Deep underground, beneath the quiet grounds of Zinnia's martial arts school.
The faint glow of bioluminescent moss lit the wide cave in shades of green and gold.
Aksai sat cross-legged on a flat stone surface at the center of the cave.
In both of his hands, he held two fruits — the Golden Rebirth Fruits he had claimed after ending the lives of the one-eyed man and the gray-haired woman from the Grand Martial Hall.
The fruits gleamed faintly, giving off a dim golden light that illuminated Aksai's face. Their skin looked smooth but pulsed gently, as though something alive rested within them. Even from a distance, one could feel the dense golden Qi contained inside.
Aksai looked at the fruits for a long moment.
"Maybe this is what I was looking for," he murmured in a low voice.
