"Gasp... Why does Alliance Leader Xia want that Fangtian Tree so badly?" Dongfang Yu immediately sucked in a cold breath, his expression curious yet wary.
"To be honest, Alliance Leader Dongfang, I need this great tree to cultivate my technique. It is also the key to defeating Dongfang Nian. With it, killing Dongfang Nian would be as easy as slaughtering a pig or dog. Of course, I'm not saying I absolutely need it. After all, it's merely a trump card that can defeat an enemy in an instant." I deliberately kept my explanation vague.
"Oh. You want to use the divine tree as a trump card? Then I'm afraid my father absolutely won't agree. After all, the Fangtian Tree is said to be the divine tree that protects my Dongfang household. If anything happens to it, our family may not survive. Even cutting down the tree would affect our family's fortune. A treasure of fortune like this isn't something I can decide on..." Dongfang Yu said with a bitter smile.
My eyes narrowed to slits. As expected, Dongfang Yu was no fool. He had openly stated that the Fangtian Tree was a treasure of fortune, which meant he knew something. If I said I wanted to cut down the tree, he naturally wouldn't agree, much less sell it to me.
And I wasn't foolish enough to tell him that the great tree was meant to strengthen Illusory Sword Heaven. That was my trump card. If they knew I wanted to strengthen it, they might not sell the tree after all. After all, using it once and using it multiple times were two entirely different concepts.
"Still, I am surprised. So Alliance Leader Xia didn't merely want to use it to build a house?" Dongfang Yu said with another smile.
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