My cultivation is too warm

Chapter 74: Master, Disciple, and the Past
As soon as Xu Mo arrived at Elder Ouyang's place, he saw Elder Wanmo staring at Elder Ouyang in disbelief.

In a somewhat complicated tone, he asked, "Did you really exchange it?"

Elder Ouyang still had an expressionless look on his face. "Yes."

Elder Wanmo shook his hands in annoyance and said in disbelief, "That's his only..."

Before he could finish his words, Elder Ouyang interrupted him and said, "Just tell me if it's worth it."

At this time, the sound of Xu Mo coming in just attracted the attention of the two men.

The old man Wanmo stared at Xu Mo for a moment, then nodded firmly and said, "Worth it."

After saying this, he sighed softly and patted Elder Ouyang on the shoulder.

Then he turned around, nodded to Xu Mo, and turned and left.

Xu Mo was confused. It was the first time he saw two people getting along so harmoniously.

Like brothers, comrades-in-arms, old friends, old classmates, old buddies, or other relationships with faint warm memories.

After Old Man Wanmo left, Elder Ouyang gestured to Xu Mo.

After Xu Mo sat down, he slowly said, "I haven't accepted you as my disciple for all these years. Do you ever blame me?"

Xu Mo stood up and bowed to him, "Although you didn't accept me as your disciple, you treated me better than a master and disciple. I only feel grateful, how could I have any resentment?"

Elder Ouyang did not respond to his words, but suddenly changed the subject and said:

"My dream has always been to research and develop high-yield spiritual rice. You should have heard of it, right?"

Xu Mo was startled, not knowing why he suddenly brought up this topic, but he still nodded honestly and responded: "I have heard someone mention it."

Elder Ouyang asked calmly, "What do you think about this?"

Xu Mo replied without hesitation: "It's a great ideal."

Elder Ouyang fell silent. After a moment, he spoke again, "You probably don't understand yet, but I'm not from this era."

Xu Mo looked at him in surprise. After thinking for a moment, he came up with a guess, but he was not sure. He asked hesitantly, "Are you saying that you were born in the last era?"

Elder Ouyang nodded, his face still expressionless as he said:
"As for that period of history, I think you should know something about it now, so I won't elaborate on it.

At that time, the ancient world was facing a crisis of destruction, before Patriarch Tianxuan and others stepped forward to establish an alliance.

No one had the confidence to defeat the enemy at that time.

For this reason, some forces began to prepare a fallback plan and sealed some potential disciples in special ways.

If it comes to the last moment, the ancient world will be directly detonated, and those sealed disciples will be sent out at the same time.

This was the final plan.

Fortunately, we eventually defeated the enemy and became countless times stronger than before.

And we, the sealed disciples, will no longer have to become homeless wanderers."

Xu Mo felt his mood suddenly become heavy. He didn't expect that the Cang Gu Continent had already made such preparations at that time.

The Spark Project is usually a decision made when the world sees no hope.

What's more, Elder Ouyang and the others had already been sealed up, so you can imagine how serious the situation was at that time.

In such a situation, they were able to turn the tables and defeat the enemy. One can imagine what kind of determination and faith the people at that time had.

This is something that he, as a person living in this era, cannot feel through imagination alone.

Elder Ouyang continued, "After defeating the enemy, everyone did not immediately unseal those of us who were sealed.

Because the ancient world at that time was not as powerful as it is now, it was basically not afraid of any enemy's spying.

No one knows when a more powerful enemy will appear.

Therefore, a way out is always kept.

It was not until they grew stronger step by step that they gradually unblocked us.

Wanmo and I were only unsealed in the last five thousand years. We should be among the last batch."

It turns out that Old Man Wanmo, like Elder Ouyang, also belongs to that era. No wonder the relationship between them is so subtle.

Elder Ouyang didn't know what Xu Mo was thinking, and said to himself:

"Unlike today's harmonious era, with abundant supplies, people basically don't have to worry about going hungry.

At that time, our era was characterized by constant war in the spiritual world.

The whole world is like hell on earth.

People today may not be able to imagine that people can start a fight over a bite of food, revealing the ugliest side of human nature.

I can’t understand how uncomfortable and painful it is to be hungry.

Wanmo and I were born in the same small mountain village.

At that time, the farmland in the village was destroyed by the war and many people starved to death.

The ending of Wanmo and I should be the same.

Later, a monk who passed by discovered that we both had good talent for cultivation and took us out of the small mountain village.

When we both joined the cultivation sect, we discovered that there was a profession called spiritual plant master in the cultivation world.

Our first thought was to become spiritual plant masters, and then use our own hands to ensure that no one in the world would starve to death."

"The ancient world is really good now. Everyone can live well without having to endure war and hunger.

When we were released from lockdown and saw what the world looked like today, we couldn't believe our eyes.

I thought I was dreaming, it felt so unreal.”

“It is precisely because of this that we want to protect the world today, fearing that this era will return to the era when we were born.

In fact, we had both forgotten the vows we made when we first started practicing.

After all, in this day and age, no one will starve to death.

If that is the case, why should we continue to do something that has lost its meaning?

In fact, I chose the profession of spiritual plant master simply because of the times, not because I liked it.

Actually, at the beginning, what I wanted most was to become a swordsman.

One person, one sword, traveling freely across the world, free and unrestrained, has always been what I yearn for."

Xu Mo looked at Elder Ouyang in surprise, somewhat unable to believe what he heard.

After all, Elder Ouyang has always given people the impression of being a stubborn old man, an expressionless old scholar all day long.

The existence of a sword cultivator is really inconsistent with his temperament.

Then he asked curiously, "Then how did you regain your original wish?"

Elder Ouyang's expression suddenly changed, and he said with a look of nostalgia and sadness:

"Because there was a young man who, after hearing about the events of our time, said,
'How can you guarantee that the same situation will not happen again in the future?
What should we do if a more powerful enemy appears in the future and the war once again spreads to Canggu’s homeland?
Therefore, even if it does not make sense now, we must keep food in our own hands for the sake of the future to avoid repeating the same mistakes.

This thing must not only be done, but must be accomplished and done well.'"

Xu Mo secretly admired the farsightedness of the young man mentioned by Elder Ouyang.

Indeed, as he said, food should be in our own hands at all times.

Then he asked curiously, "Anyone who can say such words must be a genius with great wisdom. Where is he now? I really want to meet him."

Elder Ouyang raised his head slightly and looked into the distance, "That young man later became my disciple.

Like you, he is a very thoughtful and intelligent person.

Fifteen hundred years ago, he created the 'breeding method' which was recorded in the annals of ancient history, listed as chapter 102 in volume two of the Canggu Chronicles.

(End of this chapter)