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

When Lin Du left Jun Ding Prefecture, he was alone, but when he returned, he brought a whole cart full of people with him.

He Gui appeared calm and composed, pacifying all sides with Mo Lin and Yan Qing, and also thoughtfully arranged the cells for the three suspects.

After everything was done, He Gui turned around and picked up his junior sister to talk things out.

"What happened?" He Gui asked.

Lin Du knew that Gui was asking about the attitude and room for maneuver in the treatment of prisoners here, what kind of crime they had committed, and whether they could be redeemed.

She gestured, "It should be right, trust me, those three people are definitely suspicious. Interrogate them with confidence, and they'll likely be from Lanjujie or Wenfu."

He Gui understood that these people didn't need to be released, and the ransom couldn't be collected, so there was no need to be too polite; they should proceed directly with the official business.

After Lin Du finished speaking, he looked at He Gui and said, "I've invited a master chef, senior brother. Shall we go? Let's have a treat. He's a proper chef, and all the food is spiritual."

Although you can stop eating once you reach this level, pure spiritual food can still help with your cultivation.

He Gui chuckled, "It has to be you, Junior Sister. Those guys just grabbed people and dumped them here, then ignored them. Let's go, let's finish our work and go eat."

The two senior and junior disciples led a group of junior disciples into the dungeon, and Lin Du led Yan Qing directly into the place where the elders of the Jiang family were imprisoned.

Jiang Chengyuan still treated the disciples of the Supreme Sect with disdain, thinking that in order to maintain peaceful relations with the aristocratic families, these people would at most lock him up for a while before releasing him to apologize.

The monk sat arrogantly on the ground, not even glancing at the two people who had entered.

Even as the cyan figure drew near, Jiang Chengyuan waited for Lin Du to speak so he could retort with a sarcastic remark.

There is no such place as Kelin Ferry.

Jiang Chengyuan felt a cold, rough hand press down on his head, and his soul probed into it without any hesitation.

He widened his eyes, wanting to resist, but the divine sense techniques in the Jiang family's inheritance were few and far between, and he had no chance of winning against Lin Du.

Lin Du quickly withdrew his hand, his gaze somewhat complicated. "It wasn't him."

Yan Qing was taken aback. "What does Junior Uncle mean?"

"He's not evil, he's just plain stupid." Lin Du pondered his words. "I've met too many smart people, but this is the first time I've encountered someone who was so easily used as a pawn. My judgment was a bit off, it's my fault."

Jiang Chengyuan: ? What does Lin Du mean by that?

Yan Qing understood. "He wasn't a ghost from the Lanju Realm, nor was he controlled by that demon elder. He was simply being used."

Lin Du nodded, "Yes, I can't control what happens inside the Jiang family. Let's wait for their patriarch to come and bail them out while we're doing some investigation. It seems Sixth Senior Brother is determined to take this money."

Her steps were somewhat heavy as she walked out. This first miscalculation made Lin Du start to reflect on whether she had been playing too many high-level games and forgotten the mindset of low-level games.

"You come from a prominent family, what's your opinion?"

"That's easy to understand. It's a stain on a prestigious family; you can just erase it."

"I heard that after the Central Plains Grand Competition, the Jiang family has been trying to recognize Sheng Yan. Sheng Yan insists that her father was expelled from the clan, so she is not a member of the Jiang family. What can we do? We can bring that branch back and deal with it according to the clan rules."

"The older generation has a strong sense of blood ties and family. When they saw that we were going to take them away, they got anxious and wanted to kill us to make things easier later."

Yan Qing rolled up her sleeves and shook her head, saying, "You need to understand, history and historical anecdotes are made up of dead people. When people are dead, what they write with a pen is what they are."

The truth will always be swallowed up by the tides of time.

In a short time, those once-popular hot topics will quickly fade away and disappear from people's memories.

The Jiang family understood this all too well, which is why they wanted to cut the Gordian knot and remove this obstacle so that no one would bring it up again.

The two went outside and entered the room where He Gui had not yet interrogated the disciple of the Jishi Sect.

This time, Lin Du did not fail. His divine sense, like a sharp blade, pierced directly into the disciple's soul, revealing the truth in the distance.

"You only entered the Jishi Sect after the sect's grand screening in the Lanju world. It seems that the body that person gave you is very useful, and the connection between your soul and body is also very close. It's a pity that you fell into my hands," Lin Du said casually. "You only have two choices."

"Whether you die in Junding Prefecture or in Jishizong, the choice is yours."

Lin Du took off his gloves, took out the Book of Life and Death of the Lanju Realm, crossed out a name, and turned to look at Yan Qing, "Go and call the True Person of the Jishi Sect."

He Gui also happened to come out at this moment and met Lin Du's eyes. "Indeed, he is from the world of orchid poetry."

Lin Du nodded, "It's not the Jiang family's fault."

He Gui asked, "Wen Fu, are you still planning to leave him hanging?"

"Okay, let me finish eating and sort this out." Lin Du called out to everyone, "Let's go, the banquet should be ready soon."

In the backyard of Jun Ding Mansion, Sheng Yan swiftly chopped bones with a knife, making a loud clanging sound.

