Chapter 169: The Man
When I came to Fengming Pavilion, I found Zhu Yumao.
It turned out that something big happened indeed. Zhu Yushu went to the Tian family for a few rounds and fell in love with a young lady from the Tian family.
Since then, the marriage between the two families has been settled, and Zhu Jianyang is discussing etiquette at Tian's house.
The female nun from the Tian family is nearly thirty years old and her name is Tian Wanjun. Ben is also an outstanding person, having perfected his Qi practice at the age of twenty-one. It's a pity that I missed the opportunity to build the foundation and delayed it for a few years. Now I am in charge of farming in the Tian family.
I don’t know how Zhu Yushu managed to chat with her. Anyway, the marriage was a certainty.
In fact, most practitioners seek to be free and easy. Even if they form a Taoist couple, they are too lazy to do any etiquette. At most, they just invite a few friends to drink and celebrate.
However, families and sects are different and must consider their survival. Moreover, Zhu Yushu is the next head of the family, and he does not have the final say on his marriage alone.
Although the female cultivator from the Tian family is in the Qi training realm, she will eventually get married. The Zhu family got a bargain.
However, it is unclear whether Zhu Yushu and Tian Wanjun really like each other, or whether they were forced to do so by the Tian family.
Lin Bai only hoped that the two of them were in love.
"What's that little lady's temperament like?" Lin Bai was afraid of meeting someone like Zhu Yuling again.
"I heard he is a very reasonable person." Zhu Yumao smiled.
"Dad," Miaomiao was the first to find fault, "just listen to this kind of talk. My master often tells me that when I meet a female nun, I first praise her appearance and secondly her temperament. That's why I invite any female nun here. It’s not unusual to be able to say a few words about being reasonable..."
After she finished speaking, she quickly stopped talking when she saw Lin Bai and Zhu Yumao looking unhappy.
After chatting for a while, Lin Bai stood up and left.
"Master, please go back first." Miaomiao did not leave, "I will accompany my father as a filial piety. I will go back by myself later."
Of course Lin Bai agreed and went back to meditate alone.
After refining the elixir and meditating, I began to think about myself again.
Now he has nothing to gain, and only has more than a thousand middle-grade spiritual stones on hand.
As for making a living, apart from selling oneself, the only way is to make alchemy. Although I have achieved some success in making the talisman, I haven't taken it out yet.
After obtaining Zhu Jianguang and Zhu Jianshui's notes, Lin Bai worked diligently, and the pills he refined now were the Anling Pill and Jiuzhi Pill used by the Foundation Establishment monks.
The former is helpful for spiritual practice, and the latter is for healing. Lin Bai also wanted to get some pills that were more expensive and more profitable. For example, the Jade Pure Pill that can remove poisons and the Huayuan Pill that can help break through, but there is no pill recipe, let alone spiritual materials.
But even so, the small life can be lived happily.
Alchemists in the foundation-building realm are popular wherever they go.
Lin Bai is still refining elixirs for Fengming Pavilion, but the Zhu family's spiritual materials are really lacking. Firstly, the spiritual materials required for the Foundation Establishment stage take longer, ranging from a dozen years to hundreds of years. Secondly, there are too few people in Fengming Mountain, and the spiritual materials needed for the Foundation Establishment stage are extremely difficult to take care of.
"When my sister-in-law comes in, she might be able to get in touch with the Tian family, and she can make elixirs for the Tian family in the future, and she will earn one more."
"After all, the hard work of refining elixirs is not as good as sleeping with me! Not to mention killing people and stealing goods!"
After sitting for a while, Lin Bai took out the talisman pen, talisman paper, cinnabar, and a bottle of clear water with a lot of spiritual energy.
Grinding the cinnabar, without distraction, licking the ink and writing.
A shadow appeared behind him, the fog cleared, and a turntable slowly rotated.
Concentrate on your heart and put it on your pen.
However, first the spiritual patterns were messy, and then the talisman was broken.
The golden elixir has a natal talisman, which seals the natal magical power on things like animal skins and tree barks. The foundation-building monks also have natal magical powers, but it is difficult to imitate the talisman.
Due to the limitations of the realm, there is nothing we can do. Lin Bai tried for a long time, but to no avail. It was true that he couldn't shoot the arrow when he pulled the bow.
