The Seven-Leaf Golden Lotus made Alian successful, but it cost her grandfather his life; whether this was fate, no one could tell.
Fang Bai felt a pang of ruefulness in his heart.
After crying for a while, Alian might have felt that crying in her big brother's arms was not proper, so she wiped away her tears, straightened up, and continued, "Then that giant snake slithered down the hillside, trying to snatch the golden flower Grandpa had picked. Alian hated the snake for harming Grandpa, so I ate the golden flower in one gulp, not letting the snake have it..."
"After eating the golden flower, Alian suddenly felt boundless strength throughout my body, so I used the martial arts that big brother taught me to fight the giant snake, and I ended up killing it. After killing the snake, I carried Grandpa's body back to Shigong Village, and with the villagers' help, we buried Grandpa. Then I set out to find big brother..."
