Chapter 1155

Lin Cheng and Miss Qianhui had just been about to make a move when Valkyrie Ailin called them to stop.

Digging it up directly would very likely damage the tree's root system; after learning that Lin Cheng wanted to transplant the cocoa tree into the canyon space, Valkyrie Ailin stated outright that she could handle it alone.

Miss Qianhui was still a little doubtful at first.

Once Valkyrie Ailin began using elven magic, Miss Qianhui stopped doubting and could only feel deep envy — Valkyrie Ailin actually knew how to use magic.

The magic lifted the entire cocoa tree along with the soil at its roots in one piece; then, casting again, Valkyrie Ailin opened the spatial gate leading to the canyon space from before, transported the whole cocoa tree inside and successfully transplanted it, and only then returned to dig up the second one.

At this, Lin Cheng could only give Valkyrie Ailin a thumbs-up and the word "awesome" as praise.

One had to admit that, for certain tasks, magic was far more efficient than humans doing it by hand.

"Lin Cheng, are you going to transplant all of them?" Valkyrie Ailin asked after finishing the second cocoa tree.

"No, ten will do. The rest of the cocoa trees can be sown from seed."

"Mm-hmm."

The elves were little tree-planting experts; elven magic could accelerate plant growth, and at the same time faith in the Divine Tree could also speed up plant growth. Under this double acceleration, fruits that originally took three years might bloom and bear in just two.

While Valkyrie Ailin was transplanting the cocoa trees, Little Red and Yun Shang also gathered all the Green Foxes to start helping Lin Cheng collect the cocoa fruits here.

The canyon space was no less than a territory belonging to Lin Cheng, and the Green Foxes, as future residents, had a duty to help their lord with some tasks.

Moreover, after moving into the canyon space, there might be a period when only cocoa beans could be used as food, so the Green Foxes also had to make plans for food reserves.

Both publicly and privately, the Green Foxes had no choice but to work.

"Lin Cheng, what's the use of these fruits?" Miss Qianhui didn't understand, but she knew Lin Cheng must have his reasons.

He might come up with something novel again, like milk tea.

This time, Miss Qianhui had guessed right!

"These cocoa beans can be used to make chocolate — a very tasty kind of sweet. You'll definitely not be able to resist it then. Once production goes up, I'm sure I can get rich, and in the end be richer than your Gong family. Hehe."

Lin Cheng grew happy just thinking about the scene of chocolate selling like hotcakes in the future, and in his happiness couldn't help pinching Miss Qianhui's recently plumper cheeks.

"I don't believe it. Lately I've felt like I've gotten a bit fat." Miss Qianhui, whose cheeks were being pinched, twisted and squirmed in a girlish pose.

"Indeed, I feel your face has gotten a lot rounder than before. Who told you to eat and drink lately without exercising, and not even cultivate diligently? Living like… uh… that." Lin Cheng nearly blurted out a certain animal, but thankfully changed his tune just in time, to avoid an undeserved beating.

"Living like what?" Miss Qianhui asked curiously.

"Like those old folks sunbathing. If you keep getting fatter, I won't marry you, you know." Saying so, Lin Cheng pretended to scrutinize her and pinched her cheek again, only to have it swatted away by her blushing hand in a flash.

"Shoo! Who wants to marry you? You're so annoying!" Miss Qianhui covered her bashful cheeks, yet her eyes were full of joy.

She had finally waited for this day — Lin Cheng had acknowledged the relationship between them.

"Then it just so happens I actually quite like Valkyrie Ailin too, so I'll marry her instead."

Valkyrie Ailin, passing by at the side, overheard Lin Cheng's words and shyly covered her face as well, her crimson head giving off a great deal of steam.