Chapter 95: Should the controlled crops be taken back, or left here? ...
"You mean, Huanglong did this to restore Taotie?"
When asked, the Suanni chewed on the grain in its mouth, and only after swallowing it slowly said, "Yes, otherwise why would my mother have left behind cultivation techniques?"
When the Taotie was hatching, the Suanni mumbled something in a daze, saying, "Now I finally know why my mother did this."
The situation was urgent, so no one had time to ask.
Later, they were busy restoring the empty space that had been swallowed by the Taotie, checking the state of the world's energy after the disappearance of a large number of spirit flowers, and comforting the little monsters who were frightened by the Taotie's oppressive aura, etc...
After all that busyness, I only just now had time to ask about this matter.
Suanni didn't hide anything and directly shared his speculations about the whole matter.
Before Suanni's mother, the Yellow Dragon God, left behind a cultivation technique, she did so.
It turns out that this world was just a place with abundant spiritual energy, but once that cultivation technique was "born," the energy level of the entire world changed, directly leaping to the same level as the cultivation world.
That's the key.
"Don't you find that strange?"
Suanni asked everyone, "The Taotie has been here for quite some time, and it has eaten a lot of grains and spirit flowers. We have all leveled up so many times, so why can't the Taotie even hatch?"
In fact, this issue has always been a source of frustration for the system.
The Suanni tilted its head back and swung its tail: "That's because the energy ceiling of this world was originally too low."
His words were like a sudden awakening to everyone.
The energy state of a world corresponds to the state of the living beings living in it.
Just as a cultivator cannot directly go to a world where only ordinary beings exist, when the energy state of a world is insufficient, the beings within it will also change accordingly.
Taotie is an example of this.
When the energy level of this world suddenly increased, the invisible seal on Taotie was lifted.
After Suanni finished explaining everything in detail, everyone marveled at Huanglong's keen insight, making Suanni so impressed that its tail practically swished wildly.
Just then, Xiao Jiu looked up and saw Fu Yu's thoughtful expression.
Although Xiao Jiu has evolved and grown into a teenager, and has learned how to "be human" from everyone for so many years, his physical abilities are indeed lagging behind.
The process of zombification is irreversible.
So no matter how much Xiao Jiu grows, his brain can never be the same as a real human's; at most, it's only at the level of a seven or eight-year-old human child.
Looking at Fuyu's expression, Xiao Jiu, not understanding anything about "tact" or anything like that, simply asked, "Ayu, what's wrong?"
Everyone immediately turned to look at Fuyu.
Fu Yu was taken aback for a moment.
He was no longer as nervous as before, and said in a calm tone, "I was just thinking that Huanglong Longshen might be doing this for Miaomiao."
The Suanni was bewildered: "Huh? For me?"
Fu Yu: "Yes, the dog can cultivate using evil resentment, but because it can't hatch, it can't cultivate either."
He looked at the Suanni in its white kitten form: "But once the Taotie hatches, given its abilities, it will definitely notice the abnormality on the cat immediately, right?"
The Taotie's pet skill is called "Energy Reconstruction," which is an ability to sense any energy and directly intervene in it.
Simply put, if Taotie were to regain his strength, he could directly detach those resentful evil spirits from Suanni's body.
These evil spirits are no different from spiritual energy to the Taotie, and can even be considered a great tonic.
In this way, it can be considered a win-win situation.
Fu Yu said, "So I think that Huanglong Dragon God must have discovered what Miaomiao was going to do a long time ago, and she did it to protect Miaomiao."
Xie Chuanfeng sensed something was amiss: "Was Taotie's previous loss of control a mistake?"
No one could answer that.
However, the system started calculating something as soon as it heard what Suanni said, and when the result came out, it immediately said, "Found it! There is indeed residual energy of the Yellow Dragon in this world."
System: "I knew it! Meow Meow, the energy on your body seems to have appeared out of thin air!"
The system retrieved a string of data and explained it to everyone in detail.
The system explained that the reason it went straight to Suanni at the beginning was because its data showed that Suanni's state was only slightly abnormal.
According to its quantitative standards for the Suanni, that level of illness would be roughly equivalent to being infected by a virus or catching a cold in humans.
He thought it wasn't a big problem, so he didn't tell anyone else.
However, the reality is that the total amount of negative energy is actually dozens of times greater than what the system calculated.
