As the Saying Goes...

In the past, there were some plant spirits, such as ginseng or he shou wu, who achieved great success in their cultivation.

Consuming the body of such plant essences will undoubtedly prolong life and enhance one's spiritual cultivation.

However, some of these plant essences are things that people should avoid at all costs.

That was the spirit of plants and trees that had gone astray in their cultivation.

Consuming such essences of plants will not only fail to prolong life, but will inevitably lead to a significant reduction in one's spiritual cultivation.

In more serious cases, it's possible to die on the spot.

This is because the other party's cultivation is no longer the righteous path they once were, which has disrupted their own cultivation and thus their own foundation.

It turned itself into a poisonous entity.

The current state of these tea trees is quite similar to these events.

"Fellow Daoist Fang, how did you discern that this tea tree Demon Cultivator was flawed?"

Daoist Master Fuqing put the tea leaves away and then waved for his disciple to take them.

"I have cultivated in these mountains for many years and have witnessed the tea tree slowly developing sentience, but I have never discovered any errors in its cultivation."

"To be honest, I'm a little ashamed to admit it."

I have lived in this Dinggui Mountain for many years.

They knew the tea trees quite well, down to the bottom.

He himself hadn't noticed anything amiss, but a fellow Daoist from elsewhere had.

In this matter, he is indeed somewhat inferior to this Fellow Daoist Fang.

When Daoist Master Fuqing asked about this matter, Fang Zelin looked up at the white-haired, white-browed old Daoist in front of him, whose features resembled those of Daoist Master Qinghui whom he had seen before.

"I hope you won't take offense at this matter, fellow Daoist; perhaps it was caused by me."

When Fang Zelin saw that the other party had inquired about this matter, he dared not hide it anymore and quickly stood up to apologize.

"Oh? What does this have to do with you, fellow Daoist?"

Upon hearing this, Daoist Master Fuqing's expression immediately changed.

From what his disciple had just said, he couldn't discern any connection between this matter and Fang Zelin.

Why is it that when it comes to Fang Zelin, the other party is saying that the blame is on him?

"That tea tree spirit was cultivating quite well before, but my words disturbed its mind, causing it to lose its composure and fall into a state of confusion."

Fang Zelin recounted the events in detail.

The tea tree spirit had not realized that there was anything wrong with its cultivation.

Therefore, even if one's cultivation level doesn't improve during practice, it shouldn't be as chaotic as it is now, where the direction of cultivation has been completely lost.

This led him into a state of confusion and bewilderment.

Therefore, Fang Zelin does bear some responsibility for this matter.

When Fang Zelin finished speaking, all the cultivators in the hall were stunned.

They now understood what had happened.

Simply put, Fellow Daoist Fang discovered that the tree Demon Cultivator had encountered some problems.

This mistake stemmed from the tea tree spirit's temperament.

The tea tree spirit itself was unaware of this, so it naturally didn't encounter any major problems when cultivating.

At most, it just means that one's cultivation level is difficult to improve further.

Fang Zelin's appearance and a few words of guidance were enough to make the tea tree demon itself realize the problem.

It just doesn't fully understand what went wrong; it only knows that it must be wrong.

As a result, cracks appeared in the tea tree demon's Dao Heart, leading to chaos in its cultivation.

That's why the tea leaves have turned out this way.

Since these tea leaves originated from the other party, and the original entity is currently experiencing problems, they will naturally be affected as well.

"I see."

Daoist Master Fuqing had already realized what had happened.

Upon hearing this, he lowered his head and nodded, "This matter is naturally not your fault, fellow Daoist; it was a problem caused by the tea tree Demon Cultivator."

"Fellow Daoist, I kindly wish to offer some guidance, but this tea tree demon is extremely arrogant and, due to its own selfish motives, is unwilling to heed your advice. What is your relationship with this?"

"Even if you didn't tell me today, the tea tree demon could continue cultivating in a muddled way, but over time, problems would inevitably arise."

Daoist Master Fuqing saw things clearly and naturally had no intention of criticizing Fang Zelin.

He then calculated with his fingers and shook his head.

"Judging from this, the connection between Dinggui Mountain and this tea tree spirit has come to an end. Let's send it down the mountain."

That tea tree spirit ruined its own fortuitous opportunity, and it was entirely due to its own selfishness.

Under these circumstances, Dinggui Mountain would no longer allow the tea tree spirit to remain.

The disciples in the mountains were all carefully selected.

There are no problems with their temperament.

Even though this tea tree spirit wasn't a disciple of the mountain, since its temperament wasn't up to par, it naturally couldn't be kept alive.

Thinking of this, Daoist Master Fuqing waved his hand and summoned several disciples, signaling them to go and take care of the matter.

The disciples obeyed and left.

The fellow Daoists in the main hall remained calm and composed upon witnessing this scene.

After hearing what Fang Zelin had said, they understood that the tree demon could no longer remain in the mountain.

How could a demon of such a nature be allowed to remain by their side to cultivate?

"Alas, I was planning to treat you all to this tea, but it seems that won't be possible today."

"But it's alright, not drinking today will save me from regretting it later."

Daoist Master Fuqing smiled apologetically, then took out some ordinary tea leaves and brewed a pot for everyone.

Upon hearing this, all the fellow cultivators burst into laughter and nodded in approval.

Indeed, given the nature of these tea tree spirits, they would never want to drink such tea.

"According to what you just said, the problem with that tree Demon Cultivator was that it absorbed Spiritual Power and forcibly suppressed the growth of the tea leaves?"

Yunzi asked with some curiosity.

She already knew about this.

However, it remains a mystery where the tea tree spirit's cultivation went wrong.

Now that Fang Zelin is sitting next to me, I naturally have to ask him a few more questions.

Fang Zelin nodded upon hearing this, then shook his head.

"Yes and no."

"The so-called Dao Emulates Own Inherent Spontaneity follows nature, which means to go with the flow. The tea tree demon forcibly suppressed its growth, thus violating the Tao."

"That's one point."

"Secondly, the tea tree spirit was able to gain wisdom only because of the grace of Dinggui Mountain, but now it does not think of repaying the kindness and only wants to get more Spiritual Qi to cultivate."

"Such a mindset is incorrect; how can one's spiritual practice proceed smoothly under such circumstances?"

Fang Zelin offered a brief explanation from the side.

Upon hearing this, Yunzi immediately understood.

She hadn't expected that the spirits of plants and trees cultivated in the same way as cultivators.

Fang Zelin's explanation, however, touched her heart somewhat.