The Wheel-Turning Master.

Lin Bai had worked hard in the art of formations, and had some experience in the theory of formations and how to deploy and break formations, but there was nothing special about this formation. It could be seen that this formation must have been formed by Patriarch Qianye incorporating some true meaning of the great Dao.

"Although the power of the spirit has faded over time, it is still as mysterious as ever. Each of you is in a niche, like a leaf blocking your eyes. You can only have one mind. How can you split yourself to attack? How can you break this situation?"

Gu Shigu's body was shaking, but he still managed a smile. "I have been in this formation for eight hundred years, and I have grown stronger and weaker every day. I am no longer afraid and can hold on. We just need to hold on for a few more years."

He was sometimes young and sometimes old, his smile seemed even more bizarre, and his voice was sometimes vicissitudes and sometimes powerful.

"The ups and downs of a hundred years have all passed by like a dream." Lu Qingyin actually laughed, "Eight hundred years have passed, I wonder what your state of mind is like, can you just look at it as a dream?"

After Lu Qingyin finished her ridicule, she saw Gu Shigu sneer, so she said no more and only felt the small stone niche in front of her. Then she felt that she was vaguely connected to the stone niche, and there was a sense of change in her heart. She could no longer spare her spiritual power and consciousness to do anything else.

If one wants to forcibly mobilize spiritual power and consciousness, one must leave the stone niche, but by then the formation will inevitably have to change.

Everyone felt the same way and didn't know what to do for a moment.

"Lin Zhuanlun, say something!" He Wenyao said.

Lin Bai was exhausted both physically and mentally. He held on with all his strength to input spiritual power into the niche. He now sensed something was wrong, but there was nothing he could do.

"Wait a little longer." Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Lin Bai knew that he had become the backbone, so he pretended to be confident and waited for his Hunyuan body to repair its injuries by itself.

"Sister Mu, do you have any solution?" Wu Muqian asked Mu Zhen loudly.

"I..." Mu Zhen sighed, "I have to wait a little longer."

She didn't ask for help from the Mirror Flower Patriarch when the situation was most dangerous, so now she was too embarrassed to ask for help from the Mirror Flower Patriarch. Besides, this place was so mysterious that she might not be able to ask for help from the Mirror Flower Patriarch!
"Where is the fairy?" Wu Muqian asked Lu Qingyin.

"He may not be able to survive us. To keep the stone niche running, one has to rely on one's heart and soul, and another is the consumption of spiritual energy. In fact, the consumption is not that much, and we can wait for three to five years. I want to see how a person whose life span has come to an end and who is full of death can use the Yin Fire to keep the daylight going for a few more days." Lu Qingyin was surprisingly open-minded.

"This..." Wu Muqian was stunned.

"This is not bad." He Wenyao takes things as they come and believes that wherever there is the sound of deer, that is his hometown.

A group of people discussed loudly in front of Gu Shigu, but they couldn't come up with a reliable solution.

And Master Gu's face no longer showed the changes of youth and age, but returned to its previous haggard and thin appearance.

But as time passed, Gu Shigu's white hair gradually turned gray, and he seemed to have regained his youth.

After a few hours, he had become a handsome and sinister young man, and then slowly began to age.

"One day brings withering and flourishing, it's true." Mu Zhen sighed, "Tormented like this every day, my state of mind will definitely change. Either I will be broken and then rebuilt, and my state of mind will be improved; or I will be like this old guy, neither human nor ghost!"

Gu Shigu, who had closed his eyes to rest, opened them and asked, "What is a ghost?"

Mu Zhen ignored it.

After a while, seeing that Gu Shigu had grown older again, Mu Zhen finally couldn't help but look at Ying Caidie.

"Don't look at me." Ying Caidie closed her eyes and dodged, not daring to look Mu Zhen in the eye.

"Junior sister Ying, between life and death, why should you hide any longer? We will reward you handsomely later." Mu Zhen said.

"They are really going to drain my family's wealth!" Ying Caidie opened her eyes, as if she had lost eight million spirit stones. She gritted her teeth, struggled for a long time, and then took out a silk cocoon and threw it on the ground.

I saw that the cocoon was light yellow and was slowly getting bigger.

