In those years when I was a mortal and a demon

Outside Yuelu Hall, Tian Fei stood with his hands behind his back. Behind him, the old man surnamed Liang stood aside with great respect.

After a long time, there was a spatial fluctuation in an empty place, and suddenly a red light wall appeared, and Lu Yuan walked out of a passage in the light wall.

"Has it been dealt with?" Although Tian Fei had his back turned, he knew who the person was.

"Master, I have satisfied Junior Brother Li." Lu Yuan said with a smile.

"Satisfied?" Tian Fei glanced at Lu Yuan, obviously not quite believing what he said as 'satisfied'. But he was too lazy to care about this. The gourd on his waist automatically flew into the air and became as big as ten feet.

"Follow me back to Cangyan Ridge." Tian Fei said calmly, and then stood on the gourd.

Lu Yuan did not dare to disobey and followed suit. Even though he could easily crush people of the same level now, he had just learned Tian Fei's methods.

The other party was able to easily control himself without even using a magic weapon, so he naturally understood that there was a huge gap between him and the alchemy monk.

"From today on, if anyone dares to use earth fire to practice privately, don't blame the sect's ruthless rules!" Tian Fei glanced at the old men below.

"I sincerely follow my uncle's teachings." The old man surnamed Liang nodded hurriedly.

Lu Yuan was shocked when he saw this. It seemed that he couldn't hide the matter of using earth fire to practice. But looking at the old man and the others below, they are obviously dishonest guys. Could it be that he is not the only one doing this?

Tian Fei ignored the others and turned the gourd into a stream of cyan light, leading Lu Yuan away.

I have to say that a magic weapon is a magic weapon, and this speed is terrifying. With just a cup of tea, the two of them had arrived at Cangyan Ridge.

The place is still full of grass, with several thatched houses standing alone.

Especially since it was late autumn at this time, most of the weeds on the mountain were dry and yellow everywhere, making the place even more desolate and desolate.

Next to the hut, Zhong Lingdao and Wu Feng stood with their hands tied. It seemed that they had been waiting for a long time.

Lu Yuan couldn't help but feel guilty when he thought that he had never come to pay homage to this master since he was demoted to a registered disciple.

"Master, Cangyan Ridge is a bit monotonous. How about I find some people to take care of it?" Lu Yuan said flatteringly.

"That's right, Senior Brother Head." Lu Yuan looked at Zhong Ling and said.

"Junior Brother Lu said that Uncle Tian should be served by someone here." Zhong Lingdao laughed dryly.

Tian Fei said nothing and walked straight into a thatched hut. Lu Yuan hesitated for a while, but still followed in.

As soon as he entered the room, he saw that Tian Fei had sat down and was staring at him up and down with a meaningful look.

"Why does Master look at this disciple like this?" Lu Yuan asked guiltily.

"In less than a year, you are already approaching the middle stage of foundation building. Thinking about your performance in the Qi Refining Stage, even though you have Heavenly Spiritual Roots, it is really exaggerated."

"Well, maybe it's because the disciple stayed in the Qi refining period for a long time, which resulted in an extremely solid foundation. Therefore, after successfully establishing the foundation, the cultivation goes smoothly. It seems that it is because of the accumulation of knowledge." Lu Yuan started to make nonsense.

"You're farting, you've got so much experience, you think I don't know?"

"Although I don't know how you use a metallic spiritual root to refine the spiritual power in the earth fire. But you are really desperate for your life by extracting the earth fire so unscrupulously."

"You don't want your life!" Lu Yuan shrank his head after hearing this. The earth fire was the lifeblood of Huang Maple Valley. Did he really want to punish himself severely?

"Master, I know I was wrong. I didn't expect that this would have serious consequences for the sect, and I won't dare to do it again." Lu Yuan quickly admitted his mistake.

"Are you aware of your mistake?" Tian Fei was stunned for a moment, then understood something and looked at Lu Yuan shaking his head repeatedly.

"Actually, practicing with earth fire is not a secret in Huang Maple Valley. Many people who practice fire-attribute skills have done it, just like the guys outside Yuelu Palace today."

"Sure enough, it seems that this matter is not a big deal." Lu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief when he thought that those people were only scolded for a few words.

But he immediately became confused, what did Tian Fei mean by 'not wanting his life'?

Tian Fei saw Lu Yuan's doubts and quickly said: "The earth fire in Huang Maple Valley is the earth lung fire collected from the land of Xuanyang. Although it contains extremely pure fire attribute spiritual power, it is also mixed with Flames are born with violent energy. These violent energy are difficult to detect and will quietly lurk in your body as you refine your spiritual power."

"However, this kind of violent energy generally does not exist for a long time, and will naturally dissipate over time. But if it accumulates over many years, or accumulates in large quantities in a short period of time, inner fire will form in the body."

