The Wheel-Turning Master.

Chapter 109 Hunyuan
It took more than half a month to go there and only one day to come back.

Zhu Jianyang did not return to Xinyifang directly, but came to Gaoge Manor where Lin Bai and Zhu Yumao first met.

This is already the territory of Qiaoshan, and is also within the Zhu family's sphere of influence, so safety is assured.

As soon as he landed on the high pavilion, Lin Bai bowed to Zhu Jianyang and Zhu Yumao and said, "Senior, Brother Yumao, I didn't mean to deceive you last time. I..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhu Jianyang waved his hand and said with a smile: "Everyone has secrets, but there is no need to talk about them." He sat down cross-legged, shook his head slightly, and said with a wry smile: "Besides, the matter involves the golden elixir, and the Yunxia Sect is involved. You can just assume that we don't know about this matter."

Lin Bai thought so too. Sister Zhen’s identity was not simple and was involved with the Yuanying sect, so it would be wise for him to stay out of it.

He took out the animal skin again and said, "Senior, please look at this."

Lin Bai presented the animal skin and then sat cross-legged opposite Zhu Jianyang.

This is certainly what one desires, but without Zhu Jianyang's support, it would be difficult to obtain.

Zhu Jianyang took it, looked at it carefully, and then said: "This is a method to temper the body. All sects and families have similar methods, most of which take the path of medicinal baths, or find some kind of things to sharpen themselves. I also heard that some secret methods of body refining are to imitate the shape of monsters and get their toughness."

At this point, he shook his head and continued, "Everyone knows that tempering the body is beneficial to oneself, but the method of tempering the body is slow and time-consuming. Unless one is gifted, most people either don't practice it or dabble in it. Or some people who have lost their way to the great path will specialize in this path."

Zhu Jianyang took the animal skin and patted it on his knees, then continued, "The methods written on it are even more bizarre. Although they are very helpful to one's body after being cultivated, they are too complicated. If one cultivates for a short time, the effect will not be great. However, if one focuses on cultivating the body, it will delay one's own cultivation."

Lin Bai understood that Senior Zhu Jianyang was giving him some advice. He explained the pros and cons and asked him to weigh the gains and losses.

But he had the stone plate in his hand, so he was not afraid of wasting time and effort. Lin Bai was now more curious about the content of this body refining method.

Seeing that Lin Bai understood what he meant, Zhu Jianyang smiled and threw the animal skin to Lin Bai.

Lin Bai took it and immediately said, "All the gains from this trip are thanks to you, senior. I will just copy a copy."

"No." Zhu Jianyang shook his head and said seriously: "This is what you got based on your own knowledge, so it should belong to you." He smiled and said, "I also benefited a lot from the debate on the theory of elixir."

Lin Bai knew that Zhu Jianyang was kind and was not being hypocritical, so he said no more and accepted the animal skin, thinking that if he learned it well in the future, he would find a suitable disciple of the Zhu family to teach him.

Zhu Jianyang said no more and just looked at Zhu Yumao.

"This time you have experienced life and death, faced threats from evil people, had help from relatives and friends, and also had the ability to break the formation. What have you gained?" Zhu Jianyang asked Zhu Yumao.

"I have gained something, and my mood seems to be much better." Zhu Yumao stood up quickly, very politely.

"That's good." Zhu Jianyang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I wanted you to take over Yuling's job, but it seems you should stay at home and practice well." At this point, he frowned again and said, "Also, you should resign from the position of receptionist."

"Yes." Zhu Yumao lowered his head and did not dare to look at Zhu Jianyang.

"In addition," Zhu Jianyang looked at Lin Bai and Zhu Yumao and said solemnly, "The matter of Tie Huasheng must not be mentioned to anyone else. Just pretend it never happened. Yumao, this matter can only be discussed with the head of the family, not with anyone else!"

Lin Bai and Zhu Yumao naturally agreed.

"Okay, I won't go home." Zhu Jianyang stood up, looked towards Fengming Mountain, and sighed, "It would save me from having to go back and see those old faces who can only complain!" He turned to look at Lin Bai and asked, "Do you want to go and see the words left by the Nascent Soul again?"