Because this world has also become a cultivation world, the Heavenly Dao has also gotten involved. As soon as the evil resentment on the Suanni's body was released, it directly attracted the Heavenly Punishment Lightning.
The Heavenly Punishment Lightning was already extremely dangerous, and the power of the Heavenly Punishment Lightning that was about to strike the Suanni was comparable to the time when Xiao Jiu was struck four times in a row.
Xiao Jiu is not afraid of lightning tribulations, but Suanni is a normal living being, so of course it is afraid.
Given the Suanni's weakened state at the time, it might have been directly blasted back into the pet space and instantly restored to a pet egg.
Logically speaking, with such a powerful evil aura, the Suanni should have been finished long ago; there's no reason it could have lasted this long.
The system pointed to a string of data smaller than a grain of sand and said, "This is the key! Huanglong installed an energy converter on you!"
To put it more easily, it means: "It's like using blood ties as a medium to cast a spell on you, or to put a contract on you."
The effect of this spell contract is to transfer the vast majority of the "cause and effect" onto Huanglong himself.
Upon hearing this, Xie Chuanfeng couldn't help but exclaim, "Meow...you really have a very amazing mother."
The Yellow Dragon God had long since sensed what the Suanni was about to do.
This is something that a deity would find difficult to accept, or even understand.
However, Huanglong Dragon God did not stop Suanni.
She was simply protecting her child quietly and subtly.
Even the Suanni itself was stunned.
His amber eyes were wide open, making the small ring of black down around them particularly noticeable.
He stared blankly and said, "Mother..."
Qian Chuan, sitting next to Suanni, suddenly realized something, and a trace of sadness appeared on his face, but he quickly concealed it and simply patted Suanni's shoulder comfortingly.
Suanni snapped out of his daze and hurriedly asked, "Then why did all this energy suddenly return to me? Did something happen to Mother?"
Huanglong wasn't considered a "pet," and the system couldn't constantly track her data, so it couldn't answer immediately: "This, this..."
The Suanni was so anxious that its tail caught fire.
Suddenly, a deep voice rang out.
"It's my fault."
Everyone subconsciously looked up at the sky, but saw nothing. However, when they looked down in confusion, they saw that Granny Tai Li appeared beside them out of thin air, like a wisp of wind.
At this moment, Granny Taili transformed into human form. She was very tall, and when she sat down, she was a head taller than Qianchuan.
She sighed, "Alas, it's all my fault for taking it upon myself to close off the energy of this world into a one-way channel."
The system instantly understood her meaning: "Grandma, you want to prevent those negative energies from escaping? But..."
Each dimension is independent, but this independence does not mean that it is not connected to the outside world or the universe; otherwise, spatial channels could not be formed.
By doing this, Grandma Tai Li essentially turned this place into a container that only takes in and never lets out.
However, the container's capacity is limited, and if this is done, the world will begin to collapse at an alarming rate.
Grandma Tai Li: "I do want those energies to remain here, but they will not be reflected back into this world."
Everyone's eyes widened: "You mean...?"
Grandma Tai Li nodded: "That's right, I'm prepared to take it all on myself."
Suanni: "No! This isn't fair!"
Suanni said angrily, "I was the one who brought this up in the first place, what does it have to do with you! You're still injured, why are you putting yourself through this!"
Qian Chuan, Fu Yu, and Xie Chuanfeng said, "That's right, we'll do it."
Before Suanni could refute the three of them, Xiao Jiu raised his hand high: "Me too!"
Everyone quickly pressed his hand down.
At this moment, the tiny, palm-sized Taotie spoke up: "I'll help Meow Meow."
Taotie's voice was already sweet, but now that it had shrunk, it was even lighter and softer, making people's hearts melt as they listened.
Grandma Tai Li was taken aback for a moment, and then burst into laughter.
Her voice was deep and resonant, as if it echoed the entire world.
As she raised her hand, her arm, which had previously been only one, seemed to instantly appear as a phantom.
Grandma Tai Li gently stroked everyone's heads and said softly, "So-called evil resentment is also an energy evolved from all things. As a deity, I can naturally accept it."
Seeing the continued worry in everyone's eyes, she comforted them, "With you all here, I will never revert to my old self. There's no need to worry."
The divine power of the gods is a burden, but also a reliance.
As long as Grandma Tai Li is not betrayed or abandoned by the beings she protects, those prayers, trust, and expectations will become her strongest power.
