The Wheel-Turning Master.

The ancient language spoken by Master Gu was dry and harsh, like the sound of a wild beast gnawing on bones.

There were shattered rocks in the abyss, and the dust and fog had long since dispersed. The faint green fire reflected on the people, and from time to time there were a few shrill howls, which made the silence even deeper.

Gu Shigu was short and thin like a skeleton and could only live in a stone niche, but his words were quite heroic, as if he was sailing across thousands of mountains.

"Ancestor..." Yu Baili was very emotional. He stood straight at this moment, even leaning back a little. He no longer had the wary look on his face just now, and he glanced at Lu Qingyin and Lin Bai from time to time.

Gu Shigu looked around at everyone, then at Ying Caidie, and said, "It's as clean as new, as if it's returning to nature." He then looked at Mu Zhen and said, "Purple auspicious light, a deep blessing."

"Spiritual herbs and immortal trees, made for each other." Gu Shigu commented on He Wenyao and Wu Muqian, but ignored Lu Qingyin and looked at Lin Pei and the others, "All round and harmonious, naturally harmonious. The sword intent is restrained, and it is not released. You are the best here."

He actually has high hopes for Pei Ning.

When everyone heard Yuanying's comments, they all saluted, except Lu Qingyin, who remained silent. This made He Wenyao stop saluting halfway.

"All of you young friends have a chance to achieve the Great Dao." Master Gu's ancient words were erratic, and the Yin Fire in the stone niches in front of and behind him jumped and flashed. "I don't have much time left, and I have been trapped in shackles for many years. I don't want to escape. I just have some experience in forming a baby, which may be of some help to you."

He looked extremely haggard, yet he looked kind and benevolent, which made people respect him.

"Ancestor!" When Yu Baili saw Gu Shigu saying this, it was clear that he had lost his spirit and was ready to sit and die on the spot as soon as he finished teaching.

Gu Shigu raised his hand slightly, indicating that Yu Baili didn't need to say more.

Seeing this, everyone still stayed very far away, except Yu Baili who was closer, but still more than ten feet away.

Gu Shigu seemed to have really glimpsed the change of fate. He stared blankly at the void above his head for a while, and then slowly recounted the story of his elixir formation in the past.

"My innate Yin Fire, based on the theory that fire never ceases and humans never die, I formed the elixir with it. Then I cultivated in seclusion all the way and finally achieved the Yuanying."

Gu Shigu immediately talked about his experience in forming a baby and the difficulties that one had to go through.

All the golden elixirs were knowledgeable and had actually heard this saying a long time ago. It was nothing more than breaking down and then building up, which meant that the body and mind were broken down, and even the golden elixir and the sea of ​​consciousness were the same, and then they were connected with the heaven and earth, and a bit of the true meaning was obtained. After that, they would cultivate this meaning alone, feel the great way of heaven and earth, and control the power of heaven and earth for their own use.

This is also the effect of the plum fruit that Lin Bai got, which is to experience the pain and difficulty of forming a baby in advance.

However, Gu Shigu has another new theory, "The Great Dao is vast, and we do not know where it begins or where it ends. The Great Dao is like endless water, and we ants, with little strength and little virtue, can only take a ladle to drink. But why can't we follow both great Daos at the same time?"

Originally, no one took Gu Shigu's preaching seriously, but after hearing these words, they immediately became interested and listened attentively.

Gu Shigu also talked about the difficulty of practicing two great ways, that is, life span will end someday, and it is difficult to walk one path alone, let alone take care of both?
"Unfortunately, I have two paths." Gu Shi said in a faint voice, as if he was talking nonsense. "One is taken from one's own destiny, which is the great way of immortality. The other path——"

A slight smile appeared on his thin face, as if he was somewhat proud, but he did not continue.

"I heard that the Taoist Master Wuxiang also pursues two great ways at the same time, so the ancestor is not much behind!" Yu Baili flattered him and asked curiously: "Ancestor, we are not outsiders, why don't you tell us something so that everyone can benefit from it!"

As he spoke, Yu Baili looked around at the people around him, looking quite arrogant, but no one paid any attention to him.

"It's just that we have come out of the Yin Fire. In the future, you will definitely be stronger than me. There is no need to say more." There was a smile on Gu Shigu's face, with only the skin left, as if he was recalling the past.

“The ancestor is a genius, but he has been trapped here for eight hundred years. If he could be born into the world and pursue two great paths at the same time, he would definitely have no rivals among the same level…” Yu Baili sighed sadly again.

"Practicing two great ways in parallel is not much different from practicing one of them alone. It's just that it adds a few more methods to help you advance, fight against enemies, and even break through in the future. Of course, if you can combine the two and use them as you like, then you will be truly invincible." Gu Shigu stopped here and continued after a while: "As for how to feel the two great ways, you must have seen it when you came here. There is no point in saying more. You can only understand the subtleties by yourself. Just remember, don't force it."

