The Wheel-Turning Master

Lin Bai and Pei Ning found themselves in an extremely awkward situation.

If the protective formation was broken, the six foundation builders outside would not be left alive.

If they helped Huang Ruchao and others, they would still be stuck when the Yunxia Sect's help arrived.

They were in a dilemma.

There were priorities, Lin Bai and Pei Ning looked at each other and quickly made a decision.

The six people outside were ferocious and if they were captured, they would definitely die.

But if they could wait until the Yunxia Sect's people arrived, there might be room for maneuver.

A large sect like the Yunxia Sect usually has to save face. Looking at Qu Chengjia's style of doing things, although she was overbearing and unreasonable, she had also asked the Qingyang Sect to quell the civil unrest. Speaking of which, these immortals were high above, and they only looked down on the mundane world, but they were not really indiscriminate.

If they fought against the powerful enemy together with Huang Ruchao and others, then the Yunxia Sect's external help would come, and things might really turn around.

In fact, it is useless to think too much. They are all trapped in the protective array, and can only be Huang Ruchao's teammates.

Lin Bai untied the ropes that bound Song Qing and Zhang Han, and let them stagger into the hall.

The six foundation builders outside were attacking more fiercely. A black-robed Taoist kept scolding and yelling that he would kill them all after breaking the array; the other white-robed guest was much gentler, constantly admonishing the black-robed and admonishing them during the battle, saying that he would only take money and not lives.

The six people were obviously led by the green-robed Taoist, who had a sinister look, was about forty or fifty years old, and was quite tall.

The shadow behind him was a rusty green long sword. Although it was not sharp, it had a unique method. Every time the green sword was driven to fall on the protective array, it would leave a dark green mass, which seemed to have the meaning of corrosion and infection.

"My two friends, I see that you two are not Yunxia Sect cultivators. If you enter the hall and break their formation, we can share everything we get equally, isn't that wonderful?"

The white-robed guest did not attack the protective formation, but only persuaded them with a pleasant face.

"Why are you talking to these two youngsters? After the formation is broken, just kill them!" The black-robed old Taoist was very impatient.

"Alas, we are only seeking wealth, not killing, why are you scaring them?" The white-robed man complained to the black-robed man, and then looked at Lin Bai kindly, saying: "My friend, don't worry, I always keep my word. As long as you two go in and break the formation, I will fight to the death to protect your lives, and the things you get will definitely be your share."

Lin Bai and Pei Ning found this red-faced and white-faced man very boring.

The two of them sat down cross-legged, swallowed the Qi-recovering pill, and then closed their eyes to restore their spiritual power.

This time, in order to save spiritual stones, the two of them drove the purple bamboo boat with spiritual power from time to time.

But the purple bamboo boat was extremely consuming, and neither Lin Bai nor Pei Ning could bear it, and their spiritual power was almost exhausted.

The white-robed guest outside the formation continued to persuade, and his voice was quite confusing. But he was not a cultivator of the mind and nature, and it was difficult to move Lin Pei's heart.

After more than half an hour, the white-robed guest finally stopped pretending, shouted angrily, and a white shadow appeared behind him. A flying sword also appeared in his hand, and he attacked the formation endlessly.

Lin Bai practiced the method of meditation, so he would naturally not be affected by others. He just kept absorbing spiritual energy and used it for himself.

The spiritual energy of this Golden Turtle Island is very scattered, and it is slightly more concentrated in the center. But if we talk about where the spiritual energy gathers, it should be on the high mountain of the turtle head.

Lin Bai sat cross-legged on the stone plate, and the spiritual energy seeped in from the thick fog outside like strands of silk threads, and finally gathered in the middle of the stone plate.

This is much more concentrated than in Tianlang Mountain and Shattered Stone Island, and it seems to be inexhaustible.

Two hours had passed in the stone plate, and Lin Bai's sea of ​​qi was full, and his fatigue gradually faded.

