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

Lin Du felt that outside the forbidden area of ​​the Supreme Sect, what was unfolding was roughly "My Years of Digging for a Living in Northeast China," while inside the forbidden area, it could be roughly written as "Me and My Demonic Master."

The only people who really fit in with this supreme sect are the few new disciples who have just joined.

Under Yan Ye's tutelage, she quickly learned about the twelve regular meridians and eight extraordinary meridians of the human body, as well as the acupoints on the meridians throughout the body.

However, she couldn't forget it. This guy's teaching method was extremely cruel. If she couldn't remember something, he would seal that meridian when he threw her into Luoze to be washed by the icy water, and she could only float up when she broke through it herself.

Even if she wanted to, it would be hard for her not to remember. Fortunately, she was a candidate from Jiangsu Province in modern times, so she could memorize things very smoothly.

The daily icy spring water not only tempered her heart and lungs, clearing her stagnant internal organs, but the power within the spring also suppressed the somewhat unstable spiritual energy in her dantian caused by her rapid advancement, making her foundation more solid and incidentally tempering her fragile body.

Yan Ye thought that one day Lin Du would be able to swim upstream to the top of the waterfall, and then he would no longer have to suffer such torment every day.

That day, Lin Du once again broke through the ice with a punch, only to be met with his own devilish master's amused smile.

"You really are a genius just like me."

Lin Du rolled his eyes without any hesitation.

There are seven stages in the cultivation realm. The first stage is the Phoenix Beginning Realm, where Lin Du is located. The subsequent stages are Qin Xin, Teng Yun, Hui Yang, Qian Yuan, Wu Xiang, and Tai Qing. Each stage can be divided into four minor realms: early stage, middle stage, late stage, and Great Perfection.

Lin Du's cultivation speed is astonishingly fast. While the disciples who have just entered the sect are still in the middle stage of the Phoenix Beginning Realm, she has already reached the Great Perfection of the Phoenix Beginning Realm and is about to establish her foundation and enter the Qin Heart Realm.

"Everyone says that Master is the undisputed master of swordsmanship, capable of freezing the entire Central Plains with a single strike. If I were like Master, could I one day also freeze the entire Central Plains?"

Yan Ye was taken aback by these words. "Who told you that I could freeze the entire Central Plains with a single sword strike?"

Lin Du couldn't say that's how it was written in the script, so she made it up on the spot, saying, "That's what everyone outside is saying."

Yan Ye gave an "oh," then watched as she deftly used her spiritual power to dry herself off, and slowly said, "It seems you really know nothing about your master, me."

Lin Du looked up and met his cold, gray eyes.

"The Supreme Sect may have had pure sword cultivators in the past, but your master was not."

"This Luoze is a natural ice formation, but I made some modifications to make it a formation that is truly suitable for our ice spirit root cultivation."

Yan Ye raised his hand and snapped his fingers. Almost instantly, countless points of light flashed on his slender fingers. They seemed to be random, like a celestial maiden scattering flowers, but in the instant they dissipated, the entire Luoze thawed and everything melted away, revealing the original landscape.

Countless verdant pine trees and exotic flowers and herbs shed their surface crystalline frost, and countless strange and mysterious spiritual energies instantly surged into the air.

Lin Du couldn't help but sneeze.

"Your master, I was already considered to have mastered the art of array formations by the age of fifty. At the age of one hundred, I defeated three array masters who had been famous for a thousand years in the array formation competition and won the championship. In order to protect myself, I started to learn swordsmanship and incidentally won first place in the Central Plains sect competition."

His tone was extremely calm, as if he were talking about something trivial. "If I weren't an ice spirit root, unable to control flames, I might have been able to achieve something in weapon crafting and alchemy."

"So... why do you think I'm that kind of brainless sword cultivator?"

Lin Du: ...?

She hesitated for a moment, "But Master, you only gave me a few books: 'The Complete Guide to Basic Spells in the Cultivation World,' 'Detailed Explanation of Meridian and Acupoint Charts,' 'Miscellaneous Talks in the Cultivation World,' and 'Chronicle of Major Events in the Cultivation World.' It's normal that I don't understand them, right?"

"You're only at the Phoenix Beginning Realm," Yan Ye reminded her. "At the Phoenix Beginning Realm, it's important to solidify your physical foundation. I was stronger than you were at eight years old."

"Oh right, right, I'm just a sickly person," Lin Du said, starting to boast. "This disease is incurable, I guess I'll just have to wait to die."

"You're kidding me! What do you think Luo Ze's water is?" Yan Ye flicked her forehead. "Even the most skilled disciples of the Ji Shi Sect only get one bottle a year, and they only dare to put one or two drops of that spiritual liquid in their alchemy. I'm using it for your bathwater! Can't you be a little more respectable?"

Lin Du was naturally disrespectful to his teachers, and Yan Ye had never taken on any other disciples, so the two of them didn't respect each other much when they got along.

"What can I do about my inherent shortcomings?" she said lazily, but she hadn't truly resigned herself to her fate.

"Lin Du..." Yan Ye sighed, "Look at my eyes."

"I'm watching, what's up?"

"I'm blind," Yan Ye said. "Blind from birth."

Lin Du was stunned.

Yan Ye laughed, a particularly delightful laugh. "When even a blind man can become a formation master who demands precise measurements in every situation, what is impossible?"

"So even if your body is broken and you are destined to die young, since I, Yan Ye, am your master, I can make you the second miracle in the world."

Lin Du did not ask what the first miracle was.

The first miracle was Yan Ye.

She lowered her eyes and chuckled, finally understanding why those eyes, though looking at her, always held an unchanging, cold expression. Only by observing the muscles in his face could one discern his playful and relaxed demeanor.

It's good that a blind man's apprentice is a cripple.

Although those who cultivate the Tao cannot see, they can still "see" things by constantly projecting their spiritual consciousness outward.

"So you are my apprentice. I don't expect you to surpass me, but at least do something to keep living."

Yan Ye said casually, "Alright, it's time. If you're late, you'll miss out on your chicken leg. Hurry up."

Lin Du stood up, a wooden hairpin appearing in her hand. She casually tied her hair up and said, "Master, shall we make a bet?"

Yan Ye looked in the direction of the sound. "What?"

"I bet I'll become the master of array formations a year before you, and I won first place in the Central Plains Grand Competition without even needing to learn swordsmanship."

The boy's voice was clear and melodious, with a unique pronunciation and a tender, lingering quality that was quite different from his northern accent. Even amidst the roar of the waterfall, it remained clear to the ear.

Yan Ye laughed, "You'd better be able to."

After Lin Du left, Luo Ze was frozen again.

The white-haired man sat quietly on the ice, remaining silent for a long time before raising his hand to touch his eyes, his white eyelashes trembling slightly.

Lin Du, that child, didn't even ask if it could be cured.

Whether it's him or herself.

Cultivators below the Cloud Soaring Realm can only fly with the help of magical artifacts. Although Yan Ye has been in seclusion for many years, his wealth is much greater than that of the True People outside who have to toil in the soil to make a living.

Lin Du took out a bamboo leaf-shaped flying artifact from the storage ring Yan Ye had given him, and then, with a thought, headed straight for the dining hall.

If you go too late, the chicken legs will be gone.

I wonder who's cooking today.

Just as they were about to reach the dining hall, Lin Du suddenly heard a huge explosion, followed by an echo in the mountains.

"Oh no! Second Senior Sister blew up the stove while making soup!"

Lin Du paused, realizing that dinner would have to be postponed again.