The Wheel-Turning Master.

Chapter 191 Galaxy
Yellow sand fills the sky.

Lin Bai flew up into the air, more than twenty feet high. He looked around, only to see dust and sand everywhere, making it difficult to see far.

When he tried to climb higher, he felt the wind was even stronger, and he suddenly felt as if there was a great danger.

Maybe there was some other mystery in the desert sky. Lin Bai was a very honest man. He landed on the ground immediately without feeling anything.

"Can't fly..." Ye Ruoqing was very embarrassed, with a helpless look, and spoke with a little breath, "It seems that there is something in the sky, I heard a bird singing. It might be similar to the jackdaw in Mianlong Mountain."

Not long after she established her foundation, she suddenly fell into the sand. She had no way to refine her body, so her breathing was already a little disordered.

"Don't you have some medicine with you? It's hard to travel in the desert, and you need to regulate your breath." Lin Bai looked like a good guy.

"I brought it." Ye Ruoqing said bitterly, "The wind and sand are too strong, and I can't find a secluded place. I didn't dare to rest all the way."

"You take a rest and I will protect you." Lin Bai said.

Ye Ruoqing was very grateful. She sniffed and saluted Lin Bai continuously, "Fellow Daoist Wang, you are such a good person!"

What a pity that you didn’t even remember the good man’s name!

Lin Bai could only nod.

Ye Ruoqing first took out a talisman, waved his hand and lit it, and the wind and sand disappeared within three feet around him. Then he took out a pill bottle, poured out two pills and swallowed them, then closed his eyes to recover.

Lin Bai stood five steps away, always on guard against his surroundings, while thinking anxiously in his mind.

The most important thing now is to find Sister Pei and Xiuxiu.

Sister Pei is very capable, but she lacks experience in fighting enemies. If she encounters a complicated situation, she will inevitably be at a loss.

Xiuxiu is a diligent numerologist, and her fate is not favorable for attacking, so she may not have many means to deal with the enemy. However, the fox has a secret treasure to give her, so escaping is not a problem.

After thinking for a long time, Lin Bai felt that his preparations were not sufficient, and he had not expected that they would be separated after falling into the secret realm.

It would be much more convenient if we prepared things like the Tongxin Ant or Zhu Jianshui's bronze mirror in advance.

Every failure makes one wiser. Lin Bai felt that he could not afford to suffer such a loss again.

Just now Ye Ruoqing said there was a strange vision, as if light was flowing from the sky, but Lin Bai was actually not very interested.

However, the fox asked Xiuxiu and Huang Ruhua to go deep into the secret realm, so he must have something to ask for, and he might go in the direction of the strange vision.

Now that we can’t find anyone, we might as well wait and see and look for the vision first.

After half an hour, Ye Ruoqing's face turned rosy and her breathing stabilized.

Ye Ruoqing was very grateful, "Friend Wang, it's all thanks to you!"

Lin Baiyun said calmly, "You and I are on the same path, why bother talking so much?"

"Friend Wang, you are such a good person." Ye Ruoqing was deeply moved.

Is this the only sentence you can say?
Lin Bai felt that this girl didn't look like a casual cultivator at all, and was even worse than Qu Ruyi.

Without further ado, Lin Bai asked directly: "How far away is the vision? How often does it appear and disappear? How long did it take you to get here? Tell me in detail."

Ye Ruoqing was very honest and immediately said, "I have lost contact with Senior Brother Xinghe since I entered this secret realm." She pointed to the southern sky and said, "The strange phenomenon is in the south and appears about once every two or three hours. The wind and sand are too strong and it is not clear. I didn't dare... I didn't want to go and see it, so I came here and it took less than two days. The wind and sand over there are too strong and it is difficult to go deep into it with ordinary foundation building." As she spoke, her eyes became jealous.

"I don't know where Senior Brother Xinghe is. He has a quiet personality and few friends. I am very worried."

When Ye Ruoqing mentioned Li Xinghe's name, she actually started to cry, like an abandoned young wife, or a resentful woman who was quietly waiting for her lover to return.

