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

Huang Xuan and Yue Han both pricked up their ears, eager to hear Lin Du's answer, but in the next instant, two barriers simultaneously locked onto their positions.

The two birds were so frightened they almost reverted to their original forms. When they looked up, they met two pairs of eyes staring straight at them. One pair was blood-red, carrying a cold and menacing aura, while the other was calm but had a penetrating insight into their hearts.

Huang Xuan and Yue Han: ...

The two of them covered their ears in unison, and then transformed back into their original forms, curling themselves into a ball.

They saw nothing and heard nothing, really.

The person and the rabbit simultaneously turned their gazes away.

Lin Du laid his cards on the table, "My name is Lin Du, the 'Du' in 'ferryman,' and I ate Xue Ling raw."

Han Yueling: ...There's no need to be so direct.

"Now it's your turn." Lin Du took out a handkerchief, slowly wiped his hands, and then began frantically stuffing pills into his mouth.

One… two… three… it’s no longer about eating sugar pills, it’s about eating a meal.

Han Yueling looked at Lin Du with disbelief; this man had so many tricks up his sleeve that she couldn't understand him at all.

It forced itself to say, "That person is a celestial general from the upper realm. Her name is Yin Huaitian. She is very powerful, but when she found this small world, she was in a sorry state, as if she had been seriously injured, and she was also carrying a strong demonic aura."

"The spirits of heaven and earth naturally despise evil spirits, so I wanted to throw her out of my territory. However, Yin Huaitian, who was already on the verge of death, suppressed her and forcibly signed a spirit contract with her..."

Han Yueling secretly glanced at Lin Du and found that she was digesting the pills and looked listless. Just as she was about to change the subject, those eyes looked over again, calm and steady, as if they could see right through her.

It turned its head and continued awkwardly, "It's the kind of equal contract that can be broken by the same initiator as you."

"Then she settled down in this little world, grinding herbs and refining elixirs herself, and said that this place was too desolate, so she planned to plant some trees."

"I had nothing to do, so I helped her with some chores."

"She often said that she really liked the human world in the lower realm, because it was so lively, but people in the upper realm could not go down to the lower realm unless they died and were reincarnated."

"I asked her, 'Isn't the Upper Realm good?' She said it's not that it's bad, it's just too boring. Those banquets aren't very interesting either. There are too few people in the Upper Realm, and they're too self-centered."

"She turned my little world into her own paradise. I don't know why, but she keeps taking medicine every day, and her condition is getting worse day by day. She is clearly one of the twelve heavenly generals of the upper realm, and everyone respects her as the Taiyin Star Lord. She herself said that she is actually very good at fighting."

"But such a person is actually entangled in demonic energy and has his immortal essence shattered, so he can only find my remote and desolate little world to recuperate."

The rabbit chuckled, "The mighty Twelve Heavenly Generals, the Moon Goddess, actually... ended up alone and desolate in some deserted place, never telling me what happened."

"She taught me a lot, showed me storybooks, made paper dolls and sang operas, and told me all her experiences. She stayed with me for a very, very long time, so long that the moon sea stone turned into moon sea crystal."

"Before she died, she built the Palace of Inheritance, set the trajectory of the Cold Moon Realm, and then told me to take good care of the house before she went to her death."

"No trace of her body, not even her soul." Han Yueling gritted her teeth and squeezed out these words from her throat. "Before she left, she even forgot to break the spiritual bond between us, so when the spiritual bond dissipated, I clearly saw her last act of seeking death."

"She calculated everything, even suppressing the rules of this world to below the Huiyang Realm, just to find a suitable successor. She told me that it's fine to watch the excitement occasionally, but she never thought that I hate excitement the most and I hate dirty things the most."

"Tell me... what exactly are you humans after?"

It stared blankly at Lin Du, "Why... what is it that makes you willing to abandon life and death, and everything you cherish?"

Lin Du thought for a moment, "Do you really not know what the seven emotions are? Do you think she betrayed you, betrayed your friendship? Or... are you just reluctant to part with her?"

She has always preferred to speak softly, especially when trying to win someone's heart.

Such light and airy words are like exhaled smoke, easily entering the other person's heart and lungs, causing a pungent, choking sensation, yet making it impossible to cough up.

The rabbit's eyes were bloodshot, and like the two birds that had been inexplicably exposed earlier, it covered its ears with its paws and curled up. "You're really not a good person. Why would she approve of you?"

Lin Du laughed. "Did she name you? Or name this red string?"

The rabbit quietly moved its forepaws away from its ears, as if to say, "I'm not telling you!"

Lin Du wasn't annoyed. He sat cross-legged on the ground and said, "Don't you really want to go out? You can't go to the Upper Realm in this small world, but I can. You've already signed a spiritual contract with me. When I ascend, it will be converted into a master-servant contract, and you can ascend along with me. When we reach the Upper Realm, I'll untie it for you."

"I am the most talented person in the Dongming Realm. If nothing unexpected happens, I will be the person with the best chance of ascending to the Upper Realm, and also the person who will ascend to the Upper Realm the fastest. The Zhongzhou Biographies' evaluation of me is that I am unparalleled in cunning. There are very few people in the world who are smarter than me. I can definitely help you find out the reason for Mingxingjun's downfall."

Han Yueling looked at her in disbelief, wondering how this person could say such boastful things without blushing at all.

"Don't you feel guilty when you brag about yourself?"

Lin Du tilted his head innocently. "I'm stating objective facts. Go ask any person from Zhongzhou in the Dongming Realm, and they've all heard these things and believe them without a doubt. Why should I be guilty?"

Han Yueling: ...

"So what do you want?"

"Your companion stone," Lin Du said decisively.

Incidentally, she needs to know the specific uses of this red string, but she'll find out sooner or later once she's lured the little rabbit away.

This passive ability only appeared in the illusion. At first, she even thought it was the high priest's ability in the illusion. If Han Yueling hadn't pointed it out, she wouldn't have known it was the red rope's ability.

Lin Du never makes a profit from a single transaction.

She wants both short-term and long-term benefits.

The rabbit stared at her intently. "I agree to your deal, but I can't bear to leave this place."

It thought for a moment, then raised its paw and wiped its face, cleaning away all the ice shards with a splash.

"However, this place was originally mine. Now it seems that the people who are with you have all passed the test and accepted all her important inheritances. The Qimen, weapon refining, medicine making, and sword and fist techniques have all been passed on. So her purpose in passing on the inheritance has been achieved. You have her immortal artifact. Let's do something big."

Lin Du and the rabbit exchanged a knowing, mischievous grin. "If you can't bear to part with it, then take it with you."

The two simultaneously released the barrier they had set up, and the two birds, which had shrunk to a tiny size, immediately bristled.

"We didn't hear anything! We didn't see anything!"

Lin Du: ...

"Young master, let's go. Want to see this hidden gem offered by a professional tour group?"

A bird's head cautiously peeked halfway out from under its wing. "You... you're not fighting anymore?"

"We just had a friendly spar," Lin Du said, his hands behind his back.

Han Yueling nodded in agreement.

Yue Han: ...

"So...do you eat bird meat?"

Lin Du said sincerely, "I'm about to advance to the Radiant Sun Realm, then I won't need to eat anymore."

Yue Han breathed a sigh of relief and released the black and yellow oriole that was crouching at her feet. Then she heard the man laugh heartily, "Was that the magical treasure you threw out that got stuck in my throat?"

Huang Xuan closed his eyes in despair.

That's a treasure of the bird race!