The Wheel-Turning Master.

Chapter 186: Wordless Secret Realm
Qu Ruyi was lying on the ground with her hands behind her head, her left leg bent, her right leg placed on top of her left leg, and one foot kicking slowly.

"I plan to go ask the Gu family." Lin Bai meant that you should leave quickly.

"You go ahead, I'll rest here for a while."

Qu Ruyi's unrestrained behavior seems to have achieved the true meaning of freedom.

Lin Bai couldn't understand why a cultivator should rest.

He seems carefree and easy-going, but in fact he is lazy. I wonder if it’s because he has been with Miaomiao for too long.

Lin Bai didn't intend to do anything about it. He was afraid that Miaomiao would learn bad things from others, but he was not afraid that Miaomiao would teach others bad things.

He looked around the cave and found nothing valuable, so he left.

Although this happened suddenly, Lin Bai was not panicked. Now that he had the support of the Gu family, what could he not find out? He could just ask Aunt Gu.

First go to Yuhu and meet Jiang Xiaobai.

"It seems to be related to Qiaoshan Sect." Jiang Xiaobai was not quite sure either.

Lin Bai felt more relieved.

If it is related to Qiaoshan Sect, then Qiaoshan Sect must be in charge of this matter. In this case, if there is any danger, just take Sister Pei out.

Besides, this was what Gu Jinzhen had promised back then, and Gu Fang was a witness.

Even if Gu Jinzhen hadn't made the promise, given Lin Bai's current relationship with the Gu family, it wouldn't be difficult as long as he didn't touch Gu Qingshui's butt.

"I'll go to Gu's house to take a look." Lin Bai said.

"Don't." Jiang Xiaobai stopped him and frowned, "Why are you so flustered?"

"I'm not panicking." Lin Bai was puzzled.

"You say you're not panicking, but I see you're very panicked. Sit down and calm down first." Girl Jiang pushed Lin Bai down on the mat.

Lin Bai was indeed not panicked, but he also realized Jiang Xiaobai's intention.

I said Qu Ruyi was unreliable before, and Jiang Xiaobai is not much better. Why is he still like this at this time? "I'll take it off myself."

But Jiang Xiaobai does care about people.

She seemed to have changed her temperament. She stopped Lin Bai from serving her and instead concentrated on serving Lin Bai.

After holding the fruit in my hands and eating it, I feel much calmer.

“I feel like a sage.”

Lin Bai muttered to himself, went down from the Black Tower, scolded Miaomiao, and then went to Fengming Pavilion.

I talked to Zhu Yuhui, and she knew nothing.

"Senior, you haven't been making pills recently and the store is running out of stock." Zhu Yuhui whispered.

The Zhu family really didn't have anyone to show off. The elixirs for the Qi training stage were easy to come by, but the ones needed for the foundation building stage were hard to come by.

"Let's talk about it another day." Lin Bai had long since given up on bowing down for five spirit stones. He only refined pills to improve his skills, not to earn a few spirit stones.

"I'm not urging you to make the elixir," Zhu Yuhui explained quickly, "My sister-in-law wants you to go to Fengming Mountain and learn some more skills in making the elixir."

Lin Bai followed Aunt Gu's order not to leave Xinyifang, so he hadn't been to Fengming Pavilion for a long time.

"This..." Lin Bai thought for a moment and said, "It's inconvenient for me to go recently. You can tell Tian Wanjun and ask her to pick a few good seedlings to study alchemy with me."

"Okay, thank you very much, senior!" Zhu Yuhui expressed her gratitude happily.

Lin Bai gave her some more advice on cultivation, and then went to Tianchi Pavilion again.

"It doesn't seem to be a bad thing." Yao Qianyuan said with a broad mind.

"What exactly is going on?" Lin Bai asked.

"You ask me, who should I ask?" Yao Qianyuan pointed around, referring to the shop, "I'm just selling myself, how much do you want me to know?"

"..." Lin Bai made up his mind that he would never let Miaomiao have any contact with Yao Qianyuan again.

"How is your ancestor now?" Lin Bai asked Yao Wanshan.

"Although my last name is Yao, I am only a Qigong practitioner after all, and I cannot get close to the ancestor." Yao Qianyuan sighed.

