It was a beautiful March outside Eternal Song Forest. The air of spring pleasantly tickled the nose, and butterflies danced across the air.

I led He Yi, Murong Mingyue, Beiming Xue and Moonlight Stone to the encampment of the Violet Empire’s Blood Dance Legion. A column of undead cavalry was racing across the open ground before us and shattering the quiet afternoon with their hooves.

He Yi watched the squadron of skeletal knights and skeletal horses nervously as she asked, “Have you been here before, Mingyue?”

Murong Mingyue shook her head. “This is my first time.”

“Those undead won’t attack us, will they?”

“How would I know? Lu Chen’s the only one who can answer that!”

I turned around and gave them a reassuring smile. “Relax, this is a neutral encampment, so they won’t attack you unless you attack them first. Also, you’re with me right now, and they wouldn’t dare attack a uh… junior officer of the Blood Dance Legion…?”

“OMG!”

After a round of chatter, we had already entered the encampment. As expected, no one had tried to stop us.

We found the small tent where I had last seen Shadow Dancer Xue Wei. I was immediately greeted...