The Wheel-Turning Master

"The Wood Demon Taoist lives in the cave, which is like a cicada pupa."

"The cicada pupa lives deep in the ground and never sees the light of day. After many years, it breaks out of the ground. Only after being exposed to the wind and sun can the cicada's wings and muscles become strong. However, it only sings in summer and autumn before it falls."

"The secret technique of the dead tree cicada takes away the life span of a person, making it possible for people to see old age and vicissitudes of life without passing by."

Lin Bai rubbed Yu Chan's eyes and thought to himself: "Does it mean that I have to carry it with me every day to raise the cicada? It can absorb a little bit of my spiritual power every day. When its eyes are bright, Yu Chan will Can it be used like a talisman?"

"If that's the case, how long will it take to raise it?"

Lin Bai pondered for a long time, then came to the stone plate and sat quietly for a while.

Then he beckoned for a cloud of mist, and then the mist turned into an ordinary black cicada.

Lin Bai closed his eyes and thought about the details of the black jade cicada, attracting the fog again.

But after just briefly sketching the cicada wings, I felt dizzy and dizzy. The fog outside the stone plate was rolling endlessly, making it impossible to describe it at all.

The same thing happened when I copied Yuanying's handwriting and imitated his sword intent!

"No matter how strong the Wood Demon Taoist is, he can't compare to the Nascent Soul. But in the situation just now, he is obviously not inferior to the Nascent Soul. From this point of view, the Wood Demon Taoist must have achieved the Tao of the Nascent Soul."

"Is this jade cicada left behind after he gave birth to a baby?"

Lin Bai thought about it for a long time, but did not dare to outline its shape anymore. He just opened his eyes and started to refine the elixir.

It took two days to make twenty furnaces of Jingjing pills.

Then he looked through Senior Zhu Jianguang's alchemy notes. This was written during the foundation building period and is very precious.

Just as he was watching, a burst of spiritual power came from outside.

When he opened the door, he saw Yao Qianyuan coming with Pei Ning, and Jiang Chun was also there.

Lin Bai is a decent man, so he bows first.

Yao Qianyuan didn't care about this, she said with a smile: "I heard from Senior Brother Jiang that Girl Jiang wants to see Pei Ning, and I want to go with her." She was quite anxious, "Let's go quickly!"

What to go for? Not sleeping yet!

After Lin Bai saluted, he said: "Brother Jiang, Senior Sister Yao, I have something important to say to Pei Ning."

Jiang Chun was a gentleman who knew etiquette. He immediately saluted with a smile and then withdrew.

"Is it important? You are important, right?" Yao Qianyuan sneered and kept making flirtatious remarks.

"Isn't it just that thing in your crotch?" Yao Qianyuan was really cold-blooded. She crossed her chest and said, "I'm not going to beat up the mandarin ducks with sticks!" She stretched out her finger and said, "A quarter of an hour."

Even a quarter of an hour is not enough to take off the robe.

Lin Bai looked at Pei Ning and saw that Peining was smiling and didn't say anything.

There was no other way. Lin Bai could only grit his teeth and send out a bottle of Jingjing Pills, saying: "One hour."

"That's pretty much it." Yao Qianyuan just received the gift and went out immediately, "I'm going to talk to Jiang Chun."

Lin Bairou closed the cave door in pain and went to see Peining again.

Pei Ning had a smile on her face, "You are really lustful. Just for that moment of pleasure, you gave me a bottle of Jingjing Pills."

"Just tell me whether you enjoyed it or not!" Lin Bai was still feeling sorry for Gu Jing Wan.

Pei Ning smiled and said nothing.

"I'm quenching my body in the Zhu family. Aren't I here to let you try the sword?" Lin Bai also smiled.

A lingering moment.

Afterwards, Pei Ning grabbed the jade cicada hanging around Lin Bai's neck and stared at it carefully.

"What did you see?" Lin Bai asked her.

"No." Peining shook his head and said, "If you hadn't said that this object came from the wood demon, I would have thought that some girl gave it to you as an ordinary mortal object."

From time to time she would make a yin and yang comment.

The two chatted for a few more words and each put on their Taoist robes.

"How do you feel?" You should judge after tasting it, so Lin Bai asked this question.

Peining smiled and said, "No."

