[But I never knew that they had also heard about the secret. Thinking I still had the scroll on me, they killed me, planning to take it for themselves without knowing that I had already burnt the scroll, and that the secret was in my mind.]
[This was how I died.] Long revealed.
[I used what I had learnt in my cultivation, but because I had no one to guide me properly, I failed to get anything higher than the Spirit Link; a result which to me, was far worse than failure.] Long began to confess, stunning Dara and Sam.
[Thus, when you came around and I realized that you were a clean slate who had yet to jump into cultivation without knowing you could achieve better. I stuck to you and waited till you were about to begin your cultivation.] Long revealed as Dara frowned slightly.
[So, you mean-]
