Chapter 5: Did they ever ask me? Just smashing spirit awareness contracts!

Ge Bai drove the small electric sightseeing vehicle alone, driving along the main road toward the depths of the Blue Star Spirit Plant Garden.

The map shows that the Spirit Plant Garden and the Botanical Garden are connected by two entrances, which happen to be the northeast corner and the northwest corner.

She is now entering from the northeast corner of the Spirit Plant Garden, and will pass through the rainforest area, forest area, grassland area, and desert area in turn, and finally arrive at the plateau area before returning to the Spirit Plant Garden from the northwest corner.

Just after entering the rainforest area, Ge Bai turned on the Spirit Plant Communicator state.

Compared with the noisy and bustling nursery before, the Spirit Plant Garden appeared exceptionally quiet.

Perhaps these spirit plants have lived here for too long and no longer have much desire to chat.

When she slowed down the sightseeing vehicle or simply got out of the car to touch the trunks of certain spirit plants, it was as if she could hear the faint breathing and rhythmic snoring of the spirit plants.

The sounds made by these spirit plants were not even as loud as the sounds of birds and beasts flying in the garden.

It is not difficult to explain why wild spirit plants are difficult to contract.

After all, people are sleeping, and you come up and contract them directly? It would be a ghost if you could contract successfully without the spirit plant even waking up.

Ge Bai was not in a hurry either. Like a real tourist, she patiently shuttled through the garden, curiously looking around and admiring.

After all, it is still the peak contract period recently. Unlike the lively Spirit Plant Garden next door, Ge Bai didn't meet any other visitors along the way, as if she were the only human in the entire Spirit Plant Garden.

Driving for more than 10 minutes, the surrounding scenery changed accordingly.

She left the rainforest area and entered the forest area.

This area's spirit plants are far less crowded and lush than the rainforest area, but they also have their own characteristics.

Ge Bai's Spirit Plant Communicator state has been on.

Suddenly, she was attracted by the noisy sound by the lake not far from the road.

"Big Brother Banyan! Can you manage your branches? They're about to hang onto me again."

Ge Bai looked in the direction of the sound. The lake was rippling, and a tall banyan tree was rooted in the center of the small island in the middle of the lake.

The banyan tree's crown was like an umbrella, with many branches on the trunk, intricate and complex, like a huge green net. The branches hung down and took root in the soil, merging with the root system, forming a dense green shade that covered most of the island's space.

And the one speaking was a weeping ancient willow standing abruptly on the edge of the island.

The willow's main trunk was thick and upright, its branches extended upward, dividing into countless long, thin branches that hung down lightly, almost touching the lake surface.

Although its occupied area and thickness couldn't compare to the banyan tree, just from the perspective of the weeping ancient willow variety itself, it could be considered a very well-grown existence.

Ge Bai parked the small sightseeing vehicle on the side of the road, found the corridor leading to the lake island, and walked toward the island.

The ancient willow was still shouting loudly.

"Ah! I don't want to stay here anymore! I want to change places! Moving me back to the opposite bank is fine too!!!"

While speaking, it shook its full tree of willow branches, which swayed with the wind.

The willow branches hanging down should have been a pleasing scene, but it was vividly shaken into a feeling of demons dancing by this ancient willow.

"Little Willow, stop arguing. If you hadn't angered Peach Demon Lady, you wouldn't have been moved here."

This should be the banyan tree's voice, much deeper.

"That's right, that's right. We don't want to stay with you either. You're the one who argues the loudest every day!"

The small-leaf shrubs around chimed in one after another.

"It was quite comfortable when only we and Big Brother Banyan were on the island."

"You were clearly the last one to come, taking our place and nagging every day. It's so annoying."

The ancient willow's willow branches shook even more violently. Ge Bai was very sure that this was definitely not because of the wind.

Just as she was thinking, she also stepped onto the lake island.

It was called an island, but after she really got on it, she found that the island's area was also very vast, and she couldn't see the end at a glance.

Sunlight passed through the layers of green leaves of the huge banyan tree, casting mottled light and shadows.

Shrubs and vines grew wantonly under the tree, the grass was like a carpet, and even a few small wild flowers by the shrubbery were blooming very comfortably.

