The Wheel-Turning Master.

Chapter 131 Old friends meet
“Heaven and earth are the inns of all things; time is the passing guest of a hundred generations.”

When it was a little light, Lin Bai murmured something and opened the door to go out.

Being in an inn, although the safety was guaranteed, Lin Bai still did not dare to be careless and did not sleep a wink the whole night.

Especially when thinking about the Yuanying sword that happened at Qingzaofang in the past, Lin Bai was afraid that another Yuanying would come and destroy Longmenfang with one sword.

After walking a few steps, I saw several receptionists coming up, holding signs in their hands, and then knocking on the door according to the signs.

I saw a door opened, and then the receptionist went in and quickly led out a monkey.

This water monkey is a common name, the formal name is white-browed water ape.

The ape is light grey in color, with gray eyebrows and yellowish eyes. An adult ape is about eight feet tall. It usually lives by the lake and is good at swimming. It feeds on fish, aquatic plants, fruits and other things in the water. It is gentle and intelligent.

The informants quickly brought out a number of water monkeys, all wearing muzzles and with iron chains tied to their limbs.

These apes were clearly just ordinary wild beasts, they had not yet received spiritual energy, they only had a little spiritual energy, they could not be called monsters, at most they were stronger. At this moment, they were all weak, had no intention of resisting, and their eyes were filled with tears.

"I've been working so hard outside, and I finally had two days off! What you boasted about last night was nonsense, but in the end you only got those three or two hits!" A forty-year-old female Qigong practitioner stood at the door, her voice very loud, one hand on her waist, and with the other hand she pointed at the receptionist and scolded him, "I ordered a water monkey, but in the end I had to pay with three Tiger and Wolf Pills! That's fine, but even after taking the Tiger and Wolf Pills I'm still not as successful as you!" She spit all over the receptionist's face.

There were actually female cultivators drinking tea? Lin Bai was shocked.

The receptionist was holding a very weak water ape in his hand. He also had a helpless expression and said, "Sister Chi Lian, the water ape is indeed a little worse. How about I treat you tonight and let you spend the night with me?"

"Bah! Who are you? You still want to sleep with me? Do you really think that you are stronger than the water ape, so you are more capable? The two tremblings you made are worse than a dog!" The female cultivator looked at her with disdain, and then whispered, "I heard that you captured a jade donkey the other day..."

"Sister, that is a monster in the late stage of Qi training. Can you afford it?" The receptionist was also shocked.

Lin Bai's scalp tingled and he dared not listen anymore.

I have heard many people talk about Longmenfang in Xinyifang in the past, but nothing like what I have seen in the past two days.

These independent cultivators make their living on Mianlong Mountain. Once they enter the mountain, they need to concentrate at all times, have sharp eyes, quick hands, and a ruthless heart.

He has to guard against backstabs from his teammates and attacks from monsters. Over the years, his temperament has become more and more different from that of an ordinary person.

Even the hobbies are becoming more unique.

"Compared with the two, Xinyifang is truly a paradise on earth. When Sister Zhen recommended me to Qiaoshan, was she worried that I would not follow Pei Ning's dignified path, but would instead follow the crooked path of monsters?"

Lin Bai muttered to himself and came to the lobby on the first floor.

It was dawn now, and the cries of monsters could be heard from outside from time to time. There were a few casual cultivators sitting around, not talking to each other.

Meals are available here, but they need to be purchased separately and are not included in the room rate.

Lin Bai always asked about the local customs whenever he went to a place, so he went to the counter to ask about the food.

After chatting with the female cultivator for a few words, Lin Bai realized that the food here was not simple and was mostly the flesh and blood of monsters, which were game hunted from the Mianlong Mountain.

Monster bones can often be used to make tools, their blood can be used in talismans, and their fur is even more useful. However, monster meat is difficult to prepare, and because it contains spiritual energy, it is used as food.

Some are fishy, ​​some are tough, some are sticky, and some are delicious. It all depends on what kind of monster it is.

"What's the cheapest today?" Lin Bai has always been stingy.

"Water ape meat." The female cultivator smiled happily and said, "It has a little spiritual energy and is very chewy. It has ape penis, inner and outer kidneys. I was exhausted last night, so it's a good time to replenish myself this morning."

