The Wheel-Turning Master.

Chapter 64 Lie down
In the mountains in spring, the wild wind is still cold.

More than ten feet away from the cave entrance, two men in gray, one short and one tall, were making a fire.

When the fire was lit, the two men took out some dry biscuits and ate them while chatting by the stream.

The tall man asked, "Brother, you said that Junior Sister Pei is the daughter of the Imperial Master and has a bright future, so why did she run off with that mat weaver and shoe seller Lin Zhuanlun?"

The dwarf swordsman showed disdain on his face and said, "What do you know? This is called adultery!"

The tall swordsman sighed and said, "Junior Sister Pei has no self-respect! What's so good about Lin Zhuanlun? In terms of appearance, there are many people who are better than him. Is it because he can turn the wheel so fast?"

"What do you think? Junior Sister Pei has been training hard in the mountains since she was young, and she doesn't know the dangers of the world. Lin Zhuanlun is a peasant, and he is good at currying favor. He also has the unique skill of Zhuanlun. Junior Sister Pei is just beginning to fall in love, so how can she not be attracted to him?" The short swordsman ate the cake with big mouthfuls, as if he could see through people's hearts.

"That's true. I heard that Junior Sister Pei acted very boldly in Huaxi County. She stayed at Lin Zhuanlun's house every day and sometimes even committed promiscuity in broad daylight! Lin Zhuanlun's teacher was pissed off to death by her!" The tall swordsman shook his head as he spoke, as if he was very disgusted.

"Oh, the Imperial Master has lost all his face!" The dwarf swordsman sneered, "Junior Sister Pei is of noble status. When she was in the capital, all the nobles were polite to her. Who would have thought that she would be slept with by a peasant who only made mats and sold shoes?"

"Who says it's not true? It's hard to predict what's going on in this world!" The tall swordsman sighed, "Just like Qin Ruzhong, who was imprisoned a few days ago, and now he's shaking again!"

"Who can blame me for having a good sister?" The short swordsman laughed strangely.

“Who said it wasn’t?” The tall swordsman threw the remaining half of the cake into the fire and said dissatisfiedly: “Elder Yue prepared so many beautiful girls, but Immortal Master Song didn’t like it at all. Instead…”

At this point, he lowered his voice and said, "Brother Yu, you said that you are a great immortal master who can take whatever he wants, so why do you like to eat the leftovers from other people's mouths?"

"Are you fucking going to die?" The short Senior Brother Yu blew his beard. "How dare you say anything? You have a coquettish sister to back you up? Even if the Immortal Master is not here, we have to be careful with our words!"

“Yes, yes, yes.” The tall swordsman immediately calmed down, with sweat on his forehead. “Then let’s continue searching. The Immortal Master told us to search in this direction, so let’s work harder and risk our lives to make a contribution!”

"I said you're stupid, and you really are!" The short Senior Brother Yu laughed disdainfully, "Is Pei Ning easy to deal with? She's a genius in swordplay, and the two of us together are no match for her! Is it more important to make achievements or to save your life?"

He stretched his legs and kicked the tall swordsman's leg, whispering, "How much silver do you get a month? Is it worth risking your life?"

The two men's voices gradually became quieter, and they began to tell some jokes, but from time to time they looked towards the cave entrance in the distance that was hidden by the dry branches of the bushes.

After a while, the bushes at the entrance of the cave moved, and then a figure suddenly flew out, like a thin cloud of green smoke.

It’s Pei Ning!

"Haha! It's here as expected!" The short Senior Brother Yu laughed.

In an instant, dozens of arrows were shot at Pei Ning, and they were extremely sharp. Pei Ning dodged left and right, and for a moment he was in a state of embarrassment.

At this moment, another afterimage flew out of the cave, a few points faster than Pei Ning, and at the same time threw dozens of flying stones in his hand.

After a few "puff" sounds, the people who shot the arrows were all hit on the head by the stones and died.

Pei Ning landed on a big tree, leaned against the branch, looked at the tall and short swordsmen, and said with a smile: "Senior Brother Yu, Senior Brother Gao, you used words to lure people out of the cave, why did you use it on me for no reason? What if you want to provoke me to come out of the cave? Do you dare to come forward and test your swords?"

The two swordsmen, one tall and one short, did not say anything. They just drew their swords and took a defensive stance.

Lin Bai stood at the entrance of the cave, with rocks behind him, looking into the distance.

There are six old men over there, all of them are famous elders of the Qingyang Sect.

The other twenty or so young swordsmen had clearly formed an encirclement.

"Please come in, elders. Pei Ning is here to say hello." Pei Ning stood on a tree branch, holding a sword and clasping his fists.

"Pei girl, you have improved again. When you were young and learning swordsmanship, I saw that you were a good seedling." An old man stroked his beard and sighed, "But you shouldn't have passed on the sect's unique skill, the Green Bat Skill, to Lin Zhuanlun, and you shouldn't have colluded with Lin Zhuanlun."

