The Wheel-Turning Master.

Chapter 328 Back to the Mountain
In the Jade Ruins Cave, the three Yuanyings of Shoutian Pavilion had left, leaving only two people and a fox.

"Why don't you say thank you to Sister Zhen!"

Mu Zhen stood in front of Li Chenyu and Lin Bai, with one hand on her waist and a smile on her face.

"If it weren't for Sister Zhen's help, I would have died here today!" Lin Bai has always been humble and submissive, and he really owed others a favor, so let alone lowering his head, he would even take off his clothes.

Li Chenyu's face was pale, her hair was a little messy, she was biting her lips slightly, her chest was heaving, she looked like a legal wife but it seemed like she was being bullied by a concubine.

Seeing that Li Chenyu dared not speak out, Mu Zhen was very happy. She crossed her arms in front of her, making her chest look even fuller. "If it weren't for your master, I wouldn't bother to do it!"

She no longer looked whiney and pitiful, but instead had an arrogant and smug look, as if she came specifically to irritate Li Chenyu.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk..." Seeing that Li Chenyu still didn't say anything, Mu Zhen shook her head and sighed, "She led someone to steal treasures before, but she was not grateful and had a bad face all day. If you didn't know, you would think someone slept with her treasure again."

"Speak less." Seeing that the fox was about to go crazy, Lin Bai quickly grabbed Mu Zhen.

"Okay, okay, I'll give you some face." Mu Zhen sat down cross-legged and asked with a smile, "What did you steal again?"

Lin Bai took out the fragments of the stone plate.

The two fragments have come together, but something is still missing.

"This should be something that Kong Shu and the others brought when they came here." Lin Bai handed it to Mu Zhen to look at and asked in a low voice, "There are words on it saying that it was something that the Lord of Xuanyin had asked for."

"Master Xuanyin..." Mu Zhen finally stopped smiling and became much more serious.

"Who is this Taoist master? Where is he based? What is his relationship with Taoist Master Wuxiang?" Lin Bai asked.

Li Chenyu said nothing, just pricked up his ears.

"The Xuanyin Daoist Master's temple is in the Northern Wilderness, but she has always lived in seclusion, and I haven't heard much about her deeds."

Mu Zhen played with the stone fragments for a while, then threw them to Lin Bai and said, "As for the connection with Wuxiang Daoist Master, it is not something I can know at my level."

"How much did I think you knew?" Li Chenyu said disdainfully.

"I'm better than you!" Mu Zhen immediately retorted, "You don't even know your master's origins, and you still have the nerve to criticize me?"

"Haha, I have guessed the origin of my mentor." Li Chenyu said.

Mu Zhen snorted twice and said nothing more.

Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Lin Bai tried to mediate and asked, "Sister Zhen, who was that senior just now? It was rude of you to not know his Dharma name when your life was saved by the ancestor."

"My ancestor's Dharma name is Jinghua." Mu Zhen looked at Lin Bai and sneered, "My ancestor is best at the magic power in the mirror, and can show his Dharma image thousands of miles away. This time, I used the bronze mirror to save you, and my ancestor was very unhappy. You should think about how to compensate me!"

"Sister Zhen, I am yours from inside out, you can do whatever you want." Lin Bai said calmly.

"..." Mu Zhen was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then said: "I knew you were the best at playing dumb, but I actually asked you for something in return. I was stupid."

"..." Lin Bai pretended not to understand and asked again: "Sister Zhen, the ancestor you mentioned earlier, is it this Mirror Flower Ancestor?"

Sister Zhen once said that she was guided by her ancestor and used a certain object as a medium to get a glimpse of Lin Bai's peculiarity.

But when talking about the old ancestor, Sister Zhen showed great respect and said she had never seen him.

Lin Bai guessed that the ancestor mentioned at that time should not be the one he saw today.

"Of course not." Mu Zhen was very secretive. "The Mirror Flower Patriarch is only good at the way of using the mirror to transform himself. The other ancestral forms can't come this far."

"How many ancestors are there in your family?" Li Chenyu suddenly asked.

Mu Zhen chuckled twice and looked up without answering.

