The Wheel-Turning Master.

Chapter 123 Returning Home
After taking great pains to fool Qu Ruyi, Lin Bai finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing that she still looked ashamed, Lin Bai decided to pretend to be a gentleman.

"Your realm is not stable yet, so why don't you stay here for a while." Lin Bai said with a serious and generous look, "I will go outside to guard for you and will not let the thieves invade!"

"How can I let you get tired?" Qu Ruyi's tone was very gentle. She took out a small formation flag and said, "I'm not good at formations, but I can still set up a simple early warning formation."

She did what she said and set up formations at the entrances of the nine caves. She then returned to the cave and placed another formation of flags around the dead tree stumps. She was done.

Lin Bai watched the whole process and wanted to ask for advice, but seeing that she was so focused, he didn't dare to interrupt.

After that, the two of them practiced separately. Qu Ruyi occupied the wooden stake to consolidate his realm; Lin Baili stayed far away, focusing on tempering his body.

A month passed quickly. As the earth-attributed spiritual energy tempered his body, Lin Bai felt a strong earth spirit in his bones, blood and flesh, and his mind became clearer.

He is more friendly to earth-attributed spiritual energy, and can use some earth-attributed techniques with ease and with more delicate control.

Lin Bai waved his sleeves casually, and the soil gathered into a ball, which slowly took the shape of a tiger.

"Brother Lin has a tiger in his heart." Qu Ruyi opened his eyes and exclaimed in admiration.

Ever since that day when she failed in her seduction attempt and was instead awakened by a slap in the face from Lin Bai, she no longer called him "Zhuanlun" but politely called him "Brother Lin".

All we can say is that Qu Ruyi was protected too well by Qu Chengjia and she didn't know how sinister human nature is.

"The tiger is a ferocious beast and likes to walk alone. Brother Lin gathered soil to form a tiger. Does he have the idea of ​​roaring like a tiger in the mountains?" Qu Ruyi was quite curious.

Lin Bai was stunned for a moment, thinking, how did you see that? What is the tiger roaring in the forest? I just miss Sister Pei, so I gathered the soil to form a white tiger, but this place is just yellow soil...

"Fellow Daoist, you know me." Lin Bai praised.

When Qu Ruyi heard this, she felt that they were in tune with each other, so she smiled and said, "Whatever you think in your heart, it will be reflected on the outside. You have the intention to argue in your heart, and you don't want to fall behind others."

"Indeed." Lin Bai nodded with a smile, thinking to himself, I just want to sleep with a woman, why are you so sentimental?
"Do you want to go back?" Qu Ruyi asked again.

After a month of practice, her breathing became smoother, her state of mind became more stable, and her buttocks were sore from sitting.

"I want to stay here for a few more days." Lin Bai didn't have enough time to temper his body, so he naturally didn't want to leave.

Qu Ruyi didn't know that Lin Bai was practicing body tempering methods, and Lin Bai never talked to her about it.

"How long will it take?" Qu Ruyi asked.

"One month is enough." Lin Bai replied, and seeing that she was hesitant and wanted to leave, he quickly said: "To be honest, I am very happy to be able to practice with you in this cave and occasionally discuss the Tao and chat. People say that it is difficult to find a true friend, and this is probably the case with you and me."

"Then I'll stay here too, with you!" Qu Ruyi agreed immediately.

After fooling her again, Lin Bai continued to temper his body. Qu Ruyi, however, was a bit restless. Apart from practicing, she would go out for a walk from time to time, looking very cool.

She no longer asked for jade cicadas, and only occasionally brought back a few cicada shells as a hint. Lin Bai pretended not to understand and just played dumb.

However, Lin Bai did not dare to take out the jade cicada to meditate, for fear of irritating her.

Another month passed like this, and the body tempering was finally successful. The time required to temper the body with earth-attributed spiritual energy and fire-attributed spiritual energy was similar, both taking about twelve years.

Sitting cross-legged in the middle of the stone plate, Lin Bai made plans for the future.

This life-and-death battle yielded a lot of gains.

The most precious thing is the jade cicada left by the Taoist Wood Demon. I need to go home and slowly comprehend this thing.

Another thing is to observe Qu Ruyi's foundation building, which will be of great benefit to your own foundation building in the future.

