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

In the end, Lin Du didn't pay. Wei Zhi found some ancient ironware among the things he had picked up and used it to settle the debt.

Sheng Yan was very sympathetic. "Your stuff is very easy to sell. You don't even need to find a middleman. I'll show you the way. Just squat downstairs from me, put your stuff out, and those wandering immortals will come running when they smell it."

Lin Du understood; even immortals couldn't escape the lucrative street vendor economy.

Start your business with no capital and get rich today.

She actually followed Sheng Yan's advice, sat down in front of her Xiang Man Lou restaurant, spread out her tattered clothes, and displayed the things from the ancient ruins.

At first glance, onlookers wondered what good stuff could be found at such a stall, but upon closer inspection, they were shocked.

What powerful being is so capricious, just casually displaying and selling this thing with the aura of ancient origin? Aren't they afraid someone will try to steal it?

When they heard the people in the restaurant calling the stall owner "Daojun" again, the immortals realized that everything was alright.

Then it's really alright.

Such a young Dao Lord is extremely rare in the entire Upper Realm. Obviously, who else could this person, who has a token made of white jade produced from the Primordial Treasure Tree hanging from his waist, be but the thirteenth disciple of the Dao Ancestor?

"How much for this?" One person mustered their courage and stepped forward, meeting Lingwei Daojun's cold, gray eyes. They trembled. "One hundred thousand jade coins?"

Lin Du didn't speak; she hadn't yet figured out the prices in the Upper Realm. She simply turned to look at another person who had come closer.

The wandering immortal who inquired about the price immediately responded, "Five hundred thousand, five hundred thousand, that's all I have."

Lin Du, who had only glanced at it briefly, spoke reservedly, "If you really want it, then it's fine."

In this transaction, both the wandering immortal and Lin Du felt they had gotten a good deal, and both the buyer and seller were very satisfied with the transaction.

As soon as the first person bought it, the onlookers swarmed in.

Those are all good stuff.

The items from these ancient ruins usually only appear at the Lantern Festival Appraisal Event, and even those who obtain them don't easily sell them. To suddenly have so many of them being sold at stalls is an opportunity even rarer than jade coins falling from the sky.

A barefoot wandering immortal passed by and, seeing the road completely blocked, casually grabbed someone and asked, "What's going on? What happened?"

"It seems someone is selling items taken from ancient ruins! They're genuine! Absolutely genuine!"

The barefoot immortal was stunned for a moment upon hearing this. "This is simply wishful thinking. How could it be? Could it be some sorcerer lying? Everyone treasures that thing..."

Before he could finish speaking, his divine sense pierced through the crowd and landed on the street stall, his expression freezing.

It really is.

The stall owner, holding a heavy iron folding fan, chatted and laughed freely amidst the crowd, occasionally flicking the fan to adjust the price of his goods, negotiating prices, and chatting idly, thoroughly enjoying himself.

"Really? The Three Realms and Nine Palaces are so quiet? Nobody here? Not at all? The Ghost Palace has more people than the Three Realms and Nine Palaces?" Lin Du listened to the idle immortal's gossip with a grin. "Is that so?"

"Which department has the most people?"

Seeing that Lin Du was young and carefree, the immortals teased him as if he were a child, saying, "Of course it's the Dou Department."

"That's not quite right. It's more accurate to say that there are many official positions in the Dou Department."

"Oh yes, yes, that's true too."

Lin Du tilted his head. "Oh, Kaiyang Xingjun is from the Dou Department! I know about the Dou Department!"

"So you know Kaiyang Xingjun? He's the sixth in the Big Dipper Division."

Lin Du let out a howl, "Sixth Brother!"

After thinking about it, everyone agreed that what he said was true, but it was just a little funny.

Or is it that this child is just at the adorable age no matter what he does?

As Lin Du listened to their discussion about the composition of the Heavenly Palace and its officials while selling his wares, he gradually discerned the underlying reasons.

The Big Dipper Department indeed wields immense power. The Southern Dipper governs life, while the Northern Dipper governs death. The Seven Lords of the Big Dipper can also resolve calamities. Furthermore, their superior is different from Lin Du's; he is not entirely subordinate to the Heavenly Emperor but is the Great Emperor of the North Pole, one of the Four Emperors.

As Lin Du listened, he realized what was going on; no wonder he had come down to the Dongming Realm to handle this matter.

After listening to the gossip, Lin Du had sold all his odds and ends and was about to pack up when another wandering immortal stood in front of his stall.

