My cultivation is too warm

Blackstone City is a small border town located in the eastern part of Taixuan Continent.

There are no native inhabitants here, because this place was meticulously crafted by the Tianxuan Sect's Mission Hall to train disciples and let them experience the dangers of the human world.

Everyone living here is a "villain" arranged by the Tianxuan Sect's Mission Hall.

Commonly known as: actor.

The Heavenly Profound Sect has many mission halls like Blackrock City, which are specifically used to train disciples.

There was nothing that could be done about it. After all, countless years ago, the founders of the Tianxuan and Haoran sects joined hands to establish the "Ancient World United as One Loving Family" alliance.

Today, the atmosphere of the ancient world has completely changed, and people's hearts have changed as well. The whole world is in harmony, and there are very few places where darkness can be seen.

Unfortunately, Canggu now has many enemies outside, and each of them is extremely treacherous and cunning. If these flowers cultivated in the greenhouse of Canggu world have never seen the dangers of the world, they will inevitably suffer if they encounter them.

Therefore, every sect in the Canggu World, like the mission hall of the Tianxuan Sect, meticulously creates many "dungeons" so that disciples can receive missions and arrive in places like Blackrock City without their knowledge.

At this moment, the "residents" of Blackrock City were all on high alert, because they had just received a message from the Heavenly Profound Sect's Mission Hall that a very important disciple would be coming here for training today.

They are said to be the personal disciples of a certain peak master. Since such a person has come to a place like Blackrock City, they naturally need to go all out to let that sect's prodigy feel the dangers of the world.

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Xu Mo was extremely flustered. As a graduate student at an agricultural university, today was the day of his doctoral dissertation defense. Therefore, he got up early to tidy himself up and prepare to greet the last day of his student life in the best possible light.

Who would have thought that as soon as he finished breakfast and went out along the path he usually took to school, his surroundings changed. When he came to his senses, he found himself standing in front of a huge city made entirely of black stone.

The architecture, the style, and the two rows of guards dressed in ancient style and wearing silver armor at the city gate left him completely stunned.

What is this for him?
Meanwhile, those guarding the city gate, preparing to welcome the sect's prodigy, were completely dumbfounded. The moment Xu Mo appeared, they confirmed that the strangely dressed young man before them was not the sect's prodigy they were waiting for, but an ordinary mortal.

That's strange. You see, a place like Blackrock City, which was created by the Mission Hall specifically to train disciples, is naturally not a place where ordinary people can come.

Even passing by is impossible, because there are several checkpoints and formations. When an ordinary person passes through the first formation, they will receive a warning from the formation, and then someone will appear to advise them to change their route.

But then Xu Mo appeared, and they hadn't received any warning from the formation. That was strange. Could the formation be broken? But that shouldn't be the case; the formation is always being maintained.

The guards exchanged glances, then the leader stepped forward and asked Xu Mo, "Young man, how did you get here?"

Xu Mo was wondering if he had stumbled upon a TV drama filming location. Although it was bizarre, it didn't make sense. Perhaps it was a set built with the latest technology, which was why this huge city was suddenly created overnight.

But when he heard the guard speak, he completely gave up the idea.

Because the guard couldn't understand a word he was saying.

He panicked completely and hurriedly asked, "Hello, are you filming a movie?" He hadn't given up yet, thinking that maybe the guard who spoke earlier was just teasing him.

The guard who had spoken was taken aback when he heard Xu Mo speak. What language was that? Could it be a dialect from another Dao Domain?

The ancient world is so vast that it's normal for some dialects to exist. Moreover, Xu Mo is a mortal, so it's also normal for him not to speak the official language of cultivators.

However, this is not a problem. The Canggu World is now fighting with people from all the heavens and myriad realms. Since it needs to make contact with them, it is natural to be able to understand the language of those people from other realms and communicate with them.

Therefore, in the ancient times of today, almost every cultivator possesses the Daoist arts that enable communication between people speaking different languages.

