The Plant Master Becomes A Mute Sub-Beast: Farming And Laying Eggs

Chapter 177: Chapter 177: Spiritual pollution

Ryder hugged Chloe, saying miserably: "You find it very stinky too, right? Boohoo, I feel like my soul is about to be polluted."

Chloe shook her head: "I do not have a nose, so I cannot smell it, Mr. Ryder. But I can see a high-level stream of spiritual pollution energy invading his spiritual body.

This thing has probably been invading his spiritual body for a long time, it is just that you all never noticed."

Chloe then looked at Ryder: "You should not stand so far away from Mr. Edward, otherwise his spiritual body will be polluted faster. There is a reason why your dimensions can resonate with each other."

Ryder shook his head vigorously: "I cannot, it is too stinky!"

Hearing Ryder complain about the stench, Finnick frowned and looked at his older brother. In the little leopard’s eyes, Edward was still normal. He sniffed a few times, completely smelling nothing.

"Brother Edward is not stinky at all? Is there a problem with your nose, Ryder?" Finnick said in confusion, even intending to step to sniff carefully.

Chloe hurriedly stretched out a tendril, lightly whipping Finnick’s forehead: "Silly Master! Do not go over! You cannot smell or see it because your spiritual power is not strong enough! Only Mr. Ryder and I can sense it!"

Chloe hurriedly said to Ryder: "Quickly go over there, place your hands near Mr. Edward’s heart. That thing is wrapping around his heart. You just need to go over, I will teach you the method to use spiritual power for purification."

Even though he extremely hated the stinky smell on Edward, Ryder still couldn’t bear to let Edward be spiritually polluted. The little boy ran to the cotton field, plucked two cotton balls, and stuffed them into his nose, as if doing so would make the air less smelly. Chloe was speechless.

The reason Ryder felt it was stinky was due to his special perception ability, what did it have to do with his sense of smell? But since the little mouse comforted himself like that, she found it inconvenient to say anything more.

Ryder miserably inched step by step toward Edward, stretching out his two front limbs and placing them over Edward’s heart. Chloe stretched out her two tendrils, placing them on the little mouse’s back, transmitting the knowledge of the purification spell into his mind. Ryder immediately closed his eyes, his Magical Energy concentrating in his eyes.

The eyes, originally purely white like his spiritual body, gradually lit up, turning into one blue and one yellow. At this moment, Ryder truly "saw" the pollution Chloe mentioned. Countless grayish-black threads, thinner than spider silk, were slowly creeping out from the center of Edward’s heart, spreading throughout his spiritual body like poisonous roots. Wherever a thread passed, Edward’s inherently pure white light dimmed slightly there.

Ryder hurriedly said: "I see it!"

Chloe shouted: "Quickly chant the incantation to pull them out! Master, prepare to purify!"

Ryder started to panic: "It is wrapped so tightly, will pulling it out kill him?"

"It will not kill him, just treat them as weeds!" Chloe stomped her feet anxiously.

Ryder pursed his lips, determination flashing in his eyes. He placed one hand on Edward’s spiritual body, while the other suddenly formed into a sharp spearhead, piercing through Edward’s chest.

As his hand approached Edward’s heart, his fingers curled into sharp claws, grabbing a polluted root.

"Nine Netherworld Yin Spirits, All-Heavens Gods and Demons, use my heart as a mirror, illuminate and shatter all evil!"

Ryder shouted loudly, pulling forcefully with all his might.

The ground of the resonance dimension began to tremble slightly. The gently flowing spiritual spring suddenly surged with waves. An invisible pressure, clean and warm like morning sunlight, pressed toward Edward from all directions.

Edward groaned in pain. The little boy felt as if his heart was being tightly squeezed by someone.

With a series of popping sounds, a root was plucked from Edward’s heart, and Ryder immediately threw it out. The root instantly revealed its form, and Chloe yelled at Finnick: "Master!"

