The Wheel-Turning Master.

Chapter 120 Living towards death
"I prepared a table of food, but two tables of guests came. How do we eat this meal?"

Qu Ruyi wanted to cry but had no tears.

The man looked relaxed and indifferent, sitting crookedly, not caring about the corpse fluid sticking to his body, just looking at everyone with a smile.

He exudes the aura of a late foundation-building cultivator. Although he is thin, he seems to be sitting firmly on a throne.

"Old sister, you are so old, why don't you stay at home to enjoy your retirement and play with your grandchildren? Why do you come out to risk your life? You see, the life fire has invaded your body. Even if you recover from your wounds, you will live a few years less." The man looked at Zhu Jianshui.

Zhu Jianshui sat cross-legged, his old face pale, his silver hair mostly burnt away, and his clothes tattered.

"Are you Zhu Yuyan's relative? It must be uncomfortable with the Yin Fire entangled in your body?" The man spoke to Zhu Yushu again.

A faint flame mark was left between Zhu Yushu's eyebrows, and he showed pain from time to time, but he had a strong character and just endured it without making a sound, and his eyes were fierce.

After mocking the Zhu family's aunt and nephew, the man looked at Qu Ruyi again. He smiled, but the corpse water on his face solidified, making him look even more weird.

"Little girl, I guess you are quite favored in Yunxia Sect? You want to carry your elders on your back every time you go out."

His smile grew wider, and yellow liquid clung to his exposed yellow teeth. "You have used the secret treasure three times, and your Qi Sea has been drained dry. I'm afraid it has been damaged. Is it because you feel like being pricked by needles when you slightly activate your spiritual power? This is because your Qi Sea has been attacked. You will be fine after resting for a few more days."

Qu Ruyi sat slumped beside Lin Bai, holding a black jade cicada in his left hand and a green jade ruyi in his right hand. The former seemed to have no magical powers, while the latter had long lost its luster.

Then the man looked at Lin Bai, nodded slightly and said: "You are a good young man. If you were not always by the side of the earth fire and had a lot of understanding, you would have rarely understood the true meaning of the endless burning of the earth fire. It's a pity that Boss Liu's natal Fire Kirin is extremely domineering and has the meaning of fire destruction, which has suppressed you completely."

He smiled and said, "You know the meaning of fire, and now you are being poisoned by fire. How does it feel?"

"It's so wonderful that it's hard to describe."

Lin Bai felt a burning pain on his body, but he had a smile on his face. Although the red-haired foundation-building master was dead, the fire he left behind was still there.

However, because Lin Bai practiced the method of tempering his body, he had been with the earth fire in the past, and his muscles were already full of fire. Therefore, only the skin was burned, and it was all superficial injuries. The remaining fire on his body was slowly absorbed into his muscles, and Lin Bai's own sea of ​​qi was still full, and his combat power was only slightly reduced.

The reason he was injured by fire this time was because the opponent was at a high level and his power was too strong. It was not a crime of war.

The red-haired man had also used fire to build his foundation, so Lin Bai had no way to stop him. But the man in front of him was different, and he was ready to fight.

After hearing what Lin Bai said, the man leaned forward slightly, squinted his eyes and looked at him for a while, and said, "You must have practiced some method of tempering your body with fire." He shook his head, "The five elements restrain each other and promote each other. Those who focus on one thing can achieve great success, but they are also the easiest to be targeted and counterattacked. It is not a wise move."

"I will take your teachings as my remembrance..." Lin Bai was speaking with a smile when a hand suddenly poked his mouth.

"Open your mouth." Qu Ruyi pinched a pill and stuffed it into Lin Bai's mouth.

Qu Ruyi also swallowed a pill and gritted her teeth and said, "Are those two your friends?"

Lin Bai nodded.

Qu Ruyi threw the bottle of elixir to Zhu Jianshui again.

The pill bottle landed next to Zhu Jianshui. The man did not try to stop him. Instead, he smiled faintly and said, "Little girl, are you Qu Chengjia's junior?"

