The entire sect is obsessed with love, but I'm the only one who's truly insane.

Lin Du's master, Yan Ye, is the 98th generation disciple of the Supreme Sect and the senior uncle of the current sect leader. He is younger than the sect leader and is rumored to be the top swordsman whose sword energy can freeze the entire Central Plains once he draws his sword.

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But the story doesn't mention that Lin Du's master is actually an... exhibitionist.

Aside from that outer robe, which was probably just something he had put on temporarily, he was almost completely naked underneath. Lin Du glanced down and saw the strong, lean calf muscles of the man sitting cross-legged.

Lin Du turned his face away. "Master, you should put on some pants."

Ju Yuan shivered from the cold. Even though he was already at the Great Perfection of the Huiyang Realm, he was still somewhat affected by the strange environment of Luoze. His breath turned into white mist.

"Uncle-Master, I've brought the person over. Shall I take my leave now?"

Yan Ye responded and snapped his fingers. Lin Du felt a chaotic snowfall begin before his eyes. Just as the snowflakes were about to fall, the dark figure slowly became clear.

With white hair, black clothes, and gray eyes, he was extremely tall, with broad shoulders, long legs, a wasp waist, and an ape-like back. He looked down at the little girl in front of him with a gaze devoid of any emotion, as if he were looking at an ice sculpture, completely devoid of warmth. Then he reached out a hand and placed it on her head.

Lin Du groaned, feeling a surge of icy air rush from the top of his head into his internal organs and meridians.

"Ah..." Yan Ye's tone was flat, his voice clear and melodious like ice, "A Heavenly Grade Ice Spiritual Root, damaged heart meridian, more than half of your lungs are congested, you are born weak, how did you live to be thirteen years old?"

Before Lin Du could answer, Yan Ye spoke first, "The rest is fine, but the heart meridian is the hardest to restore. But don't worry, since you are my destined disciple, I will definitely heal you. Those bastards who only know how to sit and eat their money probably can't afford to support you. From now on, you can follow me."

Lin Du replied obediently, "Thank you, Master."

"What's your name?"

"Lin Ferry".

Which ferry?

"To help others, you must first help yourself."

When the child spoke to the elder, she didn't look up. Yan Ye's hand, which was on her head, moved down and pulled the peach branch from her hair. Her long hair was temporarily held in place and didn't fall down. He didn't care and forced her to raise her head.

"The dirty little thing."

He met his apprentice's excessively dark eyes with amusement, precisely catching a fleeting ruthlessness in those half-closed eyes, which vanished the moment he looked up, leaving only a pure sense of detachment and weariness.

"Don't you feel that your master is quite different from what you imagined?"

Lin Du thought, probably so. She met his gray eyes, which clearly held no frivolity, and couldn't understand why this person was so different from the group of real people in front of her.

"Since you must first help yourself before helping others," the man suddenly exerted force, snapping his finger through the ice. Water gushed out instantly and quickly began to freeze into a thin layer of ice. Before Lin Du could react, he was used as a hammer.

His body broke through the thin ice and then plunged into the icy spring.

In her panic, she reached out and grabbed the edge of the ice cave, which was three or four inches thick, and then climbed up with all her might.

"Then let's try to see if you can save yourself."

Yan Ye squatted down and forcefully pried Lin Du's hands off the ice cave.

Lin Du cursed inwardly, then was suddenly swept away by the swift current and plunged onto the ice.

The biting cold penetrated deep into the skin through every pore, and then all the muscles and meridians in the body trembled.

She tried to swim upstream, but was swept downstream by the current; her body was not strong enough to break through the thick ice.

Suffocation, cold, and a tremendous impact followed one after another. Lin Du didn't feel the system's reply, but she couldn't care less.

She must not die at the hands of her monstrous master today.

One day she'll throw this perverted bastard who doesn't wear pants into an ice hole and give his brain a good wash, to see what kind of rubbish is inside.

Lin Du didn't know how far he had been swept away, but he had completely run out of oxygen. His lungs felt so suffocated that they were about to burst. The spiritual energy in his dantian was surging everywhere, but it was being suppressed by the cold air rolling into his meridians, making it even more solid.

