The Wheel-Turning Master.

Chapter 153: Escape
The valley was more than ten feet wide, but the banks were a hundred feet high. The forest was thick with trees, birds and insects chirping, and it looked quite eerie.

Looking into the valley, one can see the huge rock lying across the valley. It is covered with moss and vines, and no longer has the magnificent scene that Tie Huasheng brought about the catastrophe.

"Wait here for a moment, I'll go check it out first." Lin Bai said.

"How can I let you take the risk alone?" Yang Huan grabbed Lin Bai's sleeve.

"There is a pangolin here, it's very ferocious." Lin Bai said with a righteous look on his face, "If something goes wrong with you, how should I deal with it?"

"But what if something happens to you?" Yang Huan asked.

"You and I are good friends. I've been here before, so I should make some progress for you." Lin Bai waved his hand and sighed, "If I really do... you can go back by yourself. I just hope that every time you drink, you can still remember a drinking buddy named Yun Zhonghe."

"You..." Yang Huan was stunned and hurriedly grabbed Lin Bai's sleeve.

"What's wrong with taking risks for a friend? Just wait for my news." Lin Bai pried Yang Huan's hands apart and stepped into the valley resolutely.

Yang Huan stared blankly at Lin Bai's back, thinking that this guy was so nice.

Lin Bai walked around twice and came to Tie Huasheng's old residence. He moved away the rocks and went inside to investigate.

The cave was no longer clean as it used to be. The ground was very damp and bugs were crawling everywhere.

Lin Bai searched around but didn't see any trace of Huang Ruhua. She had indeed gone far away, and no one knew where she was.

After leaving the cave and sealing it, Lin Bai went to look for Yang Huan.

"You're back." Yang Huan was very worried.

Lin Bai nodded and led her into the valley.

After passing Tie Huasheng’s former residence and going a few miles forward, you will see a small fork in the valley on the left, which is barely wide enough for one person to pass.

According to Huang Ruhua, there is a sacred place as big as a basin at the fork in the road, called Huaguolin, where a group of clever monkeys gathered. Monkey wine came from here.

"You swear on your life that what the two of us did, what we saw and heard this time will not be told to anyone else." Lin Bai said.

A shadowy gourd appeared behind Yang Huan, and he said, "I, Yang Huanhuan, swear here that I will never say anything more. If you smash the pot after eating, I will never drink alcohol for the rest of my life!"

This oath was not cruel, but to Yang Huan, it was already a poisonous oath.

After entering the small fork road and walking for several hundred feet, I could hear the birds singing and the flowers blooming. After walking a few more feet, the view suddenly opened up.

There was a dense forest ahead, with trees hundreds of feet high, connected by vines, birds dancing and butterflies flying, and many flowers and fruit trees. From time to time, monkeys could be seen shuttling between them, picking magical fruits.

There are about several hundred monkeys here, most of them are wild beasts that have not yet introduced Qi into their bodies. There are only a dozen or so monkeys who are practicing Qi, and the leader is in the late stage of Qi practice.

The two men explored one after the other, startling many flying birds and monkeys. Many monkeys threw stones at Lin Yang and the others, while many monkeys pretended not to see anything and just mated.

"I heard from Yang Shu that you have slept with a monkey." Yang Huan smiled as he watched the monkeys mating, then looked at Lin Bai.

"He even told you this?" Lin Bai smiled, "He was guarding the door for me at the time."

“Hehehe,” Yang Huanle laughed. She patted Lin Bai’s shoulder and said, “Let me guard the door for you next time.”

The two chatted for a while, and seeing that there was no danger, they found a place where wine was made.

The so-called monkey wine is made by monkeys picking fruits and hiding them in tree holes, which are then sealed to store food. The fruits ferment into wine in the holes, so it is called monkey wine.

The four seasons here are like spring, and magical fruits grow all the time. The monkeys have no shortage of food. Ordinary monkeys don't drink alcohol, only a few monkeys who practice qigong come to drink.

There were dozens of tree holes for storing wine. Yang Huan's eyes lit up. She stretched out her hand to get the wine and put it all into her big gourd.