While she was speaking, Lin Bai kept staring into her eyes and observing her breathing to make sure that Ye Ruoqing was not lying.

Moreover, this girl cared deeply about Li Xinghe, and her affection for him was real. She was very dependent on him, as if Li Xinghe was not only her lover, but also her brother and father.

"In other words, you are still very far away from the place where the strange vision occurred?" Lin Bai asked.

"That's right." Ye Ruoqing nodded. She looked at Lin Bai, as if she wanted to say something else, but didn't dare to say more.

Lin Bai knew that she wanted to ask him to go find Li Xinghe. But you remember to look for your brother, and I also want to look for my sister.

Pretending not to understand, Lin Bai smiled and said, "Perhaps Senior Brother Li is safe and sound, so don't worry."

"He doesn't have any skills. He has never participated in any of the sect's small or big competitions. He also never pays attention to provocations from fellow disciples. In the entire Qinglian Sect, I am the only one who is willing to be with him." Ye Ruoqing smiled bitterly.

Li Xinghe has an average appearance and a calm personality, and no one knows why Ye Ruoqing is so in love with him.

Lin Bai felt that there might be more to the story, but he didn't ask too much. He just said, "Since he has never shown his skills, how do you know what he is capable of? Just relax. If we are destined to meet him, we will definitely meet him."

"I hope so." Ye Ruoqing nodded slightly with a bitter face, but the worry between her brows did not decrease at all.

"Keep moving forward. You are behind me. If you feel tired, tell me." Lin Bai said.

The two of them didn't talk any more, and Lin Bai walked forward.

Ye Ruoqing followed five steps behind, taking out talismans from time to time to block the wind for the two of them.

The further south we travel, the stronger the sandstorms become. There are no living things at all, not even a dead branch or thorn, let alone a living soul.

The effectiveness of the wind-proof talisman is becoming smaller and smaller, and the duration it lasts is becoming shorter and shorter.

Moreover, the sun had not set yet, and the scorching heat made me feel even more tired.

Lin Bai has been practicing the Hunyuan body tempering method for a long time, so he can endure it.

But after Ye Ruoqing used up the wind-proof talisman, he needed to use his spiritual power to protect his body. Every time he walked for two or three hours, he had to stop and rest for an hour.

After traveling south for a day, the two stopped.

"When I first entered the secret realm, I landed near here." Ye Ruoqing's voice was dry and weak, but she was very sure, "It almost scratched me to death. Bah, bah, bah!" After she finished speaking, she spat out sand.

Lin Bai walked with her for a day, and although they didn't say much, they did become more familiar with each other, and Ye Ruoqing also revealed some of her cowardly nature.

Moreover, when she had the wind-proof talisman before, whenever she used it, she would make sure to include Lin Bai within the wind-proof range.

Actually, he is considerate, but he doesn't have much of his own opinion and likes to rely on others for everything.

Lin Bai didn't say anything, just looked towards the south.

The wind and sand were raging, covering the sky and the sun; the sunlight was scorching hot, as if it would burn people dry.

His eyes could not see what was happening beyond five feet, but when his spiritual sense probed outward for more than ten feet, he felt a burning sensation in his sea of ​​consciousness.

"When I fell, the wind wasn't that strong."

Ye Ruoqing covered her mouth as she spoke. Her clothes were messy and her hair was covered with sand. She looked really miserable. Her lips were cracked, and she didn't look like a fairy master at all. She bent over, resting one hand on her knees and raising the other hand hard, pointing to the south. "It's right there!"

He took a few more breaths and continued, "The wind wasn't that strong at the time. I was heading north and looking back when I met you. We are in the desert, with only daytime, but it seems like night over there. The light is flowing, and the stars are dim, like waves wandering."

After saying so much, Ye Ruoqing felt even more tired. She rested her hands on her knees.

"The stars gather together to form a river, isn't that the Galaxy? It fits the name of Senior Brother Li."

