After the Abundance Ebon Deer at the Artisanship Commission was dealt with, the new version began.
The mission opened from the perspective of the Astral Express trio. The three headed to the Alchemy Commission with Tingyun, but the place was already littered with bodies.
As far as the eye could see, the streets were strewn with the remains of Cloud Knights and monsters.
Judging by this, Fu Xuan must have set out ahead of them. The Lord Diviner must have chosen a "more suitable" moment to act based on her divination.
At the sight of bodies covering the ground, March 7th's expression filled with pity.
The pretty girl shook her head, unable to bear looking at such a scene.
"Tingyun," however, said that the scene before them amounted to little.
Hundreds of years ago, an Emanator of Abundance had led an army against the Luofu, destroying over half its Grotto-Heavens and leaving fewer than one in ten Cloud Knights alive. That had been a truly grand catastrophe.
And to the Xianzhou's long-life species, none of that even counted as history. It felt like only yesterday.
Hearing "Tingyun" describe it this way, the others could hardly say anything.
Along the way, they also spotted several Disciples of Sanctus Medicus taking advantage of the situation, trying to sway dying Cloud Knights.
Naturally, the warmhearted Astral Express Crew stepped in, giving these female remnants of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus a thorough talking-to so they would stop harming people.
As everyone knew, Stelle was exceptionally good at persuading people to turn over a new leaf. Who knew how many people her Bat-based persuasion had delivered from suffering...
Continuing their "good deeds" along the way, the group finally encountered living, healthy Cloud Knights. Two were guarding an entrance, and they stopped the four as