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

Lin Du's smile gradually faded only after he left Luoze.

Looking back, it turns out we've come a long way.

Yan Ye was initially afraid of raising a disciple who would die sooner or later, so his attitude towards her was not very good. Lin Du also did not initially intend to treat Yan Ye as a close elder, but only as an ordinary teacher.

To some extent, Lin Du also has a fear of intimacy and separation.

It turns out that someone had already left a clear and indelible mark on her path of growth.

Chu Guanmeng popped out from her sleeve and said, "I said, you won't let me eat koi, and you won't let me eat dragons either. I'm finally back, so can you let me eat something good?"

Lin Du remained unmoved by the winds. "I'm busy studying and preparing for the formation competition. You're a mature spirit now, it's time for you to transform into human form, go down the mountain, and find your own food with the ore."

Chu Guanmeng: ...

The white dumpling bit her hand hard, then turned and went to bask in the moonlight on the glazed tiles of the library.

Lin Du entered the library, took out the books on formations that were stacked into a low wall, and buried himself in them.

Half of the books Yan Ye arranged for her last time are still left.

Five years to finish the course, three years to design the competition strategy, just right.

Through the changing seasons and the shifting of stars, the person by the window of the study has never changed.

That day, Han Yueling put down the ink stick, which was shorter than herself, and said, "I say, don't you get bored doing this every day?"

No.

Chu Guanmeng didn't understand. "Just for what? The Array Master Competition? What's so great about the title of Array Master Champion? Will they give you anything?"

Lin Du knew what Chu Guanmeng was going to say, "Yes, that's fine. Here you go. The leader of the array path can design an array for 500,000 high-grade spirit stones. That's enough for you to eat many meals."

Most importantly, before Yan Ye ascends to immortality, she must earn back the title of this successor for him.

Chu Guanmeng shut her mouth. "You do the calculations. I'll grind the ink for you."

When Lin Du handed in his homework for the last time and returned the books, Yan Ye was surprised to find that Lin Du had spent only a little over ten years reading all the useful but not mainstream books on formations that Yan Ye had accumulated throughout his life.

"That's it?"

"Ugh, it's over." Lin Du used his spiritual power to envelop a thick "wall." "What happened? Is there anything else?"

Yan Ye began searching through his dozens of storage bags and storage rings. There must be more, otherwise he would lose face.

After he painstakingly rummaged through the books and found a few more moldy and brittle ones, Lin Du crossed his arms and said, "If you're not my master, don't try to stuff all sorts of random things into my hands."

Yan Ye took a deep breath. "Right, the library. Have you read the books on formations in the library?"

Lin Du thought for a moment, "I didn't finish reading it."

Yan Ye breathed a sigh of relief. "I've finished reading them all."

"But I've studied quite a few Buddhist formations."

……

Yan Ye pointed to Luo Ze's exit, "Get out."

Lin Du quickly left the book behind and left.

"Take the books with you, I've already written them down, there's no need to bring them up."

Lin Du turned around and said, "My manuscript will be better edited; it'll be more pleasing to the eye than your tattered books."

Yan Ye's divine sense landed on those tattered books. They were just loose pages and half-broken, but they were all original manuscripts by famous authors, and many of them were unearthed from ancient tombs. It was normal for them to be a little tattered.

Before he could even start cursing, Lin Du had already taken the things away in a flash.

Yan Ye stood up only after everyone had left.

Since ascension is imminent, meditation and cultivation are not necessary.

He left Luoze and headed straight for the area that Lin Du had marked out after returning.

The water shimmered with golden light, koi carp swam about, and below, a silver dragon lay quietly coiled.

"I will ascend to heaven soon, what about you?" he said coldly.

The silver dragon opened its eyes, and the koi instantly curled up in a corner.

Wei Zhi surfaced, revealing only his eyes. "I've just awakened. As expected of someone destined for ascension, even the restrictions couldn't block your divine sense."

"Today is the Beginning of Spring. I heard a clap of thunder, longer than usual, it was so noisy." Yan Ye estimated Wei Zhi's current cultivation level, "You can ascend at any time, right?"

"No, that doesn't count." Wei Zhi didn't transform into human form, but simply raised his dragon head. "The inner core hasn't been fully internalized."

Being reborn through the inner core of a true dragon does not mean that he is actually a true dragon.

If it were a true dragon, it wouldn't still be staying in the Cave of Enlightenment.

Yan Ye frowned slightly upon hearing this. "Lin Du saved you? The array diagram she gave me contains a Nirvana array that combines Buddhist and Taoist elements, and it's related to the rebirth of dragons."

"Yes." Wei Zhi nodded, readily admitting it, without revealing their deal.

"I am about to ascend. If you don't ascend for the time being, please do me a favor for Lin Du's sake." Yan Ye frowned. "That brat Lin Du probably has a lot of obsessions. I can only teach her to separate in life, but I can't teach her to separate in death. You are from the Buddhist sect, so you must have a way."

"I was a Buddhist before," the silver dragon said, its vertical pupils revealing pure bestiality. "I am a demon now."

Before Yan Ye could leave in annoyance, he continued, "Okay."

Yan Ye stopped and listened to Wei Zhi speak.