After resting for a while, Lin Bai started writing again.
There is only vast mist in the shadow behind him, and there is no wheel.
The mist moved randomly and slowly fell onto the talisman paper. The cinnabar appears, the spiritual pattern is drawn, and wisps of mist disappear into the spiritual pattern.
This is a talisman of destiny, and it is a talisman made by borrowing the energy of natal life. All foundation-building monks can make corresponding talismans according to their own destiny, but the power is far behind.
Lin Bai picked up the talisman, shook it slightly, and caught fire with the wind. Immediately, a small mist emerged from the talisman paper and entered from between his eyebrows.
This talisman uses the power of the natal mist to isolate deductions and can last for half an hour. In addition, it can't even block the field of vision, and it is even more helpless to fight.
But if it is used in a special way, it will have miraculous effects.
Lin Bai named this talisman the Eye-Blocking Talisman, which means a leaf to cover the eyes. There is very little mist, which can be said to be one leaf; it can block temporary deductions and blind the eyes.
The clouds in the sleeves that were previously cultivated were borrowed from the natal mist and could only be used by oneself. If you want to seal it and donate it to others, the separation of hundreds of feet will be eliminated.
This talisman makes up for this shortcoming and allows others to borrow it.
But Lin Bai didn’t plan to give it to anyone.
As he practiced for a long time and gained more knowledge, Lin Bai became more and more aware of how magical and strange his own mist was. If the secret is known to others, I am afraid that I will not be able to live in it, but will be exploited by others.
The matter involves one's own secrets, and the blinding talisman should never be shown to anyone except those whom one can no longer kiss.
After drawing dozens of talismans, I was exhausted and sweating. After sitting quietly for a rest, Lin Bai put aside his distracting thoughts and started practicing on his own.
The Hunyuan Body Tempering Method has been used for three rounds. There were a lot of delays in the previous period, including sleeping in Longshan and attending funerals. Now it’s time to move on.
However, there was no delay in advancing to the realm of cultivation. Now on the second level of foundation building, the threshold of the third level of foundation building has been vaguely touched.
This quenching of the body begins with fire. When allocating time for cultivation, body tempering is the main priority, realm cultivation is second, alchemy and talisman making are third, and occasionally teaching disciples and Xiao Yu'er.
A month passed in the blink of an eye, and Lin Bai suddenly felt a sense of joy in his heart.
When they came to the stone plate, they saw the white light and shadow of the moon outside the mist, and Xiuxiu became more and more capable.
Feel it carefully and wonder where the joy comes from.
Lin Bai was certain that it was not Sister Jiang who was pregnant, nor Sister Huanhuan, but Sister Pei who had accomplished the foundation building work.
"The return date is not far away. It seems that Sister Pei is going well."
Another month later, Lin Bai went to the Crystal Palace for a tour, and then wrote a letter to Qu Ruyi, asking if Xiuxiu had returned, and mentioned Zhu Yushu's marriage. Then he went to Yuhu to pay the accommodation fee for his good disciple, then went to Zhutao Garden to pick up four flying knives, and ordered four more.
After a lot of work, Sister Pei still didn't come back.
Lin Bai felt nothing in his heart, so he was not in a hurry and took his good disciple to Fengming Mountain.
Fire generates earth, and the spiritual energy of earth needs to be tempered in Zhujia Fengming Mountain.
Letting Miaomiao go wild, Lin Bai went to find the Zhu Yushu.
After chatting for a long time, they asked about the daughter of the Tian family. Zhu Yushu, a man with a heroic temperament, laughed out loud, not knowing what kind of ecstasy he had taken.
When asked about Zhu Jianyang again, he also praised Tian's daughter to the sky.
With the relationship between Lin Bai and the Zhu family, there is no need to talk about these things in a formal way. It seems that the Tian family girl is indeed good.
Lin Bai felt that if Xiuxiu were here, she would definitely talk a lot about marrying a virtuous wife, and then compare it with the bad things happening to her neighbors.
"Sister Ruyi has no faith either!"
Lin Bai meditated again to temper his body.
It's another two months, and the earth spiritual energy has been tempered. In three days, it will be Zhu Yushu's wedding ceremony.
