The Wheel-Turning Master

After a night of drinking, my sadness subsided a little.

On the second day, the wind was gentle and smooth, and the sun was warm and smoky.

Zhu Yumao prepared some tea, and the four of them sat around and discussed Taoism.

As a monk, that's all.

The four people on the field are not extremely evil people, so naturally they will not talk about fighting and killing.

Monks need to make more friends, see different scenery, listen to different opinions, inspire each other, and confirm each other's learning.

Working hard is something only a very few people can do. Like Jiang Xiaobai, even though she was imprisoned, her family did not prohibit her from seeing her brothers and sisters, so as not to hurt her buttocks.

The reason why the monks talk about hard work actually means that the pain lies in climbing the great road, the pain lies in the enterprising state of mind, and the pain lies in the mind of enlightenment when refining elixirs and making talismans every day, rather than living a hard life.

If this is the case, casual cultivators can be said to be the most miserable, but the number of successful cultivators among casual cultivators is far less than that of sect families.

Of course, it is precisely because of this that most casual cultivators are shady, ruthless, and willing to risk their lives. Therefore, in the same realm, the disciples of the sect family are often no match for the casual cultivators; but on the road of cultivation, the casual cultivators are not as smooth as the disciples of the sect.

Four people sat around, each with a tea cup in front of him.

The breeze blows in the high pavilion, which creates a unique artistic conception.

Zhu Yushu has the highest cultivation level on the field and has reached the eighth level of Qi training. He has a fierce temperament and his words are quite impassioned.

Even when preaching, there is the sound of gold and stone. He is neither bad nor stupid, he is just a little passionate and impulsive.

He compared the bottleneck to a traitorous enemy, which made some sense.

Next is Zhu Yumao. He doesn't know much and his cultivation is not good, but he has some knowledge in formations and he can fool everyone.

Zhu Yuqiang didn't have much to say. She didn't show off her talents and usually only took care of the spiritual plants at home, so she talked about some methods of planting spiritual plants.

When it was Lin Bai's turn, he didn't hide his secrets. He held Miaomiao in his arms with one hand and held a tea cup in the other hand, and explained the method of alchemy from simple to deep.

The four of them chatted for a while. Regardless of whether they made any progress or not, the atmosphere was good anyway.

After noon, I suddenly saw a ray of light flying towards me and landing in front of everyone.

The person who came was an old woman, about fifty or sixty years old, with silver hair and serious eyes.

The three brothers and sisters of the Zhu family quickly stood up and saluted, calling them Laogu.

Lin Bai also stood up and saluted, calling him senior.

"Old aunt." Miaomiao followed suit. She folded her hands, bent down and lowered her head, looking serious.

She was very smart at the moment, as if she knew she couldn't offend the person in front of her.

"My name is Laogu, what are you shouting for?" Zhu Yumao quickly criticized Miaomiao.

"Why are you arguing with a child?" The old woman glared at Zhu Yumao, then looked at Lin Bai, nodded slightly and said, "Are you Yun Zhonghe?"

Zhu Yuqiang smiled and said: "Fellow Taoist Yun, this is my old lady. When you see people, you should avoid water."

"I've met senior." Lin Bai saluted again.

Zhu Jianshui nodded and said: "Zhu Jianshui wrote a letter saying that you are quite talented in alchemy. I am also an alchemist. If you have any questions, you can come to me, old woman, in the future!"

"Thank you, senior." Lin Bai saluted again.

Zhu Jianshui didn't say anything more. He just looked at Zhu Yushu and asked, "I want to find Yuyan's remains. Are you willing to go?"

"I go!"

"No!"

Zhu Yushu and Zhu Yuqiang spoke at the same time, but the result was the opposite.

"Yu Qiang, don't say anything!" Zhu Yushu said angrily.

Zhu Yuqiang ignored him, instead pulled Zhu Jianshui's sleeve and said in a tearful tone: "Old lady, why do you still go out at your age?"

Zhu Yumao also sighed, "Old lady, why bother?" His face showed sadness, "Besides, Yuyan died outside, how can we find him?"

"Of course I have a way!" Zhu Jianshui snorted coldly and took out a broken bronze mirror with his backhand, "Yu Yan takes his other half and just slowly looks for it."

She held the broken bronze mirror in her palm, and then she saw it slowly rotating, and finally the broken side pointed to the northeast.

The farthest there is Jiuyin Mountain.

Zhu Yuqiang saw that Zhu Jianshui was very determined, so she knelt on the ground and begged: "Old lady, what should I do if something happens to you?"

