Chapter 788: How Did Things Turn Out Like This?

Seeing Ange scratched his head in distress; he had been farming for over a thousand years, yet this was the first time a crop had jumped up to call him excessive. What should he do?

Flowering and bearing fruit are the innate nature of plants, part of nature itself. Seeing Ange had merely accelerated this process, yet being accused of forcing them to bloom left him bewildered.

"How about we just forget it and go pull weeds somewhere else?" Lord Nai Ge whispered.

The forest was full of plants, and this was a brand-new plane. Every seed here was new to Seeing Ange, so it shouldn't matter if one more or one less was taken.

Seeing Ange said, "Its seed is strange."

"Oh? Strange? Alright then, I'll go negotiate. If it doesn't work, you can just go ahead and snatch it." Lord Nai Ge said.

Seeing Ange felt this was unreliable. He reached into the dimensional space and rummaged around, but found nothing, because the Silver Coin was no longer in the dimensional space.

Accepting the Temple of the Apocalypse required a swindler like the Silver Coin and the professionals under his command; otherwise, if others underreported or concealed things, you wouldn't notice if several million tons of gold were reduced by a unit to become just a few hundred tons.

With the Silver Coin gone, he could only rely on Lord Nai Ge. Seeing Ange watched helplessly, ready to intervene at any moment.

Facing the anger of the Petrified Treant, Lord Nai Ge said, "But isn't flowering and bearing fruit part of nature? Do you no longer follow nature? Just now, outside, you were saying 'this is part of nature, and also its own choice.' Why don't you mention nature now?"

"Flowering is part of nature, but being forced is not. That is immoral," the Pasturing Treant said irritably.

The Pasturing Treant and the War Treant could converse calmly because they had known Lord Nai Ge for a long time, but the half-petrified treant was not so calm. It angrily said:

"Are you still reasoning with it? What reasoning is there to be had with a lizard? Don't you know how excessive its companion was? It tore off my flower bud, pried open the petals, and swept the immature pollen inside onto the female flowers. That is too much! Catch it, bury it in the soil to rot, and use it as flower fertilizer. I'm furious!"

Everyone became awkward. Even Lord Nai Ge, who usually erupted in scales at the mention of lizards, felt too embarrassed to get angry. The victim tree's accusation was indeed too shameful and excessive, but you are a tree, after all.

Lord Nai Ge simply skipped that point and asked, "Alright, let's not talk about that. We need your seed. What conditions must be met for you to be willing to exchange?"

"What? You still want the seed? I'll kill you!" The Petrified Treant was so angry it wanted to jump up, but was quickly restrained by the War Treant and the Pasturing Treant.

"Go, go. Don't talk about seeds anymore. Considering you are a descendant of the Ancient Dragon, we won't hold your offense against you. Leave quickly, or we won't be able to stop it." The Pasturing Treant was also somewhat angry.

Lord Nai Ge said helplessly, "You had better stop it, or the problem will be serious. My companion said that because its seed is very special, it needs the seed. His words are divine oracles in our land. Just say what you are willing to exchange for. Is the Blessing of the God of Life acceptable?"

While speaking, Lord Nai Ge gestured toward the small sapling behind him.

"Are you still talking? Even if you are an elf of the Void Tree, you cannot insult me. Ah, beat him, beat him!" The Petrified Treant angrily waved its branches, but all were blocked by the Pasturing Treant.

"Stop talking," the Pasturing Treant said, though its tone was not as angry as at the beginning, for it realized Lord Nai Ge was not trying to insult them, but truly wanted to exchange for the seed.

Lord Nai Ge added, "It's just some seeds. What can't be exchanged? Even Cui Niute isn't as pretentious as you."

The War Giant Tree shook its head: "No. The petrification has consumed too much of its life force. Reproduction will only accelerate its death. We will not trade any of our companions' lives for anything of yours."

"Is that not easy to solve? Remember what I said earlier? We have a way to reverse its petrification. How about we reverse its petrification, and then exchange for its seed?" Lord Nai Ge said.

This was the second time Lord Nai Ge had said this. Did this descendant of the Ancient Dragon truly have a way to reverse petrification? The War Treant and the Pasturing Treant could not decide, so they could only look at the Petrified Treant.

"Why are you looking at me? Do you believe its words? Only the Tree God can reverse petrification. How could you believe the words of a lizard? I'm furious!" The Petrified Treant said in anger.

