Guan Fangyi pleaded, "She merely mistook someone else for him. Anyone could see she had mistaken him for someone else. Telling her won't cause any trouble. Are you going to be this cold and heartless over a possibility that practically doesn't exist? We are born human—even if we cultivate, if everyone were as heartless as you, what meaning would there be in living?"
Niu Youdao answered forcefully, "Let me tell you what true heartlessness is. Many people once fell before me, dying alive right in front of my eyes. All I could do was watch helplessly. I couldn't save them. Does that count as being heartless?"
Guan Fangyi tried to shake free of his grip. "I gave up the splendor of the Qi Capital to follow you because I believed you were truly a man of feeling and loyalty. What I hate most in this world are heartless, faithless men. If this is what you are, what meaning is there in following you?"
Niu Youdao said, "I escaped the Sacred Realm. If I died, no one would come looking for me. I could have taken the things and hidden away, sleeping soundly from then on and roaming free by myself. What benefit was there for me in risking my life to come back and contact you all? Who was I doing it for?"
Something seemed to snap in Guan Fangyi's head, and she began struggling. "Let me go! If you won't tell her, I'll go tell her myself!"
Niu Youdao really did fling his hand away and release her, pointing at the door. "Fine! If you want to tell her, I won't stop you. Go ahead. But you should know what the thing I gave you means. Once it is exposed, you, me, her, and all those people outside—including the