However, Lin Bai did not want to reveal too much, so he continued to practice in peace.

When he opened his eyes again, the blood-red sunset outside was half hidden in the waves, and the world suddenly increased a bit of solemnity.

The six foundation-building masters continued to attack, and no one spoke anymore.

Lin Bai looked up at the turtle head high island of the Golden Turtle Island. There was lush greenery over there, and no birds were seen, only the setting sun covered with a faint glow.

"I always feel that someone is spying on me?" Lin Bai murmured in his heart, and then looked at Pei Ning again.

After a while, Pei Ning also opened his eyes and nodded to Lin Bai.

Both of them regained their strength.

"Two little friends, please come quickly!" Huang Ruchao's anxious voice came from the hall.

The two stepped forward and walked into the hall.

There was no light here, only white fluorite hung on the four walls, illuminating the hall.

Huang Ruchao pressed the array plate with his hand, while the other seven Qigong practitioners sat in a circle, like some kind of array, injecting spiritual power into the array plate.

However, the seven Qigong practitioners who were building the foundation all looked pale and dejected, which seemed to be very consuming.

Zhang Han and Song Qing sat aside, unable to help at all, and just watched.

"This Pei Xiaoyou's cultivation is too shallow, so go and wait." Huang Ruchao's voice was old and weak, and sweat was dripping on his pale face. "Lin Xiaoyou, please come forward to help me. You just need to leave your spiritual power and inject it into the array plate, and I will control it."

Obviously, Song and Zhang had already told Huang Ruchao the names of Lin Bai and Pei Ning.

Pei Ning was stunned when he heard this, and he really didn't come forward, but just stood behind Lin Bai.

"Senior Huang, how do you know I will help you?" Lin Bai asked.

"Junior Brother Song said that you two are smart people, and you are also desperate people, so you will definitely help." Huang Ruchao actually forced a smile.

"Brother Song knows me." Lin Bai nodded to Song Qing and stepped forward.

Song Qing also nodded slightly and said nothing.

He drove the spiritual power according to Huang Ruchao's instructions, but as soon as Lin Bai entered the formation, the spiritual power was sucked by the formation plate and continued to flow in. It was difficult to stop.

Lin Bai gritted his teeth and said nothing.

"Change people to rest." Song Qing said. Although his magical power was gone, his knowledge was not lost.

Huang Ruchao nodded slightly and said nothing. Then an old Qi practitioner withdrew, and then immediately took out the pill bottle panting, took a few sips, and closed his eyes to recover his strength.

In this way, one person took a turn every half an hour. Lin Bai's consumption was not small, and he dared not hide his weakness, so when it was his turn, he immediately recovered on the stone plate.

But Huang Ruchao was the main person in the formation, and he could not rest for a moment. His face had turned from pale to withered, his beard and hair were dry, and he had lost a circle of weight.

"Little friend Lin has a vast sea of ​​qi, and he is indeed a promising material. I just made you wait..." After two rounds, Huang Ruchao also felt that Lin Bai's endurance was over.

But his face was like skin and bones, and he seemed to want to laugh, but it was particularly creepy.

At this time, a night had passed and the sky was bright again. The six foundation builders outside seemed tired, so they split into two groups, with three people taking turns to rest.

However, the tortoise shell protective formation was covered with dark green, and it was already shaky.

"Senior Huang, how long can you hold on?" Pei Ning asked beside him.

"No, I don't know..." Huang Ruchao's eye sockets were sunken, and there was no light in his eyes. His cheekbones were high, as if only a layer of old skin was left.

The other seven Qi training people were not much better. They were all hopeless people with beards. It was not easy for them to hold on until now.

These people guarding the Golden Turtle Island seemed to have aged by dozens of years. It was clear that their origins were damaged and they were already running out of energy.

"It won't be long." Song Qing suddenly spoke, his tone was weak, without sadness or joy.

Pei Ning looked at Lin Bai, and she didn't say anything more, just took the sword in her hand.