Li Chenyu was so angry that he didn't dare to do anything to Mu Zhen. He just glared at Lin Bai fiercely.

Lin Bai was affected by the water in the pond, but he didn't dare to do anything. He asked in a low voice: "Sister Zhen, we are planning to go back to Qiaoshan. Where are you going?"

"Of course I'll go too." Mu Zhen smiled and glanced at Li Chenyu, saying, "Uncle Mu Yao has a long history with Senior Xiang Qian, and I also have a connection with Qiao Shan, so naturally I have to spread the word about what happened today."

She looked at Lin Bai, then at Li Chenyu, and said with a smile, "Of course, we should also tell the people of Qiaoshan in detail about how you two stole the treasure and how you fled in such a hurry."

"The wood demon was able to shed its shell and become a Nascent Soul after I taught it how to imitate the method of the Hidden Cicada," said Li Chenyu.

Mu Zhen didn't look at Li Chenyu, but laughed while holding her stomach, "She's afraid of losing face too!"

“…” Li Chenyu sat cross-legged on the ground, holding a jade hairpin in his hand, shaking with anger.

"Sister Zhen, please forgive others when you can." Lin Bai pretended to be a good person.

"You are pretending to be a good person again. You colluded with her and had evil intentions after seeing her incarnation?" Mu Zhen was very disdainful. "Forget it, forget it. The past grudges are settled. I won't bother with rude people."

She was still resentful of the incident when she was caught having an affair by a fox.

"What happened today will be engraved in my mind forever, and I will definitely repay you in the future." Li Chenyu said with a clenched fist.

Mu Zhen snorted twice, "Take care of your Xiu Xiu first!"

"Sister Zhen," Lin Bai was caught in the middle, having a terrible headache, and tried hard to think of a way out, "What is this Northern Wilderness Tianwen Sect you mentioned earlier?"

"Want to know?" Mu Zhen pulled Lin Bai out, "Follow me."

Before Lin Bai could figure out the situation, he took two steps and felt a chill on his back.

Turning his head, he saw that Li Chenyu's eyes were dark and gloomy, like ten thousand year old black ice.

"Is there anything that can't be said here?" Lin Bai knew very well that Sister Zhen was like the willow catkins that could not be caught, while the fox was like the mountain that guarded Xiuxiu. He knew very well who he should offend and who he should not offend.

"I don't want irrelevant people to hear it." Mu Zhen put his hands on his hips, looking like he would not say anything more if you don't come with me.

Lin Bai hardened his heart, thinking that it would be okay to coax the fox again in the future, so he turned back to look at Li Chenyu and said, "Fairy, wait for me for a moment."

Li Chenyu ignored him and just closed his eyes.

Mu Zhen smiled proudly and pulled Lin Bai towards the exit.

After walking a short distance, she pushed open a stone wall and saw a fork in the road. After walking a few more steps, she found a room with a wooden table and benches.

The two sat down, Lin Bai took out the wine utensils and poured the wine.

"I plan to go to the Northern Wilderness." Mu Zhen took a sip.

"Do you know the way?" Lin Bai asked curiously.

The Northern Wilderness and the East Sea are adjacent to each other, but there are tens of thousands of miles of icebergs and snowfields to cross, with countless ferocious beasts. There are also Nascent Soul monsters in the cold fog, so it is difficult to fly in the air and you can only walk low.

Because of this, it is not easy for ordinary Nascent Souls to borrow the passage.

The Shoutian Pavilion was protected by the God of Transformation, so it was able to find a way out. It would be difficult for others to go on without any guidance.

"I know roughly how to get there." Mu Zhen took out a piece of animal skin with crooked mountain and river markings on it. "I'll take this route. If you want to go there someday, follow this route. I'll leave markings on the road."

After listening to Sister Zhen for a while, Lin Bai obediently put away the map and asked, "Sister Zhen, why are you going to the Northern Wilderness?"

"Travel around and gain knowledge." Mu Zhen smiled, "I can't sit still, and neither can the Tao I practice. The Northern Wilderness is in turmoil, so I naturally have to go and take a look. The so-called seeking the Tao, watching the great powers fight, may be my chance to prove the Tao in the future."

