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

The Jiang family were merchants who dealt in paper. Lin Du left her two noisy nephews in the restaurant, and under the pretext that she was a wandering Taoist priest who knew a little about medicine, she asked Jiang Yang to take her to her home to find out more.

Kids are so easy to fool; they obediently led the person home.

"I noticed you were holding a storybook just now?"

"It's from 'Biographies of Immortals'..."

The child seemed to have done something wrong, yet inexplicably dared not deceive this person.

Lin Du glanced at it, smiled faintly, "Why are you acting like a thief? There's nothing shameful about liking this."

"Master, are there really immortals in this world? Can one become an immortal by consuming water jade, mica, and cinnabar? If not, can my illness be cured? My parents have been seeking medical treatment everywhere for my illness, spending a lot of money. I am the eldest son in the family, yet I cannot contribute anything to my family..."

Seemingly sensing Lin Du's indulgence towards him, the child began to chatter on and on as he walked.

Lin Du: ...Whether eating this kind of thing will allow you to ascend to immortality is unknown, but it will kill you.

She paused to consider her words, "The stories in the novels aren't entirely true; even immortals need to eat."

Although Tao Xian in his previous life was stingy and would feel a pang of regret even when eating rice noodles, and used the most ordinary, non-dead fasting pills, he still needed to eat.

Wei Zhi, who had somehow followed behind her, transmitted his voice to her, "Is this the reincarnation of the person you've been looking for?"

Lin Du responded, "Is it really appropriate for us, a monk and a Taoist priest, to go around acting as charlatans?"

"What's inappropriate about it?" Wei Zhi was completely oblivious.

Lin Du hesitated for a moment, "Too young? Too good-looking? Not convincing enough?"

Wei Zhi glanced at it sideways. "Beauty fades, all is just a shell. How can you be convincing?"

Lin Du started rambling, "I've read some storybooks before. In one of them, when they were in heaven, they described a monk and a Taoist priest, both of extraordinary stature and unique appearance."

"But once they arrived in the mortal realm, they became bald, barefoot monks and lame, disheveled Taoist priests, acting crazy and quite believable."

Wei Zhi: ...The credibility of mortals is truly quite remarkable.

"If you insist on becoming like that, it's not impossible." Although Wei Zhi didn't understand, he decided to respect her decision. "Illusion magic is also possible; mortals shouldn't be able to tell the difference."

Lin Du thought for a moment, then realized he couldn't bear to become a limping, disheveled Taoist priest. "Fine, let it be. Besides, I'm already like this, it's not easy to change. I'm a deity, I make the decisions. If you want to change, then you change."

Wei Zhi: ...That's how fast things have changed.

"If you won't change, then I won't change either."

The Jiang family's house is just in the alley next door, not far away.

The little girl had already run back to her yard, peeking out from the doorway and staring at their backs, seemingly planning to rush to get help if anything went wrong.

Lin Du was a cultivator, so it was hard for him not to notice that someone was staring at her. He couldn't help but tease the child, "That little girl seems to be very nervous about you."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yang's voice immediately softened, "A real man like me, I'm just too weak..."

"But when I grow up, I'll definitely be able to protect her!"

Lin Du lowered his eyes and smiled upon hearing this, "That's good, you have ambition. So, are you engaged?"

"No...no!" Jiang Yang said, then added in a low, aggrieved voice, "The bride price is very high, I need to save it up slowly, I can't let her suffer."

Lin Du: ...So this guy has been stuck saving up for a wife for two lifetimes, huh?

Lin Du and Wei Zhi were indeed young and had dazzling looks, so it was strange that they took the initiative to come to the door. But the Jiang family was already desperate and would try anything. Even if it was a fake, they had to give it a shot.

The best doctor in town said the child probably wouldn't live past nine years old.

Lin Du was invited into the house by the woman's mother. She pretended to take his pulse for a while, but in reality, she only used her divine sense to examine him.

