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

Lin Du is not someone who likes to give up. She enjoys the process of competing and the outcome of victory. The reward of endorphins is more irresistible to her than the pleasure of dopamine.

As long as people keep moving, they won't give up.

After she no longer needed to struggle for money in her previous life, she gradually began to not understand the meaning of her life in this life, and could not find a next goal to strive for, so she simply started to live a carefree life.

Now that he had finally found a feasible goal in the cultivation world, along with a clear upgrade and reward mechanism, Lin Du was extremely excited and didn't want to waste a single minute.

Although she didn't like this restrained and introverted cultivation method, she clearly understood that Jiang Liang was right. If she wanted to become stronger, she had to honestly rein in her lack of self-control.

Direct, outward violence stems from human instinct, while the skill of restraint and control requires self-cultivation.

Just as civilization will eventually triumph over barbarism, the progress of civilization requires the continuous self-discipline and progress of all humankind.

Constraints often feel like heavy shackles. Jiang Liang and Yan Ye saw that Lin Du was keen on repeatedly jumping on the edge of the rules, so they chose a technique that would allow Lin Du to tie himself to the rope.

Lin Du, this unruly and precocious wolf in human skin, was gradually transformed into a respectable person who was admired by all by the gentlest means possible by the elder who had seen through him long ago.

Whether she was a beast in human form or not, the exquisite collar around her neck was not only restraining her from harming herself, but also protecting her from being seen as an uncontrollable alien and subsequently eliminated when she was free to roam.

Lin Du's cultivation progressed smoothly day by day, and finally, after a hundred days, he successfully reached the summit in one go.

The sun was just about to reach its zenith; it was late spring, early summer. Lin Du's back was covered in fine beads of sweat. Now that he had stopped, the sweat dripped down his hot skin. The wind was strong at the top; the warm breeze at the foot of the mountain turned cool as it reached the summit.

Lin Du tugged at his clothes, but didn't sit down immediately. He just stood on the peak and looked down at the human world.

Suddenly, two familiar voices drifted from afar.

"Do you think that blue wolf has become intelligent? I've been watching it every day, and it even reached the top today. Looks like we need to take it down soon to add some extra food to Junior Uncle's kitchen."

"Why do I feel like it doesn't quite look like a wolf..." Yan Qing took out a large knife.

"It might have transformed into human form," Yuan Ye said confidently.

Yuan Ye and Yan Qing were so blinded by the sun that they could barely open their eyes. Relying on their instincts, they swung out a sword and then threw out a demon-binding rope.

Lin Du sneered, crossed his arms, and initially intended to simply step aside, but he couldn't resist. He lightly caught the blade's energy, then raised his hand to dissolve it into his palm, caught the demon-binding rope, and stood steadily on the mountaintop.

"Yan Qing, Yuan Ye?"

Yan Qing was startled, and Yuan Ye was so frightened that he leaned back, his double chin sticking out.

"Junior Uncle, it's you!"

Lin Du smiled coldly, the wind making her robes flutter as she stood aloof on the blade-like peak. Her pale face remained snow-white despite the sunlight, and she held a demon-binding rope that still shone with golden runes in her hand. With a flick of her finger, the rope, which had been struggling desperately to bind her like a living thing, obediently fell down.

"Junior Uncle! I was wrong, are you alright?" Yan Qing was so frightened that she almost jumped off her flying magic weapon.

Lin Du spoke in a sinister tone, "How could that be? That little bit of blade energy isn't even enough to cut a hair."

The scholar sheathed his sword, clutching his heart, almost in tears. "That strike of mine had seventy percent of its force in it."

Lin Du let out a long "Oh," and said, "I don't blame you for not seeing clearly because you came against the sun. Who's washing the dishes today?"

"Jinxuan..." Yuan Ye lowered his head, not daring to speak.

"You two, one at noon and one at night, have been washing dishes for seven days in a row. Do you have any complaints?" Lin Du moved to a different spot, leaving himself to stand on the side so the two of them could find a place to stand, and gave each of them a sharp rap on the head.

"Am I a wolf? Extra food in the kitchen?"

"No, no." Yuan Ye shook his head frantically, but when he met Lin Du's ambiguous smile, he was so frightened that he almost jumped out of his skin. "It's too far away, I can't see very clearly. I just wanted to come and take a look."

Yan Qing still had a question, "Junior Uncle, what do you practice on the mountain every day? Footwork?"

"Footwork." Lin Du said, handing the rope back to Yuan Ye. "Let's go, I'm going to cook."

Yan Qing was still recalling how Lin Du had effortlessly blocked her sword strike. "I didn't see Junior Uncle use any magic weapon, so how could he have blocked my sword energy?"

Lin Du coughed and put his hands in his pockets. "It's a health-preserving boxing style that your Uncle-Master Jiang Liang taught me, to strengthen the body."

Jiang Liang disliked her practice, saying it was all skin and no bone, and forbade her from going out and saying that she was a successor of their lineage of Tai Chi.

Yan Qing was amazed, Yan Qing was shocked, Yan Qing was heartbroken.

He held his sword and said, "I didn't realize the gap between me and the Cloud Soaring Realm was so huge. Starting tomorrow, I will double my practice and swing my sword two thousand times every day."

Yuan Ye was shocked, then heartbroken. "But if you have to swing your sword two thousand times, I have to lift the stone cauldron two thousand times. I can't lift it, but Master is still here. We have to be symmetrical."

"No, you can!" Yan Qing pressed down on Yuan Ye's shoulder. "Junior Martial Aunt is even younger than us, and she can do it, so why can't you?"

Lin Du saw the raging power of the King of Scrolls burning behind Yan Qing, clapped his hands and sighed, "As expected of you."

The three of them went to the canteen together; one chopped meat, one washed vegetables, and one cooked.

Ni Jinxuan followed her in and happily assisted Lin Du.

Lin Du was swinging the spatula so hard it was practically sparking when he suddenly heard Ni Jinxuan say, "Uncle-Master Pei Qin has come in person today, and my master has also come all the way from Junding Prefecture to greet him."

She paused, "What happened? Is it because of his apprentice?"

"I don't know." Ni Jinxuan diligently added firewood to her fire.

Lin Du narrowed his eyes. "Has his apprentice, Wu Xi, arrived?"

"I came last time, but I only met the sect leader and didn't get to see Uncle Jiang Liang." Ni Jinxuan had been taught by Feng Chao, so she was very familiar with the comings and goings of people on the main peak.

Lin Du clicked his tongue and shook his head. "That explains why my senior brother suddenly sent a transmission talisman when he was teaching me martial arts last time."

She deserves to take the blame; she's willing to!

When she came out with her three apprentices carrying several dishes, she saw a stranger sitting at the table.

Lin Du squinted. The face looked familiar, but he wasn't sure. He decided to take another look.

Yuan Ye shouted, "Junior Uncle! Look! This is Wu Xi, the one you challenged to a duel!"

Lin Du gave a friendly smile, "I told you all to keep talking about hunting wolves, and now look what's happened, the wolves have really come."