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But what you're doing is heartless, Tianshi Lin.

Heartless, is it?

Are you still going to beg for mercy for her, even at this hour?

We saw each other one day of the year for seven years. I thought I was the one guiding her, but it turns out it was the other way around.

It's true, I was a fool. I had thrown away my sword, only to pick it up time and again.

I don't know what I'm clinging to, or what I'm afraid of... maybe it's something I should figure out, in a remote village somewhere, or in a prison cell.

I'll pay for all the damage she caused, then I'll turn myself in. Before that, though, please...

(Frenzied muttering)

Look at her. She can't hear you anymore.

She has engaged in too much violence to obtain the book. Malice will overcome her mind, even if the thunder of Heaven does not strike.

But she will never truly be human, even if Lei Fa manages to rid her of geisthood.

The living suffer much and think much. But the geists formed from inanimate objects are often simple of mind... it is difficult for them to truly become part of society.

Is it an act of kindness to bring them into this world, or an act of cruelty?

(Perhaps you should beg the Tianshi Bureaus' forgiveness when all is said and done, Lin Qingyan...)

But...

Enough talk. As both the Deputy Minister of the Judicial Review Office, and disciple of the Tianshi Bureaus—this thunder must strike!

What did you just say?

Don't you remember anything?

Remember what?

N-Never mind.

There's a town down this path. The Chidao's half a day's journey from there, which leads to many nomadic cities, Shangshu, Dahuang, Langyi...

Where are you going?

Where do you want to go?

Forward.

I'm not in great health, but I want to see those places...

Perhaps we can travel together, for a while.