Everyone knew that things had turned around, and couldn't help but look at Ying Caidie with a higher regard. This woman was really a money-grubber, she kept shouting that the family assets were gone, but the family assets were gone one after another, just like an old money-grubber who could only say that he had no money!
After half a day, a pupa emerged from the cocoon and soon turned into a colorful butterfly.

After waiting for another half a day, the colorful butterfly finally stretched out its wings and regained its spirit. When its aura was released, it was clearly at the early stage of the Golden Core Realm!
"I spent a long time searching for this life-bound spirit beast. It just recently formed its elixir, and doesn't have much ability to fight..." Ying Caidie became more and more sad and distressed as she spoke.

"This is the Thousand Illusion Butterfly. It often hides in cocoons to cultivate in silence. It will make some progress after each metamorphosis. Although it sounds mysterious, it is actually not very useful. Most of them stop at the Foundation Establishment Stage. This one can form a pill. I believe you have put a lot of thought into it." Gu Shigu actually explained for everyone, "However, the Thousand Illusion Butterfly is not good at fighting, and its body is also very fragile. Only its illusion is worth mentioning. But it is still too weak. Although this one is in the Golden Core Stage, it may not be able to defeat a Foundation Establishment cultivator. However, if it can reach the Nascent Soul Stage, it will be considered a butterfly and fly. It has the ability to transform infinitely. Ordinary three or five Nascent Souls cannot defeat it, and may even be possessed by a magic."

"Old senior is very knowledgeable!" Mu Zhen said with a smile: "The Qianhuan Butterfly in the Golden Core Realm doesn't have much ability, but it can at least take over for someone else. Old senior, you..."

Before Mu Zhen finished speaking, he saw the Thousand Illusion Butterfly fluttering up, but it did not go to find Ying Caidie, but instead landed on He Wenyao.

"..." Ying Caidie saw everyone looking at her, she gritted her teeth and said, "Xiao Qian is not very smart... Come back quickly!"

Is this called low intelligence? Clearly stupid, right? Shouldn't the person with whom you have a life contract be the closest to you? Why did you find someone else? Did you become stupid in the cocoon?

Everyone felt unsure.

The person with the fate contract gave the order. Qianhuan Butterfly hesitated for a while before flapping its wings and flying back to the side of Caidie.

"I need you now. I will reward you handsomely later!" Ying Caidie even used Mu Zhen's words to coax her life-contracted spirit beast, "Go! Do what I do for that pretty boy!"

Thousand Illusion Butterfly flapped its wings, slowly flew up, circled around, and flew towards He Wenyao again.

He Wenyao was stunned for a moment, then a satisfied smile appeared on his face, and he murmured, "Fairy, I knew you had me in your heart! I've been thinking about it for so many years and finally got my wish. I really want to... How about letting the child take my surname? I will definitely teach him well and treat him as my own... Don't be angry, I thought he didn't want you and ran away with that Pei guy when he didn't come! Yes, I know I don't deserve it, I... I'm just too happy. Being able to take care of your child is really better than the day I reach Dan..."

"Xiao Qian, what are you doing?" Ying Caidie shouted angrily when she saw that the formation was showing signs of instability.

The Thousand Illusion Butterfly was startled, and He Wenyao also woke up, with the happy smile on his face still not fading.

Seeing that the formation had returned to stability, everyone felt relieved, but they shook their heads, not knowing whether they were sighing that Ying Caidie's family was unreliable, or that He Wenyao was too loyal.

"Brother, you are just dreaming, why don't you be bolder?" Wu Muqian really couldn't understand.

"Xiao Qian is still a child, and her genus has never been close to people. She probably just came out of seclusion, and saw Daoyou Yao's life force attracted to her, so..." Ying Caidie was exhausted, but she didn't forget to explain for her child, "I'll talk to Xiao Qian again."

Lin Bai watched silently, and couldn't help but think of the time when she and Qu Ruyi went on an adventure. She used a mole to explore the way, but the mole was slacking off and would not work until it was full.

Unreliable people can usually chat with each other, just like Wen Yao and Wu Muqian, Ying Caidie can probably chat with Qu Ruyi too, and they might even become close friends.

Sure enough, Ying Caidie grumbled to Qian Huandie for a long time before Qian Huandie reluctantly flew to Lin Bai's side.

He gathered his mind and left the stone niche, feeling a sense of loneliness in his heart. The Thousand Illusion Butterflies landed on the stone niche and took over Lin Bai's position.

