"Sorry, but I must decline Your Excellency's request."
Fang Xiao refused without hesitation.
How could the tree spirit accept such an answer?
"Young friend, do not be so quick to refuse.
Taking me out of here would be no more than a wave of your hand for you.
Yet for me, it concerns my very life and death.
Young friend, name whatever you desire. Other than the Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart, anything I possess may be given to you."
The tree spirit had wanted to turn hostile, but Fang Xiao was far too cautious, willing only to meet it with his Dao soldiers.
It did not possess Yu Changkong's ability to subdue Fang Xiao's Dao soldiers in an instant.
Nor did it have the means to scheme against the true body through an incarnation.
Negotiation was its only choice.
Yet Fang Xiao merely glanced at the tree spirit.
The less willing it was to hand over the Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart, the more curious he became.
But Fang Xiao was not haggling with the tree spirit. He truly did not want to take it with him.
"This has nothing to do with benefits, but with trust.
Taking you out is actually very simple.
But you are the tree spirit of Great Chun, an existence comparable to the Mahayana Stage.
I, on the other hand, am merely a minor Void Refinement cultivator.
If you turn on me afterward and tear down the bridge after crossing the river, how could I possibly resist?
Tell me, would you be willing to place your life entirely in another's hands?"
Fang Xiao spread his hands, looking utterly helpless.
At this, the tree spirit immediately wanted to say that it could swear an oath.
But it suddenly recalled that Zhang Baichuan's Dao Vow had been broken by its