The Wheel-Turning Master.

Chapter 130: Old People, New Tea
Closing his eyes, Lin Bai carefully felt the mysterious feeling.

It seemed as if a line suddenly appeared, with one end wrapped around itself and the other end connected to somewhere else, pointing in a certain direction.

This feeling is so vague and ethereal, as if the thread will be severed by the slightest exposure to wind and frost, and yet it also seems that even waves of thunder and lightning cannot damage it in the slightest.

Lin Bai came to the stone plate and looked at the fog.

There is a long white moon above, and Xiuxiu becomes more capable.

There was also an extremely thin white thread, as thick as silk, which circled around the fog.

These external manifestations are all representations. Some people may be interpreting themselves, such as Xiu Xiu, who turned into armor; or they may be affected by some kind of magic, such as the green rust of iron in the past, and the amber poison of Shen Xu.

The former need not be taken care of. As long as one does not disperse the fog and clear the way, nothing can be deduced.

The latter is the body outside the stone plate that is damaged, and must be eliminated as much as possible to stop the injury.

Lin Bai's heart moved slightly, the mist rolled slightly, and the moon-white line disappeared immediately. However, the thin white line seemed to exist here forever, without any shaking.

After opening his eyes and exhaling, Lin Bai saw the three Zhu brothers and sisters looking at him curiously. They still had traces of tears on their faces, but they also looked a little happy. And Senior Zhu Jianyang stroked his beard and smiled, clearly showing the kind appearance of a virtuous old man.

"My dear brother, when we were in the cave at the bottom of the lake that day, I knew that this day would come to you." Zhu Yumao held Lin Bai's hand, and his nose and tears started to flow again.

Zhu Yuqiang stared at Lin Bai blankly, as if she remembered the time when she used to deliver meals to Lin Bai, and her face looked a little dazed.

"You have succeeded in refining the elixir, and your cultivation level has not fallen behind, it's really..." Zhu Yuling wiped the corner of her eyes, looked at Zhu Yuqiang again, opened her mouth to say something, but seemed afraid to.

"The great path is firm. The opportunity to build a foundation is the real first hurdle, so you need to be careful and cautious."

Zhu Jianyang stroked his beard and pondered, then looked at Lin Bai and warned: "I am confident in your ability. But you must remember that if you can do something, do it. If you can't do it, then retreat. Even if you lose the opportunity to build your foundation, you can still try again in the future. If you lose your life, then everything is over, isn't it?"

Yao Qianyuan had said this, and Chun Yuye had also mentioned it tactfully.

"I have taken note of your teachings, senior." Lin Bai listened.

After saying that, Lin Bai looked at Zhu Yumao again, took out a small pill bottle, and said, "Brother Yumao, Yu Shu has just reached the foundation, and I can't congratulate you in person. These are Tianchi lotus seeds, please pass them on, as a token of my appreciation."

Tianchi lotus seeds come from the Tianchi sect, and have a calming effect. They are often used by foundation-building cultivators to break through small realms. It is said that they have a miraculous effect when paired with the Yunxia sect's Huayuan pill. Because of its extremely small annual production, its price is more expensive than Huayuan pill.

Although the lotus seeds were expensive, Lin Bai didn't spend a single spiritual stone on them. Gai Yingqiu asked Lin Bai to pass them on to Yang Shu, but Yang Shu didn't even look at them and asked Lin Bai to dispose of them on his behalf.

Lin Bai has never been willing to send it away, and now that Zhu Yushu has established his foundation, it is just the right thing to do as a congratulatory gift.

Because of this, Lin Bai missed Gai Yingqiu quite a bit. After all, she had been saving spirit stones for several months and was about to spend them. He was just lucky enough to get a bargain and even gain a favor from her.

This is considered a considerable income, and these are all specialties of the Tianchi Sect and are not available easily.

"Before I came, Yushu said that he was able to build his foundation this time because of your help." Zhu Yumao declined to accept it. "He hasn't even expressed his gratitude yet, and you've given him this gift. If I accept it on his behalf, I don't know how Yushu will blame me."