"Yuqiang, I'm not afraid at such an old age. What are you afraid of?" Zhu Yushu was very impatient and said loudly: "Yuyan fell outside. If we don't even have the blood to welcome the bones back, then the Zhu family will be disbanded." never mind!"

Zhu Yumao glared at Zhu Yushu, who stared back.

"Good boy!" Zhu Jianshui praised very much, "Yushu, you have a chance to build the foundation. This time is to recover Yuyan's remains, and secondly, it will give you a lot of experience!"

"Auntie, I'll go with you!" Zhu Yushu held Zhu Jianshui's arm, determined.

Zhu Yumao was straightforward and didn't know what to say. He just kept sighing.

With tears on her face, Zhu Yuqiang knelt on the ground, holding on to Zhu Jianshui's Taoist robe, and said bitterly: "Auntie, did you discuss this with the head of the family before you go out?"

"He is old and confused, what's the point of looking for him?" Zhu Jianshui said disdainfully.

"Auntie, let me say something ugly." Zhu Yuqiang wiped away her tears and said: "What if you fold the outside? Yushu is expected to build a foundation, what if you fold the outside too? Yuyan just died, our seedlings are still alive How many of them are still worthy of death?”

Zhu Yushu pushed Zhu Yuqiang over and said angrily: "Zhu Yuqiang! If you are afraid of death, then stop practicing! If I am afraid of these things, I might as well go home and hug my wife and children! If our Zhu family is afraid of these things, we should not even think about recovering as soon as possible. The ancestors are glorious!”

Zhu Jianshui nodded happily.

Zhu Yumao and Zhu Yuqiang could not say a word anymore.

For a while, the high pavilion was very quiet.

"Go, go, go!" Miao Miao suddenly said cheerfully, without caring about the sufferings of Zhu Yumao and Zhu Yuqiang. She pulled the hem of Zhu Jianshui's Taoist robe, raised her little head, and said happily: "Go, Miaomiao!" go!"

Zhu Yumao was so angry that he hurriedly pulled Miaomiao away, "Watch me tear your mouth apart!"

Zhu Jianshui immediately waved his sleeves and knocked Zhu Yumao to pieces.

"Look, if the younger generations are as bold as Miaomiao, why should I, the Zhu family, be unhappy?" Zhu Jianshui smiled for the first time since he arrived at the high pavilion.

"Auntie, take me to buy candy balls." Miaomiao clapped her hands happily.

Everyone just pretended not to hear what the child said.

"Auntie, if that's the case, Yushu and I can just go." Zhu Yumao knelt down, "You can just stay at home and teach the younger generations. There is no need to travel."

"Are you a loser?" Zhu Jianshui snorted coldly, "You were kidnapped last time. If it weren't for Zhu Jianyang, you would have no bones now! What are you capable of?"

After Zhu Jianshui finished speaking, he saw Zhu Yuqiang was about to speak, and immediately glared at her. Zhu Yuqiang was unable to open her mouth.

Lin Bai watched with cold eyes and said nothing.

This is a family matter. Even though I have good relations with the Zhu family, it's hard for me to talk about it. Besides, people have reasons to go and worries about not going. The father-in-law is right and the mother-in-law is right. There is no way to persuade this kind of thing.

However, based on Lin Bai's selfishness, if he knew that his relatives and close friends had died outside, he would definitely search for them. So much so that if someone harms you, you must pay back tenfold.

No one said anything in the audience, and the tea cups were broken on the floor. Miaomiao smiled and kicked her little feet, as if she didn't notice the quarrel at all.

"You guys should stay at home and stay safe." Zhu Jianshui revealed her true feelings. Her wrinkled palms gently stroked Miao Miao's braids. "I'm old. If I don't do something, I will die of old age."

There was quite a lot of emotion in her words. After hearing this, the three brothers and sisters of the Zhu family knelt down, their eyes all red.

Seeing this, Miaomiao tilted her head and thought for a moment, then bent down and patted the ground clean before kneeling down.

After she knelt down, she frowned and looked at Lin Bai, as if to say, why don't you kneel down.

Lin Bai pretended not to see it and just lowered his head. Although he has friendship with the Zhu family, it is not his turn to do this kind of thing, and his family will not let him go.

Just as he was thinking to himself, he saw Zhu Jianshui gently waving his sleeves, trying to wrap up Zhu Yushu and leave. Lin Bai suddenly felt a sense of insignificance in his heart.

It seems that if Zhu Jianshui is allowed to leave, he will lose something extremely important.

Besides my Xiuxiu and Sister Pei, what else is extremely important to me?

Avenue?

"Senior, wait a minute!" Lin Bai said quickly.

Zhu Jianshui's face was stern and he said, "You want to persuade me too?"

