Chapter 89 Fruit, did you do something?
When Xiao Jiu ran over carrying the system, she saw a woman standing under the fairy tree.
She wasn't very tall, at least a head shorter than Granny Tai Li next to her, but she was just as robust as Granny Tai Li.
She wore dark, loose-fitting trousers and a red sports tank top, her long black hair reaching her waist. When she smiled, she was like a blazing summer sun, exuding a powerful presence that was impossible to ignore.
The white-haired child she was holding heard the noise and turned his head toward Xiao Jiu and the others.
The next second, a surprised smile immediately bloomed on the child's wheat-colored face: "Xiao Jiu!"
His short arms swung rapidly, instantly giving the illusion of a tail waving wildly.
"My mother is here!"
Huanglong Dragon God was originally talking to Granny Taili next to him. When she heard Suanni's words, she also looked over in the direction of Suanni's gaze.
She changed to holding the Suanni in one hand, and raised the other hand to make a greeting gesture: "Good evening."
Xiao Jiu, carrying the system, ran a little slower than usual. By the time he reached the edge of Moon Lake, Fu Yu and the others had already arrived.
As soon as Xiao Jiu stopped, Xie Chuanfeng took two steps forward, took the system from Xiao Jiu's hand, and placed it on the ground with some stagger.
Qianchuan squatted down and patted the mud off Xiao Jiu's clothes: "How was your day?"
Xiao Jiu said earnestly, "Xiao Jiu played well."
Qian Chuan smiled and gently patted Xiao Jiu's head: "That's good."
While they were talking, Huang Long kept looking down at Xiao Jiu and Qian Chuan. She seemed to have noticed something and looked in the direction Xiao Jiu had come from.
Her golden eyes sparkled for a moment, but everyone was looking at Xiao Jiu, so no one noticed.
When Xiao Jiu looked up, she met Huang Long's gaze.
Huang Long winked at him but said nothing.
But Xiao Jiu seemed to understand immediately. He widened his eyes and blinked twice at the other person.
Huang Long was stunned for a moment, and then a warm smile gradually spread across his golden eyes.
After all, this wasn't Huanglong's first visit, and everyone was quite familiar with her.
In addition, Fu Yu, who used to be reserved, was now much more composed, so everyone quickly became familiar with each other and relaxed as they chatted.
Finally, they sat down on the ground by the lake and ate vegetables and drank flower tea in the middle of the night, chatting casually. It was quite pleasant.
Suanni stood behind Huanglong, looking at his hands with a serious expression.
He held his mother's hair with his two chubby little hands and carefully braided it for her.
Huang Long was originally about 1.8 meters tall. After sitting on the ground, Suanni would have to stand on tiptoe to reach the top of her head.
However, after Suanni got her hands on her, she quietly shrank her size, making it easier for Suanni to play with her.
Suanni braided a thin braid to the end of Huanglong's hair, and Xiaoxue softly meowed, then came closer with a dried flower that was white and purple in her mouth.
Suanni took it, wrapped the still-tough stem of the flower around itself, and tied it at the end of the braid.
He adjusted the position of the flowers, then nodded in satisfaction and reached out his hand to Xiaoxue.
Xiaoxue blinked her watery eyes at him, and then tentatively placed her white paws in the Suanni's palm.
"Mimi".
The Suanni gave the other party a disdainful look, but did not shake off Xiaoxue.
He grabbed Xiaoxue's hand and shook it twice, then patted his already clean little hands before continuing to braid Huanglong's hair.
Huang Long clapped his hands suddenly: "I almost forgot, System, you said before that you can only exchange flower seeds and vegetables, right? I brought some saplings this time and placed them near the time portal."
At this point, not only the system was excited, but everyone else was too.
"Saplings!?"
The system immediately said, "I'll go check it out!"
Qianchuan: "Shall I help you?"
System: "Okay."
So everyone watched as Qian Chuan raised the system and roared, "Hey ha!"
The next second, the system was thrown out in a standard shot put motion, instantly turning into a small black dot in everyone's sight.
Xie Chuanfeng thought for a moment and said, "I'll go too."
Xie Chuanfeng is a cultivator with a wood spirit root and the only human here. Many everyday spells developed by humans later can only be used by him, such as cleaning and tidying spells, which are very convenient and practical.
Moreover, he is a cultivator with a wood spirit root, so if those saplings from other worlds wither or become sick, his spiritual power can also be of use.
Xie Chuanfeng summoned his sword and instantly flew away on it.
Xiao Jiu originally wanted to go too, but as soon as he stood up with the Taotie on his head, he noticed a faint movement not far away.
He immediately ran over there, then bent down and picked something up.
It was a creature that looked like a fox.
It seemed to be frozen stiff, its whole body was ice cold, and it couldn't open its eyes.
After being carried by Xiao Jiu to the elf tree and warmed by the fire for a while, its body slowly warmed up.
