The Wheel-Turning Master.

Chapter 23 Knocking on the door in the middle of the night
"We came in a hurry and didn't bring any paste. Let's go see who has noodle soup and use it as paste."

Niu Er was a man with his own ideas. He took Lin Bai to visit six households one after another, but he didn't see anyone eating noodle soup.

"We are all poor bastards! We can't even afford noodle soup!"

After Niu Er finished scolding, he pulled Lin Bai along, and they used rain water and some mud to paste the notice on the wall.

The words above are all spent!
When it comes to handling tasks, Lin Bai admits that he can never catch up with Niu Er even if he flatters him.

After saying goodbye to Niu Er, Lin Bai went back home.

When I passed by Mu Zhen’s bun shop, I saw the door was closed and there was no light inside. He must have been closed for the day.

Now that Ren Biao is dead, the Qinglong Gang is leaderless. Although the county magistrate has given some advice, they have to track down the flying knife assassin after all, and no one is paying attention to Mu Zhen.

Lin Bai thought Mu Zhen would be overjoyed, and to celebrate her escape from the tiger's mouth, she would prepare wine and food, invite him to have a chat at night, and talk about her lifelong affairs...

"I was thinking about having a good meal tonight!"

"Did she do something stupid?" Seeing that there was no one around, Lin Bai climbed over the wall and looked inside, only to see Sister Zhen doing needlework and humming a song.

"That's good." Lin Bai breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he should come and tell Sister Zhen tomorrow, and then talk about the big things after the storm has passed.

Of course you need to sleep, but don’t be too hasty. You need to prepare for it.

When he got home, the cicadas on the jujube tree were chirping loudly. After washing his dirty clothes and taking a shower, Lin Bai went back to his room to meditate.

Close your eyes, empty your mind, and appear on the stone plate.

The surrounding mist returned to normal, the purple wisp disappeared without a trace, and the mist seemed to be thinner.

"That streak of purple only appeared after I slept with Sister Zhen... Does that mean it will be like this every time I sleep with her in the future? Or will it only appear once with a different person?"

"Why did the mist become a little thinner after the purple wisp dissipated? Is it because I expended a lot of energy? Or is it that the mist becomes less after each sleep..."

"Or maybe it blocked some kind of disaster for me? Purple is a symbol of the source of disaster?"

"Then... the source of the purple can only be Sister Zhen. What is she going to do? She has been selling buns for several years, and I know her inside and out. She just wants to live with me all day... How is that possible?"

"This kind of thing is easy to verify. Go and sleep with her another day and see if the purple color appears again. However, don't sleep yet and observe for a while."

"If she had ulterior motives, I've already slept with her, so I didn't lose anything. If my guess was wrong, then I didn't lose anything because I married her."

"The stone plate has too many secrets. How much cultivation do I need to reach before I can fully understand the subtle uses of the stone plate? Or is this stone plate some kind of magical tool of the immortal family?"

"But...are there immortals? Or are they hiding in unknown places?"

Lin Bai thought about it for a long time, but there was no one to ask. In the end, he became more and more certain of one thing: the only fundamental thing was to practice Wuji Gong diligently and strengthen himself.

After breaking through the third level, Wuji Gong underwent a great change. The internal force in Dantian was divided into two streams, which were both masculine and powerful, and feminine and soft.

The two seem to be incompatible, but they are also in perfect harmony of yin and yang, and are continuous. This is the mystery of Wuji Gong.

The night passed quickly, and when Lin Bai opened his eyes, he felt hungry.

When you are in the stone space, you will not feel hungry or thirsty no matter how long you stay, but once you return to reality, you will still feel hungry.

After washing up, Lin Bai went out listening to the cicadas chirping.

When I got out of the alley, I saw that Mu Zhen’s bun shop was already open. She was busy all the time with a smile on her face as if she had survived a disaster.

At this time, Mu Zhen had already seen Lin Bai and waved to him.

"Take it and eat it on the way." Mu Zhen handed over the oil paper bag, with a hint of shyness in her eyes.

Lin Bai took it, nodded and left. After walking a while, he looked back at Mu Zhen.

For a long time, there was nothing wrong.

"I hope I'm just worrying too much." Lin Bai walked towards Baicaotang.

People were talking about the flying knife assassin everywhere on the street, and Lin Bai listened to some of it intentionally or unintentionally.