Lin Bai was on guard for her, and seeing that she seemed to be trying to drain the pond to catch all the fish, he quickly grabbed some as well.

The wine gourd that Gao Yuanyuan gave as a gift in the past was indeed a good thing. It could hold hundreds of kilograms of wine. Lin Bai filled it up in one gulp.

When they finished, Lin Bai saw that she could not hold it in any longer, so he patted her arm and said seriously, "I told you when we came here that you are not allowed to drink alcohol in the mountains!"

"If you don't want to drink, then don't drink." Yang Huan held the gourd and muttered again. "You can only sleep with the monkey, but I can't drink the monkey wine."

"Now that we're done here, you can go back alone if you know the way home." Lin Bai drove him away, "I need to go look for Gu Feixue's whereabouts."

In fact, Lin Bai wanted to stay in Tie Huasheng’s old residence for half a month, just to deal with the errands for the Gu family.

"Aren't you going with me? You're an alchemist and you can't fight, so why bother risking your life?" Yang Huan asked curiously.

"Since I promised Yang Shu and Gu Fang to go look for Gu Feixue, how can I go back on my word?" Lin Bai looked up at the sky with his hands behind his back and said sternly, "I won't change my promise even for 100,000 high-grade spirit stones. Even if the road ahead is difficult and full of dangers, what do I have to fear?"

"Then I'll stay too! Since you can accompany me to get the wine, how can I let you fight alone?" Yang Huan nodded seriously.

"..." Seeing that he was pretending too much, Lin Bai quickly said, "I told you when I came here that you must follow my orders! Why don't you listen to me now?"

Yang Huan held it in for a long time and could only nod.

After sending the drunkard out of the valley, Lin Bai repeatedly reminded him not to drink on the way back, and Yang Huan responded perfunctorily.

Seeing her gradually walking away, Lin Bai entered the valley again and explored forward for a few miles. When he found there was no danger, he returned to Tie Huasheng's old residence.

Lin Bai had no intention of practicing. Thinking about Tie Huasheng's matter, he couldn't help but recall the past.

Now Sister Pei is doing well and her cultivation is going smoothly. As for Xiuxiu...

Lin Bai looked inside and saw that there was only a thin moon-white thread outside the fog in the past, but now it had become a series of rings connected to each other and formed a whole climate.

"Xiu Xiu's progress is faster than Sister Pei's, and she seems to be quite talented in the field of yin and yang."

Lin Bai thought that after returning, he would have a good chat with Qu Ruyi and find a chance to meet Xiuxiu.

I still miss her.

In the blink of an eye, half a month passed and his cultivation improved again.

Indifferent to seeking good fortune and avoiding danger, Lin Bai left the cave.

He looked around first and then walked out of the valley.

Not long after they walked, three people came towards them.

There were two women and one man. The woman in the middle was about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, with long hair and a light green shirt. She had a calm face and was extremely beautiful, not inferior to Sister Pei.

On her left is a middle-aged woman wearing the standard Taoist robe of Qiaoshan Sect; on her right is a male cultivator in his mid-twenties, handsome in appearance, wearing the Taoist robe of Tianchi Sect.

What a narrow road the enemies meet. Lin Bai nodded as a greeting.

"Fellow Daoist, did you gain anything here?" the middle-aged female cultivator asked with a smile.

"I didn't get anything." Lin Bai smiled and patted the gourd on his waist, saying, "I just happened to get some monkey wine."

"Are you a casual cultivator?" asked the middle-aged woman.

"That's right." Lin Bai smiled.

"What kind of monsters are there in the valley?" the middle-aged female cultivator asked again.

"Seven miles ahead, there is a forest where a foundation-building leopard lives." Lin Bai said.

The middle-aged female cultivator from the Qiaoshan Sect looked at the beautiful woman in the middle, who nodded slightly.

"Please." The middle-aged female cultivator smiled and nodded, stretched out her hand and made way.

Lin Bai bowed and saluted.

At this moment, the male cultivator from the Tianchi Sect approached the beautiful female cultivator, whispered a few words, and then smiled strangely at Lin Bai.