"The so-called heart fire is similar to the theory of pill fire of the alchemy monks. If the foundation monks who practice fire-attribute skills have the heart fire bonus, the power of the spells they cast will be much higher."

"Then isn't this a good thing? It's a pity that I'm not very proficient in fire-attribute techniques..." Lu Yuan was a little discouraged.

"Good thing, hum!" Tian Fei's tone changed, making Lu Yuan tremble.

"The elixir fire of the pill-forming monks is strong enough to suppress the soul, but the soul of the foundation-building monks is far from being able to contain the inner fire. Therefore, the inner fire will turn against the guest, erode the mind, and make you become more and more angry. More manic and irritable.”

"And the more you use your magic power, the more serious the erosion of the inner fire will be, until finally your mind is completely swallowed up by the inner demon, turning you into a murderous walking zombie."

"Those people, like you, are also secretly borrowing the earth's fire to practice, but they know enough is enough. They only extract a small amount. The impact is limited, and it will be fine if they temper their mentality a little in the future."

"But you don't know that the sky is high and the earth is high. Extracting a large amount of it even caused instability in the earth."

"What's more serious is that it's hard to suppress your anger. If I hadn't stopped you today, I'm afraid the entire Li family would have come out to ask for an explanation!"

That's it!

After listening to this, Lu Yuan's heart kept ups and downs, and he finally realized that the root cause of his various abnormal behaviors since beating the level was the earthly fire.

"Master, is there a solution?" Lu Yuan asked hurriedly.

"No, if there is really a way, wouldn't it mean that everyone would borrow the fire of the earth to practice? The fire in the heart has become established, and we can only let it dissipate automatically by slowly tempering the state of mind in the future."

"From today on, you will stay in Cangyan Ridge and don't go anywhere!" Tian Fei said without any doubt.

Stay in this place where birds don't poop?

Then you shouldn't suffocate yourself to death?

Lu Yuan naturally disagreed and hurriedly promised: "Master, this disciple already knows how powerful he is. When he gets back, he will go into seclusion immediately to sharpen his mind and won't disturb the master's cultivation."

"No! Your mind has been corroded more and more by the inner fire. Therefore, as soon as you practice, it is difficult to calm down and you will involuntarily think about the inner fire."

"One more thing, you are impetuous now and can easily go crazy, so you must stay with me!"

"No, what can I do here?" Lu Yuan had a bitter look on his face.

"There are so many things you can do. Didn't you just say that I don't have anyone to take care of me? Then go ahead and mow the grass."

"Remember, you can't use magic. You have to cut it piece by piece with your hands like a secular farmer." Tian Fei added.

"Such a big mountain can't be completed in a year just by hand! If the front part is not finished, I'm afraid the back part will grow again." Lu Yuan complained as he looked at the huge cangyan ridge outside the house.

"What makes perfect is that it may be slower at the beginning, but it will be faster gradually. Besides, who asked you to finish the harvest in one year? Given your current situation, let's cut it for ten years first."

"Ten years? This is obviously an excuse to lock himself up." Lu Yuan was stunned. Just when he was considering whether to find a chance to escape, Tian Fei spoke.

"Ten years is a long time, but it is also an opportunity for you. If you can sharpen your temperament during this period, not only will the danger of inner fire be resolved, but your state of mind will also be more stable, which will be helpful for your future cultivation. It’s definitely a big help.”

"A monk is not only refining spiritual energy and improving his cultivation, but his state of mind is even more important. When the state of mind is reached, the confusion and bottlenecks in cultivation will no longer exist. However, most monks are only greedy for the improvement of their cultivation and mana, and are not willing to spare the time to hone it. I hope you can make good use of this opportunity. I believe that after you succeed, you will definitely understand the benefits of this." Tian Fei pulled a lot of Baba, which was regarded as a sweet date for Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan was confused after hearing this, although he still didn't understand. But adhering to the principle that whoever speaks more will be justified. I still agreed and was ready to give it a try.

Seeing that Lu Yuan agreed, Tian Fei asked Zhong Lingdao from outside to come in.

"Go and prepare some things. Also, if the Li family gives you trouble, tell me that I imprisoned Lu Yuan for ten years as punishment."

Two days later, Wu Feng came to Cangyan Ridge and brought Lu Yuan a storage bag. It was full of things like sickles, whetstones, coarse linen clothes, and straw hats.

"Uncle Lu, you will have a hard time in the future." Wu Feng looked at the grass all over the mountain and said sympathetically.

"If you take pity on me, help me send a mission to Baiji Hall. Tell me to recruit people to cut the grass, and give me ten spiritual stones a day!"

"This is impossible. Master Tian has ordered that no one can interfere in this matter!"

"Hmph, he doesn't cut feelings with his own hands." As Lu Yuan spoke, he changed into coarse linen clothes and swung his sickle to cut off a clump of weeds in front of him.

Wu Feng's mouth twitched as he looked at it, and couldn't help but said: "Uncle Lu, Master asked you to cut off all the roots..."

