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

After organizing his words, Ju Yuan waved away the barrier and walked towards the square platform used to record the number of spiritual items obtained by disciples of each sect.

One group was arguing about how to calculate the points for what they had acquired in the ancient city when they saw the True Person of the Supreme Sect arrive and they threw the question to him.

Ju Yuan maintained his gentlemanly demeanor, and upon hearing this, asked only one question: "Who first excavated the ancient city?"

"Naturally, it's your four disciples from the Supreme Sect."

"Besides them, has anyone else made an effort?"

Some cultivators thought that they should work hard to search for the stolen goods, since they were from a long time ago and they needed to have a discerning eye. The doors of ordinary cultivators were naturally protected by restrictions and formations to prevent theft.

However, they had to admit that without the four disciples of the Supreme Sect, or rather, without Lin Du setting up the formation, this ancient city would never have reappeared in the world.

"This Lin Ferry is undoubtedly the best."

The speaker was an elder from the Guiyuan Sect. He had already learned that Lin Du had saved a disciple who was almost possessed by the vengeful spirits of the ancient city. Although... the method was a bit crude, it was the most effective way for them, as low-level cultivators.

Even the Hengpai elders echoed, saying that aside from other matters, many of the massive formations they had set up were ones that she herself had only been able to set up after many years of studying the basics.

When the gates of hell opened, Lin Du's ability to adapt to the situation and use several formations demonstrated his exceptional talent.

Even a cultivator who has studied array formations for many years would not have done any better than Lin Du in that situation.

Ju Yuan listened to the chorus of praise and a smile flashed in his eyes. "You've overestimated my junior sister. She's still young and doesn't deserve such praise."

"However, what I mean is, let's calculate today's points using the same method as before, excluding the items from that ancient city, okay?"

After a moment of contemplation, the crowd said, "But this is far too unfriendly to your sect's disciples."

After all, they were the first to arrive in the desert and spent a lot of time setting up their formation, unlike others who only set off after seeing the commotion.

Ju Yuan waved his hand, "Lin Du is first because her contribution was groundbreaking. As for the other three, just follow the original rules."

After all... even excluding the things in the ancient city, those three people still managed to squander quite a few good things.

As expected, when the elders looked at the points registered by the three disciples of the Supreme Sect, Ni Jinxuan was far ahead thanks to the terrifying points accumulated from five Heavenly Grade spiritual plants, while Yuan Ye and Yan Qing followed closely behind with a large number of treasures and beast cores, still leaving the disciples of other sects far behind.

The points are weighted according to the grade and age of the items. Heavenly grade spiritual plants are rare, and it is already very lucky to obtain even one in a single secret realm. Ni Jinxuan has a full five thousand-year-old heavenly grade plants, so she naturally gets the most points.

Elder Jun Qian of the Jishi Sect looked on with red eyes, saying, "You disciples of the Supreme Sect are truly remarkable."

Wow, they're trying to kidnap you.

While the elders were discussing, Lin Du walked to the four-sided platform to register the items. She glanced at the platform thoughtfully, "Should everything acquired in the ancient city be released as well?"

The registration process was indeed extremely complicated. Several elders in charge of the registration were sweating profusely. Upon hearing this, they casually said, "Just put them all on the table."

Lin Du gave an "oh," and then a series of loud crackling sounds were heard.

Then, with a loud crash, the wooden tabletop of the square table collapsed under the weight.

"Sorry... I forgot there were two iron lions."

Lin Du scratched his head, put the two iron lions back in their place, and then asked in a low voice, "They're all just scrap metal, how are you going to register them?"

A group of elders stared at the small mountain of "scrap metal" and were speechless with emotion.

I can accept everything else, but why is there still a beam? What kind of good person would even tear down someone else's beam?

Even if it is rare gold-plated ebony, it shouldn't be treated like this, where every goose leaves its feathers and every beast leaves its skin!

The elders over there were already discussing whether to calculate the points according to the previous rules, excluding items obtained from the ancient city. Hearing the commotion, they all looked over.

The skinny boy looked a little embarrassed. "I didn't expect to break the table. Should I pay for it?"

Ju Yuan raised a hand to her forehead. "Junior sister, put your things away. There's no need to check them."

Lin Du said "oh" and obediently put away the pile of things, then stood aside with his hands clasped together.

