Chapter 135 Tribulation
Since Huang Ruhua was free to chat and joke, Tie Huasheng would be fine.
The little oriole chirped and landed on Huang Ruhua's shoulder, jumping around like its owner, with high spirits.
Huang Ruhua had said before that she didn't want Jiang Yatou to know about Tie Huasheng's relationship with her, so Lin Bai didn't ask.
But that ethereal feeling seemed to be pointing towards Huang Ruhua.
Lin Bai felt silently and became more and more certain that the opportunity to build the foundation was related to Huang Ruhua.
"Congratulations, senior, for becoming a Taoist priest." Huang Ruhua said with a smile again.
People saluted and congratulated Girl Jiang, but Girl Jiang still hid behind Lin Bai and refused to respond.
Lin Bai saw that it was not a problem, so he got out of the way.
Girl Jiang covered her body with her robe, her face filled with anger and embarrassment.
When she was alone with Lin Bai before, her shame went away very quickly and she was more energetic in making nonsense. After getting the wonderful idea, they cooperated even more tightly and were willing to try anything.
But now that she was caught in the act, she was uncharacteristically ashamed.
"You go out first." Jiang Yatou lowered her head and did not look at Huang Ruhua.
"Haha." Huang Ruhua didn't like her, and said: "You dare to be naked and fool around in a cave with a man, but you are embarrassed in front of a woman like me. Your Jiang family is really a good tutor."
"My family only taught me to knock before entering." Jiang Xiaobai buried his head in his chest.
"This must be my residence."
Huang Ruhua laughed and walked out. After taking two steps, she turned back and smiled and said: "You and Lin Zhuanlun are having fun in the cave, then I will go with him to have fun outside the cave." She winked at Lin Bai and motioned to follow.
Lin Bai covered his forehead. He really couldn't bear the quarrel between two people and a woman.
"Just go ahead." Jiang Xiaobai replied.
Huang Ruhua ignored it and walked straight out.
Lin Bai followed and looked back at Jiang Yatou, but saw that her eyes were filled with resentment and she was very unconvinced.
After leaving the cave, I saw the sun shining through the gaps in the leaves. There is water mist in the mountains, and there is even more mist.
"You are really good at it. The tenant can even sleep in the owner's house." Huang Ruhua walked a few steps forward and came to a big tree. Huang Ruhua crossed her arms and smiled, "She said before that you were the best at lying, and you also I was told to be careful, but she wasn’t.”
"We are in love with each other." Lin Bai explained.
"I've seen it a long time ago. When she mentioned you, she was very happy." Huang Ruhua smiled and sat on a piece of bluestone.
"What happened to you?" Lin Bai sat opposite her.
"Yes." Huang Ruhua nodded, sighed, and said, "Master searched around and found nothing unusual."
"He didn't doubt my words?" Lin Bai laughed.
"Probably not." Huang Ruhua sighed and said, "Master is my only disciple, and my friend always has to give some face when delivering messages." When she said this, she looked at Lin Bai and said seriously: " Master said, let me thank you for your vigilance.”
"I'm not doing it for him, but because of the old friendship between you and me." Lin Bai didn't have a good impression of Tie Huasheng.
"I understand." Huang Ruhua nodded and added: "Master has done many bad things in the past, and no one likes him. But he treats me like his own daughter, and I also treat him as my father."
It's obvious that she understands everything.
Lin Bai nodded slightly and asked, "Then why are you here again?"
"Aren't you worried about you?" Huang Ruhua smiled happily. "Master saw that there was nothing going on around him, so he asked me to come look for you. He said that I had been living in the mountains for a long time, and there was no one to talk to to relieve my boredom. I finally made friends here, so I have to take good care of myself. It’s about friendship. I’d also like to hear your experience in building foundations.”
When she said this, she stared at Lin Bai and asked: "Little Daoist Brother Jiang has completed the foundation building, why haven't you made any move yet?" She smiled narrowly, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, little Daoist Jiang has a petite and slender body, and a fragrant jade bosom. You are so addicted to the joy of joy that you don’t even think about the avenue.”
"That's true." Lin Bai saw that she was very interested and was willing to chat with her. "If you want to know the secret, let Senior Xiao Jiang tell you later."
"I won't listen." Huang Ruhua smiled happily, "The matter between men and women is not interesting. I only seek the path of truth and do not touch the path of love." She clearly had not lost her Yuan Yin, but she looked like someone who had come before.
The two chatted for a few words and returned to the cave.
