Chapter 6: This ornamental willow loves to swing a big hammer

Hearing Ge Bai say this, the ancient willow shook its willow branches, looking a bit lazy.

"Haven't thought about it. I've had spirit awareness for more than ten years, and I roughly know what the situation is with contracting, but I really haven't thought about contracting with humans."

"What's the benefit of contracting with you?"

Ge Bai thought about it. This weeping ancient willow is actually taken care of quite well, with regular check-ups by researchers and nutrient solution to drink.

The only thing she can give it might be a different path.

"I can help you evolve."

"Hmm? What can a willow tree evolve into?"

The ancient willow became interested.

Ge Bai spread her hands: "I don't know right now. I'll only know after contracting."

"Then aren't you just trying to get something for nothing?"

The ancient willow said so, but one of its willow branches took the initiative to hang down and extend, reaching Ge Bai's head and picking up a strand of her hair to wrap around it.

It could be seen that it was quite looking forward to evolution.

"I'm really not lying to you. Only after contracting with you and communicating through spirit awareness can I understand you more comprehensively, so that I can find the path of evolution."

Ge Bai tried her best to explain the 【Spirit Plant Cultivation Manual】 logically.

"That group of researchers studied me for a long time. They didn't find the path of how to evolve."

"I heard that the seedlings taken from me for cuttings are now just ornamental spirit plants."

Mentioning ornamental spirit plants, the ancient willow was a bit listless.

Ge Bai didn't follow what it said, but instead asked: "What do you want to evolve into? Do you have any dreams?"

Why is the style wrong?

Suddenly, it turned into a CCTV interview style??? This asked the ancient willow, and it was a bit stuck.

Stuttering.

The small shrub on the side chimed in: "He just wants to be next to Peach Demon Lady every day."

The ancient willow was thinking hard, and hearing the small shrub say this, it shook its willow branches violently, trying its best to refute.

"That's not it!"

"I, I want to become especially powerful."

"That is, when those bad birds come to peck my leaves, I can beat them all away."

Perhaps for an ancient willow in a botanical garden, not being able to bully birds seems to be a huge deal.

Although the childish words sounded a bit funny, Ge Bai keenly discovered that this ancient willow had a martial arts dream of swinging its arms to beat people!

Her eyes lit up. This dream is good and worth cultivating.

Instantly, she became even more attentive than before, secretly making up her mind: must trick it away.

"Then, you have to evolve skills with attack power like the Devil Vine."

Ge Bai deliberated on her language.

The ancient willow listened and was a bit disdainful.

"That kind of vine spirit plant that lies on the ground, what's so great about it? The hardness of its branches isn't as strong as my willow branches, and its flexibility is average."

"Objectively speaking, the branch hardness of a Devil Vine under Tier 1 might not be as strong as yours, but above Tier 2, they are definitely much stronger than you."

"Can you help me advance to Tier 2?"

Ge Bai thought very seriously and mobilized her spirit awareness to look at the 【Spirit Plant Cultivation Manual】.

From the current situation, the system is right. She still has the confidence to pull the ancient willow into Tier 2.

"No problem, I guarantee it."

"Then, can you guarantee that I have attack skills?"

Ge Bai considered it and felt it wasn't a big problem.

Gritting her teeth, she said: "Shouldn't be a problem either."

Seeing that the ancient willow was still hesitating, she continued.

"How about this, we contract first. You wait for me to study it. If I really can't help you practice skills, then we'll cancel the contract, and I'll send you back. If you're not happy, I can't bind you for a lifetime."

The ancient willow thought about it and was quite tempted.

The banyan tree on the side had been listening quietly for a long time and spoke at this time.

"Little Willow, if you want to go out and stroll, follow this girl."

"The wind tells me she's not a bad person."

Ge Bai was a little surprised, looked up at the banyan tree, and showed a happy smile.

I don't know if it's because of the high spirit plant affinity, but ever since she walked into this botanical garden, she seemed to truly feel the comfort brought to her by the spirit plants.

Although she really wanted to contract a spirit plant, she really didn't have any crooked thoughts.

Hearing the banyan tree say this, the ancient willow seemed to have made up its mind.

"Fine, I'll contract with you."

"There's one more thing. In a while, can you accompany me to ask Peach Demon Lady if she is willing to contract with you together."

How much does the ancient willow like Peach Demon Lady? Ge Bai answered subconsciously: "No problem." The small shrub on the side clicked its tongue.

"Willow Willow, you're dreaming. Peach Demon Lady won't pay attention to you; she dislikes you the most."