There was yellow and dirty water on his face, which looked extremely weird.

Qu Ruyi sat cross-legged without moving and did not respond at all.

"My name is Shen Xu. Senior Qu Chengjia is well versed in the principles of numerology and yin and yang. I admire him. Please give my regards to Senior Qu on my behalf." The man said with a smile.

Qu Ruyi just sneered.

"In fact, I can also learn the science of numerology. You can tell from the shape of the amber. It has lasted for a long time. I have seen the mountains and rivers change, and the sun and the moon change. Naturally, I can learn the science of yin and yang." The man who called himself Shen Xu sighed faintly, his tone helpless, "It's a pity that I was born as a casual cultivator. I am either running for my life or fighting for my life. The rest of my time is just trying to survive. Therefore, I have only learned the magical powers of saving and prolonging my life from the amber, and I don't understand the science of numerology at all."

"Senior, please don't generalize. If what you said is true, there are no good people among the independent cultivators in the world." Lin Bai spoke with a smile, holding the Fire Scale Sword in his hand.

"Yes, there are, but they are all driven badly."

Shen Xu pointed at the old and decayed body of the red-haired foundation-building master and said, "Boss Liu was a righteous man who was very kind to his friends, but he still died? In the end, he had a chance to escape, but he stayed. Why do you think so?" He sighed continuously, "He couldn't make pills, his great Dao was cut off, he had a strange temper, and he had a son and a daughter. The boy was a simpleton who could only make some pills, but he was kind-hearted. In the end, he was captured by the Qiaoshan Sect and I'm afraid he won't see the light of day again."

After hearing this, Lin Bai asked, "What are the names of Boss Liu's children?" He pretended to be chatting.

"One son and one daughter, both of them are named Yu." Shen Xu thought for a moment and said, "His son is called Dabao or something, and he makes a living as an alchemist in Xinyifang; the daughter seems to have a single name of Yue, and she is currently studying in Jiuyin Mountain."

He seemed to be in the mood to talk, and looked at Lin Bai and said, "Little Taoist friend, are you also making pills?"

Lin Bai did not answer, but asked: "Jiuyin Mountain is very big. You and Boss Liu happened to meet, how did you end up in such a situation?"

Hearing this, Shen Xu licked the dead water from the corner of his mouth and sneered, "A Yuanying fighting, are we ants worthy of being there? We are just involved. If we don't get out of it early, even if no one hurts us, the aftermath of the fight can also endanger our lives."

At this point, he sighed again and said, "I'm used to seeing life and death, so it's boring." He stretched out his thin arms and waved them, shaking his head as well, and then continued, "Although you are old, weak, and disabled, I have no intention of harming you."

He is a very compassionate person.

Shen Xu looked at Qu Ruyi and said, "Only one thing, Yuchan will be mine. You can take your lover and leave." He then looked at Zhu Jianshui and said, "It's not easy for your Zhu family. Teach the next generation well and there will be a time for revival."

"This man is not my lover." Qu Ruyi said unhappily, and even glared at Lin Bai after saying it.

Lin Bai pretended not to see it and thought to himself that I am not willing to be your lover!
"The Jade Cicada is useless to you." Shen Xu said earnestly, "Try it and see if it works."

It was indeed useless for Qu Ruyi to hold the jade cicada in her hand, as her spiritual consciousness could not connect with it.

"Jade cicada needs to be nurtured." Shen Xu showed a kind smile, but his face was covered with corpse fluid, which was really scary.

"No need to bother you to raise it." Qu Ruyi put the jade cicada into the storage ring.

Shen Xu looked regretful and lamenting, but he had no intention of forcing the fight. He thought for a moment and said, "I never take advantage of others. You name a price, and I'll trade with you."

Qu Ruyi said nothing.

"You have already got the chance to build your foundation, why do you still cling to this thing?" Shen Xu sighed. Although he felt distressed, he had no intention of taking action.

Qu Ruyi just shook her head and ignored him.

