A full five days had passed since Liu Bai had been wounded. Over those five days, Huai City had fallen completely quiet, and its various factions, unaware of the Governor's intervention, were all bewildered and uneasy.
They did not understand why Si Qianjun had chosen to "let the matter rest" this time.
Liu Bai lay in his hospital bed. Apart from the wound left by Xue Wuya's final strike, all his other injuries had healed.
But that was precisely the problem.
No matter what methods Si Qianjun used, he could not dispel the sword intent inside Liu Bai. It was so sharp that even Si Qianjun had suffered a backlash and coughed up blood three times.
Liu Bai had regained consciousness three days earlier, and it was from his account that everyone had learned of Xue Wuya's terrifying swordsmanship.
Over the past two days, under Si Qianjun's care, Liu Bai had taken numerous treasure medicines and gradually regained some ability to move, but the sword intent Xue Wuya had left remained inside him...
Until that sword intent was removed, Liu Bai would experience the tearing agony of his flesh being shredded by it every hour... Old Master Liu was a true man. He gritted his teeth and never let out a single scream that sounded like a plea for mercy.
"Master-" Lin Xiaoxi had finally received permission to visit Liu Bai over the past two days, and her eyes were now brimming with tears.
Concealing the heaviness in his heart, Liu Bai looked at her with a gentle smile. "I'm fine. This battle was also a great help to my Martial Dao."
Unaware of the truth, Lin Xiaoxi truly believed Liu Bai was all right and immediately smiled through her tears.
After Lin Xiaoxi left, only Liu Bai and Si