My cultivation is too warm

The immersive visual experience involved a 30-second blackout after Xu Mo and the others put on the equipment, clearing the images from their minds and allowing them to adjust before the images slowly appeared.

The first thing that catches the eye is a very blue sky, followed by a tall patch of grass.

There was a small clearing in front of the grass, and next to the clearing was a small stream, the rustling sound of the flowing water was very pleasant.

Along with it came the feelings of the spirit of the secret realm.

Who am I? Why am I here?
Xu Mo and the others knew that this was the scene when the spirit of the secret realm was first created.

At this moment, the spirit of the secret realm had just been created, and everything was still a mystery to it. It did not know how it was born, nor did it know what it was supposed to do.

So he just stared blankly at the blue sky and white clouds, enjoying the pleasant sunshine.

Around noon, footsteps were heard, and then a burly, shirtless middle-aged man appeared before the Spirit of the Secret Realm.

In the spirit's gaze, when the middle-aged man looked at him, his face first showed surprise, then joy. "I just thought about it, I didn't expect it to actually succeed."

He then strode forward to the spirit of the secret realm, reached out and touched its furnace, and said with a smile, "Little furnace, can you understand what I'm saying?"

The spirit of the secret realm asked, bewildered, "Who are you?" "And who am I?"

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man immediately smiled happily and let out a few gratified laughs before saying, "My name is Jiang Nian. I'm the one who created you. Perhaps you can call me Father?"

But as soon as he finished speaking, he frowned, stroked his chin, and muttered to himself, "No, I already have a daughter, and she's already a teenager. If she still calls me father, the age difference between us would be too great."

After a moment of contemplation, his eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had thought of something. He clapped his hands and said to the spirit of the secret realm, "Right, just call me Grandpa."

"Grandpa?" The spirit of the secret realm was still confused and didn't understand the meaning of this title, but he still obediently called out, "Grandpa."

"Hey!" Jiang Nian's face lit up with joy upon hearing this address, and she responded happily.

"Grandpa, then who am I?" the spirit of the secret realm asked in confusion.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Nian replied in a serious tone, "You are a treasure I created, a treasure that can help the tribe."

He paused for a moment, a thoughtful expression on his face, then his brow relaxed and he smiled, "By the way, I've also given you a name, Jiang Rui. What do you think? Do you like the name?"

Although the spirit of the secret realm was still unclear about the meaning or significance of the name, upon hearing the name Jiang Nian had given him, he felt a surge of joy, as if he had suddenly gained a purpose in life. He happily replied:
"Thank you, Grandpa. I like it very much. From now on, my name will be Jiang Rui."

Jiang Nian was very happy that her name was recognized. She smiled at him and said, "Then, little Jiang Rui, let's go home."

The spirit of the secret realm asked, bewildered, "What is home? Where is it?"

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "Home is where we live..."

After saying that, he picked up the spirit of the secret realm and walked in one direction.

Xu Mo and his companions, seeing this, were already laughing to themselves. He had been puzzled for a while, wondering why the spirit of the secret realm had never introduced himself since they met. So this was the reason.

Come to think of it, an old man who constantly talks about fairies would definitely lose face if others knew his name was "Rui".

Phew, hahaha.

It has to be said that Shennong Yandi, this ancestor, had quite a talent for naming things. Anyway, Xu Mo and the others were very happy to have the spirit of the secret realm named after him. It was a good name.

……

As the ancestor Jiang Nian carried the spirit of the secret realm towards his home, Xu Mo and the others followed the spirit's vision and witnessed the appearance of the ancient world in the primordial era.

The world in the Primordial Era gave Xu Mo and his companions the strongest impression of "tall and large". Compared to the era in which Xu Mo and his companions lived, all the trees and weeds in the Primordial Era were exceptionally tall, and all the animals and insects were exceptionally large.

Along the way, Jiang Nian encountered many attacks from large wild beasts, but to Xu Mo and the others' surprise, Jiang Nian was able to deal with those attacks with ease.