In her extreme suffocation, Lin Du's consciousness began to become chaotic. She vaguely realized that the impact seemed to have disappeared. She looked up and found herself getting further and further away from the ice. Although it was night, there was still light in Luoze. Through the gentle flow of water, she could see the frozen, transparent ice.

No, we have to go up.

Lin Du instinctively went upwards, kicking his legs hard, unaware that the tightness in his lungs was gradually lessening.

When she finally touched solid ice, she felt relieved and realized that her purse had been washed away by the water, leaving her with only her fists to use.

Lin Du gritted his teeth and cursed his monstrous master eight hundred times in his heart. Then he raised his fist and slammed it into the ice.

Nothing happened on the ice.

She felt the increasingly solidified cold light energy in her dantian. She tried to mobilize her spiritual power. The spiritual energy in her dantian slowly extended from the central meridian to her arm, and then to the back of her hand. Lin Du had an idea. She gathered all her strength. Just as her dantian was about to be exhausted, she accumulated power and slammed her fist heavily onto the ice surface.

Despite the resistance of the water, the punch wasn't actually that powerful. But strangely, as soon as the ice surface touched the white-glowing fist, it immediately moved aside for Lin Du, as if it had encountered a fellow creature.

Lin Du rode the current upwards, and the moment he broke through the water, fresh air rushed into his lungs.

She had never realized that breathing was such a wonderful and smooth thing, and for a moment she did not notice the person standing by the ice.

Yan Ye was somewhat surprised, or rather, genuinely surprised.

He had actually prepared himself for the child to be completely clueless, and that he would just wait until she was about to collapse before pulling her out of the water. But he didn't expect her to actually come out on her own.

The black hair, completely washed away by the water, was still scattered in the water. The child was pale, breathing heavily, and trembling all over, not because of the cold, but because of excessive exertion.

He simply scooped her onto the ice and dried her hair, which was already covered in frost.

Lin Du was still breathing heavily and showed no reaction. She lay on the ice, completely exhausted. Her wet clothes dried instantly and clung to her extremely thin body.

The large hand covered her head again, and the familiar spiritual energy flowed into her body once more.

"It's much more useful than I imagined."

Yan Ye said in a low voice, "Don't breathe too hard anymore. It's not good for your lungs that have just been opened up. You're safe now. Take it slow and breathe in and out with me."

Lin Du was very small and thin; at this moment, the rise and fall of his chest was about the same as that of a cat.

Seeing that she hadn't recovered yet, Yan Ye sighed, and with a thought, took out a pill from his hand. "I don't know if the medicinal effect has changed, but I'll just have to take it."

A cold pill was placed on her lips. She hesitated for a moment, didn't open her mouth, and then slowly sat up, pursing her lips as she looked at her sadistic master.

Even though she had figured out that he probably wanted to use this method to open her heart, she still couldn't help but curse.

"The master's method of teaching his disciples is truly unique."

Yan Ye chuckled, "I haven't seen a human for five hundred years. If it weren't for destiny, I wouldn't see anyone until I ascend to immortality."

"My little apprentice, you must understand. It is common for a recluse in the mountains to be alone and naked in order to better cultivate and to pass away peacefully."

He could see clearly that the person in front of him seemed to have experienced a lot at such a young age. His eyes held a desolation of having seen it all. He seemed to care about nothing, yet he cared about everything. He wanted to play the game of life while also wanting to stay out of it.

There's no such thing as a free lunch. This little brat needs to be taught a lesson so she'll understand that it's not just her who can manipulate others; others can also control her at will.

"You must remember that when anyone can crush you, whether it's your master or anyone else, you should be wary."

Lin Du realized she had been careless. She had come here as if it were a game, never considering the hidden dangers of the cultivation world.

Those things came too quickly and too easily, making her think it was the simplest thing in the world. She was suspended in mid-air until Yan Ye pushed her down into the turbulent icy river.

At least she's clear-headed now.

"Thank you for your guidance, Master."

Yan Ye laughed, "But from now on, what I said before doesn't count."

"Because now, I've got your back."