Lin Bai held the Fire Scale Sword, watching coldly, pondering this person's behavior: He exuded the aura of the late foundation building stage, overwhelming the whole field, why was he still speaking so kindly? Everyone on the field was injured, why didn't he just grab it? When did there appear to be casual cultivators who are kinder than me? When did there appear to be casual cultivators who love to chat more than me?

He closed his eyes and returned to the stone plate. The dark yellow color still covered the mist, but it was slightly thinner and was decreasing.

With a thought, a crack appeared. Suddenly, I felt something dangerous in my heart!

This feeling of danger was much shallower than when he faced Boss Liu just now.

"The only ones who can still fight on the field are me and Senior Zhu."

"I am a Qi training body. Although I have the Earth Fire Sword Intention, it is still difficult for me to defeat someone in the late stage of foundation building. Senior Zhu has not recovered from her injuries yet, has little experience in fighting, and is old. I am afraid that I can defeat her."

"Even if Senior Zhu and I join forces, we can only win at most 50-50. The other party is a casual cultivator with rich experience in killing, so why is he still chattering? Does he really act like a good guy?"

"The ferocity in his heart is not strong, and is even much weaker than when he was with Boss Liu. At that time, Boss Liu could indeed slaughter everyone, but he seemed to be obsessed with his heart, and only wanted to cut off Qu Ruyi's hope of building a foundation. From this point of view, Shen Xu is much weaker than Boss Liu!"

Lin Bai thought about it and opened his eyes.

"Senior Shen," Lin Bai stood up, ignoring the charred flesh on his body, and said with a smile, "Why haven't you taken action yet?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhu Jianshui opened her eyes and nodded at Lin Bai. She seemed to be waiting for him to take action.

"I have learned the secret method of escaping from the dead tree cicada, and I feel very happy." Shen Xu sighed and shook his head with emotion, "I don't want to commit any more killing karma. I just hope to complete the theory of elixir as soon as possible and try my best to form an elixir."

He is extremely sincere and truly compassionate.

Lin Bai didn't believe it at all, and became more and more convinced that he was also procrastinating!

"How did Zhu Yuyan die?" There was no trace of blood on Zhu Jianshui's old face, and there was a hint of red in his turbid eyes, as if the fire poison had not yet dissipated.

"That kid came to seek a chance to build his foundation, and I happened to meet him, so we went the same way." Shen Xu said sincerely, "It's just that he and I mistakenly entered the dead tree cicada within 50 meters. He was practicing Qi, and his decline was faster than mine. I saw that there was no hope of escaping, so I used his body to hide. I really had no intention of harming anyone."

Upon hearing this, the Zhu family's aunt and nephew just looked at each other without saying anything.

"Senior Shen," Lin Bai smiled and took two steps forward. The Fire Scale Sword in his hand turned from dark red to red. "Senior, you borrowed the body of another person, imitated the shape of amber, and avoided the dead wood magic to save your life. Now that the amber is gone, you have escaped, which is quite like a cicada escaping from its shell. I guess the reason why you want to get the Jade Cicada is similar?"

"Your opinion this time is correct." Shen Xu smiled and nodded, expressing approval.

Lin Bai's eyes were burning as he continued, "I heard that young cicadas always break out of the soil at night and then shed their bodies. Their bones and wings can only take shape when exposed to wind and sun. I wonder if your bones and wings are strong after you break the amber to gain freedom?"

Shen Xu's true intentions were exposed, the smile on his face disappeared, and his eyes turned into resentment.

Zhu Jianshui stood up, his eyes filled with hatred, "It is true that he is in the late stage of foundation building, but how much ability does he have left now?"

She no longer had any fear in her heart. She put her hands together, and a shadow of a cold pond appeared behind her. Her old face became more and more distorted, and she shouted, "Black water is surging!"

Zhu Yushu also made hand gestures, his brows were furious again, his face twisted, as if he was trying to endure the pain, "Get out!"

A thick branch grew out and went towards Shen Xu.

At the same time, the Huo Lin Sword rustled and turned red, carrying the endless burning power of earth fire, and forced towards Shen Xu's eyebrows.