"Master Yang, now that things have come to this, there is no need to say more." Pei Ning bowed respectfully.

"Pei girl, don't be stubborn." Sect Master Yang shook his head and sighed, "We are martial artists, and our life span is limited. How can we compare with the immortal master? Why do you have to accompany Lin Zhuanlun to die?"

"Master, who is so stubborn?" Pei Ning smiled. "You all dream of becoming immortals, but you only dare to ask for alms from the immortal master. For so many years, has the immortal master ever given you anything except some free pills? Have you been acting like a dog for the New Year and forgotten that you are human?"

"Girl Pei, the Immortal Master has taken away many disciples of our Qingyang Sect before. Even Lin Zhuanlun's sister was accepted by the Immortal Master Qu, wasn't she?" Sect Leader Yang advised earnestly.

"How come none of the disciples I accepted in the past have come back to visit?" Pei Ning shook his head and said, "What happened to Zhong Xiuxiu was just an accident. Master, please stop deceiving yourself."

"Master! Why are you talking nonsense to her?"

Suddenly, a man in his thirties jumped out, his face full of anger, and said impatiently: "She is in love with adultery, how could she come back? Take it first!"

This person was none other than Qin Ruzhong. When he reached this point, he drew out his long sword, pointed at Pei Ning, and angrily said, "That day I felt that you and Lin Zhuanlun were not right. It must be you two adulterers who killed my master and stole the relics of Master Qi Xian! Otherwise, how could Lin Zhuanlun have made such rapid progress in martial arts in such a short period of time?"

Qin Ruzhong was quite rude in front of the headmaster and the elders, but no one said anything to him.

Lin Bai bent his bow, drew his arrow, and shot it out.

Qin Ruzhong didn't expect Lin Bai to shoot without saying a word! He hurriedly drew his sword to protect himself and retreated again and again, but it was too late and the arrow had hit his thigh.

No one helped him, and some even laughed at him.

Sect Leader Yang just smiled slightly and turned around and said, "Zhang Yuanshan, you really found a good son-in-law."

At this time, a man walked out from behind the elders, with a servile smile on his face, and said flatteringly: "Master Brother, I have never recognized him as my son-in-law."

"Whether you recognize her or not, Miss Pei is already here." Sect Leader Yang's expression turned gloomy. "Go and capture her and hand her over to the Immortal Master for disposal!"

"This..." Zhang Yuanshan looked at Pei Ning with a miserable face, and said: "My dear daughter, come back with me. Let's kowtow to the immortal master and admit our mistakes. Maybe we can still survive."

"Dad, why do you have to deceive yourself?" Pei Ning had no expression on his face, but his tone was firm. "If I did something wrong, it would be fine for me to kowtow and admit my mistake. But if I did nothing wrong, why should I admit my mistake? Just because he is a fairy master?"

When she said this, a crazy smile appeared on her face. "Dad, you have been kneeling to the immortal masters for most of your life, but your daughter is different. My back is getting harder and harder, and I just can't bend it! Why do I kneel to the immortal masters, and not the immortal masters kneel to me? Am I born lowly?"

Zhang Yuanshan was stunned and said nothing.

For a moment, no one spoke. Even Qin Ruzhong, who was hugging his legs on the ground, stopped wailing.

"Evil creature!" Zhang Yuanshan's hair and beard were all standing up, and he no longer had the demeanor of a sage master. He drew his sword and rushed straight at Pei Ning.

"Go and get Lin Zhuanlun!" Sect Leader Yang immediately spoke, pointing his sword at Pei Ning.

The other five elders raised their swords and went towards Lin Bai. Although these people were not young, they were very capable. They acted quickly and formed a certain formation, which was extremely stable.

Lin Bai didn't care much about it. Instead, he kept looking at Pei Ning, fearing that she had failed.

Zhang Yuanshan thrust out a sword, and Pei Ning dodged it immediately.

But at this moment, Zhang Yuanshan suddenly said, "Silly girl, run away! They want to take Lin Zhuanlun, you are just a bonus! Run!"

After he finished speaking, he turned around and pointed his sword at Sect Leader Yang who had caught up with him.

"Dad!" Pei Ning was stunned for a moment, and then he saw Master Yang let out a long roar, and a dazzling sword light suddenly ignited on the edge of the sword.

The sword light immediately broke Zhang Yuanshan's attack, and the sword continued to pierce Zhang Yuanshan's chest. However, before it pierced into the chest, Pei Ning immediately attacked to save him.

With a bang, Pei Ning's sword broke and she immediately stepped back a few steps.

Zhang Yuanshan had already fallen to the ground. Although he was saved by Pei Ning, he was eventually hit by the sword and the wound on his chest had exposed his internal organs.