This sword was obtained from Zhang Han, and it was slightly cold. Lin Bai kept the other sword with water patterns and no edges that he got from Song Qing. It had the meaning of waves and water.

However, it was a sword for foundation building. Lin Bai and Pei Ning had used it several times. It was a little strenuous and consumed a lot of spiritual power. They could not exert the power of the flying sword at all.

After more than half an hour, there was no movement in the hall, but there were shouts outside.

"Old Huang, it's almost time to take it out." Zhang Han sighed, his tone was extremely bleak.

"It's useless." Song Qing shook his head slightly.

Huang Ruchao murmured, "Yes, it's almost time. If you don't take it out, you will die, cough cough..."

As he spoke, he tried to look around and finally fell on Lin Bai.

Huang Ruchao was skin and bones, blood and energy were gone, there was no flesh on his face, and he was trembling and almost unable to sit steadily.

"My friend..." Huang Ruchao's lips were dry and peeling, and he murmured for a long time.

"Let me tell you." Zhang Han's face was pale, and his beard was tangled. "There is a talisman in his sleeve, which was given by the sect and is used to guard the island."

"Yes," Huang Ruchao seemed to have recovered a little, and looked at Lin Bai with a pair of lifeless eyes, and then said: "If you can't get away this time, don't mention it. If you can escape, I hope you can tell Yunxia Sect about what happened today. Just say that although I, Huang Ruchao, was a useless person who was sent to die, I didn't disgrace myself, cough cough cough..."

He didn't finish his words, his head tilted, and he died because of exhausting his essence.

For a while, no one spoke in the hall, and the other seven old Qi training practitioners also lay on the ground, with many pill bottles scattered around them.

Two of them were obviously dead.

Lin Bai stood up and took out a palm-sized animal skin from Huang Ruchao's sleeve, on which was engraved a small sword shape.

Looking at Pei Ning again, both of them didn't know what to say. Obviously, he came to cause trouble, but he was entrusted with his orphan.

Lin Bai closed his eyes and appeared on the stone plate. First, he concentrated his spirit, absorbed the spiritual energy, and then merged it into the sea of ​​qi.

"My advantage is that I recover quickly and am best at long-term battles, but the opponent is building a foundation, and there are many people, so there is no chance for a long battle..."

Lin Bai shook his head helplessly, waved his hand again, and brought in a cloud of mist, which turned into clear water.

Asking the heart and fortune-telling, it is very bad.

"It was still auspicious before!"

"It seems that a person's destiny depends on both his own efforts and..."

Lin Bai opened his eyes and looked around the hall.

The array plate sizzled, and the array was broken in an instant.

Pei Ning was standing at the door of the hall with a sword, looking like a man standing against ten thousand men.

She has always been brave, and she would never kneel if she could die standing, and she always had the will to die.

Lin Bai looked at Zhang Han again, but saw him leaning against the beam, mumbling in his mouth, and he didn't know what he was saying.

Song Qing was still calm at this time, and smiled back at Lin Bai.

"Brother Lin." Song Qing laughed, no longer the humble look of the past.

In fact, he was just pretending to be like that, just to save his life, Lin Bai and Pei Ning also knew it.

"Brother Song." Lin Bai sighed and said, "I've implicated you."

"You and I are just suffering from our own faults, how can we talk about implicating each other?" Song Qing smiled.

At this moment, a triumphant laugh was heard.

Looking outside, the tortoise shell protective formation had been broken.

"Little kid, what are you doing with a sword?" At this time, the white-robed guest spoke, and his voice was no longer as gentle as before, but extremely vicious.

"Come on!" Pei Ning was not afraid at all.

"Go!" He heard the green-robed Taoist shout again, and saw the rusty green long sword phantom, going towards Pei Ning.

Pei Ning raised his sword, drove his spiritual power, and had a determined look on his face.

But the rusty green long sword phantom immediately broke Pei Ning's sword, and Pei Ning immediately spurted blood from his mouth and was knocked back into the hall.

