Zhong Shenxiu's smile froze abruptly. She opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but swallowed the words when they reached her lips.
Having cultivated to the Out of Body stage after such long years, she naturally understood what Su Shi'er meant.
For cultivators on the path of cultivation, the suffering they had to endure was far more than the pain brought by the divide between immortals and mortals.
Humans were not grass or trees—how could they be without feelings?
Cultivators were no different!
On the immortal path, one inevitably made friends, took masters, and accepted disciples.
One might even... through long days spent together, have one's heart stirred and develop feelings.
Yet the immortal path was also a perilous road of no return.
Those who walked this road ought to have the resolve to die.
At every moment, for any cultivator, it could be said that other cultivators they knew well and shared deep emotional bonds with were meeting with disaster.
Even if one had grown accustomed to life and death, it was impossible for the heart to remain utterly unmoved.
And precisely because of this, certain cultivators took extreme measures.
Either they fell into the evil path, or... severed the Seven Emotions and Six Desires to cultivate the Heartless Dao.
Along Su Shi'er's journey, he had seen many old acquaintances either perish or suffer calamities that nearly cut off their Dao Paths.
That was why he felt such sentiment.
In his heart, he only wanted his partnership with Zhong Shenxiu to remain a simple cooperation.
Zhong Shenxiu understood the meaning beneath Su Shi'er's words. They also reminded her of her late master, as well as companions she had once known who might already be separated from her by life and death.
However, since she cultivated the path of deduction,