After answering the question about Moon, the White Snake in the morning light seemed somewhat reluctant to answer any more of Shade's questions:
"Ask one more question. I cannot maintain this form any longer."
"Then do you know the nun guarding the First Fire? I am the Fire-Bearer of this generation. My nun said that a Flame lies on this Snow Mountain, but we have never found it. Do you know where it is?"
Lady White breathed a sigh of relief. At last, it had encountered a question it could answer directly:
"I know, but I cannot tell you. The Flame of the Primordial Fire is also an important part of the seal, and its power is continuously sustained through methods used by mortal tribes, similar to the 'Fire Passing Ritual.'"
It seemed Shade's earlier guess about the meaning of the "Ten Thousand Spirits Festival" had been correct.
"Since you cannot tell me its location, can you retrieve the things near that Flame? At the end of the Fifth Epoch, another nun and the demigod Witch Emperor came to this island and left some things beside that Flame."
The snake fell silent for a moment, perhaps recalling something or perhaps investigating:
"To prevent me from being corrupted over the course of this long duty, I actually cannot easily touch the other parts of the seal either. I can only see a small black coffin placed on the outskirts of the First Fire's seal. When we meet next time, I can take it out and give it to you.
Not telling you its location is not because I distrust you. Rather, at this critical moment when the seal is about to collapse, I cannot reveal such information."
Shade did not know how much Violet and Sister Belen had left behind, but