He nodded, acknowledging the seriousness in her voice. "I trust your instinct on this, Lan'er. If you say it's a path no one can walk, I'll leave it be 'for now.' I'm already shouldering enough risk trying to unify so many laws."
The swirl of Qi around them lessened, easing back into the ordinary calm of the Dual Cultivation Chambers.
Shen Yuan took a calm breath, feeling the gentle glow of his newly perfected dantians at ninth-level, each brimming with potential.
The conversation had turned unexpectedly weighty, but at least it cleared some of his doubts.
"Thanks for the warning. I can't say for certain whether I will go hunting for this so-called 'dead path' or not. But I already have enough mountains to climb as it is."
[Good enough.]
Her voice softened, the protective note returning.
