MC's career as foreign lord

At this moment, they had no time to continue flirting up there. They immediately jumped down and used their powerful bouncing ability to land directly by the pool.

Another benefit of slime boots is that you can forcibly stop bouncing by using water flow. In theory, you could even use lava if you had fire resistance potions.

However, right now, everyone was focused not on the two newcomers, but on the legendary figure who had carelessly lost a significant amount of lifespan.

This was a resolute-looking elven ranger, one of the few males among the twenty people. The race itself had far more females than males, and even among the legendary figures, the gender ratio was an astonishing 8:2.

Therefore, there were actually only four male elven legendary figures present. Besides this ranger, the two knights and one mage were all of them.

"Decaying gas from the bones has affected his life. He now appears to be 2000 years older!" Mossa came to Zhou Ren's side. "Master, we didn't expect this aura to be able to affect people!"

"I… I'm fine…" The elderly elven ranger seemed to find each step difficult, but he persevered and didn't stop just because walking was hard.

Elves generally live for less than three thousand years. Losing two thousand years of lifespan at once meant that this elven ranger truly seemed to be on his last legs.

"Mossa!" As soon as Zhou Ren spoke, a bowl of soup appeared in his hand. It was indeed Mysterious Stew. It seemed the two master and servant were quite in sync and worked well together.

There was no time for him to eat it slowly, so he used a bit of his own authority to dump the bowl of Mysterious Stew on the elven ranger's head, then watched as he directly digested the entire bowl.

This was actually a version of item usage; it wasn't difficult to explain, but only he could use it. Could it be considered a perk from the Creator?

He wasn't quite sure, but the results of this action seemed to be okay?

He could clearly see the wrinkles on the elven ranger's face diminishing and the black hair on his head increasing, although the increase wasn't very noticeable.

"The damage is fast, but the repair is difficult!" Zhou Ren sighed. "You need to eat many bowls of Mysterious Stew to fully recover!"

"Thank you, Lord. It was my carelessness!" the elven ranger said. He had now become an old man who could walk, and had finally regained his basic ability to speak.

"Unfortunately, you can only eat one bowl of Mysterious Stew at a time. Once you're full, you can't continue to recover health. If you want to recover, you'll have to wait until at least tonight!" Zhou Ren said.

He also felt it was a bit difficult; the power of life recovery wasn't something that could be obtained so easily.

Shea said, "Seymour, why don't you stay here for a while until you've completely recovered before leaving?"

This was also a compromise. After all, if one night's worth of Mysterious Stew wasn't enough to recover, they could just use a few more bowls. At worst, it would just take a little time; the elves had plenty of time.

Zhou Ren shook his head. He knew Shea was considering his situation. After all, this was an accident that happened in his territory. Although the pixie caused the accident, Jim and Mossa also bore some responsibility; they couldn't escape it.

The little girl was now almost scared silly. Trembling, she ran to the elven ranger's side and apologetically touched his wrinkled hand.

"Uncle Seymour, Lia didn't mean to…" Her eyes filled with tears. "If I give you the fruit to eat, will it make you feel better?"

"Don't worry, Lia. Uncle will be fine. Keep your fruit for yourself!" The elven ranger was surprisingly magnanimous. "If it can't be helped, it's fine if I just go back like this!"

"No need!" Zhou Ren shook his head. "I happen to have something that can help you. I can restore a lifespan to you and even give you a great opportunity. Do you want it?"

He himself wanted some high-level combat power, and since one had arrived, he couldn't let him run away.

"Mossa, you and Jim continue with your auction. I'll take him out for a trip!" Zhou Ren said.

Shea was stunned, not expecting Zhou Ren to actually use those things. Those were originally supposed to be his official bargaining chips for negotiating with the elven clan.

"Zhou Ren, will it…" She couldn't bring herself to say some words. "That's your most important thing!"

Zhou Ren shook his head. "The Tree of Life has never been the most important thing. The important thing is myself!"

His understanding of himself was clear and precise. He clearly knew that without him, this territory would be nothing, but with his existence, everything here was an equivalent exchange.

"I will use the Tree of Life to directly increase your lifespan to ten thousand years, and then use something new to heal your lost life, but you need to work for me for 1000 years, and…"

Zhou Ren paused, "After you die, you will become one of the guardians of my territory. How about it?"

"It is my honor to sign a contract with the Tree of Life," Seymour said. "My life belongs to the Tree of Life. If the Tree of Life belongs to you, then I will be loyal to you after my life ends!"

This was also a special drawback of the Tree of Life binding creatures. After they died, they would become something like tree spirits. Through the gods, they could ascend to the divine realm and become beings similar to holy spirits. But if they were not approved, they would be locked in the human world like wandering souls.

It wasn't so easy being a wandering ghost. That would mean that before he escaped the technique, he would permanently become a servant of this tree, and after the Tree of Life died, he would be destroyed along with it.

Similarly, such a great price meant a lifespan as long as the Tree of Life, as well as powerful regeneration and near-immortal terrifying resurrection power.

For Zhou Ren, it was naturally not a loss. Although he only said he would work for him for 10 years, as long as this tree was in his territory, once something happened in the territory, this elven ranger would rush over from wherever he was.

Because the main Tree of Life, which held his life, was lying in this territory. If it was not taken care of, it would mean his own collapse and destruction. This was almost a cost-free transaction.

As for what he said—restoring the other party's vitality—it was naturally not just empty talk. Although black tea could not restore vitality, other teas could!

As far as he knew, lemon tea could increase life recovery, and after being made with a Zisha teapot, he could obtain top-level life recovery 3. If this pot of tea was given to Mossa, it was estimated that it could directly bring him to a middle-aged state.