The War Treant shrugged. Although they didn't believe it either, who knew if the Petrified Treant might mistake the petrified tree for a dead tree to be cured? But since the Petrified Treant didn't believe it, they could only refuse.

"Alright, then something else? Like a potent fertilizer? A god-level grafting rootstock?... The Tree God's roots?"

Lord Nai Ge listed item after item, quoting prices, while the other side kept refusing. Yet, although they were still refusing, the rhythm was forcibly dragged into the topic of "what to exchange," completely forgetting that they had just said "forcing flowers to bloom is too excessive."

Even the Petrified Treant forgot to struggle, feeling only in its heart, "This dead lizard has so many good things."

Until "the Tree God's roots," the treants collectively froze and asked, "Do you know where the Tree God's roots are?"

Lord Nai Ge originally did not want to use any part of the Ten Thousand Worlds Divine Tree for exchange, as that thing was too rare, but since these treants were unyielding to oil and salt, he finally sacrificed the Tree God.

"Yes, we have the Tree God's roots. Can we exchange?" Lord Nai Ge asked.

The War Treant and the Pasturing Treant involuntarily turned to look at their companion.

The Petrified Treant also couldn't help but hesitate, but quickly came to its senses: "No, we weren't talking about this just now. They insulted me! They forced me to bloom! How did it turn into exchanging my seed for the Tree God's roots?"

Lord Nai Ge immediately interrupted, giving them no time to think: "Then will you exchange or not?"

"... No, I gain nothing." Unknowingly, a subtle change arose in the Petrified Treant's heart.

"Then the Tree God's core? Will you exchange?"

"No... no exchange."

"Then how about this?" Lord Nai Ge pulled out a green leaf.

"I... I won't exchange..." The Petrified Treant's heart wavered, and even its tone involuntarily became hesitant.

"Then how about this?" Lord Nai Ge had Seeing Ange pull out a speck of Eternal Divine Light: "We can let you be transplanted into the range of the Eternal Divine Light's illumination."

"Pfft—I... I... I..." The Petrified Treant finally broke down, unable to say the words of refusal, and couldn't help thinking in its heart: Flowering might not be unacceptable after all...

The War Treant and the Pasturing Treant also looked at the speck of Eternal Divine Light, their eyes shining: "This... this is Eternal Divine Light? No, it's incomplete, but it clearly has the spectrum of Eternal Divine Light. Can you exchange it to us? What do you need to exchange for it?"

Lord Nai Ge shook his head: "Dream on. Letting you get a sunbath is already generous. You can't afford to exchange for this thing."

"How do you have fragments of Eternal Divine Light? You really are here to find the Eternal Black Stone. How about we exchange the Eternal Black Stone for the fragments? If the stone is unwilling, we will use the Eternal Black Stone to exchange. Is that okay?" the Pasturing Treant said.

Lord Nai Ge refused without hesitation: "The Eternal Black Stone does not belong to you. Do not use something that does not belong to you for exchange. We have already taken over this plane. From the Temple of the Apocalypse to the common people, they are all our people. Everything in this plane belongs to us."

The plane is this small. Now that they know about the Eternal Black Stone, why would they need to exchange with them? They could just turn the whole place upside down and dig out the black stone.

The Pasturing Treant said regretfully: "How about I exchange my seed then? Can I also get to bask in the divine light?"

"You want to bask in the divine light? Then you would have to be planted in our place. Are you willing to leave here?" Lord Nai Ge was slightly stunned. This was a path he had never envisioned.

"Willing, willing, very willing! Eternal Divine Light! The climate here has changed too much now. If we weren't unable to move, we would all want to leave. Can you let me go in and see the environment?" the Pasturing Treant said excitedly.

This turn of events was a bit too big. Seeing Ange was somewhat bewildered. Wasn't it supposed to be exchanging the Petrified Treant's seed? How did the conversation end up with a Void Pasturing Treant being given away for free?

Seeing Ange stuffed the Pasturing Treant inside, and a moment later pulled it out again. The Pasturing Treant excitedly told the War Treant, "It's a desolate place, perfect for me. I want to go and transform it. I saw Cui Niute's child. It said Cui Niute is indeed over there."

"Ah? Then I want to bask in the divine light too. Please transplant me in as well. I'll exchange my seed." The War Treant hurriedly said.

Getting a Void War Tree for free was nothing bad. Seeing Ange stuffed them in, and also stuffed the speck of light back in.

The Petrified Treant didn't know what to say. Wasn't it being forced to bloom at the beginning? How did things turn out like this? Its companions were instead lured away?