Jiang Xiaobai had changed into a new Taoist robe, and his face was as usual, without any trace of blush, as if the previous incident had never happened.
"This success is possible thanks to your help." Jiang Xiaobai bowed gently.
"You and I are old friends, why do we need to say thank you? I can barely fulfill my friendship as a landlord. Besides, I am happy to help others become enlightened." Huang Ruhua returned the gift.
Lin Bai remained silent and tried not to attract attention.
The three of them sat around the bluestone table.
Huang Ruhua was very excited. She took out three wooden bowls and an animal skin bag, "This is the monkey wine I stole in the mountains. It is sweet and delicious. There are no wine utensils in the mountains, so don't dislike it." She said happily. Very, gurglingly poured it into the wooden bowl.
The wine is light yellow in color and slightly turbid. It exudes a light fruity aroma, which is quite attractive.
Huang Ruhua looked at Jiang Xiaobai and said with a smile: "This wine has an aphrodisiac effect and can help you two enjoy your elegance."
"He has Tiger Wolf Pills with him, but he doesn't need anything to cheer him up." Jiang Xiaobai was no longer ashamed, and still had a smile on his face.
Lin Bai lowered his head to drink and did not get involved in their affairs.
When the wine enters the throat, it is quite delicate and sweet, with a long aftertaste.
The little oriole flew over and landed on the wooden bowl in front of Huang Ruhua, lowering its head to peck at it.
"Silly bird." Huang Ruhua immediately grabbed the little oriole and stuffed it into her clothes. Then she raised the wooden bowl towards Jiang Xiaobai and said, "Please." After saying that, she drank it all in one gulp.
Jiang Xiaobai also took a sip, "It's so sweet." Her eyes were bright, and she took another sip. After finishing the drink, she said, "There are many rules in the house, and I have never drank alcohol before."
"Only tigers have been sold..."
Before Lin Bai could finish speaking, he was glared at by her, so he immediately stopped talking.
"Ahem..." Jiang Xiaobai cleared his throat, looked at Huang Ruhua, and said seriously: "Since Taoist Brother Xiao Huang is here, he happened to meet me and him... Please be a witness for me and him." Jiang Xiaobai was more He said solemnly and seriously: "This ridiculous thing is because I have to do it because of my Taoism."
"Yes, yes," Huang Ruhua said.
"..." Jiang Xiaobai gritted his teeth and continued: "After we leave here, this matter will never happen again, and no one can mention it again in the future."
Huang Ruhua asked curiously: "Will you be as safe as jade in the future?"
"Keep your body as pure as jade." Jiang Xiaobai said firmly.
"What about you?" Huang Ruhua looked at Lin Bai.
"Keep yourself safe like jade." Lin Bai fooled around casually.
"Okay." Huang Ruhua took out another animal skin bag and filled it with wine. "Please drink." She was very considerate and did not force the two of them to swear.
The three of them drank for a few rounds. Lin Bai was okay, but Jiang Huang and the other two blushed a bit.
Especially Jiang Xiaobai, she was newly promoted to Foundation Establishment, she was already happy, and she got a lot of nourishment, which made her even more happy, so she kept drinking.
"Give this to you." Lin Bai ignored Jiang Yatou, took out the animal skin map, and gave it back to Huang Ruhua.
"This time we are in danger again and again!" Jiang Xiaobai knelt on the ground, his face flushed, "I -" she patted her chest, "If I hadn't saved his life several times, he would have been dead."
"Yes, yes." Lin Bai agreed and poured her another drink.
Jiang Xiaobai drank another bowl, and the wine became so strong that he poured it on Lin Bai. The talk of "keeping one's body as pure as jade" has been thrown out of the window.
Beside the bluestone table, the three young men and women did not deliberately suppress their drunkenness. They just drank and chatted happily.
Jiang Xiaobai had been trapped in the Black Tower for a long time and had no one to talk to. Now that the foundation was successfully built and no one was there to take care of her, she went crazy.
Huang Ruhua has been very depressed after living in the mountains for a long time, and her mouth can chatter better than a little oriole.
The so-called practice means one tightening and one relaxing. When you get drunk, you will feel free and relaxed.
After drinking for a long time, Jiang Xiaobai became very excited and insisted on holding a Taoist meeting to talk about the secrets of foundation building.
Huang Ruhua's mouth was knotted. She had long forgotten that her master had asked her to listen to this. She didn't want to hear about the secrets of foundation building at all, and only wanted Jiang Xiaobai to talk about the secrets of Hehuan.