Ahuizotl was last night's tea, right? Drinking tea and then eating it? Absurd.

Lin Bai rubbed his head and missed the ginger fish soup more and more.

At this moment, Lin Bai felt as if someone was spying on him.

After chatting calmly with the female cultivator at the counter, Lin Bai casually glanced around. There were only seven or eight people sitting on the first floor, both men and women, none of whom had yet to establish their foundation. Most of them were dressed roughly, and some wore hats and veils.

There was no familiar figure, and no familiar aura.

However, there were still many people in the inn who had not gone out, and Lin Bai was not sure who was looking at him, but he did not detect any malicious intent, so he ignored it and just searched carefully.

"Give me two whips!" A rough voice came to the counter.

"My share will be taken from the water ape that served Sister Chi Lian last night!" someone else spoke anxiously.

It was the bearded man and the short monk whom I saw last night.

Lin Bai felt a growing headache, but he still smiled and said, "You two are here to buy whips?"

"I like this one!" The bearded man looked at Lin Bai and asked, "Do you want to buy it too?"

"I am gifted and do not need to be supplemented." Lin Bai shook his head and said calmly: "Donkeys and horses are not as good as me, let alone a mere ape."

The bearded man and the short monk looked at each other, both with disbelief in their eyes.

The female cultivator standing at the counter seemed quite interested and asked, "What's your name, fellow Taoist?"

"My name is Lin Zhuanlun." Lin Bai said frankly.

The female cultivator nodded meaningfully, then glanced down and said, "As the name suggests, can a person really turn the wheel?"

"The wheel is spinning like flying." Lin Bai smiled proudly. Seeing that the bearded man and the short monk were interested, he said to them, "This is a secret technique. It was taught to me by a sister from Jiuyin Mountain who saw that I have a good talent."

"Jiuyin Mountain? That's really possible." The short monk nodded and looked at Lin Bai carefully. "He has a neat appearance and is indeed a charming man."

Lin Bai smiled calmly, then left the counter, found a table and sat down, looking like a master. Of course, this high level was not the high level of cultivation, but the high ability on the couch.

Sure enough, the two men immediately surrounded him, looking itchy.

Finally got it hooked.

"My name is Shang Xiaoshui!" said the bearded man.

"My name is Yu Tiangao." The short monk spoke.

Short people prefer to be called Tiangao, and those with thick and wild beards prefer to be called feminine names.

"Nice to meet you." Lin Bai said with a smile.

After chatting for a while, Shang Xiaoshui and Yu Tiangao asked about the secret technique of the wheel, but Lin Bai kept evading the question.

Another quarter of an hour later, the dishes they ordered came up. They ate them up in gulps, and the smell of fishy food was overwhelming.

At this time, more and more people gathered on the first floor. Most of them were casual Qigong practitioners, and many of them were sinister. It was obvious that they were familiar with bloodshed.

Lin Bai chatted with Shang and Yu for a while and got to know their personalities. Shang Xiaoshui was rough and didn't think much, but Yu Tiangao didn't talk much, but when he did, he was very insightful and his brain was quite useful.

Anyone who has been in Longmenfang for more than ten years must have some abilities, and one must not just look at the appearance. Lin Bai did not dare to underestimate them.
After chatting for a while, Lin Bai couldn't wait any longer, so he told him a little about the secret technique of the wheel.

"You mean, we have to use the hot fire-lin stone sand to forge...forge that work?" Shang Xiaoshui's beard trembled, and his face was full of disbelief.

Lin Bai nodded.

"Really?" Yu Tiangao still didn't believe it.

"Three years is a small transformation, and five years is a big transformation." Lin Bai stretched out his hand and said, "I have made some progress. Fellow Daoist, please give it a try."

Yu Tiangao hesitated, but Shang Xiaoshui couldn't hold back and pointed out a small flame which fell into Lin Bai's palm.

The flames lasted for a long time, but Lin Bai didn't even burn the skin on his palms.

"It has been tempered with the fire unicorn stone sand, and it has its own special charm." Lin Bai smiled indifferently.

The remaining two finally believed it a little.

After chatting for a while, Lin Bai became more familiar with the two of them and listened to them talking about the wonders of various monsters.