Seeing this, Qu Ruyi took a deep breath, took out a talisman, panted, and put it back. "It's up to you!" She shouted weakly.

"Get up!" Shen Xu was still sitting upright. He slapped the ground with his two thin hands, and yellow sand instantly filled the sky.

The Fire Scale Sword carried the surging earth fire, stirring up the dust and sand, and rushed straight to his face.

A phantom of black water descended from the sky, pressing down the yellow sand and rushing straight towards Shen Xu.

"Sand gathers to form soil!" Shen Xu shouted in a deep voice, and saw the sand and gravel in front of him gathered into a mountain of soil. The Huolin Sword was completely submerged in it, and its power was finally worn out.

Then, regardless of the vines entangled around his body, he simply raised his hands toward the sky and slapped away the surging black water.

"Break!" The branches and vines on his body turned into dust. Shen Xu pushed his palm towards Zhu Yushu and then clenched his fist. "Retract!" He laughed wildly. "With Yin Fire invading your body, how much ability do you still have? Compared to Zhu Yuyan, you are far behind!"

After he finished speaking, Zhu Yushu was seen being wrapped in yellow sand, and soon turned into a sand pile that looked like a tomb.

The attack and defense just now lasted only a few breaths.

Neither Lin Bai nor Zhu Jianshui tried their best, and although Shen Xu was in charge of defense, he still had the upper hand.

But it has been tested and it is clear that the other party is indeed at the foundation-building stage, but his strength is far inferior to that of the red-haired man.

"Old sister Zhu, you are already so old, why are you becoming less capable?"

Shen Xu sneered, looking at the red-haired corpse on the ground, and said: "You restrained Boss Liu with your own life force, and succeeded in a sneak attack, but you still couldn't withstand his palm. You are really useless. You deserve the decline of your Zhu family!"

"I am an old woman who is about to die. It is useless to provoke me." Zhu Jianshui said coldly.

"Boss Liu, Boss Liu!" Shen Xu sighed, "You worked hard for Jiuyin Mountain, but you threw it away like a rag after you were done. Before you died, you were aged by the cicada on a dead tree, and your silly son died in Xinyifang, destined to live a life worse than death. I don't know what kind of magic method your good daughter learned in Jiuyin Mountain, and she gave you countless sons-in-law for nothing." His voice became more and more resentful, and his thin body trembled constantly, "Boss Liu, you came here just for me, but you got into trouble. What do you want your brothers to do?"

He stood up tremblingly, with curses in his eyes, and took out a khaki flag and stuck it into the ground.

A yellowish amber shadow flashed behind him, and a yellow jade seal appeared in his hand.

A strong wind suddenly blew in the cave, and the flag fluttered.

The yellow jade seal grew taller in the wind, almost as tall as him.

The dust started to rise again. Qu Ruyi was thrown to the ground several times, and then she took out a bead and stopped the wind and sand within two feet around her.

Lin Bai only felt that his spiritual power was running slowly, and even his mind was a little confused, "Senior Zhu! We need to fight quickly!"

"That's right!" Zhu Jianshui responded immediately.

"All of you die!" Shen Xu shouted at the top of his lungs, cursing in his voice.

Lin Bai was not panicked. He stood firmly against the wall of the cave. The power of earth fire rose, and then he rushed towards the jade seal with the force of thunder!

The man followed the sword, piercing through countless yellow sand and smoke. The red fire surged and hit the jade seal.

With a loud rumbling sound, the jade seal was shattered into pieces by the endless destruction of the earth fire.

The power of the Fire Scale Sword had disappeared without a trace. Lin Bai was also bleeding from the force of the counterattack.

Shen Xu didn't even look at Lin Bai, nor did he feel sorry for the jade seal. He made another hand gesture, and the sand swallowed up the dark flying sword that contained water. A strand of sand flew out and entangled Zhu Jianshui.

Then he dodged and the amber shadow reappeared behind him. He pointed his finger and a strange yellow light hit Zhu Jianshui right between the eyebrows.

