Chapter 7: Skills? Teach Them Now?!
Big Willow was also sensing the changes after the contract at this time.
Suddenly, the willow tree rooted by the lakeside turned into a blue-green spiritual power beam and merged into Ge Bai’s brow.
He entered Ge Bai’s spiritual consciousness space.
“Bai Bai, the spiritual consciousness space is so big.”
Big Willow’s voice rang out in Ge Bai’s spiritual sense.
Ge Bai was stunned. She remembered that the system had said at the beginning that her spiritual consciousness space covered 10 mu, but she really hadn’t paid attention to it.
According to federal beast tamer common knowledge, the spiritual consciousness space only had the function of temporarily storing spirit beasts and spirit plants after contracting.
Spirit beasts and spirit plants could quickly recover spiritual power inside the spiritual consciousness space, and their growth speed doubled.
But it should just be a virtual space without the concept of land area.
Ge Bai mobilized her spiritual sense to examine her spiritual consciousness space.
She saw that the spiritual consciousness space simulated a lake surface, land, and hills, roughly similar to the terrain here.
Big Willow was rooted in the open ground by the lake surface.
Unlike the botanical garden, the spiritual consciousness space was bare inside. Except for this willow tree, there were no other traces of life.
Even though spiritual power was abundant, it still seemed desolate.
Ge Bai looked around and asked Big Willow.
“Don’t you think it’s barren here?”
Big Willow was a bit surprised.
“No, the spiritual power here is very abundant. It’s just a bit empty.”
Ge Bai had been thinking of calling out the system to ask if it could be adjusted, but seeing Big Willow say this, she let it go.
This place was actually where Big Willow lived, so it was fine as long as he felt comfortable.
“Alright then. Do you want to come out and say goodbye? We’re going to find the Peach Demoness together.”
Big Willow was even more human-like now. The branches at the top nodded, and the willow threads swayed along with them.
Ge Bai’s spiritual sense returned, and Big Willow was also summoned out. In front of her, he transformed into a form, becoming a mini little willow tree only over 10 centimeters tall.
The moment the mini willow tree’s body solidified, Ge Bai hurriedly stretched out both hands to catch him. She examined him carefully for a while and even reached out to tickle the willow tree’s roots.
Although spirit plants after contracting all had this ability, actually holding her own spirit plant felt different.
Big Willow saw himself turned into a mini version and found it particularly novel. He twisted left and right, very active.
Ge Bai placed Big Willow on her shoulder, and Big Willow cooperated very well. His roots firmly grabbed her shoulder, and the willow threads extended, clinging to her neck, standing very steadily.
But it looked more like a realistic decorative ornament.
“We’re heading out first. We’ll come back to see you another day.”
Big Willow waved his willow threads toward the banyan tree and the small shrubs. Ge Bai also waved to them.
The banyan tree gently extended a branch, touched the shrunken Big Willow, and said in a low voice.
“Come back often to visit. Wish you all smooth sailing.”
Ge Bai nodded.
Big Willow instructed the small shrubs: “Don’t take my spot!”
The small shrubs chattered.
“You’re the fussy one. Hurry up and go. Bye-bye, bye-bye.”
After saying goodbye, the person and the tree turned and walked toward the corridor.
They got on the scooter and drove less than two minutes before Big Willow shouted for Ge Bai to stop.
The distance between these two places was only five or six hundred meters.
“You used to live over here?”
Big Willow nodded. “I was originally right next to the Peach Demoness, and only later was I moved to the island.”
Ge Bai sensed that Big Willow didn’t really want to talk about the experience of being moved, so she tactfully didn’t ask.
Under Big Willow’s guidance, they passed through the poplar grove and arrived at a grassy area, where they saw a Golden Powder Peach Demon Tree covered in peach blossoms.
The branches and leaves were lush, the flowers pink with a hint of white, and the dark green leaves had gold threads in their veins, looking exceptionally beautiful.
“Peach Peach, Peach Peach, I’m back.”