Although Jiang Xiaobai was drunk, he was not stupid. He didn't talk at all, he just laughed. Huang Ruhua asked Lin Bai to talk again, but Lin Bai refused and said he had forgotten.
Then Jiang Xiaobai forced Lin Bai to talk about him and Peining.
The three of them drank a lot of fruit wine and made a fuss for a long time, talking a lot of irrelevant things. Finally, Jiang Xiaobai and Huang Ruhua finally gave up.
Lin Bai threw the two of them onto the bluestone bed, and then sat cross-legged for a while. After recovering, he took the little oriole to guard outside the cave.
After half a day, Huang Ruhua came out of the cave first.
"I'm so happy." Huang Ruhua's face was no longer drunk, but she was extremely happy.
The little oriole landed on her shoulder, and Huang Ruhua touched its head with the pad of her index finger.
"When did you come out?" Huang Ruhua looked at the little oriole and kept beeping, "You didn't see me just now. That girl didn't know who I thought she was, so she kept touching her. She hummed. Chirping, I don’t know what I’m thinking about.”
"She has a biological sister. Maybe she misses her." Lin Bai tried his best to make love to Jiang Yatou.
"I don't believe it." Huang Ruhua sat on the bluestone and asked curiously: "You came with her to look for opportunities. Now that she has succeeded, what about yours?"
She had asked before, but this time it was more serious.
"The foundation of Tianqi is mysterious and mysterious. Xiaojiang and I have gone through hardships and encountered the situation of life and death. I thought it should be on her body. But she should be on my body, but I am not on her body."
Lin Bai sat opposite her, shook his head and said: "In the past few days, the ethereal opportunity became increasingly faint. I almost thought that I had missed the opportunity unintentionally. It was not until you came again that the mysterious feeling became obvious."< br>
Huang Ruhua frowned when she heard this, put her hands on her chest, and said: "It's true that I am your friend, and I am also willing to help you become enlightened. Why do you still want to sleep with me? I don't like those things."
You're not over the alcohol yet, are you? Lin Bai rubbed his head and said seriously: "I mean, is your master over there?" He pointed to the south.
Since Huang Ruhua arrived, the feeling in Lin Bai's heart became more and more obvious, pointing faintly to the south.
"You mean, it's my master who should be responsible?" Huang Ruhua was stunned for a moment, doubts appeared on her face again, and she said pitifully: "I have very few friends. Could it be that you want to kill me when you have the opportunity to build a foundation..." "You want to Where did he go?" Lin Bai shook his head and said with a helpless smile: "My master and I There is no grudge between life and death, just some grievances from the past." He said very seriously, "Besides, with the friendship between you and me, the past has long been gone. You have been ordered to find me and Xiao Jiang. , it’s obvious that he feels relieved about me.”
"Then what you mean is that you want to meet my master?" Huang Ruhua asked.
"The opportunity is mysterious, and I don't know what will happen. I just vaguely feel that I need to see him." Lin Bai didn't finish his sentence, "I can only say that I have no intention of harming the master, and the master has no intention of hurting me. . He and I are the two sides of the river, and you are the bridge."
"My master and you... apart from nagging, what else can he do now? Teach you to kill people and buy goods?" Huang Ruhua was puzzled.
"I don't need to learn those things." Lin Bai had a headache and explained: "What makes the master famous is his natal magical power, Green Rust. His domineering and strange skills are rare in the same class. It can be compared with my natal magic power. But it’s completely unrelated, and I’ve never learned any similar magical powers.”
"Is that telling you about the feeling of life? Or, like last time, telling you about elixirs?" Huang Ruhua asked again.
"No." Lin Bai shook his head again, "I have my own opinions on the experience of cultivation and life, and I don't need my teacher to give me any advice."
When Huang Ruhua heard this, she lowered her head and pondered for a long time. Finally, she could not suppress the joy on her face. She leaned forward and asked in a low voice: "You think the opportunity to build the foundation should be with the master, but in fact it should be with him." About forming pills?”
Her little brain finally understood.
"You won't know until you go and see it." Lin Bai actually didn't know for sure, he only had a vague feeling.
"I'll take you there!" Huang Ruhua was very excited. "I asked why Master asked me to come and play with you for a month. It turns out that he wanted to form pills behind my back!"
"I'm going alone, you can just write a letter for me." Lin Bai vaguely felt that this trip would not be too smooth.