“Senior, please don’t make fun of me.” Lin Bai immediately bowed and said with a smile, “I really can’t see anything about the Nascent Soul Sword Intention. I was curious at that time, but now I know my own weight.”

Zhu Jianyang smiled and nodded, then waved his sleeves, wrapped Lin Bai up, and headed towards Xinyifang.

When they arrived at the east entrance of Xinyifang, Zhu Jianyang gave Lin Bai some serious instructions, asking him to stop refining the elixir and take a good rest for a few days, thinking about what he had seen and heard in the past few days.

The two parted ways and Lin Bai returned to the cave.

This time, it took more than half a month on the road, and another half a month to break the formation.

Because he needed to be alert all the time, he didn't focus on his practice. But he gained a lot. Not only did he learn the method of body refining, but he also listened to a debate on alchemy, which would be of great benefit to his future practice.

Lin Bai has already made a plan. On the one hand, he will practice to improve his realm; on the other hand, he will practice the body refining method to strengthen himself.

Write to Sister Ning again, have a good sleep, and tell her what's really in my heart.

After returning to the Jiang family's cave property, Lin Bai continued to head south to the Underworld Fire Cave.

"Fellow Daoist Yun!"

As soon as I opened the cave door, I heard a guest coming.

Jiang Chun stood at the door with an eager look on his face.

What's wrong with him? It seems like he wants something from me... Does he want to borrow my seed?
Lin Bai bowed and said with a smile, "Brother Jiang." Then he extended his hand, "Please come in and talk."

Jiang Chun entered the cave, and Lin Bai did not close the door. The two of them knelt on both sides of the low table.

After more than a month of absence, everything in the cave was back to normal.

"Friend Yun, you've been away for a long time. Is your exploration going well?" Jiang Chun asked with a smile.

Lin Bai was just planning to use the ground fire to boil water and make tea, but when he heard this, he couldn't help feeling puzzled.

My going out this time was indeed not a secret to the Jiang family. After all, this cave belonged to him, and it was not difficult to estimate whether someone lived there or not.

But I haven't told anyone the purpose of this trip, so how do you know that I was going on an adventure rather than going out to whore myself for a month?
Lin Bai smiled and said, "I am just tired from refining the elixir, so I went out to travel and relax. Why did you say I went on an adventure?"

"That's not what I said." Jiang Chun smiled and pointed outside, "My little sister said that."

"She was released?" Lin Bai let down his guard. Jiang's ears were the most useful, and she had advised him not to believe Huang Ruhua's words.

But the fact is, she also said the same thing to Huang Ruhua, asking Huang Ruhua not to get too close to her.

He is truly a good person on both sides.

"It's too early for her to come out." Jiang Chun did not hide it. After all, Lin Bai knew the whole story. He said cheerfully, "The head of the family said that she must build her foundation and be reborn. She is not allowed to go out, so she has been locked in the small dark room. I went to ask her something a few days ago, and then I talked about you."

"I see." Lin Bai nodded, thinking back to the way the girl squeezed her legs together, and pretended to sigh, "I didn't expect that Daoist Xiao Jiang still misses me."

"That's not the case..." Jiang Chun smiled awkwardly and lowered his voice, "She asked because I mentioned you first."

I was just being sentimental! Lin Bai sighed and asked in confusion: "May I ask, Brother Jiang, why did you mention me?" Jiang Chun was a respectable man, rarely talked about others behind their backs, and was polite and humble. Lin Bai recalled the past. When Jiang Chun interacted with him in the past, he was always distant and close, and he had a very accurate grasp of the identities of the tenant and the host. Why did you mention me when you were chatting with your brother and sister?

Jiang Chun felt quite embarrassed. He closed the cave door, then came back to pay his respects and said, "I have something to ask of you, Taoist friend."

Lin Bai didn't answer. What can't this Jindan family do? Since they came to ask for help from a small Qi training shrimp, it must not be a glorious thing!