It was rare for the Zhu family to have a happy event, and it should have been grand, but after all, Yuan Ying had just died in the Gu family, so the Zhu and Tian families could only keep a low profile. All the foundation-building sects and families around Fengming Mountain came to congratulate him. Gu Fang and Gu Yao came from the Gu family, three foundation builders came from the Tian family, and the others were all casual cultivators and friends.
However, people from Xinyi Square Crystal Palace also came to express congratulations on Qu's success and to send congratulatory gifts, which made all the guests think highly of the Zhu family.
When the ceremony started, Lin Bai finally met Tian Wanjun of the Tian family.
She has an average appearance, but is elegant, and her eyebrows are very gentle and gentle.
Lin Bai knew why Zhu Yushu, a hard wood, was so happy. It turned out that he was overcoming strength with softness and found a rein that could bind him.
It was already dark when the ceremony was over. Banquets were placed inside and outside the palace, and the host and guests enjoyed themselves.
Lin Bai sat at the same table with his apprentice and taught her the principles of life while being drunk by her.
After a while, Zhu Yumao came over in a hurry. He had something important to do.
The two of them avoided everyone. Zhu Yumao took out a letter and said: "The people from my manor came just now. This letter is for you."
"Who wrote the letter?" Lin Bai asked.
"I don't know." Zhu Yumao shook his head and smiled bitterly, "There is a wedding event at home today, and only an ordinary old servant is left to guard the manor. According to what the old servant said, the person who came was masked and did not distinguish between male and female. He said he was an old friend of mine. The letter was delivered to me. When I opened it, I saw another letter, but it was for you.”
Lin Bai took the letter and felt nothing in his heart. When I opened the letter, there were only four words: I have returned.
This is Sister Pei's handwriting. Lin Bai is very familiar with her.
It's just that Sister Pei has successfully built the foundation, why don't you just go to Fengming Mountain and cover it up? Besides, it has been three months since she successfully built the foundation, but she still hasn’t returned home. But what happened?
Lin Bai and Sister Pei had been working together for a long time, so he knew that Sister Pei was not a mysterious person. She did not show up and did not return to the Tianchi sect. She must have encountered an extremely difficult decision, or she had other secrets.
"Don't mention this matter to outsiders." Lin Bai warned Zhu Yumao.
Lin Bai and Zhu Yumao returned to the table again, Lin Bai chatted with Gu Fang and Gu Yao for a while, and drank with everyone until midnight, then he was too drunk and left.
Arriving at Zhu Yumao's manor, there were no lights.
All the ordinary servants here have been dismissed. Lin Bai stepped forward and came to the guest room.
Push the door and go in, the candle light will be on.
Pei Ning's face was frosty, with a slight smile on his lips.
"I..."
As soon as Pei Ning opened his mouth, Lin Bai raised his hand to signal.
He waved his sleeves and threw out seven small flags, which were placed around the house. Immediately, the mist poured out of his sleeves, covering the place.
Sister Pei acted differently this time, fearing that something serious might happen, so Lin Bai acted cautiously to prevent others from prying.
Sitting in the mist, the two of them faced each other, and even the candlelight flickered and went out.
"It's okay to say it." Lin Bai held her hand.
"I should learn more about your prudent behavior." Pei Ning sighed, and then spoke out in one breath without holding anything back.
She had gone through the Qianhe Sand Land incident and knew that there were many golden elixirs involved, so she left immediately after completing the foundation building.
Pei Ning did not return the same way, fearing that someone would come again, so he took the southwest route to Mianlong Mountain. He sat there for two months in the Mianlong Mountain cave mentioned by Lin Bai. Afterwards, he showed up at Longmenfang and then came all the way.
She did this to make people think that the place where she built her foundation was in Mianlong Mountain, not Qianhe Sand Land.
"I didn't hide any traces when I went there, but Mianlong Mountain is in the south and Qianhe Sandy Land is in the southwest, so that's normal."
"When I went to Mianlong Mountain from Qianhe Sandland, I didn't interact with anyone, so no one should know my whereabouts."
Peining sounded a little lonely and took out a stone tablet the size of Miaomiao's palm.
Lin Bai took it and took a closer look, only to see that the blood stains on it had long solidified into brown. The material is unknown, there is no aura at all, it looks like an ordinary mountain stone.
The reverse side is painted with strange lines that look like rivers. There is only one word on the front: None.