"That won't work. The road is very dangerous. There are several foundation-building monsters blocking the road. It's hard for strangers to walk on it!" Huang Ruhua had a smile on her face, jumping up and down, and even the little oriole flew around happily.
Lin Bai tried to persuade her again, but Huang Ruhua just didn't respond.
The two chatted for a while, and Jiang Xiaobai also came out of the cave.
"What are you two talking about?" Jiang Xiaobai stepped forward. She also looked at Lin Bai with joy and said, "It's time to share what you got this time."
"It's a profit." Lin Bai corrected again.
"Okay, okay, of course it's your decision." Jiang Xiaobai smiled.
"No hurry, no hurry!" Huang Ruhua pulled Lin Bai's sleeve, looked at Jiang Yatou, and said, "He has an opportunity to build a foundation right in front of him, and he needs me to lead the way. Let's talk about dividing the spoils after the two of us return."
When Jiang Xiaobai heard this, he was also happy for Lin Bai. Dividing the spoils is a trivial matter, the big way is the serious matter.
The three of them made some arrangements, and Jiang Xiaobai started to build the foundation. Before his realm was stable, he stayed here. Huang Ruhua took Lin Bai outside to look for opportunities to build a foundation.
After the discussion was settled, the two set off to the south.
Huang Ruhua was very familiar with this place. She seemed to be unable to contain the joy in her heart along the way. She was even more chirping than a little oriole.
"There used to be an old cow here. He was very stupid. Later, he was surrounded and killed by several casual cultivators. Not a single bit of the horns and bones were left."
"This is a green bamboo orchid. It grows in the bamboo forest. I came across several when I was digging bamboo shoots. It's just that the year is too young to be useful."
Huang Ruhua walked and talked all the way. After walking crookedly for half a day, only a dozen miles or so, we finally came to a valley.
The valley is more than ten feet wide and the two banks are a hundred feet high. It does not look like it was made naturally. The forest here is luxuriant, the birds are singing and the beasts are roaring, it doesn't look like a place where you can live for a long time.
"I heard from people in Longmenfang that there used to be a golden elixir pangolin living in this valley, so this place was called Chuan Valley. Then for some reason, the pangolin disappeared."
"When you meet Master later, don't be cautious. He is becoming more and more like an old man now. He keeps nagging me and asking me not to follow him. I annoy him very much."
After entering the valley, after walking another mile and a half, I saw a huge rock standing in front of me, blocking the way forward to the valley.
Huang Ruhua passed through the gap under the boulder, went around a few more times, and came to a giant tree. A moss-covered stone was removed, revealing a cave.
She looked back and said, "Let's go." As she spoke, she pulled Lin Bai into the cave.
The ground in the cave is neat and clean, with fluorite on both walls and graffiti in some places.
Go forward a hundred feet and there will be a fork in the road. Huang Ruhua led Lin Bai inside, but not long after they walked, they saw a fork in the road.
After walking like this for half an hour, a wide grotto finally appeared.
There is a stone table in the middle, and a rusty copper sword hangs from the ceiling.
There is a person sitting cross-legged on the stone table. His hair is half white and half black, but it is neatly tidied.
This person is Tiehuasheng. His broken arm has already appeared, and the sinister look on his face is slightly lessened, and it is actually somewhat kind.
"Why are you back?" Tie Huasheng frowned angrily, "Didn't I ask you to come back in a month?"
"I miss you!" Huang Ruhua was not afraid of Tie Huasheng at all. She stepped forward happily, "I listened to you and brought them wine. Everyone drank happily." She held Tie Huasheng's hand with one hand. Sleeve, while pointing happily at Lin Bai, said: "Do you still remember him? I will bring him to see you."
It's like introducing a new friend to the elders in the family.
"Senior Iron." Lin Bai bowed and saluted.
Tie Huasheng stared at Lin Bai for a while, sighed, patted Huang Ruhua's head gently, and said, "Girl, go outside and I'll have a few words with him."
Huang Ruhua tilted her head and said: "Master, he is my good friend."
"I know that." Tie Huasheng said with a kind face: "Because he is your friend, as a senior, I need some greeting gifts. It's just not suitable for you to see."
"Okay." Huang Ruhua looked at Lin Bai, and seeing Lin Bai smiling and nodding, she walked out, "Little Que'er, let's go out and see your sweethearts." She took Little Huang Que out.
Only Lin Bai and Tie Huasheng were left in the cave, both of them silent.
