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

"Didn't Master say that most of the time, training costs money unless you encounter a secret realm? How come we don't spend any stones after entering the demon realm, and we can still earn so many rare and precious materials?" Ni Jinxuan skipped and hopped behind Lin Du.

A group of people walked out of the newly built lair of the great demon. Lin Du even thoughtfully closed a magic gate in the formation within the great demon's territory.

"It's probably because we're a professional team." Mo Lin's expression was complicated. Compared to this, what kind of life did he have when he went traveling before!

"Moreover, fighting in the demon realm makes it less likely to damage other people's property."

No need to lose money.

Hou Cang crossed his arms. Who would have thought that Lin Du could make people who came looking for a fight willingly pay them to build a nest and set up an array?

Although it was a remote mountain forest, it was rich in natural treasures, and even a great demon was not without money.

Xia Tianwu was also very happy, as he was able to diagnose and treat so many demonic beasts and take so many pulses, enough to compile a record of demonic beast pulse cases.

Lin Du, however, did not look well.

Yan Qing was doing the accounting. "We found more than seventy artificial demons along the way. Some of them were early-stage modified and their souls were incomplete and unable to reincarnate. A total of thirteen demon beasts challenged us to fight, and thirty-seven demon beasts were used to treat illnesses. We made a net profit of more than 500,000 high-grade spirit stones."

"What are you thinking about?" Hou Cang noticed Lin Du was a step behind. "Why are you becoming less happy the more money you make?"

"Just because I pushed you out to fight? I was giving you experience..."

"No, I was wondering why they don't have any mines underground," Lin Du said.

Hou Cang: ...He didn't need to say that.

After Lin Du walked to the front, her expression relaxed slightly. The Heavenly Dao of the Dongming Realm was indeed declining. Under the pretext of setting up an array, she explored the Heavenly Dao rules of different prosperous areas of the Demon Realm.

She used the method of measuring the strength of the Heavenly Dao rules recorded in ancient array books, and found that the data of the Heavenly Dao rule power in each underground location showed a significant decline compared to the data in the original "textbook".

Lin Du drew a coordinate system in the booklet, using five hundred years as the unit, and found that the values ​​were indeed decreasing. Even though cultivators sacrificed themselves every few thousand years and the strength of the Heavenly Dao rules increased, they did not return to the initial measured values.

The recently measured value has dropped to the lowest point of the curve.

This icon is enough to prove that the strength of the power of the Heavenly Dao rules is indeed declining in a tortuous manner.

But she had already fed most of the power of the Heavenly Dao rules contained in the fragments of the Fallen God to the Heavenly Dao, working hard and enduring hardship, like the mother of the Heavenly Dao.

Lin Du always had a weight on his mind, but when they passed through the Tung Blossom Valley, where the Peacock Clan lived, half a year later, the weight was finally lifted from his heart.

Their arrival was so sudden that the entire tribe was caught off guard, and some of the peacocks that were still wandering around the valley in their original forms were so frightened that they took flight immediately.

Fortunately, Yue Han was there, and the situation quickly stabilized. Yue Chen happily came out to greet his eldest son and several cultivators from the Supreme Sect.

Lin Du's cultivation level destined him to sit at the same table as the adults, dining with the bird clan chief.

"What do you mean, 'You all knew the Heavenly Dao was in a period of decline' all along?" Lin Du's expression was complicated.

"The demon race is more sensitive to the heavens and earth. We are the ones who transmit the news of the weakening of the Heavenly Dao. Moreover, the goddess of the Phoenix Dark Clan is extremely sensitive to the balance of the world." Yue Chen repeatedly gestured for them to eat.

"But Master Lin should also know that once a powerful being falls and ascends, the pressure on the Dongming Realm will be reduced, and it will likely gradually return to a balanced state."

Lin Du bypassed the plate of grilled insects and insect soup, choosing fruit instead. His expression remained unchanged, and his composure left Hou Cang Molin in awe.

"Then what's the reason for the decline? Is it because there are more and more spiritual practitioners, consuming more resources?" Lin Du asked.

Yue Chen shook his head. "Who knows? We're not the King of Hell, how would we know that there are more and more spiritual cultivators?"

Lin Du seemed to be deep in thought upon hearing this, his chopsticks hesitating. "King Yama."

