Di Yi had no way of knowing why the Boat-Breaking Woman had left such a message, but the literal meaning of the words alone undoubtedly revealed something.
It was a cruel ending to a story. Perhaps, like him, her past glory was gone, everything around her had turned to dust, and she was left alone.
"Could it have something to do with something like Black Blood?"
Di Yi did not know what had truly happened to the Boat-Breaking Woman. He had no way of understanding what she had experienced to leave those words.
But one thing was certain: the eerie dark radiance on the Black Paper Boat in the North Sea showed that the Boat-Breaking Woman had clearly experienced something similar to him. Only, the source of that experience was not necessarily Black Blood.
"At the far end of the Dueling Grounds... I wonder if there are corresponding carvings there."
Di Yi set off, putting away the Rotten Wooden Box. This was a very special place, and he headed toward the far end of the Dueling Grounds.
In the previous Dueling Grounds space, there had been quite a few carvings on the wall at the far end, all depicting information about the things manifested by the Wall of Gods and Demons.
He thought it ought to be the same here.
But he was not entirely certain, because that Black Paper Boat had not been formed from yellowed talisman paper. It was a real, physical object.
"There actually are..."
Yet, to Di Yi's surprise, there was a carving at the far end of these Dueling Grounds. Like the image on the door through which he had entered, it still showed only half a figure, but there was something more.
A lustrous white hand, elegant and flawless, held an already folded black