Lin Bai rushed forward to catch Pei Ning, but the sword didn't stop, and the two fell a few times before they stopped.

Looking at the green-robed Taoist priest again, he was calm and looked around.

"This person is at least in the late stage of foundation building. He is much stronger than Song Qing, and he is destined to attack." Lin Bai silently weighed it.

The green-robed Taoist walked into the hall, followed by five people.

"Boss, everyone has greatly offended the Yunxia Sect because of you this time." The black-robed Taoist said to the green-robed Taoist.

"Don't worry, if I can successfully break through the barrier with the help of Silver Flower Algae, I will definitely be rewarded." The green-robed Taoist said sadly. His voice was extremely hoarse, and his throat seemed to be rusty.

"Don't be nagging, kill him quickly, take the things and leave." A Taoist in gray robe said.

As soon as he finished speaking, the gray-robed Taoist waved a branch-shaped magic weapon and came towards Lin Bai.

Lin Bai pinched the animal skin talisman and immediately activated it.

"Be careful!" the green-robed Taoist shouted urgently, and a green rusty sword appeared in his hand, heading towards Lin Bai like lightning.

But at this time, the talisman treasure had been activated, and in an instant the brilliance flourished. Under the pressure of the golden elixir, an extremely bright long sword surged out.

With a rumble, the gray-robed Taoist was the first to bear the brunt and immediately turned into smoke. The green rust Taoist's long sword fell apart just a little bit.

The green robe and others looked frightened, but they had a tacit understanding. No one tried to escape. Instead, they all worked together to meet the flying sword.

There was a huge muffled sound. Lin Baiben held Peining in his arms, but he was still thrown onto the beam.

Looking back again, I saw that there were only four people left among the six foundation builders. All of them were in tattered clothes, with pale faces and blood at the corners of their mouths.

"The power of Yunxia Sect's Po Yun Taoism can be seen today!" The green-robed Taoist sat down tremblingly, not attacking, but silently recovering his strength.

The other three people were also like this, but they just sat cross-legged and didn't move.

I don't know if he was really seriously injured or if he was worried that Lin Bai and others would take out another talisman.

Lin Bai also looked pale, panting and closing his eyes.

This was the second time to use the talisman. Lin Bai was no longer a young person, he was very experienced. Although his energy was drained again, it was not a serious problem.

"So strong! Much stronger than Qu Chengjia." Pei Ning murmured, opening the elixir bottle, taking a few pills and stuffing them into Lin Bai's mouth, and then poured a lot into his own mouth.

After a while, Lin Bai opened his eyes, and the sea of ​​energy filled up again.

"A lasting advantage cannot be turned into a victory..."

Lin Bai sighed and went to see Peining.

She was determined to die again. She just rested her head on Lin Bai's shoulder and said nothing.

Lin Bai looked around and saw that Zhang Han's brain had collapsed and died.

Song Qing was paralyzed on the ground, his hair was a mess, and blood was spurting out of his mouth, all flowing to his chest. Although he was seriously injured, he didn't care and just looked at Lin Bai and smiled.

"Brother Song." Lin Bai also smiled.

"Brother Lin, we are really destined."

Song Qing was a man who was about to die, but his words were also good. Although his voice was old, it was full of vitality. He stretched out his hand to wipe the blood from his mouth, "Master has raised me by your side since I was a child. It is Master's order for me to kill you." ...You are also trying to survive. We have been together day and night, and I know you have never hated me, and I have never hated you."

Lin Bai nodded.

"You think about Xiuxiu in every possible way..."

Song Qing smiled happily, "When you came here, you must have thought that if I were still alive, if Huang Ruchao was still here, master would know that you hurt me, and you must be worried that Xiuxiu will be angered by master, you... you Did you have the intention to let Peining go alone at that time, and you stayed here? "

Pei Ning was leaning on Lin Bai's shoulder. She didn't say a word, but just bit Lin Bai's shoulder hard.

