The Wheel-Turning Master.

Chapter 47 Getting ready to go home
Deep in Tianlang Mountain.

The forest is deep and dense, and the ground is slippery.

Seven grey figures were walking here, each with a sword on his waist, dirty clothes, and a look of vicissitudes and fatigue on his face.

The leader was a handsome man in his late twenties.

This group of people are exactly the disciples of Elder Tong. They went into the mountains to look for the trace of Immortal Master Qi.

There were originally three teams, who happened to meet on the road and gathered together.

But after days of walking on the mountain road, without eating or sleeping well, everyone was tired of it.

"Brother Qin, if we keep going like this, when will it end? Why don't we take a break?" a teenager spoke up.

As the young man spoke, everyone started to complain.

"Rest? Master walked forward alone just because I waited too slowly. You and I didn't try to help him relieve his worries, but instead became lazy. How can we repay him?" Senior Brother Qin said with a stern face, lecturing his junior fellow.

"It's not our credit to find the Immortal Master. The Master will only reward you, how can he care about us?" Someone started to sneer.

"That's right! Senior Brother Qin, your sister has married into the master's family. Everyone knows that the master treats you as family and us as laborers!" Someone else spoke up.

When this person spoke, no one complained, but instead everyone laughed.

"Aren't they family? After all, our Master and Brother Qin are master and disciple outside, and brothers at home! They get along very well!" Someone followed suit and ridiculed the affair.

"Junior brother Liu, be careful with your words! Once a teacher, always a father. If you talk nonsense again, don't blame me for not caring about the friendship between fellow disciples!" Some people also defended Elder Tong.

Seeing that the noise was getting fierce, Brother Qin drew out his sword and gathered all his energy, and actually cut down a tree as thick as a bowl with one sword.

"If anyone continues to talk nonsense, don't blame me, Qin Ruzhongjian, for not recognizing anyone!"

Qin Ruzhong showed off his skills and immediately shocked everyone.

Although some people still murmured in low voices after that, no one dared to confront him in person.

The group continued to move forward. Two days later, they were caught in a mountain rain. The morale of the army was about to collapse again, when they suddenly smelled the fragrance of flowers.

Everyone was shocked and rushed forward to see what was happening.

In front of me, I saw green grass, lush trees, singing birds, fragrant flowers, a flowing stream, and tigers and deer walking together. It was like a blessed land.

"This must be the place where Master Qi lives!" Qin Ruzhong was delighted and said immediately, "Everyone, shout 'Master' in unison... No! Don't offend the Master!"

"That's right! Don't offend the Immortal Master! Maybe Master and the Immortal Master are discussing sleeping together for the night..."

"Do you want to live?" Before the man could finish his words, someone covered his mouth.

Qin Ruzhong pretended not to hear and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, divide into three teams, each of you should search for it, and then meet here in half an hour."

Everyone immediately agreed, cheered up, and entered the blessed land.

After half an hour, no one came back to join them, but instead gathered at the entrance of the cave.

"Junior Brother Liu, you are always smart. Go in and take a look first." Qin Ruzhong ordered.

"Why don't you go?" Although Junior Brother Liu is young, he is not stupid.

"Are you not convinced?" Qin Ruzhong's eyes darkened.

"Why should I submit to you? In the past, Senior Brother Jiang led us to do things, and he did not neglect any eating, drinking, whoring or gambling. You only know how to drive us away without bringing any benefit to us! How can I submit to you?" Junior Brother Liu retorted.

For a moment, everyone agreed with Junior Brother Liu.

Qin Ruzhong glanced at the crowd and found that no one was on his side. He deeply hated his lack of prestige.

"Then let's all go in together. But we need to keep quiet and not disturb the Immortal Master." Qin Ruzhong compromised.

There was nothing much to say about this, and everyone naturally agreed.

A long dragon entered the cave and after a while, it reached the depths of the cave.

I saw a few rays of light falling from the top of the cave, and black crows circling. On the stone platform in the middle of the cave, there was a corpse, with little flesh and blood left.

For a moment, everyone was frightened and looked at Qin Ruzhong.

