Cultivators are also mortals.
Let alone Qi Cultivation, Purple Mansion, and Golden Core, even if one were a Nascent Soul who underwent Divine Transformation and Integration, not even a Saint could achieve complete eradication of desires and emotions.
The pursuit of Cultivators to ascend to immortality is an act against the natural order, contending for the slimmest chance at the Great Dao.
Thus, they can never escape from plundering and extracting from the natural resources of heaven and earth.
No matter whether righteous or evil, demons or otherwise, conflicts arising over interests are all too common.
It's just that some people have no bottom line, while others stand firm on their own moral boundaries!
The Seven-leaf Mysterious Ginseng was very important to Wang Chen; it related to his prospects of achieving the Golden Core.
But Wang Chen didn't want to fall out with Hu Jiaojiao over the Mysterious Ginseng Child because it went against his true nature.