Chapter 2550

After a while, the tree spirit's belly was round and full, and it finally let go of Zhao Chi's arm.

Its little mouth also opened, releasing Zhao Chi's index finger.

Only then did Zhao Chi notice that around the wound Qiyue had slid open, there was a ring of fine, dense bite marks.

The bite marks weren't deep, but tiny drops of blood could be seen.

This tree spirit actually already had tiny teeth, and they were extremely sharp.

"My lord, should we take her to the Carefree Spring to wash? Clean the blood off her?"

"Daddy~"

Before Zhao Chi could speak, the tree spirit called out first.

But this time she wasn't speaking to Zhao Chi—she was speaking to Qiyue.

Qiyue smiled gently and said, "I'm not your daddy. Your daddy is over there. If you want to call me something, you can call me mommy."

"Daddy~"

The tree spirit seemed not to understand, and kept calling Qiyue daddy.

But her little hand was pointing at the split sapling.

"My lord, she seems to want me to put her by the tree."

"Mm, put her by the tree."

"Okay~"

Qiyue walked lightly to the tree, crouched down, and carefully set the tree spirit down.

The moment the tree spirit touched the ground, she scurried toward the split trunk.

Her belly was too full, so she crawled with some difficulty.

But fortunately she still managed to crawl inside.

The instant she crawled in, she disappeared.

Disappeared right before their eyes.

Immediately after, the split trunk slowly closed up.

In the end, the sapling looked just as it had before.

However, the sapling seemed to have grown a bit taller.

And clearly more leaves had sprouted.

All of them were bizarre pink leaves.

So feeding the tree spirit was also beneficial to the great tree.

It could also make it grow.

"My lord, does that mean you only need to feed the tree spirit from now on? No need to spray huge amounts of blood onto the ground like just now?"

Zhao Chi shook his head. "I'm not sure either. I don't know if the tree spirit and the great tree are the same thing… but it doesn't feel like it."

"You could ask Li Ruanyu tonight, my lord."

"Li Ruanyu… might not know either… never mind. Since the tree spirit is full for now, let's go craft."

"Craft? My lord, you should hurry up and rest! How can you craft now? Rest first, then craft."

"Oh, right, right, right, I got so happy I forgot… let's rest first."

"Come on in, my lord. I'll take you over."

"Okay."

Zhao Chi instantly burrowed into Qiyue's body.

Feeling the warm softness and fragrance around him, Zhao Chi nearly fell asleep on the spot.

But not yet.

There was still something that needed to be handled.

Qiyue came to the wall.

Wei Leng was personally standing guard at the gate.

Using Qiyue's mouth, Zhao Chi said, "Wei Leng, within 10 meters of the sapling, add three more sentry posts. Send three female soldiers to stand guard 24 hours a day. If the sapling splits open, or a very small tree spirit comes out—a creature like a little flower fairy—notify me immediately."

Wei Leng nodded. "Understood!"

"Thank you for your hard work."

"What's so hard about that? This kind of mission is the easiest. We'll definitely guard it well for you!"

Zhao Chi gave her a nod.

Left.

Slept for 2 hours straight.

Twice his usual sleep.

And Zhao Chi still felt slightly dizzy.

It seemed the blood consumption really was too great.

Qiyue tried to persuade Zhao Chi to sleep a while longer, but Zhao Chi still felt time was tight and there was no time to sleep more.

There were still many things to do.

The clothing and equipment for the over 4,000 dead female soldiers hadn't been made yet.

The over 80,000 new slaves needed collars, and among the previous 60,000-plus slaves, the over 30,000 female slaves also needed collars.

Additionally, all the elves had their obedience activated and also needed collars.

And time had to be set aside to guide those tailors and blacksmiths.

The werewolves' attack was still ongoing, and it was unknown how much longer the few regiments ahead could hold out.

Time really is tight.

He's already obtained a fragment of the Grand Sun Wheel — should he use it?

Although it can only accelerate three days, Zhao Chi can do a lot of things in three days.

Or…

Wait until the next battle to use it?

One day outside, three days in the territory — that would be much faster than the enemy's recovery speed, and he could take down more enemies then?

Either way, he definitely can't use it now.

It's already afternoon.

Tomorrow morning there's the commendation assembly.

If he uses it now, it'll definitely waste some time.

Even if he uses it, it has to be after tomorrow's assembly is over.

Then forget it.

First, let's go check on the female artisans.

They picked up the Hastening Talismans a few hours ago and started intensive practice.

In this stretch of time, they've already done the equivalent of a week of high-intensity practice.

They must have run into a lot of problems.

First, answer their questions — after all, the sooner they graduate, the sooner Zhao Chi gets some breathing room.

They are Zhao Chi's future.

Qi Yue stayed with Zhao Chi the whole time.

Although Qi Yue's abilities are very strong, Zhao Chi still needs someone by his side to take orders at any moment.

And later he'll need to craft things together with her, so having her accompany him is the most fitting.

He arrived at the armory.

Inside, the place was in full swing.

Flames leapt up, charcoal burned.

The female artisans were sweating buckets.

The scent of their bodies mingled with the smell of gunpowder smoke — Zhao Chi actually didn't find it unpleasant.

Instead, it gave him a rather unique feeling.

All the female artisans were practicing intently under the effect of the Hastening Talismans.

This was also Zhao Chi's arrangement.

He had them practice and rest on a unified schedule.