Chiyu was faintly aware that things had turned out this way because he had started a fire in the White Flower Field.
He thought it was the worst outcome, but the development of the situation far exceeded his expectations—
The White Flower Field was vast and, as the white flowers were highly flammable, the blaze almost swept across the entire western Ming Deer Tribe.
Although everyone lived in stone caves, when the fire spread, it reached the caves too, with the thick, choking smoke from the flames billowing throughout the tribe. Panic and blurred vision caused several tragic stampedes.
When the fire started, the majority of the Ming Deer Tribe was out looking for their cubs. However, there were some who couldn't move and were lying in the caves.
The mother of Lu Yu was one of them.
A few days earlier, while she was out collecting Hard-Fruit, she had accidentally fallen and sprained her ankle, which swelled up and caused her excruciating pain with the slightest movement.