Zhu Jianshui stepped back quickly, holding the alchemy furnace in front of him, and looked inside himself, but felt nothing unusual.

"What secret technique is this?" Zhu Jianshui asked with a frown.

"Old sister, have you ever fought with anyone? Are you a rookie?" Shen Xu kept vomiting blood, but there was a strange smile on his face.

"The jade seal is something you have nurtured. You are willing to deal with me first even if you are seriously injured. It shows that you are afraid of his flying sword!" Zhu Jianshui's face was distorted, and he even laughed, as if he didn't care about the secret technique in his body at all.

The red jade tree trapped in the sand was lifeless, but many branches and leaves grew out of the sand, as if they were about to break out of the soil.

Lin Bai stood in front of Qu Ruyi holding the Huo Lin Sword.

Zhu Jianshui had a bent back, messy white hair, and his cloudy eyes were filled with resentment.

Shen Xu wiped the blood and corpse fluid from his mouth and laughed, "Old sister, you haven't recovered from your injuries yet, but that young man doesn't look injured. Why are you so miserable?"

Lin Bai understood Shen Xu's tactic, which was to divide and conquer, first dealing with the weakest Zhu Yushu, then Zhu Jianshui, and finally himself.

Without thinking any more, the Fire Scale Sword chirped continuously, bringing up the power of earth fire, rolling up the yellow sand, and rushing towards Shen Xu.

Shen Xu jumped up and flew towards Zhu Jianshui, ignoring the Huo Lin Sword behind him.

Zhu Jianshui placed the alchemy furnace horizontally in front of him, wanting to fight back, but he suddenly felt his body become heavy, his limbs could hardly move, and his mind became chaotic, as if he was stuck in a quagmire from the inside out.

He pushed out a palm in confusion, and received Shen Xu's attack, and was immediately knocked against the wall of the cave.

At this moment, Shen Xu used his backhand to attract the yellow sand to block the Huo Lin Sword behind him. However, the Huo Lin Sword was so powerful that it immediately broke through the yellow sand and cut off Shen Xu's arm at the shoulder. The wound was charred black, and flames ignited again, as if they were going to penetrate the flesh and blood and into the muscles and internal organs.

"I have inspired you to use the magic of amber. You are meant to be amber!"

Shen Xu put out the flame on his broken arm with one hand, "I still overestimated you. You old thing is vulnerable, you have never been far away, right?" He gritted his teeth, as if enduring the pain, spitting out blood, looking at Lin Bai, and said viciously: "If it weren't for Fang Tuo Amber, how could you hurt me?"

Lin Bai held down the Huo Lin Sword and looked at Zhu Jianshui.

Zhu Jianshui seemed to be stuck in a quagmire, his old face was covered with a yellowish substance like pine resin, which penetrated from all his orifices.

She sat cross-legged on the ground, her whole body trembling. The alchemy furnace and the dark sword were already thrown on the ground.

"Senior Zhu?" Lin Bai called out.

Zhu Jianshui seemed to hear it and made a gurgling sound in his mouth, but he was unable to respond.

"Amber's magic can help me hide and seek refuge, and it can also trap people and lock things. Although my magical power is small, I am good at fighting."

The short Shen Xu gasped for breath, forcing a smile, "Wait until I kill you, you--" He looked at Qu Ruyi again, licked the blood and corpse fluid from the corner of his mouth, with a greedy look on his face, "This girl's body is another piece of amber, but it is not for hiding, but for nourishing oneself!" He was very proud, "My innate magical power is so amazing!"

Lin Bai didn't waste any words and used the Fire Scale Sword again.

He didn't dare get too close and could only control it with his spiritual sense.

"Block!" Shen Xu took out a copper lock and threw it out, then he made a gesture with one hand and pointed at the copper lock.

With a loud bang, the copper lock broke, and Shen Xu was affected by the aftermath and fell backwards several times.

Kneeling on the ground, Shen Xu gasped for air, blood gushing out continuously. The broken arm was on fire again, but he was too lazy to care about it. He just gritted his yellow teeth and trembled continuously.