"Junior dare not." Lin Bai bowed again and said: "Senior, can this junior come with you?"

"Brother, why do you have to do this?" Zhu Yumao advised.

"Brother Yumao, I also have selfish motives." Lin Bai immediately explained, "Just when Senior Zhu was about to leave, I suddenly felt something in my heart. It seemed that if I could follow Senior, it would be of great help to my future cultivation."

Lin Bai chose to be honest. Although it can be fooled by words like "friendship", it is not necessary for the Zhu family.

And I don’t know what to do in this trip, so it’s only right to talk about it.

Besides, he and Zhu Yumao were close friends of life and death, so it was right to be honest.

Zhu Jianshui nodded slightly when he heard the words, a smile appeared on his old face, and he seemed to like Lin Bai's frankness.

"Those of us who have entered the Tao often have feelings of gratitude. But most of them are vague and unclear." Zhu Jianshui took the opportunity to teach the younger generation, "Some people who practice the way of numerology and yin and yang are more sensitive. But even if the cultivation level is low, as long as we encounter When you see things that are related to your own body, and those who are concerned about your own body, you must feel something."

She looked at Lin Bai and said with approval: "It's rare for you to feel this before you go. You can try to walk on the path of numerology in the future. If you can achieve some success, the four major golden elixir sects will definitely Will recruit.”

Qu Chengjia also said something similar. At the beginning, she wanted Lin Bai to learn Taoism from her, but because Lin Bai lost his Yuanyang early, she felt disgusted.

"Thank you, senior, for your advice." Lin Bai bowed his hands.

"You and Yu Mao are friends of life and death, so I am naturally willing to help you." Zhu Jianshui's voice became more and more serious, "But chance is so vague and unfounded. You must be prepared to gain nothing, or even end up with no bones left!"

Lin Bai was startled for a moment, then leaned over again.

"Okay! With such a determined heart and a willingness to fight to the death, how can the avenue be blocked?"

Zhu Jianshui gave a confused laugh, waved his sleeves to wrap up Zhu Yushu and Lin Bai, and headed northeast.

She was not escaping very fast, sometimes stopping to rest and inspect the intact bronze mirror, sometimes looking at the map.

It can be seen that she goes out less.

Zhu Yushu, on the other hand, knows his stuff. Although he has a fierce temperament, he still knows how to do things and can do things well.

Lin Bai rarely interrupted and just followed silently.

But the ethereal feeling in my heart became weaker and weaker, as if it was going to disappear.

Lin Bai didn't panic, let alone rush. You can't force this kind of thing. Besides, other people's business is business.

After walking like this for three days, they had already left the boundary of Qiaoshan.

Continuing to the northeast, we are only a thousand miles away from the seaside.

Another day later, we saw an ordinary village in front of us. After another hundred miles, there is a small small market at the entrance.

Fangshi should be Yefang, about one mile long, with new houses on both sides. There are also many monks coming and going, hundreds of them. It's just that most of them are reticent or cover their faces.

Most of them are Qi practicing monks, and rarely build foundations. Looking at the Taoist robes, most of them are casual cultivators.

There are small stalls on the roadside with ordinary things.

There is a sign at the entrance of the market, named Qingzaofang.

This place is located between Qiaoshan and Jiuyin Mountain. To the northeast, it faces Jiuyin Mountain across the sea; to the north, thousands of miles away, it is the land of four wars.

"This is a no-man's land, it should be a place for independent traders to settle down. Or, some unclean goods are handled here." Zhu Yushu is quite knowledgeable, "There are good and bad people here, we must be careful."

"That's right." Zhu Jianshui's old face was quite tired. If he were a young foundation-building cultivator, he would not be like this at this moment.

Lin Bai said nothing, only feeling that the ethereal feeling seemed to be a little stronger.

Here? Lin Bai secretly pondered, is it for me to pick up a bargain? Pick up something that suits my destiny? Or pick up an artifact that contains a powerful soul? Or something else?

"Is it here?" Zhu Yushu asked with a smile.

"Yes." Lin Bai saluted Zhu Jianshui and Zhu Yushu to show his gratitude.

"That's good." Zhu Yushu waved his hand, "Then I'll go with my aunt and come back in ten days. If not, you can go back by yourself."

He had a fiery temper, but he was also a clear-headed person, and he did not force Lin Bai to follow and help.

"How can this be?" Lin Bai hurriedly grabbed him, "I owe this trip to you and the seniors, why are you leaving? Why don't you wait for me for two days, and I'll go with you. Do you think I'm the kind of person who forgets gratitude when I see an opportunity?"

