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

The tribulation lightning in the far north had just subsided, but a tribulation lightning was brewing on a peak of the Supreme Sect.

Ni Jinxuan stopped practicing and looked at the tribulation clouds above Liangyi Peak. "Master is finally coming out of seclusion. Uncle Cangli has been so busy that he hasn't even had time to drink tea and has been busy forging iron."

Yuan Ye looked pale and drifted by like a ghost, only to be grabbed by the back of his collar by Ni Jinxuan.

"Hey, it was supposed to be your turn to wash the dishes today, and you didn't even show up. Now you think you can just take the food I saved for you and leave?"

Yuan Ye carried two large basins, his eyes vacant, his body covered in soot and smoke. "Recently, demons have infiltrated Zhongzhou. Everyone wants the Mirror of Enlightenment that Master developed, but because it requires a top-grade weapon refiner to forge the core, Master's boiler is almost burned out. Yan Qing is still watching the fire."

"I only managed to squeeze in some time to bring a meal. It's been a full 27 days. For 27 days, all nine boilers have been burning non-stop. In previous years, the flowers on our mountain hadn't even bloomed yet at this time, but this year, because of the strong heat, they've all started to burn."

Ni Jinxuan released her grip. "Okay, go ahead."

Yuan Ye stopped. "I seem to remember, didn't Junior Uncle leave a secret letter for your master before he left?"

Ni Jinxuan nodded, "That's right, but didn't my master just emerge from seclusion to undergo tribulation?"

"It's been almost seven years, hasn't it?" Yuan Ye's face showed a deep sense of vicissitude. "If Junior Uncle had come back, I wouldn't be so busy."

"Six years and three months, you'd better go eat now, you're practically floating." Ni Jinxuan let the person go.

Yuan Ye muttered to himself, "I'll be lying in the coffin I built sooner or later."

"Why did you think Junior Uncle leave a letter for you before he left, but only for Junior Uncle?"

"Who knows? My junior uncle didn't leave me any message." A hint of sadness appeared on Ni Jinxuan's face.

Yuan Ye glanced back at her dejected, puffy face. "Why don't you go ask your senior brother what your junior uncle wrote? Maybe it's an instruction to take good care of you?"

Ni Jinxuan became even more frustrated upon hearing this. "Even Senior Brother himself refuses to look at it, let alone show it to me. No wonder Second Senior Sister said he's a blockhead! I think he's a blockhead made of iron, so hard you can't even bite into it."

Yuan Ye chuckled upon hearing this, "Anyway, you can just go and ask your martial uncle later."

Ni Jinxuan thought for a moment, "That's true!"

The tribulation that precedes the fourth phase to the fifth phase is the Five-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, during which thunder rumbled for a long time.

It was only after Mo Lin stopped practicing his swordplay, Hou Cang returned from the border covered in wounds, and Mu Chen finished calculating the day's accounts that the lightning finally stopped striking.

With a clear whistle, spiritual rain fell. Ju Yuan felt the surging power within his body and was just about to exclaim that he had finally succeeded when he met the burning gazes of his two disciples.

Ju Yuan stiffly stopped stretching and coughed lightly. "What's wrong?"

"Congratulations, Master, on successfully advancing to the Qian Yuan Realm. The Sect Leader said that you should go to the main peak to find her as soon as you finish advancing. Also, Junior Uncle left you a secret letter before he went into seclusion."

After performing the formalities, Mo Lin presented a very simple note, which had yellowed slightly due to the passage of many years.

Ju Yuan stared silently at the small message. "A secret letter?"

Ni Jinxuan also fell into deep thought. This is... a secret letter? How many words can be written on it?

"Yes." Mo Lin nodded. "Right, a secret message!"

Ju Yuan took the note, carefully opened it, and pondered whether he needed to activate it with spiritual power, and whether there were any hidden secrets.

but no.

The top line was written in a sloppy, large handwriting.

Ju Yuan glanced at it, closed the note, opened it again to read it, and closed it again. His junior sister's message was really strange.

Ni Jinxuan cautiously leaned closer. "What is it?"

Ju Yuan tossed the note to her, "Read it yourself, I'm going to find your sect leader."

Ni Jinxuan opened the note and took a closer look.

"Don't pick up things from the roadside, not even your apprentices. There's nothing good that's just thrown away on the roadside."

Ni Jinxuan: ...