There are also many shortcomings. Although the Earth Fire Sword Intent is powerful, it can be easily restrained.

Lin Bai thought about taking another sword meaning in the future, and not taking it from the five elements. Just like the "sword" character that Senior Zhu Jianyang brought back before, its meaning is pure and difficult to restrain.

In addition, the method of Hunyuan body tempering has a miraculous effect, so we need to intensify the tempering and obtain the Hunyuan body as soon as possible.

Earth gives birth to gold, and the next step is to temper the body with metallic spiritual energy.

I heard from Senior Zhu Jianyang before that there is earth and gold spiritual energy in the Zhu family's territory, but it is not pure enough.

With the stone plate, this is not a problem.

Finally, although the progress of cultivation has slowed down a bit, after accumulating day by day, he has reached the threshold of the seventh level of Qi training.

Once we get back to Xinyifang and no longer have to worry about our safety, we should break through as quickly as possible.

Although the sword intent and earth fire are both excellent things, the realm of cultivation is the foundation.

I will practice Qi as soon as possible, get the revelation, and build my foundation early. I can't go out and hang out in the future. I will practice at home, make pills, and sleep with Sister Ning.

Lin Bai pondered for a long time and opened his eyes.

Qu Ruyi was already feeling impatient, her butt was almost broken from sitting. She had clearly already established her foundation, but she still didn't look mature at all.

"Have you thought about Dan Lun?" Lin Bai looked at her and couldn't help but think of Song Qing's last words.

Qu Ruyi was stunned for a moment, then shook her head and frowned, "Why do you ask this? I have just established my foundation, and the theory of alchemy is still far away from me." Seeing that Lin Bai seemed interested, she explained, "Generally speaking, it is enough to get the theory of alchemy in the middle and late stages of foundation building. Unless one has extremely high comprehension, extraordinary talent, and happens to be at the right time, only then will the theory of alchemy be drawn up in the early stages of foundation building."

After saying this, she added: "It is not true that the sooner you draw up a theory of alchemy, the better. If you experience more things and meet more people, your state of mind may change. Therefore, the first thing to do when choosing a theory of alchemy is to choose the one that suits you best, and then the level of the theory of alchemy should be considered."

"The level of alchemy? How do you explain this?" Lin Bai sat down cross-legged, full of interest.

"It's hard to say, everyone has their own way." Qu Ruyi tilted her head and thought for a while, then said, "For example, when looking at a mountain, some people see the mountain's height and danger, and the mountain's charm; some people see the emerald green water and the vitality; some people see the vicissitudes of the mountain." She then concluded, "Again, the theory of alchemy must be in line with the state of mind and experience. Just like you, a gentleman who does not like women, you cannot understand the truth from the way of happiness."

"Teachable."

Lin Bai nodded, thinking that Tie Huasheng might have spent more than ten years, or even decades, to figure out these words.

The disciples of a big clan are truly ignorant if you say they are ignorant, and they are also truly knowledgeable if you say they are knowledgeable.

The two chatted for a while, then removed the early warning array, and finally wiped out all traces of this place and left the cave together.

Take the purple bamboo boat and head south.

Qu Ruyi had just reached the stage of building a foundation, and had been trapped in the cave for two months. Now that he was free, he felt quite elated.

Lin Bai, however, was a timid person. He was afraid that something might go wrong, so he kept advising her to be more cautious.

After walking for half a day, when they passed by Qingzaofang where the two had met, the market was no longer there.

The market town that was once bustling with people, ruled by Jindan and with many independent cultivators coming and going, now only has a huge ravine left.

The deepest part of the ravine is more than ten feet deep and more than a mile long, with mist still lingering above it.

But there was no trace of broken tiles from the houses, nor was there any smell of blood, as if no one had ever gathered here.

"It's a sword mark!" Qu Ruyi's face turned pale, "Left by the Nascent Soul."

Lin Bai didn't dare to look any longer. He drove the purple bamboo boat as fast as possible and headed madly southward.

"Daoyou, please stay!" Before he ran out for a few breaths, he heard someone's voice behind him.

Lin Bai felt nothing in his heart, and it didn't seem to be a bad sign.

Looking back, I saw two black lights falling behind me, clearly they were foundation-building cultivators!

Qu Ruyi no longer had the complacent look on her face, and her face turned very pale.

Although she has established a foundation, she has no backup plan.