Lin Du and Wei Zhi only sold a small portion of the things they had picked up; they didn't intend to sell everything. Seeing this person standing in front of the stall without leaving, they said as they packed up, "We're closing up shop. We're not selling anymore; we have nothing left."

They were already quite wealthy after selling more than a dozen items. People should be content and not greedy.

The man didn't leave, and said, "I want to buy your fan, are you selling it?"

Lin Du was stunned for a moment, and Chu Guanmeng hadn't reacted yet when she shouted at the top of her lungs, "This isn't for sale! It can't be sold!"

The barefoot immortal looked down for a moment, then asked, "Are you really not selling?"

Lin Du raised his face. "When it's time to sell, you have to sell. Don't you agree, Immortal Lord Xuan Ying?"

The barefoot immortal shook his head. "What are you saying? It's not good to sell this to anyone. Can you even lift it?"

"Whether I can handle it or not is up to me." Lin Du straightened up, packed up his stall, and said, "Since we're already here, let's go back and clean up Sanyuan Mansion. It's all covered in dust, isn't it?"

Xuan Ying Immortal Lord is the only wandering immortal in the Three Realms and Nine Palaces who still shows signs of activity.

In other words, Lin Du was the leader who was parachuted in by him.

Xuan Ying followed silently. "I'm not saying this to be mean, but if you really can't manage, why don't you go and get two boys to do some cleaning?"

"You can lead me if you want." Lin Du walked ahead with a carefree air, his slender figure made even more striking by the flowing robes, making him appear like a mountain breeze.

"What have you been doing all these years? You haven't returned to Sanyuan Prefecture at all?"

Upon hearing this, Xuan Ying honestly replied, "Isn't the whole government office empty? What would we do back there? We'd just wander around out there exorcising demons and monsters, wouldn't we? Lingwei Daojun is young, isn't he? So full of energy?"

Lin Du shook his head, turned around, and the top of the heavy iron folding fan suddenly swung forward. "Not at all, not at all. The Dao Ancestor instructed me to walk my own path. Immortal Lord Xuan Ying, you have profound experience. Since we will be working together in the future, why don't you first consider the weight of this fan?"

Xuan Ying suddenly stopped, looking at the folding fan so close to his face. "What joke is Daoist Master playing?"

He felt the icy immortal power emanating from the top of the fan pressing against his throat, and a cold, rusty smell entered his nostrils. Following the straight and cold fan ribs, he slowly raised his eyes and met a delicate face that was clearly smiling, yet without any hint of jest. The coldness of the gray eyes and the fan surface complemented each other.

Lin Du did indeed possess a pair of somewhat harsh and cold eyes, but because of the gentleness of the rest of her face, people overlooked the danger beneath her beauty, just as beneath the rustling snow lay a vast, solid ice sea.

Xuan Ying suppressed the fear of having his soul seen through and slowly spoke, "Dao Lord, cleaning up a prefecture is so simple, but to cleanse the Heavenly Palace and even the world is so difficult."

"If one cannot even sweep one prefecture, how can one sweep the world?" Lin Du closed his fan. "I hope senior will forgive my rudeness."

It was clearly just an ordinary test, but Chu Guanmeng inexplicably felt as if she saw swords flashing in the air.

At that moment, Wei Zhi suddenly saw a true, pure leader.

When Lin Du arrived at Sanyuan Prefecture, he found it extremely deserted.

Sure enough, there weren't even any of the sweeping boys here.

It really is a leisurely and comfortable department where retired cadres can nominally collect their pensions.

Just as the group was cleaning up neatly with their magic, an uninvited guest arrived at the door.

"Lingwei Daojun, you've just taken office and you've already brought back your only subordinate who was wandering far away so quickly? That's really fast. If all the celestial officials in the Heavenly Palace were as efficient as you, they wouldn't have to worry about anything."

Kaiyang seemed to be passing by casually, with two young boys following behind him. He pushed one of the boys and said, "Go, help out Daoist Lingwei."

Lin Du turned to Kaiyang, "Star Lord, you've come at the right time. Why don't you lend me a hand? The Yin energy beneath my mansion is too heavy. Your Dou Department is best at resolving such problems. Do you have any books available for borrowing?"

Upon hearing this, Kaiyang looked surprised. "What? Is that Dao Lord you're not familiar with?"

Lin Du smiled, "But please enlighten me, Lord Kaiyang."

"How dare I? I thought Daojun should be far too familiar with demonic energy." Kaiyang looked down at Lin Du. "Could it be that the ancient god's inheritance didn't teach you any ways to deal with it?"

