"They come as passing travelers and leave as passing travelers. You may seem surrounded by friends, but in the end, you're still alone.
And I don't want to become someone like that." Hu Jing smiled serenely.
Everyone could tell that she truly did not care whether she could cultivate toward immortality.
For some reason, Su Jiu felt as though this sixteen-year-old girl had taught her a lesson.
She had intended to advise her to seek help from the Azure Tide Sect, but swallowed the words just as they reached her lips.
At that moment, Su Jiu also understood that not everyone truly yearned for cultivation and eternal life.
"So I'm not worried about my condition, because I always feel that being a mortal suits me better.
I can be reborn, pass through the reincarnation cycle, and experience something different as a human in every lifetime."
At this, everyone was moved despite themselves. They had lived longer than the girl, so they knew she no longer had a next life.
Yet none of them was willing to shatter her dream.
Anyone who had set foot on the immortal path was destined to have no next life, even if they later became a mortal. This was the cruelest law of the cultivation world.
Everyone had the right to choose their own future. Since this was her choice, outsiders like them had no right to interfere.
"Where do you plan to go?"
"The heavens are vast, the earth is wide, and the mountains and rivers will be my home. Didn't I just say? I'll go somewhere with plenty of mortals, roam the mountains and waters, and find a good man." As she said this, Hu Jing stole a glance at Yun Huanling.
Regret stirred in her heart. If only he were a mortal...