Some people said that since he took advantage of a birthday banquet to attack, there must be a deep hatred between them; others said that the hero Tian was passing by and took the opportunity to eliminate evil and protect the good; some people were even more outrageous, saying that the Taoist priest had mercy on all living beings and sent down a flying knife from the sky, which actually cut off Ren Biao's head and left.

Arriving at the clinic, he shared the buns with Xiuxiu. Doctor Bai asked Lin Bai to see the patient, and he just watched from the side. Lin Bai was happy with this and naturally did his best.

If you want to improve your medical skills quickly, you must see patients every day.

After a busy day, Lin Bai returned home and Mu Zhen's bun shop was closed.

The light was on in the house, so Lin Bai didn't knock on the door and went straight home. At midnight, Lin Bai went out despite the sound of cicadas and went to Zhen's house to eavesdrop.

Although there was a wall between them, Lin Bai had excellent hearing and only heard very light breathing sounds, nothing unusual.

In the following days, Lin Bai behaved himself and stopped causing trouble. He saw patients in the clinic during the day and practiced Wuji Gong at home at night.

The county government and the Qinglong Gang are still investigating the whereabouts of the flying knife assassin "Tian Shuliang", causing unrest in Huaxi County.

Lin Bai was not familiar with Tian Shuliang, so he naturally ignored it.

In the past few days, Lin Bai was not in a hurry to sleep with Mu Zhen. Instead, he just shamelessly asked for buns to eat every day without mentioning his lifelong affairs.

Within three days, Mu Zhen's face turned cold. She no longer gave Lin Bai the white buns, and her eyes became even more resentful.

"No matter how you look at it, Sister Zhen is normal... I'm just overthinking it."

That morning, Lin Bai went out despite the chirping of cicadas, but as usual, he felt uncomfortable under Mu Zhen's resentful gaze.

Lin Bai arrived at the clinic and was about to leave after a busy day when Doctor Bai called him.

"The clinic will be closed tomorrow. You've been working hard these days. Take a good rest at home for a day." Doctor Bai stroked his beard and smiled, then looked at Xiuxiu.

Xiuxiu reluctantly took out her purse, frowned, fumbled for a long time, and took out a small piece of silver.

Then he bit his lower lip, as if he was going to kill her, and handed the silver to her, "Here... don't lose it. If you don't know how to spend it, save it for marrying a wife. If you're afraid of thieves, you can leave it here with me. Don't spend it recklessly, don't spend it recklessly."

Lin Bai took the silver, which was already warm, and asked with a smile: "Doctor Bai, do you have anything to do tomorrow? I can do it for you."

"Tomorrow is Xiuxiu's mother's baby boy." Doctor Bai smiled kindly and rubbed Xiuxiu's head with his wrinkled hands.

Xiuxiu pulled Doctor Bai's sleeve, with no expression on her face. She just stared at Lin Bai's hand, where the silver she gave was hidden.

Lin Bai said nothing more and left.

Mu Zhen’s bun shop has closed, but a faint yellow light can be seen from the window in the backyard, as if waiting for her lover to return.

After returning home, Lin Bai felt a little confused and couldn't calm down.

"It's been a few days, and I haven't noticed anything wrong with Sister Zhen. It's not appropriate to keep her hanging. If you sleep with her and don't take responsibility, are you still a man? I worry too much. It's time to marry her."

Every day, he was either in the clinic or in Wuji Kung Fu. As a young man, Lin Bai was also itching to do something.

"Young people should avoid sex, and I also practice martial arts, so how can I indulge in women?"

"I want to reach the pinnacle of martial arts, and even seek the way of immortality. I have great ambitions, how can I be misled by women?"

Lin Bai stood up, walked out the door, and prepared to challenge his weak spot.

It was late at night and there were no pedestrians on the street.

Lin Bai carefully walked to the back door of Mu Zhen's house and knocked gently.

Soon, the sound of footsteps came.

"Who?"

"I."

The door opened, Mu Zhen looked gloomy and said nothing.

Lin Bai said: "Sister Zhen, my house is leaking and I can't sleep in it. Can I stay at your house for one night?"

Mu Zhen looked up at the starry sky and said, "There is only one bed in my house. I hope you don't mind it being too crowded."

(End of this chapter)