"Hey, don't mess around." As soon as Du Yu stepped through the Moon Arch into the backyard— the Firethorn Courtyard, he was immediately caught by the Firethorn Tree.
While being toyed with, Du Yu pointed to the north side of the courtyard wall: "Those bamboos, Red Leaf."
"What?" Red Leaf snapped back to reality and looked up at the tall bamboo grove.
"I brought them back from another world," said Du Yu, deeply embedded within the Firethorn Tree, clinging to the branches and speaking with difficulty.
Another world?
Red Leaf's heart stirred. Could it be... the homeland of the Void Axe?
That Ashen Continent?
As she thought about it, Red Leaf's body trembled, and she looked again at the tall bamboo trees.
Clearly, she had already realized the origin of these bamboos.
During their last parting, the Void Axe had used its master's body to tell her a story.
A brief and sorrowful story.