It was truly astonishing that he managed to drive away the wild beasts that were trying to prey on him with just a few simple punches and kicks.

Xu Mo remembered that the spirit of the secret realm had said that Shennong Yandi was not a cultivator at this time, and there was no such thing as cultivation method at this time. However, the wild beasts that attacked him were several times, or even more than ten times, larger than him, but he still managed to drive them away with just his physical strength.

This ancestor is far too powerful.

Xu Mo and the others silently sighed in their hearts.

Jiang Nian's journey home was very long, taking more than half a month before he finally returned to the tribe. No one knew why he had traveled such a long distance.

His Jiang clan had several thousand people, and the layout here was different from what Xu Mo had imagined; he had originally thought it would be a particularly simple place.

However, upon arrival, it was discovered that the Jiang clan already had the foundation of a partial city. The entire tribe was laid out in a well-organized manner, with houses including wooden huts, thatched huts, stone houses built of stones, and a several-hundred-meter-long earthen and stone wall.

After entering the stone wall, you can see several excavated water channels that span the entire tribe.

Furthermore, the people here are already wearing clothes; they are not covered in leaves and animal skins as one might imagine.

As soon as Jiang Nian entered the tribe, someone came up to him, saying anxiously, "Chief, it's too late for you to come back. Many elderly people and children in the tribe have stomach aches. We don't know what to do without you."

Upon hearing the report, Jiang Nian was initially startled, but quickly calmed down. While gesturing for the person to lead him over, he asked, "Since when did this begin?"

"It started last night." "How many people have stomach aches?"

"Currently, there are 67 people in the tribe, all of whom are elderly people and children, and most of the children are girls, with only a few younger boys."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Nian nodded thoughtfully, then asked, "What did they eat before their stomachs hurt?"

The man pondered for a moment upon hearing this, then replied somewhat bewilderedly, "They're just wild fruits and roasted meat that everyone eats regularly."

After hearing this, Jiang Nian pondered for a moment what kinds of wild fruits the tribe usually ate at this time of year, and soon he had a general idea in his mind.

Not long after, he arrived at the home of a person suffering from stomach pain. He observed the person's expression, eyes, and tongue, and asked what the person had eaten in the past few days. He also inquired about the specific symptoms of the pain. After visiting three homes, he had a general idea of ​​the situation. He then ordered his men to carry all the people with stomach pains to an open space and spread them out to get some sun.

At the same time, he ordered people to bring over several large cauldrons, and he personally went to pick some grass roots and tree bark, totaling twelve kinds.

He instructed everyone to start a fire and put grass roots and tree bark into a large cauldron to begin simmering soup.

He stayed up all afternoon, and as the sun was about to set, he instructed everyone to take out bamboo cups, and each person poured a cup of herbal medicine for the patients to drink.

Only after the sun had completely set did he instruct everyone to help the sick people back home, and told them that they needed to light a fire in their houses when they got back.

By evening, many people came to report that their stomach aches had eased considerably, and some had even felt almost no pain at all.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Nian smiled with genuine relief.

After those who came to deliver the good news had all left, the spirit of the secret realm asked curiously, "Grandpa, what did you just do? Why did those people's stomachs stop hurting after they drank the water you boiled?"

On the way back, Jiang Nian taught the spirit of the secret realm many common sense things, and also taught him how to make a fire, boil water, and roast meat. So he already understood some things. However, since he had only been born for a short time, he was full of curiosity about everything. Whenever he encountered something, he would ask Jiang Nian for advice, and Jiang Nian would patiently answer his questions.

As before, when faced with the question from the spirit of the secret realm, Jiang Qing chuckled and explained, "Based on my observations, I have found that food and the human body in the world possess yin and yang, the five elements, warmth and cold, sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty, and are either poisonous or non-poisonous."

"This time, the stomach aches were mostly experienced by the elderly and children, especially the girls. This is because the elderly and women tend to have a cold constitution, and at this time of year, most of the wild fruits that can be picked in the tribe are also considered to be cold in nature."