I can't see its use, and I don't know its magic.
However, Lin Bai and Pei Ning discussed for a long time and felt that this stone tablet should be a key, or the key to unlocking a secret realm.
But the strange thing is that after Sister Pei built the foundation, she looked around and found nothing unusual. It seemed like an ordinary sand vortex.
The nine people emerged from the sand and then fell into it. I don't know where it comes from, nor its purpose.
However, the Jiang and Yao families were involved, and guessing from his words, I am afraid that the golden elixir behind the matter was involved.
Yao Wanshan and Jiang Xingchi are both in the late stage of the Golden Elixir. The thing that can make their hearts flutter is either to add another Golden Elixir to their family, or to help realize the Dao Nascent Soul.
In the past, when vixens were causing trouble, Yunxia Sect and Jiuyinshan Yuanying went to Qiaoshan Sect. At that time, Gao Yuanyuan and Qu Chengjia were guests at the Tianchi Sect. When Qu Ru unexpectedly went out to build the foundation, Yao Wanshan hooked up with Qu Chengjia and promised to treat Qu Chengjia with great gifts.
Although I don't know what they did, since the matter involved a secret, they still invited Qu Chengjia to go there, so they must have relied on Qu Chengjia's numerology of yin and yang.
However, it seems that this time, even with the help of Qu Chengjia, Yao Wanshan did not get what he asked for, so he sent Yao Qianlong to guard him.
And Jiang Xingchi seemed to be involved.
The scorpion-tailed snake skins that Lin Bai had previously obtained in Mianlong Mountain were all given to Jiang Yatou, and they were confiscated by her family. They turned out to be made into spiritual weapons.
The two discussed it for a long time and felt that Qu Chengjia just met at the right time. But Peining used Qu Chengjia's talisman, which made Yao Qianlong think that Peining was related to Qu Chengjia, and mistakenly thought that Qu Chengjia wanted to pick peaches.
There are too many people involved behind this matter. In addition to Yao and Jiang's two golden elixirs, there are seven others, and there may be another golden elixir behind.
The problem now is that Pei Ning is hot with the stone tablet, but Jiang Huo cannot ignore the grace of fighting for his life.
But if it is handed over to the Jiang family, trouble may arise again.
Although the Jiang family has a good family tradition and they are all gentlemen and ladies, they are also honest and honest in doing business and never take advantage of others.
But if this stone tablet involves the Great Dao, it will be beneficial to the realization of the Nascent Soul. I'm afraid Jin Dan will not only fight tooth and nail, but his methods won't be gentle either.
Therefore, we can no longer use common sense to judge Jiang Xingchi, and it is even correct to think the worst about him.
"You gave me a lot of spiritual stones last time, and I made the sword box and the flying sword with great joy, but they were destroyed at the first glance."
She was quite sad, "And these..." She pointed to the nine storage rings on the table, "All the specialties related to Qianhe Sandy Land were thrown away, and I didn't dare to take the damaged spiritual weapons. There are also some elixir talismans, but there are not many letters and no identification tags.”
"So you don't dare to ask for anything valuable?" Lin Bai laughed.
"You make so much money in one trip, and I will only do money-losing business." Pei Ning also laughed.
"Being able to come back in peace is better than anything else. Besides, is it possible to achieve this without building a foundation?" Lin Bai comforted her.
"What about the stone tablet?" Peining asked.
"Jiang Huo's great kindness for saving his life, you and I are not the ones who don't recognize the kindness. We need to understand Jiang Xingchi both emotionally and rationally. We shouldn't hinder people from becoming enlightened. This is not something that our mere foundation builders can participate in. It's definitely It needs a golden elixir to start with, maybe we can make some soup along with it," Lin Bai said.
"What if there is danger?" Pei Ning shook his head slightly, "No matter how good you and Jiang Yatou are, after all, the matter involves secrets and involves many golden elixir monks. Jiang Xingchi can't believe it."
"So we need to find the right person." Lin Bai smiled.
"Gu... Fairy Shen Yu?" Peining also smiled.
"The one who knows me is Sister Ning!" Lin Bai took her hand and walked in, saying, "You encountered the enemy this time and there were a lot of inappropriate responses. Let me give you some pointers."
(End of chapter)