The Wheel-Turning Master.

Chapter 117: A mysterious opportunity, meeting an old friend

After a night of drinking, my sadness was slightly relieved.

On the second day, the breeze was gentle and the sun was warm and mist was rising.

Zhu Yumao prepared tea and the four of them sat around and discussed.

Being a monk, that's just the trivial things.

None of the four people on the field were vicious people, so naturally they would not talk about fighting and killing.

A monk should make more friends, see different scenery, listen to different opinions, inspire each other, and verify what they have learned.

Only a few people would bury themselves in hard work. For example, Jiang Xiaobai, even though she was put in solitary confinement, her family would not forbid her from seeing her brothers and sisters, lest her butt would get sore from sitting there.

The reason why monks talk about hard training is actually that it is hard to climb the great road, hard to be enterprising in mind, and hard to attain enlightenment when refining elixirs and making talismans every day, rather than living a hard life.

If this is true, then independent cultivators can be said to have the hardest time, but the number of independent cultivators who have become successful is far less than that of the sects and families.

Of course, it is also because of this that most of the independent cultivators are shady, ruthless, and willing to fight to the death. Therefore, in the same realm, the disciples of the sects and families are often no match for the independent cultivators; but on the road of cultivation, independent cultivators do not have as smooth a path as the disciples of the sects.

Four people sat around, each with a teacup in front of them.

The breeze blowing on the high pavilion creates a unique artistic conception.

Zhu Yushu has the highest level of cultivation in the field, and has already reached the eighth level of Qi training. He has a fierce temperament and speaks passionately.

Even when he was preaching, his voice was full of iron and stone. He was not a bad person, nor was he stupid, he was just a little too hot-blooded and impulsive.

He compared the bottleneck to a treacherous enemy, and there was some truth to his words.

The second is Zhu Yumao. He has not learned much and his cultivation is not good, but he has some knowledge in formations and can fool everyone.

Zhu Yuqiang had even less to say. She was not very successful in her cultivation and usually just stayed at home to take care of the spiritual plants, so she talked about some methods of growing spiritual plants.

When it was Lin Bai's turn, he did not hide anything. He held Miaomiao in one hand and held the teacup in the other, and explained the art of alchemy from the simplest to the most complex.

The four of them chatted for a long time. Regardless of whether they gained anything from it or not, the atmosphere was good.

After noon, a beam of light suddenly came flying and landed in front of the crowd.

The visitor was an old woman, about fifty or sixty years old, with a head full of silver hair and a serious look in her eyes.

The three siblings of the Zhu family quickly stood up and bowed, calling her aunt.

Lin Bai also stood up and bowed, calling him senior.

"Aunt." Miaomiao also imitated her. She put her hands in her pockets, bent down and lowered her head, very serious.

She was very smart at this moment, as if she knew that the person in front of her should not be offended.

"My name is Lao Gu, why are you calling me that?" Zhu Yumao quickly criticized Miaomiao.

"Why are you arguing with a child?" The old woman glared at Zhu Yumao, then looked at Lin Bai and nodded slightly, "You are Yun Zhonghe, right?"

Zhu Yuqiang smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Yun, this is my aunt. Her generation name is water."

"Hello, senior." Lin Bai bowed again.

Zhu Jianshui nodded and said, "Zhu Jianyang wrote to me, saying that you are quite talented in alchemy. I am also an alchemist. If you have any questions, you can come to me in the future!"

"Thank you, senior." Lin Bai bowed again.

Zhu Jianshui didn't say anything more, but just looked at Zhu Yushu and asked, "I want to go look for Yuyan's remains, are you willing to go?"

"I go!"

"No!"

Zhu Yushu and Zhu Yuqiang spoke at the same time, but the results were opposite.

"Yuqiang, stop talking!" Zhu Yushu said angrily.

Zhu Yuqiang ignored him, instead she grabbed Zhu Jianshui's sleeve and cried, "Aunt, at your age, why are you still going out?"

Zhu Yumao also sighed, "Aunt, why bother?" He showed a sad look on his face, "Besides, Yuyan died outside, how can we find him?"

"Of course I have a way!" Zhu Jianshui snorted coldly, and took out a broken bronze mirror. "Yuyan is taking the other half, so we just need to slowly find the way there."

She held the broken bronze mirror in her palm, and then saw it slowly rotating, and finally the broken side pointed to the northeast.

The farthest place over there is Jiuyin Mountain.

Seeing that Zhu Jianshui was determined, Zhu Yuqiang knelt on the ground and begged, "Aunt, what if something happens to you?"

"Yuqiang, my old aunt is not afraid at such an old age, so what are you afraid of?" Zhu Yushu was very impatient and shouted: "Yuyan has fallen outside. If we don't even have the blood and energy to welcome his remains back, then the Zhu family will just disband!"

