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

After Lin Du took the spiritual liquid given to him by Wei Zhi, the pain in his mind eased slightly, but fatigue followed.

She simply pushed open the door and called to the group of children, "Disperse, everyone go home. Those who need to cultivate, go on your cultivation. The matter is almost resolved."

Upon hearing this, everyone began packing their things, and they chattered about the truth of the matter, as well as the sects and villains who had been transformed into demons and suddenly disappeared.

Yan Qing sighed, "Although it's often said that wicked people don't deserve to be human, if they really become demons, it still feels wrong, especially if they're friends who know them. Wouldn't that be heartbreaking, Fellow Daoist Du?"

Du Shao shook her head. "I'm not really sad. I'm surprisingly calm. It's just that the truth is too cruel. Even though they are morally flawed, they become demons, never to be reincarnated, hated by everyone, killed, and devoured by their own kind..."

"They say that if you are immoral in your past life, you will suffer in your next life, but at least there is reincarnation. Now that you have become a demon, there is neither judgment nor reincarnation. I just feel that it is not so right."

"So, the reason I'm suffering so much now is because I did all sorts of bad things in my past life?" Yuan Ye grinned. "Ah, I regret it so much."

Yan Qing suddenly remembered something, "Junior Uncle, we've copied down all the inheritance inside that Tree of Origin, would you like to take a look with us...?"

Xia Tianwu spoke up just in time, "Junior Uncle, would you like to come with me to take another look at the methods for modifying artificial demons? Perhaps formations can also help..."

Everyone in the room was talking to themselves, and when they realized there was no response, they all turned to look at Lin Du.

The monk in blue robes leaned back in his armchair, his eyes closed, and remained silent.

Foxy slowly packed his things. "Young people are great. They fall asleep as soon as their heads hit the pillow. They didn't wake up even with all this noise in the room."

Yan Qing whispered, "Senior Sister, please take my pulse. Junior Uncle is so busy, could it be... that he's overworked and fainted?"

Du Shao and Xia Tian went over at the same time to confirm.

"It's nothing, she was just too tired and fell asleep. There's no need to wake her up with acupuncture." Du Shao let go of her hand.

Xia Tianwu added, "She has spiritual liquid digesting in her body, so she should be fine and doesn't need any extra medicine."

Everyone was relieved.

"Then how about we carry Junior Uncle back? Sleeping like this isn't a good idea." Yuan Ye felt a pain in his neck just looking at it.

"Junior Martial Aunt won't sleep for too long." Ni Jinxuan hesitated before continuing, "When she sleeps, she has a self-defense mechanism. Someone like you who has never been in contact with her before can't touch her; you'll be bounced away."

Yuan Ye silently withdrew his forward foot. He was joking; a spiritual energy shield from a cultivator at the Huiyang Realm could probably throw him outside.

The group of people tiptoed and cautiously slipped out of the room.

Who would have thought that Lin Du would sleep for three days and three nights?

Within three days, He Gui, looking exhausted, saw off the leader of Guiyuan Sect. Feng Chao and the head of the Jiang family finished their secret talks, which caused a huge uproar within the Jiang family. The Jiang family's desire to become a subordinate family of Guiyuan Sect was rejected, and an internal investigation plan was subsequently launched.

When Lin Du woke up, he looked outside and couldn't tell how long he had slept.

Although she felt refreshed and her consciousness and spiritual energy were abundant, the feeling of time standing still made her somewhat disoriented.

If everything is over, she will probably feel that time is like lifeless sand, a vast expanse of white snow, with no end in sight.

She sat quietly for a while, and all around was silent. The afterglow of dusk seeped into the room, pouring out a golden sand in the vast emptiness.

Lin Du raised his hand and caught the leaking light, and shouts came from outside.

"Junior Uncle! Are you awake?! Something terrible has happened!!!"

Outside, there was a cacophony of howling and wailing, with Yuan Ye shouting from the front and Ni Jinxuan's whip cracking.

"Stop right there! Don't disturb Junior Uncle's rest!"

"I can't stand still! I'm about to fall in love with a demon! Junior Uncle, please save me!"

Lin Du: ...

She raised her hand and pressed her temples. What a mess this was! She hadn't expected her days to be this noisy.

Lin Du stood up and had just opened the door when Yuan Ye pounced on her and fell to the ground in front of her. "Where did this stone come from?! Is this any way to make a living?!"

"Junior Uncle, you're finally awake!!!"

"What are you wailing about? I'm not dead yet."

Lin Du's words were quite intimidating. Yuan Ye struggled to get up from the steps, his voice dropping eight octaves, "Junior Uncle, I'm in trouble."

Lin Du's gaze remained calm as he turned to Ni Jinxuan behind him and Yan Qing, who was watching the commotion. "Tell me about it."

"It was the lamp that Qi Zhen gave to Jin Xuan before," Yuan Ye said first.

Ni Jinxuan nodded. "They gave me a lamp."

"Then I took it back and took it apart with Yan Qing to examine it." Yuan Ye paused, "Originally, there really wasn't anything wrong with it."

Yan Qingqi nodded in unison, "There wasn't really a problem."

Lin Du: ...