After noticing Xu Mo's language problem, the guard made a hand gesture and then quickly stepped forward to gently touch Xu Mo's forehead.

He then chuckled and asked Xu Mo, "So? Can you understand what I'm saying now?"

This scene completely stunned Xu Mo.

He was several meters away from the silver-armored guard just moments before, but the guard appeared right in front of him in the blink of an eye.

More importantly, he had just witnessed the spiritual light flashing between the guard's fingers when he made a hand seal, and the mysterious feeling that appeared in his mind when the guard's finger touched his brow.

Is this... an immortal? A cultivator? A master of immortality?
So, I've traveled through time?

What's going on? I was just walking to school, I wasn't struck by lightning or hit by some incredible luck, so how did I end up time-traveling?
Xu Mo was in a state of confusion at this moment, with a million questions popping into his mind.

However, he knew there was no time to think about the situation, so he quickly suppressed his emotions and replied, "I understand."

He then asked, "Can you understand what I'm saying?"

Yes, this is just like what happened before when the voice network was bad: I heard it, can you hear it on your end?
Upon hearing his words, the silver-armored guard chuckled and said gently, "That's fine."

He then composed himself and asked Xu Mo with a serious expression, "Alright, now please answer my questions: What's your name? Where are you from? How did you get here?"

As a guard here, he has the responsibility and obligation to safely escort ordinary people who accidentally wander into this place back home, or to escort them to their destination if they are out on business.

Upon hearing the question from the silver-armored guard, Xu Mo's heart tightened immediately.

How am I supposed to answer these questions? I certainly can't talk about my past life, and based on the cultivation novels I read in my past life, people in the cultivation world seem to be quite ruthless.

Xu Mo's mind raced, but he couldn't come up with a reasonable excuse. So he could only fabricate what he thought was a plausible origin story. "In response to the immortal, I am 'Xu Ming,' and I come from a small mountain village. I have always stayed on the mountain and have never traveled far. Today, when I was climbing the mountain, the sky suddenly split open and sucked me in. When I came to my senses, I was thinking of going back to the village, but as I walked, I don't know how I ended up here."

As a seasoned novel enthusiast, Xu Mo felt that using the excuse of a time-space rift was the most suitable way to explain things in the world of cultivation and fantasy.

That way, when talking about my hometown, I can just make things up without worrying about being exposed. After all, it's a spacetime rift, so it's appropriate to be in a remote corner, right? Don't ask, it's all the spacetime rift's fault, I don't know either.

As for his name, he certainly wouldn't dare reveal it. After all, in the world of cultivators, who knows what might happen if his name were exposed?

The silver-armored guard was somewhat surprised upon hearing Xu Mo's words, then revealed a look of sudden realization. No wonder the other party hadn't triggered the array's warning to arrive here; it turned out to be a spacetime rift. That explained it all.

What surprised him even more was that the other party, a mere mortal, was able to survive the spatial rift, and judging from his appearance, he wasn't even injured. It was truly astonishing.

It seems this young man is also a person with great fortune.

The silver-armored guard sighed, then asked, "Do you still know where your mountain village is? For example, which continent and which county?"

Knowing that the other party would definitely ask detailed questions, Xu Mo simply put on a confused expression and shook his head, "I don't know, I've never heard of it. I've always lived in the mountains and have never left home."

He wasn't sure if this would be enough to get rid of the other party, but for the moment, he couldn't think of a better background, so he could only pretend to know nothing.

"This..." The silver-armored guard was immediately at a loss, but considering that the other party said they were from the mountains, he could understand, so he continued to ask, "In that case, are there any cities near your village?"

Xu Mo made a face, pretending to think hard, then shook his head, "It seems like there's some big city, but I don't remember the name. People in the village usually say they're going to the city, they don't say the name."

The silver-armored guard frowned upon hearing this, realizing it was a tricky situation. However, he didn't dwell on it too much, since many people in mountain villages generally referred to their city as "Jincheng" or "Chengli," which was understandable.