Zhu Yumao glared at Zhu Yushu, and Zhu Yushu glared back at him.

"Good boy!" Zhu Jianshui praised, "Yushu, you have a good chance of building a foundation. This time, I am here to retrieve Yuyan's remains and to broaden your horizons!"

"Aunt, I'll go with you!" Zhu Yushu held Zhu Jianshui's arm with a firm will.

Zhu Yumao was honest and straightforward. He didn't know what to say and just kept sighing.

Zhu Yuqiang had tears on her face. She knelt on the ground, pulled Zhu Jianshui's Taoist robe, and said bitterly, "Aunt, did you discuss this trip with the head of the family?"

"He is old and confused. What's the point of looking for him?" Zhu Jianshui said disdainfully.

"Aunt, let me tell you something unpleasant." Zhu Yuqiang wiped her tears and said, "What if you break it? Yushu has a chance to build a foundation, what if it breaks it too? Yuyan just died, how many seedlings do we have left? Can we afford to die?"

Zhu Yushu pushed Zhu Yuqiang over and said angrily, "Zhu Yuqiang! If you are afraid of death, then don't practice cultivation! If I am afraid of these, I might as well go home and hug my wife and children! If our Zhu family is afraid of these, forget about restoring the glory of our ancestors!"

Zhu Jianshui nodded with relief.

Zhu Yumao and Zhu Yuqiang couldn't say another word.

For a moment, the pavilion was very quiet.

"Go, go, go!" Miaomiao suddenly said cheerfully, not caring about Zhu Yumao and Zhu Yuqiang's suffering. She pulled the hem of Zhu Jianshui's Taoist robe, tilted her head, and said happily: "Old aunt goes, Miaomiao will go too!"

Zhu Yumao was so angry that he quickly pulled Miaomiao and said, "Look, I'm going to tear your mouth apart!"

Zhu Jianshui immediately waved his sleeves and knocked Zhu Yumao to the ground.

“Look, if the younger generations are as daring and enterprising as Miaomiao, there will be no worries for the prosperity of our Zhu family.” This was the first time Zhu Jianshui smiled since he came to Gaoge.

"Aunt took me to buy sugar dumplings." Miaomiao clapped her hands happily.

Everyone pretended not to hear what the child said.

"Aunt, if that's the case, I will go with Yushu." Zhu Yumao knelt down, "You can stay at home and teach the younger generation, there is no need to rush around."

"You're just a piece of trash?" Zhu Jianshui snorted coldly, "You were kidnapped last time. If it weren't for Zhu Jianyang, you would be dead now! What can you do?"

After Zhu Jianshui finished speaking, he saw Zhu Yuqiang was about to speak, so he immediately glared at her, and Zhu Yuqiang couldn't open her mouth.

Lin Bai watched coldly without saying a word.

This is someone else's family affair. Although I have good relations with the Zhu family, it is not easy to speak up. Besides, they have their reasons for going and their concerns for not going. The husband has his own reasons and the wife has her own reasons. There is no way to persuade them about this matter.

However, Lin Bai was selfish. If he knew that his relatives or close friends had died outside, he would definitely search for them. If they were harmed by someone, he would definitely repay them tenfold.

No one spoke anymore, and the teacups were all over the floor. Miaomiao was laughing and kicking with her feet, as if she didn't notice the quarrel at all.

"You guys stay at home and take care of me." Zhu Jianshui showed her true feelings. Her wrinkled hands gently stroked Miaomiao's pigtails. "I'm old. If I don't do something, I'll die of old age."

There was a lot of emotion in her words. Upon hearing this, the three siblings of the Zhu family knelt down together, their eyes all red.

Seeing this, Miaomiao tilted her head and thought for a while, then bent down to clean the floor before kneeling down.

After she knelt down, she frowned at Lin Bai, as if asking why you don't kneel.

Lin Bai pretended not to see it and just lowered his head. Although he had a good relationship with the Zhu family, it was not his turn to go to such a thing, and his family would not ask him to go.

Just as he was thinking about it, he saw Zhu Jianshui waving his sleeves lightly, wanting to pick up Zhu Yushu and leave. Lin Bai suddenly felt a sense of emptiness in his heart.

It seemed that if he let Zhu Jianshui leave, he would lose something extremely important.

Apart from my Xiuxiu and Sister Pei, what else is extremely important to me?
Avenue?

"Wait a minute, senior!" Lin Bai spoke quickly.

Zhu Jianshui's face was grim, and he said, "You want to persuade me too?"

"I dare not." Lin Bai bowed again and said, "Senior, can I go with you?"

