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

A number of people gradually arrived from above. Some of them, seeing the four disciples of the Supreme Sect standing amidst the stark white bones, were somewhat frightened and called out loudly, "Are you fellow Daoists from the Supreme Sect? Are you alright down there?"

Lin Du felt that something was off about that statement.

Yuan Ye looked up and replied loudly, "Thank you for your concern, fellow Daoist. We're doing fine down there!"

Lin Du raised an eyebrow; something was even more amiss.

Those above felt the dark atmosphere below was heavy and hesitated, but upon hearing this sound, they decided to go down and take a look.

Lin Du glanced at Ni Jinxuan and Yuan Ye, cleared his throat, and said, "Do you know what you should and shouldn't say?"

Yan Qing also realized this, "We can only go out and tell the elders about this."

Lin Du added, "Tell Elder Ju Yuan privately that six hundred years is enough time for an ordinary disciple to become a sect elder."

Ju Yuan had never been to this secret realm before. By all accounts, when this secret realm appeared, he was already at least at the Cloud Ascension Realm, so he couldn't have entered.

Although Yuan Ye and Ni Jinxuan were naive, they were aware of the implications and quickly understood what he meant, nodding solemnly.

Lin Du squatted down, picked up a piece of jade bone, which looked like a humerus, and then gently tapped the person's skull with it.

"Junior Uncle, what's going on?"

Lin Du struck the wooden fish again, "To accumulate merit by striking the wooden fish."

Merit +999

She vaguely felt that what lay behind the scenes was even more terrifying than the flesh and blood beneath the bark or the piles of bones beneath the roots.

Because that resentment was definitely not just formed by the gathering of two hundred vengeful spirits.

Just now, the overwhelming resentment and vengeful spirits, just the faces inside that tree demon alone, were more than just the twenty people who hadn't left yet.

The four of them had just scattered at least hundreds or thousands of ghostly spirits.

The ghosts at Chonggui Gate were so numerous that they solidified into a solid black mass. The wailing was filled with men, women, and children, but those present were all high-level cultivators.

Because the world collapsed, cultivators with extremely high cultivation levels were unable to ascend.

Where did this child come from?

It is very likely that there are many more skeletons in this underground city.

The three of them felt that something was wrong with their junior uncle.

That high-level cultivator had at least reached the Huiyang Realm, and thus his bones had been tempered into a nearly translucent white jade texture after undergoing heavenly tribulation. Although the accumulation of yin over the years had worn away its faint lustrous luster, it still sounded pleasant when struck, just like striking a jade cup.

Yan Qing suddenly spoke up, "Junior Uncle, do you know about spirit summoning?"

Lin Du looked up and said, "I was lucky enough to have seen it in a book on Qimen Daoist techniques in the library."

That was a spell that only used the soul.

They both looked at the few skeletons that were still standing.

"The spirits that rushed out of the Ghost Gate have already been scattered by our spirits, but there should still be some remnants left."

There is still regret, so the white bones do not fall.

The two children, who didn't like reading, could only stare blankly at their senior brother and uncle.

Lin Du met two pairs of clear, innocent eyes and sighed.

Ni Jinxuan also felt somewhat useless and whispered, "Junior Uncle, are we particularly useless?"

Lin Du shook his head. "How could that be? You guys are adorable."

Yuan Ye casually asked, "Really?"

"Yes, there's a kind of innocent cuteness that hasn't been tainted by knowledge." Lin Du stood up, reached out and touched Ni Jinxuan's head, while still holding the humerus in his other hand.

Ni Jinxuan obediently replied, "Little Martial Uncle, do you want some candy? You still look very weak."

Although her junior uncle was younger than her, for some reason he was already taller than her. Ni Jinxuan tilted her head slightly and took out some candy from her purse. "I just made it the day before yesterday."

Lin Du didn't want to touch the food with hands that had touched bones, so he took a piece of candy from her hand. Yuan Ye also reached out for candy and chewed the hard candy with a crunching sound.

Just then, several disciples from the outer sect landed, making a few thuds followed by a few cries of "Ouch!"

With bones scattered all over the ground, if you're not careful, you might step on one, slip, and land on your bottom.

Lin Du lifted his eyelids and glanced at the few cultivators.

The cultivators rubbed their backsides, cursing as they looked at the four people in the middle, and suddenly felt that the scene was a bit strange.

Four people stood calmly among the bones on the ground, smiling. One of them was even holding a bone, and another was making crunching noises as he chewed on the bone.

The cultivators' eyes gradually filled with fear.

"You...you actually...eat corpses?"

Lin Du: ...?

Yuan Ye paused, startled as he chewed the candy. "No, no."

One of them pointed at the bones in Lin Du's hand, "Then what are you doing with someone else's remains?"

Lin Du paused. Could she say that she simply wanted to hear a sound and hear the wooden fish being struck?

"I... want to consult a spirit?"

She gestured, "Gently awaken a sleeping soul?"

Several cultivators were skeptical. "Really?"

"What else, should we make soup?" Lin Du thought to himself, "Soup doesn't provide calcium."

Lin Du carried the large bone and walked towards the few remaining skeletons.

So-called spirit communication is nothing more than using one's consciousness to communicate with lingering obsessions.

She casually tapped the skull. This cultivator was probably not as powerful as the one in the middle. The bone was not entirely made of jade, and the sound was duller and less clear.

But soon, Lin Du understood why the skull was so dull.

In an instant, a chilling aura crept up her knuckles to her wrist, and then her consciousness was also drawn in by something icy cold.

That soul aura was exceptionally cold and heavy, like a damp, sticky worm that had been sealed away for a thousand years without seeing the light of day, carrying a fishy, ​​damp greed that lured her consciousness.

"Junior Uncle! This vengeful spirit hasn't dissipated! It's still residing inside the skeleton!" Ni Jinxuan, who had been following Lin Du closely, quickly sensed something was wrong and pulled out the whip from her waist to strike the skeleton.

"Don't move." Lin Du lowered his eyes, threw away the bone in his hand, and placed his hand on the person's skull. His tone was chilling. "What do you want? To possess someone? You think you're worthy?"

All eyes fell on Lin Du, who was covered in a heavy cloak with only one hand protruding from it. It looked even paler than the bones, making it difficult to tell who the ghost was.

But what Lin Du did next was even more frightening.

She raised her other hand and used her spiritual power to forcibly pull the few remaining bones that hadn't yet fallen apart to her side. Ignoring the pile of bones scattered on the ground, she haphazardly propped them up, not caring even if they all tilted to one side.

"Look closely, I'm here to ask you questions. If you don't want to talk, I'll smash even the bones you're currently using for shelter."

Lin Du's spiritual sense was indeed not as profound as these old things, but...

"My lord, times have changed."

"The Heavenly Dao of this small world has collapsed. No matter what rank you were before, you can only use the strength of the Qin Xin Realm now."

Lin Du raised his hand expressionlessly, channeling spiritual energy into his palm. His slender fingers pinched the skull, slowly applying pressure.

Fine frost slowly formed on the skull. Then, Lin Du smiled gently, "Jin Xuan, that's enough."

With a crack, the skull shattered.

The soul residing in the skull, having lost its vessel, cried out and tried to escape, but was scattered by Ni Jinxuan's whip.

The Heavenly Grade Spiritual Treasure, the Exquisite Falsehood-Breaking Whip, can not only injure the physical body but also the spirit and soul.

Lin Du smiled casually and took a step towards another intact skeleton. Then, he raised his hand, gently tapped its skull with his index finger, and covered it with his divine sense. "So, what about you?"

Everyone shivered involuntarily, and for a moment, even the white bones seemed to tremble.