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

Many people were still choosing a door, but Lin Du and his group were too conspicuous, and many people were paying close attention to them. They didn't hide their conversation from others, so many people were talking about them.

"The Ninth Gate?" A cultivator nearby heard this and couldn't help but laugh out loud. "Where did this Ninth Gate come from? You're all listening to a blind man's nonsense."

Another person whispered, "Are you that sure? They seem pretty professional."

The professional team puffed out their chests.

A formation master, somewhat skeptical, took out a formation plate and walked around it. "It really is. There's a trace of a large teleportation array, but it requires certain conditions to trigger."

Yan Qing glanced at the person who was questioning her, and Yue Han followed her gaze with a sharp look, stating decisively, "They don't seem to be human."

"That makes sense then." Yuan Ye nodded.

The monk who overheard the entire conversation... his fist hardened.

But fighting is out of the question. One person fighting eight is not brave; that's courting death.

"So what is the original form?" Ni Jinxuan asked curiously.

"Not sure, it's a beast." Yue Han glanced at the cultivator whose eyes were practically spitting fire, and added, "Maybe it's a dog."

Yuan Ye patted him on the shoulder, "You understand."

"The ninth gate should be beneath the stars," Lin Du confirmed. "It's easy; we just need to move the stars."

Everyone was stunned, and cautiously asked, "What do you mean, 'moved'?"

"You just said this can't be moved?" Yue Han asked.

"The Twenty-Eight Mansions are in place. As the Milky Way circulates and changes constantly, we use the Twenty-Eight Mansions as coordinates to measure the movement of the sun, moon, and five major planets. We use these coordinates to observe the seasons and the year. They are indeed fixed and cannot be moved, but they can be moved."

Seeing the stunned expressions on their faces, Lin Du stopped explaining.

It's okay, it's okay if you don't understand, she can handle it.

Xia Tianwu and Mo Lin suddenly realized, "So it's about rearranging the twenty-eight constellations to create a star map?"

Yan Qing also realized that this was something they all had to learn, but they weren't particularly good at it.

Just as Yuan Ye was about to take out the book, Lin Du had already moved, "No need to take out the book, I'll do it."

Xia Tianwu and Yan Qing also began to help, and sure enough, the star was indeed movable.

Lin Du gave a single instruction: "Wear gloves."

"I've put it on."

The group spent a lot of time and effort, but many cultivators felt it wasn't worth it and lost patience, so they entered other sects instead.

Only a few people who enjoyed watching the drama and those who came later continued to wait and see.

The moment the star map was set up, the bright moon overhead changed.

The twenty-eight constellations, which had been reshaped, began to slowly rotate. Lin Du keenly noticed that the bright moon had also slowly moved to a position, a position that was clearly winter, and then the moonlight poured down.

The ninth gate slowly appeared, and a cultivator couldn't wait to rush in. This time, he really hit the jackpot!

To his surprise, he was rejected as soon as he plunged in, like he had plunged into a bouncy milk jelly and bounced out.

Several ancient characters slowly appeared beside the door.

"Those who have not perfectly transcended the tribulation should not enter."

The onlookers couldn't help but laugh. "Sorry to bother you, let's go!"

To everyone's surprise, those eight people just walked past them so casually.

"Hey, didn't you guys see that word?" the cultivator who the young master had judged not to be human said first, then whispered, "We can't all be blind."

Another person, with a better temper, kindly reminded them, "Only cultivators who have perfectly transcended their tribulation can enter. Are you one?"

"Yes, I am..." Yuan Ye, who was being stared at, was puzzled. "What, aren't you guys?"

Cultivator: ...? Just answer, why resort to personal attacks?

"What does 'perfect tribulation' mean?" Ni Jinxuan asked softly.

The group of monks were amused; it turned out they were just a bunch of clueless kids, so they decided to explain things clearly.

A perfect tribulation means that all heavenly tribulations are numbered nine, with Foundation Establishment being one nine, and Core Formation and Nascent Soul Formation being three nines.