As if stepped on a sore spot, the ancient willow was furious.

"You're not Peach Demon Lady, how do you know!"

"Pfft, pfft, pfft."

The small shrub shook its dense leaves.

Ge Bai soothed and touched the ancient willow's trunk.

"Alright, don't be angry. Where does Peach Demon Lady live? We'll go see her in a while and ask her, isn't it simple?"

The ancient willow hummed angrily, and the willow branches wrapped around Ge Bai's wrist.

"That's right, ignore them. Come on, let's contract."

Ge Bai didn't expect it to be so smooth and was a bit excited.

Stabilizing her mind, she immediately mobilized her spirit awareness and outlined the contract rune.

The golden rune gradually emerged in the air.

Deep in her spirit awareness, the system flashed and quietly added something to the contract rune, and the rune's light became even brighter.

It's just that the spirit plants and Ge Bai on the scene didn't notice this point.

After the rune gradually solidified, Ge Bai urged her spirit power and pushed the contract rune slowly toward the ancient willow.

The ancient willow also actively mobilized its own spirit power and smoothly accepted the spirit awareness contract rune.

The spirit power of both sides connected, and the contract was reached.

In an instant, Ge Bai felt as if her soul was connected to the ancient willow, and their hearts were linked.

A strong spirit power fluctuation also erupted on the ancient willow's branches. — At the same time.

Jinggang Spirit Plant Research Institute, dozens of kilometers away.

The value on an instrument that was originally stable rose sharply, and the instrument emitted a sharp reminder buzzing sound.

Lu Nan, a researcher in a white coat who had just brewed a cup of coffee and was preparing to enjoy it leisurely, was startled, and the coffee in his hand spilled all over the floor.

He couldn't care about wiping it, threw the coffee cup on the table, and turned to run toward the buzzing instrument.

Pushing his glasses, he stared fixedly at the values on the instrument, but the buzzing of the instrument didn't last long and gradually stabilized.

At this time, a middle-aged researcher with gold-rimmed glasses, a square face, and gray hair pushed the door and entered.

"What happened? Where did the monitoring instrument give a high spirit power explosion prompt?"

Lu Nan turned back and said a bit awkwardly: "Professor Luo Wan, the prompt only lasted for two seconds. It's the monitoring point in the forest area of the botanical garden."

Professor Luo Wan looked carefully at the abnormal spirit power ripple chart just printed by the instrument and picked up the phone.

"Hello, is this the Blue Star Botanical Garden? This is the Jinggang Spirit Plant Research Institute..."

"We monitored that there might be spirit power fluctuations in the botanical garden. We don't rule out the possibility of plant mutation."

"Don't be too panicked. It's not certain, just possible. We are sending researchers over right now."

"Please also pay more attention. If there is any special situation, we will communicate at any time." — View pulled back to the botanical garden.

The spirit power erupted by the ancient willow quickly stabilized.

A crisp system sound rang in Ge Bai's mind.

"Congratulations to the host for completing the novice task: successfully contracting the same type of spirit plant."

"Congratulations to the host, there is currently no risk of eradication."

It's truly enough to spoil the mood. Originally, the contract was successful, and she tricked a big ancient willow home.

Just notify that the task is completed. Why mention eradication when there's nothing to do?

Ge Bai rolled her eyes. This system is afraid she'll forget about eradication.

The system couldn't see Ge Bai's eye-rolling and continued to notify without emotion.

"【Spirit Plant Cultivation Manual】 has been opened, 【Weeping Ancient Willow】 details page can be viewed."

"Please cultivate the spirit plant diligently. The next system task (Novice) will be released in 24 hours."

Ge Bai couldn't care about the system and directly urged her spirit awareness to open the 【Spirit Plant Cultivation Manual】.

【Type: Weeping Ancient Willow】

【Age: Spirit plant biological age 212, spirit awareness birth age: 11】

【Spirit power value: Tier 0 Level 2 (31/200)】

【Primary attribute: Wind type】

【Skills: Willow Whip - Entry (0/100); Wind Blade - Entry (0/100); Storm Willow Blade Hammer - Entry (0/100)】

Although she didn't know much about the skills yet, seeing that the ancient willow really had a skill column, Ge Bai was relieved instantly.

Now she can explain it to her Da Liu.

Closing the Spirit Plant Cultivation Manual, Ge Bai breathed a long sigh of relief, looked at the ancient willow, and smiled exceptionally easily.

"Da Liu, believe me, you can become very powerful!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 7 =====