Mo Lin glanced at Ni Jinxuan's strange expression. "What's wrong? What did Junior Uncle say?"

Ni Jinxuan tossed the note to him, her expression complex.

Mo Lin took it, his face also contorted in a grimace.

"Why did you only leave a letter for Master?"

"Probably because... other martial uncles wouldn't randomly pick up children on the roadside." Mo Lin pondered for a moment, "Hmm."

Ni Jinxuan nodded, "Senior Brother is right."

The next instant, an attack from the Qian Yuan Realm was thrown at Mo Lin's feet, forcing him to raise his sword to defend, but he was still forced to the edge of the cliff before he could stop.

Mo Lin calmly sheathed his sword. "See, I was right."

He became enraged.

Ni Jinxuan nodded in agreement, and soon after, she heard the bell toll.

That was the sound of a bell summoning all disciples who had no important missions.

Mo Lin and Ni Jinxuan exchanged a glance and rushed towards the main hall.

Ju Yuan, on the other hand, was full of energy and spoke in a booming voice, "Your fourth uncle said that he has discovered a place that the demons want to invade next, so we should hurry over and make preparations in advance. I heard that the demons' strength has increased a lot in recent years? Come on, let your master show you how to fight."

Yuan Ye and Yan Qing were not there. Xia Tianwu took out the freshly refined pills and distributed them to the group. "Put them away carefully. My master has been receiving a lot of cultivators who have been injured by demons and are on the verge of death. Put these pills away to clear demonic energy, replenish spiritual power, stop bleeding, and heal wounds. Don't be stingy. If you feel anything is wrong, take them quickly."

The situation was urgent, and everyone left in a hurry.

No sooner had Ju Yuan and his group left the sect than Lin Du returned to the Supreme Sect.

Inside the main hall, Feng Chao looked at the official gazette with a worried expression. "This is not a good omen."

Hou Cang sat to the side, his body reeking of strong medicine. "Even when demons used to travel in groups, they never reached such a large scale. Rather than submitting to the strong, they were only temporarily suppressed when they were weak. Once a demon fell, it would be devoured by its former servants. This cunning invasion of territory makes me think..."

"Although demons are cunning, unscrupulous, bloodthirsty and tyrannical by nature, their actions are ultimately driven by desire. They are obsessed with eating people and demons and would not do things in a planned way. The fact that the Demon Lord has now set his sights on encroaching on territory must be because someone is pushing him from behind."

Lin Du's voice came from outside the door. His voice was hoarse and strained because he hadn't spoken for a long time and had been through many hardships.

A smile suddenly appeared in Feng Chao's eyes. "Junior Sister? You're back?"

Hou Cang looked up in surprise and saw that the aura was clearly... that of the Huiyang Realm.

A tall figure appeared in their line of sight. It was the same scene as before: a green robe, a neatly tied topknot, aloof yet refined.

A hint of surprise flashed in Feng Chao's eyes, "That's great, you've reached the Radiant Sun Realm too."

When Lin Du met those piercing phoenix eyes, he suddenly realized that in Feng Chao's eyes, he was not a person, but an ox that could plow a hundred acres of land in a day.

Before they even entered the house, they had already begun to despair.

"Come here," Feng Chao beckoned, "How have you been doing in seclusion these past few years? Have you encountered any danger? Are you injured? How is your health? We're not in a rush, take your time, don't suffer too much."

Lin Du shook his head and laughed, "It's not bitter. My talent is what it is, so there's no way I can't advance. I just can't suppress it anymore. Senior brother, you understand, right?"

Hou Cang wore an even colder face than Lin Du, "I don't understand. I think that great achievements must come from endless suffering, but congratulations, junior sister."

"Alright, go see your master, say hello to him, and then come back to find me."

Lin Du gave a soft "Ah!" and strode out. Han Yueling peeked out from her sleeve with difficulty and shouted, "What are we eating today? You said you'd take me to eat after we met the elders... umm!"

"Now I'm going to see my master. If you don't want him to skin you alive, tear you apart, throw you into the river to wash you clean, then shut up and go stay in your Cold Moon Secret Realm."

"..." The rabbit felt a tightness in its scalp from being squeezed by the narrow sleeves. "I'm telling you, aren't you actually afraid of your master?"

"How could that be? What a joke!" Lin Du shoved the rabbit inside. "Shut up."