Chapter 1278: Finally got in (1/5)
One mouthful of wine, one life.
The Jade Bamboo Sword pierced the last man's throat, sending him toppling over with a gurgle as he clutched his neck.
Holding the last mouthful of wine in his mouth, Wang Shanzhang sprayed it over the Jade Bamboo Sword. The wine washed the bloody aura from the bamboo slip, leaving it clear and bright again.
Yet a trace of bloody aura still lurked beneath that clarity, and the sword no longer handled quite as smoothly.
Staring at his bamboo sword, Wang Shanzhang suddenly felt rather aggrieved.
In the past, he would have thrown away a Jade Bamboo Sword stained with this much blood long ago. He would never have kept using it this long.
But Qiu Tianyu had chopped down every bamboo stalk on his mountain. This was one of the few good swords he had left, so he could only make do.
Shaking his head, he stepped through the blood in the corridor and headed outside.
The rain was already heavy.
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Raindrops fell thick and fast, pounding the ground as though venting their hatred. When fierce winds churned through them, even a cultivator would have half his soul frozen away.
Yet when Wang Shanzhang opened his umbrella, a patch of light appeared in the dark clouds overhead. The downpour turned into a gentle drizzle, as though heaven and earth were blessing him, unwilling to let the rain soak him.
Faced with this marvel, Wang Shanzhang scoffed. "Why waste it on me? Give it to the poor."
Heaven and earth said nothing, offering only tenderness.
With a sigh, Wang Shanzhang simply closed his umbrella and walked out of the administration office into the drizzle, then came back.
Looking back at the swordsman in the courtyard, he found