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

The Supreme Sect is located in the northern part of Zhongzhou. Spring has already arrived in the south, but the north has just seen the snow clear and the sky bright.

Amidst the swirling clouds and mountains, nine peaks rise in a harmonious arrangement, with snow-capped peaks, verdant pine forests, and faint trails of mist stretching out in the wind above the sky.

The spirit ship stopped atop a high peak in the middle, and a huge plaza came into view. Nine towering stone pillars stood neatly in the center of the plaza, surrounding a Bagua training ground with black and white patterns. A giant bronze cauldron stood in the center, with three incense sticks inside that had just burned halfway down. The red color was buried in the ash, but it could be vaguely seen that it was still burning.

He Gui noticed that Lin Du's gaze had fallen on the three incense sticks and explained, "This is the main peak of the sect. The three incense sticks are to pay homage to heaven, earth, ancestors, and the Great Dao."

"Now that you have entered our Supreme Sect, you should naturally pay your respects to our Sect Leader first."

As soon as He Gui finished speaking, two more figures appeared in front of the square, and in addition to the three incense sticks, there was also a faint aroma of... sauerkraut stewed pork.

Lin Du felt that she must be starving, otherwise how could she smell such food? She looked up.

A woman with cloud-like hair and a beautiful face, elegant and refined, wore a light purple robe adorned with silver threads, which shimmered and shone like spring flowers in the sunset.

One of them was more in line with Lin Du's image of an elder. He was dressed in a simple white robe, but it was not pure white. It was decorated with intricate silver butterfly patterns. His eyebrows and eyes were cold and aloof, with only a red mole at the corner of his eye revealing a unique charm.

They were truly divine beings, celestial beings descended to earth, if one ignored the oily spatula in the purple-clad female cultivator's hand and the fresh green leafy vegetables dripping with water in the white-clad female cultivator's hand.

What a pure and unpretentious fairy.

Lin Du took a step back, wondering if she had entered the wrong sect.

【No, honey, you didn't go to the wrong place】

"Greetings, Sect Leader." He Gui cupped his hands in a Daoist salute.

Those behind them followed suit, but then they heard the beautiful woman laugh and say, "Alright, there are only so many people here, don't pretend to be so serious."

Lin Du was taken aback. This sect seemed quite different from what he had imagined.

The woman in purple glanced at him, her gaze settling on Lin Du. "Where did you find this little brat? Poor thing. Tianwu, take her to see your master, Jiang Liang, later. As for the medicinal herbs she needs, just take whatever you can from the sect's storeroom."

"If not... then let's see if we can grow it in the fertile soil behind our mountain. Otherwise, you can go to the secret realm a few more times. After all, the principle of our Supreme Sect is self-sufficiency."

He Gui curled her lip, her gentle demeanor from just moments before completely gone. "Sect Leader Sister, leave some room for the children's imaginations."

The woman in purple chuckled, "Now that we've already tricked them out of their money, where else can they run to?"

The new disciples exchanged glances, all seeing the bewildered confusion in each other's eyes.

"Since there are only four disciples, the amount of apprentices you two take on this year can be split equally."

Ju Yuan and Cang Li exchanged a glance, then looked at Lin Du at the same time, as if she were not a person, but a freshly baked chicken leg.

Lin Du: ...The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

"Those who went to farm haven't come back yet, so I'll be cooking tonight," Feng Chao said with a smile. "Alright, they're all our own children, let's not talk about such formalities. It's already late, and your cultivation is still shallow, you must be hungry. Let's eat first, and we'll talk after we finish eating."

Suddenly, a voice rang out from nowhere in the square, "Tell that child to come directly to Luoze after he finishes his meal."

Luoze has been frozen for ten thousand years, and even ordinary low-level cultivators cannot withstand it. Only those with ice spiritual roots can stay there. The person that was calling could only be Lin Du.

Feng Chao was taken aback, then agreed and looked at Lin Du, "I think the Immortal Venerable Yan Ye, who is in seclusion in the forbidden area, wants to take you as his disciple. He is also a natural ice spirit root and was the last disciple my grandmaster closed his doors to before his ascension."