Grandma Tai Li thought for a moment and said, "How about I transform back into my original form and let you take a closer look?"
That's one way to do it.
The true form of a demon beast cannot be disguised. Once it is disguised, unusual energy fluctuations will inevitably occur, which the system and Taotie can immediately detect.
But this would just turn the other person back to their original form... which seems rather impolite no matter how you look at it.
Suanni replied directly, "Alright, then please transform."
Everyone turned to look at him.
The Suanni, completely oblivious, asked, "What?"
The system patted his head with its tail: "Sigh."
Seeing that the Suanni was about to explode, Qianchuan picked up the little white cat and shoved it into Xiao Jiu's arms: "Xiao Jiu, let's go. Make room for Grandma."
Xiao Jiu nodded, holding the Taotie in one hand and the Suanni in the other, and ran off with the two fur balls in her arms.
As the golden light flashed, an enormous serpent, so large it almost covered the entire earth, appeared.
She had the body of a snake and the head of a human, and the eye on her forehead almost covered half the sky, shining brighter than the midday sun. The spirit tree, which was already a giant to everyone, was now smaller than a single scale next to her.
However, there were still some parts of her body that had not fully recovered. You could see that the scales in those areas were still like stones, gray and full of death.
The Suanni carried Xiao Jiu on its back, and Xiao Jiu held the system and had a shrunken version of the Taotie on its head. They leaped rapidly through the air.
Every time the Suanni stomps its feet, a wisp of white smoke with sparks appears in the air, but before that spark can actually turn into flames, it will quickly sweep its tail to extinguish it.
The system's brain remained fixed at the same angle, capturing every minute detail of data.
Soon, it said: "Energy fluctuation range, peak value is normal... just like the deduced result, everything is normal."
The Suanni landed on a small fairy tree: "Grandma, please change back."
Grandma Tai Li's figure instantly turned into a phantom and scattered, leaving only some beams of light that dispersed with the wind.
Although Granny Tai Li's body was much better than her original skeletal form, she had not fully recovered. At everyone's urging, she returned to the Elf Tree to continue her slow recuperation.
System: "Alright, alright, we've figured everything out. Let's hurry back and check if the flower seeds are ready."
Everyone: "Okay."
They had just upgraded their farmland to the maximum level of 9 and exchanged for the only level 9 flower seed.
Because the process of soaking the flower seeds cannot be accelerated, they had the opportunity to ask Suanni about the Yellow Dragon God.
Now that everything is clear, they can return to their daily routine of planting flowers.
Fu Yu looked on with anticipation: "I wonder what a level 9 flower will look like."
Qian Chuan: "Aren't you afraid of the mutated flower?"
Fu Yu smiled and shook his head: "The mutated flower does look somewhat terrifying, but no matter how terrifying it is..."
Fu Yu's eyes darkened for a moment, but then he immediately returned to his usual expression. He said in a relaxed tone, "If you plant these seeds, isn't there still a 50% chance that they will grow into spirit flowers?"
The higher the level of the spirit-transformed flower, the more attractive it is to these demonic beasts.
Qianchuan was also looking forward to the idea of this world being filled with vast fields of level 9 spirit flowers.
He returned a smile and said, "Yeah, that's true."
The Suanni just sighed, "Sigh, more work to do."
The system stared at him with resentful eyes: "You promised before, you're not allowed to slack off."
Suanni: "I know, I know, you just want my planting skills, really."
Just as they were about to turn and head down to the farmland, a red figure suddenly slid down from the tree.
"I forgot to mention."
Grandma Tai Li looked at Xiao Jiu: "Xiao Jiu, your energy has also come to me. Should I take it back now, or should I keep it with me?"
Xiao Jiu looked at Granny Tai Li, who had a snake's body and a human head, and tilted her head in confusion: "My energy?"
Grandma Tai Li: "That day, under the influence of the nightingale and water lily, some of your energy leaked out. I was afraid you wouldn't be able to find it, so I put it away."
Her body hung from the elven branch, her head drooping upside down, her long black hair falling into the moonlit lake, making her look like a black snake.
Grandma Tai Li said gently, "Xiao Jiu, your energy isn't in your body, so you haven't been able to control the crops in the fields for a while now."
Everyone: ? ? ?
Controlling farmland crops?
What's going on?!
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