The Wheel-Turning Master.

Chapter 310 Secret
For several days, Jiang Xingchi was nowhere to be seen and no one knew what he was doing.

Wang Yueying never came to see Lin Bai again, and no one knew why.

It was impossible to practice meditation in this shabby place, and Lin Bai had always been a thick-skinned person, so he went straight to find Wang Yueying.

The disciple who delivered the message said that Wang Yueying was busy with mountain affairs and had no time to meet guests.

Seeing that others had seen through his little thoughts, Lin Bai did not feel lost and disappointed.

Anyway, if you can sleep with Zhou Huishan's disciples, it's a free profit, and if you can't, it's not a loss. You want to make money from me, and I want to make money from you!

Perhaps because they saw Lin Bai wandering around aimlessly, in order to prevent the secret from being lost, the people from Wuque Mountain had no choice but to appoint a young female foundation-building cultivator to accompany him.

"I am Master Qingyu, a junior, and I have been ordered by Uncle Master Wang to be your guide." Master Qingyu is not very old, perhaps because he was born on the road of escape, so he is not spoiled at all and is very respectful.

Seeing that there was no bloody smell on him and he looked much calmer, Lin Bai guessed that this person probably had a high status among the foundation-building disciples and was being trained with emphasis.

After asking, it turned out to be true. This girl was the niece of a disciple under Lei Zaixiao, and was rarely sent to the battlefield.

It seems that Lei Zaixiao also knows how to reserve talents.

Lin Bai briefly asked about Master Qingyu's practice, and then wandered around Wuque Mountain.

Of course, don’t go where you shouldn’t go.

Lin Bai mostly went to Wuque Mountain to chat with some old foundation-building cultivators and inquire about Zhou Huishan's stories.

Zhou Huishan had already been taken over by Shoutian Pavilion since these old foundation-building cultivators were born, and they had not even witnessed Zhou Huishan’s final glory.

But it does not prevent these people from talking about Zhou Huishan with pride and yearning, as if their ancestor who had transformed into a god was still there, and as if Zhou Huishan was still the admired sect of transforming into a god.

"I grew up listening to stories about Zhou Huishan, and I have always admired Zhou Huishan. Your sect is different, with a very deep and rich foundation. If I hadn't been entrusted with an important mission, I would have wanted to join you!"

Whenever Lin Bai says this, people become happy and answer whatever you ask them. They can talk to you for three days without repeating themselves.

These people are worthy of being from Zhou Huishan. Although their hometown was occupied and their property had been divided up long ago, a skinny wild donkey is still bigger than a dog, and they have a deep foundation in alchemy, talisman making, and even formation formations.

It's just that Wuque Mountain is too small, and there has been constant fighting and bloodshed, making it difficult to even recuperate. Otherwise, given a few hundred or a thousand years, it would have surely gained momentum.

From this perspective, the Hehuan Sect and Tianhuo City's joining forces to confront each other is indeed a long-term plan.

Moreover, Lin Bai often helps others to make elixirs and set up formations, and rescue the wounded, and he has an incredibly good relationship with people.

Because of this, he was not only able to observe the battle formation, but also met people from the Hehuan Sect and Tianhuo City in prison.

After spending half a month traveling around the front and rear, getting to know many low-level cultivators, Lin Bai gained a deeper understanding of Zhou Huishan.

"What is the senior writing?" Shi Qingyu couldn't help but feel curious when he saw Senior Zhuanlun take out a wine glass from the gourd, pour wine into it, and then take out a pen, ink, and paper. He took a sip and wrote a few words.

Lin Bai gulped down a big gulp and sighed, "I have traveled north from Qiaoshan, seeing the geography and scenery of various places, and seeing the difficulties of your sect, so I want to record it and write a travelogue of the north."

"Senior, be kind and righteous!" Shi Qingyu immediately became more respectful, "I am willing to grind ink for you."

"No thanks." Lin Bai refused. "You are the descendant of a master, and you are the one who carries Zhou Huishan's hope for the future. How can I let you grind ink?"

In fact, Lin Bai did not intend to write good things about Wuque Mountain, so he did not want outsiders to see it.

Shi Qingyu was even more moved and wanted to help grind the ink, but Lin Bai refused.