"Come with me and see it." Qin Ruzhong was also very scared. His face looked extremely ugly and his voice was shaking.

Everyone moved forward reluctantly, and the black crow flew away with a cackling sound.

The clothes on the corpse were torn and the sternum was broken. There was not much flesh left on the head, the eyes were hollow, the hair and beard were dirty and white, and it was vaguely recognizable that it was an old man.

"Is it Master Qi? Senior Brother Qin, your sister...you are most familiar with Master Qi..." Junior Brother Liu's voice also trembled.

"Yes... yes." Qin Ruzhong carefully identified the clothes and answered.

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was shocked.

"What about the master?" someone asked.

"Let's not mess around here, let's go out and look for it first." Qin Ruzhong stood up and walked out.

Everyone quickly followed.

When we went outside and searched again, we only saw wild deer and big beasts, but no human figures.

The seven people were at a loss and didn't know how to deal with it. They could only continue to expand the search area and kept shouting "Master, Master".

It was a pity that it was completely useless. When night fell, everyone ate something in a hurry and went to sleep.

The next day, they continued to search around the blessed land, but still found nothing.

On the third day, Qin Ruzhong did not dare to delay any longer and prepared to split into two teams, one team to guard here and the other to go down the mountain to report.

After arguing for a long time, no rules were put forward. Firstly, everyone was afraid, and secondly, Qin Ruzhong's prestige was insufficient.

"What are you arguing about?"

Suddenly, a voice was heard. Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw Pei Ning holding a sword, looking disheveled and tired.

There was a person following her, also wearing dirty clothes. It was Lin Zhuanlun, the mat weaver and shoe seller!
"Where is Elder Tong?" Pei Ning walked forward, his voice tired.

Everyone remained silent, their eyes focused on Qin Ruzhong.

"Master hasn't arrived yet. Maybe he took the wrong road. He should be here in two days." Qin Ruzhong defended Tong Ruhu.

"Elder Tong is the most useless, I know that." Pei Ning was extremely disdainful and asked again: "Have you found Master Qi?"

The gray-clothed disciples looked at each other, and finally looked at Qin Ruzhong.

"Master...please follow me." Qin Ruzhong sighed and led the way forward.

After entering the cave, Pei Ning saw the remains of the immortal master and immediately went forward to take a look.

"I have never seen Master Qi. Are you sure this is Master Qi?" Pei Ning looked at Qin Ruzhong.

"Probably...right?" Qin Ruzhong had sweat on his forehead.

"Maybe? Then it seems your sister has worked in vain." Pei Ning sneered.

"It's better than someone who has to work as a mat weaver and shoe seller!" Qin Ruzhong immediately retorted.

"Brother Qin, even though I come from a humble background, I have never done anything wrong!" Lin Bai immediately became anxious, "May I ask where is our master? Where are the relics of our immortal master?"

"What do you mean? Do you think my master stole the immortal master's things?" Qin Ruzhong glared at Lin Bai.

"Hehe, I didn't say anything, why are you feeling guilty?" Lin Bai said.

"You idiot, how dare you insult my master by stealing his corpse?" Qin Ruzhong drew his sword from its sheath, pointed it at Lin Bai, and angrily said, "Do you want to test the sharpness of my sword?"

"My sword is not bad either!" Lin Bai also drew his sword, but stood behind Pei Ning.

"Put down your swords!" Pei Ning was very impatient.

As she spoke, she didn't look at anyone else, but just half-knelt down and turned over the remains of Master Qi.

Under the remains, there was a black human figure, obviously soaked in blood.

But there were three small words engraved on it: Jiuyin Mountain.

"Jiuyin Mountain?" Pei Ning thought silently for a while and looked at everyone.

Everyone shook their heads, none of them had ever heard of this place.

"No matter what, let's report back to the mountain gate first." Pei Ning sighed, "Xiao Linzi, Junior Brother Liu, Junior Brother Jia, you follow me down the mountain. The rest of you stay here and don't let the immortal master's remains be damaged."

"I can finally go home." Lin Bai sat down on the ground, thinking about what gift he should bring for Xiuxiu.

(End of this chapter)