"Are you Yun Zhonghe?" The beautiful female cultivator said in a very calm voice with a faint smile on her face. Am I so famous? Lin Bai bowed and said, "I am Yun Zhonghe. May I ask your name, Taoist friend?"

"Since you are here to look for Gu Feixue, you should know my name." The woman said calmly, "I am Yue Xixia."

This is the first of the three disciples taught directly by the head of Qiaoshan Sect, and is also a relative of Yue Fengshu.

"I've heard of your great name for a long time." Lin Bai knew that another fight was about to begin.

"My junior brother Wang Ping fell in love with Pei Ning, but she didn't know what was good for her." Yue Xixia said calmly, "If you hadn't come to Mianlong Mountain, my junior brother wouldn't have had to come here."

"I also have a crush on Senior Sister Yue. I wonder if Senior Sister would be so kind as to spend the night with me?" Lin Bai said with a smile.

"How dare you!" The young male cultivator was furious. He flew up, and with a long sword that created ripples on the water, he came towards Lin Bai.

Lin Bai's second-order Fire Scale Sword also flew out, bringing with it a roar of fire and a sense of annihilation.

The man followed the sword. Seeing Lin Bai being so bold, the male cultivator did not stop at all, "So you practice swordsmanship!"

Before he finished speaking, the two swords collided with a loud bang. The male cultivator suddenly felt a chill in his heart and tried to retreat hurriedly, but he saw a flying knife coming towards him, which was more than twice as powerful as the flying sword.

He took out a stone mountain spirit weapon to block it, but saw Lin Bai leave him and go straight to the two women behind him. But just a moment of distraction, a red flying knife came out of his stomach.

"Sister, be careful, this guy is hiding his abilities!" Yue Xixia took out a piece of red silk and waved her sleeves to sprinkle out a thin cloud of red silk.

"Kill him!" A golden-armored shadow appeared behind the middle-aged female cultivator, and a shadow in the mist appeared behind Lin Bai. Faintly, there seemed to be a jade or stone millstone slowly turning.

For a moment, the valley was silent, with the sound of cicadas chirping faintly. Yue Xixia was horrified, and waved her red silk, but the person disappeared. The middle-aged female cultivator pushed out a palm, but there was no sound, and her eyes were blank.

Lin Bai landed beside the middle-aged female cultivator and looked back.

I saw the male cultivator from the Tianchi sect kneeling on the ground, with a hole in his stomach that was still emitting fire.

And right next to the male cultivator, Yue Xixia stood with a frown on her face.

The flying knife fell into his hand, Lin Bai took a step back and cut the throat of the middle-aged female cultivator.

The middle-aged female cultivator did not resist at all. Wrinkles rose and fell on her face, her hair gradually turned white, and blood gushed out of her throat. She just knelt on the ground, one hand on her neck, the other hand reaching out to Yue Xixia, making a gurgling sound in her mouth, as if asking for help.

"The secret method of dead tree Zen?" Yue Xixia held the red silk in her hand and turned her head to look at a strand of snow-white hair. She was no longer indifferent.

"The magical power of escape?" Lin Bai was also alert.

"This kind of magical power is not something that can be used in the initial stage of foundation building. How many times can you use it?" Yue Xixia sneered.

"You are so scared, how many times can you use your magical power of escape?" Lin Bai saw through her guilty conscience.

"Get up!" Yue Xixia waved the red silk, and clouds filled the air.

"Get out!" The thick fog dissipated and soon covered the place.

Yue Xixia took a step forward and disappeared again.

Lin Bai was on guard and cautious, when he suddenly felt something in his heart. Without hesitation, he threw the talisman behind him.

With a loud rumbling sound, the two talismans met each other, bursting out with an extremely dazzling green color, showing vitality.

Neither of them held back and showed their cards right from the start.

"How come you have my master's talisman?" Yue Xixia showed up, looking shocked, "Did you kill Wang Ping?"

"Now Wang Ping has turned into ashes." Lin Bai's face turned pale, but he was still laughing.

