Beside the Fog Valley Secret Realm, within the Heavenly Wood Blessed Land.
In the eighth-stage Spirit Herb Garden, the Mysterious Heaven Spirit Vine and the peachwood had already taken root.
The Mysterious Heaven Spirit Vine occupied the best spot, standing alongside the sacred Dao fruit tree where the spiritual energy was richest.
Its vines had grown increasingly thick, and the patterns upon them had become even more pronounced, like flowing emerald markings, mysterious yet vibrant. Occasionally, they even gave off peculiar celestial melodies.
"Work a little harder and grow more tea leaves. Master doesn't even have any to drink!" Just then, the Mysterious Heaven Spirit Vine Wood Demon manifested a spirit body and spoke to the Bodhi Origin Soul Tea Tree before it with the air of an old elder.
This soul tea tree had come from the Heaven-Divining Sect and was a genuine seventh-stage spirit tea tree. It had already recovered under the Mysterious Heaven Spirit Vine's care.
Even so, its tea leaves were inevitably sparse. At present, its thick trunk supported only a tiny clump, making it resemble a mushroom with an enormous stalk.
To the Mysterious Heaven Spirit Vine, which had not seen its master in a long time, the reason its master stayed away was clearly that the Bodhi Origin Soul Tea Tree was not working hard enough.
The Bodhi Origin Soul Tea Tree had yet to give birth to a wood demon, but it swayed as though persuaded, seemingly promising that it would work hard.
Only then did the Mysterious Heaven Spirit Vine become thoroughly satisfied. Its spirit projection sat on its own vines, swinging back and forth as though on a swing.
What it failed to notice was the wary gaze the peachwood beside it was giving it.
Originally, the Peachwood Demon had been