After bidding farewell to the Haiqiu Race, Lin Kong's group set out on the journey back to the Ice Crystal Tree.
They were one Rose fewer, but had gained Aburara and Dong Lin.
On the first day of the return trip, they hadn't prepared a sled large enough for Dong Lin, so he could only walk slowly, one step at a time, across the ice.
Watching the others happily skating around him, he suddenly found himself looking forward to what Lin Kong had called a "youkai." 'If I could take human form and shrink my body, I could use a sled to ski too,' he thought.
That night, feeling their pace was just too slow, Lin Kong pulled a snowboard out of his backpack.
Everyone was already used to Lin Kong pulling things out of his backpack that no one else had. It was only natural for a relative of the lord to have some special treatment.
Lin Kong demonstrated how to use the snowboard, and Dong Lin immediately took a keen interest in learning.
