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

Lin Du smiled helplessly and made way for him as a protector, then casually set up a spirit-gathering array.

Although the Supreme Sect has abundant spiritual veins, each of the nine peaks has a large spirit-gathering formation. The library is not a place for people to cultivate, so setting up a spirit-gathering formation will make it easier for Yuan Ye to advance faster.

This advancement took until evening. Lin Du was worried that Yuan Ye might have run into trouble or even missed dinner, so he could only send a message to Mo Lin, asking him to save enough dinner for two people.

Since Mo Lin couldn't cultivate and had nothing else to do, he simply delivered the food to the entrance of the library.

Lin Du simply sat on the stone steps leading down the mountain outside the library to eat his meal.

"Junior Uncle, you don't need to blame yourself for my matter." Mo Lin had walked up and was now sitting with him on the stone steps.

Lin Du's consciousness was still focused on the library behind him. With a single bite of his chopsticks, he pulled out two chicken legs buried under the rice. "Why are there two chicken legs today?"

Mo Lin stroked his sword staff. "I've given you Yuan Ye's share. Anyway, he just advanced in cultivation, so there's no need for him to eat too much spiritual food."

Lin Du chuckled, not holding back. This child was quite the talker, causing her to miss the task she had planned to complete this afternoon.

"Tianwu and I plan to set off the day after tomorrow, the sooner the better. There happens to be a senior uncle from our sect traveling to Yunnan, so we can help each other out once we get there. We won't be bringing any new disciples with us."

Mo Lin wasn't good at persuasion, so he carefully considered his words, "Sect Master said you'll be going too?"

"Yes, I won't hold you back." Lin Du swallowed the food in his mouth and made time to speak. "We'll set off the day after tomorrow. Tomorrow is enough time for me to make preparations. I've been burning those small array plates for a while now, so they should be sufficient. I've already categorized the materials for commonly used large arrays. I've also roughly memorized the map and customs of southern Yunnan. We can look at the rest on the way..."

She knew that Mo Lin wanted to persuade her to stay in the sect. "Have you forgotten? I have already reached the Great Perfection of the Qin Heart Realm. Core Formation requires a special opportunity. It is different from Foundation Establishment. There are some hurdles. It is better to face them directly than to avoid or resolve them."

This last sentence successfully persuaded Mo Lin. If this was the knot in his junior uncle's heart, then to form the core, he would definitely need to untie the knot in his heart. If Lin Du did not go, it would be worse.

After the cold stars fell from the sky, Yuan Ye had just finished his advancement and hurriedly finished his meal before the three of them dispersed.

When Lin Du returned to Luoze, Yan Ye was also looking for her, and the two locked eyes at the same time.

"You seem to be in good spirits. It seems that it's best to leave the task of educating children to experienced people."

Yan Ye used his divine sense to observe his little apprentice for a while, whose demeanor had clearly returned to its usual composure. Seeing his obviously energetic expression, he felt relieved.

Lin Du walked over and sat down opposite Yan Ye. "I have something to tell my master."

"What a coincidence, I also have something to tell you." Yan Ye smiled.

"I will be going into seclusion for a while soon."

"I'm going on a long trip the day after tomorrow."

The two spoke at the same time, then froze for a moment, facing each other as they processed what the other had said.

"I don't think this will work," Yan Ye spoke up first. "This won't do. Is this how Feng Chao raised you? This is unreasonable."

Lin Du nodded. "I think it's reasonable, very reasonable. It's just that my senior sister asked me to go to Yunnan. Master, you can take this opportunity to go into seclusion in peace, and I can focus on my work. Is that reasonable?"

"Reasonable? Reasonable my ass! I won't let you go." Yan Ye reached out to knock Lin Du's head. "Have you been listening to suona music these past few days and ruined your brain? Cang Li is no good either. Let me take another look at your brain."

Lin Du didn't dodge, and her forehead throbbed from the blow. Then she said, "I'm not a child. I know what I'm doing. Just like you, Master, you never really thought about how to educate me, did you? You were destined to take me as your disciple, and everything else is up to me. I will teach myself well."