Lin Bai guessed that what Zhu Yushu meant by help was the sword and martial arts he got from the cave that day.

"Since he said it was a help, he should know that help is just a help. It is his credit that I was able to build the foundation." Lin Bai insisted on sending it off, and said with a smile: "If I succeed, I will ask him to prepare a better gift."

Zhu Yumao said no more and collected the Tianchi lotus seeds.

"Go and get ready." Zhu Jianyang stroked his beard and smiled with satisfaction, "You are the one who leads the way, so don't waste your time talking nonsense with us who are not well-versed in the way."

Lin Bai bowed again, and the uncle and nephew of the Zhu family sent Lin Bai out of Fengming Pavilion.

Arriving at Xinyifang Street, where people were coming and going, Lin Bai paused for a moment and walked north.

When I found the Crystal Palace, the old man was still in front of the counter.

"Daoyou, you haven't been here for a long time. Have you been traveling?" The old man bowed and saw that Lin Bai's aura was different from before. He congratulated him and said, "You are harmonious and united. The great way is ahead. You will establish your foundation soon."

"Thank you, Brother Dao." Lin Bai smiled and returned the greeting, then curiously asked, "Excuse me, Brother Dao, has Qu Ruyi sent a letter?"

"Of course I came." The old man actually shook his head and sighed, saying, "My Yunxia Sect's cargo ship runs every two months, and she always sends a letter. But you haven't come to pick it up for a long time, so a lot of it has been accumulated."

As he spoke, he took out a wooden box, which contained a thick stack of documents.

"..." Lin Bai was speechless. Qu Ruyi was so bold. Did she have to let Qu Chengjia see the clues?

"Qu Ruyi has nothing to say to you, Taoist friend." The old man's eyes were burning with deep meaning. "You haven't replied to my letter for a long time, haven't you let her down?"

What is going on? Did I let her down? She has bad intentions and is not a decent person!

"Alas." Lin Bai pretended to sigh without explaining.

"If you can build your foundation in one go, I'm afraid no one can stop you two." The old Taoist said with a smile, "So what if you are a casual cultivator? You two are in love. Although Patriarch Qu is stubborn... a little stubborn, you just need to ask Patriarch Gao and Patriarch Po Yunzi for help. They will definitely be willing to help you." He stroked his beard and sighed quietly, "Don't miss your soulmate because the road ahead is difficult."

What the hell is going on here? You got a story, bro?
"Brother, what you said makes sense." Lin Bai knew that the other person meant well, but he had no way of explaining it.

After receiving Qu Ruyi's letter, Lin Bai took out a small wooden box and handed it over.

"Fellow Daoist, please forgive me. This time the message is sent by cargo ship. Can you check it out?" the old man asked politely.

"Of course." Lin Bai opened the wooden box. Inside was a jade hairpin and a pearl hairpin. They were both bought last time and were not worth many spirit stones.

Lin Bai has always been prudent. The jade hairpin was given to Qu Ruyi, who likes men's clothes; the pearl hairpin was given to Xiuxiu, who is a few years older now and is no longer the silly girl she used to be, but has become a graceful young lady.

The jade hairpin has been kept in the storage ring, but Lin Bai always holds the pearl hairpin in his hand to admire it.

The old man saw that these two objects were clearly used by a man and a woman, and he thought they were meant to express their love. He did not reach out to take them, but only looked at them carefully for a while, then stroked his beard with satisfaction.

"Not writing another letter?" The old man looked at Lin Bai deeply.

"No need, she will understand what I mean when she sees the things." Lin Bai said.

I don't know whether it will be easy or difficult to take this chance. If something goes wrong, I can't blame anyone. I just hope Qu Ruyi can take good care of Xiuxiu.

As for Sister Pei, it’s good that she doesn’t chop others.

"It turns out that we are in sync with each other." The old man closed the wooden box and put it away.

"..." Lin Bai had no choice but to thank him again and again before saying goodbye.

After returning to the Earth Fire Cave Mansion, Lin Bai sat quietly for a while and then took out the letter from Qu Ruyi.