In this way, the Journey to the North starts from Qiaoshan, first goes southeast to Yunxia Sect, then crosses the sea to the north to Jiuyin Mountain, and then comes to Wuque Mountain to record what he sees and hears.

Another half a month passed, and there was still no sign of Jiang Xingchi, as if he had forgotten Lin Bai and Cheng Yuanli.

Shi Qingyu no longer followed him all the time, but only came to see him occasionally and ask him some questions.

Lin Bai enjoyed his leisure time and focused on writing books.

Another month passed, and Cheng Yuanli finally couldn't sit still anymore and went to find Lin Bai.

He is a modest gentleman, unlike Lin Bai who likes to run around. Since he came to Wuque Mountain, he has rarely gone out and seldom communicated with others.

"I don't know what Senior Jiang and Senior Lei have discussed. We are just sitting here, not sure if we can help." Cheng Yuanli sighed.

Lin Bai knew that Cheng Yuanli wanted him to go and find out.

However, although he got to know many people after staying in Wuque Mountain for a long time, most of them were low-level cultivators. It was useless to ask them, so he could only go to find Wang Yueying.

And Wang Yueying never saw the guest, clearly thinking Lin Bai was a sex-hungry ghost.

"How can we predict what Senior Jiang will do?" Lin Bai didn't care at all. "In my opinion, it's better to wait. If you and I are really needed, Senior Jiang will definitely give us instructions."

After chatting for a while, Lin Bai went back to writing his book. Unexpectedly, Wang Yueying came to him.

"Xiaoying, why haven't you come to see me these days? I miss you so much!" Lin Bai immediately said something nice.

"..." Wang Yueying opened her mouth, but finally managed a smile and said, "The battle ahead is intense, and I can't get away."

"It would be good if I could be with you all the time." Lin Bai said.

Wang Yueying saw Lin Bai’s sincerity and thought to herself, you just want to sleep with me.

After some pretense, Wang Yueying wiped the sweat from her forehead before getting down to business.

It turned out that they were planning to replace the mountain protection formation of Wuque Mountain, but these people had been away from home for a long time and there was a shortage of talent. They couldn't find anyone for a while, so they came to ask Lin Bai for help.

The mountain protection formation of Wuque Mountain was originally the Wanlai Tianshui Formation, which was not suitable for the geography of this area, so they wanted to replace it with the Huanzhen Shenguan Formation.

The mountain protection formation is the most complicated, and Lin Bai is an outsider, so it is difficult for him to get involved in the critical moments and he can only help out in the corners.

However, in order to witness Zhou Huishan's inheritance, Lin Bai reluctantly agreed.

"If an outsider asked me to set up such a large formation, I would not spend five thousand high-grade spirit stones. But if it's you, Xiaoying, I'm happy to help!" Lin Bai held her hand and tickled her palm.

"...Lin Lang, you are so nice." Wang Yueying complained a few words in her heart, but still forced a smile and accepted it with her nose pinched.

As they were talking, Wang Yueying took Lin Bai to find an old Jindan cultivator, whose beard was almost as high as his waist, and it was obvious that he would die in a few years.

After introducing themselves to each other, Wang Yueying left immediately, saying only that she would go back to prepare things and would ask Shi Qingyu to help.

The old Jindan was named Lei Song, a descendant of Lei Zaixiao. He was very friendly and first asked about Lin Bai's inheritance and then talked about formations.

Lei Song did not hide anything and took out the formation diagram of the Zhenzhen Divine Light Formation that he was preparing to set up and asked Lin Bai for his opinion.

Lin Bai has traveled all over Wuque Mountain in the past two months. Although there are many forbidden areas that he has not set foot on, the general direction of spiritual energy, geographical changes, and the shape of mountains and rivers have already been memorized in his mind.

After a quick comparison, I felt that this Zhenzhen Divine Light Array was indeed compatible with Wuque Mountain, but it was a little more complicated.

The descendants of Zhou Huishan do have a heritage, and even though their sect has declined, it once had some highly skilled cultivators.

"With the changes in spiritual energy and the shapes of mountains and rivers, Zhouhui Mountain is indeed worthy of its reputation." Lin Bai admired it very much.

