg, widened her eyes, and shouted, "Awooo!"
He hadn't spoken in zombie language for a long time, which showed how excited he was.
The Turtle was surprised for a moment after hearing the zombie's roar, but quickly returned to its previous gentle demeanor: "I'm glad you like it."
As he spoke, he picked up the Taotie that had just been placed on the ground and carefully put it into Xiao Jiu's arms.
Xiao Jiu looked down at the Taotie wagging its tail at him, let out a howl at the Xuan Turtle, and then happily ran away, just like a dog eager to go for a walk.
Suanni quickly shouted, "Hey! Where are you two going, you two with no sense of direction?!"
Xiao Jiu said something else, but Suanni didn't hear it clearly.
He glanced at the red mist surrounding the spinning tortoise, then at the watercourses near the farmland whose direction had been completely altered by the tortoise. Realizing he couldn't reach the water, he gritted his teeth and chased after it.
"Wait for me!"
Although the red mist in the space was dispersed and separated after the water flow filled the area, and the visibility here was greatly improved, it was still not enough to see the whole thing at a glance.
Just a few seconds later, Xiao Jiu and Suanni were completely obscured by the red mist.
At that moment, a line of text appeared in front of the Whirlwind Turtle: [What were those black things just now?]
Whirlwind Turtle: "My scales."
The system was too specialized and didn't know much about these strange beasts. It only cared about one thing: "Do those scales have any special effects?"
It briefly mentioned Xiao Jiu and the red mist's situation, adding, "If it attracts or repels energy, it might not be a good thing for the host."
Even after being told that, Xuan Gui wasn't angry.
He simply replied in a low, unhurried voice, "No, those are soft scales."
The system knew there was no danger, so it didn't press the matter. Instead, the Henggong fish Fuyu, upon hearing Xuan Gui's words, was so surprised that its mouth opened unconsciously.
He glanced at the spinning tortoise, then looked away, slowly curling up and hugging his knees.
The habits of the common turtle are mostly the same as those of other turtles.
During their growth process, turtles need to replace their shells, but unlike crabs, they don't shed their shells completely; instead, they slowly peel off thin, discarded layers from the surface of their shells.
Therefore, the so-called soft scales of the spiral turtle are a special type of scale located inside the hard shell.
They are quite soft to the touch, and therefore have almost no defensive capabilities. In addition, they contain very little spiritual energy, so they are practically "useless".
But precisely because of this, such fine scales are rare, and the time required for them to regenerate after peeling off is very long. For the Xuan Turtle itself, their importance even surpasses that of the inner core of a demon beast.
Fu Yu knew very well that those shiny, tiny black scales had been peeled off the Xuan Turtle's body.
Even though the Xuan Gui had only recovered somewhat, it was able to do this...
Fu Yu lowered her eyes and curled herself up into a ball.
The system didn't notice Fu Yu's strange behavior. After clarifying the issue with Xiao Jiu's clothes, it continued to explain the situation in this space to Xuan Gui.
Previously, Xuan Gui was almost always asleep before recovering to 60% health. The system didn't want to disturb it while it was recovering. Now that Xiao Jiu wasn't around, the system could have a detailed talk with it.
This wasn't the first time the system had acted as a commentator; it wrote words with incredible speed using the red mist.
Each of these events contained a lot of information, and Xuan Gui only occasionally interrupted the system to ask a question or two; most of the time, he was reading them carefully.
A dozen minutes later, Xuan Gui had also figured out the general situation.
He said, "I understand. So now we need to completely control these 'sacred springs,' right?"
That's right.
The system could only marvel at how easy it was to communicate with the Whirlwind Turtle.
The situation isn't bad right now, but it's only temporary.
The spring water from the "Moon Spring" and the red mist in the space are mutually exclusive. The total amount of spring water is not very large now, but if it is allowed to continue to expand like this, one day the red mist will be squeezed and compressed together.
At that point, Xiao Jiu's "feeding" will become troublesome, and the highly compressed energy might even squeeze cracks out of the space wall again.
Therefore, if the whirlpool turtle can control the water in one place, it can solve the current problem of the water flowing erratically.
If he could make the "Moon Spring" release water regularly, he could not only save points for changing the water, but also avoid a sudden imbalance of spatial energy in the later stages.
As Xuan Gui was deep in thought, footsteps suddenly approached from afar.
"Haha, I won!"
The Suanni pounced on the ground, kicking up a small cloud of dust. It turned around and proudly raised its head: "I was the first to reach the finish line. Now you owe me twenty-one grains."