I opened them one by one and found that most of them were useless nonsense. The first few letters asked about Lin Bai's recent situation and how her sister was doing, implying that Xiuxiu was well.

The following letters criticized Lin Bai for not believing and why he did not let Pei Ning reply. His anger was evident in his words.

The most recent few letters said that she planned to visit Qiaoshan in the next few days, and that her ancestor had returned.

"Qu Chengjia was invited by Yao Wanshan to go out with him last time, but he didn't expect to come back just now. I don't know what he got, but Yao Qianyuan didn't mention it."

Lin Bai thought for a while and burned all the letters.

After doing all this, Lin Bai left the cave again and found Jiang Chun.

"My dear brother, one of my concubines is pregnant again." Jiang Chun happily pulled Lin Bai and said, "Thanks to your efforts, when the baby is born someday, I will bring it to you to have a look."

Why is this so strange? But it is a happy event after all, so Lin Bai is happy to hear it.

After chatting for a while, Lin Bai asked about Jiang girl, but Jiang Chun still didn't know.

After chatting some more, Lin Bai returned to his cave.

Sitting cross-legged, Lin Bai came to the stone plate.

"Girl Jiang may have gone out, otherwise she wouldn't be so secretive."

"However, according to what Miss Jiang said before, since she went out to look for a foundation-building opportunity, she should have come to find me. Could it be that I can still build my foundation even if she doesn't sleep with me?"

Lin Bai thought for a while, waved his hand to summon mist, which turned into a water mirror.

He pinched his fingers and used his energy to examine his mind. The water mirror trembled constantly, and the water droplets jumped around like boiling water. Then the water mirror broke and turned into mist again.

"Even if I can't see through her true colors, I should be able to tell something. It seems that she has received divine revelation and is somewhat entangled in the laws of nature, so it is difficult to deduce."

Lin Bai looked at the silk-white lines outside the mist, then sat still, thinking of Sister Pei.

The last time Sister Pei came to sleep, the two of them were in love and had said everything they needed to say.

Sister Pei is a person who never retreats, and she also knows Lin Bai's character, so she didn't say anything conservative to save herself.

However, Lin Bai could sense Sister Pei's worry, because Sister Pei was quite proactive at that time. She cooperated closely with Lin Bai's actions that he had to coax for a long time in the past, and served him carefully. Compared with her previous shy appearance on the bed, she seemed like a different person.

In fact, Lin Bai prefers her to be patient and restrained, wanting to speak but holding back, and then he teases her to speak, and she gets angry out of shame...

"The road ahead, the love between a man and a woman, how can we achieve great things?"

Lin Bai didn't plan to go play with Sister Pei again and would wait until he came back.

He opened his eyes and carefully checked his belongings. This time he no longer had the golden elixir talisman to back him up, but the second level of Hunyuan could handle it. As long as it wasn't the golden elixir, there was no danger. His killing method still seemed simple, but its power was no longer comparable to that of the cave.

"I have to find another sword skill in the future, and go to the Zhu family to study the words left by the Nascent Soul. I also have to find a way to escape, just like Sister Zhen, who disappeared in a flash of purple light, which is really magical."

After making good plans, Lin Bai put aside his worries about gains and losses and stepped out.

He spoke a few more words to Jiang Chun, asked him to say hello to Senior Jiang Hongbo, and then passed a message to Jiang Yu, saying that he missed her fish soup very much.

After finishing his chatter, Lin Bai stopped looking for others and left Xinyifang alone.

Go south, bypass the Jiang family's land. After a hundred miles, you will arrive at the foot of White Wolf Mountain.

In the past, Huang Ruhua and Lin Bai went to the cave at the bottom of the lake together, and this place was the starting point.

Huang Ruhua is a straightforward and loyal person. Lin Bai doesn't hate her, but he is a little afraid of her master.

"I don't know how Huang Ruhua is doing. There has been no news about Tie Huasheng in the past few years. If there is no news, it means Gao Yuanyuan has not yet tracked him down. But is Tie Huasheng's theory of pills successful? Has he formed a pill?"

