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

Lin Du arrived at the main hall of the Phoenix Dynasty as if he were a wandering soul.

Have you ever heard of someone who chose a path but gave up halfway through?

Feng Chao hadn't even finished organizing her tasks for the day when she was confronted with this strange problem, which shattered the plans she had just established in her mind.

She paused for a moment, then asked, "What do you mean?"

Lin Du found a place to sit down and explained it to her.

"You said you manipulated the power of heaven and earth, and the Heavenly Dao proactively bestowed upon you the blessing of understanding the rules, pushing you towards the Great Dao, but when you reached the door, it closed?"

Feng Chao frowned. She had lived for nearly a thousand years and had never heard of such a strange thing.

Most ordinary people choose their path when they are advancing through the Heavenly Tribulation. Their desire for the Dao is used as an opportunity to guide them to the Heavenly Dao, to prove their Daoist heart, and thus open the door to the Great Dao.

Only a very few people, before undergoing tribulation, attain enlightenment through their own efforts, drawing upon the power of heaven and earth, causing the Heavenly Dao to proactively bestow rules and blessings, thus opening the gate to the Great Dao.

Feng Chao looked at Lin Du in front of her and said, "This shouldn't be the case."

Lin Du sat slumped on the soft couch, shaking his head.

The Heavenly Dao sent you an invitation to join the Dao, but then withdrew the message two minutes later.

Utterly absurd!

"When Heaven bestows its rules and blessings, it must be because it recognizes you. Why?"

Feng Chao was completely baffled. "Why don't you go ask your fourth senior brother? I've seen him enter the Dao twice, so he's very experienced."

Lin Du, remembering that he had just angered Hou Cang, continued to shake his head, "No."

She didn't want to be laughed at by Hou Cang.

"I'll ask Uncle Lin Tuan tomorrow." Lin Du lay on the soft couch and casually fiddled with the incense burner that had just been lit.

Feng Chao looked at her for a while, "Why are you becoming more and more childish?"

When he first entered the sect, he spoke in a way that was far too mature for his age, but now, after twenty years in the sect, he seems to have regressed in age.

Lin Du turned his head. "It seems so."

She stood up and sat up straight. "By the way, Senior Sister, have you received a reply to the letter from last time?"

Feng Chao nodded. "I've got it."

Lin Du stood up. "Alright, I'm going to do my homework. Senior Sister, please forgive me these past two years. If there's anything you need, just ask Fourth Senior Brother. My master has taught me everything he knows, and I'm very busy."

Feng Chao asked suspiciously, "Teach me everything you know?"

"Yes, I will impart all my knowledge to you." Lin Du nodded vigorously and turned to go to the library.

Chu Guanmeng jumped out while she was grinding ink and whispered, "You really won't let us eat?"

Lin Du was already getting into the zone when he said, "No."

"You'd better watch out or I'll run away from home!!!" Chu Guanmeng began to threaten.

Lin Du lazily picked up his pen. "The spirit stones are all here with me. Where are you going to get them?"

Chu Guanmeng gritted her teeth in anger, then turned and ran away to find Jin Xuan! Jin Xuan would surely give her something to eat!

The jumbled array books Yan Ye gave her piled up like a mountain in her storage ring. She had already finished reading the mainstream ones, and what was left were ancient books and obscure ones. Not only were they complicated and obscure, but they also contained many errors, and some of the materials were now extinct and needed to be replaced, making them very difficult to digest.

Lin Du ate until dark, and only when the bright lights in the library suddenly came on did she realize that Chu Guanmeng had not yet returned.

"A spirit that's thousands of years old is still playing this 'running away from home' trick."

Lin Du sighed and searched his spiritual contract within his consciousness, "Chu Guanmeng, where are you?"

This time, however, the spirit contract did not respond at all.

Lin Du frowned slightly. Was he really angry?

"Don't be angry. I'll take you to the night market for some delicious food. I'll eat ten roast ducks if you want."

There was still no response this time.

Within the sect, only Ni Jinxuan and Chu Guanmeng got along well. She took off her disciple token, infused it with spiritual power, and sent a telepathic message to Jinxuan asking if Chu Guanmeng was with her.

Ni Jinxuan replied quickly, "I haven't seen it before. Isn't that rabbit always following you, Junior Uncle?"

