"A-Xiang's recording said... 'Live up to the words on the chair back.' What exactly did that mean?" Du Yu muttered to himself. "'Time' was imprisoned here by the Shiranui Household?!"
You Si had no idea what Du Yu was talking about, so naturally, she had nothing to add.
Flames kept spurting from Du Yu's eyes as his mind raced.
A bold idea came to him, and a smile actually appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Just as I said, even Heaven is helping me." Du Yu slowly turned back, fixing You Si with a somewhat eerie stare. "I'm going to get to the bottom of all this."
"All this?" You Si blinked. "What do you mean?"
"Xu Fu," Du Yu said. "Everything must have started with Xu Fu."
"Who's Xu Fu?" You Si asked.
"In 218 BC, Xu Fu led three thousand boys and girls across the sea to the east to seek the Elixir of Immortality for the First Emperor. They say he planned to visit the three Immortal Mountains-Penglai, Fangzhang, and Yingzhou-in that order, but he failed." Du Yu spoke as he carefully thought it through. "For years, he never found any immortals. According to legend, he feared the First Emperor would punish him, so he led the boys and girls to settle in Yingzhou and never returned home. He called the place where they settled the 'Eastern Seas.' There are also rumors that he created Japan. But that claim is wrong. Japan already had inhabitants when Xu Fu sailed east. All he did was 'civilize' them, teaching them a civilization far beyond their reach at the time, rather than 'creating' them."
After listening, You Si nodded. "You really are 'Time.' You know so much."
"Ha." Du Yu gave a mocking laugh. "Since my death, this is