Lin Bai thought of his old friends and recalled the debate on alchemy, feeling quite emotional.

After a brief repair, he took out the purple bamboo boat and headed southwest.

The direction of this divine revelation is in the southwest.

This place is not far from the territory of Qiaoshan, and there are many scattered families and sects. Although most of them are at the foundation-building stage, Lin Bai still tries to avoid them as much as possible like Huang Ruhua did before and avoid attracting attention.

After walking like this for six days, Lin Bai was cautious and was already more than two thousand miles away from Xinyifang.

As we got closer to the place we had sensed, we could see people passing by from time to time. There were Qigong practitioners riding flying instruments, as cautious and alert as we were, and there were also foundation builders walking on swords.

Lin Bai did not dare to be careless at all and slowed down the speed of the purple bamboo boat.

After walking for another half a day, they saw some people living ahead. It was a small market town where monks gathered.

The market town is called Longmenfang, and further south is Mianlong Mountain.

Mianlong Mountain is the general name for a group of mountains. It is vast, with tall trees and dense forests, crisscrossing mountains and rivers, and varied terrain, stretching for thousands of miles. Monsters roam in it, and there are also many rare magical herbs and medicines.

The independent cultivators in Xinyifang either go north to the war-torn areas to resell talismans and elixirs for huge profits, or go south to the wild and dense forests where few people have ever set foot to try their luck.

The independent cultivators who went south entered the Sleeping Dragon Mountains.

Therefore, Longmenfang is the first stop for casual cultivators entering the mountain. They can take a break, exchange information, and even buy things that are not available on the market.

When Lin Bai was in Xinyifang, he often heard people talking about Longmenfang, and he could be considered to have been a spiritual acquaintance of the two people for a long time.

He entered from the north gate but was stopped by the guards.

"Fellow Daoist, please wait." The guard was over thirty years old, wearing a tight robe with dragons on the sleeves, and practicing Qigong. He stared at Lin Bai and said, "If you want to enter the market, you need five low-quality coins. Please don't blame me for this every time." He held out his hand.

Lin Bai said nothing, threw out five inferior-grade coins, and continued walking forward.

"Wait a minute, fellow Taoist. Fighting is not allowed in this market. Anyone who violates this rule..."

Before the guard finished speaking, Lin Bai smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist, do you think I am a rookie who has just left the house?"

"Please." The guard said no more and put on a smile.

Lin Bai did not perform any formal greetings as he did in the past, but simply walked into the square.

Longmen Arch is square in shape, with three horizontal and three vertical sections.

There are simple storefronts and roadside stalls.

Lin Bai walked around and bought nothing. He just got familiar with the terrain and culture.

This place is much dirtier and messier than Xinyifang, and the smell of monster blood is extremely strong.

Most of the monks who came and went were in a hurry, with clear goals. Many of them were full of killing intent and blood, and it was unclear whether it was because they had killed too many monsters or too many people in the mountains.

Seeing this, Lin Bai liked Xinyifang even more and felt that Xinyifang was truly a paradise on earth.

However, the faint hope in my heart is even stronger, and the revelation must be here.

"My foundation-building opportunity should be here, so when will I encounter something or meet someone?"

Lin Bai recalled the previous encounter with Qu Ruyi at Qingzaofang. That was her chance to build her foundation.

"It's better to have someone you know so it's easier to work together."

"Will you run into Miss Jiang? Although drinking the first soup is auspicious, meeting an old friend in a foreign land is also auspicious."

Lin Bai felt it silently, but felt nothing in his heart.

There was no rush anyway, so Lin Bai felt calm and continued to stroll around the market. He did not enter any stores, but only looked at the roadside stalls.

After looking for a long time, Lin Bai wanted to find a bargain, but his eyesight was not good enough, and he had no ability to avoid danger and seek good fortune, which really made him feel troubled.

I bought a fan made of bird feathers. When I fanned it, there was a cool breeze and a faint musical sound. I didn't know what kind of bird or animal the feathers were plucked from.

