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

The next morning, each fortress received a feeding from the Supreme Sect cultivators: exorcising medicine, healing hidden injuries, and replenishing stamina. Everyone who drank it said it was good.

Everyone was saying that the Tongtian Sect and the Wushang Sect had good intentions, but who knew that just one drink would actually cause a problem.

A powerful demon from the demon race didn't want to drink it, but Hu You, who came to help, and Xing Liu, a demon array master present, coaxed and tricked him into drinking it, and immediately a torrent of demonic energy emerged.

Everyone was taken aback and immediately went up to trap the person.

When Lin Du arrived, he met two pairs of eyes that were different sizes but both were bright and intelligent.

Foxy rubbed his hands together and smiled at Lin Du from afar, while Starflow waved back at Lin Du, "I knew this was your idea!"

They fought all night and finally managed to kill all the besieging demons and break the sealed formation. Then the Supreme Sect sent someone to bring them this bowl of soup, which seemed very unusual.

The demon race is carefree and rarely abstains from grains. They will drink whatever is available. Moreover, this soup is rich and delicious, full of spiritual energy. It is obviously a good thing and is specially made to expel demonic energy from the body. It would be very unusual for a demon not to drink it.

Xia Tianwu followed behind Lin Du. Lin Du went up and first set up the mirror. Finding nothing unusual, Xia Tianwu was much more decisive. He neatly took out a knife and prepared to dissect the body.

Lin Du was in charge of holding the demons down, the clan leader of the demon race was in charge of interrogation, and Xia Tianwu was in charge of the surgery.

The results came in no time.

The demon's core inside its belly actually contained a demonic fetus, and the strange runes on it prevented the anomaly from being discovered.

Lin Du raised his hand and destroyed the demonic fetus, then stood up and pressed his temples. "Luckily, there was only one."

If there were many, they wouldn't need to work anymore.

She wrote down the runes, looked at them for a while, and said, "They are ancient runes."

It's probably the culprit left behind by the fragments of a fallen god.

The traitor has been caught, but the group is still on edge—the evil forces seem far more difficult to eradicate than they imagined.

This defensive war will likely last longer than expected.

When Lin Du went downstairs, she saw some corpses. The corpses still retained strong emotions, which she could sense.

This feeling isn't very pleasant.

The battles continued day after day, proceeding according to plan. While other sects had a constant stream of disciples being rotated, the Supreme Sect only had these dozen or so people.

Until one day, they returned from the heart of the demon realm, all of them somewhat injured.

As night fell and everyone was meditating and adjusting their breathing, Lin Du left the fortress alone and walked along the front line, repairing the formations that could be violently breached at any moment.

The desolate desert was never filled with spiritual energy before, but since the sacrifice at Linshui, it has gained a sparse amount of spiritual energy, and thus many lush green spiritual plants have grown.

The ending of the story is also like the beginning of a new life.

A clump of spherical grass was blown to Lin Du's feet, and a voice rang out, "Tumbleweed."

Lin Du hummed in agreement. "It's tumbleweed."

During droughts, they fold up their roots, roll into a ball, and roll around on the ground. No matter how harsh the environment, they will not die completely until they find a suitable place to take root.

"Your master always felt that you didn't understand death."

Wei Zhi always kept a distance from her, as if he were chasing her shadow.

"But I feel like you know everything, you just can't accept it." Seeing Lin Du stop, Wei Zhi stopped as well.

A gentle breeze lifted the hem of his light, fluttering clothes.

"It's like you personally sent Lin Tuan's soul into the underworld, and you smiled as you watched Yan Ye ascend to heaven, but you still feel unhappy when you think about their departure."

Even if that's the best possible outcome.

Lin Du turned around, his gaze meeting his. "So, Master, you've come to be my master?"

Wei Zhi shook his head. "How could I possibly teach you? From the moment you saved me, you have been far superior to me."

Lin Du corrected, "That's a transaction, money and goods exchanged, I'm a professional."

Wei Zhi didn't take it to heart. "That's why I said you're far superior to me."

"What I've learned is that people can learn to accept their emotions, perhaps without suppressing their existence, and without feeling uneasy or guilty about them. Even an omnipotent person can not accept death and separation. Having emotions is not a sin or a sign of weakness."

Wei Zhi glanced at her, considering whether his words sounded preachy. After repeatedly confirming that he wouldn't provoke Lin Du's rebellion, he continued, "I just feel that even when gods shed tears, they remain powerful and unshakeable."

Lin Du looked up at Wei Zhi. He was clearly empty-handed, but he was no longer as carefree and arrogant as before.

"What kind of person am I in the master's eyes?"

Wei Zhi thought about it carefully, "The sage is fearless, the mountains are high and the rivers are long, he has already seen the vastness of the universe, yet he still cherishes the green grass and trees."

Lin Du felt a strange ache in his teeth, turned to the side and looked up at the sky, "This evaluation doesn't sound like me."

Wei Zhi stood straight, looking at her profile. The thin moonlight fell into her eyes, like a silver lake.

"And what about me?"

"What?"

What kind of person am I?

Lin Du thought about it seriously for a moment, "There are three kinds of people in the world: those who can keep up with me without me saying a word, those who need to be directed to follow me, and those I don't want to be directed to."

"You, you'd probably be considered first-rate."

Wei Zhi then blurted out a seemingly random sentence: "I am also just grass and trees."

Lin Du turned his head and looked directly into his eyes. The man's eyes were naturally light amber, and in the past, they always seemed hazy and insincere. But now, in the darkness, they were surprisingly bright.

"Plants and trees have roots," she replied.

"Tumbleweeds can chase the wind." Wei Zhi watched the tumbleweeds slowly move forward, "The wind doesn't need to turn back."

Lin Du chuckled and continued walking forward to repair the battle line.

Wei Zhi carried the lantern and followed her, keeping a safe distance, the light falling precisely within the area where Lin Du stopped to repair things each time.

Until dawn.