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

The usually ruthless Lin Du was now brutally tearing at the rabbit's cheek flesh. "Did I give you face? Five tables of food, a full five tables of food, and you didn't leave a single bite for my nephew. Why don't you just swallow the entire mine?"

"Didn't they take a couple of bites when the food was first served? Besides, I'll eat the minerals too..."

"Don't even think about it." Lin Du covered her mouth. "There are only two roast ducks left in the oven of Fu Man Lou's kitchen. If my nephew doesn't get to eat them today, I'll send you to the kitchen to be roasted."

Seeing that Lin Du had suppressed the Cold Moon Spirit, Yuan Ye and Yan Qing quickly began their feast.

It was quite late when the group returned to the Supreme Sect. Upon seeing the person dressed in moon-white robes, gazing at the moon with self-pity, they thought they had seen a ghost and instinctively reached for their weapons.

"You're back?"

The moment the man spoke, everyone saw his face clearly.

"Master."

"Second Senior Brother."

The carefree Daoist cultivator, looking resentful from being overwhelmed by his busy schedule, was now intently inhaling the aroma of roast duck wafting through the air. "Fu Man Lou, young people really know how to enjoy life."

The three young men suddenly felt a chill run down their spines, and were then conscripted and taken to the weapon-refining workshop.

Lin Du tried to resist a little longer, saying, "I think I still need to go find my senior master."

"Your senior master is entertaining guests and has no time to see you." Cang Li ruthlessly cut off her last thought.

Lin Du thought for a moment, then realized, "Oh, Wei Zhi came to report, he hasn't left yet."

Yan Qing and Yuan Ye resigned themselves to their fate and began a new round of fumigation in the weapon-refining room.

Lin Du was treated better. She needed to find a quiet place to draw the array diagram. In her senior brother's study, she was held captive by his gaze and quickly flipped through books to draw the array diagram.

When Ju Yuan and his group returned, the sect was eerily quiet.

It really looks like a proper sect deep in the mountains and forests, where immortals reside and make it sacred.

After revising the eighteenth draft, Lin Du's face was numb. "Senior brother, what do you think of this? Should we make a sample and try it out?"

Cang Li picked it up and looked at it. "How about we stick with the first version?"

……

Lin Du looked up and met his senior brother's eyes.

Cang Li met those eyes, black as lacquer and deep as an abyss. Just as he was about to say something, he saw his junior sister reveal a very bright smile.

He took a step back. "What I mean is..."

Lin Du gripped the array diagram tightly, the veins on the back of his hand bulging, and he grinned menacingly, "Second Senior Brother."

"I was wrong," Cang Li sincerely admitted, "but it still needs to be revised, specifically this part in the first version and this part in the eighteenth version..."

He caught a glimpse of Lin Du's smile, which was slowly becoming more sinister and gloomy, but was now more restrained. "If you're really tired, your senior brother will play some music for you to wake you up."

Lin Du closed his eyes, leaned back in his chair, pointed to the study door, and remained silent.

Cang Li silently put down the array diagram, ground the ink, brewed the tea, lit the incense, opened the restriction, closed the door, and left.

That was close! Junior Sister almost kicked him out.

After Lin Du and the others left, she regained her composure. Chu Guanmeng squeezed out of her sleeve with difficulty, "Why do you have to wear such narrow sleeves and tuck the red rope and the Cold Moon Pearl inside? It hurts my scalp."

"Can't you just turn back into your original form?"

"No." Chu Guanmeng forced herself out, then effortlessly climbed onto Lin Du's shoulder. "What are you doing?"

"There are some problems with the new magical artifacts used to track demons." Lin Du lowered his eyes and looked at the scattered items on the table. The array stones and metal wires were neatly arranged in each grid. Several jade flutes and a zither were placed in front of him, containing different levels of demonic energy and what appeared to be evolved or modified demonic embryos.

"We need to come up with a comprehensive solution, otherwise Zhongzhou will descend into chaos."

She raised her hand to press her temple. "Second Brother is right, but he's too noisy."

"But he didn't say much while you were drawing seriously."

"His presence is too noisy."

Chu Guanmeng: ...

People of the carefree path naturally do whatever pleases them. Cang Li is particular; if the tea gets cold, he will brew it again; if the incense burns out, he will relight it. He does whatever makes him comfortable. He also likes to play the zither. Even when there is nothing to do, he will stare at Lin Du. When asked, he said that Lin Du is one of the most symmetrical people he has ever seen, except that tuft of white hair is really an eyesore.

Although the sounds were very soft, they still gave Lin Du a headache.

Chu Guanmeng perched on Lin Du's shoulder. It has to be said that this man's shoulder is perfect for hanging things on. It's straight and sturdy, so as long as you're careful, there's no chance of it falling off. The only downside is that it's a bit uncomfortable, but as long as the fur is thick enough, it doesn't matter.

It then asked, "Don't you find me noisy?"

"I hate it, so please turn into a mouthless cat, rabbit, whatever you want, anything will do."

Chu Guanmeng ignored her, swinging her front paws in front of Lin Du and her hind paws behind her, hanging herself up like a standard plush ornament.

Lin Du has already begun to concentrate on his writing, recombining the drawings according to the method his second senior brother had just instructed him to do.

Chu Guanmeng glanced at Lin Du, then at her wrist, which had remained firmly suspended for a full day and night, and shook her head inwardly.

Being human is really tough.

After Lin Du finished drawing the array diagram and tested the array again to confirm that all kinds of evil spirits, including those that had been transformed into half-demons, could be detected, he breathed a sigh of relief, got up and opened the door.

"Junior Sister!" With help now in hand, Cang Li finally regained his usual calm, composed, and aloof ethereal demeanor. "How are you?"

"It's fixed."

Cang Li took it and nodded. "Oh, by the way, I heard that the third brother has taken in another apprentice, but he hasn't been officially registered yet. He said he'll raise him for now."

Lin Du's eyes darkened as he met Cang Li's faint smile.

It seems that this second senior brother has also noticed something.

"Has Senior Brother He Gui returned from Jun Ding Prefecture?" Lin Du suddenly asked.

"Hmm, he's back. That kid loves to trick people into talking. Let him handle it." Cang Li said, his gaze falling on the expected shape of the array plate.

"Why...did you draw a rabbit's head?"

Chu Guanmeng, who was perched on Lin Du's shoulder, woke up from his nap, raised his head, and chirped, "Chirp?"

Lin Du stepped out the door. "I've finished drawing. If there are no problems, I'll be leaving now."

Cang Li suddenly called out to Lin Du again, "By the way, what's your seal mark? We've been working together for so long, and you've never left your special array master mark. Is it because it was just some small stuff before? This one will probably be sold throughout the Central Continent and even to the demon race. Aren't you going to leave a mark? That way, you can get a higher price when you submit your work as a representative piece to the Array Master Alliance!"

Lin Du pulled his foot back after taking a step forward. "Senior brother, you're right. Since you're so good at drawing and marking, could you make one for me?"

Ideally, it would be the kind where she chooses the first edition after the eighteenth edition has been published.

Cang Li readily agreed and decided to design a unique and absolutely beautiful mark for his junior sister.

Lin Du straightened his expression and decided to personally meet the "disciple" that his third senior brother had just picked up.