Chapter 2915

Zhao Chi looked up, scanning around, but couldn't see where Gu Yan was.

After all, Chaoge Town was now enormous—430 square kilometers, the size of a small county in his old world.

No matter how sharp Zhao Chi's eyesight, he couldn't possibly make out every corner of a territory that vast.

Besides, there were plenty of farmlands and storehouses here, with crops growing thickly—if Gu Yan was bent over working, even switching to perception mode would make her hard to find.

Fortunately, she was already a Hero now.

Zhao Chi contacted her directly.

Zhao Chi 【Gu Yan, once the female-slave workers finish soaking in the new Carefree Spring, set aside 35,000 of them for new farmland development. That number is just my estimate—any increase or decrease is up to you to decide.】

Gu Yan 【Got it! I just noticed the territory expanded and was about to ask you. Understood, I'll start arranging it shortly.】

Zhao Chi 【Good. If you have any needs, go to Gu Qing or Zhuang Ya and the others—don't hold back.】

Gu Yan 【Got it~ my lord, don't worry.】

The Chaoge territory was truly vast now.

430 square kilometers—roughly a circle 23 kilometers in diameter.

From the center of the territory to the edge was a walk of 11 kilometers.

That really wasn't close.

Luckily Zhao Chi had 11 points in Agility, plus Men's Leather Boots with movement speed, and his stamina recovery was at its peak from the hot spring soak just now.

Under the effect of a Gale Step, Zhao Chi and the others quickly reached the northern Eternal Tree area.

The Eternal Tree looked no different from yesterday.

But a 90-meter-tall giant tree was awe-inspiring no matter when you looked at it.

Especially standing beneath it.

It felt as if this pink tree could really connect heaven and earth.

But now wasn't the time for awe.

Zhao Chi pulled out two Taiyi Wheel Fragments and used them both without hesitation.

He'd asked Fuyao yesterday—Taiyi Wheel Fragments wouldn't put her into a starving state, and using several in a row was fine. Far more effective than Growth Talismans.

The Eternal Tree—Fuyao's true body—was now 15,591 years old. Using two Taiyi Wheel Fragments would instantly age her to 21,591.

Taking her straight out of the growth period and into adolescence!

A tree's adolescence…

Thinking about it now still felt bizarre.

Could this Eternal Tree become rebellious too?

Please don't let sweet, obedient Fuyao's temperament change…

No point worrying about that now.

The light had already scattered. Gu Qing and Qi Yue said together, "My lord, we should step back."

"Alright, back to the wall!"

BOOOOOOM!

Two Taiyi Wheel Fragments were indeed more violent than one.

A tremendous roar came from underground, like trains running chaotically.

The earth shook; the perimeter wall began to sway.

The amplitude of that shaking was definitely on par with a magnitude-5 earthquake.

Then, waves of soil churned upward.

Enormously thick roots burst up once again.

For the Eternal Tree, was the earth like water—could its roots really slither through soil that freely?

Flying sand and stones.

Brown mud sprayed into the air.

Blotting out the sky!

Who'd have thought such damp soil could turn into a sandstorm?

The surrounding sky was entirely brown.

Crack! Crack-crack-crack!

The giant tree let out a series of explosive pops, like bamboo splitting.

Huge slabs of bark crashed down onto the roots, then were smashed into fragments by the roots themselves.

Tang Ruan and Qi Yue both raised shields, blocking the falling mud and sand for Zhao Chi.

Gu Qing and the others didn't need to block at all—the mud and sand that landed on their bodies and hair simply slid off, not staining them in the slightest.

The rumbling and shaking continued.

It took a full five minutes to slowly stop.

But the sky was still dim.

He looked up.

At some point, the enormous tree canopy had completely passed overhead and stretched far behind.

The perimeter wall was 100 meters from the great tree.

In other words, the radius of that massive canopy already exceeded 100 meters.

Standing beneath it truly felt like being inside a vast forest.

There wasn't another tree in sight, yet Zhao Chi felt as if he'd entered a forest.

He looked at the trunk again.

The Eternal Tree had grown to a startlingly towering height, and it was unmistakable.

Zhao Chi narrowed his eyes, judging the height through the gaps where mud and sand were falling.

He estimated it had surpassed 150 meters.

That's right!

This had already surpassed that 100-meter-tall ancient giant tree from before.

Now the Eternal Tree before him truly felt like an Eternal Tree.

The newly grown great tree had not changed color — it was still pink.

The enormous canopy in the sky was entirely pink as well, and the million newly sprouted tender leaves and buds were likewise pink.

It just didn't emit any fluorescence.

That was quite surprising.

Previously, after new growth, the original green would always appear — why was it absent this time?

It seemed that after Fuyao entered adolescence, she truly had new changes.

"Let's go, we're going to water her with blood!"

Zhao Chi charged out in the lead.

The other women quickly followed, but Qi Yue hurriedly asked, "My lord, has Fuyao already entered adolescence?"

"Yes."

Qi Yue reminded him, "Have you forgotten? After she enters adolescence, you don't need to water her with blood anymore — you need to feed her 1 point of genetic material."

"Eh? Oh, right!"

Zhao Chi really had forgotten — after all, he had too many things on his plate.

Moreover, he was always using large quantities of Speed-Work Talismans; perhaps the matter had happened yesterday, but under the effect of dozens of Speed-Work Talismans, to Zhao Chi it already felt like a memory from one month ago.

It was indeed easy to forget some things.

Qi Yue asked again, "Did you reserve genetic material today?"

Zhao Chi nodded, "Mm, I kept two points. Originally I planned to save them for Su Qin, but now I'll give them to Fuyao first."

Gu Qing looked around, "Isn't Fuyao coming out?"

Zhao Chi also searched everywhere, but did not see Fuyao's figure.

Zhuang Ya asked, "If Fuyao doesn't come out, Zhao Chi, how are you going to feed her the genetic material?"

Zhao Chi was also thinking about this matter.

Previously, watering with blood was poured directly onto the great tree's trunk, or onto the tree roots — either worked.

Could the genetic material also be done this way?

But the problem was that pouring blood onto the trunk was completely fine — although a bit gory, it was understandable after all.