"Hahaha! You and your daughter are both cut out to be traitors!" Sect Leader Yang was in high spirits and was about to chase them, but he heard wailing sounds all around.

Turning around, he saw corpses all over the ground. The sword in Lin Zhuanlun's hand was also shining brightly, and he looked even more ferocious than himself.

And it was coming towards him at an extremely fast speed.

"This is impossible!"

The older you are in the martial arts world, the less courageous you are. Master Yang was so frightened that he turned around and ran away.

His internal strength was extremely profound, but he was old and weak after all, and was caught up by Lin Zhuanlun in a blink of an eye.

"Do you really think that my name, Yang the Invincible, is just boasting?" Sect Leader Yang stopped, turned around, a fierce look on his face, and his long sword burst out with a blazing sword light.

But at this moment, he felt a flash before his eyes, a chill in his chest, and his breath suddenly escaped.

The sword light dissipated, and Master Yang touched his chest. Blood was gushing out of the wound, and his internal organs had already been shattered.

"You...you don't know how to fight..." He staggered two steps and fell to the ground, his eyes still staring at the bloody flying knife that pierced his chest.

All the elders of the Qingyang Sect were killed. When the remaining young people saw that their leader was dead, no one stepped forward to seek revenge, but instead fled in all directions.

Since the people from Qingyang Sect were able to track them here so quickly, it meant that the two of them had already revealed their whereabouts.

It was probably a magical power similar to that of the black cicada. If Song Qing's magic could not be broken, killing as many people as possible would be useless.

So Lin Bai didn't chase after him, but went back to look for Pei Ning.

The ground was littered with corpses and broken arms, all of which were destroyed by Lin Bai's sword.

Not far away, Pei Ning was half-kneeling on the ground, looking at Zhang Yuanshan.

Zhang Yuanshan's chest was covered in blood, and many of his internal organs were broken. I'm afraid even a god couldn't save him.

Pei Ning didn't say anything either. She just took out the pill bottle that Qu Ruyi gave her, poured out two pills, and stuffed them into Zhang Yuanshan's mouth.

Lin Bai stood aside and didn't say anything.

"Don't waste it... I died a long time ago, many years ago..."

Zhang Yuanshan waved his hands with all his might. He did not look at Lin Bai, but only at Pei Ning. He grabbed Pei Ning's hands with his bloody hands, panted for a long time, and then said, "Run..."

"You can't escape." Pei Ning said.

"Don't... don't follow Lin... and you will survive..." Zhang Yuanshan spit out blood while speaking.

"Dad, he saved my life." Pei Ning said.

Zhang Yuanshan was stunned for a moment, opened his mouth, and spit out blood again.

Pei Ning used his sleeve to wipe it for him, but he couldn't wipe it all off.

"Girl..."

Zhang Yuanshan's face turned extremely pale. "I understand what you just said. We are not born lowly. But they don't treat us as human beings... What else can we do? Can you block the attack of the immortal master? Lin Zhuanlun's sword light... So what if the sword light is peerless? Can you block it?"

Pei Ning said nothing.

"Or did you forget Qu Chengjia?"

Zhang Yuanshan tightly grasped Pei Ning's hand, blood gushing out of his mouth, "Girl, I know you despise me, I despise myself too... When I first met your mother, I was young and full of vigor, happy to avenge my enemies, and do whatever I wanted. Who in the martial arts world doesn't know the young master Zhang of the Qingyang Sect? Your mother only has eyes for me, and Pei Wuyong couldn't stop her, and she had to marry me..." When he said this, his eyes were blank, "When there was no one around late at night, I also lamented, how could I become like this? Yes, it was because I saw the skills of the immortal masters, and I knew that I could never surpass them even if I practiced for a lifetime, so my waist bent down. The lower I bent, the angrier your mother became, and she hated me and despised me... Even if I died, I would not let you take my last name..."

Pei Ning remained silent.

Zhang Yuanshan coughed a few times, blood flowed out of his mouth and nose, but he didn't care and continued, "Girl, if you don't want to bend over, then don't bend over. Don't learn from me. Once you bend over, haha, your spine will never be able to straighten up again."

"I'll remember that." Pei Ning responded softly.

There seemed to be a smile on Zhang Yuanshan's lips. He forced himself to turn his head and look at Lin Bai.

As if he wanted to say something, Zhang Yuanshan just opened his mouth, closed his eyes and died.

The mountain wind blew away the bloody smell, and soon wild crows began circling.

Neither of them spoke. Pei Ning was stunned for a while, then he drew his sword and chopped down some dry trees, and then set Zhang Yuanshan on fire.

She knelt down and kowtowed three times, remaining silent for a long time.

Neither of them was too lazy to escape.

Anyway, my whereabouts are known to someone, and my life and death are in his hands. It all depends on when the other party will come to take me away.

(End of this chapter)