The spring look on her face was still there, and her voice was soft and gentle.

Thinking about Fang Cai, she was clearly very useful.

It's just that she's always been like this, she doesn't recognize it when she's done feeling happy. In the past, words of reflection were always said afterward, but now they are no longer said. I don’t know if it’s fun or if I let it go.

The two packed up and went out to find Yao Qianyuan and Jiang Chun.

Yao Qianyuan kept laughing strangely.

After a few polite words, Jiang Chun led the way, followed by Lin Bai, Pei Ning and Yao Qianyuan.

Going southwest into the mountains, children of the Jiang family occasionally passed by and saluted.

After walking for an hour, there was gradually a mist. After walking for another two-quarters of an hour, the water vapor became thicker and a small lake appeared.

After walking for a while, the mist gradually disappeared. A large lake appeared, circular in shape, about three hundred feet long and wide.

There is a small island in the middle of the lake, and a black tower stands in the middle, more than ten feet high.

In the cubic pavilion on the edge of the island, there is an old man with a black beard fishing, and a child of 16 or 7 years old stands next to him.

Looking from a distance, you can see ripples of light, birds and fish leaping, and a relaxing wild scene.

The four of them boarded a boat by the lake, Jiang Chun punted the boat, and set foot on the island in the middle of the lake.

Jiang Chun led the three of them to the foot of the square pavilion and saluted, "Uncle Clan."

Lin Bai and the other three also saluted.

The child saluted sensibly, but the old man only nodded slightly.

The boy's clothes did not show off his gender, but he was very well-behaved. He was somewhat similar to Jiang Yatou, but his eyes were not so scheming.

Before coming, Jiang Chun had already mentioned that this senior of the Jiang family is named Jiang Hongbo. He is in the middle stage of foundation building. He has an upright character and loves to support the younger generation.

Jiang Hongbo held the fishing rod in his hand, looked at Lin Bai, looked at it carefully, and said: "The spirit is quite good. Although he is an alchemist, he has the energy of metal and stone. He must be a person with a stable character and perseverance."

"..." Lin Bai saluted again.

Jiang Hongbo nodded slightly, then looked at Pei Ning carefully and said, "The Tianchi Sect is famous for its swordsmanship. You have sword intent inside, so you must be very talented."

It was supposed to be the time to speak to Yao Qianyuan, but Jiang Hongbo ignored him and only threw down the bait.

Lin Bai guessed that it was because of the previous incident of Jiang selling Tiger and Wolf Pills that she disliked Yao Qianyuan.

Jiang Hongbo reeled in the rod as soon as he cast the fishing rod and caught a black fish.

The black fish was as big as a baby's arm, with fine scales and kept flapping.

The child immediately picked up the fish basket and collected the black fish.

"How is Senior Yao Wanshan? I heard that he went on a long journey?" Jiang Hongbo asked again.

"The ancestor is fine, he is indeed away." Yao Qianyuan replied.

"Okay, you go." Jiang Hongbo said while hanging the bait: "Leave Miss Yao here, I will ask some mundane things."

"Yes." Jiang Chun immediately saluted.

Lin Bai and Pei Ning also saluted.

Yao Qianyuan bit her lower lip, her face gloomy.

Lin Bai saluted her, but was glared at.

Jiang Chun was in front, leading Lin Pei and the others to the bottom of the black tower.

Pushing open the old door of the black tower, Jiang Chun looked at Pei Ning. Before he could speak, he heard someone inside say, "But Sister Pei is here?"

The voice was excited and quite a bit agitated.

It was Jiang Xiaobai. It was just that after not seeing her for a long time, her voice had changed a little, as if she was a little mature, and a little resentful.

"That's right." Pei Ning replied loudly.

"Sister Pei, come up quickly, I miss you so much." Jiang Yatou's voice came from above.

Pei Ning looked at Jiang Chun to ask.

"Please." Jiang Chun said with a smile.

"Hurry up, Sister Pei!" Jiang Yatou couldn't wait, "Don't let the annoying guy come up! I hate him the most!"

Pei Ning was the most alert. When she heard the word "annoying guy", she glanced at Lin Bai and smiled playfully.

Lin Bai stood solemnly, looking innocent.