Xiao Jiu lifted the Taotie off her head and nodded: "Shang—"
Wait a minute!
[Host! ]
Two voices rang out, one outside her head and the other inside, startling Xiao Jiu.
Suanni was devastated: "I didn't say I wanted it now, I owe it to you! You can give it to me later."
The system quickly chimed in: [Yes, yes, host, let's change it later.]
Xiao Jiu blinked her eyes: "Okay."
He had barely finished speaking when he seemed to sense something and turned his head to look.
The tortoise has disappeared.
The water that had been floating in space suddenly crashed to the ground, and the spray made the Suanni's fur stand on end.
But this is just the beginning.
One stream of water after another flowed onto the white sand, which was previously incompatible with this "sacred spring water." The sand immediately absorbed the water completely, leaving not a trace.
The lion darted back into the farmland, and no one noticed that the soil beneath their feet was trembling slightly.
Beyond the farmland, after the water flow disappeared, the red mist swept in again, quickly turning the once clear air into a murky scarlet.
Xiao Jiu and Taotie didn't react much, but Fu Yu, who had the worst constitution, couldn't take it anymore. He pressed one hand to his chest and frowned tightly, clearly enduring the discomfort.
And just then, it was getting dark.
Xiao Jiu put the Taotie down right next to the Suanni and immediately rushed towards Fu Yu. Before the other party could react, he lifted the whole fish up and put it on his head before running away.
"Bang--"
The sound of water crashing against the white sand echoed once more. Upon hearing it, Xiao Jiu shouted, "Water!"
In the red mist, the tall man who had his back to him paused and turned around.
When Xiao Jiu ran up to him, the burly Xuan Gui had already knelt down. However, he was stunned for a moment when he saw Xiao Jiu and Fu Yu's strange posture.
Xiao Jiu hurriedly said, "Water, Ayu, water."
Fuyu then said, "Please help me get some water, I need water."
Xuan Gui didn't ask any more questions, but immediately reached out towards the Moon Spring.
However, the surrounding water had been mostly treated, and the Xuan Turtle's essential ability was not to manipulate water, so there was a delay when using this ability.
Xuan Gui was a little embarrassed: "I'll have to wait a little while."
Fuyu's tail was too long. All the way, he could only try to straighten his body into a straight line to avoid dragging his tail on the ground and causing Xiao Jiu to fall over. At this moment, the whole fish was almost exhausted and was shaking.
Fu Yu planned to come down and wait, but as soon as he said "Xiao Jiu", he suddenly turned into a bright red fish.
Xiao Jiu grabbed Fu Yu's tail with a snap, managing to prevent him from falling into the highly absorbent sand.
Just then, the Whirlwind Turtle arrived, controlling the water. He rolled the water into a ball in his hand and then held the water ball close to Xiao Jiu's hand.
He pressed down on Xiao Jiu's wrist while saying softly, "It's alright, you can let go now."
The blue water sphere shimmered under a beam of cool light. In the center of the sphere, a bright red fish swam leisurely, its fins, like red gauze, unfurling in the water, as beautiful as a painting.
Xiao Jiu stared intently at the water sphere, its dark eyes reflecting the shimmering light, giving it a wet appearance.
After watching the fish with Xiao Jiu for a while, Xuan Gui remembered what the system had told him before.
He slowed his speech: "Does Xiao Jiu want to know my name?"
These words came out of nowhere and were quite abrupt, but Xiao Jiu was very comfortable with this style of communication, so he nodded heavily.
"A name, I want one."
The expression on Xuan Gui's face softened instantly.
Behind him, his jet-black hair slowly rose up, like soft seaweed swaying with the current.
He said, "My name is Qian Chuan."
[Ding—Naming complete]
[Qianchuan Cultivation Functionality is 100% Available]
[Pet skills have been upgraded]
As soon as the announcement ended, a tremor ran beneath their feet.
Unlike the last time when the entire space shook wildly, even tearing a crack in the space wall, this time the tremor was weak and stopped in an instant.
Suddenly, a strange tingling sensation came from Xiao Jiu's toes, the only part of her body she could feel.
Xiao Jiu was startled and quickly looked down at her feet, but she froze the next second.
He blinked several times, then tilted his head: "...Tian?"
The once snow-white and fine sand beneath his feet had now changed color and texture.
Light brown, soft, with a slightly damp coolness.
—It's exactly the same as the soil in the farmland.
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