Hou Cang tensed up immediately. "What are you going to do? I'm warning you."

Yue Chen found it strange. Lin Xiao Zhenren hadn't said anything, so why was Hou Cang Zhenren so nervous?

Hou Cang's expression was complicated. "You don't understand."

Given Lin Du's personality, if she wanted to understand something, she would go to any lengths, even the highest heavens, to find out.

Yue Chen didn't really understand, but that didn't stop him from warmly welcoming them. "This is a thousand-year-old spiritual herb insect. Not only is it delicious and full of spiritual energy, but it's also good for the heart."

Hou Cang nodded, "Junior Sister, eat more. I heard you have a heart condition."

Lin Du remained unfazed. Kong Rong offered the pear, and his junior sister offered the insect. "Senior brother, you're also quite lacking, you eat first."

After some back and forth, the two changed the subject at the same time, "I wonder how long these Heavenly Dao rules can last. The demon realm can feel the imbalance of the Heavenly Dao, so it's no wonder that many great demons are extremely warlike."

"Speaking of which, I just remembered. The demon realm has been much more peaceful lately. The great demons aren't fighting everywhere anymore, causing the heavens and earth to collapse." Yue Chen said with a sigh, "Everyone's staying home and living their lives obediently. I don't know what kind of reassurance they've taken."

The demon race is warlike and fights frequently, or they go to dangerous places to challenge their limits. But when gods fight, lesser demons suffer, and it is easy for lesser demons, especially birds in the trees, to be caught in the crossfire.

The birds found this extremely troublesome and could only try to avoid venturing out as much as possible, living in groups.

The true reassurance and unsung heroes—the cultivators of the Supreme Sect—are sitting in a row among the bird clan, enjoying their fruit.

"Young Master Lin, you and my son have been traveling around for more than half a year now. Why don't you stay with my clan for a while and take a rest?"

Lin Du smiled upon hearing this, "It's not that we're unwilling, it's just that it's harvest time at home, and there will be competitions in a few years, so we need to spend some time preparing."

Despite their words, the group still stayed overnight in the demon territory.

The treehouse was a novel house that none of them had ever seen before. Yuan Ye was very excited and pulled Yue Han and Huang Xuan, whom he hadn't seen in a long time, to discuss how the treehouse was built. Yan Qing wrote furiously and began to record what she saw and heard.

After nightfall, the group calmed down and began their own meditation and cultivation. Only then did Lin Du leave the treehouse.

The treehouse was perched on a branch of an extremely thick tree trunk. From the platform, there was a branch leading out. She sat quietly in the tree, looking up at the moon's reflection.

Chu Guanmeng sat on her shoulders. "What are you thinking about?"

"I wonder if the Insightful Realm will eventually decline?"

Lin Du's face, illuminated by the moonlight, was completely devoid of color. "I could save one, two, and three, but I couldn't save four."

Chu Guanmeng also fell silent. The reason Lin Du could tell it these things was because he couldn't tell anyone else.

It couldn't understand, which is why she felt comfortable talking to it.

But precisely because it couldn't understand, it still couldn't help her.

Like Yin Huaitian, they all seemed to carry some heavy mission as they walked through this world. No matter how desolate it was, they felt as if they were lying on the ground, like black iron. Even a thin stick would feel heavy to the touch.

It turned to look at Lin Du, "Yin Huaitian once said that everything depends on human effort, but I don't think that's right. I think some things, like the spirit of heaven and earth, will one day voluntarily dissipate into the world. They just feel they've lived enough, or their destiny has come to an end, and then they disperse."

"That's how I comforted myself: if someone chooses to die, there must be a reason."

Lin Du couldn't help but laugh, "Then why are you still holding a grudge?"

"Whether someone else is holding a grudge is their business, but I know I can't make decisions for her, I never have."

Lin Du fell silent, the image of that person's warm embrace appearing before her eyes.

Mo Lin, Xia Tianwu, and Ni Jinxuan are all acceptable because Lin Du has a higher status and can make the decision, but Lin Tuan is someone she truly cannot make the decision for.

What was Lin Tuan thinking?

She remained quietly on the tree trunk until dawn, when a black, golden-footed mythical bird landed before her, its wings brushing against the morning dew.

Feng An, a descendant of the divine bird, even if he only has two legs left, he is still a descendant of Feng An.