Chapter 31 The formation is like a pitiful little wanderer who has been homeless for a long time.
The moment the system saw the description of the "broken branch of the Elf Mother Tree," it immediately recalled something.
Not long after Xiao Jiu brought the Henggong fish back, one evening, Xiao Jiu asked it, "What is a house?"
At that time, it told Xiao Jiu that a house also means home to humans.
At that time, the Henggong fish didn't have a name yet, so Xiao Jiu only asked: Do dogs and fish also need a home?
The system remembers that its answer was—
"They would be very happy if they had a home."
The system didn't really take this to heart; in its view, it was just a passing curiosity of its host.
But to my surprise, Xiao Jiu remembered it all along.
At this moment, Qian Chuan, who had been dealing with the flow of water from the Moon Spring, came over. As always, he was holding a water ball in his hand, and Fu Yu inside the water ball was blowing bubbles at Xiao Jiu.
As always, Xiao Jiu went over to greet Fu Yu.
“I sensed a strange aura,” Qian Chuan bent down and lowered the water sphere slightly, asking, “What happened?”
System: [Xiao Jiu just redeemed something.]
Xiao Jiu also held the branch in her hand high: "Chuan, look, Xiao Jiu, change!"
Qian Chuan knelt down on one knee, smiling gently, and said, "Little Jiu is really amazing. Can you tell me what this is?"
Xiao Jiu nodded and stammered about "tree branches and houses," while the system quietly translated in the smallest font.
Qianchuan had never seen Xiao Jiu exchange special items before, so he was quite curious as he saw it for the first time.
The items Xiao Jiu is exchanging for now are significantly different from those she previously exchanged through the system.
If you don't use the system to smuggle things in, you can only exchange for flower seeds and water in the shop, and both of these are very common items.
But what Xiao Jiu redeemed was different.
Even demonic beasts like Qian Chuan Fu Yu, who have cultivated before, can sense, without using their divine sense, that the white tree branch in Xiao Jiu's hand contains a strange energy.
Qianchuan: "This aura... feels very similar to the Moon Spring water."
The Taotie, which had somehow gotten close by, also let out a "roar" in agreement.
Upon hearing this, the system only dared to guess: "It probably belongs to the same energy system as the Moon Spring."
After all, the Moon Spring was also made from fragments of the Moon Goddess's mirror and mermaid tears, and the owners involved are recorded in the system's database.
The important question now is, how do we plant these branches?
The Suanni, who just wanted to get out of the morning glory field as soon as possible, said weakly, "Let's just poke into these two fields."
The system disagrees: [What if this time it grows a mutated flower? It might infect the branches!]
Imagine the sacred elven mother tree absorbing blood essence and growing into something resembling a mutated flower...
System: [No, no! Absolutely not!]
Qianchuan: "How about we soak them in Moon Spring water? Like soaking flower seeds."
He held up the small bamboo shovel in his hand and gestured: "These two things happen to have similar energy levels, so they should also meet the 'abundant energy' condition in the description."
It sounds feasible, but the system is still somewhat hesitant.
After all, the Moon Spring is not like farmland, and its energy cannot be guaranteed to be absolutely harmless.
Only then did Suanni notice the system's dilemma, and he simply clicked his tongue and said, "Then what do you suggest we do?"
Just then, it got dark, and a splash was heard. Fu Yu, who had been swimming in the suspended water sphere, suddenly fell down with a thud.
This commotion attracted everyone's attention, and under the gaze of several pairs of eyes, the bright red fish instantly transformed into a beautiful, androgynous boy.
Fu Yu was initially nervous about the excessive attention, but when he saw Xiao Jiu's obsidian-like eyes, he mustered up his courage and said, "I... I think we can try transplanting."
[Transplanting?]
Fu Yu quietly took a deep breath and said, "I think we can plant it in the farmland first. Didn't we say before that the flower only changes for a moment when it blooms? So I think... if we pull it out before that, it should be fine."
The system pondered: "Indeed, since the morning glories planted in level 4 fields will be accelerated anyway, these morning glories won't be long before they bloom."
As for the branches of the Elf Mother Tree, they are already "sacred objects," so they certainly can't grow back quickly. For now, just use them as "energy balancing rods" for a while.