"But she's more mature than you think. Even if she doesn't accept it, she'll eventually accept it. She knows everything, but she always tries her best before anything happens."

Yan Ye chuckled softly upon hearing this, "Forget it, she's troublesome and difficult anyway, I don't want to get involved. If something happens to her..."

"No," Wei Zhi shook his head. "She will save herself."

Although Lin Du didn't say it directly, he could sense that Lin Du might have a secret, a secret like his own, about having another chance.

Those who dare to start over from scratch will never give up easily.

Yan Ye put his hands in his pockets and said, "If you can't even save yourself, how can you save Lin Du?"

Wei Zhi blinked slowly. "If you want to express your concern, you don't have to do it in such an awkward way. She saved my life, and I will do my best to protect her. You want this promise from me, and I agree."

The man and the dragon stared at each other for a moment, then Yan Ye turned around with a flick of his sleeve. "Whatever, I just came to see where she caught such a big mudfish."

Wei Zhi: ...He seems to know who Lin Du learned his sharp tongue from.

"On that day, I saw the death of the entire sect and the future destruction of the Insightful Realm in the mirror of the Divine Tomb. But I found that the higher my cultivation level, the deeper the shackles, and sometimes I was even unable to intervene."

"Heaven is rejecting you." Wei Zhi said thoughtfully, watching Yan Ye's retreating figure. "Is it alright for you to tell me this?"

This time it was Yan Ye's turn to think Wei Zhi was being pretentious. "Guess why I didn't tell my disciple, but told you? It's because you are a true dragon, without any constraints, and resilient."

Lin Du's life, even if it were a matter of fate, wouldn't be enough to shorten his lifespan.

"After all, we only live once, so we cherish our lives." Wei Zhi sank to the bottom of the water. "The death you mentioned, you wouldn't be referring to Lin Tuan, would you?"

Yan Ye looked down at the water droplets slowly dripping from his robe, swallowing his anger, "Who knows? After all, no one is dead yet, and the Dongming Realm isn't finished."

Fate can change, but those closest to him cannot see it.

"My only fear is that after I leave, someone from above will descend, and no one will be able to handle it."

Wei Zhi surfaced again, his beastly eyes staring straight at the opposite side. Yan Ye raised his hand and wiped his face. Couldn't this dragon have any sense of its size? Why was it squatting in this small pool?

"People from the Thirty-Third Heaven are also bound by restrictions, and are not allowed to interfere with the operation of the small world, right?"

"Under special circumstances, there aren't always gaps to exploit. The descent of the avatar might be related to the origin of demonic energy." Yan Ye frowned. "It's hard to say, because I saw a future like that in the mirror before, but in this life..."

"Everything has been changed by Lin Du, there are too many unknowns, but your cultivation can no longer remain, so you came to ask me for help." Wei Zhi thought seriously for a moment, and seeing that the person was about to leave, he quickly called out to him, "Hey, lend me a piece of clothing."

Yan Ye was shocked. "Don't you dragons wear clothes when you transform?"

Wei Zhi coughed. "No skin shed, nothing materialized to create clothes."

He was more used to being in human form. When he was awakened by the spring thunder, he subconsciously wanted to get out, but found that he had given all his storage rings to Lin Du and had nothing left.

Yan Ye clicked his tongue, casually grabbed an old piece of clothing and threw it down, "Let's go, don't forget what you said."

Only after Wei Zhi and the others left did he leap out of the pond, grabbing his clothes and putting them on.

It's alright, except the sleeves are an inch too short.

He had just put on his clothes when a lazy voice came from the tree, "Thank you for dealing with my worried old father."

Wei Zhi froze, beginning to doubt whether Lin Du's cultivation level was too high, since neither of them, who could ascend at any time, had noticed Lin Du.

"Don't underestimate us spirits," Chu Guanmeng chimed in. "Our rules and restrictions are unbreakable."

"However," Chu Guanmeng looked suspiciously at the short-haired, silver-haired humanoid creature standing by the pool, "who are you? Where's the monk? Did you eat him?"

Lin Du grabbed Chu Guanmeng and jumped down from the tree. "Look, everyone else can transform into a human, why do you insist on pretending to be a woolen dumpling?"

Chu Guanmeng firmly refused, "No! You people are so annoying, I just love being a ball of fluff!!"

"Alright, alright, I'll be a fluffy ball, a fluffy ball." Lin Du looked down at the tiger's mouth where there was another tooth mark, and sighed.

Wei Zhi sensed something was wrong. "You...you heard everything?"

Lin Du crossed his arms, gritting his teeth, "No, that damned Heavenly Dao blocked it."

She wondered why, after going from the underworld to the upper realm, she couldn't recall any information from the page about Lin Tuan.

"The rules protect us." Wei Zhi was relieved.

Under the sunlight, his silver hair, not long, was blown by the breeze and fell loosely on his forehead, looking like downy hair. He looked up at the blue sky above.

"Hey, monk! Do you have any food? The wine's all gone!" Chu Guanmeng leaped up and slapped the newly born dragon's face.

Lin Du raised his hand and pressed his temples. "I need to talk to you about something, it's related to Lin Tuan."

Wei Zhi grabbed Han Yueling and turned to look at her. The sunlight couldn't reach her eyes; there was only heavy mist and endless snow.