Having taken Guan Zhan down from Green Bamboo Peak and seeing that he still wore an expression of utter despair, Qiu Changtian felt compelled to persuade him to relinquish his obsessions.
However, upon further thought, there is a saying, "Do not know thy neighbor's troubles, persuade not thy neighbor to be virtuous."
Being fair, if he himself were to face a similar predicament and someone came forward advising him to "abandon the butcher's knife" and "become a Buddha on the spot," he would definitely send that person to meet the Western Paradise first.
"Shushan won't trouble you any further," Qiu Changtian sighed, "Junior Brother, you should head back to Kunlun for now."
"Oh, and just to be safe, do not travel across the plateau. Take a detour through Guanzhong and Qishan."
"Mm," Guan Zhan nodded in silence, then departed with sword control, saying nothing more.
Qiu Changtian returned to his residence in Shushan and recounted the events to Xu Yinglian.