Seeing Lin Bai remained silent, Jiang Chun hesitated for a long time before he spoke: "To be honest, my family is in a difficult situation. Since we don't accept outsiders, we have to have more children." He sighed, "I am practicing Qigong, so my cultivation is a little slow, so naturally I need to have more children. I have a wife and seven ordinary concubines, so it's really tiring..."

"You want me to relieve your worries and share your burdens..." Lin Bai frowned. Why does everyone want to borrow my seed?

"That's right!" Jiang Chun laughed and took out a piece of paper and a wooden box. "This is the recipe for Tiger Wolf Pills. The spiritual materials are also ready. I would like to ask you to make some for me. Although my family has no shortage of alchemists, I am embarrassed to tell others about this. I have known you for a long time, so you don't need to worry about this."

"So this is what you're talking about? Leave it to me!" Lin Bai felt relieved and asked with a smile, "Did Daoist Xiao Jiang give you this recipe?"

Lin Bai laughed in his heart. As a brother, it was really embarrassing to ask his sister for the recipe of this kind of elixir! It seems that the family education of your Jiang family is not very good!

"Indeed, I asked my younger sister for it." Jiang Chun smiled awkwardly, not daring to look directly at Lin Bai. He lowered his head and said, "Daoyou, you also know my family's education, so I didn't dare to say that it was me. My younger sister is familiar with you, so I pretended to be in your name and said that you..."

"Me? Is that why you mentioned me? You mean... I'm weak, right? You mean I can't live without Tiger Wolf Pills?" Lin Bai held his forehead, feeling quite unhappy. He asked, "Then Daoist Xiao Jiang gave you the pill formula?"

"Yes, she rolled on the ground holding her belly for several times, and she was so dumb from laughing." Jiang Chun sighed and bowed solemnly, "Please forgive me, Taoist friend. I have no choice. Otherwise, how can I, as a brother of the same clan, mention such a thing to my younger sister? I can only use your excuse..."

This is the first time I've heard of someone being able to borrow this kind of reputation!

“You, you, you…” Lin Bai’s face turned pale with anger. He sighed faintly and said, “Brother Daoist, even if you say that I can’t make pills, it’s better than…” At this point, Lin Bai put on a face and said angrily, “I have the name of the Wheel of Revelation. I can have sex with twelve women every night without getting tired. You ruined my good reputation!”

Jiang Chun was quite skeptical when he heard this. He thought, "Your Taoist partner only comes once every two or three months. How dare you let her come every day? And you have sex with twelve women at night!"
"This is all my fault." Jiang Chun apologized sincerely, "Fellow Daoist, please speak up. I will do my best to make amends."

"Alas." Lin Bai sighed in a pretentious manner. He actually didn't care much about these reputations, but he couldn't suffer this loss in vain. After thinking for a while, he said, "I love to make pills the most. Can I go to the cave to see the source of the underground fire again in the future?"

"No problem." Jiang Chun agreed immediately.

Lin Bai clenched his fists and thought to himself that he was still too conservative. He should have said that he lived in a cave!
After the two of them talked it out, Jiang Chun stopped being reserved and said a lot of nice things.

After talking for a long time, Lin Bai opened the door of the cave and sent Jiang Chun away.

"By the way," Jiang Chun just stepped out and turned back, "My little sister asked me to bring you a message."

"Oh?" Lin Bai didn't want to listen, because it must be something bad.

"She said, take care of yourself," said Jiang Chun.

"I understand." Lin Bai nodded. He no longer bowed to Jiang Chun like he used to, after all, he was feeling his pulse. Seeing Jiang Chun was about to leave, he smiled and tried to stop him, "Brother Jiang, wait. I'll write a letter and it will be ready in a moment. Please pass it on to me to show my gratitude."

"It's a small matter, please come in, fellow Taoist." Jiang Chun had become polite again, but his aura was three points weaker.

