Lin Ke waved a hand, draping a robe conjured from Spiritual Qi over the female cultivator of the Imperial Clan.
After all, this female cultivator had been a product of the Bone Emperor's resurrection. What everyone had seen earlier was merely her appearance clad in spectral armor.
Now, however, the Windglow Spirit Dragon Saber had taken on her original appearance, so naturally...
"Ahem. Do you know what happened to these Spirit Stone Veins?"
The female cultivator of the Imperial Clan pondered for a moment before replying, "Master, this servant only remembers accompanying the Eldest Princess to guard the Spirit Stone Veins here."
"Within three days, fiends from the Illusionless Gu Sect were scouting the Frontline."
"Her Highness the Eldest Princess captured three or four scouts at the time, intending to extract some intelligence from them."
"Who could have imagined that those scouts would brazenly detonate themselves inside the Imperial Clan's Traveling Palace? Four female cultivators escorting them were blown to death on the spot. I still remember that bloody scene."
"But those cultivators did not die after detonating themselves. Instead, they came back to life."
"First, they rose from death as bare skeletons. Then they began picking up pieces of their own bodies, before finally trying to fit their eyeballs and flesh back together."
Lin Ke interrupted, "Ahem. Get to the point."
The female cultivator froze briefly before continuing, "Then they charged at us. As one of the Eldest Princess's personal guards, I risked my life to protect her."
"But they were all Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivators, and their attacks were as frenzied as wild dogs. We were no match for them, so most of us died on the spot."
"I was among them."
"For some reason, after those Undead Armored Soldiers killed me, I became one of them