Spiritual Plant Master Sweeps the Beast Taming Star

Chapter 2 System, Can I have a pet?

"Congratulations host, you have grown to the youth stage, and your spiritual awareness has reached 10%, meeting the system awakening conditions."

"Spiritual consciousness space area: 10 acres"

"Level of development of spiritual space: poor"

"Awakening ability: [Spiritual Plant Communicator] Proficiency: Beginner (0/100)"

"Awakening ability: [Spiritual plant cultivation map] Completeness: Primary stage (0/100)"

"System Task (Newbie): Please complete the contract with the same spiritual plant within 3 days."

"Penalty for mission failure: annihilation"

A clear electronic sound was buzzing in Ge Bai's mind.

Ge Bai lay back on the bed silently, facing the wall sideways, and her trembling fingers pinching the corner of the quilt revealed her excitement.

The system! The golden finger!

After 16 years, it’s finally here.

Ge Bai calmed down and asked bluntly: "System, can I contract a pet?"

……

The electronic voice in my head was silent for three seconds and then noticeably increased in volume.

"Hello, host. I am Shennong 2.7 system, not the turtle from the wishing well."

Oh? It’s an intelligent system.

Ge Bai was in the mood to chat.

"Is there any reward for successfully completing the Contract Spirit Planting Mission?"

"No."

"What does it mean to erase the penalty for mission failure?"

This time the system was very generous in its explanation.

"Eradication means the complete destruction of the host both physically and mentally."

What does this mean?
While other people's systems pave the way for divine glory, her Ge Bai's system is whipping the frame behind her with the whip of "annihilation"?
Forget it, having a system is better than having none. It’s just a contract for a spiritual plant, no big deal.

Ge Bai took a deep breath, tried to comfort himself, then turned around and continued to study the system.

[Spiritual Plant Communicator]? Talk to spiritual plants?

Ge Bai understood this awakening ability directly through the literal meaning.

She moved her spiritual consciousness and entered the state of spiritual plant communicator. Suddenly, a loud snoring sounded in the originally quiet dormitory.

She looked around and quickly locked onto the source of the sound, which was the pot of hyacinth by the window.

The light blue petals are densely clustered together, the thick leaves wrap around the pistil, the crimson-purple bulb is round and has white roots extending from it.

How can a hyacinth, which looks so quiet, make such a loud snoring sound?
Don't judge a flower by its appearance.

Ge Bai saw that there was not much water left in the transparent vase of the hyacinth, just enough to cover the roots at the bottom. He got up and picked up the vase to examine it carefully.

The snoring stopped abruptly.

"Hmm?" Hyacinthus seemed to wake up and hummed in a daze.

Ge Bai smiled and shook the vase playfully, causing the huge pistil of the hyacinth to sway with it.

"Ah, ah, what are you doing? Stop shaking, I feel dizzy!"

The hyacinth woke up completely and started babbling.

Ge Bai ignored him, quickly changed the water for the bottle, and put it back on the windowsill.

Seeing this, Hyacinthus snored and fell asleep again, but this time her snoring was obviously much quieter.

Ge Bai didn't say anything to Hyacinthus and directly exited the spiritual plant communicator state.

She was not prepared to communicate with the spiritual plant rashly without fully understanding its abilities.

No. Spiritual plants?
She suddenly realized that the name of the awakened ability was [Spiritual Plant Communicator]. Aren't spiritual plants specially cultivated? Could this ordinary hyacinth in the window also be considered a spiritual plant?
Ge Bai asked this question to the system.

"Spiritual plants are a general term for plants that possess spiritual power. After a period of great evolution, all plants and animals possess spiritual power, but the degree of spiritual power they contain differs."

This statement of the system is completely different from what is taught in the general education of the Alliance society. Even the term "great evolution" is the first time that Ge Bai has heard of it.

The Alliance now calls the dozens of plants that can form stable contracts with humans spiritual plants. These spiritual plants generally need to be optimized and cultivated by the research institute, otherwise the failure rate of the contract will be extremely high.

Alliance researchers generally believe that the reason for the failure of the contract is that the spiritual power content in the spiritual plant is insufficient.

"That means I can make a contract with any plant, the spiritual plant you mentioned? Doesn't the success of the contract have anything to do with the spiritual power content of the spiritual plant?"

"Yes. Whether or not a contract with a spirit plant can be successfully concluded depends mainly on the compatibility and subjective will of both parties, and has nothing to do with the level of spiritual power contained in the spirit plant." The system gave an affirmative answer.

Ge Bai's worldview was greatly impacted. If what the system said was true, then what had the Alliance Spiritual Plant Research Institute researched over the years? It was definitely off the track!

She plans to go to the botanical garden early tomorrow morning to try it out.

Let’s take a look at the [Spiritual Plant Cultivation Atlas].

"It has not been detected that the host has signed a contract with any spiritual plant. The spiritual plant cultivation map cannot be opened temporarily."

When Ge Bai tried to flip through the atlas, the system popped up this sentence.

If I don’t sign a contract, I’m not allowed to watch? Then how would I know what kind of spiritual plant I signed a contract with?
Although he has not yet familiarized himself with the system, Ge Bai has clearly felt that the Shennong system's understanding of spiritual plants is far higher than the alliance's current research level.

The Alliance Spiritual Plant Research Institute divides spiritual plants into three categories. The first category is fruit spiritual plants, such as apple trees, peach trees, grape vines, etc. After cultivation, they can produce different fruits, which have obvious beneficial effects on pets and humans.

The second category is auxiliary spiritual plants, such as the Fiery Tree Stump, which can continuously release flames, the Rainy Mushroom, which can summon clouds and precipitation, and the Devil's Ivy, which can bind creatures within a certain range. This type of spiritual plant is rare, difficult to cultivate, expensive, and usually in the hands of the military.

The third category has only emerged in recent years, called ornamental spiritual plants. To put it bluntly, after being cultivated by the research institute, no special effects have been found in these spiritual plants. They just look good, and they can grow even better after being contracted. Many idols and celebrities like this kind of spiritual plants. After all, contracting a Rosaceae spiritual plant can bring a cluster of flowers and colorful petals when it appears.

Ge Bai has always felt that the existence of such people and spiritual plants is just a waste of time.

While she was racking her brains to recall the knowledge about spiritual plants, she was also thinking about how to get more information out of the system.

"System, which spiritual plants have stronger attack power and can defeat pets of the same level alone in a 1v1 battle?"

"Please host, contract the spirit plant and explore on your own."

Stingy system.

"Then let me put it another way. Is it possible for a spiritual plant to defeat a pet of the same level?"

"can."

Become!

Ge Bai's eyes lit up, and she knew it!

The system has bugs that can cause problems.

"Will all kinds of spiritual plants have combat power after being cultivated?"

"No."

The system is very frugal with words.

Ge Bai thought about it and understood.

After all, not all pets are suitable for training into combat-capable beasts, and individual differences must be accepted.

That means you have to be more careful when choosing spiritual plants.

Ge Bai still wanted to take part in the provincial key special enrollment examination in a month, even if she was destined to become only a spiritual plant master.

She was really unwilling to give up, but the sudden appearance of the system gave her a glimmer of hope.

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Late at night, Teacher Xiaolu was also awake.

She put down her pen, rubbed her brows, turned on the desk lamp, and looked through the letter she had just written. She folded the letter carefully and put it in an envelope.

The address on the envelope was "Researcher Luo Wan from the Chinese branch of the Alliance Spiritual Plant Research Institute".

(End of this chapter)