636: Chapter 636 Visiting the Orchard

The Red-Tailed Fox King curled her lips slightly and walked slowly toward him. Her jade hand gently brushed across Xiao Chen's cheek, and she let out a faint sigh: "Sigh... This face is truly rare, and it is even a Pure Yang Sacred Body."

Having said that, she picked up Xiao Chen, walked straight through the great hall, and flew toward the inner palace.

...

When the morning sunlight filtered through the window gauze and spilled onto his face, Xiao Chen finally woke up from his grogginess. The first thing he saw was that face that could bewitch all living beings.

With her jade hand cupping her chin, she looked exactly like a young girl pining for love.

"Giggle... You are awake?" The Red-Tailed Fox King's eyes shimmered, and her delicate body leaned forward slightly, her alluring scent almost invading Xiao Chen's face.

"Mm-hmm."

Xiao Chen nodded subconsciously, shrank back a little, and rubbed his dizzy head.

"This is my sleeping quarters. If you feel unwell, you may rest here as much as you like."

"Ah?"

Xiao Chen felt a bit awkward, but he could not recall what had happened yesterday or how he had ended up in the Red-Tailed Fox King's bed.

"Your alcohol tolerance is truly not very good. You only had one glass before collapsing into my arms."

"..."

Xiao Chen hurriedly asked Shadow Moon in his Sea of Consciousness, "Yueer Baby, is that so?"

"Hmph!"

Shadow Moon turned her face away haughtily and said faintly, "That vixen drugged you and stared at you all night long."

"Just stared? She didn't do anything else, right?"

"What are you expecting?"

"No... I am not expecting anything."

At this moment, the Red-Tailed Fox King's voice interrupted Xiao Chen's thoughts, "Come, drink a cup of milk to clear your head."

"Oh."

Xiao Chen reached out to take the cup from her hand. As the rim of the cup neared his lips, a cool, fragrant milky scent instantly filled his nose.

He took a small sip, and immediately, the milky fragrance overflowed, and his Soul became much clearer in an instant.

Thus, he immediately drank it all in one gulp.

"What kind of milk is this? It actually has the effect of clearing the mind and cleansing the Soul."

"Of course, it is fox milk."

"Oh."

Xiao Chen's face instantly flushed red, and he could not help but glance at the two extremely soft mounds on the chest of the fox woman in front of him.

The Red-Tailed Fox King's cheeks instantly flushed with a rosy hue, and she glared at him with shy anger, "I have not yet found a husband, so how could I have..."

"Right, right, right."

Xiao Chen replied subconsciously, which made the Red-Tailed Fox King even more shy.

To ease this awkward situation, she hurriedly asked, "I see that Young Master Xiao is very close with that Yue Hua. Could it be that you have known each other for a long time?"

"That is not the case. I only met her by chance. At that time, she was being hunted by the Green Scorpion and the Wolf Spider, and fortunately, she was saved by me."

"So that is how it is."

"Mm-hmm."

"Then, Young Master Xiao, you have traveled thousands of miles to my Red-Tailed Fox clan's territory. May I ask what business you have?"

In order to lower her guard, Xiao Chen gave the simplest reason: "I would like to see the golden phoenix silk-winding fruit and the longevity fruit cultivated by your clan."

"How is that difficult?"

The Red-Tailed Fox King put away her flirtatious demeanor, "If Young Master Xiao is clear-headed, I can take you to admire them right now."

"Very good, very good. I am already fine." Xiao Chen immediately sat up and stretched his limbs.

"Mm."

Led by the Red-Tailed Fox King, the two soon arrived at the spirit orchard.

As far as the eye could see, there were vast stretches of spirit fruit trees, but there were very few spirit fruits on the trees; some trees had only a few fruits.

They ranged from first-grade spirit fruits to fifth-grade spirit fruits.

Xiao Chen secretly pondered, so the so-called golden phoenix silk-winding fruit and longevity fruit were cultivated by the Red-Tailed Fox King.

They were not wild.

