If it wasn't for the word 'friends' tying her down, she probably would have stopped associating with Guo Wenchang long ago.
Even Xu Yan... once her closest confidante, had also become distant because of Guo Wenchang, occasionally even slightly confrontational with her. Now, they had almost completely turned on each other.
The pain in Liu Yun's heart was extremely strong.
But she still clung to her principles, which many might see as foolish. Nevertheless, she stubbornly defended the moral baseline deep within her heart.
Cultivators can kill, can fight, but should not kill without reason, let alone bully others with power! If it were against one's mortal enemies, any action would be justified, even flaying them alive, if only to release a grudge, that would be allowable!
But she just couldn't stand those who bullied others without any grudge to speak of.