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

The esoteric monk Wei Zhi was once a revered Buddhist disciple, ranking high on the Chongxiao List even before he attained the Golden Body. Lin Du didn't think he would be happy to be seen in this state by someone he considered a child.

She didn't go to see him; what's that called? Emergency avoidance.

Wei Zhi's voice drifted over softly, "Scared?"

"No." Lin Du didn't turn around. "Didn't you say you wouldn't let me see?"

"No, it's just... I'm afraid of scaring the child and making him cry. What if you complain to Lin Tuan then?" His voice still carried a smile as he stepped forward, his long, strong hand gently landing on the ice block, then pressing down on it entirely. Almost instantly, the ice began to melt.

However, Wei Zhi did not use his spiritual power.

Lin Du realized that, according to the traditional pattern, this person had probably encountered some kind of accident.

She turned to look at Wei Zhi, whose demonic markings were spreading further, some of which had climbed up his jawline and had long since spread into his clothes.

Beneath the demonic markings were several faintly visible silver dragon scales.

"Wouldn't you be happier if you scared me to tears? That wicked monk Wei Zhi has now gained another reputation. Others can stop a child from crying at night, but you can scare even a child who doesn't cry to tears."

Lin Du spoke as casually as ever, drawing out the last syllable, then clicked his tongue, "Your body temperature..."

It's almost like lava.

The icy power that Lin Du just unleashed was not the thin ice used to hinder the opponent's movements in previous battles; it was a spell that could instantly turn things into ice.

Logically speaking, it's roughly equivalent to ice that hasn't melted for ten years; it melts very slowly.

When Wei Zhi pressed it, it quickly dissolved, and water droplets fell onto the edge of the well, soon gathering into a stream that seeped into the soil.

The crisscrossing blue veins on the back of her jade-like hand were quite similar to those of the spirit vine.

Lin Du went over and found a cheap storage bag, then packed the lifeless spirit vine inside.

In just a short while, the ice at the wellhead, which was up to a person's leg, had completely melted.

Wei Zhi withdrew his hand, and his hand, which should have been wet, suddenly dried up, the moisture evaporated by his body heat.

Lin Du: ...If a mercury thermometer were to be poked at this moment, it would explode immediately.

Wei Zhi stared at Lin Du for a moment, then lowered his head and said, "Thanks."

"If all else fails, there's a river over there."

She was also very eager to see what a real "waterspout" looked like.

"No need." Wei Zhi paused for a moment. "I'll go back to the northern desert to suppress my demonic power. The air there is thick with icy energy."

As he spoke, he glanced at the well and said, "I'm taking the stones from this well with me."

Lin Du suddenly spoke up, "We can leave, but what if the main body notices that the clone has been destroyed?"

Her eyes clearly showed that you had to take responsibility.

Wei Zhi thought for a moment, then raised his hand and cast a hand seal, which landed on Lin Du.

"It only works once, but that's enough."

Wei Zhi didn't think that his family wouldn't come out when this little rascal was in danger. Lin Tuan and Yan Ye would be more convenient than him in his current wretched state.

Moreover, Lin Du is a cunning kid who can pluck even the smallest sheep from a passing one; he's not incapable of protecting himself.

Lin Du didn't feel anything, and just saw a golden magic seal in front of him disappear.

She asked, still uneasy, "Monks don't lie..."

"If he is indeed the person you suspect, then this seal is enough to protect you."

Even if all those hundred-plus people attacked her, Lin Du would still be alive.

After Wei Zhi finished speaking, he raised his hand and cast a spell, pulling the stone from the well directly up.

Lin Du suddenly blurted out, "Have you ever heard of an idiom?"

"What?"

"Leaving one's hometown".

Wei Zhi paused in his hand as he picked up the stones.

Lin Du had even come up with a title for tomorrow's "Anecdotes of the Cultivation World": "Shocking! Why Did the Evil Monk Wei Zhi Leave His Village?"

Wei Zhi looked at the child in front of him with a complicated expression. This child was very good at twisting the truth and reversing right and wrong.

How exactly did Yan Ye, this master, teach him?

Lin Du couldn't help but imagine the person in front of him carrying the well and running away. He turned his head and tried to hold back for a while, but he couldn't resist. He held the folding fan in his hand, pressed it vertically against his face, and looked up at the moon.

"Ah, look at the moon tonight... doesn't it look like the well you moved away?"

Wei Zhi suddenly felt that the stone, which was nothing at all, was quite heavy. He deftly took the thing away and said, "Thank you for today. I'm leaving now."

