Chapter 2861

Yao Feng smiled slightly: "Mm, I know. I've already killed over twenty of them. Now I'm just hoping to kill a few more."

Zhao Chi choked up.

The regiment commander is indeed the regiment commander...

Forget it, Yao Feng is very busy, time to take leave.

Zhao Chi gave some brief reminders to those female craftsman captains, then took his leave.

Returning to his territory, Zhao Chi called Gu Qing and the others, and headed straight for Chaoge Town.

It was already 5 p. m.

Chaoge Town was still bustling.

But this time it was much better than before, no longer so crowded.

Su Qin had already taken away all the male slave laborers and the 20,000 female slaves given to her. The male slave laborers were estimated to sell for around 20,000 gold coins in total. Zhao Chi had instructed Su Qin to sell them cheaply, so they should all be sold out very soon.

Another 50,000 female slaves had been transferred by Gu Qing to Penglai Town to tend the Feathered Oxen and do odd jobs. Only 50,000 female slave laborers were left here in Chaoge Town to farm.

So the previously crowded feeling instantly vanished, replaced by a sense of efficiency and simplicity.

But this time Zhao Chi's destination was not here, but the Eternal Tree to the north.

By now the sky had already darkened.

The pink light emitted by the Eternal Tree illuminated nearly the entire area within the walls.

Stepping inside the walls felt like entering a giant sky-covering parasol. Whether the central trunk or the leaves overhead, everything was pink fluorescence.

Gu Qing and the others all liked the Tree Spirit very much, and Zhao Chi was also willing to let the Tree Spirit meet them more often, to build more affection.

Su Qin had also come.

A total of five women all followed behind Zhao Chi, gazing at the giant tree in admiration.

Further behind, naturally, followed twenty Silks female soldiers, ready to heal the blood-spilling Zhao Chi at any moment.

Zhao Chi opened the Eternal Tree's page to check its age.

【Name】 Eternal Tree Sapling

【Age】 12,583 years

12,583 years...

Zhao Chi silently memorized this number.

He wanted to know how much lifespan using a Taiyi Wheel shard to accelerate the giant tree would actually add, so he needed to compare later.

But this number was a bit hard to remember.

First, use some Growth Talismans to make this age a round number.

Zhao Chi selected 204 Growth Talismans in the system space. These could add 17 years to the giant tree's age, bringing it to 12,600 years — much easier to remember.

Click to use all.

Light scattered, the giant tree swayed slightly.

Soon, all the light vanished.

But the giant tree had barely changed.

After all, only 17 years were added, the change would indeed be very small, right?

Let's see if it's a round number age.

【Name】 Eternal Tree Sapling

【Age】 12,586 years

Huh?

Why is it only 12,586 years?

Only 3 years added??

Didn't I select the wrong quantity just now?

Zhao Chi hurriedly checked the number of Growth Talismans, confirming a full three times, but the result was only one: he had indeed just consumed 204 Growth Talismans.

So theoretically this giant tree should have added 17 years of age, why only 3?

Zhao Chi was very puzzled.

Perhaps... there's decay?

Ask Li Ruanyu.

Actually Zhao Chi could also ask Yao Feng now, but after all Li Ruanyu is his wife, he could ask her freely without any scruples, so he'd ask her first. Moreover, Li Ruanyu's knowledge reserves were also extensive, she might know.

Sure enough, Li Ruanyu knew.

Li Ruanyu 【That's right, Growth Talismans do indeed have decay when used on giant beasts. Your Eternal Tree also counts as a type of giant beast, so it's the same.】

Zhao Chi 【That's not right, I've been using Growth Talismans all along before, I've already used 150,000 of them, but it's always been perfectly normal.】

Li Ruanyu 【No way?】

Zhao Chi 【Would I lie to you?】

Li Ruanyu 【Mm... let me think... has the Eternal Tree's form changed? Is it still in the juvenile stage now?】

Zhao Chi 【Now... no, it's in the growth stage now.】

Li Ruanyu 【Then I understand. During the juvenile stage before, the Eternal Tree couldn't yet be called a giant beast, so Growth Talismans had 100% efficacy. Now that it's reached the growth stage, the efficacy will weaken.】

Zhao Chi 【So that's how it is.】