Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 2052 The Lifespan of the Tree of Life

According to Roth, the Tree of Life, as a special plant, will not grow indefinitely if you don't cut it down.

The older the Tree of Life is, the more careful it needs to be cared for.

At the same time, the lifespan of the Tree of Life is somewhat similar to that of the Elven race.

The Elven race believes that a Tree of Life is considered to be mature at three hundred years, because only at this age does the wood produced by the Tree of Life possess relatively distinct characteristics.

A thousand-year-old Tree of Life is in its prime. Before that age, the Tree of Life is very resilient and does not require much effort or thought to cultivate.

Based on this, a life-giving tree that is 1,500 years old is considered to have entered old age, and every hundred years thereafter, a great deal of effort must be invested.

From this perspective, it's easy to imagine how difficult it is for this oldest tree of life to live to be three thousand years old; that's equivalent to an ordinary person living to be two hundred years old.

In the original world, this would probably have been taken away for dissection and research.

Even in the Elf Forest, there is only one Tree of Life that has reached this age.

In Elder Roth's words, it is already quite difficult for a Tree of Life to live for more than 1,500 years under careful care.

The tree in front of us has lived for three thousand years. This can no longer be attributed to their efforts, but rather to the extraordinary talent of this tree of life itself.

Elder Roth's words piqued Zhou Xu's curiosity, so he simply activated his True Word and used the 'Peeping Eye' to find out.

Name: Ancient Tree of Life

Type: Special plant

Introduction: Originally an ordinary Tree of Life, it evolved over time through the accumulation of life energy, growing into a higher-level Ancient Tree of Life, containing even more powerful energy than the Tree of Life.

Elders Wright and Roth had obviously already learned about the Great Zhou's 'Prying Eyes', and now they were both looking at Zhou Xu with curiosity, waiting for his answer.

Zhou Xu did not hide anything from this and directly told Elder Wright and Elder Roth about the Ancient Tree of Life.

"Ancient Tree of Life. Ancient Tree of Life"

Elder Roth murmured the name, and a long-buried memory was slowly unveiled.

"I've heard that name before..."

As Elder Roth spoke, he turned and ran toward the village.

Seeing this, Zhou Xu and Wright exchanged a glance, but didn't rush to chase after him. After all, they were in the Elf Forest, what could possibly happen to an Elf Elder at the Saint Realm level?
The plantation of this Tree of Life is also managed by wood spirits; having them explain it to you is just as effective.

In fact, these wood elves probably know more about this plantation than Elder Roth does.

According to their introduction, this is the only tree in the plantation that is three thousand years old. The oldest tree below it is a spiritual tree that is only eighteen hundred years old.
The difference in years is quite significant.

But in reality, 1,800 years is already quite outstanding. If it is compared to a genius disciple of a sect, then the 3,000-year-old tree is equivalent to an unparalleled genius of the sect.

Doesn't that make it more intuitive?

As expected, there were nineteen more Life Trees that were 1,600 years old, and another one that was 1,500 years old, bringing the total number to 187.

It easily surpassed the meager inventory on Qingshui Mountain in the Great Zhou Dynasty in both quantity and age.

Further down the line, the quantity increases, generally the smaller the year, the greater the quantity.

There are tens of thousands of life-giving trees, some as old as a thousand years old. But don't be fooled by the sheer number; in fact, building the Black Sail warships is extremely resource-intensive.

Take the existing Black Sail Vanguard ship as an example. During its construction, it consumed nearly three thousand three-hundred-year-old Life Spirit Trees to provide it with wood.

Of course, the older the life tree, the thicker its trunk tends to be, and the more usable wood can be extracted from it.

Compared to a thousand-year-old Tree of Life, a three-hundred-year-old tree is nothing more than a tiny creature.

Even so, Zhou Xu estimated that to build a 100-meter-long Black Sail Vanguard Ship, if one were to use a thousand-year-old Life Spirit Tree, it would require at least a thousand trees, and most likely even more.

Even if they deplete the thousand-year-old reserves in the Elf Forest, it's estimated that it would only be enough for them to build about ten ships.

However, if the age requirement is lowered further, the number of life trees that are eight or nine hundred years old or five or six hundred years old will increase exponentially.

However, this is relative; because the tree is small, the number of life spirit trees required will also increase accordingly.

It's clear from this that even with a Life Tree possessing an entire elven forest, the Black Sail Warship couldn't be built blindly.

"So, all the Trees of Life are here?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The wood elf responsible for tending to the Tree of Life nodded.

After hesitating for a moment, he added another sentence.

"However, the spirit wood is stored in a special warehouse."

Sensing the doubt in Zhou Xu's eyes, the wood elf quickly began to explain...

"Your Majesty, please look at this Tree of Life. This Tree of Life is over 1,500 years old, but not yet 1,600 years old. Recently, the life energy contained within it has shown signs of decline."

"Under normal circumstances, the energy contained within a continuously growing spiritual tree will become increasingly enormous, just like that three-thousand-year-old tree."

"Once the energy within the body begins to decline, it means that the spirit tree has entered a period of withering and dying. Next, the energy contained within will continue to dissipate until it is completely dissipated."

"At that time, it will become a piece of dead wood, containing no energy whatsoever."

Hearing the wood spirit's explanation, Zhou Xu quickly understood.

"I understand. So you need to process it into timber before it dies, so that it doesn't end up as just ordinary dead wood."

“Not entirely.”

The wood elf added another explanation.

"If we compare the Tree of Life to a living organism, then when its life energy begins to decline, it is actually already dead. The process of energy dissipation is equivalent to the process of its corpse rotting. When the energy is exhausted, the corpse will completely rot."

Now, Zhou Xu finally understood completely.

"I really understand now."

The wood elf nodded and continued.

"Of course, we will also try to save it. As for this Tree of Life, we are currently infusing it with life energy every day. If it still can't be saved in a few days, then there is no hope. At that time, we will use special processing methods to preserve its characteristics as a spiritual tree, process it into timber that is easy to store, and then transfer it to the warehouse for use when needed."

(End of this chapter)