Lin Bai didn't say anything and just endured it silently. That's what he really thought. At least this would probably save Xiuxiu and Peining. If he didn't die, he would have a chance to turn around in the future.

"I admire you very much for your love and righteousness. Master should have taken you away, she should have taken you away, but she was wrong."

There was a hint of confusion on Song Qing's face. He looked around and found a look of confusion again, "You have thought about it in every possible way, but in the end it just came to your door... I know you are suffering a lot, and the road ahead is unclear. In fact, everyone is Suffering, I am cut off from Zhang Han Dao. You and Pei Ning have no peace day and night, for fear that Master will come to find you. Huang Ruchao and the others will die of exhaustion. The people in your hometown will suffer countless deaths. Everyone is suffering..."

He stared blankly at the sky outside the hall and murmured: "Who wouldn't want to pursue the great road and pursue immortality? But life is difficult, just like a long river. Although one has the ambition to enter the sea eastward, the process is slow and the journey is difficult. Rivers The water will always flow into the sea, but I will wait..."

When Song Qing said this, he looked at Lin Bai, with tears streaming down his face, but there was still a smile that couldn't be hidden, "Look, I am destined to be the water of a long river, but now I compare the suffering of the common people to a long river! Hahaha!" Lin Zhuanlun! I feel in my heart that this dead wood cicada has helped me obtain the best elixir!"

His white hair was disheveled and he looked like he was crazy. His face was tangled with tears. He clenched his fist with one arm and punched the ground hard. Blood was already visible. "How could it be like this? How could it be like this?"

Song Qing lay on the ground, sobbing with all sorts of emotions that only he could understand.

Lin Bai and Pei Ning looked at Song Qing blankly, neither saying a word.

"Hahaha! Chi'er, the road is won by fighting and fighting, not by crying!"

The green-robed Taoist stood up and stepped into the hall.

Lin Bai held the water-marked edgeless sword in his hand, protecting Peining.

The green-robed Taoist glanced at Lin Bai, opened his hand, and saw another rust-green long sword, only slightly smaller than the one before.

"go!"

The rust-green long sword was not very fast, but it brought with it a sense of decay. When the water-marked sword touched it, it immediately withered like wood, without any aura left, just like a broken sword.

But the rust-green sword didn't stop, and Lin Bai immediately pushed his palm again, and his spiritual power burst out. He could barely block it, but he was knocked into the wall again, and his hands were covered with a layer of green rust.

This green rust seemed to have taken root and adhered to the flesh and blood. His own spiritual power immediately became inoperable, and even his head felt chaotic.

Pei Ning staggered and climbed to Lin Bai's side, holding Lin Bai's hand tightly.

Lin Bai was in a daze, as if he couldn't even hear, let alone fight back.

With extremely heavy eyes, he glanced at Pei Ning who was staring at him tenderly, then at Song Qing who was weeping in pain, and then at the corpses lying on the ground.

"You haven't slept with me yet." Pei Ning leaned into Lin Bai's ear and spoke softly, without any trace of the past.

What did Sister Pei say? Lin Bai's ears seemed to be rusty and he couldn't hear clearly at all. It seemed like he was sleeping? It’s already this time, why are you mentioning your old friend? Not finished?

Lin Bai stared at the green-robed Taoist again. Seeing that he didn't make a move, he opened his mouth and asked something, as if he was talking about the dead tree cicada.

His other companions also got up one after another and entered the main hall. They did not go forward to kill anyone, but turned to the back hall.

Soon, I saw a man coming out with a bag, his face looked happy, it was obvious that he had gained something.

Then I saw the white-robed Taoist applying wounds to Huang Ruchao and others one by one, and then taking off the storage ring and storage bag, with a look of disdain on his face, as if he disliked the lack of goods.

Lin Bai raised his hand, and the rusty green on it had spread to his wrist.

