"As long as no outside force interfered, I could live for hundreds of millions of years, and more. Calling it another form of immortality would hardly be an exaggeration." Elder Jin spread his hands helplessly. "Against such a vast span of time, like the eternal universe itself, everything seemed so insignificant.
"Besides, I was a tree. I had no other desires. As long as the natural environment wasn't destroyed, it made no difference to me whether I was with Shrek Academy, the Spirit Pagoda, the Federation, or even the Soul Beast Clan. If someone could move my true body, wherever they planted me would become my home. To me, it was merely a change of partners. Each side got what it needed.
"You cannot judge a practically immortal tree by human perspectives and values."
Elder Jin spoke frankly.
Of course, he wasn't worried that the other party would attack him to obtain his immortality.
His immortality was a very special case. As a Child of Nature in plant form, he could, in a sense, be called the Seed of Nature-the embodiment of the heart of nature. That was why he could attain this state resembling immortality. Other soul beasts, or even a Child of Nature in human form, could not merge with the Seed of Nature to achieve his kind of immortality. Even if someone stole the Seed of Nature, it would simply sprout again.
Gui Mei rolled his eyes. What a tree, with a moral bottom line flexible beyond belief.
Still, they had no intention of attacking this tree for now. After all, wouldn't destroying him amount to helping Ah Yin possess Douluo Star's life core?
Gui Mei said, "The reason Ah Yin wants you dead is that she wants to become Douluo Star's life core herself."
"What?!" Elder