Time rewound to half a day earlier.
Jiang Wang had finally laid Xu Fang's remains to rest. Whether it brought peace was uncertain, but Jiang Wang had indeed let go of some of his troubles.
Cause and effect, retribution, karmic power... all such words speak of a cultivator's entanglement with the mortal world. These are things that can't be avoided from birth to death.
Many hermit cultivators choose to retreat from society just to break free from these things, preferring to practice with hardship alone.
However, for cultivation, resources are indispensable, and these resources must be sought in the secular world. Therefore, apart from those who have already detached themselves from material needs, hermit cultivators are truly in the minority.
A learned predecessor, well-versed in Confucianism and Daoism and exceedingly adept in divination once said, "How can one satisfy everybody? What matters is having a clear conscience."
