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

"Senior brother," Xia Tianwu's cold voice came from behind, "Tone it down, or you'll break your bones."

A soft sword slanted and wrapped around the man's broadsword. It should have been the most harmless strike, but the masked man didn't try to pull it out immediately. Instead, he tried to break free with brute force.

The attacker yanked hard, sparks flew, and with a clang, half of the blade fell to the ground, while the heat scorched blisters all over the man's hands.

Before the man could react, the tip of the sword was already pressed against his neck. With a crack, a flash of purple lightning appeared, and the man collapsed to the side.

Ju Yuan hurriedly took out the remaining Spirit-Sealing Buckle and threw it to his disciple.

Mo Lin took the cuffs and handcuffed the man as well, then turned to Lin Du, "Junior Uncle?"

"Junior Martial Aunt should be performing a soul search," Xia Tianwu stopped him. "You should mind your own business. Didn't I tell you not to draw your sword so casually?"

"You didn't draw your sword, did you?" Mo Lin, wielding his sword staff, was surprisingly clever this time, accurately seizing the loophole in her words. "Someone's trying to ambush Junior Uncle, I can't just stand by and do nothing, can I?"

"Both of my senior uncles are here." Xia Tianwu pointed to Feng Yi and Ju Yuan, who were guarding the other captured person. "Who gave you the right to make a move?"

Mo Lin couldn't argue with his junior sister, so he hugged his sword and staff and remained silent.

Feng Yi's gaze fell on Lin Du, and she noticed that the child's brows were furrowed tightly. The afterglow of the setting sun poured into the room, casting a thick, bright light on the amber-colored sugar painting in her hand, making the sugar seem to melt away.

After a long while, Lin Du opened his eyes. In that instant, spiritual energy poured out, spreading little by little along the hand gripping the man's neck, completely freezing his entire body.

She sighed softly, "I see. Well then, I went easy on you."

After Lin Du finished speaking, he withdrew his hand and, the instant the corpse fell, struck it down with his palm, causing the body to shatter into pieces.

The frost had not melted, and there was no trace of blood.

There was never a Lin Yuan, only Lan Cheng.

Yuan is the Yuan of Ju Yuan, and Lin is just a name made up on the spot. They used the name to change their fate. From the moment they learned about Mo Lin's innate spiritual bones, they had their eyes on Mo Lin.

Ironically, Yin Zhong is known as "Lan Xiwu" in the world of Lan Qu, and Lan Cheng is Lan Xiwu's biological father.

With his son becoming his father's mentor, it's no wonder that Yin Zhong was willing to empty his family's coffers to complete his father's scheme.

Lan Cheng's spirit was incomplete; there were indeed signs that his soul had been divided using secret techniques. The erasure of his memories, the setting of a divided spirit imprint, and even the arrangement of the entire village to keep him in captivity were all his ideas.

When Lan Xiwu escaped from the Lanju Realm, she fought with many Yin spirits before she managed to escape with her father. Originally, based on her cultivation level, it shouldn't have been her turn, so the Yin spirits were seriously injured.

The body that the willow demon transformed into was not a long-term solution. They were all righteous people from the past, and no one wanted to live off flesh and blood.

Lan Cheng made all the preparations, even venturing deep into the Gu village. In order to seize the Spirit-Devouring Gu and the secret techniques, he and Lan Xiwu slaughtered the entire Gu village.

After Lan Xiwu was seriously injured, she was rescued by Granny Ma. Lan Cheng, who was searching for something in the forbidden area of ​​Gu Village, did not interfere when he saw his son being rescued.

After that, one of them had to repair the vengeful spirit, and the other had to find a good body to possess. This search took three or four hundred years.

Qinglu Village is naturally half a Yin-gathering formation, with extremely heavy Yin energy, which is suitable for the cultivation of these evil ghosts. After a break, Lan Xiwu instinctively absorbed the soul of a woman from the Yin era. Afterwards, she regretted it and secretly bought rice and placed it in the woman's courtyard.

Lan Cheng simply set up a scheme for him, making everyone believe that the Moon Goddess had appeared and that he had married the woman and left, leaving the rice and grains in the courtyard as a dowry.

After that, whenever Lan Xiwu took a fancy to a woman born in the Yin year, she would leave behind a Moonflower in advance, then set up an illusion array to bewitch the woman and make her say that she was the bride chosen by the Moon Goddess and that the Moon Goddess was coming to take her away.

Over time, the Moon Goddess's bride became the pride of the village.

During this time, they found the Sky-Mending Stone, set up an array, and simply kept Qinglu Village under their control.

The two were among the first batch of wandering spirits to emerge, and they gradually encountered some of their kind. They quickly formed a specific way of communicating and set up Qinglu Village as the place where they advanced in secret from the Heavenly Dao.