It seems that the spirit fruits in the hands of Duanmu Hai and Huangfu Sha back then must have been a fair trade with the Red-Tailed Fox King.

The two walked along the path in the spirit field, and the Red-Tailed Fox King walked and pointed at the fruit trees to introduce them to Xiao Chen along the way.

"This is a first-grade spirit fruit, the [Clear Spirit Fruit]."

"This is a second-grade spirit fruit, the [Cloud Pattern Fruit]."

"This is a third-grade spirit fruit, the [Dragon Snake Fruit]."

"This is a fourth-grade spirit fruit, the [Creation Berry]."

"This is the fifth-grade spirit fruit you wanted to see, the [golden phoenix silk-winding fruit]."

"Mm-hmm."

Xiao Chen nodded and looked at the fruit tree, which was several zhang tall. The bark appeared like golden silk, and golden radiance flowed between the leaves.

Between the leaves, four golden fruits hung on the branches, overflowing with a rich fruity fragrance.

However, through the Eye of Chaos, he noticed that this golden phoenix silk-winding fruit tree was somewhat sickly, and the new leaves that had sprouted were somewhat yellowed.

Obviously, this was a sense of decay, and also a trace of the Wild Ancient Marsh being alienated.

Afterward, the Red-Tailed Fox King pointed to a fruit tree not far away, "That is the longevity fruit."

Following the direction of her finger, Xiao Chen's gaze immediately locked onto the fruit tree not far away that was shimmering with seven-colored divine radiance.

He saw that on the crooked branches hung six fruits glowing with seven-colored rays of light, but just like the golden phoenix silk-winding fruit tree from before, this longevity fruit tree also showed faint signs of decay.

Seeing him in a trance, the Red-Tailed Fox King curled her lips slightly, "Do you want to eat them? I will give you two of each spirit fruit."

Xiao Chen was slightly stunned.

In the outside world, this kind of top-tier spirit fruit was hard to come by, especially the longevity fruit, as a single one could increase one's Lifespan by fifty years.

She was actually gifting them to him so casually!

However, Xiao Chen slowly shook his head.

The Red-Tailed Fox King tilted her head, looking at him with some surprise. She did not believe that Xiao Chen had gone to such great lengths to come here just to take a look.

"What a fine spirit tree, but it is a pity..."

"Hm?"

The Red-Tailed Fox King showed a trace of curiosity, "What is a pity?"

Xiao Chen reached out his palm and touched the trunk of the golden phoenix silk-winding fruit tree, saying with a hint of regret:

"This kind of fifth-grade spirit tree only bears fruit once every thousand years, and it only bears nine fruits each time. It is a pity that it will wither by the next time."

"..."

The Red-Tailed Fox King's expression stiffened, and her dark eyebrows knitted slightly, "Young Master Xiao did not come here just to look at the spirit fruits, did you?"

"Of course, I came to save these two fruit trees."

"Giggle..."

The Red-Tailed Fox King covered her mouth and chuckled, her eyes sparkling with starlight, "Young Master Xiao really knows how to joke. My spirit trees are growing vigorously; why would they need you to save them?"

Xiao Chen turned around and stared into her charming fox eyes, "Your Majesty, have you not already noticed those traces?"

"I am very curious, how did you know?"

"I believe Your Majesty has long been aware of the mutation in the Wild Ancient Marsh, but you have no way to stop it.

And the golden phoenix silk-winding fruit tree and the longevity fruit tree have survived in the Wild Ancient Marsh for hundreds of thousands of years, and they have extremely high requirements for their living environment;

if the environment changes even slightly, these two fruit trees will react; once the environment continues to deteriorate, they will wither rapidly."

"You are indeed not an ordinary person."

The Red-Tailed Fox King showed a trace of interest, "I want to know, how will you save them?"

"Transplant them."

"Giggle..."

The Red-Tailed Fox King laughed until she trembled, and she even tapped his forehead with her jade finger, "What a little fool. I thought you had some brilliant method."