He is indeed the reincarnation of Tao Xian, but his soul is weak and incomplete. It will probably take several more reincarnations to fully recover.

Lin Du sat quietly in front of the main hall with his eyes lowered. The early summer sunlight poured in, and half of the Taoist priest in the green robe was bathed in the sunlight, making him appear flawless and divine.

The woman who brought in the tea saw this scene and her heart skipped a beat.

Although the deity looks young, he is really good-looking, and suddenly you feel safe with him.

What's that saying again? It's not that I'm afraid of a doctor smiling, it's that I'm afraid of a doctor with a stern expression. This doesn't look good at all.

So the woman brought over some tea and asked softly, "Doctor, is there any hope for our little flower?"

Lin Du had just released his grip when he heard those words and couldn't help but stammer, "Little... Flower?"

"Yes, everyone used to say that my son was destined for misfortune and that we should give him a humble name so that he would be easier to raise."

Lin Du vaguely recalled Tao Xian's honest face from his past life, gasped, and then tried hard to suppress his smile, "This child can be cured, don't worry."

She took out the pills she had prepared beforehand to repair the soul. "It's because the soul and body are not in harmony, so it's unstable. Take one pill every seven days directly. After forty-nine days, it will nourish the soul and heal naturally. After Xiaohua takes it, she can live to be a hundred years old and be no different from an ordinary person."

"Remember... be careful not to choke," Lin Du kindly reminded him, displaying the noble demeanor of someone who does good deeds anonymously. "Alright, that's all settled, I'll take my leave now."

Wei Zhi felt that Lin Du's reminder was somewhat perfunctory. Just as he was about to add a few more words, he saw the child swallow the pill in one gulp, choke so hard that his eyes rolled back and he almost fainted.

"Little Flower, Little Flower, are you alright, Little Flower!"

The woman hurriedly patted the child's back to help him catch his breath, and in the blink of an eye, the two people vanished into thin air in the yard.

Wei Zhi: ...It has to be Lin Du, he really has life experience.

"Didn't you say you weren't going to play the ghost?" Wei Zhi didn't understand why Lin Du had suddenly left. "Could it be that seeing an old friend in such a state has saddened you?"

"No... I'm afraid I won't be able to hold back my laughter." Lin Du sighed. "Let's go back and get the money, find a suitable time to send it over, fool them and leave, that should be enough."

Wei Zhi understood immediately; he knew it.

"How do you plan to give them money in a reasonable way? They don't seem like the type to accept windfall gains."

Lin Du tilted his head and thought for a moment, "I'll just... buy some small things."

As a result, the Jiang family's shop was delighted to have a clearance sale of Jiangdong Paper.

Lin Du will have draft paper and practice paper for the next twenty years.

That wasn't enough. Lin Du took the money Yuan Ye had obtained from the emperor and went to the Jiang family again, ostensibly as a return visit.

In just seven days, the child's complexion had regained its rosy hue, and he looked much healthier.

Under the moonlight, Lin Du pretended to explain, "My merits are complete, and I am about to ascend to heaven. Xiao Hua is the last person I will help to achieve my merits. Now, worldly riches are useless to me, so I will give them to you."

After speaking, without waiting for anyone to reply, he dropped the money and ascended to heaven under the moonlight in front of the child.

Lin Du, who was hiding in the clouds and eating roast chicken, had no idea that Jiang Yang would later write a book called "The Immortal of Merit," in which he described how immortals traveled the world, cured the sick and saved people, and ascended to heaven under the moonlight after accumulating merit.

The immortals in the story not only don't practice fasting, but they also love to eat, especially rice noodles. Scholars vehemently denounced this, saying that immortals could never be like that! It's all because Jiang Yang married the daughter of the rice noodle shop owner in the same alley, trying to glorify his family!

But none of this has stopped the rice noodle shop from thriving and becoming increasingly prosperous.

Immortals love to eat this. If they eat more of it, can they also become immortals?