Lin Bai smiled and said, "Senior Sister Ye, maybe Senior Brother Xinghe that you've been thinking about is right there."

Sure enough, after hearing this, Ye Ruoqing seemed to be stunned.

She stood up straight and looked into the distance. Although her eyes could not see far, she still had a longing look on her face, as if Li Xinghe was right there.

There was a gentle smile on Ye Ruoqing's tired, pale and cracked face, and the stars seemed to be reflected in her eyes.

"There are many people entering the secret realm this time. Since there are strange phenomena, I believe many people will go there. I... I just hope he can avoid it and not get into an argument with others." Ye Ruoqing's voice was dry, but still gentle.

Lin Bai started from Huaxi County, traveled thousands of miles through mountains and rivers, experienced countless hardships, and witnessed the warmth and coldness of human nature. Relying on his face and little ability, he killed people, licked people, had close friends, and also had mortal enemies.

In all these cases, Lin Bai always had a caring heart. Seeing Ye Ruoqing's appearance at this moment, he sincerely hoped that she and Li Xinghe could have a happy ending.

It’s a pity that when Lin Bai thought of Li Xinghe, he felt that he was not someone who was willing to stick to one corner.

Ye Ruoqing's lovesickness and deep love are like the moon in the water, which cannot be touched.

"Let's rest for a while." Lin Bai said gently.

"Okay." Ye Ruoqing was quite embarrassed. "Friend Wang, thank you so much. If it weren't for you, I..."

"There are no external enemies in the desert, and you can survive alone. If I hadn't wanted to see this strange sight, you might have escaped from here." Lin Bai smiled.

"After all, you are the guardian, so I wanted to come and see you. I made some preparations early so that Senior Brother Xinghe can have less trouble..." Ye Ruoqing was quite embarrassed and said, "Brother Wang, the Qi-recovering pills I brought are almost used up. The spiritual energy here is extremely hot and has a fire aura. I am recovering too slowly..."

Lin Bai took out the pill bottle and threw it to her. "Fellow Daoist Wang, you are such a kind person!" Ye Ruoqing was so touched that she asked curiously, "Fellow Daoist Wang, I see that you are not feeling unwell at all, but have you practiced the method of body tempering?"

"I learned a little bit." Lin Bai nodded.

"I remember you were an alchemist, but I didn't expect you also mastered the body-tempering method. You are truly extraordinary."

Ye Ruoqing looked at Lin Bai and saw that he was not embarrassed at all, but full of energy, so he smiled and said, "You are kind-hearted, capable, and handsome. There are really not many people like you in the whole Qiaoshan."

She became more and more excited as she spoke, "Since you bought the Tianchi Sect's clothing, you should know the Tianchi Sect's Pei Ning, right?"

"I've heard something about it." Lin Bai said.

"She is really extraordinary in sword cultivation, and is a well-known figure! The Yuanying Yang family of Qiaoshan Sect is so extraordinary, but their legitimate daughter still rushed to acknowledge Pei Ning as her sister." Ye Ruoqing was very unconvinced, "I heard that Pei Ning's Taoist partner is a casual cultivator and an alchemist who makes a living by selling tiger and wolf pills. In my opinion, that alchemist is far inferior to you, brother. Pei Ning should be your Taoist partner!"

She added, "I'm not complimenting you. I'm telling the truth! I love telling the truth!"

"..." Lin Bai nodded slightly and said, "Let's recover first."

"There's no rush." ​​After spending a day together, Ye Ruoqing saw that Lin Bai was easy to talk to and a nice person, so she started talking to him, chattering non-stop.

Lin Bai actually didn't want to listen, especially when he saw her lips were chapped, he thought, "Why don't you take a break?"

"You don't know, Qinglian Sect has the most broken rules! I only knew that the Jiang family had many rules before, but Qinglian Sect is actually not bad!"

Ye Ruoqing opened up and said that the Cheng family had taken away the good talents of the Qinglian Sect, and that the ancestor of the Gu family was actually the most conceited, and that the fox ran away because he was offended by the Yang family.