Ju Yuan asked casually, "Speaking of which, has any of you been inside this secret realm before? How come no one discovered the ancient city buried in the desert back then?"

The elders of Guiyuan Sect and Jishi Sect both shook their heads. "We don't know. We've never been inside."

"But I remember that among the elders who came to see us off, a few of them did go inside, didn't they?"

Ju Yuan lowered her eyes. "Really? Which ones are they?"

Jun Qian instinctively felt there was something more to Ju Yuan's words. He pointed to several cultivators and then transmitted his voice to Ju Yuan, "Is there something you need?"

"Anyone? Are there any from the major sects like the Three Sects, Six Schools, and Ten Schools?"

Junqian nodded. "There is one, that one, Yin Zhong from the Flying Star Sect. I heard him mention him with a laugh before."

Ju Yuan thoughtfully turned his gaze to Yin Zhong. The Flying Star Sect mainly cultivates weapon crafting, and most of its members are weapon crafters, which means that this person can probably understand the formation that Lin Du set up in the desert.

Although cultivators live long lives, disciples of the Supreme Sect may have some knowledge of divination, physical techniques, principles, Taoist arts, talismans, and even music, but each individual may specialize in only one or two of these.

Since weapon crafting inevitably involves encountering formations, if Yin Zhong were one of those 197 people...

Ju Yuan lowered his eyes and pondered for a moment. After calculating the ages of the two elders from Jishi Sect and Guiyuan Sect and confirming that they couldn't possibly have been incompetent and hadn't yet formed their cores, he gave the two of them a look.

Guiyuan Sect Elder Pei Qin was somewhat bewildered. "Juyuan Zhenren, is your eyelid twitching? Let me see. A twitching left eyelid means good fortune, a twitching right eyelid means bad luck. Ouch, you're in trouble today..."

Ju Yuan rolled her eyes and transmitted her voice to him, "Shut up. If I cause a disaster today, the entire Central Continent will be in trouble."

Pei Qin chuckled. "What's wrong? Tell me more?"

Ju Yuan, who had the highest cultivation level present, didn't stand on ceremony. He raised his hand to set up a restriction and explained the matter clearly in a few words.

Upon hearing this, Pei Qin suddenly covered his right eye and exclaimed, "Damn it, my right eyelid is starting to twitch!"

Junqian hesitated for a moment, then said, "You really believe we're not ghosts? What if I'm lying to you?"

Ju Yuan chuckled, "Don't you even consider how old you are this year? Three or four hundred years old and only just entered someone else's second-level Marquis's minor secret realm, isn't that embarrassing?"

Jun Qian's face darkened. "Don't think you can mock us just because you're younger than us who are two hundred years old. I wonder who was the one who cried and challenged others after failing to make the Chongxiao Ranking?"

"Alright, you two, can't you be a little more mature? We're talking serious stuff." Pei Qin said, glancing at Lin Du, "That kid..."

"She has our Supreme Sect behind her, who dares to touch her?" Ju Yuan's expression also turned serious. "Although our Supreme Sect has few members..."

"That's enough. Stop making threats at others." Jun Qian was most annoyed that the Supreme Sect had taken in a bunch of geniuses but still insisted on acting pitiful and weak. Any one of them could be a terrorist who could wipe out an entire mountain if they were released.

"We will investigate, but we need to figure out how to do it and what to do after we find out. I will report back to the sect leader, and then we will hold a meeting among the three sects, six schools, and ten sects."

Jun Qian and Pei Qin did not doubt the authenticity of the news. No one could question the determination and actions of the Supreme Sect in eliminating demons and protecting the righteous path. Otherwise, it would not be one of the oldest sects, which had almost died out several times and had only passed down to the hundredth generation.

Although the newly initiated disciples may seem unreliable, not everyone dares to overdraw their Yang energy to annihilate the resentful Yin spirits.

The three people were talking when suddenly a thunderclap rang out from a clear sky.

"What's that commotion? Who's undergoing tribulation?"

"Impossible? There are no calamity clouds."

"A vow made in accordance with the will of Heaven?"

Lin Du and the three steaming kettles above their heads all looked in the direction from which the lightning had struck.

The person who just made the oath seems to be Li Dong?

It seems that the method of suggestion mentioned in that miscellaneous book is still somewhat useful.