"So that's how it is." Lin Bai understood and asked, "What is the origin of Tianwen Sect?"

"The Tianwen Sect is a big sect in the Northern Wilderness. Huo Wenfei is the leader of the Tianwen Sect, and he is in the middle stage of the Transformation Spirit." Mu Zhen smiled and said, "They have four Transformation Spirits guarding them, and one of them died two thousand years ago. The Shoutian Pavilion is the treasure pavilion of the Tianwen Sect, and it has always been managed by Yu Hu. Those who came to the East Sea this time are all from Yu Hu's faction."

"Did Patriarch Yuhu move south because of internal strife within the sect? Or was there some other reason?" Lin Bai asked.

“Oh, even though Yu Hu is also in the Spiritual Transformation Realm, he is far inferior to Huo Wenfei.” Mu Zhen’s face was serious, and he whispered, “Something else happened in the Northern Wilderness. The Tianwen Sect must have migrated south to survive, and it was to preserve their offspring.”

"What's going on?" Lin Bai was very curious. If the newcomer could cause trouble to the Huashen Sect, he must be stronger. "I don't know." Mu Zhen smiled and spread his hands. "Maybe my ancestor Jinghua knows, but I'm really not sure. It seems that the Huashen over there have worked together to wipe out several large sects."

As soon as Lin Bai heard that the matter involved a fight between two gods, he knew that the waters were too deep and that a small fry like him had no right to get involved.

But I roughly know what happened.

The Tianwen Sect was being targeted, so some of its members headed south, while Yuhu turned back to guard his home, but was tripped. The people from the Shoutian Pavilion were unable to advance or retreat, and were in a state of panic.

For some reason, either Xiang Laozu knew the reason or was just being bold and reckless, so he took advantage of this moment to launch an attack and stunned Shoutian Pavilion.

This time, the Yuanying of Shoutian Pavilion died, but the Shenshen did not appear. Everyone knew that Shoutian Pavilion was strong on the outside but weak on the inside.

Mu Zhen didn't know much, so he just gave a brief account.

"Don't show that thing in front of others." Mu Zhen reminded again.

She was talking about the fragments of the stone disk.

The two talked for a while. Lin Bai wanted to go back to find the fox, but Mu Zhen would not let him go. She asked Lin Bai to tell her about what happened on the way north.

After talking for two hours and drinking a lot of wine, Mu Zhen finally got up.

"I'm leaving. If we meet again, I'll take you to my home." Mu Zhen spoke in a tone like an older sister. She smiled and left, heading north.

Lin Bai watched Sister Zhen leave and returned to the cave.

Li Chenyu sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, healing himself.

Lin Bai moved forward to take a closer look.

When the fox transformed, it looked truly stunning. It was not the kind of beauty that a delicate girl would have, nor was it unruly. Instead, it was graceful and dignified.

Even though she was wearing soft silk green gauze, she did not look frivolous or obscene, but rather had a sense of otherworldliness.

Her skin is delicate, her breasts are white and soft, her waist is soft and slender, and her chest is also extraordinary.

At this moment, with eyes closed, she is as peaceful and tranquil as a lotus emerging from water, noble and inviolable.

People say foxes are coquettish, but this fox is not coquettish at all. Instead, she looks like a legal wife who is not allowed to even change positions.

Lin Bai was a thick-skinned man. After watching for a while, he whispered, "Fairy, Mu Zhen is gone. When are we leaving?"

Li Chenyu opened her eyes. Her face was pale. She glanced at Lin Bai with her big eyes, then closed them again.

"Have you had enough fun?" Li Chenyu's voice was no longer lazy as before, and it was clear that he was unhappy.

"Who does the fairy think I am?" Lin Bai quickly explained, "She was going to the Northern Wasteland, and she said goodbye to me. She drank some farewell wine, and that was all."

"Only drinking?"

"Only drinking."

"I do not believe."

"..."

There was no other way. Seeing that he couldn’t coax her, Lin Bai simply gave up and sat down to recover quietly.

Three days later, Lin Bai's injuries had healed. When he opened his eyes again, there was only a green-skinned fox beside him.