"You really know what's good." Old Jindan Lei Song stroked his beard and said with a smile, "Tianhuo City set up the Nanfei Rao Lin formation here before, which is really buying the casket and returning the pearl. It's blind."

"..." Lin Bai discovered that these Zhou Huishan old people all had the ability to ridicule other families, as if others were country bumpkins, completely forgetting that they were still wandering. Lin Bai did not refute, just said right, right, right.

Old Jindan Lei Song had tested Lin Bai's ability a little bit and knew that Lin Bai did have some skills. Although he didn't know how profound they were, he was more than enough to be a helper.

And his attitude was very good, so Lei Song made arrangements.

The Zhen Zhen Divine Light Array is quite complicated, consisting of more than a dozen small arrays, with arrays within arrays. It is mainly defensive and can also attack when necessary.

The mountain protection formation cannot be completed overnight. It takes at least three to five months, and at most three to five years, or even ten to twenty years.

The Divine Light Array is indeed complicated, but actually not that big. In Lin Bai's opinion, as long as there are enough manpower and materials, it can be completed in less than a year.

Naturally, Lin Bai could not get involved in the critical moments, but he was not angry. He just took the formation diagram and asked his master Qingyu and several disciples to get busy.

Ten days later, when Old Jindan saw that Lin Bai had completed the assignment, he went to take a look in person. After that, he didn't say much, but started talking to Lin Bai about the formation.

"I never thought there was such a talent in Qiaoshan." Lei Song sighed and said, "You are indeed talented."

"Thank you for the compliment, Brother Dao." Lin Bai looked humble.

"I'm not deliberately praising you. Formation requires talent, and it's even more difficult than refining pills and making talismans."

Old Jindan Lei Song stroked his beard and said, "The formation is to transform the five elements, connect the heaven and earth, and borrow the power of the great way. Use its power for your own benefit. Remember this sentence, it will benefit you endlessly in the future."

Lin Bai frowned and thought, "Is this what I have learned from years of setting up formations?"

"You think too highly of me." Lei Song shook his head and said, "This is the experience of a senior from my school Zhou Huishan."

"So that's how it is." Lin Bai didn't ask any more questions, but he was shocked in his heart.

The words that the old Jindan just said were seen in the Gu family's book on entering the formation. Lin Bai was astounded at the time and felt that these words explained the principles of the formation.

The book "Entering the Formation" was passed down to Lin Bai by the Gu family. Before his death, Gu Laoquan said that the book "Entering the Formation" was also given to Gu Qingshan by someone else, and it was not part of the Gu family.

Gu Qingshan once took his family members and Zhu family's golden elixir out, and many people were killed, and the Zhu family declined because of this. The book "Entering the Formation" was obtained at that time.

Now it seems that Gu Qingshan is still connected to Zhou Huishan’s old friend, but judging from Lei Song’s attitude, he seems to be unaware of this.

Gu Laoquan also praised the person who compiled this book for his broad mind and profound insights, which are better than Gu Qingshan's.

"I should have asked Aunt Gu earlier. She might know some secrets! But we didn't have any physical contact. She only treated me as a child..."

Lin Bai thought about the feel of Aunt Gu's hand for a while, and then chatted with Lei Song for a while.

I wanted to ask the senior master who compiled the book "Entering the Formation", but Lei Song avoided the question and it was obvious that he was unwilling to say more to outsiders.

Lin Bai didn't force it, just take it slow.

More than a month passed, and Jiang Xingchi still did not go out, but Lin Bai's burden became heavier and heavier. The old Jindan Lei Song was getting weaker and weaker, and there was no suitable talent in Wuque Mountain, so he had to let outsiders take on the burden.

Wang Yueying came to see Lin Bai more and more often, and called him sweeter and sweeter names, but she still refused to sleep with him.

Lin Bai didn't get Wang Yueying for free, but was instead taken advantage of for free. But he had no complaints and just considered it an experience.

Of course, Lin Bai also lost interest in Wang Yueying. Instead, he became more interested in the old Jindan Lei Song. He just wanted to know who wrote the book "Entering the Formation".

After hanging around in Wuque Mountain for a long time, Lin Bai had already figured out the general situation of Zhou Huishan.

Zhou Huishan’s old friends went south in three batches, all led by Nascent Soul.

