The Innate Enlightenment Tea Tree let out a sigh. "So what if I've gained sentience? In the end, I still have no hope of undergoing Form Transformation."
"You don't need to pretend to be kind. Hurry up and erase my sentience, then uproot me and take me back to your abode."
The Innate Enlightenment Tea Tree was right. No cultivator in the Primordial World would pass up a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Root like him.
So the Innate Enlightenment Tea Tree naturally didn't believe Qing Xuan would give him a Chance of Survival. He had hoped to strike first and scare Qing Xuan away, but instead, he had only helped Qing Xuan.
Now Qing Xuan looked at the Innate Enlightenment Tea Tree before him, puzzled. "From beginning to end, I never even noticed you."
"In other words, if you hadn't revealed yourself, you wouldn't have been in any danger. So why did you risk your own safety to ambush me?"
The Innate Enlightenment Tea Tree snorted. "You have the nerve to ask me that? If you hadn't severed so many of my roots, why would I have attacked you?"
"These Innate Enlightenment Tea Trees all grew from my roots. They're essential for absorbing Innate Spiritual Qi. Without them, I have no hope of undergoing Form Transformation."
"Even if I were fortunate enough to live until the day I could undergo Form Transformation, I wouldn't survive the Heavenly Tribulation without their help."
"So it wasn't that I disregarded the danger and exposed myself. You forced me into a position where I had no choice but to show myself."
At last, Qing Xuan understood. By collecting all those tea trees on Wuyi Mountain, he had effectively severed the Innate Enlightenment Tea Tree's roots.
Having figured out what was going on, Qing Xuan smiled