"No. My brother told me that you went deep into a dangerous place to save his life, but you didn't do anything to hold a favor. We brothers and sisters all remember your kindness and don't treat you as an outsider." Zhu Yushu smiled and said, "This is for our family affairs, there is no reason for you to take risks."

"Yushu is right." Zhu Jianshui finally spoke, she looked at Lin Bai and said kindly: "Good boy, the opportunity is rare, you must seize it well, so that you can go further. We are going to find a dead person and find a result, so we can't delay your journey."

Lin Bai saw that the two of them were sincere, and felt very emotional. He bowed and said, "Senior, you have to tell me where you are going?"

"It should be not far." Zhu Jianshui did not say where he was going, but he was quite serious and reminded him, "You wait for us here for ten days. If you don't come... you can wait for a month at most, and you must not go to look for it. When the time comes, just go home and report the news."

"Go." Zhu Yushu smiled and pushed Lin Bai.

Lin Bai bowed to Zhu Jianshui and then to Zhu Yushu.

Zhu Yushu returned the greeting, and Zhu Jianshui nodded slightly.

Lin Bai said no more and walked towards the market.

When he came to the door... Actually, he couldn't knock on the door, there were only two wooden pillars.

There was a sign hanging on one side, and a table on the other side. A person sat next to him, who looked experienced.

"Is this your first time here, fellow Taoist?" The old cultivator bowed and said with a smile.

"Yes." Lin Bai returned the greeting and asked, "Is the person in charge here, brother Taoist?"

"How could he be a small cultivator?" The old cultivator smiled and said proudly, "He is my Jindan ancestor." He pointed to the center of the market, "It's over there. He founded this market to facilitate fellow cultivators."

"I see." Lin Bai bowed.

The old cultivator was stunned for a moment, bowed in return, and said quickly, "There are only two rules here!"

"Please tell me."

"One is that beating and killing are strictly prohibited; the other is that once the goods leave your hands, you cannot regret it if you buy or sell at a loss." The old cultivator pointed to the distance, "If you are not convinced, you will fight to the death when you leave the market."

"I will teach you." Lin Bai smiled and agreed, stepped into the market, and the old cultivator laughed.

Lin Bai took out two spirit stones and threw them over.

"Daoyou, you don't treat beggars like this in the mortal world, right?" The old cultivator had a bitter face.

Lin Bai gritted his teeth and took out three more.

"Go!" The old cultivator took the spirit stone, showing disdain on his face, and said: "If you want to sell goods, you must take at least 30%! Black goods are another matter! You can discuss it with my ancestor when the time comes!"

Lin Bai bowed to him and walked towards the market.

Most of the people here were masked and bowed their heads, and they were in a hurry. Most of them should be familiar with business dealings.

Lin Bai estimated that this should be a place to sell stolen goods and transport them.

He soon reached the end, and Lin Bai didn't buy anything, just looked.

The ethereal feeling in his heart still existed, but he just couldn't tell where it was.

Lin Bai pondered for a while, and stopped looking, just lowered his head to look at the roadside stalls.

He looked at a few, but there was nothing good. It was cheaper than Xinyifang, but most of them were scams.

Even some things were not cleaned of blood!

After walking for a while, Lin Bai saw a person holding a jade hairpin on a small stall.

The person was wearing men's clothes, a bamboo hat, and a black veil covering her face. However, her frame was small and her figure was slim. Although her chest was a little lacking, it was hard to hide her identity as a woman.

Moreover, there was a faint fragrance! Lin Bai immediately made an inference that this Kun Dao must have some background and rarely went out.

Lin Bai did not want to rush to buy it, but just thought of Xiuxiu.

When he parted with Xiuxiu, Lin Bai returned the wooden hairpin she gave her and asked her to buy a jade hairpin for him.

Two or three years have passed, and I don’t know if the girl has saved enough spirit stones.

"A medium-grade spirit stone?" The female cultivator suddenly said, "Come on! Sell me!"

This voice... looks familiar.

Lin Bai looked over, and could not see her appearance through the black veil, but those eyes...

Qu Ruyi? Lin Bai shivered with fear and turned away quickly.

"Fellow Taoist, please don't leave. Come and judge for yourself!" Qu Ruyi casually grabbed Lin Bai, holding the hairpin in one hand.

She glanced at Lin Bai, then at the seller, "Do you really think I've never seen the world? When I was visiting the brothel..." She looked at Lin Bai again.

"I hope you are well." Lin Bai saluted.

"You, you, you..." Qu Ruyi lifted the black veil, "Are you Lin Zhuanlun?"

She looked around and asked curiously, "Where's Pei Ning?"

"???" Lin Bai frowned, thinking, long time no see, you don't say anything else, but you're thinking about my woman first? Are you sick?