Once its limbs were able to move, its body slowly stretched out, revealing the two protrusions on its back.
Grandma Tai Li and Huang Long recognized it instantly: "It's Cheng Huang."
Xiao Jiu asked in confusion, "Riding a yellow horse?"
Fu Yu explained to him, "The Chenghuang has horns on its back, and it runs incredibly fast, almost like it's flying through the air. It's said that—"
Fu Yu's voice stopped abruptly.
He seemed to have thought of something; the disgust in his eyes was impossible to hide, and a fleeting look of fatigue crossed his face.
But seeing the worry in Xiao Jiu's eyes, he forced a smile, then lowered his gaze and continued speaking.
"...It is said that riding on its back can add two thousand years to one's lifespan."
Xiao Jiu stared blankly at Fu Yu, whose emotions were clearly off, and instinctively reached out to grab his hand.
However, before his hand could even touch Fuyu, several fluffy balls suddenly appeared in their field of vision.
Those were the little monsters living in the elf cabin at the foot of the mountain.
To be precise, it refers to the young rabbits and deer.
They looked at Huanglong with curiosity, having never seen him before, their eyes filled with unparalleled clarity.
Just then, a wolf cub ran up to them, panting heavily.
The little wolf let out an apologetic "howl" towards everyone on the mountaintop, and then hurriedly tried to carry the runaway little rabbits back.
Seeing this, Huang Long laughed and said, "It's alright, let them stay here and play."
Little Wolf looked at Huanglong, then at Xiaojiu, and finally, under everyone's gentle gaze, silently put the little rabbits down from his mouth and back.
So when the system and Xie Chuanfeng returned, they saw many small, colorful fluffy balls under the Elf Tree.
System: "What's going on?"
Taotie lay softly on Xiao Jiu's head, like a melting fluffy pancake: "They're not sleeping anymore."
The Suanni nestled in its mother's arms, its two short arms wrapped around a little black rabbit: "There's nothing I can do, Mother is just so amazing."
Unlike many human legends, the Yellow Dragon God does not frighten animals; on the contrary, all living beings feel an innate affinity for the Yellow Dragon.
The same goes for these little monsters.
Even though they are so far away, they still run up the mountain without sleeping.
Huanglong gently stroked the little monsters that surrounded her. As she looked at them, something like a stream of light flashed in her eyes.
Those streaks of light seemed to transform into flashing swords and clashing blades, into blood and raging flames, but they quickly vanished.
A hint of sadness appeared on her face, and she only sighed softly.
Huanglong looked at Chenghuang in Xiaojiu's arms.
Cheng Huang is clearly not a normal-looking creature.
One of its horns on its back is the size of a thumb, while the other side is only the size of a fingernail, like a wooden stake that has been cut off at the base.
It had already eaten some grain porridge and licked a tiny bit of the internal medicine the system had given it, and was now curled up and asleep.
Huanglong looked at Granny Taili, who seemed to be lost in thought, and then at the place where Xiao Jiu had discovered the horse.
Finally, she said nothing, but raised her head and gently stroked the Suanni's hair.
The lion looked up in confusion: "Mother?"
The Yellow Dragon God rested his chin on the top of the Suanni's head and hugged him even tighter.
She said in a sighing tone, "My darling, you've grown up so much..."
Suanni was taken aback, then chuckled foolishly, while Taotie, who had been like a pendant, slowly opened its eyes after hearing these words.
Taotie looked at Huanglong and Suanni.
Huang Long lowered his eyes and held his child in a posture that was clearly that of a protector.
The Suanni's face was full of a silly smile that he would never normally show. He nestled against his mother, and the bright happiness he exuded almost overflowed from his body.
Taotie gently licked Xiao Jiu's hair, just as it had once learned to lick its own fur.
He closed his eyes.
Dawn broke quickly.
This time, Huanglong Dragon God wasn't in a hurry to leave, and Suanni acted like a dutiful tour guide, leading her to see and explore this world.
The scenery here is actually quite monotonous.
Mountains, plains, flowers and grass, flowing water.
The mountain, which is home to the fairy tree and its smaller counterparts, is surrounded by blooming flowers. Vast fields of spirit flowers and otherworldly flora intertwine, creating a truly spectacular sight.
But the distant mountains hadn't yet been covered with spirit flowers, so they looked completely bare.
Once the Moon Spring flows further away, it becomes even less distinctive, resembling almost any ordinary river or stream.
However, Suanni was still very happy holding Huanglong's hand.
Seeing this, no one disturbed them.
Beside the farmland, the system excitedly told Xiao Jiu, "Host, host, we can plant fruit trees now! Once the trees are grown, you can enjoy fresh fruit!"
fruit.
Upon hearing this word, Xiao Jiu's eyes widened in surprise. If he had a tail, it would definitely be spinning like a propeller.