This refers to the Bagua diagram on the stone wall.

After Gu Shigu finished speaking, Yin Fire flowed on the ground and penetrated into the seven stone niches. However, the niche where he sat alone became increasingly dim.

"Grandmaster!" Yu Baili's eyes were red again, "I will never forget the kindness you gave me. When I leave in the future, I will report to the elders of our sect and take you home!"

"Time flies by, and clouds and dogs fly by." Gu Shigu's words seemed to become more and more clever, and a relieved smile appeared on his dry face, which was only skin left. "For cultivators of my generation, where is not home? Back then, I came here with my good friend, hoping to get some guidance from Patriarch Qianye. Unexpectedly, we were besieged by monsters. The two of us worked together to kill a red-tailed pheasant, a long-toothed tiger, and a black turtle. My old friend died of exhaustion, and I was the only one who survived, but was trapped in the Fallen Trees and Withered Blooms formation. But the green snake was frightened by our killing and dared not go to the bottom of the abyss again."

Gu Shigu was actually kind. He looked at Yu Baili and said, "If you have the chance, tell my fellow apprentices at home about what I've been through."

"Yes!" Yu Baili agreed immediately, and then asked with concern: "Ancestor, can this Falling Trees and Withering Bloom formation be solved?"

"The things that Patriarch Qianye left behind to protect his relics were not just for show. I guess he must have mastered the dual Dao path and tried to follow the path of the Wuxiang Dao Master." Gu Shigu was very kind. "Good boy, it is enough that you have this intention."

Yu Baili was silent.

"Old senior, you preached today. Mu Zhen is very grateful!" Mu Zhen bowed and said from a distance, "But the door we came in through is closed. I don't know how to leave this place?"

Gu Shigu closed his eyes and said after a long while: "Although this is not a small world, it is also the Taoist temple where Qianye Patriarch practiced meditation, and it is guarded by four beasts. One leaf is one world, and we are under the leaf. It is very difficult to go above the leaf."

Mu Zhen frowned slightly, not understanding.

"Senior, what you mean is that we can only wait for the leaf to turn over?" Lu Qingyin said.

Gu Shigu opened his eyes, glanced at Lu Qingyin, and said nothing. He just nodded slightly, as if expressing praise.

"Old senior, how long will it take?" Wu Muqian asked.

"I don't know." Gu Shigu said.

This Gu Shigu has been trapped here for eight hundred years as a Nascent Soul, while everyone else is only in the Golden Core stage, with a lifespan of five hundred years. I'm afraid that they will become a pile of bones before they can even survive.

"That's good too!" Only He Wenyao was content with what he had. He looked at Lu Qingyin eagerly, as if he was already planning how to live here in the future. Lin Bai stood in the distance, silently looking at Gu Shigu in the stone niche. The feeling of good and bad in his heart became clearer and clearer, and the stone tablet without words became warmer and warmer. It can be seen that the fragments of the stone plate were kept by this person.

As for the danger, except for Master Gu from Yuanying Valley, Lin Bai was confident that he and Pei Ning could stop everyone.

"Senior, is there no other way except waiting?" Ying Caidie asked, scratching her head.

Gu Shigu forced out a smile, but it was particularly eerie under the green light of the Yin Fire. "Maybe there is, but it's extremely difficult. Maybe if I wait like this, there may be a turning point."

"Ancestor..." Yu Baili was also stunned. He thought for a while, looked at Mu Zhen and Lin Bai, and then asked, "Ancestor, we got a few relics left by Ancestor Qianye. I wonder if you have seen them."

“I haven’t seen it yet.” Gu Shigu’s hair and beard seemed to be stuck to his skin. The cold wind blew and made them sparse. He said, “At that time, my friend and I were fighting against the monsters. We accidentally activated the magic circle and created the stone pillar ladder. The treasure of Qianye Patriarch appeared in the world, but we were trapped in the formation and had no chance to see it.”

When Yu Baili heard this, hope appeared on his face. He looked at Mu Zhen and Lin Bai with joy and said, "Daoist Mu, Daoist Zhuan Lun, please take out the relics and let the ancestor see them. Maybe we can know the way to leave this place! I remember there is a token, maybe it can be of great use!"

Mu Zhen smiled and didn't answer, just looked at Lin Bai.

"It's such a coincidence." Lin Bai spread his hands and said helplessly: "The thing was snatched away by Jiang Tiesuo. Although I chased it back, I lost it when fighting with the green snake."