But the old lich himself did not have too high a demand for vitality, it was more of a special hobby, no one wanted to be a skeleton, right?

And the elven ranger before him should be able to replenish all the life force he was missing, while also gaining a legendary-level combatant for free. Thinking about it that way, it seemed reasonable.

Previously, Mosa's contract with the Tree of Life hadn't yielded very good results. The Trees of Life in each territory were unusually sluggish and not as active as he had imagined.

So, not to mention guarding the territory like a normal Tree of Life, these trees were very difficult to communicate with. It could only communicate with the little skeleton 1-on-1.

So, Zhou Ren was very curious about the communication method between the elves and the Tree of Life. What exactly was it like?

Right now, they were doing this to stabilize the elven ranger's life force. Otherwise, if his lifespan was too short and he just collapsed, it would be too embarrassing.

Seemore, on the other hand, was not so self-conscious. He walked slowly through the grassland, taking a breath of life force from the Tree of Life.

Visibly, his body recovered a little. His originally somewhat hunched body gradually straightened under this aura. The power from the Tree of Life seemed to straighten his body completely.

After all, as a 500-year-old elven legend, he should have only used less than 1/6 of his life. After adding 2000 years, he would only have less than 500 years of life left.

But once he bound himself to the Tree of Life, he would gain at least an additional 10,000 years of life. In that case, he should be able to return to his previous youthful state.

Seeing that he was recovering well, Zhou Ren took a big step forward with him to the Tree of Life. They came to the first Tree of Life planted, which was the one in the tree farm.

"Before binding to the Tree of Life, you must obtain the consent of the Tree of Life's heart. Only then can you have a connection!" Hsia said, "Open your heart!"

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The elven ranger Seemore subconsciously spread out his hands and slowly closed his eyes, as if reconciling with the tree in front of him.

This was a very interesting perspective. The elven ranger seemed to have truly reached a reconciliation. The tree, which originally didn't have much consciousness, actually stretched out a branch and slowly inserted it into Seemore's body.

"Is this the way to connect with the Tree of Life?" Zhou Ren suddenly understood. No wonder their research had not been effective. They originally thought it was a connection on a material or magical level, but now it seemed to be a communication on a spiritual level.

This tree seemed to prefer to test people's tacit understanding and spiritual connection. As for using his body and leaves, it didn't have any effect.

"It's growing so fast!" Hsia exclaimed, looking at Seemore, "Sir Remy, you can go back to the scene just now. Don't crush any bones this time!"

The elven ranger, who had a branch of the Tree of Life left on his body and had successfully opened his eyes, was a little embarrassed. He had indeed lost his composure just now.

But blessings and misfortunes go hand in hand. He had obtained the power from the Tree of Life that he wouldn't even dare to think about normally. After giving a slight bow to the two, he quickly left.

"Alas!" Zhou Ren sighed. A tree only had 5 fixed binding slots, and the elves had as many as 1000 trees. But not many of these legends had bound themselves to the Tree of Life. Calculating it this way, did they have far more than 5000 legendary figures?

Looking at Zhou Ren's expression, Hsia knew he was thinking too much and said with a smile, "You can't calculate it that way. Once a Tree of Life binder dies, that slot will be permanently occupied!"

She gently raised her hand, "Moreover, some Trees of Life are too old to be used to bind elves at all. So the entire elven race can actually only obtain less than 500 binding slots!"

Zhou Ren was a little surprised. That is to say, only 100 Trees of Life could bind elves, and the remaining 900 would not be favored for some reason. Thinking about it this way, it really seemed a bit tragic.

He couldn't help but be curious. In the Crown War, which was called the Ancient War, how crazy were these elves fighting?

In fact, with the popularization of science by several big figures and his own learning, Zhou Ren's grasp of the basic knowledge of this world was at least more solid than the library in the town.

Whether it was his understanding of the gods or his knowledge of the various races on the continent, Zhou Ren had reached a new level.

Perhaps it was because of this that he felt shocked. This was the elven race that could have 5000 fixed powerhouses, and 5000 elves who were virtually immortal without major disasters.

Because of this, they suffered even greater disasters. Zhou Ren suddenly had a new understanding of the Crown War.

The elves... were really ruthless to their own people!

After this incident, the two of them no longer had the mood to continue flirting on the top of the aerial farm. Hsia slowly left, "I'm going to take care of Leah!"

Zhou Ren nodded, not intending to see her off. Instead, he focused his attention on the tree. He hadn't noticed it before, but now he suddenly realized that this Tree of Life had grown so big!

If the previous Tree of Life was just an ordinary big tree, only about one person's embrace thick and only six or seven squares tall.

Now, this tree had grown into a real behemoth, from a four-square body to a nine-square one, occupying the area of petrified soil it had absorbed from the beginning.

Its height had also surpassed the tallest tree in the tree farm and was gradually heading towards the top of the mountain. This was the Tree of Life, the true seedling of the World Tree.

The original field of the Tree of Life could affect his perception. At this time, he only felt a special aura, permeating his eyes, issuing orders to him.

"Grow up quickly, grow taller, you must grow tall and big, white and fat..."

He seemed to suddenly understand why the plants in the territory covered by the Tree of Life grew so fast?

This was simply another kind of bone meal, frantically urging the plants to grow taller. The Tree of Life would not occupy the living space of the plants, but would get along with them in a friendly way.

"What kind of material does this tree use to grow? It doesn't feel like nutrients!" Zhou Ren touched the tree's body and subconsciously pulled out an axe.

"Why not cut off a branch and try?" The moment he finished speaking, the tree trembled almost imperceptibly.

"You have consciousness after all!" Zhou Ren said, but found that after this sentence, the other party was silent again.