In the meantime, the wolves have run away, and Cai Mingyu tells us that he knows how to communicate with them. He's also learned a thing or two about how to control them, and he's now a major general in the army. He doesn't want to be sent back to the city again, he says, unless there is a war between the two armies. He also says that he won't be sent out again unless there are a war, and that he'll stay with the Mingyus until then. He tells Cai to tell him to go with them tomorrow, and they will stay together. He then says that the mural on the wall is probably the most important thing in the city, because it's where the last emperor's wife is buried. He says that legend says that she was responsible for the destruction of the empire, so there must be a lot of traps in the wall. He goes on to say that the air is so hot that he feels "so itchy" that he can't even breathe.