"It's done!" Ying Caidie breathed a sigh of relief. It was obvious from her look that she was afraid that her children would be embarrassed and suffer.

Lin Bai sat down cross-legged and came to the stone plate.

The green that always surrounded me in the past is gone, and I feel a bit empty in my heart.

The moon became brighter and seemed anxious, as if it had come to inquire about good or bad luck.

I waved my hand and the mist came back, recreating the layout of my old home, which was a sign of safety.

Then without thinking about anything else, Lin Bai sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, meditating to recover. When he opened his eyes again, he was fine, back to his best.

He waved his hand and collected all the formation flags, even the two bird claws.

Lin Bai held up the gourd in his hand and looked at Gu Shigu.

"It's useless, why bother?" Gu Shigu, now a middle-aged man, kept sneering.

"The road is long and difficult, but if you keep walking you will reach your destination." Lin Bai replied in a deep voice, and gourds came out one after another and hovered above the stone niches.

The flying knives formed a formation and fell down one by one.

Although Gu Shigu was trapped in the formation, he was not panicked. He took out a turtle shell.

The tortoise shell turned dark green and immediately emitted a watery feeling. Then a phantom appeared and immediately blocked all the flying knives.

The flying knives were ineffective and all turned back.

Lin Bai sat cross-legged in the air, with mist surging behind him, revealing a corner of a stone plate that seemed to be slowly rotating.

The cicada's chirping was far away, and the place became even quieter. Each flying knife seemed to hold a chirping cicada in its mouth and flew back to the tortoise shell.

“The Nascent Soul Black Turtle has the strongest vitality, how could it be afraid of you, the Dead Wood Cicada? The tortoise shell has the ability to resist, so what does its sharpness have to do with me? Moreover, the tortoise shell can reveal good and bad luck, and it is because I saw a glimmer of hope from it that I have been waiting patiently. How could I let you guys gain the upper hand?” Gu Shigu smiled faintly, as if he had a sure win.

The flying knives returned to the gourd like a flock of birds returning to the forest.

There was not much destructive power left that had been captured earlier, and it was obviously difficult to wear off the tortoise shell.

If the flying knife fails, then there is really no other means.

Lin Bai thought carefully about how to break the impasse. If he couldn't do it, then Sister Pei, Lu Qingyin, and Sister Zhen wouldn't be able to do it either.

Sure enough, after looking at each other, they all shook their heads slightly.

In this situation, even if the energy consumption is not high and there are elixirs to support the formation, it can only last for two to three years. How can we only wait until we die? Trapped to death here?
"My friend, if you have any other tricks, use them all." Gu Shigu said with a smile.

"Old senior, you seem to be sure that we have failed?" Lin Bai asked with a smile.

"Just wait for the Yin Fire to light the way for me." Gu Shigu said.

"otherwise."

Lin Bai shook his head slightly, "In my opinion, the Qianye Patriarch should be practicing the way of withering and flourishing. The most precious treasure here is not those mundane things we have obtained, but this withering and flourishing formation. The old senior has lived here for many years, withering and flourishing every day, but he has not seen the changes of prosperity and decline, and has not thought about the principles of heaven. Instead, he uses Yin Fire to burn others as lamps to prolong his life. The old senior seems to have chosen glory in the way of withering and flourishing, but he doesn't know that he has already withered and decayed."

"The cicada on a dead tree takes away other people's lifespan and burns other people's time. Is this also the way to flourish and wither?" Gu Shigudao said.

"The golden cicada will only live underground and will not borrow others to prolong its life. My magical powers will never harm innocent people." Lin Bai smiled and said, "The dead tree cicada is just a ladder for me to ascend to heaven and see the truth. If the weather changes in the future, there will be no cicada chirping, only the breeze."

Gu Shigu heard this and pondered for a moment, then shook his head slightly and said, "Why?"

"Senior, are you confident that you have won, and do you still want to learn more?" Lin Bai said.

"If I hear the truth in the morning, I can die in the evening." said Gu Shigu.

"Morning and night, yin and yang, withering and flourishing, change, just like the state of prosperity and adversity." Lin Bai smiled and said: "The old predecessors sit on the ground and wait, although they have all kinds of means, they are just dead bones in the tomb; we are temporarily frustrated and can't move forward or backward, but we are just new sprouts breaking through the ground."

