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

"Xinya, what are you doing here?" Beside the village chief, a man with a dark face stood empty-handed, his eyes revealing a fierce look.

"Come on, come back with us," the village chief said. "You child, running out in the middle of the night and disturbing the Taoist priest's sleep is really inappropriate."

As he spoke, he gestured for the man beside him to go inside and take Xinya away.

Xia Tianwu stepped in front of Xinya, "She was just frightened. I'm a healer, let me take a look at her."

The aloof woman stood there, neither avoiding nor yielding, her gaze cold and clear, her skirt not even fluttering as people approached.

"She came to find me because she was feeling uneasy in her stomach at night. My junior uncle was playing around with the people from the Flying Star Sect, and she was so startled that she collapsed and sat down."

The man seemed somewhat skeptical. "Really?"

Xia Tianwu didn't even blink. "I am Xia Tianwu, the 100th generation disciple of the Supreme Sect, and my master is Jiang Liang, the 69th champion of alchemy. A doctor's heart is like a parent's. I will ensure her pregnancy is safe and sound before sending her back."

As she spoke, she turned to look at her junior uncle, "My junior uncle is young and playful, and he made quite a commotion. Please forgive him."

Lin Du silently took the blame, and sighed that even a stoic could lie without batting an eye; it was truly a talent.

I never imagined that Xia Tianwu, who is not good at speaking and never lies, would suddenly awaken a bit of the "white-on-the-outside-but-black-on-the-outside" attribute.

"This is a matter for our village, no need for you to worry about it. Every woman goes through childbirth like this, why does she need medical treatment to protect her pregnancy? There's no need for that. Let's go, Xinya!"

The man stared at Xia Tianwu, but due to the subtle pressure emanating from her, he didn't dare to step forward. He could only exert pressure on the woman who was still slumped there.

The woman looked up, seemingly terrified. She trembled at the words, mumbled something, but ultimately remained silent.

Lin Du suddenly stood in front of her, completely blocking Xin Ya and her husband's view.

The man was short, just the same height as her. Lin Du looked straight at him, a slight smile on his lips. "We righteous disciples have a rule of helping the world and saving people. She has come to us, which is a matter of cause and effect. If you take her away, my second nephew's cause and effect will not be settled today, which will hinder his cultivation."

"Your village will forever owe her a debt of karma. Once we settle this debt, we will naturally send her back."

Lin Du paused for a moment, then said, "You are a village blessed by the Moon Goddess. With the Moonlight Vine here, we naturally wouldn't do anything detrimental to your village. What do you say?"

Hearing this, the village chief finally spoke up and called the people back, "The Moon Goddess is watching. No matter what Xinya has done, the Moon Goddess's retribution will come. Outsiders... there are some things that are taboos that you cannot touch."

Lin Du smiled and nodded, "That's natural. It's a rule of our Daoist sect that we cannot easily get involved in karma."

The group of people left in a hurry, and Lin Du's gaze fell on the ground by the door, where he saw some rust that had been scraped off.

What kind of village has farm tools with rust?

Their Supreme Sect's farming tools are repaired every year. Although they are patched up and don't look very nice, they are all shiny and bright.

A village that has been put into captivity.

A village that does not need to be self-sufficient.

Lin Du squinted, raised his hand to close the door, then activated the array plate and threw it on the ground. He looked at Xia Tianwu, who was taking the pregnant woman's pulse, and remained silent for a moment.

"You've been frightened and your emotions are running high, so the pregnancy is a bit unstable right now," Xia Tianwu said, looking at the woman he had helped to the bed with his clear eyes. He took out a handkerchief and wiped away her tears. "Lie down first and adjust your breathing."

After a while, Lin Du moved a stool to sit in front of the bed and, not wanting to waste any more words, said, "I have some questions, and I don't know if you would mind answering them."

The woman looked at Lin Du, slightly raising her head. "Little Master, can you take me away if I ask?"

Lin Du paused for a moment, then said, "I can't guarantee I can take you with me, but perhaps I can give your next generation some freedom."

That despicable Moon Goddess was probably the one who left a divine imprint on Tao Xian.

But what exactly is the connection between that despicable thing and Granny Ma, and how does it relate to whether Mo Lin's illness can be cured?

Lin Du sorted through the clues in her mind and decided to ask the most crucial question for her first: "When was the well in the center of your village dug? And when did the Moonlight Vine appear?"

The woman paused for a moment, "The well has been here for a long time, I don't know when it started."

