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

Lin Du's gaze swept lightly over the crowd in front of him, taking in the expressions on each person's face.

Although she didn't know the details of what happened today, one thing was certain: Wenfu was involved.

Wen Fu's ability to create puppets and clones is unparalleled; even Lin Du finds it difficult to distinguish them.

But Lin Du knew that his pawns were among them, like venomous snakes lurking in the shadows, waiting for their chance to strike.

What's the point of this whole thing? Is it just to make all the artisans take the blame?

It's definitely not just for this.

Lin Du sensed the emotions of the people nearby and his brows twitched slightly. "The culprit is the Third Elder under the Demon Lord, who has now been arrested and brought to justice by us. We were also apprehended on the spot."

She smiled and looked at the Jiang family member whose neck was being held by Mo Lin's sword. "I'll only ask you one thing: how many demons have humans transformed into?"

"There must be at least a thousand!" a disciple of the Guiyuan Sect said.

Lin Du nodded. "So how many did you find in the cave of all the craftsmen?"

There was an eerie silence among the group. One of them honestly said, "They're just dismembered pieces. You can't tell how many there are. None of them are intact."

One person couldn't help but retort, "Even if there are only a few, maybe they'll release one after modifying it?"

Lin Du smiled and asked, "So, when we usually see people transforming into demons, do they usually appear in groups or alone?"

"Then it might be hiding somewhere!"

Lin Du looked at the person who had objected, "Then where are you going to go? Isn't the principle to catch someone on the spot, to see it for yourself?"

"But I saw the remains of all the failed experiments in the Demon Realm; they were piled up into a small mountain of flesh. Isn't that enough evidence?"

Lin Du's voice suddenly rose, then fell heavy again, "To be honest, this master craftsman passed on a lot of research notes to my sect's disciples. The whole thing is about how to reform and save people, not how to harm them."

Some people were still unconvinced, saying, "If he knows how to save people, he also knows how to harm them! You can't protect this master craftsman just because he gave your own people a chance!"

"Yes, when we're on your turf, we can't just say whatever we want."

Lin Du squinted at the group of people, raising an eyebrow slightly. Ah, these days, even the cultivation world has ETC (Electronic Toll Collection), specifically designed to hold people back and never let them go, right?

She tapped the contract within her consciousness, and Han Yueling jumped out, nimbly climbing onto her shoulder. "Let me show you all the mountain of flesh in the Demon Realm, and let you all understand how truly ruthless the real culprit is. It's not something a mere craftsman in a narrow cave could handle."

Han Yueling painstakingly pulled out the demonic puppet, gouged out its eyes, and used her talent to activate an illusion.

The conversation was exceptionally clear. Lin Du, disheveled and exhausted, looked at a person wearing a half-metal mask and asked, "That mountain of flesh and all those who turned into demons, were you responsible?"

The person in the picture nodded, quickly admitting, "Yes."

The scene then cuts to Lin Du dissolving the mountain of flesh and helping the souls find peace.

After experiencing an overwhelming visual shock, the crowd faintly heard sounds of retching.

The surging mountains of flesh sent chills down everyone's spines, even the well-informed Quan Jiangren stared wide-eyed.

"How many people are there?"

Yan Qing suddenly realized something, "Where did all these people come from?"

Lin Du turned to look at him. "That's all I wanted to say. I'll check the official gazette again when I get back. I suspect there's something we've overlooked."

Han Yueling folded the puppet again and threw it into Lin Du's storage space. "All done."

It perched on Lin Du's shoulder and said, "When are we going back to divide the spoils? I think that person definitely has something good in their storage bag."

Lin Du patted it, "Wait until I've put out the fire."

Han Yueling closed her eyes listlessly, "Oh."

"Now, does anyone have any further objections?" Lin Du raised his voice.

Everyone shook their heads in unison.

Lin Du nodded. "Very well, then I have some objections."

Everyone was bewildered.

