My cultivation is too warm

Upon hearing Xu Mo's shout, the spirit of the secret realm became even more agitated, and immediately cried out in a strange voice:
"Wow, wow, wow, good! I finally understand how I got into this situation all these years. I originally thought I had offended Fairy Ye and that's why I was abandoned in that dark and sunless hole."

"But thinking about it carefully, it's unlikely. After all, Fairy Ye looks beautiful, kind, gentle and virtuous. She doesn't seem like the type to do such a cruel and inhumane thing."

"Now the truth is out. It turns out that you, Xu Xiaogui, were behind all this."

Upon hearing the words of the spirit of the secret realm, Xu Mo was stunned. He had been feeling excited about meeting the spirit of the secret realm.

Why did the other person put such a big hat on me as soon as we met?
Judging from the other party's words, he had become the kind of villain who did all sorts of evil deeds and only schemed and plotted behind people's backs, and even plotted against the spirit of the secret realm all day long.

Xu Mo asked, somewhat speechless, "Wait, what's going on here?"

He then realized that his words were indeed somewhat inappropriate, so he quickly explained, "No, don't misunderstand, I was just excited to see you, Spirit of the Secret Realm. You're so wonderful right now, you don't know..."

He was about to explain the current situation to the spirit of the secret realm when the spirit interrupted him.

The spirit of the secret realm spoke in a sarcastic tone, "Tsk tsk tsk, keep pretending."

Then he conjured a small hand on the alchemy furnace, made a gesture towards Xu Mo, and said:
"Come on, it's alright, please continue your performance, I'm watching."

"It's alright, you don't need to be embarrassed. After all, I know you better than anyone. Tsk tsk tsk, that innocent little expression is really great, it looks just like the real thing."

"Xu Xiaogui, your expression now is much more realistic than when you were trying to seduce me in Shennong Secret Realm. It's been so long, your acting skills seem to have improved a lot. I bet you've used your acting skills to seduce fairies quite a few times over the years."

"How despicable! They left this old man in that dark, sunless hole while they spent their days out having fun. How could there be such hateful people in the world? I really wanted to be surrounded by all sorts of beautiful fairies every day."

Xu Mo felt quite guilty at first as he listened to the spirit of the secret realm's complaints. After all, what he had done seemed rather dishonest. After handing the spirit over to Senior Sister Ye Qingyue, he had completely forgotten about it and had never gone to see it again.

But the more he listened, the more he felt something was wrong, and in the end, he was completely speechless.

He remembered how he felt back then. The reason he handed over the spirit of the secret realm to Senior Sister Ye Qingyue was because of her speechless and extremely irritating personality, and that incessant, venomous mouth that kept buzzing around his ears like countless flies and mosquitoes.

Heaven knows why this spirit of the secret realm, which is clearly just an alchemy furnace, never stops talking about fairies whenever it opens its mouth.

Please, you're just an alchemy furnace. Even if you had a harem of three thousand beauties, what could you do with them?
Xu Mo was utterly speechless; he was too lazy to even answer the accusations leveled against him by the spirit of the secret realm.

Anyway, there's no point in explaining to this kind of quirky alchemy furnace; all you can do is admit you were wrong.

He then said very sincerely to the spirit of the secret realm, "I'm sorry, I was wrong. I should have shown more concern for you, senior."

The spirit of the secret realm was stunned for a moment after hearing Xu Mo's words. Xu Mo's attitude directly disrupted his thoughts. After all, he still had many "greetings" he had not yet said to Xu Mo.

Xu Mo suddenly apologized, so how could he possibly say what he had kept bottled up in his heart for so many years?

Thinking of what he had suffered over the years, the spirit of the secret realm shook his head repeatedly in his heart. No, no, he absolutely couldn't let it go like this. So he snorted coldly, "What a perfunctory apology, not sincere at all. I haven't felt any remorse from you whatsoever."

"Ah..." Upon hearing the words of the spirit of the secret realm, Xu Mo was stunned and speechless. This alchemy furnace is too difficult to take care of!
However, he held back, since he could only appease the spirit of the secret realm for now, as he still needed it.

Imagine, all creations related to Tao and Dharma have disappeared, yet the spirit of this secret realm still exists—this is truly unbelievable.

You should know that even if someone carves a simple rune on an ordinary piece of wood, the entire piece of wood will disappear.

In this situation, the fact that the Spirit of the Secret Realm, this alchemy furnace, is still alive and kicking means there must be a secret behind it. If I can unravel this secret, I might be able to revive the path of cultivation.

Seeing that Xu Mo didn't speak, the spirit of the secret realm became anxious again. What's wrong with this little brat? Why has his temper improved so much after so long?
This is unreasonable.

The spirit of the secret realm believed it knew Xu Mo very well. After all, what kind of good person could someone be who could shamelessly trick it out of the Shennong Secret Realm?
That person must be full of bad intentions and unwilling to suffer any loss.

Now that he's confronted him so harshly, he hasn't said a word back. He's been abandoned in that dark, dilapidated cave for so long, and no one has talked to him. He's been so frustrated, and he really wants to have a good argument with Xu Mo.

Xu Mo didn't retaliate, which made him feel frustrated and gave him a bad feeling.

The face that materialized on his alchemy furnace stared intently at Xu Mo, growing more and more uneasy the more he looked.

Could this little devil be up to something?
Could it be that the other party is thinking about how to deal with me?

The moment the thought of this possibility occurred, the face conjured by the spirit of the secret realm shuddered.

He thought about his experiences over the years, and the more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed. After all, that little devil Xu was clearly a petty and vindictive person. How could he let him off the hook after what he had done to him?
No, he didn't want to experience those days without his fairy-like companion by his side again; it was just too torturous.

So he quickly coughed lightly and took the initiative to speak: "Ah, but well, as the alchemy furnace of Shennong Yandi, I am naturally broad-minded. Since you have already apologized, young Xu, I will be magnanimous and forgive you."

Upon hearing this, Xu Mo stared at the spirit of the secret realm in astonishment, completely bewildered. What was going on? Had the alchemy furnace changed its nature and become so agreeable? Could it be plotting something sinister?
It wasn't that he was being petty and judging others by his own standards, but rather that the spirit of the secret realm had always given him the impression of being unreliable.

When the spirit of the secret realm saw Xu Mo staring straight at it without saying a word, it panicked. What was going on? It had already admitted its mistake, but that little devil Xu still wouldn't let it go.

Then, a steely resolve formed in his heart. He knew he was now at the mercy of others, forced to submit to their will. So, gritting his teeth, he resolutely spoke:

"Cough cough cough, little devil Xu, I'm sorry, I was wrong. Please be magnanimous and don't hold it against me, okay?"

"After all, no matter what, you were the one who seduced me in the first place."

(End of this chapter)