Chapter 543

Gu Qing laughed and said, "But even if you provoke my lord, your relationship is different now, so he wouldn't possibly go too far with you."

Tang Ruan said, "Then Sister Gu… how about I use it on you?"

Gu Qing waved her hand: "No, I'm afraid I'll spit silk and wrap you up tight."

Tang Ruan wasn't scared at all, and even said happily, "Okay!"

"Okay what? You little girl, stop causing trouble."

Gu Qing tapped her forehead.

Tang Ruan was not satisfied: "Qiyue, how about I provoke you a little?"

Qiyue also hurriedly waved her hand, and tried to scare her: "No, no, if you use provocation on me, I'll suck all your blood dry."

Of course the scare was ineffective: "Mm, okay, go ahead and suck me."

Qiyue turned her head to seek help: "My lord~"

Zhao Chi asked, "Qiyue, you said my blood smells fragrant, and Gu Qing's is sweet, so what does Tang Ruan taste like?"

"Mm… milky."

"I'm milky?" Tang Ruan couldn't help looking down.

Zhao Chi's gaze also drifted over.

Qiyue nodded: "Mm, faintly sweet, smells really nice."

Gu Qing laughed and said, "You two stop looking, only Qiyue can smell that scent."

Qiyue said to Gu Qing, "Sister Gu Qing, I don't know why, but just now I smelled a very strong fragrance on you too, the same as the scent on my lord."

"Ah?" Gu Qing was a little surprised.

"But now it's faded a lot." Qiyue sniffed.

Gu Qing's face reddened slightly.

It was probably because of absorbing the genetic material.

That was right after they had finished, so of course her body would carry Zhao Chi's scent.

Gu Qing interrupted: "Alright, it's about time, I need to go catch animals with Yang Lu and the others, I'll stop chatting with you."

Zhao Chi nodded: "Okay, be careful."

Gu Qing giggled: "Those animals should be the ones careful of us, see you in a bit."

Gu Qing's voice was still there, but the person had suddenly vanished.

Qiyue said, "My lord, I'm going to chop trees too, I chop trees faster than Merlin and the others."

Zhao Chi laughed and said, "You have 7 points of Strength, one tier higher than them, so of course you're faster."

Qiyue shook her head and smiled lightly: "It's not just that, there's also the exclusive Tear effect."

"Exclusive Tear? It works when chopping trees too?"

"Yes!"

Each attack with Exclusive Tear increases attack by 5%.

If it also works when chopping trees, then she really would be faster than the professional woodcutters Merlin and the others.

And the thicker and harder the tree, the more effective it is.

If that's the case, Qiyue could play a huge role in mining and tearing down city walls too?

"Amazing, Qiyue!"

Zhao Chi praised sincerely.

Qiyue said happily, "It's really useful, thank you my lord for giving me this talent, then I'll go chop trees."

After saying that, Qiyue picked up the axe on the ground, walked to the big tree, and chopped away with thump thump thump.

Zhao Chi watched for a while, and indeed it was as she said.

At first she could only break through the bark, barely damaging the trunk.

But in the end, one axe sank deep into the trunk, and before long a big tree came crashing down.

Tang Ruan stood beside him and didn't leave.

There was a hint of grievance in her eyes.

Zhao Chi knew what she was thinking.

So he reached his hand behind her.

And gave a hard squeeze.

Soft!

"Ah~"

Tang Ruan let out a soft cry, then immediately burst into laughter.

Zhao Chi deliberately used force with his hand, which should let her feel some pain.

It could ease the strange emotions brought on by her talent.

Tang Ruan said in a clingy voice, "My lord, then I'll go chop trees too, and come find you tonight?"

Zhao Chi shook his head: "No, you're coming with me, we're going to craft."

"Wow~ really?!"

"Of course it's real."

"Okay, come in quickly."

"Wait a moment, you go to the tailor shop and wait for me, I'll be right there."

"Mm! Okay!"

Tang Ruan's figure vanished.

The New Talent Tournament is in 5 days. New talents from the 5 nearby villages will basically all participate, roughly around 100 people.

Zhao Chi is actually still quite confident.

At least making the top 10 shouldn't be a problem.

However, every village has powerful families, and powerful families can naturally invest more resources in their juniors.

Moreover, there are also noble vassal families, and old-established vassal families at that.

A newly-joined family like the Zhao family finds it hard to compete.

Families like the Xiao family that rely purely on themselves exist in neighboring villages too, and they're all very strong.

So even though it's a commoners' competition, in reality it's a competition among commoner children from families.

The descendants of unaffiliated folk like Lu Hong can only be stepping stones.

Most importantly, the prizes are usually quite good.

The prizes come from various families, and the quality is consistently solid.

After all, the prizes are a family's face — no matter how badly off they are, they still have to fight for face.

Many times, it's clearly a losing deal, but they still have to sell at a loss to drum up support.

Otherwise they'll grow weaker and weaker.

And since it's only held once a year, even putting out good things isn't much of a burden on the family.

So to outdo each other, the prizes each family puts up are all quite good.

This competition is well worth entering.

Most importantly, this competition has zero danger.

Combat is conducted through virtual battles, so even if you're completely wiped out, it doesn't affect you at all.

However, there are still drawbacks.

Namely, this kind of virtual battle is public.

People from every family can watch.

When the time comes, he'll need to have Gu Qing and the others all wear masks.

After all, women with looks like theirs are so rare that anyone who sees them once will remember them deeply.

Zhao Chi isn't afraid of people seeing their faces.

The main thing is that Zhao Chi will very likely still pilot them to the Greater World afterward.

He's afraid of being discovered by others when the time comes.

Besides that.

He might also need to limit their performance, for example, try to keep Gu Qing from spitting silk.

Because of this, he'll need to quickly raise their strength a bit more in a short period of time.