Anyway, it's all about Qiaoshan stories.

In the end, the topic was finally brought to Li Xinghe.

It turns out that she and Li Xinghe do have another story.

Ye Ruoqing was the granddaughter of the Taoist master Baimei, and was born as a casual cultivator. However, Baimei was quite resourceful and well-connected, and he loved Ye Ruoqing very much, so before she entered the Qinglian Sect, Ye Ruoqing's life was not hard.

Later, when she entered the Qinglian Sect, Ye Ruoqing was favored by fellow disciples because of her good looks. However, Ye Ruoqing had been instructed by Baimei not to find a Taoist partner and to practice with all her heart.

Therefore, Ye Ruoqing rejected many people, and later some idle people spread the rumor that Ye Ruoqing was not decent.

She had a softer personality and no one to guide her, so her character lacked some toughness and freedom. She also couldn't get used to the life in the sect, so her cultivation progress slowed down.

After a period of time, Ye Ruoqing became more and more depressed the more anxious she became. The more depressed she became, the slower her cultivation progressed. It was really a headache. But Baimei was away from home all year round, so there was no one to complain to.

One day, she was verbally bullied by her fellow sisters, so Ye Ruoqing climbed up the mountain at night and cried alone. She cried until midnight, and then she heard someone crying impatiently. When Ye Ruoqing opened her eyes, she saw that it was Li Xinghe.

Li Xinghe asked her why she was crying, and Ye Ruoqing cried and said that someone was bullying her.

Then Li Xinghe said that once you start practicing, you should have the courage to move forward. Can you cry your enemies to death by crying day and night? How can you achieve the great way? Even if you can't cut off the hatred for the time being, you should work harder. It is not the way to practice to care about other people's comments.

Ye Ruoqing certainly understood this principle, but she was young and felt unhappy. Also, because her cultivation had not progressed, even the teachers in the sect didn't pay much attention to her, so she couldn't get over it.

Seeing that she was crying non-stop, Li Xinghe told her to go somewhere else and cry so as not to disturb him from stargazing.

So Ye Ruoqing left crying. After a few days, Ye Ruoqing came again at night, and seeing Li Xinghe was still there, she did not dare to cry, but just sat there blankly.

The two of them spent several months together like this, without saying a single word to each other.

Later, Ye Ruoqing took the initiative to talk to Li Xinghe, saying that we were both unpopular, so why not just be friends? Li Xinghe ignored her.

Ye Ruoqing was a chatterbox, so she talked about the trivial matters in the sect alone, and Li Xinghe ignored her. But when she asked about problems in cultivation, Li Xinghe would share his insights and give some guidance.

Half a month passed like this, and Ye Ruoqing listened to Li Xinghe's teachings every day, and her cultivation actually improved. From then on, Ye Ruoqing stuck to Li Xinghe. Gradually, the people of Qinglian Sect actually regarded them as a Taoist couple.

"When Grandpa sent a message that day, Senior Brother Xinghe didn't want to go, but I pestered him for a long time before I finally pulled him over."

Ye Ruoqing tilted her head, supported her chin with her left hand, and drew on the sand with her right hand, "Friend Wang, are you asleep?"

Seeing that Lin Bai was indifferent and didn't know whether he was listening or not, she knew that she had talked too much, so she quickly swallowed the pill and closed her eyes to recover.

Lin Bai actually listened very seriously. Xiuxiu was also a chatterbox at that time, and she would talk to Lin Bai about this and that all day long, and she knew everything that happened in the street.

But after we parted ways, I don’t know if anyone could have the patience to listen to her nonsense.

"Qu Ruyi must be willing to listen to her, and Xiao Huang is also a talkative person." Lin Bai thought about the past and suddenly felt something in his heart.

Through the heavy sand and fog, there seemed to be a deep black pool in the distant southern sky.

The light streamed down in colorful lines, and there were dots of light among them, like stars.

The Milky Way wanders across the sky, as if encompassing all things and living things in the world.

