Seeing that the tree spirit remained silent for a long while, Fang Xiao knew it had reservations.
He immediately promised, "I will make a Dao Vow. I will never harbor any greed to seize it for myself.
"Surely that puts Your Excellency at ease.
"With my meager cultivation, I have no ability to break a Dao Vow."
Precisely because the tree spirit possessed a means of breaking Dao Vows, it understood just how difficult such a thing was.
Not to mention that with Fang Xiao's cultivation, it was simply impossible for him.
Thus, it believed Fang Xiao's promise.
Letting Fang Xiao comprehend the Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart was also entirely acceptable.
But at this moment, the Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart was stripping away the Great Chun Tree Heart.
Together with the Endless Wood and Ruomu Tree Hearts already within the Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart,
it was easy to guess its intentions.
Simply put, the tree spirit did not want Fang Xiao to learn of the Dao path it was plotting.
Never mind whether it could ultimately walk that Dao path to the end.
If Fang Xiao were to spread word of this matter,
both the Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart and the three Divine Tree Hearts would bring it endless trouble.
But the problem was that if it could not satisfy Fang Xiao, then taking the Great Chun Tree Heart while also leaving this place easily would likely be rather unrealistic.
Seeing the tree spirit's brow tightly furrowed, clearly still struggling inwardly, Fang Xiao did not urge it.
He merely stood to one side and waited patiently.
He could leave at any time anyway. Obtaining it would be an unexpected delight; failing to obtain it would not leave him regretful.
Thus, he was not anxious in the slightest.
After an intense internal struggle, the tree