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

Inside the dimly lit room, four or five monks wearing masks and gloves surrounded a strange, unfolded demon. The demon's embryonic body, a tangled mass of flesh and fascia, silently emitted a scarlet glow.

If an outsider were to intrude into this scene, it would look incredibly eerie.

But with the addition of the names of the Supreme Sect and the Salvation Sect, the eerie and terrifying atmosphere dissipated.

"Don't you think this outer skin looks strangely like tripe?" Lin Du crossed his arms and looked at the demon that had been almost completely dissected.

Summer: ...?

Master Su Mu of the Jishi Sect glanced at Lin Du, never expecting that this renowned Lin Du was actually so... peculiar.

"The solution we've come up with so far is to completely remove the demonic energy from the body's meridians, then sever the life force and release the soul."

The craftsman, holding his knife, pointed at the demonic fetus. "We've tried removing all the meridians and flesh contaminated by demonic energy, or soaking it in every known medicine that can neutralize demonic energy, but none of them have worked well."

"As you know, a person's three souls are the divine soul, while the seven spirits reside in the physical body."

"As for artificial demons, I have studied them for a long time. The seven souls are in the demonic fetus. Once we remove the demonic energy, no matter what, it will damage the demonic fetus. The seven souls will scatter directly. Without a complete soul, one cannot be reborn."

Lin Du frowned. "Is there no way to preserve the soul on its own?"

Su Mu shook his head. "Even with the Soul-Stabilizing Needle, I couldn't save it. The Craftsman said, 'You're clever... no, you're smart. See if you can think of another way.'"

Lin Du: ...

She glanced at the craftsmen, remaining noncommittal. "We can try using an array, but from what you're saying, these artificial demons can't be saved; they can only be sent to be reborn?"

The group nodded. "He can't be reverted to being human. His internal organs and system (dantian) are all damaged. He won't live for more than a few years."

Lin Du pondered for a moment, "Wait a moment, see if this water is useful. I heard it from Wen Fu, it's estimated to be able to dissolve the physical body of a demon, but it doesn't seem to have any effect on a demon fetus."

She pulled the pool from the Demon Palace dungeon. "Try it and let me know."

The craftsman looked at Lin Du with surprise. "You really have a way? Where did you get it from?"

Lin Du replied without batting an eye, "I picked it up by the roadside, um."

The master and disciple of the Jishi Sect were both amazed.

Lin Du turned and left, giving the space to the professionals, and then went out to set up the formation on the small hill where all the craftsmen were.

It should be kept away from the Supreme Sect, but also ensured to be within a controllable range, preferably difficult for outsiders to observe. Incidentally, two monitoring birds should be placed there to prevent this person from conducting any more shocking research.

The children had just run back to the sect when they were pulled to a remote hilltop to help set up an array.

As Lin Du began to survey the map and set up his formation, a group of strange and monstrous beasts came to cause trouble.

After several attempts to stuff the array materials into his mouth, Lin Du could no longer bear it and activated a communication talisman, "Master Quan, I'll count to three and call away these monsters you've been raising, or if you don't want the defensive array, then I'll leave."

After ten breaths of silence, the monster that had been splicing the wind sounded the retreat, leaving behind a fruit as an apology before departing.

Lin Du looked at the suspicious fuzz on the fruit, hesitated for a moment, and then tossed it to Yuan Ye, who came later, saying, "Here, a spirit fruit."

Yuan Ye took the fruit without a second thought, grinned, cast a cleansing spell, broke it in half, and handed one to Ni Jinxuan.

Lin Du hesitated, then ultimately remained silent.

Oh well, there are still four healers in the house anyway, so it's not a big problem.

Lin Du hadn't finished setting up the formation when he discovered another dog had arrived.

She stared silently at the white-headed raccoon dog with a patchwork pattern around its neck. It didn't look like the style of Quan Jiangren, but it had a strangely familiar look. Instinctively, Lin Du felt that this thing was a dog.

Lin Du watched for a while and then noticed that the dog was also looking at him.

When their eyes met, Lin Du's first thought was that when you and a dog keep making eye contact, it thinks you are provoking it and will attack you.

Lin Du decided to shift his focus and quietly set up his formation.

The dog finally spoke, "Why aren't you looking at me?"

Lin Du paused in his array-setting movements. "Oh, once the array is successfully connected, you'll be trapped inside forever. There's nothing to fear."

The dog fell silent for a long time, then gritted its teeth and said, "You really are a dog."

Lin Du said seriously, "Speak properly, don't swear."

With just two short sentences, he made the dog admit defeat.

Don't you want to know where I came from?

"How could such a grand feast allow you to come out?"

Lin Du listened to the nagging from the other end of the Equality Contract in his consciousness, and casually looked at the dog. "Han Yueling said you went to buy ingredients. Don't tell me I'm ingredients."

Er Gou was silent for a moment, then said, "That's not true. Although you do seem to have a lot of spiritual energy, I still prefer to eat human food."

Lin Du said "Oh," and then asked, "So what are you doing here? Capturing all the artisans' monsters as food?"

Er Gou felt that Lin Du was really difficult to deal with, so difficult that he didn't even have a chance to pretend to be profound before Lin Du easily exposed him.

"When did you realize it was me?"