This time, Huanglong brought almost entirely fruit tree saplings.
There are common apple, pear, and peach saplings, as well as less common ones, such as jaboticaba and black persimmon saplings.
But for them, it doesn't matter what kind of seedlings they are, they can just bury them directly in the buff farmland.
The system is a horticulture system, so vegetables and seedlings are all classified as level 1 in its system.
Therefore, these fruit tree seedlings can be described as growing at a rapid pace.
In just a few hours, the saplings, which were originally only a few dozen or even a dozen centimeters tall, have grown lush and green, and some have even started to bloom.
Normally, these flowers need to be pollinated before they can bear fruit, but here, there's no need to consider normal circumstances at all.
So, just a few days later, the fruit trees in the farmland were all laden with fruits of various shapes and colors.
Xiao Jiu ate until her belly was round.
He lay side by side with Taotie on the grass, their limbs outstretched, making his bulging, round belly particularly noticeable.
Taotie: "We can't eat it all! We can't eat it all!"
Xiao Jiu: "Xiao Jiu can't eat anymore either, hiccup."
Qianchuan and Fuyu looked at the two of them, then smiled at each other.
Qian Chuanfuyu collected most of the fruit, intending to make dried fruit. He stored some in the system and removed the pits from the last small portion, preparing to cultivate it into new fruit tree seedlings.
These fruit trees are different from the fairy trees.
They can't be planted in the buff farm forever, otherwise they will keep flowering and fruiting indefinitely and at a very fast rate, so everyone agreed to transplant them out.
Xie Chuanfeng tried to use his spiritual power to manipulate the grown fruit trees. After the spiritual power and the fruit trees were fully integrated, he simply led the trees to the open plains and mountains like herding sheep.
After being removed from the buffed farmland, the fruit trees quickly returned to their normal growth rate.
However, perhaps influenced by the spiritual energy of this world, under the midday sun, the branches and leaves of these fruit trees faintly reveal a jade-like texture.
Xie Chuanfeng looked at the fruit trees covering the mountain, lost in thought.
He said, "Judging from the current growth, it will definitely bear fruit again next year. At that time, these fruits may become spiritual fruits."
Qianchuan was somewhat surprised.
In the cultivation world, spiritual fruits have a very long growth period, which is why there is a saying about "spiritual herbs and fruits that take hundreds or thousands of years to grow".
And these fruit trees only bear fruit once a year?
That's so fast!
However, Qianchuan quickly stopped worrying about it: "It's fine."
Fu Yu: "Yes, the taste of the spirit fruit is completely different from that of ordinary fruit. Xiao Jiu will definitely be very happy then."
They looked up at the lush fruit trees, feeling the warmth of the sunlight through the gaps in the leaves.
A gust of wind blew by.
The wind made the branches sway slightly, and also lifted a strand of their hair and a piece of their clothing, before continuing to drift into the distance.
The little elf trees whose branches had been broken off have not only grown back, but the entire plant is also thicker and taller than before. Now, even a single branch is enough to make a wooden house.
If the clones are like this, then the original body must be even more so.
The fairy tree on the mountaintop is more like a fluorescent giant than a tree.
Even if you are in the most remote corner of the world, you can see it as soon as you look up.
As golden light flashed across the fairy tree, the sun gradually set.
The afterglow of the setting sun turned golden-red, painting the sky with brilliance.
The setting sun shone on the Suanni, which had reverted to its kitten form, making its snow-white fur appear as if it were stained with blood.
It looked tired, turned around silently, and was immediately startled by the golden object.
The Suanni, stung and rolling on the ground, clutching its eyes, cried out, "Aaaaah, I'm going to change your color!"
The system, which usually would immediately start arguing and fighting with him, only calmly asked, "Meow Meow, did you do something?"
The Suanni was taken aback.
Two full seconds later, he rolled over and stood up from the ground: "What are you talking about?"
The Suanni is now a tiny kitten, slightly larger than the palm of your hand. Its round cat eyes reflect the golden-red sunlight, sparkling brightly.
It made him and his cat seem utterly innocent.
But the system seemed not to see it.
System: "That yellow horse didn't come through the original spatial gap."
It looked at the Suanni and asked with certainty, "The rules of this world have been changed, haven't they?"
As the system's voice faded, a muffled thunderclap boomed in the sky.
"Boom—"
On the distant hillside, Xiao Jiu and Fu Yu jumped up in fright.
One of them stared wide-eyed and covered his ears, while the other took a deep breath and clutched his chest.
Qianchuan looked at them with concern: "Are you alright?"
Xiao Jiu and Fu Yu shook their heads.
The thunder seemed to explode in the mountain, and the sound waves seemed to resonate with every cell in the body.
Xiao Jiu rubbed her ears, which were still ringing, and looked up at the sky.
The sky was filled with dark clouds, and thunder roared.
It's going to rain.
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