After a long time, Tie Huasheng sighed quietly, "This is a treasure map I got by chance a few years ago. The Qiaoshan Sect once secretly sought for this thing, and now I give it to you." He took out an irregular piece of animal skin. Toss gently.
Since the Qiaoshan Sect is asking for help, it must at least have something to do with the Nascent Soul cultivator.
Lin Bai took it and asked: "Senior, what does this mean?"
Tie Huasheng did not explain, but only said: "In the past, you went deep into the bottom of the lake and risked your life and death for the Zhu family. You were a kind and righteous person." He looked excited and smiled: "My stupid disciple regards you as a good friend. , I naturally trust your friendship. I am about to form a pill this time. If it works, everything will be easy; if it doesn’t work, please take care of her a little. "
Lin Bai was silent.
"She has been stubborn since she was a child, but she is better now. However, her mind is still a little simpler. She is not bad, and she has never done anything evil, which is very different from me." Tie Huasheng said to himself and smiled: "I don't want to teach Her dirty thoughts are that I just want her to be safe and not follow my old path, even if she spends her whole life ignorant of it, that would be great.”
Lin Bai shook his head and said: "I know her, so naturally I am willing to help. As for the treasure map, please take it back, senior." As he spoke, he offered the animal skin with both hands.
"You have a friendship with her, but you have no friendship with me. There is still some hatred. Therefore, this treasure map is a reward from me. Please don't refuse." Tie Huasheng said.
These words are sincere and sincere. Lin Bai stopped being polite.
Seeing Lin Bai accept it, Tie Huasheng smiled and nodded, "Since you are here and I have everything ready, why not watch my success or failure." As he spoke, he stood up and walked out.
Lin Bai followed immediately. Huang Ruhua was standing outside. When she saw Tie Huasheng coming out, she immediately grabbed Tie Huasheng's sleeve and asked, "Master, I feel happy in my heart. Guess where it should be?"
"Maybe you have a sweetheart?" Tie Huasheng asked as he walked out.
"I'm not that boring." Huang Ruhua said.
"That means your cultivation has improved." Tie Huasheng said again.
"My entry into the country is not slow, but it is not a happy event." Huang Ruhua smiled.
"Did you pick up another bird?" Tie Huasheng asked.
"No." Huang Ruhua smiled, "It's enough for me to have a little bird. If you raise anything else, you should be bored."
"It's annoying enough without you." Tie Huasheng smiled.
The two masters and apprentices chatted endlessly and left the cave.
"Keep it." Tie Huasheng took out a letter and stuffed it into Huang Ruhua's hand. Then he took off the storage ring in his hand and threw it to Huang Ruhua.
"Master..." Huang Ruhua's eyes were a little red.
"Life or death depends on today!"
After saying that, a green light flashed in front of his eyes, and Tie Huasheng was seen flying to the boulder lying across the valley.
Lin Bai and Huang Ruhua both looked up and saw that the ferocious wind had scattered the iron hair and beard.
Between heaven and earth, humans also appear smaller.
Tie Huasheng sat down cross-legged, took out the pills, and swallowed them one by one.
Sit quietly for a day and see no movement at all.
"The road is difficult!" Tie Huasheng shouted, his hair and beard bulging. "Life is too short to waste time! Now let me try the power of heaven and see if it can wash away the patina all over my body!"
As he finished speaking, dark clouds gathered in the far distance on the horizon and slowly came towards here.
Lin Bai stared at Jie Yun, the ethereal feeling in his heart getting stronger. The opportunity to build the foundation is right in front of us, this is the Dao Dan Tribulation.
When he was on Golden Turtle Island, he missed Sister Zhen's calamity due to coma, but this time he encountered the power of heaven again.
Half an hour later, the calamity cloud had arrived above Tie Huasheng's head.
"I have worked hard for one hundred and fifty years and gone through countless hardships before disaster strikes. It is really not easy to grow from iron."
Suddenly, Lin Bai heard someone talking behind him.
Who is it? Why is there no sound? The voice is also familiar! Lin Bai immediately turned around to look.
Only five steps away, I saw a man standing with his hands behind his back. He was wearing a moon-white gown. He was handsome and elegant, with a demeanor like an immortal.
"Who are you?" Huang Ruhua kept trembling, as if she already knew the identity of this person.
"I'm Gao Yuanyuan." The visitor replied with a smile, quite reserved. "I have been a neighbor for two years, but I have taken the liberty to visit today. Please forgive me."
Huang Ruhua fell silent and staggered to the ground.
(End of chapter)