Early the next morning.

Xia Chen was once again woken up by the noise outside the window.

The Shenmu Festival is not over yet?

He had just woken up a little delirious, and in a trance he thought he had traveled back to three days ago.

On that day, I was also woken up by the noise of the people participating in the Shenmu Festival.

But soon, he ruled out this possibility from the sunlight pouring into the room, and the other day when the sacred tree was not bald, there was no such good sunlight in the hall.

Well. Wrong!

Xia Chen suddenly reacted to one thing, the three days of the Shenmu Festival yesterday had completely ended, and all the leaves had fallen off.

The old is gone, and the new is coming.

Today, it should be the day when the sacred tree changes new leaves, according to Ma Xiu, the sacred tree can be full of new leaves overnight, but where is the sunshine now?

All kinds of abnormal performances before the start of the Shenmu Festival were suddenly excavated from Xia Chen's memory, and the idea that he thought was unfounded now seems to have been verified?

Xia Chen hurriedly got up from the bed and ran to the balcony, and the scene in front of him made him frown.

As on the first day of the Sacred Tree Festival, countless people and elves gathered under the sacred tree to look up.

Unlike that day, at this moment, there were no luxuriant leaves above people's heads, only bare branches and an endless blue sky.

The sacred tree did not grow any new leaves!

Not only that, but he could clearly perceive that the wonderful aura that he had been feeling since he came to Aromatherapy City was also gone!

Xia Chen was silent, for a tourist like him, the sacred tree was just a symbol of Aromatherapy City, and the impact of this incident on him was nothing more than a conversation after dinner.

But for the locals who have lived here for a decade or twenty, or even longer, this will undoubtedly have a huge impact, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the sky has fallen.

Xia Chen suddenly thought, Miss Ma Xiu, what are you doing at the moment?

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Since Xia Chen lived in the Aromatherapy Gym, he found that Miss Ma Xiu's mood was different every morning.

From the politeness and politeness of the first few days, to the natural relationship between friends after getting acquainted with each other a little, and then to the eyes that began to look wrong during the Shenmu Festival

The state of breakfast can often reflect the mood of the day of Ma Xiu.

But it was the first time Xia Chen had seen Miss Ma Xiu so worried.

Normally, she would finish breakfast as quickly as possible with grace and speed, and then devote herself to the busy day.

But today, her eyes were staring at the dishes on the table without focus, and the chopsticks in her hands unconsciously poked at the rice in front of her as if she had an enmity with her.

Xia Chen was almost finished, but she hadn't moved a bite yet.

He felt that he had to say something, but he had only been in Aromatherapy City for a few days, and now he comforted everything, and he felt a little bit standing and talking without backache.

Helpless, he could only say the universal sentence in the Donghuang region in this situation, "Let's eat first, only when you are full will you have strength." Saddened. ”

No matter what the effect of comfort was, this sentence finally broke the silent atmosphere, Ma Xiu looked up at Xia Chen, and said quietly: "I should have believed you that day." ”

Xia Chen was speechless at Ma Xiu's self-blame, "What do you believe?" I don't even know what will happen, and even if we know about the anomaly of the Sacred Tree, what can we tiny humans do? ”

Although Xia Chen's words were very reasonable, Ma Xiu still didn't let go, just silently picked up a mouthful of rice and put it in his mouth and chewed it.

Xia Chen breathed a sigh of relief like a mother.

Well. Anyway, it's finally time to eat.

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After the meal, Ma Xiu did not go to his studio or training ground, but took Xia Chen to stroll through the courtyard of the gym, as if he wanted to make a final tribute to this ancient tree that had existed for more than a thousand years.

Ma Xiu looked up at the towering giant tree that was bound to die, and suddenly sighed, "You don't know what this tree means to Aroma City and the people here. ”

Xia Chen knew that now was the time when Ma Xiu had the strongest desire to talk, so he didn't interrupt her, but just listened silently.

"Aromatherapy City exists because of this tree, no matter how the outside world changes, whether the king rules or the alliance governs, it doesn't matter if Aromatherapy City is what they believe in from beginning to end, and it is also where the spiritual sustenance is, it has always been this tree."

"People are born, married, buried in the ground under the witness of this tree, and they pray here before doing every major event in life, but now"

Xia Chen wanted to say something comforting, but with his straight man thinking, what he might say might only be "Why don't you get some leaves to stick back on and pretend that nothing happened?" This kind of inappropriate words, after thinking about it, I still choose to shut up.