All I know is that a long time ago, the moon goddess suddenly bestowed a blessing and sent down the Moonlight Vine.

The child by the bed seemed restless, holding a heavy iron fan and tapping his palm. His palm, which was not very red to begin with, now had a few faint red marks from the tapping.

After listening, Lin Du asked again, "When did Granny Ma arrive? Was she also a messenger of the Moon Goddess?"

"No, Granny Ma is an itinerant doctor. Sometimes in the spring, she would pass through our village to collect herbs in the mountains. She found that there were many pregnant women in our village, so we begged her for help. She asked us to keep an eye on things in the mountains."

"What's going on up the mountain? What's going on?"

"The movements of insects, ants, and beasts in the mountains are usually scattered. If one day the area near the mountain suddenly becomes quiet, or if there are any unusual or regular movements, write down the date and notify her. Also, remember the characteristics and appearance of people coming down from the mountain."

Lin Du lowered his eyes. The book recorded that there was a lot of miasma and even more poisonous insects in the mountains of western Yunnan. Gu masters would capture them to refine Gu, but they did so at specific times. The things they captured were different each season. Regardless of the creature, they all instinctively had a sense of awe for their more powerful kind. If the Gu King appeared, they would instinctively go to pay homage.

Granny Ma despises Gu Masters, yet she knows everything about Gu worms and Gu Masters, perhaps because she came from a Gu Village.

This person may not be the moon goddess, but she has some connection with this village. In other words, she hopes that the village will maintain its current status quo.

But the moonlight vine still couldn't be explained.

Lin Du then asked, "When will the Moon Goddess's messenger appear? Is there any sign of it?"

"They will come in the autumn. They all wear white robes and silver masks. The chosen boys will be taken away, and those who are not chosen will receive the blessing of the moon goddess and eat the fruit of the moonlight vine..."

Lin Du closed his eyes briefly. "The white robe."

As she spoke, spiritual energy flickered in her hands, then she vaguely conjured the shape of a white-robed figure from ice. The energy dissipated, and she held it up to the person. "Is this it?"

This was just a spell to coax a child. Lin Du put a little more effort into carving the mask and patterns. Although it was still just a lump of ice, the woman recognized it and nodded.

Summer's eyes barely moved; as expected.

That was not an accident at all. When the children entered the secret realm and broke the ancient city's formation, they were caught red-handed. Although what happened in the cave was obscured by the sand and remaining tree roots, those people preferred to kill the innocent rather than let the guilty go free, which is why they tried to ambush them halfway.

At that time, the place was neither here nor there, so they must have known when they left and deduced it based on the speed of the spirit ship.

The fact that someone was mixed in with the elders who attended that day confirmed Lin Du's guess.

Now it seems that these unscrupulous people like to tamper with the Divine Palace. They don't necessarily need to intercept and kill them halfway. They just need to quickly capture them, do some tampering with the Divine Palace, erase or cover up their memories, without killing them. Then they can return to the sect alive and well, and that matter might just be over.

Lin Du expressionlessly pulled out another booklet, which was a folding booklet that unfolded into a long, accordion-like shape.

Xia Tian glanced at it and found that it was full of people's names, followed by the names of their sects, ages, and cultivation levels. Upon closer inspection, the name Ju Yuan was at the very top, marked with a checkmark in ink.

The names of the three major sects at the top were all checked off, and then, as we continued downwards, one name was circled in red.

Flying Star School, Yin Zhong.

Lin Du stared at it for a while, then put it away. He then took out another booklet, which was even more terrifying.

The top is covered with dense red and black ink, and many names have already been crossed out horizontally with a vermilion pen, making it look like a book of life and death from the King of Hell.

Lin Du watched for a while, then, as if confirming something, he put away his things, said "excuse me," leaned forward, and placed his slender finger on the woman's forehead.

Suddenly, a rustling sound came from the surroundings, like a snake crawling underneath, or the sound of some plant growing.

Tao Xian suddenly felt something was wrong. He had been squatting obediently in the trap Lin Du had drawn for him, afraid that if he took a step out, he would be dragged over and tied up. But when he looked up, he saw that the eight sides of the floor tiles were embedded with blades and were shaking violently, trembling and about to fall down, as if... as if something was pushing him down from below.

He suddenly straightened up, his longsword gleaming like snow, and slashed forward just as the blade tip completely tilted. "Young Taoist Master Lin, underground! There's something underground!"