Lin Bai didn't understand, but was greatly shocked. "I heard you two say last night that you were cheated. I wonder who Yun Zhonghe is? I'm a little cautious." Lin Bai asked casually.

Shang Xiaoshui, the bearded man, was a man of few thoughts and started to pull him immediately.

It turned out that the so-called Yun Zhonghe came to Longmenfang ten days ago, and then went to find someone to enter Mianlong Mountain.

There are many monsters in Mianlong Mountain. Going into the mountain means risking your life, so most people go in teams and few go alone.

Those who form a team are either acquaintances who have known each other for a long time, or have high-level cultivation to support them. Otherwise, no one dares to form a team at will.

Yun Zhonghe was a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old. She looked harmless, innocent, and always polite to everyone she met. She always had a silly smile. Judging from her behavior, she must be a disciple of a sect, and a well-behaved girl who had never been out of the house.

Naturally, no one dared to join this kind of person to form a team, fearing that they would be a burden. And because she was probably a disciple of a sect, and this place was not far from Qiaoshan and Yunxia Sect, no one dared to bully her openly.

"My brother and I took her into the mountains with good intentions, acting as guides and helping her kill two monsters. But when it came time to sort out the items, we were both knocked unconscious by some kind of aphrodisiac. After waking up, the storage ring was gone and all the monsters' spiritual materials were taken away! If my brother and I hadn't fought for a while and got some things, we wouldn't have been able to eat the ape's whip, let alone the ape's feces!" Shang Xiaoshui, the bearded man, sighed.

"We both thought she looked like a sect disciple, so we wanted to make friends with her, but we didn't expect..." Yu Tiangao sighed.

"This man is so vicious!" Lin Bai slammed the table in anger, "My two brothers, what does Yun Zhonghe look like? If I meet him when I go into the mountains this time, I will kill him immediately!"

The bearded Shang Xiaoshui described it for a long time but couldn't say a word. On the other hand, although Yu Tiangao spoke little, he always hit the point.

Lin Bai could be sure that Yun Zhonghe was indeed a pseudonym used by Jiang Yatou!

However, Lin Bai did not believe what Shang Yu and the others said at all. Although Jiang girl had a naughty temper, she was a member of the Jiang family, which had strict family rules, and had never made any mistakes in major matters.

Therefore, if the remaining two people are really helping others, and Jiang girl is out looking for opportunities, she might be so happy that she might even give them some extra spirit stones to thank them for their responsibility as guides.

But Jiang girl turned around and tricked them. With her cleverness, she must have seen that Shang Yu and the other two had ulterior motives, so she gave them a slight punishment.

As someone who had never traveled far, she actually cheated a long-time wandering cultivator. Miss Jiang is really capable.

"When will you two go into the mountains again? Why don't you come together then?" Lin Bai made the invitation, looking quite eager.

Since these two people could be cheated by Jiang Yatou, Lin Bai had a better impression of them because he could also cheat them. If they really had bad intentions, why not let them suffer again?

"Take a rest before going!" Shang Xiaoshui said with a smile.

Yu Tiangao said nothing, just nodded.

"Okay." Lin Bai nodded, "We'll go together then."

After a while, there were more and more wandering cultivators here. They gathered in groups of three or four, mostly chatting about the lower world, and few talked about what they had learned in the mountains.

There were even some bold monks who flirted openly in broad daylight.

However, there were also people who tried to gather intelligence from each other, but they would all find places specifically to talk in private.

Lin Bai is becoming more and more knowledgeable.

Another half an hour later, several neatly dressed Qigong practitioners came. They were the receptionists of the shops in Longmenfang.

"Quiet." Someone from the foundation-building stage spoke.

The lobby really became quiet, and then the Qigong customers from the shops came forward one by one, saying that they wanted to buy certain spiritual materials, certain monsters, and so on.

Most of them are relatively rare and precious items. I don’t ask to get them, but I want the casual cultivators who come into the mountain to keep them in mind.

This was done to spread the word, in order to prevent some independent cultivators from getting something and traveling thousands of miles to Xinyifang, or to Haishifang in the east.

Some shops that are dedicated to this have even made special picture albums to teach people how to identify spiritual materials or demon beasts, and explain their characteristics and where they like to live.