Gu Shigu smiled and said, "Before a dead tree, all trees will bloom. Is this what you mean, my friend?"

"Similar." Lin Bai replied.

"How to break it?" asked Gu Shigu.

Lin Bai pondered for a while and said, "This is not the fault of the war. The seven of us are all skilled in magic and are smart and agile. We work together with one mind, but our realms are different. Although the old senior is trapped in the formation, he is indeed invincible."

"Let me out and I won't kill you." Gu Shigu gave a way out.

"I don't dare to believe what the old senior said at all." Lin Bai shook his head slightly, "But the difference in realm is like a chasm blocking the road, but if I cross the chasm, won't it be a smooth road?"

“Lin Zhuanlun!” Before Gu Shigu could say anything, Ying Caidie couldn’t help but asked, “Are you saying that you want to stay here until you achieve the Nascent Soul stage?”

"Senior sister knows me." Lin Bai said with a smile.

"What do I know!" Ying Caidie was furious. "I have paid so much, first I used the method of transformation into a pupa, then summoned the Thousand Illusion Butterfly, and lost everything. What kind of crappy method are you looking for? It is so difficult to achieve the Nascent Soul stage. Even though you are at the eighth level of the Golden Core, how can such a thing be accomplished quickly? It may take eight or ten years, or even a hundred years, to complete it! My little butterfly can't keep working..."

The more she spoke, the angrier she became, and finally she glared at Mu Zhen as if she was demanding a debt.

"You have to believe him." Mu Zhen could only comfort her.

"I admit that he has some abilities, but has a man who spends all day flirting with women prepared for the path to the Nascent Soul? Only one in a hundred golden elixirs can achieve the Nascent Soul. Do you think achieving the Nascent Soul is as easy as flirting with women?" Ying Caidie was angry.

“Junior Sister Ying!” Wu Muqian even came to help speak, “He has seduced more than one Nascent Soul cultivator in the East China Sea!”

“After coming to the Northern Wilderness, he seduced the Nascent Soul Moon Toad! I heard that when he was trying to break through, he practiced dual cultivation with a Nascent Soul Fox!” He Wenyao also said loudly.

Ying Caidie was stunned. She looked at Lin Bai and then at Pei Ning, only to find that Pei Ning had closed his eyes.

"If that's the case, then it's really possible!" Ying Caidie was born as a casual cultivator, and she admired those who were capable the most. Compared with Lin Bai's fighting skills, she respected Lin Bai's ability to seduce people more. "Daoyou Zhuanlun, I was wrong. I just realized that I am a master today. Don't take it to heart."

Lin Bai rubbed his eyebrows and ignored him.

"My friend, do you seem to have gained something?" asked Gu Shigu.

"The old senior once talked about the wonder of two great ways running in parallel, and I have some insights into it." Lin Bai said.

"The dead tree cicada and the secret method of star escape, your abilities all lie in these two things. If I am not mistaken, the road you are taking will not be easy. Even if you have a Hunyuan body, it will be difficult to reconcile it. The path to enlightenment is illusory. Even if you can succeed, it will take ten years or even a hundred years. By then, the Yin Fire will have already risen to the sky, so there is no need to say more." Gu Shigu said with a smile.

"It seems that the old senior is not my soulmate." Lin Bai smiled and shook his head slightly, "This place is like an upside-down water tank. It is not a small world, but a world of its own. There are changes of withering and flourishing before my eyes, as if the long river of time is flowing before my eyes. Both are exactly in line with the method I am practicing."

The slowly aging Gu Shigu just smiled and said nothing.

"Old senior, your Yin Fire sword burned my flesh and bones, scorched my soul, and left only bones. The clear water saved my life and gave birth to my flesh and blood. Isn't it in line with the meaning of the Nascent Soul being destroyed and then rebuilt? Water and fire come together to see the withering and flourishing, and now that I have reached the end of my rope, I should just move forward recklessly, only then will I see light at the end of the tunnel." Lin Bai landed on the ground, picked up a huge rock and sat cross-legged.

Green fire flashed in Gu Shigu's eyes, and then he let out a low shout, and the shadow of a giant long-toothed tiger covered with Yin Fire appeared. It was violent and raging, but it could not shake the combined efforts of everyone.

"He's anxious! He's anxious!" Ying Caidie was overjoyed, "Xiao Qian, be alert, don't lose points!" (End of this chapter)