"Life is more difficult than the water of a big river." Lin Bai murmured Song Qing's words.

Suddenly, Lin Bai felt the sea of ​​consciousness tremble slightly, and the stone plate seemed to rotate slightly.

Suddenly, Lin Bai felt in his heart that he was lucky, that he could escape from the catastrophe and survive from nine deaths.

"I haven't used the Questioning Heart Technique. This is... my natal magical power?" Lin Bai felt that his head was still very wet.

"Who are you, Wood Demon Master?" Green Robe's voice rose a little, and his face became more gloomy, "If you don't tell me, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

As he spoke, the green robe waved its sleeves, knocking Lin Bai and Pei Ning over immediately.

Lin Bai didn't want to say more, while Pei Ning gritted his teeth and remained silent.

"Where is Ji Ying? People from the Yunxia Sect arrived early?" Lin Bai was confused.

At this moment, the green-robed Taoist suddenly looked outside the hall, as did the rest of the foundation builders.

They were stunned for a while, and then they all ran out, looking up to the east.

Over there is the Turtle Head Gao Island of the Golden Turtle Island.

The green-robed Taoist looked up, then frowned slightly, glanced hesitantly into the hall, then bowed his hands in that direction and said, "Yes!"

After speaking, the green robe waved its sleeves and said, "Quickly!" The man had already left with his sword.

The other foundation builders also hurriedly followed, and they were extremely panicked.

"Reinforcements are coming?" Lin Bai said blankly.

Pei Ning shook his head blankly, Song Qing still cried bitterly.

There were only three of them alive in the palace, but they didn't even know why they were alive.

While they were in a daze, the three of them suddenly felt panic in their hearts. Like insects and ants hearing thunder, like mortals seeing immortals and gods.

"Golden elixir? No, this pressure seems to be still above the golden elixir, like the power of heaven and earth..." Pei Ning looked horrified.

Song Qing cried even louder. He lay on the ground, crawled forward with one hand, and dragged out a bloody trace.

Pei Ning forced herself to stand up, helped Lin Bai up, and walked out of the hall.

Song Qing came to the broken threshold of the hall, raised his head and looked to the east.

Pei Ning and Lin Bai also came out, leaning against the door and looking east.

There are clouds and mist rising far away in the east, but although the sea breeze is strong, it cannot dissipate them even half.

The color of the clouds and mist changes constantly, and there seems to be a blazing electric light in them.

"This is..." Lin Bai couldn't help but feel the urge to kneel down, and even fell to the ground.

The coercion of the golden elixir that once transformed into armor is simply not worth mentioning in front of this.

"Golden Core Tribulation Cloud! The beginning of the great road, Golden Core Tribulation Cloud!"

Song Qing lay on the ground, raised his head with great effort, and looked in the direction of the cloud. He couldn't stop crying, and it was hard to tell whether he was happy or sad in his cloudy eyes.

Lin Bai and Pei Ning looked at each other. Their throats felt dry and they were speechless.

I saw the cloud slowly condensed into shape, and then floated this way. As it gets closer, its pressure becomes heavier and heavier.

Not a moment later, I saw the golden elixir calamity cloud falling over the towering island of Turtle Head on Jin Turtle Island.

"Golden elixir, golden elixir..."

Song Qing seemed to have cried all his tears. He raised his neck and grabbed forward with one arm. He moved forward little by little, as if he wanted to catch Jie Yun.

"Twenty years of vicissitudes have passed, and my elixir theory has been completed, but I have lost the chance of the great road. I am like a long river, halfway..."

Blood flowed from Song Qing's seven orifices, and he laughed three times in a hoarse and weak voice. He finally returned to peace and died of serious injuries.

After his death, his body remained motionless, and his one arm was still stretched out towards the calamity cloud, as if he wanted to seize the last opportunity of the great road.

At this time, the wind was blowing and huge waves were crashing on the shore. The first tribulation thunder fell, and the color of the heaven and earth changed again.