Silence settled over them. In the end, Su Jiu was the first to break the strangely uncomfortable stillness.
"Ningyun, you should know that the next major stage after out-of-body is the Spirit Transformation Realm. It requires your nascent soul to transform into a primordial spirit. During that process, never mind a heart demon-even the slightest stray thought can undo all your efforts. Or do you intend to remain at the spirit severing stage forever?"
"I have no intention of prying into your secrets, but you aren't a cultivator who has only just entered the fold, either. I hope you can distinguish what matters most in certain things. Don't hold yourself back while also making your sect and your friends worry about you.
"When the pain becomes too much to bear and you can no longer control yourself, think of Lie Wushuang."
In truth, Su Jiu had more or less guessed what had caused a heart demon to take root in Gu Ningyun.
Through the souls of the Gu Household members in the secret passage beneath Netherworld Mountain, Su Jiu had learned something of what had happened to Gu Ningyun. Seeing her stare motionlessly at the painting just now had only made Su Jiu more certain of what troubled her.
It was a pity, really. They had clearly been an outstanding couple, yet something so melodramatic and difficult to speak of had come between them.
As such, Gu Ningyun had to make a choice. Otherwise, when she next underwent tribulation transcendence, it would likely be more than an injured nascent soul-her primordial spirit might scatter entirely...
There were things Su Jiu could say, however, and things she could not. When it came to the Gu Household and Si Que, for instance, she had no standing to speak.
All of that would