Lin Bai guessed that her new magical power was not used for killing.

When he realized he couldn't escape, Lin Bai stopped.

The two rays of light fell in front of them, and they were a man and a woman. The man was about forty years old, with a black beard; the woman should also be about forty years old, but her face was too thickly powdered to be identified.

Both of them were wearing black Taoist robes embroidered with nine cloud peaks and xiezhi cloud patterns on the cuffs.

This is the standard Taoist robe of Jiuyin Mountain!

"Why are you running?" the male cultivator shouted, "Go to the ground and talk!"

Lin Bai looks at Qu Ruyi.

Qu Ruyi was wearing men's clothes, but she couldn't hide from the monks. She ignored Lin Bai and pulled his sleeve instead.

Well, you are a new foundation-building cultivator. What kind of foundation have you built?
Lin Bai first bowed to the two visitors, then lowered the purple bamboo boat to the ground.

Still feeling nothing in his heart, Lin Bai estimated that the other party had no ill intentions. In other words, he would not kill anyone.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?" the male cultivator asked with a sullen face.

Lin Bai bowed and said, "My name is Yun Zhonghe." He pointed at Qu Ruyi and said, "This is my sister, Yun Zhongzhi."

As soon as these words were spoken, the silent female cultivator burst out laughing. She was in her thirties or forties, quite charming, and her smile made her look even more coquettish.

"A crane roars in the sky, so it can soar into the clouds. How can a pheasant soar into the clouds?" The female cultivator laughed happily. She looked at Lin Bai with spring in her eyes and said, "Raise your head."

Lin Bai quickly looked up, but the rumors about Jiuyin Mountain came to his mind.

Like Yunxia Sect, Jiuyin Mountain is a large island overseas. But unlike Yunxia Sect, Jiuyin Mountain does not have a good reputation.

First, he behaves in an eccentric way, always seeking revenge. Second, he advocates the way of union. If it is a sister and a brother, it is normal, after all, the union of men and women is also the way of heaven. But there are also masters and disciples, monks and monsters, anyway, it is very chaotic.

Moreover, Jiuyin Mountain and Yunxia Sect do not get along well with each other and have conflicts from time to time. There is a small fight every ten years and a big fight every hundred years.

Lin Bai looked at the female cultivator and thought, is this another case of her wanting to borrow your sperm?
"Sister." Lin Bai said honestly, "My sister and I are both independent cultivators, and we have always been making a living in Xinyifang. This time, she received a divine revelation and was lucky enough to establish her foundation. I really don't know how I offended you two."

The female cultivator stared at Lin Bai for a while, then looked at Qu Ruyi and said with a smile: "He is indeed a new foundation-building person. He should not have come to Qingzaofang specifically."

The male cultivator nodded, looked at Lin Bai, and asked, "What is the name of the Tianchi Sect's property in Xinyifang?" "Replying to Senior, it is Tianchi Pavilion," Lin Bai replied.

"What is the name of the Huaqing Sect's business in Xinyifang?" the male cultivator asked again.

"Back to senior..."

"Let Shan Ji speak!" the male cultivator interrupted Lin Bai.

Lin Bai was stunned for a moment before he remembered that Shanji was referring to Qu Ruyi.

"Yes, what's its name? I forgot." Qu Ruyi frowned, pretending to be thinking.

"Silly sister, the Huaqing Sect is called Huaqingchi, and they mainly deal in elixirs. How come you have built the foundation but your brain is useless?" the female cultivator laughed.

Lin Bai stared at Qu Ruyi and signaled with his eyes.

"Yes, yes, yes! Huaqing Pool!" Qu Ruyi immediately acted as if something suddenly dawned on him.

Get ready to fight! Lin Bai really had no choice. If Pei Ning was here, she could even read from Lin Bai's eyes what position he wanted to use.

Unfortunately, there is a lack of tacit understanding between me and Qu Ruyi.

"Oh," the female cultivator giggled, like an old hen laying eggs. "The Huaqing Sect's business is called Mingdan Pavilion. Good sister, remember it." After saying that, she looked at Lin Bai again, more charming and coquettish, and said: "Leave this boy for me. He has been patrolling here for more than a month, and the water has drained away. I don't know if he is capable."

"Let's interrogate him first." The male cultivator said in a cold voice.

