Wen Min watched everything unfold, feeling nothing but helplessness. She wanted to save everyone, but her own abilities were too weak. All she could do was watch as they set themselves ablaze.
But neither she nor Li Qinghe had any better way. Rather than all of them dying together, it was better to let those on the verge of losing their minds burn themselves.
Wen Min and Li Qinghe stood silently in the distance, watching scene after scene of people setting themselves on fire.
"We are guilty! We must not shirk this sin! I want to watch them burn with my own eyes, and I'll remember what they looked like. Their faces will spur me on in my future cultivation!" Wen Min watched the figures twisting in the flames and spoke to Li Qinghe, who stood beside her, and to herself. Her voice held neither sorrow nor joy.
Luo Yunji woke up!
Confusion gave way to clarity, and then the sight of the raging flames jolted him upright.
"Little Luo!" Wen Min restrained Luo Yunji as he tried to rush off and save the people.
"Let them go! You've already done everything you could! They don't want you to suffer for their sake. Let them have their way!"
Wen Min's words left Luo Yunji dejectedly flopping back onto the soft couch, staring blankly at the blazing fire.
That night, Wen Min wiped away her tears as she wrote down what she had seen and heard during the day in her journal. She wanted to record it all, then tell her future children and disciples just how valiant the people of Sanfu Town were, and how deeply they cherished Luo Yunji!
Kindness given from the heart would surely be repaid!
The next day, more people tainted by Gray Smoke felt that