He nods once. At a price, they were able to defeat the serpent. He looks down at his hands before he takes the invited seat next to his new master.

"I...I protected Qingming." His brow furrows. "And the serpent had started to disintegrate. I took the brunt of the damage. I felt myself burn up." He could have sworn that he would return the flesh and blood to Bo Ya. Yet instead of returning to his stone form, he found himself summoned to this place to the bewilderment of his new master.