"How many times can you use your sword?" Shen Xu's voice trembled.

"Until you die." Lin Bai also gasped. Every time he drew his sword, he would consume a lot of spiritual energy and need to control it with his consciousness. At this time, he felt a dull pain in his sea of ​​qi and sea of ​​consciousness.

"you……"

Shen Xu saw that the Fire Scale Sword in Lin Bai's hand turned red again. He bit his teeth and took out a piece of ancient green animal skin with his one arm.

"It's a talisman!" Qu Ruyi exclaimed in horror.

"You are just practicing Qi, but you can die under the power of Fu Bao. Your life is not in vain!" Shen Xu cursed with great resentment, as if he felt sorry for Fu Bao, and shouted angrily: "Get it!"

The animal skin was moved, and Shen Xu's already pale face was suddenly covered with wrinkles, making him look even older, and blood gushed out from his broken arm again.

Then a huge green bull shadow appeared, with red horns, running towards Lin Bai.

"Sure enough, there is a backup plan!" Lin Bai took out the talisman that Sister Zhen gave him.

After it was activated, the spiritual power in the sea of ​​qi was almost drained.

An extremely ancient bronze bell appeared, protecting Lin Bai and Qu Ruyi inside.

Boom! The blue bull hit the bronze bell and then dissipated, and the bronze bell also slowly disappeared.

Shen Xu half-knelt on the ground, covering his broken arm with one hand, staring at Lin Bai in amazement.

"You...you, you," Shen Xu's eyes were filled with disbelief, "It is so difficult for us casual cultivators to obtain a talisman, but you, you treat it like eating and drinking water?"

"Oh, who has it easy? I, I knelt for a long time to beg for it."

Lin Bai was stationed with the Fire Scale Sword, his body was torn and charred, and he was gasping for breath.

"Hello." Lin Bai spoke.

"What's wrong?" Qu Ruyi frowned. She half-knelt on the ground and grabbed the hem of Lin Bai's clothes. "Just tell me directly. No need to call me."

"Hey Dan." Lin Bai had a headache.

"Oh oh oh." Qu Ruyi quickly pinched a handful of pills and stuffed them all into Lin Bai's mouth.

Seeing this, Shen Xu stood up tremblingly and took out a khaki flying sword.

"If you die, then die." Shen Xu's face was covered in blood and mud, and his features were barely recognizable. "Draw your sword!"

As he spoke, the earth-yellow flying sword suddenly flew out, stirring up the yellow sand.

The Fire Scale Sword left his hand, bright red and dazzling, like the earth's fire, with great momentum.

When the two swords collided, the earth-yellow flying sword immediately collapsed and exploded.

But at this moment, a small yellow sword appeared from the shattered flying sword.

The small sword was extremely fast, like a stream of light. Seeing that there was no chance for Lin Bai to dodge, and unable to immediately prepare himself, he turned his arm to block.

At this time, the power of the Fire Scale Sword was slowed down, the fire power was greatly reduced, and it also slowed down a lot.

Shen Xu's flying sword was broken, and his chest felt like it was hit hard, spurting out a large mouthful of blood. He was too weak to block it and could only gather the sand in front of him.

The Fire Scale Sword broke through the yellow sand in the blink of an eye and passed through his abdomen, leaving his internal organs, flesh and blood charred and burning with flames.

The yellow sword also pierced Lin Bai's arm and shoulder, leaving a yellow mass on the wound, like resin.

Then, tiny flames were seen coming out of the wound, but they could not stop the yellow resin from invading the skin.

"Amber hides its shape." Shen Xu pressed the wound on his abdomen, but couldn't put out the flame. He was not in a hurry, just staring at Lin Bai and laughing.

Lin Bai knelt on one knee, supported himself with the Huo Lin Sword, and looked at Shen Xu with burning eyes.

The two men used their ultimate moves one after another. At this point, neither of them had the strength to fight anymore.

