I looked at the Fish Bone Sword in my hand and smiled faintly.
Master had once said that arts themselves were neither good nor evil; only the human heart distinguished between good and evil.
Take the Huang Family, for example. They had once been a renowned family of gu masters in the Miao Territory, respected by all.
But that family had gone down the wrong path and all become evil gu masters.
No matter how formidable their gu arts were, they had been driven out, left with nowhere to belong.
I believed that as long as I held true to my heart, even with this evil Fish Bone Sword in hand, I would still walk the righteous path and never change.
With that in mind, I put away the Fish Bone Sword and Black Umbrella.
I glanced at the Experimental Building before turning to leave.
When I walked alone through the willow grove and across Little White Bridge,
I found Third Master standing at the bridgehead, watching me with a smile.
"Third Master!"
I called out.
Third Master nodded at me.
"The young lady went back, right?"
"Mm, Xiao Yu went back. Third Master, you've worked hard."
Third Master waved a hand.
"This is my fate. But if I can see the young lady break free from the Nine Corpse Tower and wipe out the Nine Corpse Tower in this lifetime, then I can die without regrets."
"Third Master, don't say that. When that day comes, we'll charge in together."
At those words, his eyes lit up with anticipation.
"Good! I've dreamed of it, dreamed of our Zhang Family honoring our ancestors. I've dreamed of it.
If that day truly comes, I'd be willing to die down there!"
Third Master kept talking about death, making the topic feel too heavy,