They All Say They Won’t Let Me Go

My name is Gu Qing, a mortal with no spiritual roots.

In this cultivation world where all great power comes from oneself, my only wish is to quietly rot away in the soil—like a fallen leaf.

I thought I did a good job of keeping to that wish.

I sent that girl I once picked up onto the path of cultivation, smiling as I wished her a bright future ahead.

I refused…