After Pei Ning entered the tower, Jiang Chun said, "Little sister, it's only a quarter of an hour, you need to hurry." After he finished speaking, he closed the tower door again, looked at Lin Bai, and said, "Let's wait for a while."

Lin Bai nodded.

"Your place of cultivation has been decided, and someone will take you there." Jiang Chun held Lin Bai's arm and smiled, "In this Yuhu spiritual land, many of my Jiang family's children come and go. If you are tired of practicing, you can also make some friends. You are gentle and polite, and no one will bully you."

"Thank you, Brother Jiang, for your advice." Lin Bai thanked him sincerely, and asked curiously, "Little Daoist Jiang is imprisoned here... Is she practicing water magic in this retreat?"

Lin Bai had not seen Jiang girl fight, and did not know her fate.

"No." Jiang Chun smiled, "Her fate does not show the five elements, but she took another path."

"So that's it." Lin Bai didn't want to ask in detail.

The two chatted for a quarter of an hour, and Jiang Chun opened the tower door.

After waiting for a while, Pei Ning came down the spiral staircase.

She bowed to Jiang Chun, but did not look at Lin Bai, as if she was unfamiliar with him.

Lin Bai knew that something must have happened.

When she escaped from Golden Turtle Island and lived on Sister Zhen's flying boat, Pei Ning was like this after she knew that she was familiar with Sister Zhen.

What did Jiang girl say? Lin Bai frowned, puzzled.

"What did you talk about?" Lin Bai thought of Pei Ning's beauty, and was even more reluctant to stop eating, so he asked with a licking face.

"It's nothing more than sisterly talk." Pei Ning smiled.

OK! Lin Bai knew that if he wanted to coax her to bed again, he would probably have to spend some effort.

Jiang Chun didn't notice Lin Pei's awkwardness. He closed the tower door and took Lin Bai and Pei Ning to see Jiang Hongbo.

Jiang Hongbo was still sitting on the fishing platform. Yao Qianyuan looked sad, but the child was the same as before.

After paying respect, Jiang Hongbo waved his hand, glanced at Lin Bai, and said, "Yun Zhonghe stays, you go back."

Everyone bowed again, and Yao Qianyuan felt especially relieved.

Jiang Chun rowed the boat again, carrying Yao Qianyuan and Pei Ning away. Yao Qianyuan waved to Lin Bai, but Pei Ning stood straight, looking at the black tower in the middle of the lake.

After they left, Jiang Hongbo did not speak, and the child looked at Lin Bai and said, "Brother, please follow me."

The voice was childish and crisp, and it turned out to be a little girl.

She bowed and led the way.

Lin Bai returned the greeting and hurried to follow.

Going around the black tower, we came to the edge of the island. There was a wooden stake with a boat rope tied to it.

The child untied the rope, took the oar in hand, and smiled at Lin Bai, "Please get on board."

Lin Bai boarded the boat and said, "I'll row the boat."

"Brother, you are a guest." Although the child was young, his tone was mature. While paddling, she asked curiously, "My name is Jiang Yu, what's your name, brother?"

"I'm Yunzhonghe." Lin Bai replied with a smile.

"The crane is in the clouds, and the fish is in the water." Jiang Yu said with a smile.

"No matter whether it's in the clouds or in the water, they are all swimming in it." Lin Bai smiled.

Jiang Yu nodded thoughtfully after hearing this, and said no more.

He landed on the shore and walked forward. From time to time, he met the children of the Jiang family, all of whom called Jiang Yu's name.

After walking forward for a while, he entered the forest and saw a small lake. There was a bamboo forest by the lake, with seven bamboo houses standing. It seemed that someone lived here, but it was very quiet.

"Please follow me." Although Jiang Yu was small, he didn't have the vigor of Jiang Yatou at all, but he was serious.

After entering the last bamboo house, Jiang Yu looked around and seemed very satisfied.

"My sister asked me to find it for you." Jiang Yu bowed again, "Are you satisfied?"

"Of course I am satisfied, thank you, little friend Jiang." Lin Bai returned the greeting.

Jiang Yu nodded, smiling, and said, "I only have one meal a day at noon, please don't be disgusted."

This child is much more polite than Jiang girl, and very experienced.

Lin Bai thanked him again and thought about giving him a gift or something.

