The fairy team leader turned its back, not letting its hideous expression show, as it reached out to touch the towering tree.
Radiance flowed and circulated, as a glowing branch slid down from the top, rapidly extending toward Chu Xingchen and Xie Lingyu's feet.
The glowing branch enveloped the two of them, and then the light intensified greatly.
Before their eyes, the radiance flowed and shifted, instantly becoming blurred and unclear, but in the blink of an eye, everything had changed, and their vision became clear again.
A pathway of branches spread out before Chu Xingchen—this was undoubtedly the main trunk road of this towering tree.
Even for Chu Xingchen, this path was quite wide, with small houses built along the roadside.
Outside the houses, various fairies on the roadside looked at them with curious and measuring gazes.
Unlike Sandong, who would be frightened when seeing people, the fairies here instead cast curious and scrutinizing looks.
However, no fairy dared to approach and ask questions.
At this moment, Chu Xingchen and Xie Lingyu felt a bit like rare animals on display.
Facing these probing gazes, Chu Xingchen narrowed his eyes slightly. He didn't care about these looks; what concerned him was something else.
Chu Xingchen was certain that he hadn't sensed any spatial fluctuations.
After all those flashy displays, if the technique wasn't so sharp that Chu Xingchen couldn't detect it...
Then he actually hadn't moved from his position at all.
Only the scenery before him had changed, just like... Bai Qing's illusion technique.
All things transform.
Chu Xingchen glanced sideways at Xie Lingyu, only to find her expression also seemed off—she must have noticed it too.
He gently squeezed the hand holding Xie Lingyu's, signaling her not to worry, that he would handle everything.
Xie Lingyu's reaction was quite large; she looked at Chu Xingchen with slightly shocked eyes, gently pursed her lips, and said nothing.
Chu Xingchen nodded gently—understanding was enough.
Just as the two were exchanging information through their eyes, a female fairy holding a tender green branch walked over slowly, calmly sweeping her gaze over both of them as she spoke:
"May I ask, which one of you is here for the appointment?"
Chu Xingchen turned back and spoke calmly: "I am."
The female fairy's gaze shifted to Xie Lingyu: "Then the other one?"
Chu Xingchen answered matter-of-factly: "The one here for my appointment."
Unlike the team leader's indignation, the female fairy looked at Xie Lingyu with an extremely calm expression and said:
"Then this one is not here for my King's appointment. Please exit the Eternal Tree."
Chu Xingchen raised his hand holding Xie Lingyu's, showing it to the female fairy, then spoke:
"She and I are husband and wife. As the saying goes, husband and wife are one body. My appointment is her appointment."
The female fairy frowned slightly: "My King doesn't like people with divided hearts..."
"Really doesn't like them?" Chu Xingchen interrupted decisively.
The young man playing Go had his mouth crooked from being lured and was buried together in this tomb.
Just based on that fishing technique.
Could this King possibly be pure and innocent, with a simple mind?
Chu Xingchen even maliciously speculated—the other spaces in this tomb might contain...
At the very least, there was a powerful angler at the level of a sea woman.
Chu Xingchen spoke calmly: "You're not trying to tell me that your King doesn't like people with divided hearts, while he himself is the one with divided hearts, are you?"
"I'm not the first person to come for an appointment, and I might not be the last. Whether it's acceptable or not should be decided by your King. Your job is to take me to see him, not to overstep your bounds here."
The female fairy's brows furrowed. Since he wanted to court death, she wouldn't stop him. She took a deep breath and spoke calmly:
"Please follow me."
Chu Xingchen nodded with satisfaction, took Xie Lingyu's hand, and followed the female fairy's footsteps.
Although the welcoming female fairy didn't say much, she didn't deliberately lower her voice either.
The surrounding fairies all heard Chu Xingchen's words.
Suddenly, the crowd became indignant.
They glared angrily one after another, and even the fairies who could previously hold back began to speak out in rebuke.
"How can there be someone with such values?"
"Truly shameless... shameless!"
"Shameless! Shameless!"
The female fairy listened to the extremely angry, extremely vulgar insults that were hard to endure, and couldn't help but sneer in her heart.
She slightly turned her head to look back—to see those humans' ashamed and terrified expressions!
Facing these vicious words, even the thickest-skinned fairy couldn't endure it.
Even the female fairy at this moment felt uncomfortable all over.
Hah... saying such shameless words, naturally one must suffer such terrible treatment!
But when the female fairy actually saw Chu Xingchen's expression, she was stunned.
This human... his expression was not only at ease, but... he was actually smiling?!
Is this the embodiment of shamelessness?
The female fairy's heart was filled with disgust.
However, what that shameless human said was also quite reasonable.
All of this should be left for the King to decide.
To decide how this shameless person should die.
Chu Xingchen looked around, having already deployed Wanban, with almost transparent fine needles flowing in all directions.
Eyes can be deceived, but Wanban cannot.
This road was long, but Chu Xingchen and Xie Lingyu only took a few simple steps.
The scenery before them began to change dramatically again.
As if shuttling through, like passing through one different painting after another.
In just dozens of steps, the female fairy brought Chu Xingchen and Xie Lingyu to the top of the tree.
Branches formed steps, raising a wooden house that looked somewhat more luxurious.
The luxury here was only relative to the other fairies' wooden houses.
The size had changed from the fairies' tiny houses to a normal person's house; looking inside, one could see a courtyard surrounded by a fence.
One could see several extremely vibrant flowers quietly blooming inside.
The female fairy stopped in front of the door and spoke with extreme longing and respect:
"My King, your appointment guest has arrived."
Chu Xingchen withdrew the Wanban he had deployed for detection and returned it to his sleeve, looking toward the room.
After a moment, an extremely moving female voice came from inside: "Let him in."
The female fairy was stunned upon hearing this. She glanced at the two people still holding hands, then hurriedly corrected herself:
"The situation is a bit complicated... this appointment guest also brought a wife... they say they are one body."
The female fairy's nervous words made the scene fall slightly silent. Perhaps this news was too explosive for this King.
After quite some time, the female voice sounded again:
"Then... let them both come in."
The female fairy showed some regret on her face. She had thought that upon hearing this, the King would directly give this shameless scoundrel a harsh lesson.
Unexpectedly, such a person was still allowed to enter the King's chambers.
But the King had given the order, so she had to obey.
The female fairy stepped aside, indicating that Chu Xingchen and others could enter.
Chu Xingchen, holding Xie Lingyu's hand, slowly pushed open the wooden door of the small house.
As the door pushed open, a creaking sound was heard.
Chu Xingchen looked forward with vigilance.
He saw a woman with an outstanding faces and extremely top-tier temperament gazing at the garden outside the window.
The woman's temperament was not soft and seductive; on the contrary, her temperament was that of elegant purity, with an extremely determined will.
In Chu Xingchen's words, she had the air of a strong career woman.
The woman turned her head and looked at Chu Xingchen with calm eyes.
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