"A bone?"
My heart leapt with joy, and I hurried over to dig around the surrounding sand, though I dared not touch the bone directly.
Ma Kai's son likely became his current state after touching that bone; I didn't want to end up like him. So, after digging away the sand with my hands to confirm it was indeed a bone, I took some tissue paper from my backpack and carefully wrapped the bone.
The bone was about three to four inches long. I couldn't quite tell which part of the body it came from.
Finding the bone, I happily returned the way I came. Back at Ma Kai's ancestral gravesite, I saw Wang Junhui and Lin Sen standing beside the grave mound, discussing something quietly.
Seeing me return, Lin Sen asked, "You really found it?"
I waved the paper-wrapped bundle. "Found a piece, but not