"Brother, why do you have to do this?" Zhu Yumao advised.

"Brother Yumao, I also have selfish motives." Lin Bai immediately explained, "Just when Senior Zhu was about to leave, I suddenly felt a sense in my heart. It seemed that if I could follow Senior and his group, it would be of great help to my future cultivation."

Lin Bai chose to be honest. Although he could use words like "friendship" to fool the Zhu family, it was unnecessary. Besides, he didn't know how to deal with this trip, so it was right to speak out.

Besides, Zhu Yumao and I are friends for life and death, so it’s right to be honest.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Jianshui nodded slightly, and a smile appeared on his old face, as if he also liked Lin Bai's honesty.

"People like me who have entered the Dao often have feelings of gratitude. But most of them are vague and unclear." Zhu Jianshui took the opportunity to teach the younger generation, "Some people who practice the Dao of fate and the Dao of yin and yang are more sensitive. But even if the cultivation is low, as long as they encounter things related to their own Dao, and people they love, they will definitely feel something."

She looked at Lin Bai and praised him, "It's rare that you have such a feeling before you even leave. You can try to learn the way of numerology in the future. If you can achieve some success, the four great golden elixir sects will definitely recruit you."

Qu Chengjia also said something similar. She wanted Lin Bai to learn Taoism from her, but because Lin Bai's Yuanyang was lost early, she felt disgusted with him.

"Thank you for your advice, senior." Lin Bai bowed.

"You and Yumao are friends for life and death, so I am naturally happy to help you." Zhu Jianshui's voice gradually became serious, "But the idea of ​​chance is elusive. You must be prepared to gain nothing, or even end up with nothing left!"

Lin Bai was stunned for a moment, then leaned over again.

"Good! With such a resolute heart and the willingness to fight to the death, how can the great way not work?"

Zhu Jianshui laughed heartily, waved his sleeves to wrap up Zhu Yushu and Lin Bai, and headed northeast.

She was not running very fast. She stopped to rest and check the broken bronze mirror from time to time, and looked at the map from time to time.

It can be seen that she seldom goes out.

Zhu Yushu, on the other hand, is knowledgeable. Although he has a fierce temper, he knows how to do things and is capable of getting things done.

Lin Bai rarely interrupted and just followed silently.

It’s just that the ethereal feeling in my heart is becoming increasingly faint, as if it is about to disappear.

Lin Bai was not in a hurry, and he did not rush to do it. This kind of thing cannot be forced, and besides, other people's business is also serious business.

After walking like this for three days, they had already left the area of ​​Qiaoshan.

Continue heading northeast and the seaside is only a thousand miles away.

After another day, we saw a secular village ahead. After another hundred miles, we saw a small market.

The market was probably a wild market, about a mile long, with new houses on both sides. There were quite a few monks coming and going, hundreds of them. But most of them were taciturn or covered their faces with their hair.

Most of them were Qigong cultivators, and few were foundation builders. Judging from their Taoist robes, most of them were casual cultivators.

There are small stalls on the roadside, selling common things.

There is a sign at the entrance of the market, named Qingzaofang.

This place is located between Qiaoshan and Jiuyin Mountain. To the northeast, it faces Jiuyin Mountain across the sea. Thousands of miles to the north is the place of the Four Wars.

"This is a no-man's land. It should be a place where independent traders settle down. Or perhaps, some unclean goods are processed here." Zhu Yushu is quite knowledgeable. "There are all kinds of people here. We must be careful."

"That's how it should be." Zhu Jianshui's old face was a bit tired. If he was a young foundation-building cultivator, he wouldn't be like this at this moment.

Lin Bai said nothing, only feeling that the ethereal feeling seemed to be a little stronger.

Here? Lin Bai thought to himself, is it to let me pick up a bargain? Pick up something that suits my destiny? Or pick up an artifact that contains a powerful soul? Or something else?
"Is it here?" Zhu Yushu asked with a smile.

"Yes." Lin Bai bowed to Zhu Jianshui and Zhu Yushu to show his gratitude.

"That's good." Zhu Yushu waved his hand, "Then I'll go with my aunt and come back in ten days. If not, you can go back by yourself."

Although he had a fiery temper, he was also a clear-headed person and did not force Lin Bai to follow him and help.

"How can this be possible?" Lin Bai hurriedly held him back. "I am grateful to you and my senior for this trip. Why are you leaving now? Why don't you wait for me for a few days, and then I will go with you. Do you think I am the kind of person who will forget my gratitude when I see an opportunity?"

"No. My brother told me that you once went into a dangerous place to save his life, but you did not do anything to show your gratitude. We brothers and sisters all remember your kindness and do not treat you as an outsider." Zhu Yushu smiled and said, "This is for our family affairs. There is no reason to let you take risks."

