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

Mo Lin carried Qi Zhen away, and Yuan Ye and Jin Xuan then leisurely jumped down from the tree.

"I had him hang that lamp on the railing. Take it and see if you and Yan Qing can find any tricks to it."

Ni Jinxuan pointed over there and added, "Remember to wear gloves."

Yuan Ye waved his hand, "Don't worry."

As they spoke, they could faintly hear the sound of thunder.

The two looked toward the place where the wind and clouds were changing, which was Tianrui Peak.

"Second Senior Sister is about to undergo her tribulation," Ni Jinxuan exclaimed in surprise.

Yuan Ye couldn't help but do the math, "Second Senior Sister advanced to the Radiant Sun Realm even earlier than Eldest Senior Brother."

Those who advance to the Radiant Sun Realm at the age of one hundred are rare geniuses in the cultivation world. It is only because of Lin Du's example that people think that a Radiant Sun Realm cultivator at the age of one hundred is nothing special.

"Second Senior Sister absorbed a new strange fire, and her power increased greatly. It was all a natural outcome, and also due to the opportunity." Ni Jinxuan smiled longingly. "That time in the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm greatly increased our strength. I wish we could have a few more times like this."

"There's no such thing as a free lunch. Not everyone can find rare and precious treasures just by randomly going to a secret realm like you."

Yuan Ye put on gloves and carefully lifted the lamp as if it would explode at the slightest touch. He first covered it with a cloth to isolate it from everything, his movements swift, as if he were capturing some kind of poisonous creature.

Ni Jinxuan, standing beside her, couldn't help but hold her breath and asked cautiously, "How are you? Are you alright?"

Yuan Ye grabbed a bamboo basket as if it were a hot potato, threw the things in, and patted his chest, "Terrifying."

Ni Jinxuan laughed, "How can you be so timid?"

Yuan Ye grinned, "Who knows? There are too many evil spells out there. What if I, the most beautiful girl in Zhongbei, get cursed with some kind of love spell by an evil spirit? Oh dear, that would be terrible!"

Ni Jinxuan felt a sour taste in her mouth. "Get out of here! What kind of 'flower of Zhongbei' is this? Shameless!"

Yuan Ye clicked his tongue and shook his head, "Even if I'm shameless, I'm not as strong as that guy."

He softened his voice again, "I adore my senior sister, and I want to watch over her and follow her forever~"

Ni Jinxuan took out the whip and lashed it hard.

Yuan Ye let out a howl and darted out, leaping into the air, shouting, "Let's go, let's go, let's go!"

Ni Jinxuan, cracking her whip in one hand and placing the other on her hip, shook her head and looked at the people, "Hurry up and leave!"

Before leaving, Yuan Ye didn't forget to add one last disgusting twist to his voice, "I'm willing to follow Senior Sister, even if it's just taking up a tiny bit of space~"

The whip lashed out into the air, only managing to strike the hem of the person's clothing just before they flew away.

Ni Jinxuan remained where she was, her little face scrunched up like a squashed bun, and she shook her head violently.

What utter nonsense is this! It's demonic! It only corrupts people's minds!

In the desolate wilderness, Lin Du frowned, put on his mask, and looked at the few low-level demons he had encountered by chance, complaining, "These demons look all messed up."

Hou Cang drew his sword expressionlessly and swiftly dealt with the scattered demons. "They look like they were banished, which is why they are wandering in the desolate wilderness."

After passing through the desolate wilderness, they would enter the territory of demons. Flying there in a spirit boat would easily lead to detection and a mass attack, so the two simply landed here and put away the spirit boat.

Lin Du, holding the Floating Life Fan, followed behind without saying a word.

She has never been to the Demon Realm.

Hou Cang, however, seemed to suddenly become talkative. "The first time I came to the Demon Realm was the first year after I was expelled from my sect. That day, I broke into the border and killed 572 demons before I was exhausted."

Lin Du's eyelashes trembled as they brushed against the edge of the mask made of stiff metal wire.

Yan Ye was one of the few people in the sect who knew the inside story of Hou Cang's expulsion from the sect. After all, he was a person of the same generation as Feng Chao. Apart from him, no one else dared to ask about the inside story.

