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

Yuan Ye and Ni Jinxuan had just run out when they saw Xie Yu waiting outside.

Yuan Ye, looking at Xie Yu's cold face, was somewhat exasperated. "Xie Yu, since you set a trap all along, why go back on your word?"

"There were six people inside. They were found in the Imperial Preceptor's mansion and I imprisoned them under the temple. Then one night, one of them suddenly appeared in my mansion and said he wanted to make a deal with me."

Xie Yu ignored Yuan Ye's questioning and said in a cold voice, "If your so-called senior uncle has some ability, then I will believe you. As for those people, consider them as a token of my gratitude to the Taoist priests and masters inside."

He lowered his eyes, his eyelashes casting a deep shadow beneath them. "And the Imperial Preceptor, I will also entrust this to you, bestowing upon you a share of merit."

Yuan Ye stared in disbelief at the seemingly carefree young man before him. "Xie Er?"

"I did change my mind, because after thinking it over, I decided that between the Imperial Advisor and my brother who I grew up with, I would rather trust my brother than the Imperial Advisor."

Xie Yu raised his eyes, his gaze deep and dark, devoid of any light. "But they promised me that if they could bring you here, they could help me summon Lingyin's soul and reshape her body."

Yuan Ye laughed angrily, "You've schemed against me? Do you now want to weigh my worth on a scale? Do you even know what you're dealing with! Those people are demons!"

Xie Yu flicked the wide sleeves of his official robe and suddenly asked, "Have you seen this robe of mine? The year you left, we were both sixteen. At sixteen, I went to war, and my fiancée was captured by the enemy. To protect the Great Zhou from threat, she committed suicide by cutting her own throat. At seventeen, my father and brothers all died on the battlefield, simply because the emperor refused to send reinforcements. Along the way, corrupt officials embezzled grain and fodder, and many soldiers froze and starved to death."

"Yuan Ye, while you were seeking immortality on the immortal island, I, Xie Yu, was on the battlefield, almost dying on the battlefield! This official robe of mine is a purple color built from countless drops of blood and bones!"

Xie Yu gritted his teeth and approached Yuan Ye, "For the past nine years, I've thought every day about why I'm alive. Ling Yin asked me to save the country, and I did. Yuan Ye, you left to escape saving the country, but I, Xie Yu, saved you! I'm the one who helped your second uncle, who was living on the land!"

"Right now, all I want is Song Lingyin. I don't care who I'm making a deal with!"

"She's nothing but a demon. I, Xie Yu, am the most heinous and despicable demon in this Great Zhou. As long as I can see her one more time, what do I have to fear about going to hell?"

Yuan Ye was startled by Xie Yu's sudden outburst of murderous aura, and in the end, he opened his mouth but could not utter a word.

The Yuan family owes the Xie family something, but the Xie family never owes the Yuan family anything.

Xie Yu suddenly withdrew his murderous aura. "I've finished speaking. You can kill me if you want."

Yuan Ye took a step back and strode back, saying, "Xie Qingyu, let me tell you, if anything happens to Junior Uncle, I'll kill you sooner or later."

Ni Jinxuan was completely confused, but that didn't stop her from taking off her whip. "Didn't you say that Junior Uncle must have her reasons for doing this?"

"That makes no sense at all. Junior Uncle can't use spiritual power. There are seven people inside, and they also have mechanical skills. Their cultivation is above mine, which means that the seven people inside are at least at the Cloud Ascension Realm. The Tantric Buddhist disciples are not on the same path as us."

As Yuan Ye spoke, he channeled his spiritual energy, "I need to find the barrier to this stone gate for a while, wait for me..."

Before Yuan Ye could finish speaking, Ni Jinxuan threw a punch, shattering the first stone door.

"What did you just say?" Ni Jinxuan turned her head and blinked her big eyes.

Yuan Ye replied weakly, "It's nothing."

He'd had enough of this life where he was worse off than his elders and children.

Oh no, it's that he's not as good as Junior Uncle, and not as good as Junior Sister.

But in the next instant, he quickly threw out a doll to stop the rain of swords that was about to fall, and then used his spiritual power to pull Ni Jinxuan inside.

"How come I remember this being the scarecrow we put in the sacred field to scare away birds?"

Ni Jinxuan left her trusted junior uncle and her intelligence prevailed.

Yuan Ye responded, "That's right, it's not time yet. It's still in my storage ring, a new, improved version. It'll do for now; at least it can block a knife."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a gleaming silver blade tip landed in front of him. Yuan Ye immediately leaned back, his double chin almost popping out.

Ni Jinxuan reached out and flicked her spiritual power, sending the silver blade back.

Yuan Ye let out a long breath, then pointed to the next stone door, intending to liven up the atmosphere, "Go on, Mighty Dwarf."

Ni Jinxuan: ...Yuan Ye is really annoying!

She glanced at the man. "You've practiced body cultivation too, haven't you?"

Yuan Ye: Hmm?

Before Yuan Ye could react, he was thrown out by Ni Jinxuan. Fortunately, he defended himself in time and barely managed to protect himself with his spiritual power. Then he smashed open the second stone door.