Lin Bai was very serious and said earnestly: "Although this place is vast, Senior Gu taught me and I am grateful for his teachings. I will definitely look for it carefully! I believe that if I look carefully, I will find it."

Since the sense of danger is so strong, this old Master Xiu Gu is probably not simply trapped in the formation, but must have found a way to use his magic power.

Lin Bai didn't dare to provoke her rashly, but he also didn't dare to hand over the token casually.

Besides, I came here to get the fragments of the stone plate, and now it is probably the old cultivator who is guarding the fragments. I am afraid that the two of us can only be enemies, not friends.

When Mu Zhen heard Lin Bai say this, she tactfully stepped back.

When Ying Caidie saw Mu Zhen retreating, she also retreated, muttering something like don't forget the spirit stones.

Lu Qingyin was already very far away, He Wenyao didn't leave even a step away, and Wu Muqian was even closer to his new confidant.

“Lin Zhuanlun!” Yu Baili no longer looked like he was begging for mercy. Seeing that they were clearly determined to fight with Lin Zhuanlun, he could not help but frown and glare at them, saying in a cold voice: “Are you kidding a three-year-old? Even He Wenyao wouldn’t believe such nonsense! The ancestor is teaching you the Dharma, but you only care about keeping it to yourself. You are extremely selfish!”

"What does this have to do with me?" He Wenyao was stunned.

"If you want to blame someone, blame Jiang Tiesuo. If you had let me keep it earlier, the things wouldn't have been lost." Lin Bai apologized with a smile.

"You..." Yu Baili saw that Lin Zhuanlun was not moving in. Although he was anxious, he had witnessed how Lin Bai killed Jiang Tiesuo. Now that the ancestor was still trapped, he really didn't dare to take action.

"It's okay." Gu Shigu said, his voice becoming more mellow, and he forced a smile on his chicken-skinned face, "I don't have much time left, so it doesn't matter whether I see it or not."

Gu Shigu trembled as he took out something from his sleeve. "Yu's child, if you have the opportunity to go out, you should give this to Junior Sister Yu and ask her to pass it on to our Master."

The thing he took out was clearly a fragment of a stone plate.

“Yes…” Yu Baili knew that this was a matter of entrusting an orphan to someone else, his eyes became red, and he immediately knelt down, stretched out his hands, and moved forward little by little.

"I hope you will remember my love for preaching and treat me well. If you can get out in the future, please don't fight with him for this thing I have guarded for 800 years." Gu Shigu held the fragment in his hand, looked at it for a while, and then continued: "Even if you fight for it, please don't hurt my child's life. If you can gain something from it, I hope you can help my Xuanji Sect a little."

After speaking with deep emotion, the fragment of the stone plate was gently thrown out, and then Yin Fire rose, carrying the fragments, slowly approaching Yu Baili.

He stopped only when he came to a small stone niche.

"Ancestor, I will definitely send this thing back to the sect!" Yu Baili crawled forward on his knees and came to the small stone niche. Just as he was about to reach out to take it, he saw Yin Fire rushing out and immediately turned into countless tentacles.

Yu Baili was immediately enveloped by the Yin Fire, and then he was dragged fiercely towards Gu Shigu.

The remaining green of the Yin Fire cast a strange look on Gu Shigu's face.

Yu Baili kept howling, but there was nothing he could do. He was quickly pulled in front of Gu Shigu by the Yin Fire.

"Didn't you just want to know what my other avenue is about?"

Gu Shigu, who was sitting cross-legged on the stone niche, stretched out his dry and fleshless right hand and pressed it on Yu Baili's head, "My two great ways, the Yin Fire keeps on protecting my life, and the light of the lamp keeps on prolonging my life during the day!"

I saw Gu Shigu's hair and beard turned black and white, his face was ferocious and terrifying, but he was laughing with his head raised.

Yu Baili seemed to be in great pain and howled continuously.

The two of them were extremely happy, while the other was extremely sad. The abyss was filled with echoes that lasted for a long time. Mu Zhen and the others were all shocked and retreated one after another.

"Back!" Gu Shigu stretched out his left hand, wanting to grab the fragment of the stone plate, but before the Yin Fire could send it back, he saw that the fragment suddenly broke away from the support of the Yin Fire, and instead penetrated the Yin Fire, passed over the stone niche, and fell into the hands of a young man.

That person clearly had something of the same kind in his hand!

“It is indeed a rare treasure that has the ability to gather by itself!” Master Gu still looked old, but his dry and fleshless face had a bit of blood color.

There was no trace of ferocity or sinister intent on his face, but instead there was a bit of the demeanor of a high-level cultivator.

At this time, Yu Baili was already dead, the Yin Fire completely engulfed him, and he turned into ashes in the blink of an eye. (End of this chapter)