Lin Bai originally wanted to follow the map and find out which Yuanying was proficient in formations, but after asking around for a long time, these people all said that Zhou Huishan's Yuanying was proficient in all arts and knew everything about alchemy and formations.

"Even Miaomiao doesn't dare to praise me like that!" Lin Bai lost his temper and could only work hard and write a book by the way.

Another month passed, and the formation progressed very quickly, all thanks to Lin Bai's running around to command and instruct the disciples of Wuque Mountain. He truly regarded himself as Zhou Huishan's man.

Lei Song was very satisfied and specially prepared some good wine to reward Lin Bai, with Shi Qingyu serving him.

These past few days, Lei Song had been saying that Qiaoshan lacked the necessary foundation, and that Zhou Huishan had produced a spirit of enlightenment. He wanted to subtly influence Lin Bai to switch to his family.

Lin Bai was ambiguous. Sometimes he said that he was still indebted to Grandmaster Gu, and sometimes he said that he longed to return to Zhou Mountain.

"I see that Xiaoying treats you differently, and you two are a good match." Lei Song said.

Shi Qingyu was serving nearby. When she heard this, she looked at Lei Song and then at Lin Bai, but she didn't dare to say anything.

If I don't let you sleep with me, then I'm not worthy! Lin Bai sighed and said, "I'm just a mountain barbarian, how can I be worthy of the one who has transformed into a god?"

"Don't say that. You came to my house, aren't you also a spirit being? After enduring a few years of hard times, won't your achievements in the future be greater than what you achieved in Qiaoshan?" Lei Song did not forget to pull Lin Bai into the group.

"Speaking of which, after all the busy work these days, I've almost regarded this place as my home and myself as a descendant of Zhou Huishan."

Lin Bai sighed, changed the subject, and asked, "By the way, brother, how did our Zhou Huishan's ancestor who had reached the state of transformation die?"

The life span of a spiritual cultivator is ten thousand years, and then there will be a heavenly tribulation. If they can survive it safely, their life span will be extended by two thousand years. After that, there will be a heavenly tribulation every two thousand years. If they can always withstand it, their life span will be almost infinite.

Of course, according to the records in the pile of old papers, most of the cultivators who have reached the state of spiritual transformation died in the first heavenly tribulation after ten thousand years, and the few who can hardly survive the third time.

It’s just because the heavenly tribulation becomes more and more severe, or even its power increases several times or ten times.

It is unknown why Zhou Huishan died, and Zhou Huishan never mentioned it to anyone, so there are many different opinions.

Some said that he was fighting with a high-level cultivator from outside the domain, some said that he was punished by heaven, and some said that his Taoism was taken away by his master.

“This is a secret of the sect, and I don’t know it either.” Lei Song sighed and shook his head, “I just heard that Patriarch Yaoguang went out before his death, and died not long after he came back.”

The deity of Zhou Huishan was named Yaoguang and lived for eight thousand years.

"Didn't he leave any last words?" Lin Bai asked curiously.

"I've never heard of it. I don't know where the remains are. Otherwise, how could a great man like Zhou Huishan end up being in a position where a poisonous insect could occupy his place?" Lei Song sighed softly.

Lin Bai was speechless for a moment.

A cultivator who has reached the state of spiritual transformation follows the Tao. He already has the rhythm of the Tao in his body and is more deeply connected with the heaven and earth. He must be extremely sensitive to matters of life and death and chance. How can he be unaware of matters of life and death?
If there is really no last words left, then he probably died a violent death.

"What happened in the Northern Wilderness? Why did the God Transformation Ancestor bother to move so far away?" Lin Bai asked again.

During his time in Wuque Mountain, Lin Bai asked many people, but most of them could not tell him the whole story, because they were all low-level cultivators and it was difficult for them to know the secrets.

Lin Bai knew that Huashen would not act without a purpose, and there must be a reason behind it. It’s just that the low-level disciples of Shoutian Pavilion didn’t know, and the high-level ones wouldn’t speak nonsense.

"I didn't hear anything happened. They just moved here." Lei Song said.

As expected, he knows nothing.

Lin Bai guessed that only Zhou Huishan's Nascent Soul knew some of the secrets.

(End of this chapter)