After ten days of travel, Fang and White Fang have reached the imperial capital and are now on their way to meet up with the travelers. Fang wonders if the travelers have been robbed, but the waiter assures him that they have not. He tells Fang that he came upon a large number of corpses on the road and that they all looked like they belonged to a noble family. Fang says that he does not know which family they belong to, but he does know that most of the corpses were wearing blue clothing with purple symbols. Fang claims that he did not dare to look closely at the corpses because they were "all chopped to death" and that the scene was "such a horrific scene" with blood everywhere