"You're finally here... Come in..."
Li Xi had grown so weak that she could only sense Jiang Ping An's presence when he spoke.
Jiang Ping An pushed open the door and stepped inside. Li Xi lay on the Cultivation Platform.
She was skin and bones, her breath barely a thread. Nothing remained of the peerless beauty she had once been.
If she had let go sooner and given up her cultivation, she might have stopped her injuries from worsening. She would not have grown this weak.
But she could not bear to give up.
She was waiting.
Waiting for someone.
Waiting for one last hope.
Jiang Ping An closed the door, walked up to Li Xi, and took out the enhanced Origin Returning Nirvana Pill.
"Senior, I've bought the pill you needed."
Li Xi looked at the pill before her, radiant as the sun. A little light returned to her dim eyes.
Yet she did not seem happy.
Nor did she hurry to take the pill. Instead, she parted her cracked lips and murmured:
"Tell me... what do people live for? Why do we come into this world? How can we prove we aren't fictional characters, that we truly exist..."
Her family had rejected her, her relatives had used morality to pressure her, and she was all alone. She could find no purpose or drive to keep living.
And after learning certain truths, confusion and doubt had taken root in her heart, beyond her power to unravel.
Jiang Ping An shook his head. "I don't know why people come into this world either, but there are plenty of reasons to live. Good food, for one. Happiness."
"Senior, don't think too much about it. What you need to do now is recover your talent, live well, and make those who rejected