Finnick opened his mouth, unleashing a stream of blue spiritual energy, enveloping the grayish-black root. The root wriggled, trying to escape, but was immediately covered by the blue light. It writhed, looking in extreme agony. After a series of sizzling sounds like water hitting boiling oil, the black root instantly burst into flames, then turned to ash.

"Keep going!" Chloe said while channeling her spiritual energy to help Ryder resist the invasion of the spiritual pollution threads. After five times of plucking and burning, the polluted roots were completely removed.

The three people and one Spirit collapsed onto the dimension’s ground just like that. In the end, it was Chloe who used her last bit of strength to wrap around the other three and drop them into the spiritual spring. She herself only needed to dip the tips of her tendrils into the water.

Ryder’s mouse body drifted along the current, just happening to bump into Edward, who was also stretching his body long. Edward habitually curled up to wrap around him. Despite being dog-tired, Ryder still managed to pull out the flavor thread he had condensed earlier and stuffed it into Edward’s body:

"This is the raspberry ice cream Papa just made this afternoon. I could not turn it into a spiritual power form, I could only create this flavor thread."

Edward only felt his body suddenly turn icy cold, then a sweet fragrance mixed with the slightly sweet and sour taste of fruit instantly attacked the tip of his tongue. The tip of his tail curled up slightly, his eyes narrowing a bit, and a pink flush appeared on both sides of his snake cheeks.

"So delicious~"

Having regained a bit of strength, Finnick flipped over to swim in the spring, casually grabbing Chloe’s tendrils and pulling her down with him. He let out a satisfied breath, then chimed in with Edward’s words:

"It is truly both delicious and refreshing. There is also chilled watermelon juice, Papa said when our family reunites, he will cook many delicious dishes for you to eat."

Edward happily stuck his tongue out, then suddenly remembered something, lowering his head to ask Ryder:

"Right, did you tell the two fathers about Uncle Arthur yet?"

The little mouse’s body stiffened. This morning, because he was bewitched by Oliver’s beauty, and later entangled by Papa’s delicious food, he completely forgot about his older brother’s instructions.

Looking at the little mouse’s reaction, Edward instantly knew he had forgotten. Thinking about how the silly mouse worked hard to purify the pollution for him today, Edward rarely didn’t get angry. He said gently:

"It is fine if you did not remember, telling them tomorrow morning is also fine. Uncle Arthur said he found the whereabouts of the cultivation method the previous generation’s Holy Son practiced. That cultivation method will probably be more suitable for Daddy than the one I brought back."

Ryder nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, I remember now. Tomorrow morning as soon as I wake up, I will definitely tell the two fathers, I will not forget anymore!"

Finnick chuckled and said: "You probably have not seen our youngest brother’s new form yet, right? I heard Uncle Aaron say this morning this silly mouse brother was even bewitched by his beauty, then got kicked head over heels by him."

The little mouse’s cheeks flushed red, muttering: "Who does not like beauty? Besides, your second brother was only appreciating beauty! Oliver is our younger brother, I could not possibly have any other thoughts about him!"

Edward said nothing, looking at the little mouse with a very strange gaze. However, he quickly hid it, then used the tip of his tail to rub the little mouse’s head, praising:

"It is good that Ryder thinks like that. A younger brother is to be loved, right?"

"Mhm mhm~ I am an extremely responsible older brother~"

Soaking for a while longer, Edward suddenly said: "I suddenly sense spiritual energy fluctuations, it seems I am somewhere? I must wake up and check first."

Anxious, Ryder grabbed onto Edward’s tail: "You must be extremely careful, you must put yourself first in everything!"

Edward lowered his head, bumping his forehead against the little mouse’s forehead, saying solemnly: "I know."

Then his body simply faded and disappeared amidst the clear spring current. Ryder dazedly looked at the place where Edward disappeared, feeling a bit worried. He no longer had the mood to soak in the spring water, crawled ashore, and ran to harvest cotton bolls.

Chloe looked at her master floating on his back belly-up on the water, then looked towards the busy little mouse, a giant question mark appearing on her head.

For some reason, she felt the interaction between Edward and Ryder just now looked a bit familiar.

It seemed she had seen it somewhere before?