Someone just keeps remembering someone

"Did it hurt?"

The Heavenly Saint did not even hesitate in giving the ghost of his disciple his energy, even if that means it may harm his cultivation.

Normally, giving his inner energy to people are fine, however, it is giving his energy to ghosts and stray souls that hurt his cultivation. A disciple of the Heavenly Sword Sect should have known better but the person in front of him is his own disciple.

A disciple of the Heavenly Sword Sect should have known better, but the bond between students and masters precede that. A master sacrifices a lot for their students. It is just how it go.

Moreover, Lang Li wasn't even that bad.

She did not violate the law of the Heaven and Earth somehow. The world did not reject her. She did not turn into a miserable state as a ghost. She did not emit any negative energy. It is because she knows full well when to play them and when to fold them.

Folding here speaks of her life.

It is cruel, but it is just the way it is.

Lang Li is well aware that she is dead, she does not have regrets, and so she did not suffer the horrible fate such as the other ghosts.

The reason Zheng Jie acted like that with the ghosts of his other disciples was simple.

It is more merciful to them that way.

"I'm sorry."

The ghost of Lang Lie says

"I couldn't protect the sect. I couldn't do anything. I couldn't help when they were killed. I couldn't have the heart to let them suffer as they did."

Originally, practicing the Inner Steel Heart manual, Lang Li should not have any problems staying as she is, a perfect soul under the heaven for a few months at least before passing away peacefully.

It is one of the perks of practicing the Inner Steel Heart manual. Your cultivation may be terrible but your state of mind has transcended most of the world if you finished the method. A practitioner of the Inner Steel Heart manual will always pass away peacefully no matter how terrible they died.

It is because they understand the nature of the world, and the nature of life and death. Life and death do not cause them great fear or pain anymore, they will always pass away peacefully.

Originally, Lang Li would have been fine delivering her message to the sect master one last time.

However, what happened was-

Her own sympathy hurt her.

Even if she says she was merciful to her fellow sect disciples, was it true?

It only causes them to suffer more. A ghost was an existence completely opposite of the way they cultivate.

A ghost would always suffer, seeking life.

If a ghost was extreme Ying, life would be Yang. Ying would always seek Yang, even if it harms them.

There are many case where the ghost of a relative or family come back to protect their love one, only to hurt them more just by being in their presence.

A ghost is extremely harmful. And here she was, a ghost herself, even if she was one of the "acceptable" one in Zheng Jie's eyes, protecting other ghosts with what power she manages to retain with the Inner Steel Heart manual. The Inner Steel Heart manual gave her a tough will, but sometime an impossibility is an impossibility.

Not just that, she protects hundreds of them after their death. And they die violent death. It just adds to the pain and suffering. Though he does not know what she has been doing until now, it is extremely dangerous.

Stabilizing her soul, Zheng Jie slowly moves from his position, he didn't even ask about the sect.

It seems a calamity has befallen the Heavenly Sword Sect. It is time to go home.

However with that many talented disciples just who has that capability?

"Lang Li..." Suddenly he turns toward his disciples who has passed away.

"Master-"

She tries to say something, however at that moment, he stops her

"Don't."

He told her.

Don't tell me what happened.

"As the inheriting disciple of the Heavenly Sword Sect, you have to sacrifice a lot. I'm sorry. I could only lessen your pain. But it's okay, you could go now."

"But master-"

"You are not trying to warn me are you?"

Zheng Jie told her with a sad face.

At that moment, Lang Li understood.

The state that the Inner Steel Heart manual grant Lang Li was a state that is "free of regrets" without caring about life or death.

If Lang Li was to tell her master her worries and try to warn him, wouldn't it be admitting that in her death, she has regret for her master?

Furthermore, her master was a powerful person. He is telling her that no matter what treacheries are in store for him, he could take care of it. She shouldn't hurt herself anymore.

Living and following the Dao. It is a tough path, even in death.

"But master-"

"You could go away peacefully now."

Zheng Jie continues.

"Master-"

"As my disciple, you have always made me proud. Standing proud under the heaven, you have never disappointed me even once. It's okay Lang Li."

"Master!" Suddenly Lang Li finally has enough and gains a backbone to talk back.

"I'm not dead yet."

With her master's visible confusion, Lang Li continues.

"Master, tell me, have you ever been an unfaithful person?"

The questions just add more the confusion