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

When people are embarrassed, they will always grab at anything that can change the subject, let alone important matters that should be asked anyway.

Lin Du never forgets any important points, and she asked again, "Senior sister, you said Shao Fei is too scheming, has something happened?"

When this was mentioned, Feng Chao frowned almost imperceptibly. "Shao Fei's background and experiences are indeed pitiful. With such an upbringing and experiences, without such cunning, she probably wouldn't have survived to this day."

"Her selfishness and scheming stem from the cruelty and absurdity of this world, but... it's just that she's really hard to like."

"There's always a reason why someone is pitiful." Lin Du wasn't surprised. She had only searched her memories from the past day and hadn't looked back because she was quite tired. However, she could still glean some information about Shao Fei's experiences from what Qi Zhun had described.

Feng Chao then recounted the events of his interrogation at Jun Ding Prefecture.

Shao Fei is a pitiful character. She was born with a blocked meridian, unable to absorb spiritual energy. As a result, she was abandoned by her family and picked up by a group of bandits. From a young age, she was used as a tool to attract the attention and sympathy of passersby in the forest, and then drugged and stolen money when they were not paying attention.

The person Mo Lin encountered in the forest that day was Shao Fei, who had grown into a beautiful young woman, and was the target of a honey trap set by bandits.

Lin Du's book for Mo Lin wasn't for nothing; it helped her escape this honey trap. It was the only time Shao Fei didn't succeed, but she was beaten and humiliated by the enraged bandits. In her desperate resistance, Qi Zhun saved her.

Qi Zhun not only saved her, but also found her a way to absorb spiritual energy and cultivate by pretending to use Gu. Even when passing by the Flying Star Sect to recruit outer disciples, Shao Fei successfully became an outer disciple.

They came here because they had accepted a mission from their sect to go to the northern lands to find a spiritual herb.

That stuff is rare in southern Yunnan, but it's a specialty of the north, and it's harvested more in winter.

Shao Fei's life was filled with deception, violence, and hypocrisy from the very beginning. She had seen all kinds of passersby and knew how to play the role of a pitiful and weak woman, how to be humble and grovel to survive, and how to seize every opportunity to escape.

In those years in the forest, she truly wanted to wait for someone to save her from dire straits, but she missed Mo Lin and met Qi Zhun, falling into another pit of fire.

Upon hearing this, Lin Du already sensed the power of the plot. In the original story, Mo Lin rescued Shao Fei and took her back to the sect to heal her injuries. Later, in an ancient book that they discovered by chance, Shao Fei found a way for the Gu worms to transform into fake cores for cultivation.

Now, Shao Fei has directly encountered a Gu Master.

There is a predetermined fate for everyone.

Lin Du tilted his head to listen to Feng Chao speak, when he suddenly heard a deeply emotional remark.

"Given her living conditions, it's not entirely fair to blame her for being calculating. So I had them teach her to read and write, and I also prepared more than twenty books for enlightenment and moral education. I'm sure she'll gain something after reading and memorizing them all."

Lin Du: As expected of a major sect, they've already started to popularize compulsory education.

Feng Chao paused for a moment, then said, "But Junior Sister, you didn't have anyone to educate you when you were young, yet you didn't turn out badly, did you?"

"I remember that although you didn't have complete strokes and your handwriting was ugly at first, you could still recognize some characters and you understood them very quickly. Not to mention that you were a natural Taoist, and you were also very knowledgeable about human relationships. You were compassionate towards all things, loyal, filial, and fraternal, and you rectified yourself and influenced others. You hardly needed our guidance."

Lin Du was a little embarrassed by the praise; it was all thanks to the nine years of compulsory education and the work-study university education.

"The more you read and the more people you see, the more you will understand."

"That's right. I assigned you ten large characters a day before. Let me see them. How's your calligraphy practice going?"

Lin Du suddenly sat up straight. Seeing that Feng Chao was about to continue lecturing, she quickly tried to make amends, her eyes sincere, "My hands are cold in winter, but in spring, I will definitely make twenty sheets every day."

"With a Heavenly Grade Ice Spiritual Root like you, what are you afraid of the cold for!" Feng Chao raised his eyebrows. "You've been soaking in Luoze and cultivating on a bed of ten-thousand-year-old ice, and I've never seen you complain about the cold!"

She seemed to have caught another slippery fish in the education net, staring at her junior sister, "Starting tomorrow, bring it to show me every day during meals. You can't hold a pen now, and you can't control the brushstrokes at will. What will you do when you draw talismans later?"

"Do I still need to learn how to draw talismans?" Lin Du blurted out subconsciously.