"Yushu is right." Zhu Jianshui finally spoke. She looked at Lin Bai and said kindly, "Good boy, opportunities are rare. You must seize them well so that you can go further. We are going to find a dead person and a result. We must not delay your journey."

Seeing their sincerity, Lin Bai was touched. He bowed and said, "Senior, please tell me where you are going next, right?"

"It should be not far away." Zhu Jianshui did not say where he was going, but said in a serious tone, "Wait for us here for ten days. If we don't arrive... you can wait for at most one month, and you must not go to look for us. When the time comes, just go home and report it."

"Go ahead." Zhu Yushu smiled and pushed Lin Bai.

Lin Bai bowed to Zhu Jianshui and then to Zhu Yushu.

Zhu Yushu returned the greeting and Zhu Jianshui nodded slightly.

Lin Bai said no more and walked towards the market.

I arrived at the door... Actually, I couldn't knock on the door, there were only two wooden pillars standing there.

There was a sign hanging on one side, and a table on the other side with a sophisticated man sitting next to it.

"Fellow Daoist, are you new here?" the experienced man greeted and smiled.

"That's right." Lin Bai returned the greeting and asked, "Is the Taoist brother the one in charge here?"

"How can it be a mere Qi training?" The old cultivator smiled and said proudly, "He is my family's Golden Core ancestor." He pointed to the center of the market, "It's right over there. He founded this market to facilitate fellow casual cultivators."

"So that's how it is." Lin Bai bowed.

The old cultivator was stunned for a moment, then bowed in return, and quickly said, "There are only two rules here!"

"please say."

"First, it is strictly forbidden to fight and kill. Second, once the goods leave your hands, you must not regret it, even if you make a loss." The old cultivator pointed to the distance, "If you are not convinced, go out of the market and fight to the death."

"Thank you for your advice." Lin Bai responded with a smile and stepped into the market town. However, the old cultivator started to chuckle.

Lin Bai took out two spirit stones and threw them over.

"Fellow Daoist, this is not the way beggars are treated in the mortal world, right?" The old cultivator said with a bitter face.

Lin Bai gritted his teeth and took out three more.

"Go ahead!" The old cultivator took the spirit stone, his face showing disdain, and said: "If you want to sell the goods, you have to take at least 30%! Smuggled goods are another matter! Then you can discuss it with my ancestor!"

Lin Bai bowed to him and walked towards the market.

Most of the people here are masked and head bowed, walking in a hurry. They should be familiar with the business dealings.

Lin Bai guessed that this should be a place for selling stolen goods and transporting them.

They soon reached the end of the street. Lin Bai didn't buy anything, he just looked.

The vague feeling in my heart is still there, but I just can't put my finger on where it is.

Lin Bai pondered for a while and stopped looking. He just lowered his head and looked at the roadside stalls.

I looked at a few, but there wasn't anything good. It's cheaper than Xinyifang, but most of them are scams.

There was even blood on some things that hadn’t been wiped clean!

After walking for a while, Lin Bai saw a man holding a jade hairpin at a small stall.

The woman was dressed in men's clothing, wearing a bamboo hat and a black veil covering her face. However, she had a small frame and a slender figure. Although her chest was a little lacking, it was hard to hide her identity as a woman.

Moreover, there is a faint fragrance! Lin Bai immediately made an inference that this Kun Dao must have some background and rarely goes out.

Lin Bai didn't want to rush to buy it, he just thought of Xiuxiu.

When parting with Xiuxiu, Lin Bai returned the wooden hairpin she had given him and asked her to buy him a jade hairpin.

Two or three years have passed, and I don't know if the girl has saved enough spirit stones.

"A mid-grade spirit stone?" The female cultivator suddenly said, "Come on, come on! Sell me out!"

This voice... sounds familiar.

Lin Bai looked over. He couldn't see his face through the black veil, but those eyes...

Qu Ruyi? Lin Bai shuddered with fear and quickly turned around and left.

"My fellow Taoist, please don't go. Come and judge the matter!" Qu Ruyi casually grabbed Lin Bai, holding the hairpin in one hand.

She glanced at Lin Bai, then at the seller, "Do you really think I have never seen the world? When I was visiting a brothel..." She looked at Lin Bai again.

"I hope you are well." Lin Bai saluted.

“You, you, you…” Qu Ruyi lifted the black veil, “Are you Lin Zhuanlun?”

She looked around and asked curiously, "Where's Pei Ning?"

"???" Lin Bai frowned, thinking, long time no see, why are you thinking about my woman first without saying anything else? Are you sick?

(End of this chapter)