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

"What should we do with this person?" Xia Tian wanted to treat him out of his medical instincts, but Mo Lin stopped him.

"Take him to Jun Ding Prefecture." Mo Lin's voice was cold. He frowned, blocking his junior sister who was about to squat down with one hand, but his gaze fell on his junior uncle.

The junior uncle looks... very bad.

That face always had a slight smile on it, even if it didn't mean anything. But now it was expressionless, the golden light had long since faded, leaving only the pale moonlight of the cold night, making her seem even more bewildered than snow.

"Junior Martial Aunt is not in good condition. Is it because the medicine is not enough?" Mo Lin paused, and when Xia Tianwu gave him a look that said, "Look, she is in so much pain that she can't even make a face."

Summer didn't turn around and found Lin Du standing there, his eyes vacant.

She said, "She must be exhausted. Let's take her back inside first."

Let the constables who imprisoned the heretical cultivators in Jun Ding Mansion settle this mess slowly, while He Gui and Ju Yuan Zhenren watch over it from inside Jun Ding Mansion.

The Supreme Sect has few members, and the sect is harmonious and peaceful. However, the Jun Ding Prefecture, which governs Dingjiu City, not only safeguards the peace of Dingjiu City, but also the peace of all the territories under the Supreme Sect.

Those evil cultivators and heretics who dared to provoke the righteous path, those who caused trouble, violated city rules, or harmed people were all imprisoned in the eighteen dungeons of Junding Prefecture.

Dingjiu City is the safest city in Zhongzhou, and that is why it is called Dingjiu City.

Lin Du nodded. Good. The plot has finally overcome another hurdle. Originally, Shao Fei was to be taken to the Supreme Sect for treatment, but after going around in circles, she was brought back. It was just to be put into the dungeon of Jun Ding Mansion. After all the twists and turns, she was brought back.

She was too lazy to make any expressions or say anything. She watched as Mo Lin used the demon-binding rope that was supposed to be used on demonic beasts to bind Shao Fei, and they went back to the room where the children were gathered.

Ni Jinxuan rushed over immediately, "Junior Uncle, are you alright?"

Lin Du forced a smile, reached out and patted her shoulder, "Junior Martial Aunt is alright, you did a great job."

Mo Lin and Xia Tianwu both glanced at their junior uncle who was saying things against his conscience.

After Lin Du entered the house, Xia Tianwu forcibly dragged him onto the kang (a heated brick bed).

Ni Jinxuan, as if struck by a sudden thought, asked, "Junior Uncle, you're lying to me. The fire under the kang (heated brick bed) hasn't gone out yet."

Lin Du curled his lips into a smile. "Really?"

Her hand gently pressed on the kang (a heated brick bed), and only a tiny bit of her spiritual energy leaked out—just a tiny bit—and the fire went out immediately.

At first, nothing seemed amiss, but soon Yuan Ye jumped up. He was pampered and had never been cold before. "How did it suddenly get so cold? Ouch, it's so cold."

Lin Du laughed silently. Indeed, the fire could still ignite if she didn't release her spiritual power, but as soon as she did, the fire sensed her presence and immediately became afraid.

It was cold in the winter, and without the warmth of a heated kang (a traditional heated brick bed), the door inside the house had been left open while waiting for Lin Du, and now it was completely cold.

Lin Du sat alone on the kang, propping his head up with his hand and laughing heartily. "See, Junior Uncle never lies to you."

"Yuan Ye, if you're cold, move around a bit, run around and jump around. Jumping around can help you grow taller."

She teased the child like that, and Yuan Ye actually jumped up, his cheeks, still fleshy, jiggling like a plump rabbit.

"I forgot something, that tiger cub." Lin Du propped his head up and looked at Mo Lin.

Mo Lin slapped her forehead. Lin Du had mentioned this matter the night before, and she suspected that someone had deliberately set a trap.

But now the problem is that Shao Fei wanted to get rid of Qi Zhun's control, so she left some Gu poison and flesh and blood at the scene, but the demonic aura of the cubs at the scene is inexplicable.

Shao Fei suffered a backlash from the Gu poison and seemed to have used some secret technique. She was almost unconscious and unable to speak.

Lin Du got up again and probed the soul with his divine sense, searching once or twice.

She also had no memory of that tiger cub.

That would be strange.

The sound of heavy breathing came from inside the house, accompanied by thumping vibrations, like the footsteps of a monster descending the mountain.

"What's that noise? Did a wild boar come into the house?" Mo Lin turned his head.

All eyes turned to Yuan Ye, who was jumping around in the corner.

Yuan Ye also practiced body tempering. After all, his and Yan Qing's master, Cang Li, was not only proficient in music but also skilled in crafting artifacts. In addition to metal, artifacts can also be made of wood. Yuan Ye had a natural understanding of wooden structures and studied the Lu Ban Book. Carpentry also requires physical strength. Every day, he had to carry wood up mountains. However, it was cold today, so he was breathing a little louder.