This child has not yet entered the Tao, so it is not appropriate to give him talismans and pills, and giving him spirit stones would be looking down on him.

"I often hear people say that people are the butchers and I am the meat. I also heard a story among the mortals that there is a sword hidden in the belly of a fish. Although fish are weak, they should carry a sword on their bodies." Lin Bai took out a small flying knife, "I don't have a sword on my body, so I give this flying knife to you."

Jiang Yu took the flying knife, was stunned for a moment, then bowed and saluted, saying: "Thank you for the gift, brother." She looked like she had a headache, "But I haven't entered the Tao yet, so I can't use the magic weapon, brother, please take it back." She offered it with both hands.

"This is an ordinary thing." Lin Bai smiled and said: "When I was an ordinary person, I used this thing to fight the enemy."

"This..." Jiang Yu stared at the flying knife, and asked curiously: "How to use it? Can you teach me?"

"Of course." Lin Bai sat down cross-legged, not treating her as a child at all, and taught her how to stand, how to exert force, and how to calm down.

After working for more than an hour, Jiang Yu didn't learn much.

But after all, she was a child, so she was a little mature, smiling happily.

After she left, Lin Bai closed the door of the bamboo house, hung up a sign of retreat, and concentrated on tempering his body.

When he came to the stone plate, the moonlight was still thin, and Xiuxiu was really diligent.

There was a trace of spiritual energy entering, mainly water, with gold and wood spiritual energy in between.

With a thought in his mind, he eliminated the gold and wood, and only gathered the water spiritual energy in the center of the stone plate.

Silently reciting the method, Lin Bai began to temper his body.

Compared with the previous three attributes, the water spiritual energy was not like the burning of fire, not like the heavyness of earth, and not like the strength of gold. Instead, it was warm and moist, slightly cool, and only slightly painful, and there seemed to be a sense of expansion in the body.

The water spirit was embedded in the flesh and blood, washing and rolling in it, wave after wave, endless, sleepless. The metal and stone thoughts that existed in the past also slowly disappeared and returned to the water thoughts.

At the same time, the sea of ​​qi also slowly expanded a little, carrying more spiritual power.

Until the next day, Lin Bai opened his eyes on time.

He took a deep breath and opened the door.

Jiang Yu was standing outside, looking up and talking to a young man.

She was carrying a food box, wearing a light green tight-fitting dress, and a thin bamboo tube hanging around her waist, with the handle of a flying knife exposed on it.

When Jiang Yu saw Lin Bai, she bowed. The young man who was talking to her also bowed.

Lin Bai returned the greeting.

"I brought you breakfast."

Jiang Yu entered Lin Bai's bamboo house, put down the food box, knelt down, took out a portion of rice porridge and a portion of fried fish, and put them on the low table. "Please."

Although she was small, she was very serious.

"Have you eaten?" Lin Bai asked with a smile.

Jiang Yu nodded.

Lin Bai ate the meal in a hurry, and Jiang Yu quickly cleaned it up and asked, "Is it delicious?"

"Delicious." Lin Bai smiled.

"That's good." Jiang Yu was very happy. She sealed the food box and didn't leave. She said proudly, "I caught the fish."

"My friend, you are good at cooking." Lin Bai said casually.

"Do you know how to fish?" Jiang Yu asked while kneeling.

"I know a little bit." Lin Bai said.

Jiang Yu didn't say anything. She put her hand on the handle of the knife at her waist and tilted her head to think about something.

Lin Bai understood that this little girl still wanted to learn flying knives, but was embarrassed to speak.

"Doesn't your family forbid you to learn flying knives?" Lin Bai asked with a smile.

"As long as you finish your homework, you can do anything, but you must not break the rules." Jiang Yu said immediately.

Lin Bai smiled, "Then I will teach you a little more?"

"Okay!" Jiang Yu immediately sat up straight and smiled, looking more like Jiang girl.

When they came to the open space in front of the door, Lin Bai taught her how to exert and retract force.

He did not dare to let her do horse stance, but only taught her to exercise her eyesight and the coordination of waist and wrist.

This little girl is very diligent, honest and mature, but her comprehension seems to be a little bit worse.

It took an hour to finally coax her away.

Back in the room, Lin Bai did not temper his body, but took out another flying knife.