"Is your statement, senior brother, a expression of nostalgia or regret?"

Hou Cang shook his head. "No."

"After I killed all the demons in that den of evil, I collapsed from exhaustion, only to find that not a single demon dared to approach me."

"What I mean is, as long as you are powerful enough to be intimidating, even if you are exhausted, ordinary demons will not dare to make a move."

"So don't be afraid no matter how many demons you see later."

Lin Du laughed. "I'm not afraid."

"That day you asked me if I would choose to die for my cause?" Hou Cang continued, "Actually, that was my plan that day. I was thinking that if my master didn't want me, I should kill as many demons as possible before I died in the demon's lair, so that my death wouldn't be in vain."

Lin Du turned to look at Hou Cang, "Does Senior Brother think the same way now?"

He shook his head. "For cultivators, death is the most common thing, but if I were to die today, I would feel resentful."

Lin Du understood; Hou Cang was giving her a hint.

I can't be here today.

The source of demonic energy is at the center of the Ten Thousand Demon Cave.

When the two arrived, it should have been dawn, but there was no clear sky above the Demon Realm, only a dense demonic aura that was enough to block out the sun—a place truly abandoned by the Heavenly Dao.

Looking up, the sky was tinged with the color of wild blood, and the dark clouds were heavy. Along the way, one could see all kinds of colorful and dazzling monsters growing, which made Lin Du understand why the books said that the more powerful the demons, the more interesting they were.

Generally speaking, to bewitch people's minds, one also needs a good appearance.

"Did you see that?"

Hou Cang stood on the edge of the cliff and pointed it out to Lin Du.

The cliff was very high. Lin Du stood on the edge, looking down at the rocks below. They seemed to be covered with a thick layer of something that looked like indescribable black asphalt. Where the light fell, it shimmered with a faint iridescent sheen, giving it a slightly eerie appearance.

Looking down from the cliff, the strange black asphalt deposits on the edge appear even more concentrated, vaguely forming thick, intricate patterns.

"These are... deposits of demonic energy?"

"Hmm." Hou Cang gripped his sword, and with a flash of cold light, he slashed a demon that had just climbed up the cliff edge, sending it crashing down the cliff.

"What I showed you was the demon below."

Lin Du lowered his eyes and realized that what was surging below was not thick patterns, but demons. The flowing patterns on the cliff face were also demons slowly climbing upwards. When they encountered their own kind, they would tear each other apart and devour each other. Demons would fall back to the bottom of the cliff, and immediately, like drops of water falling into a river, the demons would surge towards their fallen brethren, forming a devouring circle.

She frowned. Compared to the chaos within the controlled demonic tide, this place made one feel the terror of evil even more directly.

No wonder Hou Cang wanted to give her a heads-up and tell her not to be afraid.

In her past life, Jinxuan was simply abandoned in this place...

Qianyu didn't abandon her halfway at all; he simply treated Ni Jinxuan as a trivial meal for these evil spirits.

What if Jinxuan hadn't survived until the source of demonic energy was corrupted? What if... what if she hadn't had that opportunity?

A surge of frustration welled up in Lin Du's chest.

Damn it.

"Shall we go down?" Lin Du asked.

"Okay, go down." Hou Cang gripped the spirit sword.

Lin Du checked again and saw that under the azure robe was a top-grade soft armor that her second senior brother had made for her, complete with a mask and gloves.

She raised her hand and activated a string of top-grade defensive and concealing talismans produced by the Phoenix Dynasty, which almost surrounded her entire body and were all attached to her.

Very good, the safety measures are confirmed to be complete.

My spiritual power and divine sense are confirmed to be fully restored.

For players who spend real money, the goal is to stack the thickest and most expensive armor.

Lin Du was busy, while Hou Cang only put a concealment talisman on himself to prevent his spiritual energy from being released. He quickly finished preparing, picked up his longsword, and said, "Let's go."

The two leaped simultaneously, one pale and one white, out of place in this muddy and colorful world. In their simplicity, they bloomed into two tiny flowers in the air.

The demons in the demon cave surged and pounced on anything that fell.

A flash of sword light appeared.