Er Gou, who was processing the food a moment too slowly, was kicked by Sheng Yan.

"If you don't want to do it, then quit." Sheng Yan's voice came from the sound of chopping bones.

Er Gou remained unfazed. "Hey, Senior Sister, why are you so upset today? You didn't say anything when Junior Brother was slow at work before, did you?"

Sheng Yan gave him a cold look. "If you slow down any further, I'll be chopping dog meat on my cutting board."

Er Gou finally stopped looking at the gate.

Xia Tianwu glanced at the furtive-looking craftsman and asked, "Aren't you going in?"

"I'm not going in." Quan the craftsman straightened up. "Don't look at me like I'm a prisoner."

Xia Tian did not shake his head. "Junding Prefecture is not absolutely safe either. Junior Uncle asked me to come along to protect you."

Those who practice unorthodox methods are easily labeled as heretics, and in a sense, they are indeed heretics.

"Hey, you little girl..." Quan Jiangren was about to speak when he saw a group of laughing and joking children walking over, and he silently covered his ears.

It was noisy, really noisy.

The six people made as much noise as sixty.

"Fellow Daoist Sheng! Is the food ready?" Lin Du pushed open the back door directly. All the craftsmen wanted to escape, but they couldn't.

Before meeting the gaze of the feast, she turned her head 180 degrees and then walked out stiffly backwards.

The members of the Supreme Sect were speechless as they watched this bizarre scene.

Without turning back, Sheng Yan, who was standing in front of the stove, replied, "You all go to the table first, I'm cooking."

"No rush, we'll just sit in the yard."

As Lin Du spoke, he directly moved a large table over. "There are eight of us from the Supreme Sect, plus the two of you, that makes one table."

The feast was swayed, "Dogs don't sit at the table."

Er Gou: ? Huh?

The group sat down, and Lin Du raised his hand to set up a barrier, then pulled out Han Yueling and began to review the whole incident.

"We can basically issue an announcement now. It turns out that people from the former Lanju world infiltrated the Jishi Sect and Guiyuan Sect. The Guiyuan Sect discovered the cave where the craftsmen were hiding, and the disciples of the Jishi Sect discovered the letters exchanged with the Wushang Sect. Both of these things were deliberately discovered by those two lurking ghosts, who made sure that their real disciples discovered them."

"The purpose is to expose Quan Jiangren and, incidentally, slander our Supreme Sect."

"So your trip wasn't in vain, and it's good that I made it in time."

After Lin Du finished speaking, Xia Tianwu frowned and said, "So much trouble, just to sow discord between sects and aristocratic families?"

"No, that's not it. Lao Ba isn't that stupid," Lin Du said, still showing respect for his opponent.

"What they deliberately sought this time," Lin Du paused, looking at the banquet, "was the banquet's Zhulong bloodline."

Er Gou paused in his peeling motion and turned to look at the feast.

"To put it simply, it's the same as what Mo Lin, Tian Wu, and Yuan Ye have on you." Lin Du said while wearily pressing his temples. He hadn't rested for the past few days, and his spiritual energy had been frequently overdrawn, so he was indeed tired.

Sheng Yan placed a bowl of soup in front of her. "Drink this first to nourish your spirit."

"When the Candle Dragon Saber Technique is mastered to its highest level," Lin Du glanced at her, "the rising and setting of the sun, the changing of the seasons, are all within your grasp."

Sheng Yan nodded, watching her drink the soup. "Yes."

Lin Du picked up the bowl and happily drank the soup amidst the envious gazes of the crowd.

She lowered her eyelashes, keeping her unspoken words hidden in her heart.

Wen Fu manipulated both the cultivators of the Lanju world and the demon realm at will.

Just like with the matter of the Mo Lin Spirit Bone, all he needed to do with these people from the Lanju Realm was to lure them to the strange features on Sheng Yan's body and discover the innate spiritual treasures within them. They would then devise a plan to seize the treasures and have Wen Fu transplant them into their bodies.

With the spiritual objects bestowed by the Heavenly Dao of the Insightful Realm, these smugglers no longer need to live in fear every time they undergo tribulation, and they even have a better chance of ascending to immortality.

They went to great lengths to get to Sheng Yan's father, and the family was instigated to take action against her biological father. They planned to expose Sheng Yan's father as not being the murderer later, at which point the two sides would break up. The Jiang family has been losing talent in recent years, and given Sheng Yan's growth rate, the two sides are very likely to fight to the death.

However, Lin Du had not yet learned the subsequent plans from the divine sense of that cultivator from the Jishi Sect, so the Jiang family must have other people they had arranged.

Although the main purpose of this trip was to target the banquet and the Jiang family, the involvement of the Supreme Sect was also part of Wen Fu's plan. Those two were not taking advantage of the situation, but had planned it all along to shift the blame to the Supreme Sect.

The Supreme Sect has been high and mighty for so many years. If it succeeds, the Supreme Sect will fall from its pedestal and be trampled on by many.

It can also exacerbate the conflict between aristocratic families and sects—a brilliant idea that kills two birds with one stone.

After finishing his soup, Lin Du sighed, "Even if this soup uses seven or eight ingredients, it's still much clearer-headed than those old fogies."