Lin Bai took out the Fire Scale Sword and Qu Ruyi took out the Green Jade Ruyi.

The two foundation-building masters from Jiuyin Mountain were about to take action when they suddenly looked behind Lin Qu and the other person.

Then the two of them turned around and left without hesitation. While Lin Bai was still confused, Qu Ruyi jumped up happily and shouted, "Master Gao is here!"

Before he finished speaking, a sword light came and immediately strangled the two foundation-building masters of Jiuyin Mountain.

A man landed in front of Lin Qu and the other two. He was wearing a moon-white robe, a little thin, with a jade hairpin on his head, and was about thirty years old. He was tall and graceful, and looked quite elegant and graceful.

"Uncle Gao! Why are you here?" Qu Ruyi said happily.

Uncle Master Gao? Jindan Gao Yuanyuan? Lin Bai did not dare to neglect him and bowed to him.

"Do you think I'm willing to come?" Gao Yuanyuan was not arrogant. He looked at Qu Ruyi and said with a smile, "I already knew the whereabouts of Tie Huasheng and was just about to track him down. It was Xiuxiu who heard that there was a big commotion here recently. She knelt for two days and begged me to come and pick you up. If not for this, I would have gone to the south by now. Why would I come to such a filthy place?"

After he finished speaking, he looked towards the former site of Qingzaofang.

Lin Bai remained silent.

"Why didn't the ancestor come to pick me up?" Qu Ruyi actually sniffed, "If it weren't for Xiuxiu, I would..."

"Yao Wanshan from the Tianchi sect promised my senior sister a generous gift, and the two of them went out on business." Gao Yuanyuan explained.

"What kind of gift? What's the matter?" Qu Ruyi was very curious.

"Qu Chengjia is your ancestor, why are you asking me?" Gao Yuanyuan smiled.

"..." Qu Ruyi was choked, and she asked curiously: "Uncle Master, what happened here? I heard that Jiuyin Mountain tried to steal something from Qiaoshan Sect. What was it?"

"Not a thing." Gao Yuanyuan looked towards the northern sky and said, "It involves the Nascent Soul, and has nothing to do with my Yunxia Sect. Besides, this is something that the Sect Master is concerned about, and it's not something you and I know about." After saying that, he showed a playful smile on his face, "Friends are here, let's go."

“I haven’t picked them up yet…” Qu Ruyi glanced at the corpses of the two people who were building their foundation in Jiuyin Mountain.

She went on a long journey, and although she didn't learn anything well, she did learn some habits of scattered cultivation.

Gao Yuanyuan ignored them, waved his sleeves to wrap up Qu Ruyi and Lin Bai, turned into white light, and headed south. Behind him, he could still hear a roar, like a monster.

The speed of Jindan's escape was so astonishing that it arrived at Qiaoshan in just half a day.

Another hundred miles ahead is Xinyifang.

Putting Lin Qu and the other person aside, Gao Yuanyuan looked at Lin Bai.

Lin Bai bowed again.

"He is a casual cultivator named Yun Zhonghe. I met him by chance. We went through some hardships together and he helped me a lot." Qu Ruyi smoothed things over.

"I didn't ask." Gao Yuanyuan smiled faintly.

"..." Qu Ruyi and this junior uncle really couldn't get along, so she changed the subject and asked, "Where are Senior Uncle Po Yunzi and Xiuxiu?"

"Let's go back." Gao Yuanyuan was too lazy to say anything else and waved his hand, saying, "I'll take you back. Brother Gai is still waiting for me."

"Uncle Master, please wait a moment." Qu Ruyi bowed, then pulled Lin Bai aside and whispered, "Xinyifang has my Yunxia Sect's assets. I will write to you later, so remember to pick it up."

"Okay." Lin Bai agreed immediately.

Qu Ruyi smiled, blinked, and said with a smile: "See you someday."

Over there, Gao Yuanyuan was already very impatient. He waved his sleeves, wrapped up Qu Ruyi, and turned into a white light and went southeast.

Lin Bai didn't think any more and went to Xinyifang.

After entering the market, Lin Bai went to Fengming Pavilion first.

Only Zhu Yuling was there.

Going up to the second floor, Zhu Yuling poured tea diligently, "Uncle is home." She sat down, her eyes burning, as if she wanted to say something, but didn't dare to.