Thirty years ago, Lan Cheng finally found a body that was perfectly suited for him to possess, and he also gathered all the materials. He then completely possessed the body and became Lin Yuan. He was then openly led back to the Flying Star Sect by Lan Xiwu, who is now called Yin Zhong, and became Yin Zhong's seventh disciple.

However, after possessing a body, one still needs to refine the Spirit-Devouring Gu to completely connect the Yin Soul with the body. The Spirit-Devouring Gu they possessed hundreds of years ago still needs one last host to absorb enough nutrients to fully mature.

Shao Fei is the last host, and the one Yin Zhong divined to be destined to be with Mo Lin.

What they want is not the innate spiritual bones, but the immortal spiritual energy within them, so that they can have hope of ascending to immortality.

Therefore, they wanted to wait until Shao Fei got close to Mo Lin before approaching Shao Fei.

To their surprise, Shao Fei and Mo Lin's first encounter took a turn for the worse, and seeing that their fates had also changed, Yin Zhong, who was puzzled, simply asked Qi Zhun to rescue Shao Fei and then make further arrangements.

According to the original plot, Shao Fei did successfully get close to Mo Lin and obtain the spirit bone. Afterwards, Lin Yuan would remove the spirit-devouring gu under the pretext of removing it for her and take away the immortal spiritual energy from the spirit bone.

The root of Shao Fei's illness later in the story is also due to the fact that her essence was absorbed by the Spirit-Devouring Gu.

It turns out that from the very beginning, someone was secretly orchestrating and pushing Mo Lin's destiny.

A predestined fate was secretly manipulated by someone who followed destiny and laid a deadly trap.

Lin Du sneered. Fate, it really is... utterly unreasonable.

"Your candy is melting." Feng Yi walked up to Lin Du.

The child stood with his back to the setting sun, his eyes lowered, his face expressionless. When he looked up, there was a hint of menacing aura in his eyes, but he quickly adjusted his smile when he met Feng Yi's gaze.

Lin Du held up the candy. "It hasn't melted. My hands are so cold, it's still firm."

She took a deep breath, raised her hand and took a bite of the candy. The syrup tasted a little bitter, perhaps because it had been overcooked.

Feng Yi's gaze fell on Lin Du's still trembling right hand. After a pause, she gently patted Lin Du's head. "Don't let the evil aura of those ghosts affect you. Go back and find your second senior brother..."

"No!" Lin Du suddenly perked up. "No, no, no, I'm fine, Senior Sister, really, believe me, my master just shielded me from harm."

She really didn't want to be subjected to the sounds of the suona and erhu anymore.

Feng Yi looked at her suspiciously. "Are you really alright?"

Lin Du nodded vigorously, "Yes, my master left a divine thought in my divine palace!"

Feng Yi raised an eyebrow in surprise. "When did he become so thoughtful?"

Ju Yuan was completely oblivious. "How could I not cherish my only disciple?"

"How is it, Junior Uncle?" Mo Lin's big eyes were full of anticipation and curiosity.

Lin Du pondered the language for a moment, then bit into the last piece of candy. He first took out a small booklet, then picked up a pen and ink, and crossed out two names in it.

Lan Cheng, Lan Xi Wu.

Ju Yuan instantly understood, "Is Lin Yuan also a ghost in the world of orchid poetry?"

Lin Du nodded. "That's right."

She chewed the candy whole and swallowed it, put away the booklet, and recounted the whole story verbatim.

By the end, all four of them frowned.

"So...they're after Mo Lin?"

Mo Lin exclaimed, "Why go to such lengths for me? And all this talk about Shao Fei and destiny? If he wants some immortal power, I'll share some with him?"

Ju Yuan slapped him on the head upon hearing this. "Are you stupid? The moment someone comes up to you and finishes speaking, shouldn't you shout, 'Demon, take this!'"

Mo Lin covered his head and said, "Yeah, that's true."

Xia Tian looked thoughtfully at Shao Fei, who was already dead on the ground, and said, "Senior Brother, your fate is over."

Mo Lin: ...

"I'd rather not have this fatal fate."

Lin Du couldn't help but laugh upon hearing this, and turned to look at the door.

The rosy glow approached the horizon, half of the sky a deep, hazy blue, the other half a deep, flushed red.

Mo Lin, still behind him, moved Tao Xian's memorial tablet to the front. "You see, it was your seventh junior brother who branded you with the clone mark. Your junior uncle has avenged you completely. You can rest in peace now."

Lin Du slapped his forehead. "Let's go to the coffin shop. We haven't even held a memorial service for him after the seventh day of mourning."