The heavy iron folding fan was easily flipped in Lin Du's hand. The immortal raised his eyes and said in a gentle tone, "So even the Kaiyang Star Lord knows that it is demonic energy."

"So, the area near my residence is the burial ground of fallen gods?"

Kaiyang frowned. "I thought you would understand my intention."

Lin Du crossed his arms. "What's the purpose? Why are you deliberately making me feel the demonic energy at the source of demonic energy?"

"You probably don't understand something yet," Kaiyang said, his tall, imposing figure standing on the threshold of the Sanyuan Mansion. "How terrifying is the demonic energy? Can't you hear its roars and cries of agony at night?"

"Do you really think that's just Houtu's corpse? Just the rotting Three Poisons? Do you think your self-righteous little bit of commoner's justice can bring peace to the Three Realms?"

"Let me tell you, the three poisons within Houtu's body are the accumulation of resentment from the Three Realms. Floods, natural disasters, earthquakes, and famines have built up these three poisons year after year, and they are also the resentment born from the decay of souls that cannot be reborn after death!"

"And Houtu, Houtu is the source of all evil."

"How many celestial officials under Houtu's command lost their lives back then, all because she had a kind heart but refused to destroy those souls that refused to enter reincarnation, nourishing their souls with her own body, which led to the backlash of the three poisons and the birth of evil. Shouldn't she have died?"

"What do you think the demonic fetuses born in your Dongming Realm are? They are the vengeful spirits of those who died unjustly, carrying the power of incense and vows to refuse to enter the cycle of reincarnation. They are neither human nor ghost, made of clay, and prayed in the community. When they are seen, they are colorful and beautiful, lifelike, but in reality, they live by devouring flesh and souls."

"In the past, the underworld made a big mistake in this regard because of Houtu's indulgence. The underworld was not under the rule of the Heavenly Palace."

"The one in the entire Heavenly Palace who deserves to die the most, who deserves to be annihilated! But she didn't die! She even entered the cycle of reincarnation, escaping our Dou Department's life-and-death investigation."

Kaiyang stared at Lin Du, his expression full of threat, "Don't let yourself be used by hypocrites without realizing it, and don't let me catch you doing anything."

He wasn't stupid; during that final heavy snowfall, he clearly sensed an unusual fluctuation.

Although it is unknown what Lin Du did, she had better not do anything to cause trouble by reshaping the clay Buddha.

"Kaiyang! Don't be rude!" A voice suddenly broke the standoff between the two.

Kaiyang's expression stiffened. He turned his head and looked at the figure in the ball of divine light. His voice immediately weakened. "Your Majesty."

Lin Du suddenly laughed and said, "Perfect! Your Majesty, be my witness. Since Lord Kaiyang questions my conduct, I dare to enter the Floating Life Illusion and let the Dream Pen assess my merits and demerits, and bestow blessings and punishments. Lord Kaiyang, do you dare?"

She suddenly opened her fan, raised her eyebrows, and looked at Kaiyang with a hint of provocation.

Kaiyang glanced instinctively at the figure behind him. Suddenly, a commotion broke out in the Sanyuan Palace. A broken wooden frame crashed down in front of the Fusang Emperor, blocking Kaiyang's view.

Wei Zhi came out apologetically, "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I missed and blocked it, I hope it didn't hit the Emperor."

He was very sincere, which successfully disrupted Kaiyang's thoughts.

"It seems that Lord Kaiyang doesn't dare to. After all, he has lived for nearly ten thousand years, so it's hard to say." Lin Du clicked his tongue and shook his head. He turned around and was about to step into the inner courtyard of the Sanyuan Mansion. He turned to Xuan Ying and smiled, "I told you, the reason why our cold government office is so deserted is that no one dares to come in, for fear of exposing the things that have caused them the most guilt in their lives."

Xuan Ying's lips twitched. The young man was indeed presumptuous, even resorting to provocation. He'd lived for thousands of years; who could be provoked like that...?

"Sure! Why wouldn't I dare!"

Kaiyang stepped into the threshold of Sanyuan Prefecture.

Hyun Young: ...Huh?

Lin Du concealed the dark light in his eyes, smiled, and said, "Please."

We still need to do some groundwork with the masses beforehand. What did they say again? Oh, Kaiyang Xingjun, he is brave and stubborn by nature. Although he has been taught for many years and has calmed down, it's only on the surface. His heart hasn't changed at all.