Now that the decision has been made, let's get started immediately.
Considering there were two morning glory fields and only one tree branch, the system originally intended to leave one field for a while, but Xiao Jiu had already efficiently made two small mounds of earth.
He laid the branch horizontally on the small mound of earth, like building a bridge, and then thoughtfully pinched two small clumps of soil and piled them at the base and tip of the branch, respectively.
After finishing, he looked up at the sky with shining eyes.
System: [Host, you're amazing! This is beautifully arranged!]
Little Jiu puffed out her little chest, feeling incredibly proud.
Presumably due to this "energy balancing rod," the morning glory's growth slowed down immediately.
The Suanni can finally lie down.
After taking a quick look at the flowers, Qianchuan, who was in charge of Moon Spring, went with Fuyu to continue working on Moon Spring.
Beside the morning glory field, the sunflowers, whose growth period is about the same, have already sprouted small buds. They are green in color and look like tiny jade beads, which are especially cute.
The pansies on the far right of the farmland are growing the slowest; they've only sprouted a few tiny buds so far.
The gluttonous beast lay beside the field where pansies were planted and continued to gnaw on the grains. After a while, it ran to the mouth of the Moon Spring to swallow the blue light, eating with great relish.
Life went on uneventfully until three days later, the sunflowers bloomed.
The moment it saw that bizarre shape, the system shouted, "Oh no!"
Sunflowers are level 2 crops, and they come with either a buff or a debuff. The last time the mutated flower's debuff status appeared, it almost caused a bloodbath.
The system quickly told Xiao Jiu to hold down the Suanni, but when Xiao Jiu ran over, the Suanni was calmly drawing on the ground with its tail.
Suanni: "What's wrong?"
The system moved to the side of the Suanni, avoiding Xiao Jiu's gaze, and wrote: [The flower has bloomed; it's a mutated sunflower.]
Suanni immediately understood, and then he scoffed, "Didn't I tell you? You didn't believe me?"
Suanni was referring to his previous promise that even if a mutated sunflower were grown, he, Fuyu, and Qianchuan would not be affected.
The system was somewhat embarrassed when it was exposed, but when it saw that Qianchuan and Fuyu were indeed normal, it immediately called Xiao Jiu away.
Qian Chuan, who had just walked over, looked at Xiao Jiu's back with a puzzled expression: "What happened?"
The Suanni looked at its claws that had sprung out from its paw pads and said slowly, "It says the flowers have bloomed."
Qianchuan nodded: "Okay, then I'll go help."
The Suanni grunted, closed its eyes, and lay down, looking as if it didn't want to be disturbed.
Seeing this, Qianchuan didn't say anything more, but took Fuyu, who was in the form of a fish, and chased after the direction Xiao Jiu had left in.
Behind him, the Suanni's ears stood up high, and the brown kitten with smooth fur lay flat on the ground, even its tail, which it usually disliked and refused to lower because of the damp soil, was now pressed straight down.
Even though there was no wind, the long hair around his neck was swaying slowly.
If anyone were to levitate and freeze at this moment, they would immediately notice some strange lines of the same thickness appearing on the ground.
These lines have clean, crisp edges; they connect and intertwine to form a simple pattern.
A very thin wisp of spiritual energy was slowly moving through the space covered by the pattern with a mysterious rhythm. Wherever it went, the air became clear and pure, and the mind became as clear as if it had been washed clean.
And at the center of this pattern is farmland.
When Qianchuan reached the edge of the farmland, Xiao Jiu had already dug up a sunflower.
Qianchuan was the last of them to arrive at the rift. He had only seen the Spirit Flower since he arrived, and when he saw the Mutated Sunflower, he was completely stunned.
The system understands perfectly: "This flower is just a bit odd; its price is still quite high."
Qianchuan said, "No...that's not what I meant. I've seen this flower before."
The system immediately wrote: "Huh? Impossible! This flower is a unique variety produced here."
Qian Chuan continued, "I almost lost my life in that world before. At the last moment, the cultivator who wanted to kill me suddenly went berserk, which is how I managed to escape."
He raised his hand and pressed his index finger knuckle against his chin: "I found it strange at the time, how could flowers suddenly bloom in such a dry place? I thought it was a hallucination caused by my serious injuries..."
