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

Mo Lin is taller than most people. Even Wu Xi, who is also a sword cultivator, is two or three inches shorter than him. Although he has a good temper and thinks simply, he still acts like a superior person in public.

Wu Xi was terrified.

It's not that it's anything else, but in front of a sword genius, begging his junior sister to save someone, and even asking her to give up a bit of fire spirit essence, is really asking too much of a person.

If anyone in the sect heard this, they would probably want to kick him out.

Mo Lin was unaware of the truth, but Xia Tian stepped aside and took the thin roll of paper from Wu Xi's hand.

The person who came to support his junior sister was deeply hurt. "Junior sister? What kind of overstepping boundary did he want? And you accepted his overstepping boundary!"

Xia Tian felt that Mo Lin was acting a bit strangely today.

Or rather, the people I've met these past few days have all been a bit strange.

First, her junior uncle stopped complaining before taking the medicine. Then, Cui Yujun and Ni Jinxuan started talking in strange ways. Now, even her senior brother's speech is a bit hard for her to understand.

"It's just to show me some ancient book or secret recipe. Senior brother, move aside, you're blocking my light."

Mo Lin breathed a sigh of relief and made way for Xia Tianwu, "You can do it yourself."

He's going to stand here today, staring at Wu Xi, to see what outrageous things he's going to do!

Summer quickly finished reading it and asked, "Do you really think this is a legitimate ancient book?"

To be honest, every street vendor selling martial arts techniques in the city has dug them out of the ground. You don't know if what was buried in the grave is legitimate or not, let alone whether the techniques are legitimate or not.

Perhaps there are some genuine ancient high-level cultivation manual fragments, but most are mediocre, and some are even fake books that are deliberately aged and sold.

It's all a one-off deal anyway. Street vendors are highly mobile, and you can't find anyone to settle accounts with later.

Wu Xi was taken aback for a moment. "My master once taught me that, based on the paper and the remaining spiritual energy, it is indeed several thousand years old."

Oh, he has some intelligence, but not much.

Summer is still undecided; it's like "putting new wine in old bottles, then making it look old again, you know?"

She lowered her eyes and pointed to the words on it, "These words, which are aged using a secret method, are made with ancient ink, but they weren't stored with the paper for thousands of years. Otherwise, the ink and brush should have already blended with the spirit of the paper and would be the same."

The woman's voice was clear and crisp, extremely rational, logical, and incredibly detailed.

Following her instructions, Wu Xi first realized that there was indeed something amiss, and then her face turned ashen, filled with disappointment.

"So, this secret technique is also fake?"

Xia Tian thought about Wu Xi more deeply; the timing of this secret technique's appearance was too perfect.

But no one else should know that Cui Yujun was poisoned by the cold. Could it be that someone was secretly watching her when she was at the bottom of the cliff?

The spirit that Junior Uncle captured back then seemed to be something that was secretly spying on things. Could there be more?

If Wu Xi dared to ask her for the essence of the strange fire today, she would definitely think that the direct disciple of the Guiyuan Sect had some problems with his mind and probably needed to be diagnosed.

If the two sides start fighting, wouldn't that mean the two sects are at odds?

Who would sow discord between the elites of the two sects? Could it be another evil spirit at work?

Xia Tianwu pondered for a moment, then frowned and replied, "At least I think it's impossible to verify. My master never mentioned it."

"I'm sorry, Fellow Daoist Wu, I need to take this to show my elders. Such a forgery should be investigated by the Jun Ding Prefecture."

After she finished speaking, she turned to leave, but then suddenly remembered something and looked back at Wu Xi.

The man looked utterly dejected; all the courage he had mustered had vanished.

"Fellow Daoist Wu, there is one more thing."

Wu Xi raised her head, suppressing her dejection, and straightened her expression. "Fellow Daoist Xia, please speak."

"Leaving aside the fact that you didn't verify its authenticity, when you asked me today, didn't you consider that you were not only making a difficult request, but could even be considered to be asking a malicious person?"

"I did not do anything wrong by practicing medicine. There are countless people in the world who deserve my help. I have never heard of a medical practitioner risking their own life to save a single person."

"But none of these are the most important things. Have you asked Fellow Daoist Cui for his opinion?"

Xia Tian finished speaking and left without looking back.

Wu Xi lowered her eyes, her face bitter and embarrassed. After a long while, she lowered her head and said in a hoarse voice, "I've thought about it, but I have no choice."

He stood before the towering mountain of fate, acutely aware of his own powerlessness and insignificance.

This is true in many, many times.

From what point onward, his life became filled only with guilt and helplessness.

Even though it was not the act of a gentleman, even though it was shameless and ridiculous, he still clung to that last glimmer of hope... wanting to give it a try.

Mo Lin gave Wu Xi a deep look, then caught up with Xia Tianwu, "Junior Sister, what exactly did he ask you for? What did he overstep?"

Summer is absent: ...

"Senior brother, I've heard that Senior Uncle Ju Yuan and Fellow Daoist Wu Xi's master are close friends?"

"Hmm? My master and Uncle Pei Qin are just so-so, just drinking buddies. He can't beat my master anyway," Mo Lin said, puzzled.

"I think they should be friends, otherwise how could they have raised two identical idiots?"

Xia Tian finished speaking and immediately used his spiritual power to fly back to the summit of Tianrui Peak.

Mo Lin stood there and frowned. Who was the "club" his junior sister was talking about?

Could it be him and Wu Xi?

At the foot of Tianrui Peak, Cui Yujun, wearing a cloak, turned around excitedly upon hearing the door open, "Sister Tianwu, you're back?"

"Let me tell you..."

"Senior Sister." The man's voice was deep.

Cui Yujun's smile froze, she cursed her bad luck inwardly, and then the bright smile on her lips faded and disappeared. "Why are you here?"

Wu Xi stood outside the house, hesitated for a moment, and then knelt down.

Cui Yujun gasped and took a step back. "There's no need for such a grand gesture."

She's not dead yet, and she doesn't want to acknowledge this good son.

Lin Du, who was not far away, trembled and dropped one of the mints that Jiang Liangxin had made for her.

Mo Lin, who had just caught up, silently drew a small barrier, covering both his junior uncle and Xia Tianwu, who had come down the mountain to get something.

If you're just watching the show, you need to find a good hiding place.

The three people huddled inside the barrier, their eyes wide open.

"Senior sister, Wu Xi is incompetent."

"My senior sister risked her life to save me twice, but I failed to save her each time. I feel guilty."

"I have come here today not to ask for my senior sister's forgiveness, nor to defend myself. I have only two options now."

"I will use rare and precious herbs to support my senior sister. Whatever she wants to do or where she wants to go, I will accompany her. We will live out our lives happily without any regrets."

"Secondly, if you don't mind my body, I'm willing to let you possess it."

"If it weren't for my senior sister, I would have been dead long ago. Now that she is in a deadly situation, I am willing to go to the underworld myself."

Not far outside, the three people inside the barrier gasped in unison.

Lin Du, with a mint in his mouth, pulled out some melon seeds he'd swiped from Hua Yulou. "Want some melon seeds, my fellow disciples?"