Most importantly, he never considered that Xu Mo was a bad person or villain, and that he needed to be wary of him.

After all, the people of their ancient world are all so simple and honest, what is there to be wary of?
If there are really so many bad people in this world, then what's the point of having people like him? Aren't they just there to play the role of "villain"?
Just as he was struggling with how to deal with Xu Mo's situation, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a young man in fine clothes walking towards him from the corner of his eye.

He looked closely and saw that the young man looked exactly like the sect's prodigy from the mission hall.

With the main character here, he couldn't care less about Xu Mo's matter anymore. So he decided to settle Xu Mo in the city for a few days first, and then see how to deal with him after he finished "acting" with that sect prodigy.

Thinking of this, he quickly said to Xu Mo, "Since you don't know where you come from, we can't send you home right away. How about this, you stay in the city first, and we'll send you back after we find out about your village?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Mo was quite surprised. He hadn't expected the other party to believe him so easily, and judging from their demeanor, they didn't intend to investigate his background further, and simply told him to settle down.

Are all people in the cultivation world this friendly?
This puzzled Xu Mo greatly. "Surely not? That's not how it's written in the novel. Could there be some kind of conspiracy?"

However, he had no other choice at the moment. After all, he was unfamiliar with the area and if he didn't agree to enter the city, who knew if there would be monsters or something on the way?

After all, the world with cultivators is different from his previous life; animals are allowed to become spirits, so he dared not go out alone.

Thinking of this, he quickly said with a grateful expression, "Thank you, Immortal."

Seeing this, the silver-armored guard waved his hand, then beckoned to one of the guards behind him and ordered, "Take him to settle in."

After receiving the order, the guard led Xu Mo into Blackstone City.

Upon entering the city, Xu Mo was immediately amazed by the bustling streets and the hawking scenes he had only ever seen on television.

His naive and unworldly demeanor brought a slight smile to the guard beside him. Then, remembering the mission of the past few days, and to prevent Xu Mo, an outsider, from affecting the mission, he decided to give him a briefing on the "script" of Blackrock City.

"Our Blackrock City has four major families: Xiao, Ye, Lin, and Chu. These four families are located in the four major areas of the city: east, south, west, and north. They jointly control all aspects of business in the city. It can be said that every aspect of the lives of the city's residents is related to these four families."

Upon hearing this, Xu Mo was slightly taken aback, and then his expression became slightly dazed.

This setup feels strangely familiar.

Oh, he remembered now. In the fantasy cultivation novels he read in his previous life, it seemed that this was basically how they were set up.

No wonder he decided to familiarize himself with it; after all, he had seen this kind of setting countless times.

He then felt a pang of emotion. He had read too many novels before and always felt that these settings were too old-fashioned. He had complained to those authors, asking why they couldn't write some more original settings.

Now that he has transmigrated here, he realizes that he misunderstood those authors. So this is really how the world of cultivation works.

Just then, the guard continued, "The four great families of Xiao, Ye, Lin, and Chu all have their own family crests on the chest of their clothes. When you see someone with a crest on their clothes, remember to be very respectful and never provoke them."

"You should know that each of them has a sect standing behind them. Even the people from our City Lord's Mansion have to be very polite when they encounter them."

Upon hearing this, Xu Mo quickly and respectfully replied, "I will remember it, and thank you for your teachings, Immortal Master."

The silver-armored guard smiled slightly upon hearing this. Although they were playing the role of "villains," the atmosphere in the city seemed harmonious. On the surface, it was no different from other parts of Canggu.

After all, the disciples of the sect are not stupid. The entire Canggu is now in harmony. If they entered the city and saw a bunch of villains, they would definitely wonder how such a place could still exist.
Therefore, although they play the villains, the people in the city usually appear to be kind and gentle. Only after staying there for a long time will their true nature of evil and darkness be revealed little by little.

(End of this chapter)