"Fairy, when will you return home?" Lin Bai asked again.

The fox snorted coldly, wrapped its tail around Lin Bai's neck, and turned into a green shadow, disappearing.

Even though the god acted as a guarantor, the fox still did not dare to leave the Zhouhui Mountain area.

First head west, bypass the Shoutian Pavilion, and come to the seaside. Go south along the coastal road, avoiding all the places of sects and clans.

When they were almost at Jiuyin Mountain, the fox stopped and said, "There will be a lot of fun at the Jiuyin Mountain Unobstructed Conference. You should go and have some fun too."

"What time is it..." Lin Bai had a terrible headache.

"You also know the time?" The fox finally complained.

After that, the fox said nothing more and walked all the way to Qiaoshan, and entered Gu Qingshui's blessed land of Water Curtain Cave.

When Gu Qingshui saw Fox and Lin Bai returning, a relieved smile appeared on his usually cold face.

"Jiang Xingchi said that since you asked Yang Shu and Cheng Yuanli to return to the mountain, you clearly understood his intention, and you stayed here, so you must have other plans." Gu Qingshui smiled, "What big thing did you do outside?"

"It's nothing more than seducing some coquettish women." The fox answered for Lin Bai.

"Fairy, please don't tarnish my innocence." Lin Bai came close to Aunt Gu and said, "It was because the fairy did something big and got hurt that I left late."

Gu Qingshui nodded slightly, looked at the fox, and asked, "You have always been cautious and rarely take risks. Why did you go to Shoutian Pavilion this time?"

"I have no home or job, so I have to fight to the death?" The fox snorted twice and asked, "Does Lao Xiang really want to fight?"

"How can I know if you are acting in the direction of my senior brother?" Gu Qingshui shook his head slightly, "But the arrow has been shot, how can we turn back?"

At this point, Gu Qingshui still looked at Lin Bai, examined him briefly, and said, "You've been out for a long time, and you've become more weathered. I hope you can control your temper, stop coveting women, and focus on moving forward."

"Grandmaster..." Lin Bai expressed his true feelings and said aggrievedly, "It's almost impossible to see your face again."

The fox sneered, seeming to be very disdainful.

"You've been through life and death several times, why are you still like this?" Gu Qingshui's tone was unusually soft, with a motherly touch, "After all this hardship, you should calm down and practice well."

"Yes." Lin Bai responded immediately, and said with great emotion: "I only wish I could serve the old ancestor."

"I know you are filial." Seeing Lin Bai leaning towards her, Gu Qingshui reached out and touched the top of Lin Bai's head.

The fox looked outside, stretched out its tail, and pulled a person out of thin air. It was Xiuxiu.

When Xiuxiu saw that the fox and Lin Bai were both there, she couldn't contain her joy. She first bowed to Gu Qingshui, then knelt down and held the fox in her arms.

"You still remember me." said the fox.

"..." Xiuxiu blushed and lowered her head, saying, "I am one with the fairy, how could I forget?"

"You don't remember it when you go to sleep?" asked the fox.

Xiuxiu lowered her head and dared not say a word.

Gu Qingshui glanced at Lin Bai and said nothing.

"Senior Brother Xiang wants to see you two, come together." Gu Qingshui couldn't bear to see the fox bullying people, so he flicked his sleeves, and the green water surged, carrying the two people and the fox towards the blessed land of Xianqiao.

In just a blink of an eye, it landed on solid ground.

The spiritual energy here is extremely rich, with tall trees and low bushes on both sides, and the mist is so thick that it looks like a fairyland.

There was an old tree, under which there was a low table with a chessboard on it. Two people were sitting cross-legged on the ground, playing chess.

One of them was Xiang Wuhui, the lord of Qiaoshan, and the other was a middle-aged man, thin and free-spirited, warm and indifferent.

When the middle-aged monk saw the fox coming, he immediately stood up and bowed, saying with a smile: "I have heard of your great name for a long time. Today I am fortunate to be able to admire your grace. It is really a comfort in my life."

At this point, the male cultivator explained, "I will return to the mountain next week to thank Qingxuan."

(End of this chapter)