Just like the previous twenty-odd years, she has always taught herself well.

Yan Ye's hand, which had not yet fully retracted, froze in mid-air. He was furious but then laughed, before slowly withdrawing his hand and falling into a long silence.

After a long while, so long that Lin Du felt he had spoken too hastily and excessively, he finally uttered, "I'm sorry, Master."

Just as she uttered those words, she heard a soft apology.

Yan Ye said, "I'm sorry."

"I'm sorry, I really don't know how to teach a child, and I've never thought about how to teach you."

"You're right. I do know that I am destined to have a master-disciple relationship, and that relationship is with you. Therefore, in order to ascend to immortality, I must take you as my disciple."

Lin Du was stunned for a moment when he heard that unusually slow and unjoking tone.

"This is my first time being a master, and it will be my last. So, Lin Du, could you tell me how to be a good master?"

Yan Ye used to think that this was fate and he couldn't escape it. He didn't like noisy children who couldn't do anything and were extremely stupid. Did he expect a blind man to teach a stupid child who couldn't even clean himself?

The day he met Lin Du, he was somewhat perplexed about fate.

He Gui sent a message informing him that there was a child with the same Heavenly Grade Ice Spiritual Root as him, but who was born with a deficiency, and asked if he wanted to take him in.

He agreed almost subconsciously. At the seventh level of the Taiqing Realm, his understanding of the Heavenly Dao was already very profound. He couldn't even tell whether it was his own body that agreed or fate that agreed on his behalf.

On the day he first met Lin Du, he clearly saw the fierceness and rebellious spirit hidden beneath the child's aloofness and feigned obedience, like a prickly hedgehog.

It was more difficult than he had anticipated.

But later, he discovered that this apprentice was indeed exceptionally talented. She would obediently read and memorize all the books he gave her, rarely having any problems. Teaching her was incredibly easy. Unfortunately, she was just unlucky, as fragile as glass in the palm of one's hand.

"I used to only think about how to keep you from dying, but now I think about how I want you to be happy in every way."

"So, Lin Du, tell me, how should I teach you?"

Lin Du was stunned for a long time. She didn't even dare to look up at Yan Ye, even though she knew he couldn't see her and that there probably wouldn't be any emotions in his eyes, only a cold and gloomy one.

"But this is my first time being an apprentice, I don't know."

She thought, "Then, let me go? Maybe when I get out, I'll see how other families teach their apprentices, and then I'll know?"

Yan Ye laughed in exasperation, "You're that eager to go?"

"If I don't go, I might not even get past this first hurdle." Lin Du said, forcing himself to speak, feeling sorry for Yan Ye. "I'm not an obedient child."

"No, you're very good." Yan Ye paused, "Much better than I expected, beyond my expectations, unparalleled in the world."

Lin Du wasn't used to this strange atmosphere and the praise. "Isn't there something wrong with the word you used?"

Yan Ye nodded. "Indeed, not unparalleled. I was the first genius, and you are the second, so let's say you are unparalleled in the world."

Lin Du: They've even started making up words?

"Never mind, never mind. I left a trace of my divine sense on your soul. You felt it, right?" Yan Ye rarely found it troublesome, even more so than the most difficult formation to calculate. "If you need anything, just touch my divine sense, and I'll be there immediately."

Lin Du nodded. "I'm very well prepared. My senior sister gave me a lot of talismans, all the pills I need, all the materials for my formations, and a map of Yunnan's terrain and power distribution."

Yan Ye had an idea. "I said I would make you a killing weapon, but it's still just a prototype. I had someone make a few blades with special materials and engraved different types of magic arrays on them. They can be considered spiritual weapons. They can be used directly or combined into different arrays. They are faster than setting up a killing array on the spot. Just throw them out as you want. However, they need spiritual power to connect them. I haven't figured out how to improve them yet."

"Since you can understand what attributes and formations are, I won't explain them to you."

Lin Du took the box and saw various hiltless short blades made of different materials inside, with faintly visible engraved formations. She sighed with emotion, never expecting that she would one day be able to practice the Little Li Flying Dagger.