"You should also worry about your cultivation." Lin Bai advised sincerely, "The realm is the foundation. No matter how much you earn here, what does it matter?"

"My cultivation is not developing. Now I am at the seventh level of Qi training and I can't move at all." Yao Qianyuan was almost angry and cried, "It's like a huge rock weighing thousands of pounds is pressing down on me. I can't move at all. My state of mind is not seriously affected, and the elixir is ineffective. I don't know what went wrong."

"Why don't we go out for a walk?" Lin Bai always remembered Yao Qianyuan's friendship and was willing to speak his mind.

"..." After hearing this, Yao Qianyuan seemed to be moved, but also seemed to be worried about something.

The two chatted for a few more words and then Lin Bai said goodbye.

Went to Qingyun Mountain and met Gu Yao.

"Your aura has changed. Although it is restrained and hidden, it cannot escape my eyes. In just a short time, you have reached the middle stage of foundation building." Gu Yao started bragging as soon as they met.

Seeing her praise, Lin Bai wanted to be modest, but Gu Yao immediately said, "Old Ancestor really has a keen eye!"

What does this have to do with Auntie Gu? I succeeded in my cultivation because I didn't have worldly thoughts and didn't covet women; I needed Auntie Gu to take care of me because I was a slutty fox peeping at the wheel of rebirth; I succeeded in my formation because I worked hard and tried it with my beloved disciple, and that's how I succeeded!

"Ancestor really has a keen eye!" Lin Bai clapped casually.

"It's only been a few days, why are you here again?" Gu Yao finally remembered the important matter.

"I have something to ask you." Lin Bai quickly sat down and started to talk. "I heard that the four Golden Dan sects have issued strict orders, prohibiting new foundation builders from leaving the house. It seems that they are waiting for something."

"I really don't know. I don't like to care about these things on weekdays." Gu Yao scratched her head, dropped her paintbrush, and said, "Why don't you ask your lover and you will know?"

"..." Lin Bai was stunned for a moment, thinking, you actually know about me and Sister Huanhuan? Aunt Gu talked about these things with a junior? It's really not like a Yuanying! Or does everyone know about it?
Staring into Gu Yao's eyes, Lin Bai saw that she was very serious and had no mischievous smile on her face, so he realized that he had misunderstood and that she was referring to Sister Pei.

This kind of problem can easily arise when you have too many lovers!
"She can't leave the mountain at will and can't see anyone." Lin Bai said.

"Okay." Gu Yao finally remembered the old ancestor's instructions and said, "Then come with me, let's go find Uncle Jiuzhong and ask him."

Gu Yao really didn't treat Lin Bai as an outsider. She led the way and went down the mountain.

After making many turns and climbing a mountain, he arrived at Gu Feixue's residence and went in to say hello.

Continue walking up the mountain, and when you reach the mountainside, you will see a small wooden house and a Taoist child blocking the way.

"Gu Yao, the ancestor is in meditation." The Taoist boy held a whisk in his hand with a serious look on his face.

"I want to see my uncle!" Gu Yao said.

"The ancestor is in meditation." The Taoist boy replied.

"Gu Lianzhu, I said I want to see my uncle!" Gu Yao glared.

"The ancestor is in meditation." The Taoist boy held the whisk and raised his head, looking extremely proud.

"Go to hell!" Gu Yao kicked the Taoist boy over. "You are becoming more and more promising! You are showing off to your sister like me. You should know who arranged this job for you!"

The Taoist boy was kicked to the ground, and his whisk was thrown aside. Tears immediately fell, "Wuwuwu Gu Yao, you bullied me! I want to complain!"

"I'll let you complain!" Gu Yao was furious, grabbed a handful of wet moss, and stuffed it all into the Taoist boy's mouth. Lin Bai was so excited that he planned to imitate Gu Yao if Miaomiao did something wrong.

"What's wrong with you?" Gu Yao patted the moss on her hands. Seeing that Lin Bai seemed to be moved, she kicked the moss on the ground and said, "You try it too, it's fun, stuff his mouth with it!"

The Taoist boy cried even harder. Lin Bai was kind-hearted after all, so he shook his head and refused.

When we reached the top of the mountain, we saw Gu Jiuzhong sitting cross-legged on a bluestone slab with his eyes closed and motionless.