Lin Bai took out his brush and ink, thought for a moment, and then started writing: A phoenix chick has just grown up in the South Mountain, its features are so clear that it is not as good as a painting. When she was young, she loved pears and chestnuts, but when she grew up, she had to live in a small dark room. (Note)
This is a mockery, saying that the Jiang family on the hill south of Xinyifang has a little phoenix, who is prettier than a painting. Let her do whatever she wants when she is young, and when she grows up, she will be locked up in a dark room for reflection.

After sealing the envelope, Lin Bai solemnly handed it to Jiang Chun and reminded him, "Little Daoist Jiang has done me a favor. Please be sure to hand it to her in person and tell me how she looked when she read the letter."

"Don't worry." Jiang Chun responded with a smile without thinking too much.

Send Jiang Chun away and close the cave door.

Lin Bai first sat cross-legged and calmed his mind before he took out the animal skin to look at it.

This animal skin is soft and tough, and I don't know what monster it was taken from.

The font on it is extremely small, it must have been engraved for a long time, and it has not faded at all. The name of the technique is Hunyuan Tempering Body Art.

There were only about 200 words in total. Lin Bai read it carefully several times and found it was all easy to understand and there was nothing confusing.

And it’s not difficult, it’s just troublesome.

This method of tempering requires one to be in the land of the five elements, absorb the five elements' spiritual energy, temper one's own flesh and blood, remove the five poisons and purify the body, in order to achieve the effect of tempering the body.

That's fine, but you have to temper your body in the order of the five elements. For example, first temper yourself in a place full of water, absorbing the water-attributed spiritual energy. Then, because water generates wood, you need to find a place with abundant wood-attributed spiritual energy to temper yourself, and you can't mess up the order.

Of course, you can also start with tempering the wood spiritual energy, but then you will need to temper your body with fire spiritual energy.

If you want to achieve something, it is not enough to temper your body with only one type of spiritual energy. You need to go through all five elements to be effective.

And the time spent tempering the body in these five elements of spiritual energy must be about the same, and it must be cycled in sequence. If one type of spiritual energy takes one year, the other type must also take one year. If it takes three years, the other type must also take three years.

It's cumbersome and troublesome, just a hassle.

But once you have achieved something, your body will be so strong that it will be very difficult for anyone in the same realm to hurt you. If you practice for a longer time, your body will be stronger than your own realm. Even your sea of ​​qi and sea of ​​consciousness, as well as your soul and state of mind, can change.

"No wonder Tie Huasheng said it was useless and Senior Zhu said it was cumbersome. So that's how it is."

"Why do I feel like this isn't something a human could have practiced?"

Lin Bai stroked the animal hide and felt that he could practice it just right.

The mist on the stone plate can absorb spiritual energy from the outside world, and has different colors according to its location. It can be easily controlled and separated.

For example, the Fire Cave Mansion here has abundant fire-attributed spiritual energy. However, there are rocks and minerals, trees and hot springs here and there, so among the abundant fire-attributed spiritual energy, there is also a little bit of metal, wood and water-attributed spiritual energy.

According to the Hunyuan Body Tempering Technique, the five elements of spiritual energy tempering the body all have the effect of tempering the flesh and blood. But there are slight differences. Fire can stabilize the soul; water can fill the sea of ​​qi; wood can condense one's own flesh and blood, and even if injured, it will recover very quickly; metal has the effect of stabilizing the sea of ​​consciousness; earth can calm the mind and not be easily disturbed by external things.

All five elements must be tempered once, and the time spent on them is equal, and then the five elements are unified into one, which is considered the essence of the body tempering of Hunyuan.

"I can indeed practice this method of body tempering, but it's too complicated and tedious! However, if I succeed, it will be enough to withstand the blows of the foundation-building technique for a while!"

"Then let's start from today... Never mind, let's talk about it later. Let me go talk to Sister Ning first. She must have been very worried when I was out."

Lin Bai was just about to make up his mind to practice hard, when he suddenly felt itchy in his heart. He couldn't wait to see Sister Ning's look afterwards, with lustful looks on her face but a very tough mouth.

Annotation: The altered poem by Wang Anshi was originally called "Presented to My Grandson".

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