Ma Xiu continued: "I'm okay, just like you, I'm just a passerby in this city, but I stay in this city for a long time, but those old people who have long been accustomed to the reincarnation of the Divine Tree year after year may never be able to let go, right?" ”

Xia Chen finally found the opportunity to cut in, "It is inevitable that the old and the new will alternate, maybe ten years later, the young people of Aromatherapy City will slowly get used to this withered sacred tree?" ”

Ma Xiu nodded, "Maybe, but compared to this, I'm more worried about another thing, without the Divine Tree, Aromatherapy City may be in decline." ”

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"You can also feel that from this morning, the wonderful smell that permeated the first thousand years of the fragrance city has disappeared, the main industry of the fragrance city is tourism, the resident population here is only more than three million, but the annual floating population can be nearly 10 million, and from today, maybe this grand occasion will never exist."

Xia Chen was silent, he understood the meaning of Ma Xiu, no matter how magnificent the sacred tree is, no matter how significant it is to the local residents, it is just a scenic spot that can only be viewed from a distance for tourists.

What really attracts visitors is the unique and wonderful atmosphere of the city, which is the soul of Aromatherapy City.

Ma Xiu smiled suddenly, "But that's fine, I can be much more free in the future, and I can do a lot of things I want to do." ”

Although he said so, Xia Chen could still hear the meaning of loneliness from Ma Xiu's tone.

The decline of the city will inevitably lead to the decline of the gym, and as the owner of the aromatherapy gym, Ma Xiu must be very sad at this moment.

Xia Chen suddenly thought of Ma Li, who was far away in the Galel region, and she also wanted to save the declining Nail Town and was determined to make her debut as an idol. No, it's to be a champion.

It is to become the new business card of Jianding Town, which can also be called drainage.

Thinking of this, Xia Chen's mind suddenly flashed, "Since the last business card has disappeared, why not create a new business card for Aromatherapy City?" ”

Ma Xiu was stunned for a moment, and then reacted, "You mean the Gorgeous Competition?" ”

Xia Chen affirmed: "That's right, this is the best opportunity, the demise of the Divine Tree will definitely attract the attention of the Carlos Alliance, the top of the alliance will not sit idly by and watch a city decline, and the idea of a new business card we put forward at this time, as long as it is reasonable, there is a high probability that it will be adopted by the top level of the alliance." The recent gorgeous performance with phenomenal popularity is the best business card! ”

Ma Xiu's eyes were full of excitement, and she nodded again and again, looking at Xia Chen expectantly, "Then what should we do now?" ”

Ma Xiu didn't find out, and unconsciously, she had taken this boy who was several years younger than her as the backbone.

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Xia Chen immediately replied: "Hold the first gorgeous competition!" Be sure to let the alliance cooperate with the publicity, it is best to attract the attention of the whole world, the scale should be large, the specifications should be high, the attraction should be enough, if you can, it is best to get some gimmicks, such as how much thousandths of the financial income of the aromatherapy city last year was added to the prize pool of the competition, or pull Lijia, Xiaoxia, and Mikoli over. ”

Ma Xiu's eyes were full of brilliance, "Well, if you have them as referees, they are both authoritative and attractive!" ”

Xia Chen smiled slightly, "The pattern is a little bigger, I mean, pull them over to compete." ”

"Entering?" Ma Xiu was frightened by Xia Chen's proposal, and she subconsciously questioned: "But when they come to compete, who is qualified to be the referee?" ”

Xia Chen smiled and didn't say anything, just looked at Ma Xiu silently.

She understood what Xia Chen meant, and asked a little unconfidently, "You mean me?" ”

As the owner of the gym in various regions, Ma Xiu did not feel that he had the qualifications to evaluate their competition.

Xia Chen smiled confidently, "Look, isn't this the gimmick?" ”

No one knows marketing better than I do!

Seeing Ma Xiu's expression, Xia Chen hesitated for a while and said, "If you don't want to, then let them play an exhibition match, and then be the referee, the effect is similar." ”

This plan put much less pressure on Ma Xiu, she breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked, "Then I'll contact the alliance now?" ”

Xia Chen silently glanced at the divine tree above his head, "At least. Let's wait for the first seven days of the sacred tree to pass. ”

Thinking about the red thing before the white thing is done, Xia Chen is a little afraid that the aromatherapy citizens may have some opinions

(End of chapter)