Gu Yao and Lin Bai stepped forward and saluted.

"Why are you arguing with him? How old is Lianzhu?" Gu Jiuzhong opened his eyes and said, "Next time, play behind closed doors and don't let anyone see us."

Lin Bai felt that, in comparison, he was by no means a strict teacher, but rather a much more kinder one.

"As the saying goes, an elder sister is like a mother, so you don't have to be too harsh on him." Gu Yao has become a good person now.

"You've done both the good and the bad." Gu Jiuzhong smiled, looked at Lin Bai, and said, "Good boy, you've made progress again." He pointed at Gu Yao and said, "You two have been studying formations all day long, and you haven't slept together? We are all family, why should we be restrained?"

Is this something an elder can say? It wasn't like this before, was it? From top to bottom in the Gu family, Lin Bai felt that Aunt Gu was the most normal one.

"..." Lin Bai had a headache. Did this Gu Jiuzhong become abnormal after participating in the Taoist meeting in Jiuyin Mountain?

"He doesn't like to sleep with me." Gu Yao smiled, "I came here for his Taoist partner. Hehehe, he misses her so much!"

"You mean that..." Gu Jiuzhong thought for a moment and said, "The girl from Tianchi Sect, right? I remember that she has some abilities and is a good candidate."

"That's not true!" Gu Yao smiled, "Feixue even went to peek at Pei Ning's post-foundation competition. She said she was not as good as Pei Ning."

How come I don't know about this? Lin Bai glanced at Gu Yao, who didn't seem to be lying.

"Senior," Lin Bai quickly got down to business, and said, "The Four Golden Dan Sects forbid new foundation builders from leaving the house. I wonder why?"

"Go and risk your life." Gu Jiuzhong did not treat Lin Bai as an outsider, and said bluntly, "Otherwise, why would they recruit casual cultivators and feed them well until they reach the foundation building stage?"

"Excuse me, senior, where are we going to risk our lives? What are the rules?" Lin Bai asked curiously.

Gu Yao was also very interested.

Gu Jiuzhong did not hide anything and started telling the story immediately.

It turns out that this trip is to a secret place.

The secret place is located on the seashore, where the three factions meet.

The secret realm had not been opened for more than a thousand years, but twenty years ago, something unusual happened, and it seemed like it was about to be opened.

The so-called secret realm is actually a small world.

If this world is compared to a pool of spring water, then the small world is the foam on the water. I don't know when it was born, and I don't know when it will die, but there is another world in it. Some people say it was created by a great power, and some people say it is a crack under the laws of heaven and earth.

In any case, this kind of secret place often disappears with the passage of time.

But that secret realm is very strange and has lasted for a long time, but it has never been opened. Moreover, perhaps due to the power of the small world inside, the Jindan realm cannot enter, and only the foundation building and Qi training realm can enter.

This secret realm was discovered jointly by the three sects in the past. The last time it was opened was one thousand four hundred to five hundred years ago, and at that time the three sects also entered together to build their foundations.

"Should we go together?" Lin Bai didn't dare to meet the people from Jiuyin Mountain. "We have fought to the death with Jiuyin Mountain, so why should we go?"

"This was decided long ago by the masters of the three sects. No matter what happens, as long as the three are still alive, they must put down their weapons when the secret realm opens, and the disciples of the three sects can enter the secret realm together. If there is a grudge, just go in and fight." Gu Jiuzhong said with a smile.

"What are the benefits?" Gu Yao asked curiously.

"I don't know." Gu Jiuzhong said.

"Then why are you going? You go home to fight your apprentice, and I'll go back to the cave to draw the formation!" Gu Yao gave up the idea.

"Did those who entered the secret realm last time gain anything?" Lin Bai thought. If there was nothing valuable in it, he would go and have fun with Sister Huanhuan later, and then it would not be too late to go home and become her disciple.

"When the ancestor was alive, he once told us," Gu Jiuzhong looked up at the sky and saw the remaining clouds, "At that time, there were 132 people from the three sects who entered the secret realm, and only three came out alive."

No wonder the four sects are recruiting people. It turns out there is a precedent where some people never come back and the casualties are too heavy.