Big Willow couldn’t contain his joy and jumped onto Ge Bai’s head, vigorously waving his mini willow threads.
Ge Bai feared he would fall and hurriedly reached out to steady him, then quickly walked toward the peach tree.
“Silly Willow Willow, you’ve contracted with a human?”
The Peach Demoness slowly awoke and waved a branch toward Ge Bai’s side.
Clusters of peach blossoms drifted down, beautiful like pink snow.
Big Willow was extremely excited and jumped down from Ge Bai’s head.
Ge Bai reached out to catch him but missed.
He landed on the ground at once and took a few steps forward with two little legs mimicked from his roots.
Then spiritual power flowed, roots inserted into the ground, and Big Willow returned to normal size beside the Peach Demoness.
“Yeah, her name is Ge Bai. We just contracted.”
“Ge Bai is great.”
The Peach Demoness seemed to be sizing up Ge Bai. Soon, she extended a branch toward Ge Bai, and a particularly beautiful double-petaled peach blossom bloomed at the tip of the branch.
Spiritual power flashed, the flower drifted down, and Ge Bai reached out to catch the peach blossom.
This was a flower the Peach Demoness gave her?
Ge Bai smiled at the Peach Demoness, sighing inwardly that she was truly a pretty little lady.
It seemed the two of them had a very good relationship.
But she just stood there smiling quietly, not saying anything.
After all, Big Willow was too excited, talking so much there was no chance to interject.
“I’m planning to go out with Ge Bai for a stroll. Do you want to come along?”
“You could contract with her too.”
The Peach Demoness shook her head directly.
“No, I think living here is pretty good.”
Big Willow kept trying to persuade her.
“Come out for a walk. We’ve lived here for over a dozen years.”
The Peach Demoness still shook her head in refusal.
“I’m a tree. I don’t want to move. Trees can live their whole lives without walking.”
Big Willow used his willow threads to climb onto the Peach Demoness’s branch. The tender green willow buds made the peach blossoms even more delicate.
“Peach Peach, Ge Bai is great. She told me she would teach me attack skills and help me evolve. I can become very powerful!”
This was interesting. The Peach Demoness became intrigued.
“Oh? Have you learned any skills now?”
The two trees turned toward Ge Bai together.
“Bai Bai, I have innate skills, right!”
Ge Bai was momentarily stunned and nodded subconsciously.
How did these two trees’ chat suddenly turn to skills?
“Then teach me now. I want to show Peach Peach.”
Big Willow was like a little boy showing off a new toy to a girl right now, even his willow threads swaying energetically.
“Teach now? Here?”
Big Willow nodded firmly.
She was speechless for a moment, looked around, and the venue was actually quite suitable. The surrounding trees weren’t too dense.
“Alright.”
Ge Bai mobilized her spiritual sense and opened the Spirit Plant Cultivation Atlas, but the skills tab only showed skill names and proficiency, with no detailed explanations of the skills.
She thought for a moment and said to Big Willow.
“Your first skill is called ‘Willow Whip.’ It should be using your willow threads like a whip to strike nearby objects. It’s probably a close-combat skill.”
“Step back a bit so you don’t hit Tao Yao Niang.”
Big Willow hurriedly pulled out his tree roots and retreated two steps.
After standing steady again, he vigorously waved his willow threads, but they just flopped limply without any power.
Ge Bai noticed that the Weeping Ancient Willow skill page still showed Willow Whip – Beginner (0/100).
Clearly, this attempt hadn’t succeeded.
Before Big Willow could try again, Ge Bai continued.
“Not like that. Try mobilizing the spiritual power in your body, infuse it into one willow thread, then use your spiritual sense to drive the spiritual power and swing that willow thread.”
Big Willow nodded and tried to sense it carefully.
Although he could clearly sense the spiritual power in his body, actually mobilizing it specifically was his first time.
After several attempts without success, he felt a bit dejected.
“Bai Bai, I can’t do it.”
No problem, no problem. With a flick of Bai Bai’s golden finger, Big Willow would know everything.