Lin Du waved his free hand at him, turned around and walked back, when he suddenly met a pair of dark, hollow eyes.

The man was carrying the Nebula Sword, seemingly pondering why he couldn't leave the house.

She sighed softly. "Why did you come out of the house of all things?"

As Lin Du spoke, the smile on her face hadn't faded, but her dark eyes held the storm clouds gathering before a tempest. As she walked forward, the folding fan in her hand had been replaced by seven short blades of different materials.

The seven short blades floated around Lin Du, gleaming with a faint light, not particularly bright, but they were quickly controlled by their master's spiritual power, swiftly shooting out through the air and emitting several clear, sharp cries.

Tao Xian raised his hand and drew his sword, sweeping away the seven blades with a single stroke.

"A mere child, overestimating his abilities."

Lin Du laughed freely, his eyes blazing. "Below the Cloud Ascension Realm, it's just one punch. Above the Cloud Ascension Realm, I might not lose even if I strike first."

"Otherwise, why do you think you can't get out?"

After being disrupted, the seven blades truly transformed into the Seven Stars of Fiends in the air. Then, a white spiritual light was unleashed. Although it was early spring, a mist almost like snow rose in the air in an instant, temporarily blocking the sword energy swept out by the person trapped in the house.

Lin Du remained unmoved, watching the sword intent brewing in his opponent. The last array pattern slowly took shape in the frost and mist, and then fell straight down like a meteorite weighing ten thousand pounds. With a bang, the earth trembled uncontrollably.

The sword energy finally broke through Lin Du's frost mist. Before it even reached Lin Du, she could see the space in front of her begin to distort.

It was clearly a moonlit night, yet everything before her eyes was pitch black. A strange attraction and pulling force made her feel as if she were falling into a black hole, as if all the blood in her body was being pulled into a blood mist.

Lin Du stared wide-eyed, then raised his hand and summoned a talisman, pouring spiritual power into it.

The Heavenly Decree, a first-grade Earth-level spirit talisman, was a protective talisman that Feng Chao specially drew for her before his departure.

The full-force Star Devouring Sword Qi of the Cloud Soaring Realm cultivator crashed heavily into the activated Heavenly Gang Decree. Instantly, the vast and mysterious power, like a black hole, was suppressed into the ground, only raising a speck of dust.

Just as Lin Du activated the talisman, the Seven Star Fiend Array descended upon Tao Xian.

That was the first ancient incomplete formation that Lin Du calculated after he finished learning the basics of formations.

Currently, there are only two people in the world who have mastered this formation.

The Seven Stars煞 (Seven Stars煞) is used to suppress other evil spirits.

The underground preparations had already been laid out during Lin Du's several trips out, only these seven key points were missing.

This was the last way out that Lin Du left for Tao Xian.

It was also the first dead end left for that evil creature.

All seven directions are malevolent, except for one gate of life, but that gate of life lies with the formation master.

As long as Lin Du lives, the gate to life remains closed; if Lin Du dies, the gate to life is destroyed.

It's a deadly formation.

The talisman in Lin Du's hand slowly turned to ashes. She raised her eyes, and a blood mist appeared in her dark eyes.

Within the blood mist, countless sword lights shone. Even with billions of stars flowing, they would eventually be annihilated in the deep, black box-like universe.

The sword light was dazzling, but it could never penetrate the black mist of the Seven Star Fiend.

Only those outside the formation can clearly see the seven flowing dark star array patterns.

Once the malevolent energy overwhelms the vital energy, it will never be able to retaliate. Although Lin Du's current cultivation level is not high enough and the formation's destructive effect is not that strong, it is enough to deal with a Cloud Soaring Realm cultivator.

Lin Du suddenly lowered his eyes, picked up his disciple token, and asked, "Second nephew, can you still hold on?"

"Only seven or eight men in white robes came. They can hold their own, but... the commotion might be a bit too much."

Which disciple of the Supreme Sect doesn't make a stunning move?

Eighteen streaks of mysterious fire fell vertically outside the village, followed by eighteen mushroom clouds of crimson fire. The aftershocks of the collision of spiritual energy spread out, and the doorway of the small house, which had just been frozen as if in the dead of winter by the power of ice, suddenly felt a scorching heat wave.

Lin Du suddenly felt a burning sensation on the side of his forehead, and the net covering he was wearing fell down with a thud, his stray hairs instantly curling up from the heat.

She reached out and pulled off the netting, only to find that half of the straps had been burned off.

Lin Du turned his head and chuckled, "No wonder my second nephew doesn't like to take action."