Lin Bai was free, so he bought a bone flute. The workmanship was OK, and it was shaped like white jade, without any bloody smell, and it was soft to the touch, making it a top-quality instrument for coaxing girls.

After wandering around for a while, Lin Bai bought a lot of things. From Chunyu Ye to Miao Miao, he didn't lack anything. If you want to say it's practical, then it's not the slightest bit, it's just for fun.

When it got dark, Lin Bai checked into the only Longmen Inn here.

This inn was opened by the Jindan monk who founded the market town. It is safe and secure. There are four floors in total. The bottom one is the worst, and the fourth floor is the best.

After paying the spirit stone, the Qigong master took Lin Bai to a small single room on the second floor. But the single room was only ten feet long and half a foot wide, with no bed or table, only a rotten futon. However, the wooden partition seemed to have a soundproofing effect, so no sound from outside could be heard.

"Fellow Daoist, would you like to try the newly arrived tea?" The receptionist closed the door and said meaningfully.

"I don't like women." Lin Bai is a very self-disciplined person.

"It's better not to get close to women!" The receptionist lowered his voice and said, "They are newly picked from the mountains, very fresh and fresh, and can't be considered women."

"Hiss..." Lin Bai's scalp tingled, "A newly captured... monster from the mountain?" He was a little speechless and missed the tranquility of Xinyifang even more.

"That's right." The receptionist was even happier. "The taste is indescribable." He was very confident. "To be honest, the nobles from Xinyifang come here to drink tea just for the novelty."

Lin Bai couldn't understand and refused again and again. But the receptionist kept talking and refused to leave.

At this point, how could Lin Bai not understand? He took out ten spirit stones and handed them over, which made the receptionist stop.

“It’s tiring to go into the mountains. If you don’t try some delicacies from the mountains and sea to relieve your fatigue, it would be unbearable.” The Qigong receptionist opened the door and walked straight away.

Lin Bai rubbed his head and was about to close the door when he saw two men coming in the corridor.

"Damn Yun Zhonghe! If I meet him next time, I will kill him!" One of the bearded men shouted angrily.

"..." Lin Bai hadn't closed the door yet when he heard this. He thought, I've only been here for half a day. I'm an honest man. How could I have offended anyone? Besides, I've never told anyone my name. Even when I stayed at the hotel, the receptionist didn't ask for my name, but only accepted the spirit stones.

Lin Bai didn't even close the door and just listened to the two men talking.

"I've been hanging around in Longmenfang for more than ten years, and I was pecked in the eye by a youngster!" said the bearded man angrily.

"Brother, who could have thought of this!" Another short cultivator said helplessly, "I thought Yun Zhonghe looked like a sect disciple who would bow to a dog, and she's just a girl. I didn't expect that she was just pretending to be stupid! She's smarter than a monkey!"

When Lin Bai heard this, he immediately understood that it was either someone with the same name or someone was borrowing his name.

And that person is a girl, not very old... Jiang girl?

Come to think of it, it's really possible. That girl Jiang is the most cunning one. She has experience of cheating casual cultivators before. If she can cheat again this time, it is not impossible.

But the people here are all fierce, so Jiang girl is really too brave.

Lin Bai opened the door and leaned against the door frame, looking nonchalant. He just looked at the two men without saying a word.

"What are you looking at?" The bearded man glared at Lin Bai, as if he was ready to attack him.

"My two fellow Taoists, do you know what new tea we have tonight?" Lin Bai asked.

"I'm asking you about... new tea? We are fellow Taoists, I heard it seems to be..." The bearded man was stunned for a moment, scratched his head, and looked at his companion. "What is it?"

"Old Wang's group brought back a dozen water monkeys this afternoon. They should be monkeys." The short monk said, looking at Lin Bai with an obscene smile, "Water monkeys are the most round and slippery. You are blessed, fellow Taoist."

"Thank you, I like Run the best." Lin Bai smiled.

Lin Bai closed the door only after the two men walked into the single room.

(End of this chapter)