Continuing further up, the light continued to become glaring, to the point that even Di Tou, with his Divine Eyes was having some trouble seeing without activating their power. Sighing, he too squinted his eyes before eventually closing them as the light became brighter. As they walked this time, they started talking, in part to wade off the sense of emptiness and loneliness that came from walking in this bright spot, where light seeped in through one's eyelids, making it feel like they were facing the sun or some other primal force of nature, and in part so that Qing Xin had a clear idea of where she was going.
As they walked, Qing Xin, who had been quite for a moment as she listened to Di Tou ramble on about what he might talk about for the next lecture suddenly said, "I only fell because you surprised me."
