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next morning.

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

The Shenmu Festival is not over yet?

When he just woke up, he was a little delirious, thinking that he had traveled back to three days ago in a trance.

That day, I was also awakened by the noise of people participating in the Shenmu Festival.

But soon, he ruled out this possibility from the sunlight pouring into the room. A few days ago, when the sacred tree was not bald, the Gym could not get such good sunlight.

Hmm. No!

Xia Chen suddenly realized that the three days of the Shenmu Festival yesterday were completely over, and all the leaves fell off.

The old is gone, the new is coming.

Today, it should be the day when the sacred tree renews its leaves. According to Ma Xiu, the sacred tree can grow full of new leaves overnight, but where is the sunshine now?

The various abnormal behaviors before the start of the Shenmu Festival were suddenly excavated from Xia Chen's memory. The thought that he thought it was unfounded, now seems to have been verified?

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

Just like the first day of the Shenmu Festival, countless people and elves gathered under the sacred tree and looked up.

What is different from that day is that at this moment, there are no lush leaves above people's heads, only bare branches and an endless blue sky.

Shenmu no longer grow new leaves!

Not only that, he could clearly feel that the wonderful breath that he had been feeling since he came to Xiangxun City had also disappeared!

Xia Chen was silent. For a foreign tourist like him, the sacred tree was just a symbol of Aromatherapy City.

But for the local residents who have lived here for ten or twenty years, or even longer, this incident will undoubtedly have a huge impact, and it is no exaggeration to say that the sky has fallen.

Xia Chen suddenly thought, Miss Maxiu, what are you doing now?

…………

Since Xia Chen moved into the Aromatherapy Gym, he found that Miss Maxiu's mood was different every morning.

From being polite and polite in the first few days, to getting along with friends naturally after getting acquainted with each other, to seeing myself in the wrong eyes during the Shenmu Festival

The state at breakfast can often reflect Ma Xiu's mood for the day.

But Xia Chen was the first time to see Miss Maxiu so worried.

Usually, she would eat breakfast as quickly as possible with both grace and speed, and then devote herself to a busy day's work.

But today, her eyes were unfocused on the dishes on the table, and the chopsticks in her hand unconsciously poked at the rice in front of her that seemed to have an enmity with her.

Xia Chen was almost done eating, but she still hadn't taken a bite.

He felt that he had to say something, but he had only been in Xiangxun City for a few days, and now he felt a little bit uncomfortable when he was comforting everything while standing and talking.

Helpless, he can only say the universal sentence pattern of Donghuang area in this situation, "Eat first, you will have strength when you are full. Sad."

Regardless of the consolation effect, these words finally broke the silence. Ma Xiu looked up at Xia Chen and said quietly, "I should have believed you that day."

Xia Chen was quite speechless at Ma Xiu's self-blame, "What do you believe? I don't even know what will happen, let alone what we small humans can do even if we know the abnormality of the sacred tree?"

Although Xia Chen's words made sense, Ma Xiu still didn't feel relieved, she just silently picked up a mouthful of rice and put it in her mouth to chew.

Xia Chen breathed a sigh of relief like a mother.

Hmm. Anyway, it's time for dinner.

…………

After the meal, Ma Xiu did not go to her studio or training ground, but took Xia Chen for a walk in the courtyard of the gymnasium, as if she wanted to pay her last 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 destined to die, and suddenly sighed, "You don't know what this tree means to Xiangxiang City and its residents."

Xia Chen knew that now was the time when Ma Xiu wanted to talk the most, 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 it is ruled by a king or governed by an alliance, Aromatherapy City does not matter. What they believe in from the beginning to the end is also where their spiritual sustenance lies. It has always been this tree."

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

Xia Chen really wanted to say some words of comfort, but with his straight man thinking, what he said might just be "Why don't you stick some leaves on it again and pretend nothing happened?" Shut up.

Maxiu continued: "I'm fine, just like you, just a passer-by in this city, but I stayed in this city for a long time, but those old people who have long been accustomed to the rebirth of the sacred tree year after year, Maybe you can never let it go?"

Xia Chen finally found the opportunity to cut in, "It is inevitable to replace the old with the new. Maybe after ten years, the young people in Xiangxun City will gradually get used to this withered sacred tree?"

Ma Xiu nodded, "Maybe, but compared to this, I am more worried about another thing. Without the sacred tree, the fragrance city may be on the verge of decline."

...

"You can also feel that since this morning, the wonderful atmosphere that permeated the city of Aromatherapy for thousands of years has disappeared. The main industry of Aromatherapy City is tourism. The resident population here is only more than three million, but every year There are nearly ten million floating population, and starting today, maybe this grand occasion will never exist again.”

Xia Chen was silent. He understood the meaning of Maxiu. No matter how magnificent the sacred tree is, no matter how important it is to the local residents, it is only a scenic spot that can only be seen from a distance for tourists.

What really attracts tourists is the unique and wonderful atmosphere of this city, which is the soul of Aroma City.

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

Even though he said so, Xia Chen could still hear the sense of loneliness from Ma Xiu's tone.

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

Xia Chen suddenly thought of Mary who was far away in the Galar region. She also wanted to save the declining Spike Town and was determined to debut as an idol. No, she became a champion.

It is to become the new business card of Spike Town. In layman's terms, it can also be called drainage.

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

Ma Xiu froze for a moment, then realized, "You mean the gorgeous competition?"

Xia Chen affirmed: "Yes, this is the best opportunity. The demise of the sacred tree will definitely attract the attention of the Carlos Alliance. The senior management of the alliance will not sit back and watch a city decline and ignore it. At this time, we propose the idea of ​​a new business card , as long as it is reasonable, there is a high probability that it will be adopted by the league's top management. The recent gorgeous performance with phenomenal popularity is the best business card!"

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

Ma Xiu didn't realize that, unconsciously, she had regarded 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! We must let the alliance cooperate with the publicity, it is best to attract the attention of the whole world, the scale must be large, the specifications must be high, and the attraction must be sufficient. If possible, it is best to Make some gimmicks, such as how much of the city’s fiscal revenue last year was added to the prize pool of the competition, or bring Lijia, Xiaoxia, and Mikoli over.”

Ma Xiu's eyes sparkled, "Well, if they are referees, they will be both authoritative and attractive!"

Xia Chen smiled slightly, "Big scale, I mean, pull them over to compete."

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

Xia Chen smiled without saying a word, just looked at Ma Xiu silently.

She understood Xia Chen's meaning, and asked back with a little confidence: "You mean me?"

As the head of gymnasiums in various regions, Maxiu doesn't think she has the qualifications to judge their competitions.

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

No one knows marketing better than me!

But 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 will be similar."

This plan puts much less pressure on Ma Xiu. She breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked, "Then shall I contact the alliance now?"

Xia Chen silently glanced at the sacred tree above his head, "At least... let's wait until the first seven days of the sacred tree pass."

Thinking about red things before finishing the white things, Xia Chen was a little afraid that the citizens might have some opinions