Chapter 161: Coming Back Alive

Once one has beheld the vastness of the sea, waters elsewhere seem lacking by comparison; once one has beheld the mists of Witch Mountain, all other clouds appear dull and lackluster.

Even surrounded by myriad blossoms, I lack the desire to turn back for a single glance.

Perhaps this is because of the path of cultivation, or perhaps because of you!

This poem "Thoughts of Separation" was so moving to Wang Chen because of the profound emotions embedded within the epitaph he read at the stone pavilion, that he solidified the poem into talismans to pay tribute.

It was also his way of expressing an apology for inadvertently entering the valley and disturbing the peace of the departed.

Unexpectedly, Chang Chun saw it.

In the face of this Purple Mansion Superior's inquiry, Wang Chen did not dare to be negligent and hastily replied, "I heard it when I was young, from a wandering Taoist who called himself 'Yuan Zhen.'