"There's still a lot to do!" Lu Yuan spat, then looked at Wu Feng.

"Brother Wu, just do whatever you have to do."

......

"I always feel that he won't be able to hold on for long." On the mountain peak not far away, Tian Fei stood with his hands behind his back.

"Uncle Tian, ​​I see that Junior Brother Lu is very motivated." Zhong Lingdao said carefully.

"That's a big deal. If we can't keep him here, something will happen again sooner or later."

"Junior Brother Lu has Tianlinggen and has a perverse personality. It is true that he is not easy to discipline. However, he has always valued friendship. In order to save Junior Brother Zhang, he even dared to go to the Blood Forbidden Trial. How about starting from this aspect?" Zhong Lingdao rolled his eyes and suggested.

"Friendship? He doesn't have much of a master-disciple relationship with me."

"In the valley, besides Han Li and Zhang Tie, who else is close to him?" Tian Fei thought for a while and asked.

"Not much. As you know, since the last incident, Junior Brother Lu has gained a notorious reputation among the sect. The only people who have friendships with him are Wu Feng, who is responsible for teaching Kung Fu, and then Senior Brother Ma. "

"Yeah." Tian Fei nodded and said nothing more.

A few days later, Han Li and Zhang Tie got the news and quickly rushed to Cangyan Ridge.

"Uncle Tian, ​​can you please be more generous? We still have some wealth, so we will try our best to satisfy Junior Brother Li." Han Li begged Tian Fei.

"If you are not afraid that one day he will become a demon and kill you too, then take him back." Tian Fei said coldly without opening his eyes.

"Uh, Uncle Tian, ​​is it so serious?"

"Whether it's serious or not, you don't know?"

Han Li and Zhang Tie looked at each other and sighed at each other.

Half a month has passed in the blink of an eye, on a mountainside in Cangyan Ridge. Lu Yuan sat down on the ground with a cigarette in his mouth. Looking at the dozens of two-story haystacks piled up on the mountainside, I felt inexplicably angry.

He must be fooling me. I have been cutting grass for more than half a month. Instead of calming down, I am even more irritable.

Lu Yuan took a long puff, threw away the remaining half of the cigarette, and lay down lazily.

"I'm exhausted. Let's take a nap first."

After more than ten consecutive days of hard work, the exhausted Lu Yuan quickly fell asleep. It wasn't until he smelled a choking smell that he suddenly woke up.

In front of my eyes, there were fires and thick smoke billowing into the sky.

It’s broken. The cigarette butt must have set the haystack on fire!

Lu Yuan understood. Fortunately, the fire was not too serious. Lu Yuan took out a few rain talismans and approached them, preparing to put out the fire.

But as soon as he walked not far from the fire, a rolling heat wave hit him, making his breathing gradually become faster.

No, my anger has been aroused!

Lu Yuan quickly wanted to suppress it, but it was too late. Not long after, a hint of red light slowly appeared in his eyes.

The fire in front of him was getting bigger and bigger. After thinking for a while, Lu Yuan, whose eyes were red, put back the rain talisman in his hand, and then took out several fireball talismans. The corners of his mouth tilted, and his eyes aimed at the dead grass all over the mountains and plains.

He remembered that Tian Fei seemed to have left Cangyan Ridge two days ago, and he didn't know why he was there.

......

"Cangyan Ridge is on fire?"

In the meeting hall, Zhong Lingdao looked stunned.

"Yes, Master, you also know that Cangyan Ridge is a barren mountain, and there is no formation at all. Even if it was assigned to Master Tian later, he never took care of it. Naturally, we did not dare to intervene without authorization, so there was no way to prevent fire. "

"How did it start? Is the fire under control?" Zhong Lingdao asked quickly. There were many barren mountains in the Yellow Maple Valley. It was common for fires to break out for one reason or another. Logically speaking, he shouldn't worry about it. But after all, there lived an uncle who was in the Dan Formation stage up there, so he had to be careful about it.

"The reason is still unclear. Uncle Ye from Baiji Hall has already led people to put out the fire, but he couldn't control it at all, so he asked me to report it to the master as soon as possible."

"How is it possible? A dignified immortal cultivator can't even extinguish a wildfire. Why does the person named Ye eat it?" Zhong Lingdao said angrily.

"You can't blame us. Cangyan Ridge has not been taken care of for many years, and the dead grass and fallen leaves on it are about a foot thick. Moreover, the fire started from all directions. By the time we found out, it had already stretched for several miles, and it only took less than a quarter of an hour. , it burned from the bottom of the mountain to the mountainside."

"Can't control it?"

"It's burning in all directions?"

"Someone is deliberately setting the fire!" Zhong Lingdao quickly heard something fishy in his words.

Suddenly Zhong Lingdao looked shocked and murmured: "It's him! Uncle Tian was really right!"