The previous flying sword was controlled by spiritual consciousness, stimulated by spiritual power, and attached with the meaning of earth fire to become sword meaning, and its power has doubled since then.

Therefore, it is completely feasible to replace the flying sword with a flying knife.

The so-called sword cultivation is just a general term. Using a knife or a sword is the same, just fulfill its meaning.

Lin Bai thought quietly for a moment, and his spiritual consciousness surrounded the flying knife, slowly infusing spiritual power and attaching the meaning of earth fire.

A sizzling sound rang out, and the flying knife lit up red, but then it was exhausted and softened by the fire.

"It's feasible! Ask someone to make one with fire lin ore another day."

Lin Bai was very satisfied, put away the flying knife, and continued to temper his body.

After that, Jiang Yu delivered meals every day at noon, and Lin Bai took an hour to teach her the flying knife method.

Because there were many people around, it always attracted the Jiang family's children to watch.

As an alchemist, Lin Bai was also at the seventh level of Qi training. He was also young and promising. He was polite and humble. He said brother when he spoke and I was his subordinate when he was silent. He did not look away when talking to young girls, just like a modest gentleman. This made the Jiang family's children, who had strict family education, look at him with a higher eye. As a result, he got to know many Jiang family members and also met several young girls.

But Lin Bai was timid and did not dare to act rashly. If he dared to send a letter and express his feelings with his eyes, he might be able to get a chance to taste the Jiang family girl.

After two months, it was time to leave.

Lin Bai said goodbye to his new friends one by one, and after a long time of politeness, he followed Jiang Yu to bid farewell to Jiang Hongbo.

Arriving at the small island in the middle of the lake, Jiang Hongbo was still fishing in the pavilion, with Jiang Chun standing beside him.

"Senior Jiang." Lin Bai saluted.

Jiang Hongbo smiled and nodded, saying, "Have you learned the Dharma?"

"Yes." Lin Bai saluted again, saying, "Thank you for your help."

"Helping others achieve enlightenment makes me happy." Jiang Hongbo smiled, "I also want to thank you for teaching the fish to learn the art during the past two months."

"I don't deserve it. My insignificant skills will make me laugh." Lin Bai was very modest.

Jiang Hongbo nodded and said, "Someone told me before that you exchanged letters and glances with Yu'er's sister Feiyan. That girl was young and inexperienced, and didn't know the dangers, so you deceived her." He sighed and said, "But in the past two months, you have been polite and respectful, and you have been sincere. You didn't look at the girls in my family when talking to them. Even though Yu'er was so young, you didn't get annoyed by her stupidity, nor did you look down on her. You treated her as a peer. Even when you taught her the flying knife method, you only taught her orally and didn't touch her at all."

He clapped his hands in praise and concluded, "You and your Taoist companions did not change your nature when you interacted with people like Yao Qianyuan. Their appearance can be faked, but the details cannot be disguised. Therefore, you can be called a gentleman."

Lin Bai's heart was turbulent, thinking, you are actually staring at me? Fortunately, I was honest, otherwise... otherwise it would be fine, I am a good person!

Lin Bai bowed with a guilty look, "Senior, your words are embarrassing for me. I was born as a casual cultivator, and I don't know etiquette. It was only after I moved into the Jiang family that I learned some rules. Brother Jiang taught me a lot, and fellow Daoist Jiang Xiaobai also solved many of my problems in cultivation without asking for anything in return. People say that if you enter a room full of orchids, you will not smell their fragrance for a long time. This is probably the reason."

Lin Bai played the role to the end, and he didn't know what shame was.

Jiang Hongbo was very satisfied and said, "Jiang Chun."

"Yes." Jiang Chun took out a tray with six red flying knives on it, all made of Huolin Mine.

The low-grade Huolin Sword I bought before cost two hundred spirit stones. This flying knife doesn't need so much material, but judging from its material, it is better than the low-grade Huolin Sword, and it should be a high-grade one.

"You have been teaching Yu'er for more than two months. Although it is a mundane skill, it is also a journey of preaching." Jiang Hongbo nodded and smiled, "I heard from Chun'er that you practiced fire magic and used the Huolin Sword, so I made these flying knives as a thank you gift."

Too kind! Lin Bai knew that the Jiang family was kind before, but he didn't expect it to be so kind!

