Early the next morning, Xiao Wu asked Bibi Dong to meet her in the old woodland outside Jialing Pass. Yuan Yu and Tang San both stayed at the entrance to the path. Hu Liena wanted to follow them in, but Bibi Dong stopped her with a shake of her head. Qian Renxue stood farther away, holding a roll listing physicians available for emergencies. Even when Xiao Wu passed her, she said nothing to plead for her mother.
A small stream ran through the woodland. Xiao Wu placed the records of the hunt for her mother on a rock and pointed out the eastern route that had been sealed off by fire. After reading that page, Bibi Dong admitted that she had pursued Xiao Wu's mother through the hunting ground Zhong Kui and his men had cordoned off, killed her with her own hands, and taken her Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone.
Xiao Wu had also brought an old piece of wood she had found in her home in Star Dou. Carved into it were the marks her mother had taught her to use to identify streams. She laid it against the edge of the records and said that, had the eastern side not been burning that day, her mother could have taken her along the water. Bibi Dong looked at the marks without saying that she had not known about that little path back then. Zhong Kui had already confessed how he had blocked the stream, and she herself had seen the fire. Xiao Wu would never believe an excuse like "I didn't see clearly," nor could Bibi Dong bring herself to say it.
"Zhong Kui's crimes have already been recorded," Xiao Wu said. "Today, I'm only asking about yours."
Bibi Dong did not use her Rakshasa Godhood to pressure