When Lin Bai heard this, he lost interest and asked casually, "What treasures did those three get?"

“I don’t know.” Gu Jiuzhong became more serious and said in a low voice: “Those three people are just starting to show their prowess. They have no obvious background and no backing. After leaving the secret realm, they had nothing else on them. They are Xiang Jinghuan, Yin Hemei, and Yun Cangying.”

After hearing this, Lin Bai and Gu Yao looked at each other and were both shocked.

"That's right." Gu Jiuzhong showed a yearning look on his face, and said: "These three people changed their names after leaving the secret realm. They are Xiang Wuhui, the Grand Master of Qiaoshan, Yin Wuqing, the Sect Master of Jiuyin Mountain, and Yun Wujiu, the Master of Yunxia Sect."

Lin Bai and Gu Yao realized the importance of the secret realm.

"Later, the secret realm has not been opened for nearly 1,500 years. The old people who still remember this incident said that the secret realm's luck was sucked dry by three high-level cultivators in the late Nascent Soul stage." Gu Jiuzhong said.

"They are all of the same generation as Wu. Are the three of them brothers?" Gu Yao asked curiously.

But Lin Bai suddenly remembered that the stone tablet brought back by Sister Pei had strange patterns on the back, like a rushing river. There was only one word on the front: Nothing.

Is Shipai of the same generation as Lao Xiang, Lao Yin and Lao Yun? Lin Bai thought secretly.

"I don't know." Gu Jiuzhong spread his hands, "Ancestor Xiang is nowhere to be found, Ancestor Yun is dormant, and only Yin Wuqing is tossing around."

"When people are desperate, they will try their best to try their best to improve their situation," Lin Bai said with a smile.

"That's right!" Gu Jiuzhong was very pleased. He nodded at Lin Bai and said, "You are really good. The ancestor said so too!"

Haha, Auntie Gu and I think alike! Lin Bai quickly bowed to the place where Auntie Gu practiced and said, "If it weren't for the love of the ancestor, who taught me many skills and secrets, I would have broadened my horizons and gained a little! In the end, it was the ancestor who helped me!"

Gu Jiu nodded vigorously, and Gu Yao nodded even more vigorously.

"There is no rush for this matter," Gu Jiuzhong comforted Lin Bai again, saying, "This is a good opportunity. If your Taoist partner wants to go, go by yourself. If not, you can come to me and ask for a note."

"Thank you, Senior!" Lin Bai bowed his head and asked in a low voice: "Senior, if I want to go..."

"Go ahead." Gu Jiuzhong waved his hand, "Our Qiaoshan Sect will also send people, you can follow them."

"You need to ask the ancestor first." Gu Yao reminded in time.

"Of course. If the ancestor lets me go, then I will go. If he doesn't let me go, then I won't go. I will obey the ancestor's orders in everything I do!" Lin Bai spoke in a mysterious manner, thinking that the ancestor was really nosy.

After asking Gu Jiuzhong some more, I found out that he really didn't know what was hidden in the secret realm. The ancestor Xiang had never told anyone else, and Yin Wuqing and Yun Wujiu had never mentioned it either, as if they were keeping it a secret.

But those who have insight know that there is a very likely way to reach the Nascent Soul stage hidden in that secret realm. Otherwise, how could the three people who survived all become Nascent Souls at the same time, and reach the later stage?
After chatting for a while, Gu Yao and Lin Bai went down the mountain.

Passing by the cabin, they saw the Taoist boy named Gu Lianzhu, still staring at Gu Yao with red eyes.

"I'll let you watch it again! You're so lawless!" Gu Yao stepped forward, grabbed the boy's collar, and flicked his head a few times, "You come too!" She looked at Lin Bai.

Gu Yao was thinking of Lin Bai's kindness after all. Lin Bai was very touched and also went up to play a few notes.

"Do you want to go?" Gu Yao asked in a low voice after going down the mountain and returning to the cave.

"The Yuanying Avenue is ahead, who wouldn't want to go and see what's going on?" Lin Bai smiled.

"Then let's go ask the ancestor." Gu Yao entered her cave, put her hand into the small pool, and shook it vigorously.

Lin Bai felt distressed. Some people were not even qualified to stir the water, while others did not care much about it.

(End of this chapter)