Yang Qing's expression turned thoughtful as he mulled over Ren Shu's words. Maybe because he had just seen them, Ma Yuan and Ma Ling's images juxtaposed themselves in his mind when he thought of the words father and child.
Ma Yuan's story had shown the lengths a parent would go to for their child and spouse. He was crippled, and yet despite the dangers the cultivation world offered, especially to those without strength, he hadn't hesitated to throw himself into its fray in search of his wife and daughter. Not to mention the group he was coming up against. Yet despite all that, he didn't falter, not in the slightest. When he reached the end of his tether, he was so overwhelmed by his inability to find them that he decided to take his life in the most painful way he could think of.