Heaven has its own judgment. If someone has sufficient ability, they will be judged to undergo the Nine Heavenly Tribulations. This is not a forced tribulation, but a natural tribulation.

An imperfect tribulation might involve seven or five stages, because the tempering process is insufficient, resulting in a slightly weaker foundation and strength compared to a perfect tribulation.

"Now look at you, are you still like that?"

Ni Jinxuan suddenly realized, "Oh, that's me! I always thought there were only nine numbers for tribulation, Master never mentioned any other numbers!"

Cultivator: ...Who else could it be but your master? How can you be so unrefined? Isn't this common sense?

Yuan Ye and Ni Jinxuan turned their heads in unison to look at the person beside them. "Is that you?"

Mo Lin answered honestly, with a hint of bewilderment, "Yes, that's me!"

Summer nods indifferently.

Yan Qing met Yuan Ye's eyes. "Me too? I'll treat you to a bath after you pass your tribulation!"

Yuan Ye rolled his eyes and looked at Lin Du, "Yes, Junior Uncle, of course."

His gaze shifted to Yue Han.

The young master puffed out his chest. "Me too! I thought everyone else was!"

Yue Han then turned to look at Huang Xuan, who nodded. "Although my race isn't particularly powerful, I do have some talent."

The eight people all turned to the group of questioners and posed the fatal question, "We are all of them, aren't you?"

……

The group of cultivators turned their heads in utter silence and with perfect understanding. What kind of tour group is this? This is clearly a genius amusement park.

What the heck? Did you think everyone was like that?

The cultivators, who had been stabbed eight times in the chest, left heartbroken.

All eight people entered the ninth door.

Upon entering, everyone felt an eerie stillness.

There was only a small courtyard, a huge osmanthus tree, an axe, a pestle, and a mortar and pestle in front of him.

Lin Du scanned the area with his divine sense. "Hey, isn't one of the rabbits missing?"

A rabbit slowly hopped out of the yard and appeared before everyone.

Lin Du: ...All the necessary elements are present.

Yuan Ye stared at the courtyard, "The structure of this courtyard... is really novel."

The rabbit spoke slowly and deliberately, its three-lobed mouth moving as it uttered in human language, "Please choose your legacy item."

Lin Du: ? Is it that simple?

Without hesitation, Xia Tian walked to the pestle and mortar first. As soon as he touched them, he and the objects disappeared.

Yuan Ye hesitated for a moment, looking at the axe, "Are you going to chop down the cassia tree? I'm quite good at it."

He walked over, tentatively picked up the axe, and chopped at the cassia tree. His whole body, along with the axe, turned into a streak of light.

The rabbit's eyes slowly shifted to the other group of people, who then tentatively entered the courtyard.

Yan Qing saw a detection artifact made of strange, molten meteorite. He tentatively walked over to it and disappeared into the room in the next instant.

"You guys," the rabbit hopped to Ni Jinxuan and Mo Lin's feet, nuzzled Ni Jinxuan's hand, and spat out a top-grade spiritual fruit as a sign of friendliness.

"You shouldn't have come here. There is no suitable lineage for you here. You should go to the Taiyin Temple. I'll send you on your way."

Moonlight appeared beneath their feet, and they were quickly teleported away.

The rabbit sniffed hard and spotted Yue Han and Huang Xuan. It circled around their feet and said, "Strange, strange. You have too powerful spiritual artifacts on you. I can't smell them."

Confused, it decided to let the two people go for now, jumped towards Lin Du, sniffed around carefully, and then bristled.

"It's so cold, so cold, so cold!"

Lin Du picked up the frizzy dumpling with one hand and brought it to his eyes, while using his other hand to untie the gauze behind his head.

The white gauze was gently blown into the air by the wind, and the rabbit met a pair of almost desolate eyes.

Lin Du revealed a near-perfect smile. "I've found you, my...kindred spirit."