Bab 728: A Different Meaning for the Ringing Silvery Bell

Nan Wang lifted her head and looked at Zhao Layue and Liu Shisui after sniffling a few times, the pitiful expression in her eyes returning to nonchalant one now. "You two don't have to feel pity for him. Maybe he thinks it's better this way and that it can save a lot of troubles," she said.

For instance, he had no need for bathing, eating, satisfying desires, to mention a few; but…it was no different from being dead.

"The Young Zen Master said the other day that he might be unwilling to cut off all the karma owed by Jing Yang."

Nan Wang went on, "This body is his last connection to his former life. His spiritual soul wants to come back by instinct; as a result, he is unwilling to wake up over there."

Was it that he couldn't wake up because he didn't want all the karma in his former life to disperse like the clouds and fog?