He stopped and looked at his senior brother with a wronged expression.

"I'm sorry..." Mo Lin said apologetically, "I forgot you were dancing."

It was my junior uncle who made me dance.

Lin Du was clearly just teasing him, and seeing this, he finally couldn't help but laugh out loud, tilting his head back to suppress his laughter.

Yuan Ye looked at his junior uncle with a mournful expression, "Junior uncle, you're laughing too loudly."

Lin Du tilted his head back and said, "Sorry, Junior Uncle wasn't laughing at you."

She just wanted to laugh.

After laughing, Lin Du propped his head up and looked at Yuan Ye, "Are you still cold?"

Distracted by this, Yuan Ye forgot he was cold, nodded and then shook his head.

Lin Du nodded and asked him to help set up an array so that Mo Lin could release the tiger demon, pluck a hair, and leave behind a trace of demonic energy to search for its origin.

The tiger demon wasn't cooperating, so Mo Lin grabbed the back of the man's neck and punched him. Yuan Ye seized the opportunity to pluck a tuft of hair from the man's buttocks.

They share the same demonic power; perhaps we could try our luck and find them.

Lin Du dislikes anyone challenging her intelligence or adding fuel to the fire in the chaos.

Mo Lin suddenly spoke up, rubbing his arms suspiciously, "Why do I also feel a little cold?"

He had heard of a place called Luoze in the forbidden area, where the cold was severe all year round. His master, Ju Yuan, had been there once and came back shivering from the cold—that kind of cold.

Lin Du's face suddenly turned cold, and he felt a chill run down his spine. He looked at Xia Tianwu and said, "Take his pulse."

Mo Lin obediently stretched out his hand, not forgetting to pull his wristband up a bit.

Xia Tianwu stood in front of him, and after a while, her brows furrowed. "Senior brother... can you dispel your cold with spiritual power?"

Cultivators can mobilize their spiritual power to resist the severe cold. Mo Lin did as instructed and mobilized his spiritual power. Before he could channel the spiritual power in his dantian into his central meridian, Xia Tianwu's spiritual power suddenly surged into his meridians.

The spiritual energy carried the intense nature of the fire element, and since it shared the same origin as his mutated lightning spiritual root, he felt no discomfort; on the contrary, it made him feel exceptionally close to it.

He stopped moving.

"What's wrong?"

Summer whispered, "Don't move, I'll do it."

Mo Lin's meridians did not exclude the spiritual power of the same origin, and he obediently waited for Xia Tianwu's spiritual power to circulate through his meridians for a full cycle.

Entrusting one's meridians to another is a great act of trust for a cultivator.

After exploring the area in the summer, he asked again, "Is it still cold?"

Mo Lin checked himself over and said, "It's not cold now."

The spiritual energy slowly withdrew from his meridians, and Mo Lin subconsciously pressed down on Xia Tianwu's hand with his other hand.

She looked up in surprise, her eyes asking herself what was wrong with her senior brother.

Mo Lin looked a little aggrieved, his big eyes blinking. "It's cold where your spiritual power isn't around."

Xia Tian lowered her eyes again, looking at the hand pressing on her. "I didn't mean to take my hand away, so I'll take your hand away first."

Mo Lin felt that his senior brother's dignity had been completely undermined today, so he silently withdrew his hand and whispered, "It's so cold."

Lin Du suddenly spoke up, "Tianwu, what kind of poison is that?"

Mo Lin stared wide-eyed in surprise, then abruptly turned to look at his junior uncle. "Huh?"

Xia Tian took a slow breath. "Don't be afraid. No matter what kind of poison it is, I will save you."

The room suddenly fell silent, so cold that icicles could fall from it.

Mo Lin, with his large, expressive eyes, blinked, then, as if struck by a sudden thought, cautiously asked the only two people present who seemed to be pondering, "Is it Gu poison? Will taking the Five-Flavor Antidote Pill still be effective?"

Lin Du and Xia Tian both avoided his bright gaze.

After a long silence, Lin Du spoke, his voice low and hoarse, "It was my fault, I was negligent."

Mo Lin interrupted her, "Junior Uncle, this matter has never had anything to do with you, nor is it your fault."

"You are the junior uncle, but I am the senior brother of this generation, older than you. It was my fault for not keeping a close eye on you and for not discovering that it was Qi Zhun who was eating people in time. Fortunately, it was me, not you, junior uncle. I am strong and healthy, and I didn't see anything. I'm just a little cold, aren't I?"

Yuan Ye suddenly interjected, "Senior Brother, why don't you jump around too? Jumping can really warm you up."