Get to the point.

"Then we discovered something big in the empty shell that the Tree of Origin brought back!" Yuan Ye emphasized the words with great seriousness.

Lin Du crossed his arms and pointed at Yan Qing, "You tell us, get to the point."

Yan Qing quickly stood up straight. "Among a bunch of inherited secret manuals, we found a strange Qi cultivation technique written in ancient script. I translated it, and it says that when a person deeply loves practicing this technique, all their Qi will be transferred to that person."

"That's not the most crucial point."

His gaze was intense. "Besides true love, which completely transfers one's fortune at once, one can also transfer one's fortune through an object that someone touches every day. At the same time, the person will gradually fall in love with the person who cast the spell."

Lin Du understood. "That lamp?"

"Yeah!" Yuan Ye struggled to brush off imaginary dust from his body. "I knew I was so unlucky. I could fall even on flat ground. Turns out I took the fall for Jin Xuan."

Lin Du frowned. "What about other things? There are plenty of everyday items, like our sect's iron basins and our usual tables and chairs?"

"Sigh, this spell has conditions. It requires the object that the person truly likes. Can Jinxuan like an iron basin?" Yuan Ye frowned.

"So you would like a glass lamp?" Lin Du raised an eyebrow slightly. "Don't blame everything on Jin Xuan."

Ni Jinxuan nodded in agreement, feeling much more confident now that someone was backing her up.

"See! I told you, you're just unlucky!"

Yuan Ye was heartbroken and cried out, "Junior Uncle, you're being unfair!"

"Human nature is inherently biased," Lin Du said, arms crossed. "Isn't that normal?"

Yan Qing nodded in agreement, "Junior Uncle is right!"

Yuan Ye scoffed, grabbed the man's shoulder and shook him violently, "You actually betrayed us too!"

"That's what the book says!" Yan Qing's eyes widened. "If you could just stand your heart right in the middle, everyone would praise you for your extraordinary talent."

"Oh dear, oh dear, while Fellow Daoist Sheng is still here, I'll treat you to another meal to make amends, okay?" Ni Jinxuan couldn't stand it anymore.

Yuan Ye quickly stopped what he was doing. "That's why everyone says Jinxuan is so lovable."

Taking the opportunity, Yan Qing invited, "Junior Uncle, would you like to go and see that secret technique? Actually, putting aside that evil thing, there are many other secret manuals that are really useful!"

"There are techniques for refining weapons and mechanisms, formations, cultivating spiritual plants and refining pills, as well as thunder magic, spatial restrictions, oh my, there are so many, my master and I have compiled a total of thirty-six books."

Lin Du nodded, "Okay."

As soon as she agreed, Xia Tianwu and Du Shao walked into the courtyard.

"Junior Uncle, would you like to come and see our progress in saving the artificial demons? We've hit a roadblock and would like to ask if there's anything related to the formation."

Lin Du nodded, "That works too."

Before she could finish speaking, the disciple token at her waist vibrated, and after spiritual energy flowed in, Hou Cang's voice came out, "Come over after you wake up. There are some discoveries about that divine bone you picked up. You like to hang out in the library, so I need you to look for some information."

Lin Du stood still, looked down at the direction of his feet, and began to hesitate.

Just then, Yan Ye noticed that Lin Du's divine sense had become active, and tapped on her divine palace, "When are you going to come back from the dead?"

Lin Du remained silent, Lin Du hesitated, Lin Du went crazy.

She took a deep breath and replied to Yan Ye, "I'll contact you when I'm done with this."

He then sent a telepathic message to Hou Cang, saying, "I'm busy. Wait for me at the peach grove another day."

"Yan Qing and the others, go back first and tell my senior brother to keep an eye on Qi Zhen and make sure he stays."

"Jinxuan, please postpone the banquet for a few more days. We don't know what the Jiang family's backup plan is."

Lin Du suddenly remembered something, "What about my fox and rabbit?"

"Han Yueling is with Sheng Yan!" Ni Jinxuan raised her hand and said, "Don't worry, Sister Sheng Yan really likes Ding Jiucheng."

Lin Du remained noncommittal. Sheng Yan was very clever; once she knew that someone was after her bloodline, she would definitely find a way to stay in a safe place.

"Where's the fox?"

"The fox has been captured by Uncle-Master He Gui. It is said that it tried to escape but was discovered by the cultivators on duty."

Lin Du couldn't help but press his temples and let out a long sigh.

This family would fall apart without her, she really meant it.

"I'll go check on the artificial demons first. As for the Feast, I'll ask Han Yueling for reimbursement for all the meals I've prepared; she has money in her pocket."

Wenfu's storage bag has quite a few good things in it.

After Lin Du finished arranging everything, he nodded to Du Shao and Xia Tianwu, "Let's go."

On the frozen surface of Luoze, Yan Ye listened to Lin Du's answer with disbelief, then forcibly connected to her hearing and discovered that this traitorous disciple was indeed very busy.

He's so busy that he's neglecting his duties, but it's also very clear that this is Lin Du's way, and we really can't ignore it.

He sat silently on the ice, and after a long while, he sighed.

"Everyone's busy, it's good to be busy."