"When I first entered the secret realm, I touched the stone tablet and seemed to sense its past origins."

"Looking at the Milky Way again, I feel it is endless. It gives me a feeling of being born and dying at the same time, and dying and being born again at the same time."

Lin Bai stood up and stared blankly, actually becoming fascinated.

"That's the Milky Way. I don't know why, the dust and sand can't cover it." Ye Ruoqing recovered and looked into the distance.

"The myriad grains of sand in the ground are like stars in the Milky Way. Perhaps, the dust is the Milky Way, so how can it be obscured?"

Lin Bai looked at Ye Ruoqing and asked in a low voice: "When you entered the secret realm, did you feel anything when you touched the stone tablet?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Ye Ruoqing nodded immediately and said solemnly: "My headache is terrible, as if I was torn into hundreds and thousands of pieces."

"..." Lin Bai rubbed his brows and asked again: "Looking at this galaxy, do you feel anything in your heart?"

"Of course I do." Ye Ruoqing looked serious.

"I'd like to hear more details." Lin Bai became interested.

"Seeing the things reminds me of my senior brother Xinghe." Ye Ruoqing said.

Lin Bai felt that Ye Ruoqing should be able to get along well with Qu Ruyi, after all, they were both unreliable people.

"Let's go." Lin Bai endured the headache.

Heading towards the direction of the galaxy, in just two hours, the world returned to its original state, with no trace of the galaxy left, as if it was all a dream.

After walking for two days, the Milky Way did not appear again. But in the distance, there was a person faintly visible in the wind and sand, and it was not just one person.

"Whose friend are you from?" The wind was howling and the dust was obscured, but the man's deep voice could still be heard.

Ye Ruoqing's face was already pale, and now she was so frightened that she lost all color.

"What should I do?" Ye Ruoqing had been a casual cultivator after all, so she immediately took out a withered yellow leaf, the size of her palm.

"It's hard to tell who's the enemy and who's mine, so be prepared to fight the enemy." Lin Bai felt nothing in his heart, neither good nor bad.

"Okay!" Ye Ruoqing gritted his teeth and whispered, "Fellow Daoist Wang, my innate power is the Falling Leaves of Autumn Tree, and my innate magical power is the Endless Falling Trees, which can block and confuse the enemy and is the most helpful. But I am in the sand, and I have just established my foundation not long ago, so I am afraid that the power of my magical power will be greatly reduced... But I still have a few spiritual weapons in my hand, which can still protect myself."

She kept talking for a long time, but the meaning was simple and clear: she was of no use.

"Qiaoshan Lin Zhuanlun, may I ask which Taoist friend is here?" Lin Bai said loudly.

“Hehehe…” A creepy laugh came from the thick sandstorm, mixed with a woman’s seductive smile, “Lu Huairen from Jiuyin Mountain!”

"Brother Wang... Brother Lin," Ye Ruoqing finally remembered that this person's name was Zhuanlunzi, but he didn't care about the embarrassment of mistaking him for someone else, and said with self-awareness: "Let's run away?"

"Why are you running away? I hate people who sneer at me behind my back the most!" Lin Bai said.

As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Ruoqing hadn't reacted yet, when she saw Lin Bai rushing forward quickly.

In just a moment, the man had disappeared into the dust and sand.

"Hey! Wang...Brother Zhuanlun, wait for me!" Ye Ruoqing hurried forward, pinched a yellow leaf in his palm, handed it forward, and saw fallen leaves falling in the strong wind and dust.

"How can the people from Jiuyin Mountain be easily messed with?" Ye Ruoqing groaned in her heart. She felt that Lin Zhuanlun was too reckless, as he had been quite steady before.

When he was about to go forward to help, he saw several bright flames amidst the thick dust.

"Look at me falling endlessly..." Ye Ruoqing gritted his teeth, and an old tree with fallen leaves appeared behind him.

Just as he was about to make a move, he saw a man walking out of the dust. It was Lin Zhuanlun.

"Hurry up, someone has already gotten there before us." Lin Bai said.

(End of this chapter)