Chen Ping'an retracted his gaze and recounted, "The first observation pertained to Hu Xinfeng. If he had fought with his life for the sake of the so-called loyalty of the cultivation world, acting in a way that appeared on the surface to be very foolish, then I wouldn't have needed to observe the game of Go anymore. I would have stepped in and taken action straight away.0

"The second observation pertained to you and your father. Even if he had chosen to stand by idly and observe the situation, I would have still stepped forward and chosen to take action if he had shown even an iota of compassion, rather than thinking to loudly scold me had I dared to open my mouth and ask for help."1

Chen Ping'an smiled and continued, "In the end, it was unexpectedly Hu Xinfeng who gave me a surprise. After parting ways with you and the others, I visited Hu Xinfeng and was able to see that spark inside him. One time was before he died, and he pleaded with me not to punish his innocent family members. One time was when I asked him about whether the four of you deserved to die, and he replied that Sui Xinyu had actually been a fairly good official. The final time was when he started to organically talk about his chivalrous dealings back then. Dealings... This was a very interesting way to put things."0

"But no matter what happened, Senior was observing us this entire time. Senior was clearly very disappointed, so why did Senior still choose to protect us in secret?" Sui Jingcheng asked in a soft voice.0

"The Daoist Sect talks about misfortunes and blessings having no doors, with both being summoned by people themselves. The Buddhist Sect talks about yesterday's actions culminating in today's karmic fate. Both of these principles are very similar. However, the existence of many half-assed immortals in the mountains — in fact, these people can't be regarded as genuine cultivators at all — has made these already difficult-to-explain concepts even more difficult...0