"Finished eating, you adorable little chicks?" Chen Yuan swept a hand grandly. "Come on, let's go check on the little trees you two have been looking after."
"Quack."
Moistening Duck scratched its butt, then stuck out its rear and waddled swaggeringly toward the field.
"Awoo, awoo."
A breeze swirled around Cola. In the blink of an eye, it crossed several meters and vanished from sight.
When they reached the field, the roughly two-meter-tall Flame Flame Fruit Tree still stood where it had been, basking in sunlight at every moment as it carried out photosynthesis.
In the soil beside it, three more sprouts had burst forth with vibrant life, swaying in the breeze—one was a Flame Flame Fruit Tree sprout, while the other two were Luminous Fruit Tree sprouts.
"Looks like the other two pits won't sprout." Disappointment showed on Chen Yuan's face.
Several days had already passed, yet the remaining two pits still had not sprouted. They seemed to be sleeping beneath the earth, with no intention of waking.
Of the six pits Chen Yuan had planted, two Flame Flame Fruit Tree pits had failed to sprout, while all the Luminous Fruit Tree pits had sprouted.
"The success rate isn't bad." Chen Yuan murmured.
He had long prepared himself for the possibility that not every pit would sprout, but seeing it with his own eyes still left him somewhat disappointed.
"You two did a good job." Chen Yuan turned to the two little ones, gave them a thumbs-up, and praised them.
Although Moistening Duck loved lying on rocks and basking in the sun, it had never forgotten its duties. Every day, it came to water them right on time.
As for Cola... well, it was great too. At the very least, it always kept Moistening Duck company while it watered