The stone door was of very good quality; even after being smashed open and creating a twisted, human-shaped gash, it did not shatter completely.

Yuan Ye was quite shaken, but fortunately he was still able to react. He grimaced and reached out to pull Ni Jinxuan into his arms, then scrambled down to pin her down.

A huge ceiling-mounted stone ball flew past Yuan Ye's head.

"So what if I'm short? Being short is fine. At least my height won't get me hit by the stone ball." Yuan Ye tried to make amends, vowing never to be so sarcastic again.

Ni Jinxuan chuckled, very much in the style of Lin Du, and continued to toss Yuan Ye forward.

open circuit.

They fought their way through the various obstacles until the eighteenth stone gate opened.

Wei Zhi, being a righteous cultivator, couldn't just stand by and do nothing. He easily rescued the little dragon who had taken all the damage, and then turned around to find that Lin Du had already searched everyone's souls.

The man looked thoughtfully at the magic crystals in his palm and the corpse, "Xie Qingyu isn't completely corrupt after all."

Yuan Ye nodded, speaking off the cuff, "My brother has fought all his life, what's wrong with him wanting a fiancée?"

Lin Du: ...Your values ​​are a bit warped, little brother.

She looked at Yuan Ye with a smile, "Come, Junior Uncle, tell me what you've discovered."

Yuan Ye obediently went over, though he looked disheveled, his robe's defensive array was broken, and his hair was loose, but he still had a slightly ingratiating smile. Who knew that as soon as he walked over, he received a sharp rap on the head from Lin Du.

"The Imperial Preceptor is colluding with the group of ghosts who escaped from the Lanju Realm. Xie Yu said that every now and then, corpses from the Imperial Preceptor's mansion would fall into the mass grave. They were probably eaten by these evil ghosts. After they entered the mortal world, they first found a suitable body to possess, but since it was a mortal body, they needed to constantly replenish their essence and blood to keep the corpse from decaying."

Lin Du pointed to the corpses on the ground that were beginning to decay because they were no longer bound by the spirits.

"I estimate that Xie Yu hasn't allowed them to eat people in the past few years, so some people's bodies have started to deteriorate, and Wen Fu has replaced their bodies with puppet bodies."

"But he did agree to the deal to trap us here. Although he went back on his word at the last minute and let you go, his mind was still on it, wasn't it?"

"Yuan Ye, nine years is but a blink of an eye in the eyes of us cultivators, but for mortals, nine years means the world has changed, and countless things have come and gone. People change, don't you understand that?"

Yuan Ye pursed his lips and lowered his eyes. "I know."

Lin Du chuckled. "Very good."

"These people are convinced they can either devour us or seize our bodies, giving us a new cultivator's form and leading us back to the righteous path!"

"Wenfu is also a disciple of the Supreme Sect. Does that prevent him from associating with evil spirits?"

Lin Du still had a smile on his face, but his eyes were full of authority. "Did the Supreme Sect eat too well and eat away your wits?"

After scolding Yuan Ye, she turned to Ni Jinxuan, saying, "Why did you come in with him? Didn't Junior Uncle say that what adults can solve is not for you to solve, and what adults can't solve, you can't solve either?"

Lin Du softened his tone and said gently, "Why don't you listen to your junior uncle?"

Ni Jinxuan was startled by Lin Du's rare anger. She tugged at Lin Du's sleeve and whispered, "I'm worried about Junior Uncle. Just now, Yuan Ye heard from Xie Yu that there are seven people inside. Yuan Ye said they are all above the Cloud Ascension Realm. I'm afraid you can't beat them."

Lin Du tapped her hair bun lightly, "Don't mess around next time. Your junior uncle can't directly use spiritual power to fight, but your junior uncle's senior brothers and sisters aren't just sitting around doing nothing."

Ni Jinxuan whispered, "Oh, I understand."

After Lin Du finished scolding her, he tossed her a fruit. "Are you tired? Eat this spiritual fruit to replenish your spiritual energy. Are you injured anywhere?"

Her gaze returned to Yuan Ye, and she tossed him a larger spiritual fruit and a pill to treat internal injuries. "You made two mistakes. First, you trusted outsiders too much. Second, you didn't trust me enough."

Yuan Ye quickly swallowed the pill, clutching the fruit. Knowing that Lin Du's anger had subsided, he seized the opportunity and dared to speak, "Junior Uncle, I know I was wrong."

"It is indeed wrong for the evil spirits of the world of Lanju to escape to the mortal realm and wreak havoc on humanity. Now, only the Imperial Preceptor should remain, and you should deal with it personally."

As Lin Du spoke, he slightly raised his eyes to look at the person who came out from the hidden door on the other side, "After all, your good brother is going to give you a chance to do good deeds."

Wei Zhi whispered a reminder, "The way you look at them with pity and anger at their lack of ambition is quite like an elder, but you seem younger than them."

Lin Du: ...Get them out! Get them all out! I don't want to hear it!