"Why are you here again?" Seeing Shanhe appear in the courtyard, Jiang Nong said in surprise:

"I thought you had finally figured out that you wanted to take a day off and deal with personal matters or something, what are you doing here at noon?

During the time when Shanhe joined the tea workshop, Jiang Nong could certainly see that this child was really dedicated to his work.

Not only did he keep experimenting in the tea shop during the day, but he also had to work overtime at night, and his face was quite haggard for a few days, and the ginger farmers who saw it were a little distressed.

Therefore, this morning he found that Shanhe did not appear in the teahouse as scheduled, Jiang Nong was a little disappointed, but after thinking of the child's state during this time, he was quickly relieved, and hoped that the other party could rest for a few days.

But as soon as the sun rose in the sky, the mountains and rivers appeared unconsciously.

Seeing this scene, Jiang Nong was immediately a little unhappy, and reprimanded mercilessly.

Through these days of contact, Shanhe also has a better understanding of Jiang Nong's temperament, and he knows very well that Jiang Nong feels sorry for himself before he says this, so he turned his head and smiled:

"Uncle Shi, you haven't paid your salary, so you let me go? You're too black-hearted, aren't you? Hehe, something happened suddenly this morning, and I'm late, and I hope that Uncle Shi is not weird!"

"If you have something, you can go and get busy, you don't have to come every day. Ahem, the old man has been waiting for 20 years, and he is not in a hurry in these two days. After listening to the other party's explanation, Jiang Nong asked with a little curiosity:

"What happened in the morning? Did your master tell you?"

"No, the master hasn't looked for me recently, and he also asked my sister and brother not to disturb me, and told me to concentrate on helping here. Shanhe shook his head and replied truthfully:

"I went to Songbai Creek in the morning, and Senior Brother Duan originally asked me to go to the party to chat, but I accidentally bumped into Senior Brother Yuan Haotian, and later had a fight with Senior Brother Yuan, and I almost came out lying down, so I was delayed a lot. ”

Hearing that Shanhe had a fight with Yuan Haotian, Jiang Nong's expression immediately became serious. I saw him come to Shanhe's side with an arrow, stretched out his hand to grab the other party's pulse, and after some careful investigation, his nervous expression eased a little:

"What's going on? Don't you seem to be hurt?"

"Oh, I'm not hurt. My elder brother happened to be passing by to run errands and helped me block a blow. Later, Yuan Shibo also arrived, and there was no more fighting, nothing serious. Shanhe replied lightly.

Jiang Nong was not satisfied with the explanation of mountains and rivers, and immediately asked:

"Haotian has been pampered since he was a child, and his cultivation is much higher than yours, how can you do anything with him? ”

Seeing that Jiang Nong refused to let go of this matter, Shanhe had no choice but to briefly explain the general situation of the matter.

It wasn't until he listened to Yuan Songxi's results that Jiang Nong's brows stretched slightly:

"Well, Pine Creek's handling is pretty appropriate. If he loses justice in protecting his beloved, the old man will surely seek justice for you. Hehe, it seems that the old man is too worried. But Sanke, Haotian's kid seems to be domineering, but in fact, ...... Alas, he was also a miserable child. For some things, you just think he's farting and don't take it to heart. ”

"Hard-working child?" As soon as these words came out, Shanhe looked at Jiang Nong with a puzzled expression:

"Uncle Yuan, Yuan Haotian is the first disciple of Uncle Yuan, and he is the best among the young disciples, he is loved by thousands of people, he is simply happy, he doesn't want it, this can be regarded as a hard life? According to what you say, am I not even as good as a hard life? And those new disciples, they are not even as good as me......

When the mountains and rivers spoke, Jiang Nong always looked at the blue sky, stunned, as if he hadn't heard anything. After a long while, he lowered his head and asked at Shanhe:

"There are things you'll know later, but not now. By the way, how is the progress of the Broken Leaves?"

Seeing that Jiang Nong was unwilling to continue on the topic of "hard life", although Shanhe was curious, he had no choice but to give up.

Hearing the other party ask about the broken empty leaf, he put the boxes in his hand on the ground one by one. Just as I wanted to report the situation to my uncle, another question popped up in my mind:

"By the way, uncle, before I broke the empty leaf, my brother still has something to ask. ”

"What's the matter?"

"When I fought with Senior Brother Yuan just now, I felt a strong fighting intent, as if I was enchanted, I just wanted to fight, and I couldn't stop. If it hadn't been for the timely arrival of the senior brother, he might have lost his life today. ”

As soon as these words came out, I saw Jiang Nong is brows furrowed slightly, and a trace of inexplicable pain flashed in his eyes. But he didn't interrupt the other party, but continued to listen:

"I've never had that idea before, even in a fight, I'm going to try to avoid fighting. But today, I really want to fight, and it feels really weird. Afterwards, I also pondered for a while, although I didn't deal with Senior Brother Yuan very well, it wasn't a deep hatred, but it was difficult for me to control this fighting spirit. Uncle, is there something wrong with me? Or have I gone mad?"

In fact, since the pine and cypress streams came out, the mountains and rivers have been plagued by this problem.

He originally wanted to ask Zhiyun, but the senior brother had something urgent to find Yuan Songxi and left, so he had to leave this question to Jiang Nong in front of him.

After listening to Shanhe's description, Jiang Nong was not in a hurry to reply.

I saw him sitting opposite, his face seemed to be flat, but Shanhe could feel that there seemed to be something else hidden in this matter. He closed his eyes and pondered for a long time before he sighed:

"Alas, this is also to blame on the old man, you have just broken through to the Tun Ladder, and you have been pulled to work in the teahouse, and you have not rested for many days, and your master has no chance to talk to you about it. ”

"Uncle Shi, listen to what you mean, do you know what's going on? Tell me about it?"

"Sanke, the state you just mentioned is not that something is wrong, nor is it that you have gone mad, but that every cultivator will go through an ordeal, which is called delusion in the cultivation world. ”

"Delusional?"

Seeing that Shanhe was confused, Jiang Nong opened his mouth and explained:

"That's right, delusion is a kind of inner demon, and it is also the most difficult state of mind for a cultivator to control after his strength has greatly increased! You can understand it as wanton behavior, and belligerence is its most direct manifestation. When a cultivator breaks through the ranks, due to the great increase in strength, it often gives people the illusion that no one can stop them. Especially at the beginning of the breakthrough, this feeling is even stronger. If you're not careful, you'll be manipulated by it and make terrible mistakes......"

Jiang Nong's increasingly heavy tone made the atmosphere of the small courtyard solemn.

Shanhe felt that Jiang Nong was so invested in order to warn himself at first, but when he saw that Jiang Nong immediately fell into contemplation after speaking, Shanhe felt that something was wrong, and said tentatively:

"Uncle Shi, you ...... Are you alright?"

(End of chapter)