After the old man was swallowed by the dog head, nothing unusual happened. Since Leng Youxue hadn't returned yet, Yu Qiaoxi made no progress in her research on that stone, so Green Lotus Peak returned to its usual calm.

The only difference was that Luo Qingyan and the others noticed that Xiao Lin's strange behavior had increased over the past few days.

Previously, Xiao Lin occasionally exhibited odd behaviors, such as suddenly doing a backflip while walking, squatting by the roadside to watch a group of ants move, or shouting at a pile of sand, "Your king has returned!" But those were rare occurrences, happening only once every few days.

However, in recent days, Luo Qingyan and the others found that Xiao Lin was frequently engaging in bizarre antics. Even if they stayed in their own areas to cultivate and didn't wander around the mountain, they often saw Xiao Lin nearby. Sometimes he would stare blankly at a large tree, sometimes he would pace back and forth along a path, and sometimes he would hang upside down from a tree to pick petals. In short, it was very strange, and once, he even startled Ning Yunmiao awake from her sleep.