In less than two quarters of an hour, these shop assistants left in a hurry, as if they were just going through the motions.

"My fellow Taoists!" After the receptionist left, a forty-year-old female Qigong practitioner stood up and said angrily, "Who knows the traitor Yun Zhonghe?"

This is the Chi Lian sister who wanted to ride a donkey. She has an average appearance but a charming look between her eyebrows.

Lin Bai touched his chin and dared not say a word.

"I recognize her!" Shang Xiaoshui stood up and slammed the table, his beard trembling. "Sister Chi Lian, have you also been deceived by her?"

The female cultivator named Chi Lian snorted coldly, raised her hands and clenched them tightly.

"I just came back from the mountains yesterday, and I know that witch!" An old Taoist stood up and cursed. "I showed her the way with good intentions, but she... Haha, people are not as good as they used to be."

Lin Bai looked over. The old Taoist was clearly full of blood and energy. How could he have the nerve to say, "People's hearts are no longer the same as they used to be?"

"I also saw her in the mountains!" A young male cultivator said, "She stole my magic weapon and humiliated me!" The cultivator bowed to all four directions and asked, "Everyone, if anyone knows her whereabouts, please let me know."

This man was a Qigong practitioner, about 20 years old, with delicate features. The person sitting at the same table with him was a beautiful woman in her 30s, who was a foundation-building cultivator.

How bad has Jiang girl done? Using my name to do evil?

However, these people did not mention the specific incident, so it is likely that Jiang Yatou did not act without reason.

Lin Bai slammed the table in anger, "I will kill this monster!"

"Fellow Daoist, have you also been deceived?" asked the male cultivator who was practicing Qigong next to the beautiful woman.

"That's not the case." Lin Bai said truthfully, "But this person is so vicious. If I meet her in the mountains in the future, I'm afraid I will be deceived by her!" Lin Bai was very angry, "I, Lin, hate liars the most!"

When these words were spoken, no one resonated with them, but instead they were met with laughter and boos.

Lin Bai didn't say much either.

Many wandering cultivators talked for a long time, saying that if they met Yun Zhonghe after entering the mountain, they would not let her have an easy time.

The male Qigong practitioner next to the beautiful woman actually offered a reward, which showed that he was really generous.

After the commotion, all the wandering cultivators dispersed.

Lin Bai was still searching for someone who was observing him, wondering if it might be Jiang Yatou here too.
At this moment, a female cultivator wearing a bamboo hat walked out, came to Lin Bai, sneered, and said, "That Yun Zhonghe didn't bully you, why are you making such a fuss?"

With a hoarse voice and an ugly face, she threw out a bottle of Qi-nourishing Pills and said, "Take good care of your Qi! Don't get too angry."

After saying that, he walked straight out.

"Don't leave if you dare!" Lin Bai, holding the bottle of Qi-nourishing Pills in his hand, shouted angrily, and then followed.

"Brother Lin, that woman is obviously trying to lure you out!" Yu Tiangao said.

"That's right!" The bearded Shang Xiaoshui also spoke.

But even though the two of them reminded him, he didn't even move from his stool.

Lin Bai chased out of the inn and followed quickly.

"Sleeping water ape, eating water ape, fellow Taoist has made great progress now." The voice of the woman in the bamboo hat was still hoarse, but her tone was smiling.

"I haven't eaten yet." Lin Bai quickly explained, and then asked: "Why are you here?"

"Why can't I be here?" The woman continued to walk forward and said, "Shang Xiaoshui and Yu Tiangao are not good people. Their surname is Yu Shang, and you will be in trouble if you meet them. Don't get too close to them, and don't go out with them." She stopped, looked at Lin Bai, and said, "I have repaid the favor of the Qi-nourishing Pill in the past."

"You gave me spiritual stones in the past, and the matter of the Qi-nourishing Pill is long over." Lin Bai smiled, "There is no favor between you and me, only human feelings."

The woman was Huang Ruhua.

Huang Ruhua bit her lower lip and said, "You are the best at saying nice things and confusing people. Daoist Xiao Jiang is right."

"Do you know where she is?" Lin Bai asked curiously.

"She is catching a water ape for you, saying that she will give you many wives and concubines." Huang Ruhua smiled.

(End of this chapter)