Chapter 2683

The tree spirit could barely keep her eyes open, but she was still smiling.

Immediately after, the tree spirit's body turned translucent, and quickly became completely transparent before vanishing.

Very magical.

She must have appeared the same way just now.

Right after, the great tree's branches grew again, directly reaching 25 meters.

More branches sprouted out, large swathes of leaves extended, and the entire great tree completely transformed into a giant mushroom shape.

Soon, all the branches and leaves of the great tree swayed together, bidding farewell to Zhao Chi just like yesterday.

But today was clearly even more spectacular and magnificent.

It was as if the entire world was swaying with pink light.

Qi Yue said, "It seems your blood really works now, my lord. The growth is much greater than before, and the changes are also significant."

Zhao Chi had noticed it too.

Now that he had advanced to a higher-tier human, watering this giant tree with his brand-new blood, he could indeed feel the growth speed had noticeably accelerated.

The growth speed of the great tree gets slower the further along it goes.

Just like humans — the growth speed is fastest in childhood, and as age increases, it actually gets slower and slower.

At this point, this great tree can actually be called a giant tree.

But for such a large tree to directly grow another 5 meters, reaching a height of 25 meters, the growth is indeed extremely fast.

The most important thing is the change.

The giant tree's fluorescence is still emitting even now.

The sunset is still here now, so it doesn't look too obvious.

Once night falls, it will definitely be even more dreamlike.

That very night, Zhao Chi and the other two came over again.

The giant tree's fluorescence was still there, and it was indeed as beautiful as imagined.

The entire tree body including the leaves glowed far brighter than during the day, illuminating a very large area around it, looking extraordinarily beautiful.

A normal Eternal Tree definitely wouldn't be like this.

So the one before their eyes had definitely mutated.

What a pity.

No new changes appeared in the system interface; the Eternal Tree's data still displayed as completely normal.

But Zhao Chi could almost be certain that this change was definitely related to him.

More specifically, it was related to his blood.

But exactly how it was related, Zhao Chi didn't know.

When Zhao Chi looked at the giant tree now, just like how others looked at Zhao Chi, some information was blocked.

Perhaps it was precisely for this reason that the already-mutated Eternal Tree still appeared in a normal state within the system.

Moreover...

This change in the Eternal Tree probably didn't start from now either.

It started from a few days ago.

When that green sapling fell over, then split open, and a new sapling grew out from the middle, the changes began.

Although there was no evidence.

Zhao Chi always felt that the fallen green sapling was the true Eternal Tree.

And the current one grew out after being irrigated with fresh blood for the first time, so from the very beginning it was already the mutated new tree.

By today, when this new tree burst open all around and became the latest tree emitting fluorescence, something must have been updated as well.

Never mind.

In a few more days, once the tree spirit's mind develops, he'll just ask her.

Time returned to the afternoon.

After the tree spirit left, Zhao Chi and the other two also departed.

Since there was no latest news, Zhao Chi prepared to use another Taiyi Wheel shard.

But at that very moment, he finally received the long-awaited message from Shopkeeper Wanyan.

Zhao Chi immediately opened the system.

Yin Wanyan 【Zhao Chi, we've returned. We estimate arriving at your side in about 30 minutes. Traveling with me is a lord from our merchant guild — don't worry, it's a female lord. Is it convenient for us to come over now?】

She still remembered that Zhao Chi's territory was full of women.

So she paid extra attention to this point.

And specifically emphasized it with Zhao Chi.

But what Zhao Chi cared about wasn't this.

Zhao Chi 【A lord? What rank? How many people are coming with her?】

Yin Wanyan 【County-level. Only she herself is coming. She's one of the purchasing heads in our merchant guild. After hearing you have a stable, large supply of experience fruits available for continuous sale, she wants to have a chat with you. I wonder if it's convenient?】

Zhao Chi's original intention was to liaise with Wanyan alone, without contacting anyone else.

However, Yin Wanyan's current main area of responsibility was Dark Night City, not Snowfield City.

It would indeed be quite difficult for her to mobilize some resources over here.

If she brought along the local person in charge, it would definitely be much more convenient and smooth.

There was actually nothing confidential about Taoyuan Town.

There was only a Carefree Spring, but it was basically surrounded by buildings now, and couldn't be seen without specifically going over.

Moreover, the Carefree Spring wasn't exactly a secret on the White Tiger Regiment lord's side either; quite a few captain-level lords had one. It wasn't anything too top-secret.

Just set the access area in a bit, and there won't be much danger.

Apart from that.

The other party was a lord, and coming alone to Zhao Chi's side actually carried some risk too.

But the access permission Zhao Chi granted her was visitor-level.

For the visiting party, they also had permission to return at any time.

This was a method that was relatively safe for both sides.

Then let's meet.

Getting to know one more person wasn't a bad thing.

If Shopkeeper Wanyan couldn't be reached later, he could still contact this newly acquainted person.

Opening up one more path was good too.

Zhao Chi 【Sure, no problem. Send her information over, I'll edit the access permissions.】

Shopkeeper Wanyan 【Okay】

She sent it over very quickly.

There were only 2 people on the access list.

Shopkeeper Wanyan and this local procurement manager.

【Name】 Xu Qinglian

【Gender】 Female

【Age】 27 years old

【Position】 Procurement Supervisor

【Area】 Snow Plain City, Northwest District

【Level】 County-level Lord

Zhao Chi took a look, then added her information into the system.

This time Shopkeeper Wanyan's 3 subordinates didn't come; they probably had other work.

It was none of Zhao Chi's business. He set up the access permissions for the 2 people according to the information provided, then sent it back.

Shopkeeper Wanyan 【Received!】

Zhao Chi didn't reply further.

Shopkeeper Wanyan sat in the spirit-energy vehicle and said to Xu Qinglian, who was driving beside her: "All done, Zhao Chi already added you in."

Xu Qinglian nodded and said: "That's good. Is there anything else to watch out for in a bit? What type of client is this? Is their temper strange?"

The spirit-energy vehicle sped along outside Garrison North Town.