Lin Du then realized the seriousness of the problem and asked again, "I haven't seen it when we eat in the dining hall either?"

"No," Ni Jinxuan replied immediately.

Chu Guanmeng had never actually left her side.

She stood up. "Could you please look at my book for me? I'll be right back."

There was no reply from inside the library. Only a wisp of spiritual energy enveloped the table where Lin Du usually sat, to prevent Qingfeng from flipping through the books.

Lin Du hurriedly walked out of the building, raised his hand to activate the spiritual contract, and tried to track Chu Guanmeng's location, but found that the spiritual power dissipated immediately after the spell was cast.

Her brows furrowed deeply, and her divine sense surged forth like a lake, quickly covering nearly half of the mountain gate. The oppressive divine sense startled the fireflies and birds in the small mountain forest, who shivered from the chill contained within it.

Chu Guanmeng is easy to coax; she's not that angry. At least, she wouldn't remain silent after saying those things; she just might not have heard them at all.

Everyone in the disciple's order received an inquiry. It was nighttime, and most people would be preparing to meditate or sleep at this time, so they simply came out.

Junior Uncle has lost his spiritual essence; this is a serious matter.

Lin Du detected nothing unusual with his divine sense. His hand gripped the disciple token tightly. "Jin Xuan, where is Qi Zhen?"

"Qi Zhen? Qi Zhen is with me. He said he wanted me to teach him how to read the Heart Sutra."

As soon as Ni Jinxuan finished speaking outside, she saw the boy next to the glass lamp inside looking at her with some curiosity. However, the light seemed unable to penetrate the boy's eyes, which remained dark and deep, carrying a mysterious aura that drew people in.

Qi Zhen tilted her head, got up and walked to the door. "What's wrong, Senior Sister?"

Ni Jinxuan shook her head, subconsciously concealing Lin Du's voice from within the disciple's token, "It's nothing."

At the foot of the back mountain, Lin Du paused in his running, took a deep breath of the night mist, which should have been cool, but felt an astonishing burning sensation from his chest to his lungs.

She had a premonition that Chu Guanmeng was trapped by something.

Could it be a mountain-protecting formation?

The Supreme Sect's protective mountain formation has been passed down and improved with each generation. The current formation was created by Yan Ye, the master of formations. Its complexity is unimaginable. Lin Du adds to it every year. Unless you have a disciple's token, it is absolutely impossible to break into the sect.

In his previous life, the Demon Lord also used the sect's disciple token to attack the Supreme Sect, so in this life, Lin Du has never given up on allowing the Phoenix Dynasty to issue disciple tokens.

Lin Du channeled his spiritual power and flew into the air, hurrying towards the mountain-protecting formation.

This is the only place that could possibly isolate the spiritual contract; Chu Guanmeng must have accidentally wandered in and become trapped here.

Once she finds Chu Guanmeng, she'll definitely laugh at her for days, making her so anxious that she couldn't even finish the last stroke of the formation.

"Master," Lin Du poked the long-dormant ball in his consciousness, "share your consciousness with me. My Cold Moon Spirit might be trapped in the mountain-protecting formation."

Hearing Lin Du's anxiety, Yan Ye immediately used his magic to share his divine sense and grant her the main control access to the mountain-protecting array.

"Why isn't it here?" Lin Du searched the entire formation.

Yan Ye's voice suddenly rang out again, "Lin Du, Qian San, Kun Liu, Li Zhong, Duan."

Lin Du immediately got up and entered the formation. Following Yan Ye's instructions, he took his position, offered up the Floating Life Fan with one hand, poured spiritual power into it, and with a wave of the fan, severed the connection of the barrier.

"Don't look with your eyes, look with your divine sense," Yan Ye reminded him. "That thing's understanding of spatial rules is superior to yours. It has merged into our great formation and trapped your Cold Moon Spirit."

In fact, Lin Du didn't need Yan Ye to remind him; he already knew that what he was looking for was right here.

Because the moment the barrier was broken, Chu Guanmeng's voice was transmitted into Lin Du's consciousness through the spiritual contract.

That was a panicked voice he had never heard even when Lin Du forced him to reveal his true form.

"Lin Du!!! This thing is going to eat me alive!! Help!!!"