Lin Du straightened up, crossed his arms, and said, "You, a strange beast of heaven and earth, and I, the spirit of ice and snow, the spirit of the cold moon, the master of the moon's radiance. If we cannot recognize your aura, then our inheritance is utterly useless."

The monk in blue stood still, calmly looking at the white-headed fox. "Shall we formally introduce ourselves, Heavenly Dog?"

Er Gou stood there, suddenly feeling a little awkward. "I knew something was off about your aura."

Got it, this thing is Ice Fang! No wonder it didn't want to eat it!

Within her consciousness, Chu Guanmeng was utterly bewildered, "I don't recall saying that Er Gou was the Heavenly Dog?"

Lin Du hummed in agreement. "You didn't say it, but you said Er Gou just went to buy groceries, but he clearly went in a direction away from the city center. Sheng Yan looked in that direction for a long time, then asked you if I was awake, and then a short while later, this white-headed raccoon appeared in front of me. Doesn't that prove anything?"

Chu Guanmeng: ? What does this prove? You humans are really strange.

The chef, who was preparing the dishes, put down his cleaver. "What did Lin Du say?"

Chu Guanmeng swallowed hard. "Heavenly Dog."

Sheng Yan paused for a moment, "What is a Tengu?"

"Its true form is a white-headed fox, called a celestial dog. It can ward off evil spirits and is a rare beast of heaven and earth." Chu Guanmeng paused, then curled up into a ball. "It eats the sun and moon. Should we run away?"

The feast was strange. "Why should I run away?"

"You have the bloodline of the Candle Dragon! The power of the sun, what do you say!" Chu Guanmeng grinned, "He'll eat you first!"

Sheng Yan thought about it seriously and realized that Er Gou really liked the food she cooked, especially the stir-fried dishes she made with fire.

When they prepare dishes, the food cultivators will definitely use their techniques to remove impurities from the ingredients and retain the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Inevitably, the spiritual energy of the food cultivators themselves will remain.

No wonder Er Gou only likes to eat the food she makes.

Sheng Yan left the cleaver stuck on the table. "Let's go take a look."

Chu Guanmeng: ? I really don't understand you humans.

In the secluded mountains, Lin Du looked at Er Gou, who had been embarrassed by his exposed identity, and asked, "Did you need something?"

Er Gou nodded. "I originally wanted to pretend to appear in front of you briefly, then attack you and run away, to make you wary."

"But you're too calm, I can't keep up the act."

Lin Du: ...

"I can help out too, you can do it." She put down what she was holding as encouragement.

Er Gou: ?

"Are you serious?" Er Gou looked at Lin Du with disbelief, his cat-like face showing a blank and confused expression for the first time.

"You're really something. You're unhappy if I don't engage, and you're unhappy if I go along with you," Lin Du shook his head. "You're really difficult to deal with."

Er Gou stomped his foot in anger, "Since you know everything, why don't you guess why I'm here?"

"Are you one of the people Wenfu assigned?"

"Pah! He doesn't deserve it!" Er Gou bared his teeth. "I'm his boss! He'll have men!"

"Wait a minute, who is Wenfu?"

Lin Du: ...Why did this little thing become less intelligent after transforming into its original form? Is it because human faces look smarter?

Er Gou sat down on the spot and perfunctorily licked his fur. "There really was someone, in a black robe, wearing a mask, looking timid and hesitant, who entered the tomb, reattached my head, woke me up, and told me there was good food, asking if I wanted some?"

"So I went with him. That person didn't lie to me. The food the feast prepared was indeed my food." Er Gou sighed. "I don't understand your human ways. That person contacts me from time to time, asking me to do things I don't understand, but which I've decided to respect."

"I brought Sheng Yan with me. That person told me to be patient and wait until Sheng Yan returned to the Jiang family and fully developed the Zhulong bloodline before I could absorb Sheng Yan's power."

"What do you think I should endure? Don't I eat meals made with the spiritual energy of the Feast Feast every day? I'm always full and never hungry."

Er Gou doesn't understand humans, but he shows respect.

"But today, I received a message telling me to persuade Sheng Yan to meet Quan Jiangren and then kill him. I don't understand, but I don't want to kill Sheng Yan's biological father."

Er Gou tilted his head. "Do you understand? I think this is bad for the grand feast, so I wanted to scare you, to let you know that Quan Jiangren is in danger, and to protect him."

Lin Du's lips curled up slightly, but his eyes darkened little by little. "I understand."

She lowered her eyes and said, "I understand. Don't worry, I will protect him."

As the world gradually evolves and expands, the human heart becomes like a deep abyss. Only the strange beasts that have awakened from ancient times, reckless and clumsy, follow their primal desires. They can be seen at a glance, yet they are oblivious to their own existence.

"So, move your claws one step to the right, thank you." Lin Du took out the Floating Life Fan. "You've been bothering me for a long time while I was setting up the formation."

Er Gou raised his head, turned around arrogantly, and said, "You were the one who wanted to talk to me."

As soon as it turned its head and looked up, it saw a simple leather knife sheath belt. Above that, there was a delicate and sharp fox face looking down at it. The look in its eyes was very familiar, just like the look of a fox looking at its prey.

Er Gou: ...This is bad.