Chapter 2726: Trade and Advancement (37)

Gu Qing really did like the collar very much.

Ever since Zhao Chi showed it to her, she put it on right away.

Zhao Chi had chosen a very delicate heart-shaped style, which suited Gu Qing's taste perfectly.

She was especially pleased with the little hollowed-out heart.

The red collar stood out vividly against her fair neck.

The two colors contrasted sharply.

The red was brighter, the white purer.

Gu Qing reached up to touch it every now and then.

Zhuang Ya liked it too.

But not in the same way as Gu Qing.

Zhao Chi knew the reason.

Because whenever it came to similar items or accessories, especially the more delicate ones, Gu Qing always loved them.

If he later bought all the blueprints for the tail plug and made it, he guessed Gu Qing would happily let Zhao Chi help her put it in too.

Zhuang Ya could guess the reason as well.

She smiled at Gu Qing and said, "This collar really is nice, but I bet what you like most is the ultra-improved Maiden's Lament, right?"

Gu Qing laughed and said, "Need you even ask? Of course I like it, and I'll get to try it out soon — the two of us together."

Zhuang Ya waved her hand and said, "I'm not doing it with you…"

Gu Qing laughed and said, "Don't be shy… we're actually the same, later on we'll both be trembling and crying out, and it's not just you who'd be like that."

Zhuang Ya still shook her head.

"That won't work either… I don't want you all to see me like that… I really look too pathetic at that moment, forget it, forget it…"

Gu Qing didn't press the matter either.

"Fine~ then we'll just have to do it separately."

Zhao Chi listened to the two of them discussing it so openly, and already understood what kind of storm was coming in the early hours of today.

It was the most anticipated storm of all.

Soon, the few of them walked inside the Eternal Tree's enclosing wall.

Gu Qing and Zhuang Ya had already come to see the Eternal Tree today — after all, ordinary people really rarely got the chance, and the two of them couldn't contain their curiosity.

But its daytime appearance and nighttime appearance were completely different.

It wasn't that they were different, but rather the feeling they gave was different.

A 32-meter-tall Eternal Tree could already be called a giant tree without question.

The trunk, over two meters thick, emitted a pink fluorescent glow all over, bathing the surrounding female soldiers and female farmers on duty and at work in a pink, tender hue.

He hadn't thought much of it before, but now that he looked…

This color of fluorescent glow…

Why did it seem like something you'd often see in certain out-of-the-way little barbershops?

Turning his head to look at the four women beside him, their snow-white skin was likewise tinted with a layer of pink, and their dark, bright pupils reflected the pink fluorescent glow as well.

It looked…

Truly more enticing.

Zhao Chi felt an urge to take Gu Qing and Zhuang Ya right there under the tree.

The trunk was like this, and the thick roots exposed above the ground were the same, only the roots' color was a bit deeper, somewhat tinged with purple.

Beneath the ground near the great tree there were massive roots, so the nearby ground also had faint light shining through the cracks in the soil, scattered like stars — very pretty.

But if one had to say what was the most beautiful, it was still the leaves.

He looked up.

The branching limbs spread out vigorously, like a giant mushroom shape.

Every single branch was covered in dense foliage.

Those leaves glowed the brightest, like small pink lamps, reflecting off one another.

And those leaves were all semi-transparent, truly like crystal leaves.

The pink light connected into a single expanse overhead, spilling freely into the surroundings.

Vast amounts of pink light shone down, bathing the entire area inside the enclosing wall in pink.

Even Zhao Chi thought it was incomparably gorgeous.

Worthy of the name Eternal Tree.

Gu Qing exclaimed in wonder, "The Eternal Tree is actually this beautiful? Was it like this when my lord saved it back then?"

Zhao Chi shook his head: "No… the Eternal Tree from before, although it was even larger — so large it was despairing — it only looked like an ancient tree that had weathered many storms, without any glow or this kind of translucent feeling."