Asura quickly got up to his feet with a jovial smile" Oh .. Hello...I'm Asura... the new disciple"

    The man looked at him "How can a disciple be a lie? Master Lu sent you on a mission, isn't it?"

    Asura blinked. This disciple was awesome! Did he know everything? Can he see through him?!

    "Oh... Yeah. I am on a mission, but I'll surely accomplish it and become his disciple" Asura assured, confidently.

    "Don't count your eggs before they hatch" The young man looked cold, gently and distant. He seemed colder than master Lu and this bothered Asura.

    "Why say so?" 

    The young man turned to a tree far ahead and gestured to it with his hand fan "There...Is the tea leaves that the master likes the most? Get it, If you can" He turned to Asura.

    "Why say that? What's so hard about plugging off some leaves? I can do it with ease so ...I'll be off" Asura confidently set off to the tree as The young man in purple looked in his direction.

    Asura got to the fat-looking tree. He wasn't sure he knew such a tree! This was not the casual tea Leaf tree he knew. But anyway, he had to get it. How hard could plug a tree from?

    He approached it further but before he could grab the stem and climb, the tree's branches rose and slipped him off.

    He flew back with a wave and fell on his back, hard! What was up with him Being bullied today? 

    Startled and confused, he looked up at the tree which seemed normal, but how come it attacked?!

    Confused, he got up again and approached it, but before he got close enough, two branches from both sides of the tree came alive and attached. 

    Astonished, he managed to dodge the first hand and the second but out of nowhere, a branch from beneath slapped him up and back. He flew once again Falling at his back again. This was beginning to ache!

    Does even a tree bully him?! It would have been easy to get the leave...Only the tree didn't attack!

    Asura looked back at the young man in purple and saw him sleeping on a tree branch peacefully while he fanned himself and again, he looked at the tree that sat normal.

    He couldn't help but wonder what was going on. But this persistent young man was bent on getting these leaves by all means and becoming a disciple!

    He consistently approached the tree from all angles trying to grab at least a branch! But to no avail! The tree slapped him from up, down, left, and right Giving him no chance to approach! He was getting tired and angry at this. How he wished he had the skill and powers like all cultivators! He would show this pesky tree who's boss!

    But no, he was just ordinary.

    The last attempt Asura had made sent him flying all the down to the tree where the man In purple lay on the branch. He had fallen so tragically that it was hard to tell If he was okay.

    But Asura rolled around on the floor close to the tree, groaning in pain" Shit! What's wrong with this tree! Why won't it let me get a single damn leaf?!"

    The young man in purple slowly open his blue eyes at the noise as he looked down.

    "What do you think you're doing?"

    "Hey...how can you just sit there peacefully? won't you help me out?" Asura questioned.

    "it's your mission, not mine" The young man made a point" But I'll give you a tip" He looked at the tree ahead" The Spirit of Tea tree...Is a spirit bent on the attributes of a tea consumer...Calm... Peaceful. Inner peace with the absence of greed, ambition, and impatience...One who bears this is the heart...will not approach. The tea indeed nourishes a peaceful soul" He said as he closed his eyes once again.

    Asura looked up at him, confused for the moment. But he was aware of the fact that he was referring to him as greedy and ambitious! Why does every human tell him that?!

    "So what do I do?" He couldn't tell at his senior if he wanted a favor.

    "Tea... Nourishes a peaceful soul and mind .." He repeated, gently fanning himself.

    Asura blinked looking at the tree as he thought" Tea.... peaceful?"

    He might be illiterate but Asura was indeed smart and witty. So he could easily tell what was needed. He could tell he had to forget all in his heart...And approach...

    He got up to his feet.

    He slowly inhaled and exhaled as he closed his eyes in meditation. Then he managed to forget all his aims behind getting the leaves. He forced himself into his Peaceful self and with that... Opened his eyes.

    Asura slowly walked up to the tree and with that climbed up to its first branch where he grabbed leaves. 

    The young man in purple who was still lying there with his eyes closed simply smiled.

    Amazed by this, Asura smiled" Woah! Look I did it! I told you I could get it! I'm so great!" 

    And with that, he broke the peace as a tree branch slapped him from behind. He flew off the tree and landed on the floor. This time, on his face.

    He managed to sit up as he looked at the leaves in his hands. Luckily, they were still intact. He smiled looking at the tree. "Curse you wicked tree!" He Snapped with a sigh as he got up turning to look up at the tree the other young man sat.

    "Hey senior look what...." He didn't see anyone there again.

    Confused, he looked around" Where did he go?" he asked himself" How strange he is"

    Master Lu was busy before his table studying the scroll before him. He seemed peaceful and calm as he studied it. Suddenly, he looked up to the sky.

    "When the heavens remember you ... your days are numbered and there is indeed no escape..." He smiled with a sigh" It's almost time"