Lin Bai knew that it was nothing more than pimping.

"Is there anything new in the market recently?" Lin Bai asked with a smile, "I've been out for so long that I'm almost a wild man."

"It's nothing serious, only the price of pills and magic tools has increased a little."

Zhu Yuling thought about it carefully and said, "There is a female cultivator who is good at making puppets. She is looking for a loyal apprentice to teach her skills."

Lin Bai became interested and asked in detail: "What do you mean? Can I do it?"

Zhu Yuling smiled and said, "That female cultivator is a foundation-building cultivator. Because she is good at making puppets, she is called the Puppet Fairy by the lower-level cultivators, and some call her sister." At this point, she had a bit of disdain on her face, "But it is said that this female cultivator is addicted to gambling. She lost all the money she earned from selling puppets in the past, and even took out loans. That's why she took up her old skills again and looked for someone to help her pay off her debts."

Lin Bai was bored and lost interest. He asked again, "Are the people from Yunxia Sect and Jiuyin Mountain still in Qiaoshan Sect?"

Although he had heard Gao Yuanyuan say it, Lin Bai still had to ask around.

"He left half a month ago." Zhu Yuling lowered her voice, "I heard that Qiaoshan Sect and Jiuyin Mountain had a falling out, and Yuanying almost took action. Yunxia Sect persuaded them to make peace, so they didn't fight."

Yunxia Sect tried to persuade them to make peace? Considering the relationship between Yunxia Sect and Jiuyin Mountain, it would be a good thing if they didn't add fuel to the fire!

Lin Bai didn't ask any more questions, chatted for a few more words, and then returned to the cave.

After entering the Jiang family business, Lin Bai greeted everyone he knew, as if he was really out socializing.

When I arrived at the Dihuo Cave Mansion, I saw three people standing at the door of my cave from afar.

One of them was Jiang Chun, who seemed thin. The other two were female cultivators, both dressed in ordinary clothes, Yao Qianyuan and Pei Ning.

Lin Bai was very excited, thinking that Sister Ning was really understanding. She knew that I was very hungry, so she brought the food to my door.

"Brother Jiang!" Lin Bai stepped forward and saluted, then bowed to Yao Qianyuan, "Senior Sister Yao." Finally, he looked at Pei Ning.

Pei Ning hadn't changed much after not seeing him for a few months. His eyes were quite gentle, with a slight smile on his lips, and he didn't say a word.

"Brother, you're back!" Brother Jiang held Lin Bai's arm, extremely happy.

"Of course I missed Brother Jiang, so I hurried back." Lin Bai said with a smile.

"Hahaha!" Jiang Chun laughed, but he didn't believe it. He glanced at Pei Ning, took out a letter, and said, "This is what my sister wrote to you. She said it was my enlightenment experience."

You did this on purpose, didn't you? Lin Bai didn't know what to say.

"Haha." Yao Qianyuan suddenly laughed.

Pei Ning crossed his arms, looking a little bigger.

"Thank you, Brother Jiang." Lin Bai took it and was about to put it in the storage ring when Yao Qianyuan suddenly reached out and snatched it away.

If it were someone else, Lin Bai would not let her snatch it away, but with Pei Ning by his side, Lin Bai still had to pretend to be innocent.

"You guys chat, we'll talk again when we have time." Jiang Chun bowed and left in a hurry.

Lin Bai and the other two returned the gift.

After opening the cave door, everything inside was the same as before.

When Lin Bai saw the underground fire, he felt quite friendly.

"Junior sister." Yao Qianyuan stuffed the letter into Pei Ning's hands and said in front of Lin Bai: "Be on guard day and night, it's hard to guard against thieves in your own home." She pointed to the south, "This is the Jiang family, close to the water. Besides--" She smiled and looked at Lin Bai, "Jiang girl is still young, don't do anything beastly."

"I will remember your teachings, Senior Sister." Pei Ning smiled, "Please leave for a while, Senior Sister."

"Please." Lin Bai also spoke and forcibly pushed her out.

The gate of Guanshan Cave was even more stuffy.

"Wait a minute." Pei Ning pressed the letter to Lin Bai's chest again and said, "Read it to me."

She smiled brightly.

"Do it and recite at the same time." Lin Bai nodded impatiently.

(End of this chapter)