They didn't pay special attention to Ge Bai's arrival and were still chattering.

Among them, the ancient willow had the loudest voice.

"So annoying! I can't live like this! The broken bird also came to peck my leaves! I want to find Peach Demon Lady!" Peach Demon Lady? Is it a peach tree? Ge Bai scanned the surroundings; there wasn't a single peach tree on the island.

Calming her mind, she cautiously mobilized her spirit awareness and used the Spirit Plant Communicator skill for the first time.

"Hello everyone, my name is Ge Bai."

In an instant, all the sounds on the island disappeared, exceptionally quiet.

Seeing this, Ge Bai coughed twice and continued.

"Don't panic, I'm just an ordinary person who happens to have the ability to talk to spirit plants."

In a corner Ge Bai didn't know, the system flashed a black line, unable to help but complain: You're ordinary, my foot. Is this looking down on my system? While speaking, she slowly moved her feet and came to the side of the weeping ancient willow.

She gently touched the rough trunk of the ancient willow. The willow branches flicked, but it wasn't particularly resistant.

"I heard everything you were chatting about just now. I have no malice. This is also my first time chatting with spirit plants. Have you ever seen a person like me?"

"No, can you really hear us talking?"

The first one who couldn't hold back was still the ancient willow, who tentatively asked.

"I can. You want to find Peach Demon Lady? I don't see any peach trees nearby."

Seeing the ancient willow chatting with Ge Bai, the small-leaf shrubs also gradually became active.

"Scared me to death. I thought some monster had come out?"

Ge Bai was a little speechless listening to the small shrubs' words. What kind of world is this? A spirit plant that can talk isn't a monster, but a person who can talk is a monster? "Don't researchers usually treat us as ordinary plants?"

Ge Bai raised an eyebrow, just as she wanted to ask about the researchers, she heard the banyan tree speak.

"Little girl, what are you doing here?"

She looked up at the banyan tree. Standing on the island, she couldn't see the full picture of the banyan tree at all.

"I'm here to contract a spirit plant. I didn't find a suitable spirit plant seedling in the Spirit Plant Garden just now, so I came here to stroll around."

Ge Bai hit the nail on the head.

"Yo, you're quite polite." The ancient willow interrupted quickly. "Unlike those white coats before, who come up and smash spirit awareness contracts, it's extremely offensive."

"Did they ever ask me? Just want to contract? They're beautiful."

The ancient willow's temper flared up instantly, and its tone was very arrogant. It seems it had been smashed by spirit awareness contracts many times.

So this is how spirit plants view researchers? Ge Bai instantly confirmed that the system was right. This might be the reason why the contract success rate of wild spirit plants is low.

As the ancient willow became active, Ge Bai could clearly feel the speed of spirit power flowing in the branches and trunks accelerating, and the tips of the willow branches seemed to be glowing with faint light.

They really are spirit plants. Perhaps they are usually in a dormant state, which is why their spirit power content seems low. This is just Ge Bai's guess.

She didn't forget to defend the researchers for a few sentences.

"Maybe researchers don't have the ability to talk to spirit plants like I do, so they don't quite understand what you are thinking, which makes them appear relatively offensive."

"Hmph." The ancient willow arrogantly flicked a cluster of willow branches.

"That's not it. They pull two branches today and dig two sections of roots tomorrow, researching back and forth. It's boring."

It seems the ancient willow really doesn't like the researchers in white coats.

The banyan tree spoke at this time: "Alright, Little Willow, researchers also inject you with nutrient solution regularly."

The ancient willow flicked its willow branches again and didn't answer, turning to ask Ge Bai: "Little girl, I think you're quite pleasing to the eye. Who are you planning to contract with?"

"I haven't decided yet. Most of them were resting on the way here. I only came to the island because I saw you chatting happily."

The ancient willow was very interested in Ge Bai.

"Then we can be considered fated. I don't chat with Big Brother Banyan every day either."

The small shrubs heard this and clicked their tongues.

"Don't listen to him. He's the one who's the most noisy every day."

Ge Bai held back her laughter and asked the ancient willow carefully, holding up a willow branch.

"Do you have any plans to contract? I should be able to become a very good Spirit Plant Master."

We, Ge Bai, will really become a very good Spirit Plant Master.