“Traitor!” Yue Xixia continued to step forward, her body froze for a moment, “You…” She stepped back repeatedly, “What kind of magical power does this mist have? It can actually block spiritual consciousness!”

She immediately waved the red silk, and a strong wind suddenly arose, breaking the fog, but soon the fog surged up again, seemingly endless.

"But your escape method can't be used? Your escape method requires the help of the glow of the sunset, so that you can jump and escape in the glow of the sunset. But now you are in the mist in my sleeves. Can't you sense the glow of the sunset?" Lin Bai smiled.

This Yue Xixia's escape method is far inferior to that of Sister Zhen.

Yue Xixia looked at the three flying knives hanging beside Lin Bai, she held the red silk in her hand and remained silent. This time her ability to escape was restrained, and the talisman had been used, so she couldn't escape from the sword cultivator.

"Sister, you are weak and I am strong. If you have any tricks up your sleeve, feel free to use them." Lin Bai walked towards her. "In fact, I fell in love with you when we first met. As long as you let me have a kiss, I will never kill you."

"You..." Yue Xixia staggered back, "Are you serious?"

"All I want is beauty." Lin Bai smiled.

Yue Xixia was silent for a moment, her face full of grievance, and she gritted her teeth and said, "You need to swear an oath."

This is the weakness of children from wealthy families.

After hearing what she said, Lin Bai knew that she must have no backup plan and had lost the will to resist.

"What oath do you want to hear, Senior Sister?" Lin Bai walked forward and stopped ten steps away. Without further ado, he threw out three flying knives.

"You are not trustworthy!" Yue Xixia held up the red silk, and suddenly she felt a heat on her back. A flying knife came out from her abdomen, and the wound was charred and smoking.

Lin Bai's hands did not stop, and Yue Xixia's belly became more angry. "You are really used to the good life. You think everyone has to give in to you! You have the intention to harm me first, how dare I sleep with you? Miaomiao is not so naive!"

Seeing that she and Wang Ping had reached the same destination through different paths and were the same tomb-sisters and disciples, Lin Bai waved his hand and dispersed the mist.

Looking back into the depths of the valley, Lin Bai's face turned dark and he hurried away.

A figure appeared in front, running non-stop, his figure swaying, leaving behind a strong smell of alcohol.

"Yang Huan! If you run away again, don't blame me for not acknowledging our past friendship!" Lin Bai said.

Yang Huan hesitated for a moment, stopped, and knelt down, "I didn't see anything!"

She closed her eyes, smelled strongly of alcohol, and was trembling.

Obviously, she saw it, at least knew what happened, and was well aware of her and Lin Bai's strengths.

"Didn't you leave? Why are you here?" Lin Bai asked.

Yang Huan knelt on the ground, eyes closed, with a large gourd hanging from her waist. She said, "I was afraid something might happen to you, so I... I burped secretly..." She burped and quickly covered her mouth with both hands, but she couldn't cover up the aroma of the fruit wine. "I came back secretly..."

"When did you come back?" Lin Bai asked.

"I... I stayed outside for two days and then... I came back..." Yang Huan still had his eyes closed.

"Have you been in the fruit forest all the time?" Lin Bai asked again.

"Yes..." Yang Huan.

"Are you looking for me, or do you want to drink?" Lin Bai was displeased.

"I..." Yang Huan opened her eyes and whispered, "I have them all." After she finished speaking, she quickly added, "I looked for you for several days but couldn't find you, so I went out to drink."

Lin Bai had a headache. If he silenced her, she had good intentions; if he didn't, killing Yue Xixia would be a big deal.

"You really didn't see it?" Lin Bai asked.

"No, no, no, I was drunk a long time ago. I don't remember anything and didn't see anything." Yang Huan's head became like a rattle.

"Okay then." Lin Bai nodded, "You can go now."

"Huh?" Yang Huan was stunned for a moment, then stood up. "Then I'll leave..." She pointed outside the valley, took a few steps forward, still looking at Lin Bai, as if she still didn't believe it.

"Are you really leaving?" Lin Bai smiled.

(End of this chapter)