Xiao Jiu suddenly exclaimed, "Flowers! Xiao Jiu, look, flowers, blooming!"
System translation: [The host said that he initially saw a flower fall into the crack and went to pick it up, but then he saw you. Seeing that you were injured, he didn't take the flower but instead captured you.]
As the system wrote, it reviewed the data and realized that it hadn't been long since the alienated sunflower was sold.
When they were selling the mutated sunflowers, they were in a hurry. Considering that this mall was originally an alternative cross-space "channel," the system understood.
Sure enough, another bug appeared.
The goods, which should have been placed on the entire mall platform for valuation and then put up for sale, accidentally fell into the nearby spatial passage.
This isn't the first or second time this has happened.
But the system usually takes advantage of this bug; it loves it.
Within this spatial rift, the large, dark crack on the ground was also a breach in the barrier torn open by the lightning tribulation. It guessed that the energy carried by the mutated flower acted as a medium, connecting the world where Qianchuan was located.
What's even more coincidental is that the wisp of "cultivator's divine consciousness" that was swallowed by the Taotie at that time.
That divine sense broke through the spatial barrier entirely by virtue of its pure energy state, which is why Xiao Jiu was able to safely "stretch out" her hand.
System summary: [This is a one in a trillion chance.]
If it didn't have a pet system, if Qian Chuan wasn't non-human, if Qian Chuan had even the slightest resistance to Xiao Jiu back then, or if that wisp of divine consciousness hadn't cleared the way...
Qianchuan had already died in that world, and Xiao Jiu would be torn to pieces on the spot by the spatial turbulence.
After hearing this, the non-humans felt both fear and admiration.
—Except for Xiao Jiu, one of the parties involved.
Xiao Jiu was still stammering as she spoke to Qian Chuan, while Qian Chuan knelt in front of her, a gentle smile on his face. He listened and responded, while reaching out to tidy up Xiao Jiu's messy hair.
Fu Yu, standing to the side, was reminded of himself.
Just as he excitedly swam to Xiao Jiu with the water balloon, about to frantically blow bubbles, a line of large red characters solidified in front of them.
Okay, hurry up and collect the flowers, or they'll wither and you won't get any points.
Fuyu, whose emotions were interrupted for the umpteenth time: ......
He was furious.
After seeing the words, Qianchuan began to diligently collect the flowers.
Although he was physically imposing, he was very meticulous in his work, and soon he harvested a mutated sunflower, which was even of perfect quality.
The area of level 4 farmland is about ten times larger than that of level 2 farmland, and the number of mutated flowers in a single field has increased to twenty-five, which is quite a lot of work.
The mutated flower is extremely fragile, so only Xiao Jiu and Qian Chuan are capable of harvesting it.
Fu Yu, who can transform into human form at night, wanted to help, but his injuries hadn't healed yet, and he could only form half a human form, making it very inconvenient for him to move around. After trying for a while, he had to give up.
The lack of a "preservation" function in the system's farmland means that once the flowers reach a harvestable state, they will not remain in a stable state like normally growing flowers, but will continue to absorb energy.
This means that these flowers will wither very quickly.
It's getting a little too late.
Seeing that the three flowers in the far corner had begun to droop, Fuyu, which had transformed into a fish shape with the sunrise, could only anxiously spin around in the water sphere.
Taotie: "Awoo!"
System: [Sorry, I don't understand... Where's the Suanni? Where is the Suanni?]
Just as the system was frantically trying to find a Suanni to act as a translator, a figure suddenly flew past them.
"Click".
That was the Suanni the system was looking for.
And in his mouth, he was holding half a mutated sunflower.
Just as the system was about to frantically type out a question about why the Suanni was destroying the flowers, it suddenly noticed that the little cat looked a bit strange.
The Suanni's fur was dry and dull, and the tip of its tail was even covered with clods of dirt.
Like a malnourished, long-lost little pitiful creature.
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Author's Note: I'm so stupid, I just realized that paragraph comments need to be manually enabled, and I've already enabled them. Also, I wanted to ask everyone, is there anyone interested in reading any of the four books in the pre-order section? I'm a bit torn about which one to start reading next _(:з」∠)_
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