The Qi sea was empty long ago, the body was incomplete, and all the secret techniques and treasures were used up.

Shen Xu was more seriously injured, and the earth fire penetrated into his skin, burning him endlessly. Lin Bai was less seriously injured, but his skin was also penetrated by the opponent's amber secret technique.

The two exhausted men looked at each other.

After twenty breaths, Shen Xu stood up tremblingly. He pressed the flame on the hole in his abdomen with one hand, and a ferocious smile appeared on his face.

"How is it?" He took out a black pill and swallowed it. "Is your brain in chaos, your qi sea empty, your consciousness unable to extend, and your internal organs seem to have disappeared? You should also be amber."

He laughed and stared at the wounds on Lin Bai's arms and shoulders. The two wounds were burning, but the yellow thing was desperately drilling into the flesh.

Qu Ruyi took the pill and stuffed it into Lin Bai's mouth, but Lin Bai closed his mouth and forced himself to stand up.

"You..." Qu Ruyi didn't know what he meant.

Lin Bai held the Fire Scale Sword in one hand and staggered forward towards Shen Xu.

"Impossible! You have been hit by my amber magic and will turn into amber in no time!" Shen Xu pondered for a moment, then stepped forward with a sneer on his face.

"Our natal charts are incompatible. I practice fire magic and understand the meaning of fire. How can you hurt me?" Lin Bai sneered and continued to move forward tremblingly.

"You're just holding on!" Shen Xu covered his wound on his abdomen with a mocking look on his face, "How long can you hold on?"

He saw Lin Bai still trembling forward, and when he was thirty steps away, he finally showed hesitation.

Shen Xu stared at Lin Bai's wound for a while, and actually stepped back.

"Your spiritual power has long been exhausted, how can you still hurt me with your sword?" Shen Xu sneered, but he gritted his teeth and endured the pain, leaning against the cave wall honestly and coming to a cave entrance.

"Do you dare let me get within twenty steps?" Lin Bai said.

Shen Xu sneered and was about to speak again when he saw the Fire Scale Sword turn from dark red to bright red.

He didn't dare to stay any longer and immediately went into the cave and disappeared into the darkness.

"Hahahaha!"

Lin Bai laughed loudly, "You coward! I'll spare your life this time, but if I see you again, I'll kill you!"

He spoke loudly, bent down with the Fire Scale Sword in place, and looked at the Zhu aunt and nephew.

Zhu Jianshui seemed to have blocked the Amber Secret Technique, but he was still sitting cross-legged with a sallow face.

The red jade tree was still buried under the sand, but many roots had grown out of it.

Looking at Qu Ruyi again, she was kneeling on the ground with a blank look in her eyes.

After counting silently for twenty breaths, Lin Bai collapsed to the ground.

"What's going on?" Qu Ruyi crawled to Lin Bai and took out the pill.

"Hurry up! Find a safe place to stay. His pine resin poison can no longer be suppressed!" Lin Bai's face was extremely pale, and the two wounds were covered with earthy yellow pine resin. "I tricked him into taking him away. He can't stay here for long."

"Okay!" Qu Ruyi didn't dare to stay any longer. She helped Lin Bai up and asked, "Where are your two friends?"

"When disaster strikes, everyone runs away. Why bother with them?" Lin Bai said angrily.

“Lin Zhuanlun…” Qu Ruyi was stunned. “If it weren’t for the two of them, we would have died long ago. You…you are too heartless, aren’t you?”

"Qu Ruyi!" Lin Bai gritted his teeth and spoke fiercely, "Life and death are determined by fate! It's up to God! How can you accomplish anything with your womanly kindness?"

Qu Ruyi bit her lower lip, as if she didn't know Lin Bai. Disgust appeared on her face. "If it weren't for Xiu Xiu's kindness, I... I wouldn't care about you!"

"Let's go quickly! When Shen Xu comes to his senses, you and I will both die!" Lin Bai begged.

"Shut up! You're afraid of death! Pei Ning is really blind!" Qu Ruyi was extremely disgusted and slapped Lin Bai on the back of the neck, knocking him unconscious.