“People whose constitution is inherently cold, and who then eat wild fruits that are also cold in nature, will disrupt the balance of the four elements of warmth, heat, cold, and coolness in their bodies, which will cause stomach pain. That’s why I had everyone carry them to an open space to bask in the sun and expel the cold from their bodies. I also brewed some warm herbs and tree bark for them to drink, so that the four elements in their bodies could be restored to balance. In this way, their stomach pain would naturally go away.”

After hearing Jiang Nian's explanation, the spirit of the secret realm still had many questions, but he exclaimed in amazement, "I see! Grandpa is so amazing! Xiao Rui, Xiao Rui admires you so much!"

"Pfft!" Upon hearing the spirit of the secret realm's exclamation, Xu Mo, Wang Er, Ye Qingyue, and Ou Fenjin, who were watching this scene, couldn't help but burst into laughter. Only the innocent Liang Huanhuan didn't sense anything amiss.

Xu Mo and the others never expected that the spirit of the secret realm, who would call Shennong Yandi an old thing and a shameless bastard in the future, would speak like this in this era.

Yes, they were all so cheerful and happy; the contrast was so stark that they simply couldn't resist.

As for Jiang Nian, the person involved, after hearing the praise from the spirit of the secret realm, he simply smiled faintly and then said to the spirit of the secret realm in a gentle tone:
"This is why I created you, Xiao Rui. In the future, I will teach you all my skills. You must study hard. When I am gone, please take good care of our family. If they are sick or uncomfortable, you can brew medicine for them."

The spirit of the secret realm paused slightly upon hearing this, then asked with a hint of sadness, "Grandpa, are you leaving? Where are you going? Can't you protect everyone with Xiaorui?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Nian reached out and gently touched the furnace of the Spirit of the Secret Realm, saying, "That's not the case. It's just that our human life is finite. When we reach a certain age, we will naturally grow old. Birth, aging, sickness, and death are the life of us humans."

"But Xiao Rui, you are different. You are a treasure I created. You have an endless lifespan and can live for a very, very long time, or even live forever."

"So when I get old, I hope you can take my place and protect our tribe and our family."

After he finished speaking, he paused for a moment and added, "No, not just the people of our tribe. I hope that Xiaorui can protect all the people in the world, okay?"

The spirit of the secret realm fell silent after hearing this. When Jiang Nian mentioned that he would grow old, Xu Mo and the others could clearly feel the sadness in the spirit's heart.

After a long while, the spirit of the secret realm replied earnestly, "I understand. I promised Grandpa that I would protect the human race for him."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Nian smiled sincerely and said earnestly, "Thank you, Xiao Rui."

The spirit of the secret realm did not reply, but spoke after a long while: "But I still don't want Grandpa to leave. Grandpa, you are so powerful, can't you make humans live forever? Since Xiaorui can live forever, then Grandpa must also have a way to make humans live forever."

After hearing the spirit of the secret realm's words, Jiang Nian remained silent for a moment before replying, "I can't do that right now either, but..."

He paused here, thought for a moment, and then said, "When I was traveling to other tribes, I heard them say that there are gods in this world. They have incredible abilities, endless lifespans, and the ability to move mountains and fill seas."

As he said this, a longing look appeared in his eyes, and he exclaimed, "That's wonderful."

Hearing his exclamation, the spirit of the secret realm asked, bewildered, "What's so wonderful? Are you referring to the gods Grandpa talked about?"

Jiang Nian nodded upon hearing this and said, "Yes."

The spirit of the secret realm echoed this, saying, "That's right, if only Grandpa could become a god, then Grandpa could live forever."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Nian shook his head and said, "That's not right, Xiao Rui. I envy those gods not because they can live forever, but because of their ability to move mountains and fill seas."

"Why?" the spirit of the secret realm asked, puzzled, even though he wanted his grandfather to live forever.

Jiang smiled gently and replied earnestly, "If I could move mountains and fill seas, then our human race could live a better life."

"Although we were born and raised in the mountains, the mountains have also hindered our lives."

(End of this chapter)