She saw that the path ahead had ended and realized this was the terminus. She knelt down and spoke:
"Senior, you must have been suppressing something here, saving the world and all its living beings. Please, accept this bow from your junior! I have learned your sword techniques; you have bestowed upon me the grace of a teacher, and I owe you this bow! The dead deserve our highest respect, and I owe you this bow as well."
Having said this, she kowtowed respectfully three times. Immediately after, she felt a sharp pain in her forehead! Instinctively, she touched it and came away with blood on her hand. Looking at the ground, she saw an animal horn of some unknown beast, stained a deep red.
Chapter 42