"Your master's handwriting was irregular, just like yours. He was busy with array formations and swordsmanship. Your grandmaster saw that he was born with a disability, but he was already outstanding enough in array formations, so he didn't force him. In addition, when your grandmaster took him in, he was close to ascension. He was raised by his senior brothers and sisters, so there were always things he couldn't take care of."

For the first time, Lin Du realized that even that genius had things he wasn't good at.

"You mustn't end up like your master, whose talismans are even scarier than scribbles."

"Although the disciples trained by our Supreme Sect each have their own unique skills, they must learn the basics of ingesting elixirs, alchemy, esoteric texts, physical techniques, and talismans. They must have a general understanding of these, but they can choose to specialize in one of them."

Lin Du suddenly understood why the Supreme Sect was the number one sect in Zhongzhou; it was because they cultivated high-caliber talents across all fields.

What's the difference between this and her studying pharmaceutical chemistry in college but also having to study political science, advanced mathematics, and take the CET-4 and CET-6 exams?

If you raise people to be upright and virtuous, it's not surprising that a few naive and innocent people will emerge who think everyone else has received religious and doctrinal education.

Lin Du then asked, "Senior Sister, who will teach me talisman techniques?"

Feng Chao sighed, her face filled with bitterness. "Who else could it be? Me? Your master entrusted me with this task. An elder sister is like a mother. My child, this is how the sect leader of Lin Tuan raised your master back then."

Lin Du understood. "Uncle-Master Lin Tuan said that this is a tradition passed down within our sect."

Feng Chao hesitated, swallowing his disrespectful words to his junior uncle who couldn't educate children, and continued the topic he hadn't finished talking about.

"During the interrogation, Shao Fei claimed that she could suppress the Gu poison for Mo Lin, use the secret techniques of the Gu Sect, and atone for her crime by leading us to the Black Gu Village where Qi Zhun once joined to obtain the antidote. We had a feeling that she was not simple, so we did not believe her easily."

"This woman is determined and resourceful. She can devise a plan in dire straits and fight for a way to survive with her meager strength. She is indeed a talented person. It would be great if she could walk the right path."

Upon hearing Feng Chao's assessment, Lin Du couldn't help but nod, then shook his head, "I'm afraid it's difficult."

"So we need to educate her. If we can't educate her, we should lock her up and reform her properly."

"Speaking of Mo Lin, that kid is also... As soon as he heard that person say that he had a way to suppress the Gu poison for him, he immediately jumped up and shouted that he did not believe him. He then turned to his master and said that she only wanted his golden core. It's a bit like being bitten by a snake once in a while."

Lin Du carefully considered his words, "Eldest Nephew, you'd better be more careful. Or, Senior Sister, could you add another required reading to the children of our Supreme Sect?"

Feng Chao leaned forward slightly. "What book?"

"The Art of War by Sun Tzu, and the Book of Reversal."

Lin Du looked sincere, while Feng Chao seemed to be deep in thought.

As soon as she said those words, the system popped up.

[Current progress of the Mo Lin mission: 60%, reward: 1 Rejuvenating Heart Pill, which can be used to urgently repair a heart ruptured due to overload. Please take care of yourself and do not use it lightly.]

Lin Du seemed to be deep in thought. This was a life-saving gadget in an emergency.

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Because the characters don't appear in order of seniority or age, readers might get a little confused while following the series. Here's a breakdown of the seniority order of the disciples who have appeared in the previous generations of the Supreme Sect.

Ninety-eighth generation disciples: Lin Tuan (the master in the script of sacrificing to the Heavenly Dao), the senior sister and former sect leader; Yan Ye (the youngest, Lin Du's master).

The 99th generation disciples are: Senior Sister Feng Chao (Sect Leader), Second Brother Cang Li (Master of Yan Qing and Yuan Ye), Third Brother Ju Yuan (Master of Mo Lin and Jin Xuan), Fourth Brother Hou Cang (Lin Tuan's karmic disciple), Fifth Brother Jiang Liang (Master of Tian Wu, who joined the sect around the same time as Yan Ye), Sixth Brother He Gui, and a group of others who are traveling (Seventh Brother Feng Yi, Ninth and Tenth Brothers Mu Chen and Qiu Ling; our Lin Du is the youngest of the 99th generation).

The 100th generation consists of the eldest brother Mo Lin (whose fate is intertwined with Shao Fei), the second sister Xia Tianwu (whose fate is intertwined with Wu Xi), and Yan Qing, Yuan Ye, and Ni Jinxuan (whose fate is intertwined with the Demon Lord). The three new members are: Yan Qing, Yuan Ye, and Ni Jinxuan.