This palm seemed to have taken quite some effort. Qu Ruyi swallowed a few pills, took a break, took out the pill bottle, threw it to Zhu Jianshui, and said, "Senior, it's not that I don't want to save you, but I can't. This pill can remove the poison, I'll put it in front of you. Please take care!"

"Go ahead." Zhu Jianshui was able to speak, but his voice was very weak. "Take a message to my Zhu family tomorrow and tell them not to come again."

"Yes!" Qu Ruyi agreed and looked at the sand pile with leaves on it.

After hesitating for a while, Qu Ruyi stood up and kicked Lin Bai, then helped him up and walked back to the cave they came from.

However, her Qi Sea was overdrawn and empty, and she couldn't take in any spiritual energy. She was also running out of energy, so she put Lin Bai's arm on her shoulders, tremblingly took a few steps forward, and stumbled to the ground again.

"Pah, pah, pah." Qu Ruyi had a mouthful of mud. She wiped it on her lips and sighed.

After resting for a while, Qu Ruyi helped Lin Bai up again.

I wasted time like this, but still haven't entered the cave.

"I haven't established my foundation yet..." Qu Ruyi said in a very depressed tone, "Nine combined into one, living towards death. Everything has been fulfilled, but I still haven't established my foundation..."

As soon as she finished saying these discouraging words, she heard a chirping sound behind her.

He quickly turned around to look, and saw a small yellow sword flying towards him. Its force was very weak, like that of the most mediocre Qigong sword practitioner.

But I didn't see anyone.

"Shen Xu?" Qu Ruyi no longer cared about Lin Bai and immediately pushed him away. He made some gestures with one hand and pointed out, but he could not stop the flying sword.

Puff! The sword hit the abdomen. Yellow resin like corpse water spread out and penetrated into Qu Ruyi's skin.

"You dare to trick me with your mere Qi training? You are just being self-defeating." Shen Xu walked out of a dark cave. He still had one arm, and the wound on his abdomen was charred black, but his face was a bit bloody and proud. "I am a casual cultivator, how could you easily trick me? That's why I didn't go far and waited for half a quarter of an hour."

As he spoke, he took a step forward, flipped his hand, and grabbed a small yellow sword.

The small sword suddenly appeared and went towards Lin Bai, but it lacked much momentum and power than before.

Qu Ruyi collapsed to her knees, covering her wound, not looking at Lin Bai on the ground, nor at Shen Xu, but looking up at the top of the cave. "No wonder the ancestor likes him." She thought of Song Qing, the man who had not lost his determination to climb the avenue before his death.

At this moment, Qu Ruyi suddenly felt a fire beside her, and then she heard a roar. The Huo Lin Sword, carrying the endless burning power of the earth fire, crushed the small sword into dust with unmatched force.

The sword's momentum continued, like a stream of fire, moving towards Shen Xu.

"Are you cheating me again?" Shen Xu was extremely shocked and turned away.

However, the Fire Scale Sword was so powerful and swift that it pierced through Shen Xu's back in an instant.

Shen Xu suddenly stopped and was about to look back, when he heard the sound of galloping horses and was actually knocked to the ground.

Lin Bai pressed his upper body on Shen Xu's back and waved to catch the Huolin Sword.

There were bloodstains on the sword, and suddenly a fire started again, burning the blood into mist.

The blood is sizzling and the smell is fishy.

"You can't recover so quickly..." Shen Xu lay on the ground, muttering.

Lin Bai didn't hesitate at all. He put one hand on his neck and held the sword with the other.

The sword moved forward diagonally, entering slowly from the spine behind him.

The cave was extremely quiet, with only the occasional cracking sound of bones.

"If you hadn't left earlier, I would have died long ago." Lin Bai didn't wait for him to reply. He exerted force with his hand, and the Fire Scale Sword flew out of Shen Xu's mouth.

Thanks to the big guy [Zhizhixiaogeng] for the reward. Thank you very much!

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(End of this chapter)