Originally, teaching Jiang Yu was just for fun and to make a good relationship, but he didn't expect that they would directly give him a gift. Obviously, he only relied on the friendship between Jiang Yatou and Jiang Chun to come here for free food, drink and accommodation, and he even got a gift.

Even though Lin Bai was very thick-skinned, he couldn't bear it.

But at this moment, he could only pretend.

"No! Absolutely not! I just did some insignificant things, how can I deserve such a big gift?" Lin Bai was very hypocritical.

"Yu'er." Jiang Hongbo looked at Jiang Yu very dotingly.

Jiang Yu took the tray from Jiang Chun, and she walked steadily to Lin Bai and said, "My ancestors said that the grace of a meal should not be forgotten. The grace of preaching should be remembered all the time."

"Alas, if I don't accept it, it will make me look stingy." Lin Bai accepted the six flying knives, and his face was full of regret and shame.

Jiang Yu looked up at Lin Bai and said, "I have troubled you these days." After saying that, she bent down and bowed, which was clearly a great gift.

She was ten thousand times more sensible and well-behaved than the girl Jiang who was imprisoned in the black tower.

Lin Bai was pretending to be ashamed, but now he was really ashamed.

After returning the gift, Lin Bai said, "How can it be called trouble? If we have free time in the future, let's discuss the magic again."

After chatting for a few more words, Jiang Chun and Lin Bai said goodbye.

After boarding the boat, the blue waves were rippling.

Lin Bai looked back at the black tower, thinking that it was fortunate that Jiang and I were smart and prepared. Even if there were obscene words in the letter, only the two of us could see it.

Jiang Yu waved beside the island in the middle of the lake.

Lin Bai waved back.

"How is it?" Jiang Chun smiled after landing, "She and my younger sister are born of the same mother, but their temperaments are very different. The elder sister is not steady at all, and her mind is very cunning; the younger sister is steady and polite, just like a little adult."

"Two flowers bloomed, both are talented people." Lin Bai answered sincerely.

The two followed the old road back to the Earth Fire Cave Mansion, and Lin Bai worked hard to refine two furnaces of Tiger Wolf Pills for Jiang Chun.

After sitting quietly for half an hour, Lin Bai took out the Fire Scale Flying Knife.

Containing the meaning of earth fire, showing the momentum of earth fire. The heart is free of worries, and the spirit is clear.

The flying knife was shot, with a sound of clattering. It rotated around itself twice, and its power increased.

Compared with the previous time in the cave, it is stronger. First, it is the improvement after the war; second, the cultivation level has been improved; third, the material of this flying knife is better than the previous Huolin Sword, and it is more in line with the meaning of earth and fire.

"If you practice more, you can replace the flying sword with a flying knife in the future. Learn more about the sword, and then forge flying knives made of other materials."

"Don't put all your eggs in one basket, and the same is true for flying knives. Be careful not to be restrained."

Lin Bai thought for a long time, and hurried out to Tianchi Pavilion.

Find Yao Qianyuan, ask her to pass a message to Pei Ning, and put in a bottle of tiger and wolf pills.

Then it is the wood spirit in the five elements. According to Yao Qianyuan, it is best to go to Chunyu's house.

"One thing is one thing. I gave a bottle of tiger and wolf pills to pass the message to my junior sister, and I can't be less filial to you when I find a cave for you." Yao Qianyuan stopped being coquettish and put on a stinky face of a businessman.

Lin Bai had no choice but to let her bully him and gave her another bottle of Gujing Pills.

"Sister Yao, do you have sisters?" Lin Bai asked.

"Oh, you feel unhappy after eating a few bottles of pills from you? Want to sleep with my sisters and avenge my blackmail?" Yao Qianyuan sneered, "Unless you sleep with Gai Yingqiu first!"

The two of them bickered and came to the northwest of Xinyifang and entered the Chunyu family property.

Yao Qianyuan really had a wide range of friends. He took Lin Bai around for a few rounds and met a few sisters. He actually rented a cave for foundation building, and it was a short-term rental for two months, which only cost 400 spirit stones.

The Chunyu family's cave is close to the bamboo forest and has rich spiritual energy, which is better than the Jiang family's earth fire cave.

Lin Bai sat in it, not in a hurry to temper his body, just waiting for Pei Ning.