The blue-robed cultivator, who had easily calmed the situation, suddenly produced a heavy iron folding fan. He then pointed at a few people in the crowd and said, "You lot, you always contradict me. Are you simply trying to uphold justice without fear of power, or... do you have some other motive?"

Lin Du still had a smile on her face and spoke in a gentle tone, but no one would think she was easy to get along with, and her words were full of hidden murderous intent.

"I'm not saying this to hold my nephews who were slandered accountable, but I found some information in the Demon Realm that proves that there are evil spies within each sect, trying to incite internal strife in the Central Plains and reshuffle the Central Plains' power structure."

"It's good to investigate. We can't tolerate this undermining the unity of our Central Plains."

She looked at the elder from the Jiang family who hadn't made a move earlier and added enthusiastically, "The aristocratic families are too."

Elder Jiang Wu's face twitched, and he wanted to step forward to explain, but Lin Du seemed to have no intention of speaking to him. "Each sect should conduct its own investigation on the spot. It's not easy for them to come all this way. If needed, I can do it for them."

Lin Du waved his hand and said, "Yan Qing, Yuan Ye, Tian Wu, Jin Xuan, go and help the True Immortals."

The scene quickly reversed as the four men pulled out their Mirror of Insight. "Here they come."

"It would be best if you immortals probed their souls again, after all..." Lin Du took out the Book of Life and Death of the Lanju Realm and studied it for a moment, "There are still more than a dozen people in the Lanju Realm who have not been captured."

Lin Du pointed it out directly, and someone in the crowd clearly made a move.

"What right do you have to inspect me! Do you disciples of the Supreme Sect just like to bully others by abusing your power?"

"Elder! We can investigate ourselves, but why should outsiders from the Supreme Sect investigate us?! I'm not having it! This is retaliation!"

Dissent arose from the crowd: "That's right! What makes your Supreme Sect suspect us? Just because we said a few words about your sect?"

"A normal person seeing the bloody corpses and demonic energy inside that cave would definitely think that was the murderer, and the person communicating was an accomplice!"

"What is this if not deliberate retaliation and malicious slander?"

"Is this a case of 'the magistrate is allowed to set fires, but the common people are forbidden even to light lamps'?"

Lin Du coldly observed the boiling crowd before him, keenly capturing the most obvious emotions.

Lin Du wouldn't be able to detect ordinary emotions if they didn't fluctuate much. Only when they were strong enough to be perceived by someone whose cultivation level was below hers could she see them.

At this moment, two people shrouded in thick fog in the crowd were not filled with anger and dissatisfaction, but rather with... fear and surprise.

She raised her hand, her voice indifferent, "We're just checking, we're just delivering a mirror to help out, what's the rush?"

Suddenly, someone in the crowd made a move. Almost at the same time, several members of the Supreme Sect who had been standing relaxed made their move, whips whistling through the air, broadswords being drawn, and soft swords flicking lightly.

"Why are you running?"

Several voices overlapped simultaneously in the crowd.

"You are now surrounded by the six of us. I advise you to lay down your weapons, surrender, and not put up any futile resistance."

Yuan Ye jumped out of the crowd, looked at the huge throng of people, and shouted loudly.

The two people Lin Du had previously pointed out did indeed start fighting with the Wushang Sect members.

The crowd spread out as if struck by a thunderbolt. Four people fought two, and in no time, the two were taken down.

Lin Du threw out a spirit-sealing lock. "Take it away."

"Master Song, save me!"

"Senior brother! I'm innocent!"

Seeing this, the leaders of the two sects turned to speak to the leader of the Supreme Sect, only to meet Lin Du's extremely imposing gaze.

"Would you two like to return to Junding Prefecture together? I wouldn't mind a joint trial."

"After all, you are qualified to know why your own disciple suddenly reacted so violently and attacked my innocent nephew. Surely it wasn't because you wanted to have a match?" Lin Du smiled slightly. "Lin Du will be waiting for you two at Jun Ding Prefecture."