Ju Yuan's eyelids twitched, and his gaze suddenly turned strange. "I treated you as my disciple, and you actually want to be my junior sister?"

The group arrived at the dining hall in a grand procession, and instantly a pot of sauerkraut stewed with pork belly, a pot of stewed goose in an iron pot, a large pot of stewed spirit chicks with fresh mushrooms, and a mountain of steamed buns and rice appeared on the table. Then the white-robed female cultivator hurriedly went into the kitchen, "There is one last dish, please wait a moment."

Lin Du took a deep breath. Something was wrong with this Supreme Sect.

Something's really not right.

But... it smells so good.

A group of people sat down at the table, and soon the children's eyes lit up.

"It seems that today, the sect leader used a low-level spirit beast to take care of you. The spiritual energy is just right for you newly initiated cultivators," He Gui explained.

If you eat a spirit beast that is far above your own rank, you will have too much spiritual energy and die from an explosion.

"This is low-grade spirit pig meat stewed with pickled sunflower seeds that our sect has made ourselves. The soil in our Supreme Sect is of excellent quality, and these pickled sunflower seeds were recently pickled. Also, this is Shu Yan, which we only eat during major festivals. This is to celebrate your new disciples joining the sect."

Three people began serving rice to the children, using basins larger than Lin Du's face.

Lin Du said modestly, "I'm weak and have a small appetite, so I'll just have one bite."

He Gui nodded, then forcefully pressed down the overflowing rice in the bowl and handed it to her, "Here, take a bite."

Lin Du: ...That works too.

After a short while, the thin, frail young man in a blue robe came out, holding a basin in one hand and chopsticks in the other. On the chopsticks was a goose leg that everyone had put on her, and in the bowl was a chicken leg with a thick, dark brown sauce.

The rice bowl, which had been compacted, was now three-quarters empty.

Lin Du ate very quickly, taking a bite of meat and a large mouthful of rice, as if it were a pre-ordained routine. However, his eating manners were extremely elegant. Apart from the sounds of chewing and swallowing, he was very quiet. He seemed unhurried, but in reality, he was progressing at a rapid pace.

The remaining three disciples watched as this "weak and small-eater" person calmly put down his bowl and chopsticks after finishing a bowl of rice, two legs, and half a piece of pickled cabbage and pork... and then picked up a steamed bun.

The elders looked at Lin Du with loving eyes. "Look, this child has suffered in the mortal world. No wonder he's so thin. He hasn't had enough to eat for thirteen years."

"Elders, aren't you going to eat?"

"Thank you, child. Elder, you don't need to eat. We have already reached the Huiyang Realm, where we can directly utilize the energy of heaven and earth for our own use, so we don't need to eat anymore."

The lowest-ranking elders of the Supreme Sect have already entered the fourth stage, the Radiant Sun Realm, and the sect leader has even entered the fifth stage, the Origin Realm.

Finally, after finishing a bowl of rice and a steamed bun the size of half his face, Lin Du stopped and sincerely praised, "The food made by the sect leader is truly delicious."

The ingredients in the cultivation world are much more delicious than those in the mortal world. The Supreme Sect is rich in spiritual energy and has fertile land, so the ingredients grown there have a natural spiritual charm. Lin Du touched his stomach and realized that he had eaten a bit too much without realizing it.

Feng Chao's smile deepened, but his disciple behind him hesitated to speak.

"Won't something bad happen if the new disciple eats so much?"

Feng Chao paused for a moment, "For example?"

"For example, she's about to advance to the next level."

Everyone stared blankly at the green-robed youth in the seat, but they saw her rub her stomach, subconsciously trying to guide the spiritual energy dissipating from her stomach contents into her central meridian. As a result, the spiritual energy flowed and circulated continuously, eventually converging in her dantian and forming a faint white ball of light.

The white ball of light continued to grow larger, and the feeling of being overly full in his stomach gradually subsided, but Lin Du still couldn't stop.

Master He Gui: See? I told you our sect's geniuses absorb spiritual energy more easily than eating and drinking!